Himalayan Times (1962)

Two

Himalayan . Times

September 9, 1962

PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF
AGRICULTURE
In spit* of adverse weather conditions and attack
of insect pests, West Bengal bad a produotion of 43
lakh tons of Auiau paddy on 95.60 lakh acred of land
during 1961-62.

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About 40,000 maunds of improved paddy seed?

were distributed and about 6,tOU maunds were also
distributed free to the cultivators in the distressed
areas duriug 1961-6!!.

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Chemical fertilisers including 83,000 tons of

amonium sulphate and 33,347 tons of super phoshate
were distributed among the cultivators duriug 1961-62.

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In order to demonstrate improved methods of
cultivation, 970 Demonstration Centres were laid
throughout West Bengal.

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Several measures undertaken for increasing the

yield of food crops will help to build a

BETTER BENGAL

Issued by the Government of West B»ngal

TEACHERS' DAYOBSERVEO
AT KURSEONG
Kuraeong, Sept, 6

The Teachers' Day
was observed at Kurseoug
on 5th September 1962
in a befitting manner.
In the morning, the stu-
dents of various schools
took out a procession
from Monteviot Ground
and paraded the main
streets of the Town. The
slogan "Dr. Radbakrish-
nan Zindabad" given by
the students rent the air.

In the evening a
public meeting was ht-Jd
at the Raj Rajeswari !;«:3
under the chairman.-hio
of Shri K. K. Das Gup-.a,
Second Officer, Kursi o::g.
Shri A. Gupta, & Fa her
Namohoo spoke about the
significance of the Day,
In bis Residential address
Shri K. K. Das Gupta
spoke about the role af
Teachers & Students in
the re construction of the
country & urged thetn to
bs ideal oitizens. A pao-
ked crowd witnessed the
variety shows presented
by the local sohools. Do-
cumentary film of edu-
cative value were also
Screened by the Publicity
Department. Collnctiona
were made from the sale
of flags from the different
educational institutions.

WHILE IN KALIMPONG
STAY AT

CHANDRA5

DEBATE AT SONADA
The managing Com-
mitte of the Sbont^rani
Junior High School, Pa-
chen Bazar, Sonada orga-
nised a Debate competi-
tion among the local
school teachers at the
school premises on 2nd
September, 1962. Sri R.K.
Dixit, Manager, lloouda-
kothi 1'ea Estate presided

over the meeting The sub-
ject of the debate was 'Wta.
ther Britishers did good to
India.' A large number of
Tea Garden labourers en-
joyed thedebate throughly.
The teachers from Sonada
and Nalichor led by Sri
N.N. Mukhia who debated
against won the coveted
trophy. Mrs. Dixit gave
away the prizes.