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April 6th,2020

While the entire population is reeling under curfew restrictions, the environment is heaving a sigh of relief. The skies are clear.
The rivers are breathing.
One can have a clear view of the Beas riverbed and see tiny fish, turtles and multi-coloured plants.
It seems that nature has pressed the reset button, with wild animals being sighted in cities in the absence of human presence.
Punjab Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Kuldip Kumar shared:-
Ever since the imposition of the lockdown, pollution levels have gone down.

To ensure that this positive impact of the lockdown on nature goes into record books, Punjab now wants to conduct a comprehensive study.
In a letter to the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), Environment and Climate Change Department director Kahan Singh Pannu stated that the board wanted “to conduct a detailed study of the current pollution level scenario, the status of various pollutants and their impact in reducing the pollution load”.
The lockdown has resulted in a drop in the pollution levels across the world. As the pandemic continues to halt industrial activities, it has given people some time to breathe.

The Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of Punjab is around 50. Before the lockdown, the average daily AQI reading was between 120 and 140. An AQI of under 50 is considered to be in the “good category”, which means air pollution poses little or no risk. While the quality index between 51 and 100 is satisfactory, 101 and 200 is moderate, 201 and 300 are poor, 301 and 400 are very poor and 401 and above is severe.

(Source:- The Tribune)

“On the occasion of the light of the holy guru sahib Sri guru Harikrishna ji, I bow down to him.” Punjab CM

Guru Har Krishan was the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus.
At the age of 5, he became the youngest Guru in Sikhism on 7 October 1661, succeeding his father, Guru Har Rai Ji.
He cured hundreds of locals of Delhi irrespective of their religion at that era where Gurdwara Bangla sahib near conought place is situated.
Everyone bows in the name of the Guru. Believed that the holy water “Amrit/Jal” Cures our diseases.
He takes the disease of others on himself smallpox and died of the disease in 1664 before reaching his 8th birthday.
He is also known as Bal Guru (Child Guru) and sometimes spelt in Sikh literature as Hari Krishan Sahib.
He is remembered in the Sikh tradition for saying “Baba Bakale” before he died, which Sikhs interpreted to identify his granduncle Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji as the next successor.
Guru Har Krishan Sahib Ji had the shortest reign as Guru, lasting only 2 years, 5 months and 24 days.