Himalayan Times (1959)

December 13, 1969

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lubaidited rates and in.
nunc ruble large-s ale uum-
I aiRii* have beea orgatu-
aed to destroy rats, jio.
kals and io ints mid
various other peits as
well as disease! With a
view to Ml sting State
Governments and others
with psstioides. mschir.es
and technical personal tor
f ghting pest and disease
epidemics a chain of 4
Central Plant Protection
Stations has been estnb
listed in different parts
o"f"T>he oountry. Aircraft
has been increasingly used
in many countries inoltid.
ing India, to spray or
duBt crops, and planta-
tio i- with poisons so a*
to ountrol pest and di-
sease infestations. Al
though aeroplanes < an
not be used over small
areas, tbey have been
found extremely effeotive
and even economical
where large contiguous
crop areas have had io
be treated durtrg relati-
vely short periods. An
aerial unit with 3 aero-
planes of the Union Minis-
try of Food and Agri
culture started function-
ing in May ISM and has
to-date aprayed or dusted
about 67,000 acres under
various orops in several
States.

In the World Agri-
oulture Fair, a Plant Pro-
tection Pavilion baa been
set up by the Directorate
of Plant Protection, Qua.

rantine and Storage of
tli" Onion Ministry of
Food and Agriculture, in
which some firms dea-
ling in pesticides and
plant protection machines
are aUo participating.
Hie various Sections of
the Pavilion display peats
and diseases of agricul-
tural importance, pestici-
des, plant proteetion ma-
chines and other allied
equipment and informa-
tion about various aspects
of plant protection

TENDER NOTICE

Sealed tenders for
the ereotion of 11 kV
HI transmission line
approximately 19 miles
in length running more
or less parallel to the
National Highway from
Kangpo to Gangtok
are hereby invited. Es-
timated cost excluding
the cost of 90 lbs rails
(which will be supplied
depart men tally Ra 1.76
lakhs. Karnest money @
2% of the estimated cost
Date of receiving tender
is 1 00 P M. of 11th
January, 1960 Tender
forms and upeoifirations
with drawing can be
obtained from the office
of the undersigned at
Rs. 40/- (Not refundable}.
Only Experienced firms
and contractors should
tender.

Chief Engineer,
Government of Sikkim.

P. O. Gangtok,

CHINESE PROPAGANDISTS
TO BE PUNISHED
. " Hyderabad, Dec. 9
Sri N. Sanjiva Reddi,
Chief Minister of Andhra,
said in the State Assem-
bly today that hie
Government would take
severe action againat
persons indulging in
anti national activities
and carrying on propa-
ganda in favour of Chinese
aggression on the Indian
border.

The Chief Minister
was speaking on an ad-
journment motion Bought
to be moved by Sri V.
Ramachandra Rao (Ind)
to discuss the situation
created by "anti-national
elements through their
propaganda in favour of
Chinese invasion of India".
The motion was disallow-
ed.

Sri Ramachandra Rao
said that he had heard
people carrying on pro-
banda that the Chinese
were invading India be-
cause the Communist
Ministry in Kerala hed
been removed and Presi-
dent's Rule imposed
there. Such propaganda
had created great agita-
tion among the people
here.

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