All India Pingalwara Charitable Society (Regd) Amritsar.
INTRODUCTION OF PINGALWARA
Information About Pingalwara, founded by Bhagat Puran Singh, is a home for
the homeless, a hope for the forlorn, a hospital for the sick and a cradle for the
orphaned and abandoned child. It was conceived in the serene environment
of Gurdwara Dehra Sahib, Lahore where the founder used to come across
some destitute and hapless, uncared sick and old people fending for
themselves on the road-side footpaths, etc. And, it was built in Amritsar after
the partition of the country. Pingalwara was got registered as ‘All India
Pingalwara Charitable Society (Regd.), Amritsar’ by its founder from the
Registrar of Companies, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh on 6.3.1957. The idea
and the need for establishing this institution came into the mind of its founder
in the said Gurdwara, which was further intensely felt by him in 1934 C.E.
when a spastic child of four came under his care.
In the beginning, the founder had to face many difficulties. He was not only
shelterless but also had no provision for food, clothing, medicines etc. He was
keeping his inmates in shanties built on road berms, footpaths etc. Ultimately,
he was able to purchase the land under the present Head office from the
District Rent and Managing Officer of the Rehabilitation Department in 1958.
At present, Pingalwara has seven branches, one each at Chandigarh,
Sangrur, Jalandhar, Goindwal, Mananwala and Pandori Waraich, in addition
to the head office and main branch at Amritsar. In all these branches, there
are 1700 inmates
In addition to looking after these inmates, Pingalwara is running 5
schools, 2
dental clinics, an ultrasound centre, an eye clinic, an artificial limbs centre, a
physiotherapy centre, a sewing and stitching centre, etc. etc. All these
services and facilities are provided free of cost.
In addition, Pingalwara has got its own printing press where a lot of literature
is printed and distributed free of cost for spreading awareness about social,
religious, health, environmental and other national problems, etc. among the
general public. Awareness is also spread for conservation of natural
resources such as petrol, diesel, coal etc.
Pingalwara has developed its own nursery where saplings are provided to the
public free of cost. Pingalwara is also running two agriculture farms—one
each at Banganwali (Distt: Sangrur) and Dhirekot (Distt: Amritsar) where
natural farming and related research are carried out with a view to presenting
a model for the farming community to emulate. In these farms, chemical
fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, weedicides, etc. are not used. It has also
one dairy-farm of about 150 cattle heads.
The daily expenditure for running all the said projects and taking proper care
of the inmates is to the tune of Rs. three and a half lacs. For all such activities,
Pingalwara totally depends upon charities pouring in from various quarters
throughout the world.
The institution is presently being managed by a seven-member registered
society with Dr. Inderjit Kaur at its head as Patron President.
Zero Budget Natural Farming
Pingalwara has set up its own Zero Budget Natural Farm at Dheerekot near
Jandiala Guru, Amirtsar and at village Bangawali in Distt Sangrur. Excessive
use of chemical fertilizers and pesticide has manifested itself in Cancer,
female fetal loss, adverse effects on reproductive health. These farms are
demonstration farms where cultivation is done without use of any pesticide.
Results of Zero Budget Cultivation can be seen in these farms. The
production in this farm has doubled after adopting this technique. The farm at
Dheerekot has got so popular that each day group of farmers, Agro scientists
and research workers visit this farm. Pingalwara also organizes Zero Budget
Natural Farming Workshop at regular intervals to educate the farmers on this
technique. The work at this farm got so much of prominence in the media that
President OBAMA of USA during his scheduled visit to India in 2010 had
planned to visit farm, which however could not fructify due to reasons
unknown. However, preliminarily teams from President White House and team
from US Embassy had carried out familiarization and security survey of the
Dheerekot Farm and Manawala Complex.
Pingalwara has started a silent and constructive revolution to save the
environment, to regenerate farmer – friendly micro organism, to bring back
soil productivity, to re-establish ecological balance by practically doing Natural
Farming in its 32 Acre Farm. In this farm cultivation is done without resorting
to any type of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Pingalwara truly believes
and preaches against the extensive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides
in farming which have totally destroyed the fertility and productivity of the soil
and has been the cause of dreaded disease like cancer, organ deformity,
mental retardation, diabetes etc. Due to following the practice of Natural
Farming, the soil in Pingalwara Farm has been regenerated and rejuvenated
and yield of any crop is as good as and even better than the yield achieved
with the help of chemical fertilizers. Bhagat Puran Singh truly believed in the
famous verses from holy Sikh scripture, Sri Guru Granth Sahib ‘Pavan Guru
Pani Pita, Mata Dharat Maht’ (air is guru, water is father and the earth is
mother.) This belief of Bhagat Puran Singh can be seen in practical shape at
Bhagat Puran Singh Natural Farm of Pingalwara. This cultivation has proved
to be more healthier for the soil, more eco-friendly, less expensive i.e. (almost
zero Budget) and most of all less toxic to the ground water, resulting in saving
of the humanity from the dreadful diseases.
Bhagat Puran Singh Nursery
Bhagat Puran Singh was very much worried about environment pollution and
he advocated forestation. He himself planted saplings in various public places.
To continue that work, society is planting saplings every year in rainy season.
Society has its own nursery where over 60,000 saplings are distributed free of
cost ever year. During tree plantation, trees are planted in Schools, colleges,
hospitals, public health centres, cremation grounds and other open spaces
free of cost by teams of Pingalwara workers. During the last 15 years over 9
lacs trees have been planted all over Punjab.
Sewage Treatment Plant
Manawala Branch of All India Pingalwara Charitable Society (Regd.), Amritsar is
outside the boundaries of Municipal Corporation and there are no arrangements
for the disposal of sewage. Therefore, treatment plant of sewage has been set up
and the water is recycled and used for agriculture and the remaining water is
used for harvesting.
Gobar Gas Plant
There are three Gobar Gas plants are in field of Sangrur Branch, Manawala
Branch and one in Dheerekot farm near Jandiala. We have many cattle so it is
good to use conventional energy.
CONTACT INFO:-
Email: pingalwara57@gmail.com
Phone: +91-183- 2584713, +91-183- 2584586