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Irrigation Dept will lose 75 % staff by 2017
Hindi weekly newspaper Mussoorie Ka Sach launched
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Police Foundation Day: State to have Anti-Terrorist Squad
Attack on Scribes
State stops power supply to 32 UP villages
Ex-servicemen protest supply of open bottles
One dies, four hurt as vehicle falls into gorge
Elephant, mahout killed in road accident
IMA to introduce NABH accreditation for blood banks
Suspension of Hydel Projects
Residents protest merger of Palika land into Van Panchayat
Painting exhibition to promote art, culture held
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Irrigation Dept will lose 75 % staff by 2017
Dehradun, April 4 A startling fact accepted by Head of Irrigation Deparment AB Pathak was that if no new appointment was done at the junior level, the department would lose 75 per cent of its total employees by the year 2017. Out of a total of 9,000, approximately 6,500 employees are working in Class III and IV categories. Venting their anger against the lackadaisical attitude of the state government, Ramesh Ramola, general secretary, Irrigation Department Employees Association, said, “When the Tehri hydro-electric project was started, the state government appointed these employees at a lower level in bulk. After the project was handed over to the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation, it appointed its own people. Thus, the ID was left with surplus employees. Ever since then, the state government did not make any appointment at that level”. Pathak said it was the policy of regularising daily wagers after 240 days of work as per court ruling, which became genesis of the problem. Now having learnt its lessons, it now breaks the working cycle of 240 days of daily wagers by giving a gap of couple of days and, thus, avoids appointing new employees for any new project. PV Uniyal, senior member of the association, said the state government had betrayed the lower section of the Irrigation Department saying, “Under Sections 74-75 of the Bill passed in the year 2000 after the state was formed, employees of this department were assured that they would be given same promotional avenues and amenities as they were provided in Uttar Pardesh. According to that, an employee should be given at least three promotions during his tenure. But now they are not making new appointments and the number of employees is reducing because of deaths and retirement. So naturally, with lesser number of employees, promotional avenues are also reducing. It is a mischief which the state government is playing with us to avert our promotions”. Ramola also informed that out of 64 Irrigation Divisions, only 30 were actively working and the rest were not functioning because the work load was not balanced. The government was sleeping over these anamolies, he added. It was few days The Tribune had reported about the vacancies pending at higher level in Irrigation department, for which the department had been writing to the state government but nothing much is happening on the surface, except the silver lining of getting new appointment of 250 Junior Engineers in this month. Out of total 921 seats of JE, 238 are working at present, twenty have been promoted as Assistant Engineer. Similarly out of 373 positions of AE, 70 permanent and 114 adhoc are working at present, For the position of Superintendent Engineer out of 15 vacancies 11 are active, and at the level of Chief Engineer, only one out of four is working
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Hindi weekly newspaper Mussoorie Ka Sach launched
Mussoorie, April 4 Gunsola said mediapersons should respect that faith and work with integrity and honesty to reveal the truth and build on that trust through their reporting. He said there were many challenges facing the weekly newspapers, but they had their own respect in society. He also said daily national newspapers had now turned into local newspapers with several editions district wise. He said the information revolution was changing every day with the advent of Internet and the electronic media and the local weekly newspapers should be ready to accept that challenge. Jot Singh Gunsola also said the need was to take out issues on a regular basis despite many difficulties. Commending the efforts of Editors, he wished the Editors for the future and believed that the paper would keep up to its title and act as a bridge to portray the voice and truth of Mussoorie. Gunsola, being critical of the Palika, Mussoorie, said it should restrain itself while giving advertisements to those papers which were not visible in the market and instead support authentic journalists who were putting in hard work. Mandi Parishad Chairman Upendar Thapli said on the occasion that mediapersons should strive for honest reporting and avoid yellow journalism in the town. Another invited guest and senior journalist Jaiprakash Uttarakhandi also said Mussoorie had always been a pioneer in the publication of newspapers from time immemorial. He further said journalists like John Lang had fought the imperial forces during the British Raj through their newspapers despite many threats. Uttarakhandi congratulating the launching of the paper said he would support the budding journalists in their all endeavours in future too. Ward members Virendar Rawat, Ramesh Bhandari, Shubasini Bhartwal, Dwijendar Bahuguna, Ramesh Bharti, Jasvir Kaur and Vijay Ramola and the Press Club of Mussoorie President Bijendar Panwar also kept their views on the occasion. Prem Singh, Ajit Kumar, Manish, Harish Kalra, Satish Kumar and others were present on |
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Police Foundation Day: State to have Anti-Terrorist Squad
Dehradun, April 4 He also announced the recruitment of 1,500 constables in the state police and setting up of new reporting police chowkis and police stations on the way to the Chaardham Yatra and other places. One thousand police personnel would be recruited for the Civil Police, 400 for the Police Armed Constabulary (PAC) and rest 100 in fire services. A police post will be set up at Gochar in Chamoli and police stations at Lambhgaon in Tehri, at Ganya in Almora, at Kanda in Bageshwar and at Mangoli in Nainital. The Chief Minister pointed out that the state was sensitive from the security point of view since its boundaries share borders with two countries - China and Nepal. Addressing the gathering, Nishank said economic growth of the state had gone ahead of 9 per cent, which was more than even the national average. He said to increase the facilities of police personnel every important step was being taken. Earlier, the Chief Minister did inspection of the new 133 constables and took the salute. He later presented a flag to Amit Sinha, Police Superintendent of Commando Force, and honoured Constable Arjun Singh Bisht and other constables during the function. Meanwhile, the Guldar team showed its skills. Former Chief Minister Narain Dutt Tiwari, Agriculture Minister Trivender Singh Rawat, state Planning Commission vice-president Manohar Kant Dhyani, Mayor Vinod Chamoli, Chief Secretary NS Napaltiyal, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Subhash Kumar, Director-General of Police Subhash Joshi and other senior police officers and their families were also present on the occasion. |
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Citizens for Green Doon launches anti-plastic drive
Dehradun, April 4 Volunteers explained to the shopkeepers not to give free plastic bags to customers, but insist on customers getting their own bags or sell cloth bags to them. Students of Doon International School and Doon School participated in the drive. They contacted the people walking on the roads with plastic bags and exchanged these with cloth bags. Speaking to volunteers of the group, Dr Nitin Pandey said leaving everything to the government would not work and citizens of Dehradun must take it upon themselves to get their city free from the menace of plastic pollution. He said the plastic bags of all sizes were equally bad as these ended up in drains or in the stomach of animals or were burnt releasing toxins and cancer-causing agents in the air. Laksha Mehta, a member of the CFGD, pointed out that it was the mentality of people that needed to be changed. She said before plastic bags became freely available a few years ago, people had a habit of carrying a cloth bag with them whenever they went shopping. This habit needed to be re-inculcated in them. |
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Attack on Scribes
Dehradun, April 4 Meanwhile, agitated journalists also held a dharna against the alleged attack of employees of the Roadways on them. They later met Director-General of Police (DGP) Subhash Joshi demanding the arrest of the Roadways employees who had allegedly attacked the journalists. The Roadways employees demanded that the suspension of the foreman be taken back and the journalist who had allegedly indulged in the clash with them should be penalised. They threatened that if action was not be taken against the journalists, then they would go on an indefinite strike in the state. Over a dozen journalists had got injured in this attack on them allegedly by Roadways employees. A few of them are still admitted to the Doon Hospital. On the directions of Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, a foreman of the Roadways workshop allegedly involved in the attack was suspended last night. |
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State stops power supply to 32 UP villages
Nainital, April 4 Sources in Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) said the supply had been stalled after an agreement between the two states ended on March 31. Under the agreement, Uttarakhand had to supply power to these villages till that date by which Uttar Pradesh was supposed to have an alternative arrangement, which it failed to have. These villages are located in Rampur, Bareilly and Pilibhit districts of Uttar Pradesh. Sources also pointed out certain issues related to payment of dues. These villages were being provided 4 MW power by the Kitcha-Sitarganj feeder. Meanwhile, parts of the Kumaon region in Uttarakhand continue to face a power crisis in the form of scheduled and unscheduled cuts for hours together. |
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Ex-servicemen protest supply of open bottles
Nainital, April 4 They held a protest on the tehsil premises and are learnt to have sent across a memorandum to Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank in support of their demands. They raised the voice against a new rule that allows them to procure only two bottles of liquor at a time out of six that are permitted to them. This means that they have to make three rounds to take their entire entitlement. On top of this, the bottles being given to them are open and this results in spilling over of liquor. The district has more than 12,000 ex-servicemen and a large number of them have to walk several kilometres
to reach the canteen. It is learnt that the open bottles are being supplied to prevent illegal sale of liquor. But the ex-servicemen are contesting that the government has failed on all fronts to check liquor smuggling and its illegal sale. They have threatened not to avail the liquor allocated to them till the orders to supply open bottles
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One dies, four hurt as vehicle falls into gorge
Mussoorie, April 4
The fire personnel rescued five injured persons and took them to the community hospital in the 108 Emergency Ambulance. Of the injured, two had received minor injuries, while the other three were in a serious condition. According to the Mussoorie police, Sikey, 25, died on his way to hospital and the injured Kamal Singh, 21, and Kishen, 19, residents of Chainpur in Nepal, Ramdas, 19, and driver Javed, 30, a resident of Landour Bazar, Mussoorie, were in a
serious condition. According to the police officials, the accident occurred when a loaded truck while negotiating the steep climb lost its balance and fell into the gorge. However, residents were of a different view and believed that the damaged road being built by the Nagar Palika was the root cause for such a tragic incident. Rami, a resident of Indira Colony, said due to the damaged condition of the road such accidents were unavoidable. She further said the residents had informed the Palika many times that as the road was narrow and plying of heavy vehicles would be endangering many lives, so a ban should be put on the movement of heavy vehicles. But they paid no heed to it and due to their callous attitude the tragedy had struck. Sunder Singh, another resident, said the road had been damaged from several places and such accidents had taken place earlier too. He also alleged that contractors were using substandard material on the road, and as a result tiles had peeled off from
several places. The residents demanded to ban on the movement of heavy vehicles on the road with immediate effect so that such incidents were
not repeated. Another killed in road mishap
DEHRADUN: A 25-year-old-man, resident of Baloganj, died on the spot, while three others got injured after the truck (UA 07-M-1628) they were travelling in, lost control and turned turtle in Mussoorie, near LBS, here today. According to the police, the three injured, out of five, were taken to the Government Hospital. |
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Elephant, mahout killed in road accident
Nainital, April 4 On Saturday evening, both mahouts were on their way to Rampur when the elephant, on which 60-year-old Rafiq was sitting, was hit by a bus that was somehow controlled by its driver. The driver of the bus fled from the spot. It is learnt that the 30-year-old elephant belonged to one Raja Raghupratap Singh of Syohara and Rafiq had been its mahout for the past 15 years. It is being ascertained whether the elephant had crossed over from another state with due permission or not and also whether it can be used in advertising events or not. |
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IMA to introduce NABH accreditation for blood banks
Dehradun, April 4 He said along with the NABH accredition, the IMA would also be introducing the NAT test. “We were the first bank to introduce component blood separator and further advancement with NAT testing will provide us the cutting edge,” he said. On the other hand, Dr Keshav Desi Raju, Principal Secretary, Health, said the state government had planned an ambitious programme by setting up blood banks at each district hospital and also start collections centres at 36 Community Health Centres. “In this, we will be looking for support from the IMA Blood Bank,” said Raju. Piyush Singh, Project Director, Uttarakhand Aids Control Society, said of the 23 Blood Banks in the state, 15 were supported by NACO. He also said the government had already cleared the satellite project of the IMA with certain modifications. It was an ambitious programme of the IMA in which collection vans would be given to the IMA the services of which would be linked through satellite. |
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Suspension of Hydel Projects
Dehradun, April 4 The Centre’s disapproval to extend the industrial package had already set the stage, rest was done by its decision on hydro-electric projects. The UKD, which till now has been beating the drum of shifting the capital to Gairsain, has got a fresh lease of life with these hot issues falling in its lap. Today, party secretary Rajpal Singh Rawat, city president Bahadur Singh, acting president Virender Bisht and president of women’s wing Promila Rawat sat along with party workers on dharna on the Rajpur road in front of the Gandhi Park here. Rajpal Singh Rawat said, “We have to hold the protests and rallies to start a people’s movement on these twin issue. Especially people who so actively fought for the formation of Uttarakhand. Our purpose is to take them along to reinforce our demand to reverse these prejudiced decision”. He said soon they would hold such rallies in other parts of the state, namely Uttarkashi, Srinagar, Pauri, Tehri Garhwal, etc. Sarla Rawat said the party activists had no idea about the dharna in the morning. She too was preparing to go for some other work when she was called suddenly to join the dharna. |
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Residents protest merger of Palika land into Van Panchayat
Nainital, April 4 They warned that the residents of the locality would launch a full-fledged agitation if the farmers were asked to vacate the land that was rightfully theirs. They charged that the land had been transferred without the permission of the villagers. They said Van Panchayats were normally constituted only on the demands raised by the people. |
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Painting exhibition to promote art, culture held
Dehradun, April 4 Dr Farooq was the chief guest of the event, who inaugurated the exhibition by lighting the lamp. He appreciated the work of all artists and congratulated Ridhima for her endeavours in making “Collective Spaces 2010”, a
successful event. The exhibition involves an integration of 28 renowned and well-established painters, whose distinguished works are on display. In the four-day painting exhibition, contemporary artists will showcase varied style of representation and medium. Some of the artists included Ashok Roy, C Prakash, Monideep Saha, Paresh Mridha, Rahim Mirza, Bhavika Marwah and Paribartan Mohanty. While briefing about the paintings, Ridhima said, “Every colourful work, which is on display, shows a sense of serenity with homogeneity to the environment. Some are scenes from rural India that exude
the simplicity of the villages in an ethereal manner, others are marvellously done vibrant abstract pieces”. |
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Dehradun, April 4
Dehradun, April 4
Mussoorie, April 4
To provide safe blood to masses and further improve it’s services, the Indian Medical Association
(IMA) Blood Bank will be soon going for an NABH accreditation. This was stated in his address by Dr Alok
Ahuja, coordinator of the programme, at the ongoing Rakt-Parvah, 2010, conference on “Total Quality Management in Transfusion Services” aided by Sir Ratan Tata Trust.
Dehradun, April 4
Dehradun, April 4
