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Bharatwal elected unopposed as deputy speaker
Fishy business at Chandi Ghat
A woman sells fish at Chandi Ghat in Haridwar. Tribune photo: Rameshwar |
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Maruti, govt sign MoU for driving institute
Teachers’ protest enters day 11
Schoolteachers court arrest in Dehradun on Saturday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
Govt revives ANM training centres
Implement drinking water projects: Kandari
Suicide bid by family, one dead
Now, Vikrams to operate from Parade ground
There’s something for everyone this Christmas
Centre approves Yuva Khel Project
ICFAI emerge victorious
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Bharatwal elected unopposed as deputy speaker
Dehradun, December 20 While, the entire opposition, comprising the Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), boycotted the House, speaker Harbans Kapoor announced that since Bharatwal was the sole candidate to file nomination papers for the post of deputy speaker, she stands elected. Vijaya Bharatwal was escorted to the seat allocated for deputy speaker. It is for the first time after the formation of the separate state of Uttarakhand that the post of deputy speaker of the assembly has been created. More than necessity, it was the political compulsion of Chief Minister Maj Gen B.C. Khanduri (retd) to adjust his own party legislators that prompted the decision to create another position. Meanwhile, opposition parties boycotted the election charging the ruling BJP of working against the established norms of democracy. “Normally, it is a member of the main opposition party who is elevated to the post of deputy speaker but the BJP government did not even bother to consult opposition parties. They declared the election schedule forcing us to boycott the election,” Harak Singh Rawat, leader of opposition in the assembly, said. Shahzad, leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party legislature party also criticised the BJP for violating the norms. The Congress has decided to hold a "Loktantra Bachao Diwas" on December 23 at all district headquarters of the state. “We will protest and expose the undemocratic and anti-people policies of the Khanduri government,” said Suryakant Dhasmana, Uttarakhand Congress spokesperson. |
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Fishy business at Chandi Ghat
Haridwar, December 20 This illegal trade has been going on for quite some time. The people living in slums near the riverside have made this their occupation. On demand, they immediately go to the river and catch fish. The fish sellers sell about 70-90 kg fish at Rs 40-50/kg daily. A woman selling fish at the ghat said that with winter setting in, the demand has increased. Many Bangladeshis also live in this area in makeshift tents. Locals here said that though they have informed the police many times, no stern action has
been taken. When the local police station was contacted, they denied having any information about the illegal fish trade. Rajesh Mishra, SHO, Shyampur, said that if people are found involved in such acts, necessary action would be taken. "This has been going for quite some time now and not only fishes, but liquor too is being sold here after dusk" said Kamal Kishor, a local resident. "This is a religious place and such acts will not be tolerated. Many times, we have caught these people and warned them but after some time, they again start selling fish" said Subodh Gupta of the Shiv Sena. Residents say that the illegal trade has mushroomed due to two reasons. First, the lackadaisical attitude of the administration and secondly, migrants to the city make these illegal colonies which later on become the hub of illegal
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Maruti, govt sign MoU for driving institute
Dehradun, December 20 “We have not received any positive response from any state, except Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana and Uttarakhand, to set up this facility offering research on improving road safety as well as drivers training,” said Shinzo Nakanishi, MD, MSIL, after the company signed an MoU with the state government to start a state-of-the-art Drivers Training and Research Institute here today. The government has provided four hectares for the purpose. The company has an old association with Delhi where such an institute was opened eight years back. The institutes in Haryana and Gujarat are in advanced stages of completion. The institute, being set up on a private-public partnership pattern at an estimated cost of Rs 5 crore at Jhajra village in Sahaspur block of the Dehradun district, is the flagship CSR initiative of the company in the hill state. The state transport secretary, Dr Umakant Panwar, and Nakanishi, signed the MoU in the presence of Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri. The company will be responsible for framing curriculum, faculty and instructors to impart driving skills and technical training. Besides, the institute will assist, advise and support the state government in activities contributing to safety on roads as well as facilitate improvement in the transport system in the state. The most important feature of the MoU is that the company will employ 40 per cent of trainees upon successful completion of courses. Starting with drivers training, motor mechanics courses will be introduced later. Therefore, the institute has the potential of generating employment for large number of people especially the youth. “We have trained over 41,000 people out of which half are women,” added Nakanishi. The persons belonging to SC/ST categories will be imparted training free of cost. On offer will be regular and refresher courses. The first session will start from March next year. The certification of the institute is being mulled for the purpose of issuing driving licences by the Regional Transport Office. Khanduri urged Nakanishi that training modules devised by the company’s experts should take into account the difficult mountainous terrain of the state and problems of driving associated with it. He offered to provide data available with the state government and other inputs for this purpose. He asked the company to do research to train drivers in a way that high incidence of road accidents in hills could be minimised to the extent possible. “I say so because the number of casualties resulting from them is very painful. The method of curbing this through policing has not proved that effective,” he said while referring to survey reports, out of 100 deaths in road accidents are the result of faulty driving. |
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Teachers’ protest enters day 11
Dehradun, December 20 Condemning the government, shiksha mitras said that if in case, the government doesn’t listen to their demands, they will be forced to take an extreme stand. Addressing the protesters, state president, Gulab Chand Ramola, said the government should wake up to their needs or they should be ready to face the repercussions particularly during the coming Lok Sabha elections. The protesting teachers were shouting slogans against the state government and later, a large number of agitating teachers was arrested. The teachers were later released in the evening. Here it is pertinent to mention that yesterday too, around 1000 protesting teachers were arrested. General secretary, Lalit Divedi, state spokesperson, Ravindre Khati, Kamlesh Pandey, Tapas Kumar, Mangat Negi and others were present at the protest. |
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Govt revives ANM training centres
Dehradun, December 20 As of now, five ANM centres have been set up at Pauri, Dehradun, Udham Singh Nagar, Almora and Pithoragarh. “We will be reviving the Male Social Worker (MSW) cadre in Uttarakhand, these workers are expected to be posted along with the two ANMs at one sub-center,” said Dr. Anil Sharma, additional director, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Presently, the state is facing a shortage of 180 Auxiliary Nurses. Presently, 110 ANMs are undergoing the training. “However, as per the plans of State Health Department of attaching two ANMs to a sub-center, along with a male social worker (MSW), the state government will require a total of 2,000 ANMs. The provision for payment of salaries is made through the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) programme, which is funded by the central government,” informed Dr Anil Sharma, additional director, NRHM. There is a total shortage of 44 ANMs in Tehri, five in Dehradun and 20 in Uttarkashi. “To ensure that the ANMs continue to work in the villages, they are being selected from the districts where the requirement for auxiliary nurses is more,” added Dr Anil Sharma. It may be mentioned that ANMs are required as they can take charge of medical situations in the absence of doctors in the villages, when Uttarakhand was part of Uttar Pradesh, the government faced the problem of plenty. It had to look for several ways of adjusting them but after the creation of a separate state, several of them went back to the mother state creating a vacuum here. The state was left with two training centers at Almora and Pauri. |
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Implement drinking water projects: Kandari
Dehradun, December 20 The minister today convened a meeting of MLAs in Dehradun and asked their assistance in constituting committees in villages to implement SWAP projects in the state. The minister admitted that SWAP projects had been delayed due to Gram Pradhan and Gram Panchayat elections. There are 114 drinking water projects are under construction under the aegis of Swajal Project, while eight projects are under construction under Uttarakhand Peyjal Nigam and Detailed Project Report for 123 projects have been completed under Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan. He pointed out that as one envisaged for empowerment of panchayats, the Jal Sansthan, Jal Nigam and the Swajal will only be providing the technical guidance. aSignificantly, Uttarakhand has an honour of attaining global first state status in the implementation of Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Programme under SWAP. |
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Suicide bid by family, one dead
Dehradun, December 20 He said that preliminary investigations indicate that today after leaving her daughter Rajni at her sister’s place, Vidya later gave celphos tablets to Shivam and Ratna. And after that she herself consumed celphos. The trio was rushed to Doon Hospital, where the doctors declared Shivam brought dead. The condition of Ratna is stable but Vidya is critical. |
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Now, Vikrams to operate from Parade ground
Dehradun, December 20 The new arrangements will facilitate smooth movement of traffic as Vikrams will no more be allowed to pick up the commuters from Ashley Hall and Survey Chowk areas. They would now be operating through Parade Ground. The earlier arrangements were causing unnecessary traffic jams. The department now also plans to introduce stickers for Vikrams for ensuring that a particular Vikram possess all valid papers. Welcoming the new arrangements, Uttarakhand Pradesh Vikram Tempo Mahasangh’s, general secretary, Satish Sharma said Vikrams till date had not centralised stand and asserted that the new arrangement has come as a big relief for Vikram operators. Meanwhile, the administration is also making arrangements for fixing a weekly off for the Vikrams. This would meant to bring respite to the city roads off traffic pressure. |
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There’s something for everyone this Christmas
Dehradun, December 20 The city gift shops are full of beautiful gifts that are attracting customers. From beautiful decorative items like the Christmas tree, clothes for Santa Clause, candles and chocolates, there is something for everyone. “People usually select gifts depending on their pocket. This year kids and parents have a wide variety of toys chocolates, cards and aromatic, floating candles which are quite popular among customers,” said Shilpa Arora, owner of Art Home gift shop. Around 300 different varieties of cards are available in the market. “The gallery not only has variety of cards ranging from Rs 5 to Rs 165, but has also launched Christmas cards that celebrate relationships. Cards for parents, siblings, spouses, student and teacher are available this Christmas,” said Pramod Chawla. “It’s my mother’s birthday on the 25th so I decided to purchase these along with birthday cards,” said Neesha a college student. The gallery is also offering spring caps for Christmas, “Unlike normal Christmas cap this year, we have brought new Spring Caps with beautiful messages and all for Rs 99 is also available at our shop,” said Pramod Chawla. “I loved the small Santa Clause soft toy so, I purchased it for my younger sister” said Urveshi a student. “Bicycle chocolate box, Santa chocolate box, baby tram chocolate box, star and leaf shaped chocolates and poodle center filled chocolate box is different as well as the most favourite among youngsters,” said Pramod Chawla. |
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Sports
Roorkee, December 20 Ravindra Jugran, vice-chairman of the parishad, said a proposal to build infrastructure in 750 Nyaya Panchayat has been sent to the Central government. Jugran said the parishad has been waiting for the centre’s nod to start the scheme in the earmarked villages. Another aspect which will be benefited from the project is that apart from development of a sports culture at grass root level, the sports teachers will also be appointed from the local villages itself. "It would provide employment opportunity to the locals also." he added. |
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ICFAI emerge victorious
Dehradun, December 20 Earlier, NIIT won the toss and elected to bat. They lost four wickets at the score of 27 runs. It was Sunny and Anuj who stabilised their inning and helped their team score a total of 191 runs in the allotted 40 overs. ICFAI bowler Ankit claimed three wickets. The ICFAI opening batsmen never let the total look big. They reached the target in the 22nd over and registered a comfortable seven-wicket victory. |
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Amid boycott by the entire opposition, Uttarakhand assembly today got its first deputy speaker. Vijaya Bharatwal, ruling BJP legislator from Yamkeswar assembly segment of Pauri Garhwal district, was unanimously elected to the post.
Haridwar, December 20
Dehradun, December 20
Dehradun, December 20
Dehradun, December 20
