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BJP plans public mass contact programme
Yuva Morcha burns effigy of Central govt
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Cong-BJP blame game on in Haridwar
Two held in murder case
Training programme to promote khadi products
BJP to discuss price rise issue
Protesters held hostage by police
Ministerial staff continue strike
State eco-tourism lodge tops TOFT ranking
One killed in land dispute
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BJP plans public mass contact programme
Nainital, January 31 According to new general secretary of the BJP Suresh Joshi, “In 2010, the party will be focusing on development besides targeting the segments of women, youth, SCs and STs. We will be reviewing the works done by the government over the past three years. People will be approached to know about the problems being faced by them and these will be taken up at the party and then at the government level.” On the issue of the ongoing strike of Ministerial Services employees that has brought the functioning of offices to a standstill, besides incurring heavy economic losses, Joshi said the employees should withdraw their strike in the interest of the state. “We are a new state and we have been among the first ones to give our employees the benefits of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. We have given them benefits to the tune of Rs 3,000 crore”. Joshi once again aired the grudge of other BJP leaders of the state that the Centre was delaying permission for development works. He said state Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank met Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh seven times and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh twice and it was only then that the permission for restarting mining on the banks of the Gola river was granted. When questioned about the delays on the part of the state government in providing requisite papers to the Centre with regards to the Gola river, he claimed the first proposal for extending mining permission had been sent in 2008. He also questioned the failure of the five Congress Lok Sabha mbers elected from the state to raise issues pertaining to the state and charged that they were scared of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister to do so. Joshi was evasive when asked what his own party was doing as the Opposition in Parliament on the issues raised by him.
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Yuva Morcha burns effigy of Central govt
Dehradun, January 31 Led by their state president Vinod Kandari, the BJYM leader blamed the Congress government at the Centre for failing to check rising prices, which he said were affecting the common man. He said the prices of essential items like edible oils, vegetables and fruits had risen to all-time high and it had become very difficult for the poor to manage his daily food intake. He blamed the Congress of doing little to check price hike. “The Congress government seems least interested to check this rising inflation,” Kandari said. Mahanagar BJP leader Rajkumar Jaiswal said the Congress which claimed to be protector of the poor had completely failed to check inflation and become a party of the rich and influential. Another BJYM office-bearer Rajesh Pal said the Centre was entirely to blame for the inflation. Yahspal Negi, Bijendra Thapliyal, Deepak Dhyani and Rahul Sonkar were among the protesters.
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Cong-BJP blame game on in Haridwar
Haridwar, January 31 The Congress lashes out at the state BJP-led government for its failure to properly govern the state on all fronts. Terming the government policies as anti-public, city Congress chief OP Chauhan points out that despite the BJP changing the face of the Chief Minister from BC Khanduri to Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, the working and policies of the BJP government haven’t changed. “Changing the mask isn’t any solution, but the BJP believes so. Its policies are the same and people are dissatisfied with it whether they are in any part of Uttarakhand be it in Pauri Garhwal, Chamoli, Almora, Udham Singh Nagar or Haridwar districts,” said Chauhan. Cornering the state government on the Maha Kumbh projects, the Congress leader remarked that though a month had passed since the commencement of the mega fair, the Kumbh works had not yet been completed. Anju Dwivedi, head of the women’s cell of the Congress, blamed the state government for delayed Kumbh works, which were inconveniencing local people, pilgrims and tourists. “Despite the Chief Minister going on record that this time the Kumbh projects are the best both in terms of quality and quantity, yet these are still going on and several of works will be completed by the next month only when half of the Kumbh tenure will be over. Also completed works have already shown signs of use of poor quality material and this is a sheer misuse of the Kumbh funds allocated by the Central government,” said Dwivedi. On the other hand, the BJP responds quite aggressively. From burning effigies to turning down Opposition parties claims over the Kumbh works, BJP leaders are aggressively blaming the Congress party. District BJP head Om Prakash Jamdagni refutes the charges levelled against the state government over the Maha Kumbh projects. He cites the permanent and temporary works being carried out for the first time for this Maha Kumbh. “There is a drastic change in the infrastructure development in the city. From bridges and roads to beautification projects, Haridwar bears a different look. Also in terms of funds, projects and quality, the state government has not left any stone unturned to provide the best of the facilities to the people coming for the mega fair,” said Jamdagni. The Congress is too blamed for its failure to control the rising prices. “For the poor, lower and middle classes, the Congress-led UPA government has made life miserable. Though in the elections it said ‘Congress ka haath aam admi ke sath’, it seems its hand is only with the higher strata of society,” said Sanjana Sharma, head of the BJP Mahil Morcha. |
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Two held in murder case
Roorkee, January 31 SP (Rural) Roshan Lal Sharma said Subhash had illicit relations with many women, including the deceased and Aarti. “Sushma came into contact with him when he was working in a medical store near the Mother and Child Hospital, where she was working as a nurse. Meanwhile, Subhash also developed relations with Aarti and married her clandestinely. On the fateful day, Sushma went to Subhash’s residence at Nehru Stadium, where she found him with Aarti. When she attacked Aarti in a fit of rage, both Subhash and Aarti strangled her and disposed of her body into Gang Canal that night,” said the SP. The accused came into the net through electronic surveillance, said Sharma. Earlier, deceased person’s brother Sushil Kumar Saini lodged an FIR and raised doubts on her husband Kunwar Singh and her stepson Pradeep. “Kunwar Singh has nothing to do with the murder,” said the SP. Meanwhile, the SSP (Haridwar) announced an award of Rs 2,500 for the police team.
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Training programme to promote khadi products
Dehradun, January 31 Those setting up units under the Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) in Uttarakhand are also being given training in quality control, product and design development so that their finished products are able to compete in the market. Addressing a press conference here today, state Director of the KVIC Karnail Singh said, “Though the name khadi alone continues to inspire trust, we have begun intensive programmes in design development and quality control for our beneficiaries and newer methods of packaging the products are being incorporated”. He said at least five beneficiaries in Uttarakhand were undergoing training in product design and quality control. He said under the programme, the KVIC had set itself an ambition target of establishing 1,300 units for the period 2009-10, which would provide employment to around 15,000 persons at an investment of Rs 55 crore. “The state nodal office (KVIC) has so far sanctioned 850 projects till December 2009. We had received 25,000 projects and out of these, 2,000 projects were selected and 850 projects have been sanctioned. The banks have been asked to settle the issue of the projects within 30 days, so that the beneficiaries know where they stand,” he said. Financial assistance to the tune of Rs 25 lakh is provided to those desirous of setting up units. Assessment of projects is made by the technical staff of the KVIC. So far 3,000 units have been established under the REGP alone. To provide skill upgrading for beneficiaries, multi-discipline training centres have been set at Haldwani and Dehradun, where training is given to traditional artists and entrepreneurs desirous of skill enhancement. In addition, training centres for the Entrepreneur Development Programme (EDP) under the PMEGP have been established with the khadi institutions. The KVIC will also shortly come up with a state-level directory of entrepreneurs. Khadi fair from today
To provide marketing opportunity to entrepreneurs, the state office of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Ministry of MSME, is organising a khadi fair at the Parade Ground here from February 1 to 15. A total of 60 units from Uttarakhand and 125 units from different parts of the country will participate in the fair. The state office is hoping to achieve a sales target of Rs 1.5-5 crore during the ensuing period. KVIC state Director Karnail Singh said all participants would be provided free boarding and lodging for the 15 days of the fair and in addition the participants from the Northeastern states would be provided free transportation facilities. “Participants from Uttarakhand are expected to get a good market exposure and processed food items like honey, handicrafts and handlooms will be on sale,” said Singh. |
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BJP to discuss price rise issue
Dehradun, January 31 State BJP general secretary Dr Dhan Singh Rawat today disclosed the schedule of the party meetings, which was decided after deliberations of the party state general secretaries held at the party headquarters on Saturday. While the first meeting will take place on February 3 at Didhat, Ranikhat and Nainital, the second will be held in Kashipur, Haridwar and Purola on February 3. The meetings at Tehri will take place on February 5. Similarly, Uttarkashi and Kotdwar meetings against price rise will be staged on February 6. The meeting in Roorkee will take place on February 7, west Doon and Rudrapur on February 8, Almora on February 10, Champawat and Haldwani on February 11, Pitthoragarh on February 12, Dehradun city and Rudraprayag on February 13, Chamoli on February 14 and Pauri on February 15. |
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Protesters held hostage by police
Nainital, January 31 Having gathered intelligence about the plan of women activists, the police held them hostage in a residence for more than an hour and later let them off when the Chief Minister had left the area. The women wanted to register their protest against the failure of the state government to address issues of women statehood activists. In a related development in Khatima, women statehood activists protested against the honouring of ‘fake’ activists by the government on the Republic Day. They staged a protest at the sub-division office and raised slogans against the state government. They said the government while failing to respect the genuine statehood activists had instead honoured some of those who were opposed to the very concept of the state.
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Ministerial staff continue strike
Dehradun, January 31 The protesters, who have demanded pay hike according to the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations and regularisation of temporary staff, are in no mood to resume work. Departments like health, RTO, irrigation, horticulture, education, child development, tourism, business and trade, collectorate, animal husbandry and many others are suffering due to the strike. |
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State eco-tourism lodge tops TOFT ranking
Dehradun, January 31 The other to share the outstanding rank include Taj Safaris’ new upmarket lodges, Baghvan, on the borders of the Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh. The eco-lodges audited by TOFT for environmental considerations and carbon footprint, also maintaining highest standards. Thus, standing up to the quality practice rating of TOFT. According to J Matthews, founding Chairman, TOFT, more lodges across India were inclined to be involved in the campaign and get themselves audited. He said the main aim for rankings on the part of the TOFT campaign was to allow the travel community to choose the best practice suppliers in India’s most visited tiger reserves. TOFT constitutes over 180 Indian and international travel operators and service providers and is catalysed in response to the huge decline in the tiger population in India in 2005. TOFT seeks to advocate and support a more sustainable way both with the Wildlife Travel Community, alongside NGOs, and the tiger reserve authorities. Significantly, eco-tourism continues to high on priority of the Uttarakhand forest authorities, who have recently gone for a renovation of its old rest houses and lodges to attract tourists.
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One killed in land dispute
Nainital, January 31 Sher Singh, a resident of Lal Singh Kopa Haripura village, was having a dispute with one Surjan Singh and some others over a piece of land measuring more than 1.5 bighas. On Friday, Surjan, along with his accomplices Vira Singh, Karnail Singh, Satnam Singh and a dozen others, landed at Sher Singh’s residence and after an exchange of hot words, the visitors allegedly resorted to indiscriminate firing. Sher Singh died on the spot after being hit by bullets. His wife Bhajan Kaur was seriously injured when she was hit on her head with an axe while she was trying to save her husband. His son Gurbachan Singh, daughter Sumitra and son-in-law Hardam Singh also sustained injuries when they were hit by pellets. The attackers fled from the spot after the incident. |
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In opposition to rising prices, members of the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha burnt the effigy of the Central government at the Clock Tower here today.
Roorkee, January 31
Dehradun, January 31
