BRIEFLY Amritsar: The Panther Division of the Army organised a Veer Nari meet to felicitate widows of martyred and disabled soldiers from Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts at New Khasa Military Station on Saturday. Representatives of the civil and the police administration assured them that their grievances, pertaining to civil and legal issues, will be resolved at the earliest. The delegates also briefed them about their entitlements, job and educational opportunities available to them. A medical camp was also organised on the occasion. Items like wheel chair, hearing aid, BP measuring machine, glucometer, walker etc were also distributed to needy veer naris, widows and disabled soldiers. TNS Rs 40 cr released for rail line Amritsar: Gurjit Singh Aujla, Member of Parliament, in a press statement on Saturday expressed his gratitude towards the state government for releasing Rs 40 crore for the construction of the Patti-Makhu rail link. He said, “The project is going to benefit a lot of people. The work on the line is going to commence as soon as possible. The land will be purchased from the farmers of Tarn Taran and Ferozepur districts.” “The grant of Rs 300 crore has already been released by the Central government,” he added. TNS Man approaches Food Commission Amritsar: An activisit, Varun Khanna, has approached the Punjab State Food Commission, seeking directions to the government to make sure that nutritional food supplements are provided regularly at aganwadi centres. A para-legal volunteer with the District Legal Services authorities, Khanna said panjeri, milk, ghee, rice, atta and sugar were not being provided to aganwadis centres in many villages and children, pregnant women and lactating mothers were being deprived from the Supplementary Nutrition Programme since July, 2019. Last year, Khanna filed a complaint with the Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA), after finding that many nutritional food items were not being provided. The PLA had later disposed off the matter, after the supplies were resumed. TNS

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