Punjab’s First Honey Processing Cluster to start soon in Bathinda

By Amrit Pal Brar

Tungwali (Bathinda) 2 August : The Rs 3.5 crores project of Honey Processing Cluster will soon become a perfect platform for a large number of unemployed youth not only to get training in production and sale of honey but it will also boost the income of farmers who are already into the business of selling honey.

Stating this today Deputy Commissioner B.Srinivasan said that the district administration is providing all possible help to the village society so that the center may start its functioning at the earliest.

As per Gurcharan Mann-chairman of the society which is setting up this project an amount of Rs 88 lakhs were received for the construction of the building from where the Honey Cluster Center would be operated in the village.

He said that the most time consuming part of this project was the construction of building which has to be done as per the design and layout provided by the government.

He said that the fourth stage of the building has been completed and a letter in connection with the completion of this stage has been received from the District Industries Center-Bathinda on June-10.

He said that this center would become a unique project where not only honey would be collected and prepared for the packing and sale but it will also be equipped with machines to make everything required for beekeeping.

Sharing the details of the project he said that the proposed interventions in the center would include honey processing unit (filtration machine) which costs roughly around Rs 25 lakhs, honey packing machine including capping, wrapping and labeling, automatic plastic moulding machine (honey packing jar), automatic bee wax sheet making machine, automatic drone wax sheet making, automatic PET machine (bucket macking), wooden bee box automatic machine, wooden frame making automatic machine, royal jelly extractor and drier machine, bee accessories making machine including –tool, queen, cage queen gate, pollen trape, smoker etc, bee venom extractor machine, automatic bottle washer and drier machine, pollen drier and packing machine, card board packing machines, lamination machine, die punching machine, cutting machine, stitching machine and case making machine.  “The cost of these machines varies between Rs 8 lakhs to Rs 20 lakhs,” Mann said.

He said that this project was accorded approval on December 20, 2016 after which the foundation stone of the building, in one acre area, was done by the then Deputy Commissioner of Bathinda-Praneet Bhardwaj.

Officials of the Horticulture Department Bathinda also paid a visit at the under construction building of the center on Monday and got firsthand information about the ongoing work. Deputy Director of Horticulture Department Darshan Pal and Horticulture Development Officer Reena Rani said that Bathinda is excelling in the production of honey as compared to all the other districts of Punjab.

They said that their department is encouraging farmers to opt for beekeeping for which they are providing subsidy, free training and help for the farmers having little or no landholding.

ਜ਼ਿਲਾ ਖੇਡ ਅਫਸਰ ਦੇ ਦਫਤਰ ਵਿਖੇ ਕੋਚ ਦਿਵਸ ਮਨਾਇਆ

ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਨਿਧ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਪਾਲ ਬਰਾੜ

ਸ੍ਰੀ ਮੁਕਤਸਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ, 2 ਅਗਸਤ

ਜ਼ਿਲਾ ਖੇਡ ਅਫਸਰ  ਅਨਿੰਦਰਵੀਰ ਕੌਰ ਬਰਾੜ ਦੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਵਿਚ ਇੱਥੇ ਜ਼ਿਲਾ ਖੇਡ ਅਫਸਰ ਦੇ ਦਫਤਰ ਵਿਖੇ ਜ਼ਿਲੇ ਦੇ ਸਮੂਹ ਕੋਚਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਅੱਜ ਦੇ ਦਿਨ ਨੂੰ ਕੋਚਿਜ਼ ਡੇਅ ਵਜੋਂ ਮਨਾਇਆ ਗਿਆ।

ਇਸ ਮੌਕੇ ਜ਼ਿਲਾ ਖੇਡ ਅਫਸਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਕੋਚਾਂ ਦੀ ਮਿਹਨਤ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਦੇਸ਼ ਲਈ ਚੰਗੇ ਖਿਡਾਰੀ ਪੈਦਾ ਕੀਤੇ ਜਾ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਨ। ਕਿਸੇ ਖਿਡਾਰੀ ਦੇ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੋਚ ਦਾ ਵੱਡਮੁੱਲਾ ਹੱਥ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

ਇਸ ਮੌਕੇ ਕੋਚਾਂ ਨੇ ਵੀ ਪ੍ਰਣ ਲਿਆ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਹੋਰ ਮਿਹਨਤ ਨਾਲ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਭੇਦ-ਭਾਵ ਵੱਧ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਖੇਡਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਜੋੜਨਗੇ।

ਇਸ ਮੌਕੇ ਕੋਚ ਦੀਪੀ ਰਾਣੀ, ਕੰਵਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, ਰਮਨਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ, ਜਗਸੀਰ ਪੁਰੀ, ਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, ਗੁਰਮੁੱਖ ਸਿੰਘ, ਸੁਖਮੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ, ਅਨਮੋਲ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਤੇ ਕੁਲਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਤੋਂ ਇਲਾਵਾ ਜਗਮੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਟੈਨੋ ਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਸਟਾਫ ਹਾਜ਼ਰ ਸੀ।

Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji

DC reviews work on development projects worth RS 200 crore

By Amrit Pal Brar

Sultanpur Lodhi (Kapurthala), August 2

Deputy Commissioner Kapurthala  DPS Kharbanda today said that the district administration would soon launch a mobile app to facilitate the pilgrims coming to holy city of Sultanpur Lodhi during functions to mark 550th parkash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji.

Chairing a review meeting here at market committee office, the Deputy Commissioner said that the app would facilitate the pilgrims in spotting the places of religious importance, tent cities, parking spaces, hospitals, information centres and other public utility places. He said that the app was under preparation and would be launched very soon to facilitate pilgrims coming for paying obeisance at the holy city.  Kharbanda said that this app would be very helpful to more than 15 lakh pilgrims who were expected to participate in the commemorative functions.

The Deputy Commissioner said that currently development works worth Rs. 200 crore were going on in Sultanpur Lodhi to facilitate the pilgrims during the functions to mark 550th parkash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji. He directed all the departments to ensure that development works in the holy city were completed well before September 30. Kharbanda said that any sort of callousness in the smooth and hassle free execution of these projects was both unwarranted and undesirable.

The Deputy Commissioner said that the state government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh was committed for commemorating this gala event in an unsurpassed manner. He said that the district administration was duty bound to execute all the works in a professional and time bound manner to facilitate the pilgrims coming at the holy city from across the globe. Kharbanda said that he would review the arrangements for the event on daily basis to ensure its smooth execution.

On the occasion Additional Deputy Commissioner Rahul Chaba, Sub Divisional Magistrate Navneet Kaur Bal, Deputy Superintendent of Police Swaran Singh Bal, Executive Engineer PWD Varinder Kumar, Deputy Director Local Government Paramjit Singh, Executive Engineer Drainage Ajit Singh Rai and others were also present.

Bats for composite fire safety plan of every department to deal with any sort of untoward situation

By Amrit Pal Brar

Kapurthala, July 31:

Deputy Commissioner Kapurthala DPS Kharbanda today said that the district administration would make elaborate arrangements for any sort of crisis management during the upcoming 550th parkash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji at Sultanpur Lodhi.

Presiding over a meeting here at the District Administrative Complex, the Deputy Commissioner, accompanied by Additional Deputy Commissioner Rahul Chaba, said that foolproof arrangements for dealing with any sort of emergency situation would be made during the upcoming mega event in which more than 15 lakh pilgrims were expected to take part.

He said the administration was duty bound to ensure the safety of the pilgrims coming for paying obeisance at the holy city. Kharbanda said that no laxity of any sort would be accepted during the mega event.

Reviewing fire safety arrangements for the event, the Deputy Commissioner said that a complete fire safety plan would be prepared to deal with untoward situation.

He said that fire hydrants would install within the three tented cities being erected for the pilgrims.

Kharbanda said that apart from tented city fire hydrants within and outside the MC limits of holy city would be installed by the Water Supply and Sanitation department and the Sewerage Board for which locations were being identified.

The Deputy Commissioner further said that apart from it fire tenders would be deployed at the key locations. He asked the Fire department to make the requisite arrangements for installing fire extinguishers, sand buckets, deployment of man force, fire suits, blankets and others during the mega event to ensure fire prevention and fire administration during the event.

Kharbanda said that the fire safety plan would be a composite plan which would incorporate inputs of every department along with evacuation plan to deal with any sort of situation.

On the occasion Sub Divisional Magistrate Navneet Kaur Bal, Executive Engineer PWD Varinder Kumar, Deputy Director Local Government Paramjit Singh and others were also present.

Move aimed at commemorating 550^th Prakash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji

By Amrit Pal Brar

Jalandhar, July 28

As a humble tribute to Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the state Forest department has embarked a major campaign to spruce up main roads leading to holy city of Sultanpur Lodhi by planting around 30000 trees, in a phased manner, on them for commemorating the 550^th parkash purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

As per this decision the department has started planting trees on Jalandhar-Sultanpur, Sultanpur- Fathudinga, Sultanpur-Lohian and other roads leading to holy city. As per the details the department has initiated the drive to plant 15000 saplings in the first phase and the rest would be planted afterwards. The plantation drive on these roads would be completed within the monsoon season without any sort of delay.

Meanwhile, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Jatinder Sharma reviewed the plantation drive initiated by the department and asked the officers to ensure that work was completed in a time bound and professional manner.

He also asked the officers to install tree guards for proper protection, upkeep and maintenance of the saplings. Sharma said that this drive would be a humble and befitting drive to Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji by the department.

On the occasion, Divisional Forest Officer Rajesh Gulati and Forest Range Officers Davinder Pal Singh apprised the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests that traditional varieties of trees like Moulsari, Kadam, Putranjeeva, Jacaranda, Pilkan, Bahera, Neem, Shisham, Mulberry, Bohar, Pipal, Kaner, Amaltaas, Mango and others were being planted during this drive. They further said that native species of shrubs like haar shingar, chandni, jangal jalebi and others were also being planted.

The officers said that these would check the environment pollution on one hand by enhancing the green cover and would facelift the roads by adding zing to its beauty.