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Hoshiarpur, June 12- The people belonging to economically weaker sections (EWSs) can apply for the income and asset certificate to avail 10% reservation in government jobs through Sewa Kendras.

Divulging the details, Deputy Commissioner Isha Kalia, said that these service has been started by Punjab Government to provide ease to the people belonging to EWSs.

Isha Kalia said that a copy of application forms and certificate format have already been provided on the portal and only online application will be entertained so that a state level digital database can be prepared and verification can be carried out online.

She said that the certificate will be issued by Tehsildar on Tehsil level or Nayab Tehsildar in the Sub-Division level.

DC Isha Kalia said that those persons whose families have any of the following assets including five acres of agriculture land and above, residential flat of 1,000 square feet and above, residential plot of 100 square yards and above in notified municipalities and residential plot of 200 sq yards and above in areas other than the notified municipalities will be excluded from being identified as EWSs irrespective of family income.

Isha Kalia further informed that the persons who are not covered under the scheme of reservation for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, and whose families had a gross annual income below Rs 8 lakh are eligible for this reservation.

Girish Dayalan assumes charge as Deputy Commissioner Mohali

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SAS Nagar, 11 June 2019: Girish Dayalan IAS has assumed the charge as Deputy Commissioner of SAS Nagar (Mohali) on Tuesday. He belongs to 2011 batch of Punjab cadre.

Earlier, he was posted as Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister along with charge of Additional CEO Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion and in Addition Director Civil Aviation.

Talking about his priorities, the Deputy Commissioner said he would take forward all development works and projects initiated by his predecessors. He issued directions to his staff to deal with public and extend full help to get their work done and special care to be taken of veterans and needy poor.

Disposal of public grievances will be done on top priority. “Mohali is one of the most important districts and I would strive to make it better by providing more facilities here,” said Girish Dayalan.

Major step to boost the agriculture sector: DC MK Aravind

 By Gaurav Sidhu Khema Kheda

Sri Muktsar Sahib, June 11

Taking a major step to boost the agriculture sector by decreasing the input cost of farming, Agriculture Department has prepared the Soil Fertility Map for all farmlands in District Sri Muktsar Sahib under Mission Tandarust Punjab. This project was aimed at improving soil nutrition and crop production besides checking mindless use of chemical fertilizers.

This was informed by Deputy Commissioner MK Aravind Kumar here on Tuesday. He said that officers of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department under the Soil Health Card Scheme collected 19,112 soil samples from all the villages of district and prepared the Soil Health Cards accordingly. Thereafter, the data was used to generate Soil Fertility Map using the Global Positioning System (GPS) of land holding of each soil card holder.

While further sharing the detail Chief Agriculture Officer (CAO) Baljinder Singh said that now the exercise is on to install the soil fertility maps block-wise in all 236 villages of 4 blocks in the District. He informed that soil fertility has been checked for eight main nutrients including Organic Carbon, Phosphorus, Potash, Sulphur, Zinc, Iron, Manganese and soil pH. The presence of the nutrients is shown in a colour code with red denoting deficiency, green for abundance and yellow for normal.

CAO informed that the soil fertility maps for every block would be installed at common public places in the villages like Cooperative Societies, Panchayats Ghars, near Gurudwaras etc. so that maximum people reap benefit from them. He said that we aim to install maps in the all the villages before the commencement of paddy transplantation.

It has been observed that unscientific use of fertilizers has adversely affected soil health and crop production as well as burnt hole in the farmers’ pockets. This exercise coupled with the awareness campaign will hopefully yield positive results, said Baljinider Singh.

Agriculture Development Officer Sukhjinder Singh said that department is holding awareness camps in all the villages to motivate the farmers to get benefit of these soil fertility maps. He said that generally farmers use excessive fertilizer as they don’t know the fertility level of their soil but with these map even a layman farmer could understand the availability of nutrients in his soil.

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Kapurthala, 11 June 2019: Deputy Commissioner Kapurthala DPS Kharbanda on Monday inspected the work going on the Kapurthala to Sultanpur Lodhi road along with other officials. He directed the officials to supervise the plantation of the saplings on both sides of the road and asked them to make arrangements for regular watering for these plants.

He said “Before the start of 550^th Prakash Purabh celebrations all the works including the beautification of roads shall be completed in a stipulated time”.

Rajindra Lake and Sheesh Mahal Lake to become major tourist attractions

Both lakes to receive water from Bhakhra Canal via Hansli Project

Bhakhra canal water reaches Rajindra Lake, soon to reach Lake Sheesh Mahal

By Amrit Pal Brar

Patiala, 10 June 2019

The heritage city Patiala with immense historical importance is all set to witness the revival of Rajindra and Sheesh Mahal lakes. Residents of Patiala will soon be able to enjoy the pristine glory of these two lakes which are being brought back to life with the most diligent efforts of Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh and MP Preneet Kaur.

The Deputy Commissioner Kumar Amit informed that the Chief Minister has expressed his desire to give a completety ancient / heritage look to both the lakes under Mission Tandrust Punjab. Under this scheme, Project Hansli has been prepared with an expenditure of 40 lakhs.

He informed that the Hansli feeding the sarovars (water bodies) of Gurudwara Shree Dukhniwaran Sahib and Gurudwara Shree Moti Bagh Sahib from Bhakhra main line which was constructed by Kar sewa, will now be extended to the gardens and lakes of Patiala.

The DC shared that a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to this effect has already been received by the district administration from the SGPC.

Entire Project is being under the personal supervision of CM: Kumar Amit

Elaborating further about this Beautification project for Patiala, the DC said that a separate Regulatory gate has been installed in the PNC, Rajbaha on Nabha Road, which extends from the Bhakhra main line, after which the capacity / volume of water going to Hansli has been increased 2.5 Cusec. Water has reached Rajindra lake through a regulatory gate installed on Hansli near the Railway Crossing no. 21, on renovating the already present pipeline, which receives the left over water after feeding the sarovars of Gurudwaras Shree Dukhniwaran Sahib and Shree Moti Bagh sahib.

The Deputy Commissioner also informed that a separate pipeline will be added to the Hansali feeding the sarovar of Shree Moti Bagh Sahib near the Government Ayurvedic College, in order to divert water to the Sheesh Mahal Lake. He said that both the lakes would soon be a haven for the residents of Patiala and tourists alike, a place where morning /evening walkers will be able to relax and rejuvenate. The District Commissioner said that the entire project is being personally supervised by the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and MP Preneet Kaur.