Wheatgrass juice langar at Sultanpur Lodhi

Of the many langars which kept devotees satiated during Gurpurab celebrations at Sultanpur Lodhi was an elderly man with his stall of wheatgrass juice. Kapurthala resident Bhai Harjit Singh Pattar took wheatgrass juice to the sangat to stress on the importance of the miracle grass in warding off diseases. The fully organic juice—Pattar says—is a one-herb solution to the warding off myriad diseases. After three-day langar during Gurpurab, Pattar also holds the same langar regularly outside the Yuvraj Motor Works in Kapurthala where 150 people are turning up daily. Patients gather at 7.15 am, say their prayers together and then langar is disbursed. The juice is formally promoted under the aegis of Baba Shree Chand Ji Nishkaam Sewa Society which Pattar is a member. Pattar says, “It has warded off cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and many other diseases. It is a fully organic juice extracted from the wheatgrass grown by me. The entire process is organic and very simple. There are no side effects. You just have to take 20 to 30 ml in the morning for three months during which you have to give up outside food. It has cured even incurable diseases.”

Ensure 2,000 Covid tests daily, says DC uppal

Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Deepti Uppal ordered 2,000 Covid tests daily to ensure fool proof contact tracing and keep new infections in check in the district. Deepti Uppal and SSP Kanwardeep Kaur on Thursday reviewed the Covid control steps taken by the Health Department and police along with SDMs of all four subdivisions. Addressing all SMOs at a meeting held at the DAC, the DC asked Civil Surgeon Dr Surinder Kumar and SMOs to ensure speed up testing to avoid the second wave of Covid. Health officials informed that the district had crossed one lakh testing besides distributing 559 Fateh Kits to home isolated persons out of 1,000 kits. The DC also asked to ensure 100 per cent sampling of persons with comorbid conditions. Health officials informed that persons with comorbid diseases were tested 40 per cent in August, 77 per cent in September and 108 per cent in November. The DC also asked to chalk out comprehensive plan for sampling of all government employees by visiting government offices, besides students at ITIs and colleges who are coming to institutes for study. TNS