Turning into a garbage dump
Dehradun, October 25
With the population of the city set to reach the
10-lakh mark by 2011, the biggest challenge confronting the municipal corporation here is the issue of solid waste disposal. Around 257 metric tonnes of solid waste per day is generated from within Dehradun municipal corporation limits, which covers an area of 67 square kilometres and houses nearly eight lakh persons.
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Garbage scattered on Kaulagarh road in Dehradun. — Tribune photo by Vinod Pundir
Soulful rendition by music maestros
Dehradun, October 25
With stalwarts performing before a packed crowd, the penultimate evening at the ongoing ‘Virasat ’08 saw some sizzling performances.
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| Italian guitarist Allessio Nebiolo and (right) Mohammed Ahmed Khan Warsi entertain the audience on the concluding day of the Virasat festival.
— Tribune photos by Vinod Pundir |
Letters
I am a teacher in a Dehradun school and I would like to congratulate you on launching a Tribune edition on
Dehradun. Being a teacher I would say that the edition would be of a great help to us and for the students. They will get to know more about the state and learn about to various issues related to their own state.
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With inadequate fire safety arrangements in most of the commercial high-rise buildings and crowded markets of the city, the state capital of Uttarakhand is virtually sitting on a powder keg.
