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U’khand continues to reel under rain
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Bus overturns in stream, passengers rescued
Villagers move to safer places
No let-up in next 24 hrs
5-yr-old drowns in Bindal
Funds go down the drain
Lack of scientific advisers leads to political goof ups: Expert
Bachpan Play School celebrates Teachers Day
NSUI students tear nomination papers of rival candidate
ABVP members scuffle with college Principal
Aditya fashions Summer Valley School’s victory
Soccer Cup kicks off at RIMC
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U’khand continues to reel under rain
Nainital, September 3 A large number of roads, reportedly more than a 1000 across the region, stand damaged and a considerable number out of these are blocked for traffic movement. The Kosi, Sukhi, Dabka and Gaula rivers along with seasonal streams continue to flow in full spate causing large-scale damage to the crops, roads, houses besides causing extensive water logging and washing away large tracts of land. The areas in Terai continue to be the worst-affected where the water levels in water logged areas are either not receding or are receding at a very slow pace. On Thursday, 17 persons had a narrow escape when the vehicles in which they were travelling were washed away by a seasonal streams in Dikuli-Samvalde areas of
Ramnagar. In the first instance, five persons travelling in car were rescued by local villagers in Dhikuli and in the second, 12 persons were rescued by Dela villagers when the bus in which they were travelling was washed away by the Samvalde river. Meanwhile, the body of the youth from Ghaziabad, who had been washed away four days earlier at Jainal, was recovered from the Ramganga river near Marchula. On the other hand, several roads like Thal-Munshayari and Dharcula-Mangti continue to be closed for the vehicular movement. Officials have expressed hope that the Almora-Bhawali road might be opened for traffic on Saturday. In Bageshwar district, a house collapsed in Jhankara village on Thursday. Travellers on the Kaladhungi-Nainital road experienced delays on Thursday because of numerous landslides blocking the road. Meanwhile, a child died reportedly of high fever in Valig village of Lohagat area. Four children have reportedly died in the area on account of spread of measles. The health authorities claim to be doing their best for the measles-infected children and the blood samples of the patients have been sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in Delhi. The area of Lal Kuan in Nainital district continues to report high incidence of viral and bacterial diseases. A woman is learnt to have died of fever in Nagina Colony. Two deaths have earlier been reported from the town allegedly because of malaria and dengue. Five persons displaying symptoms of dengue have also been reported from Ramnagar. Instances of diarrhoea are also being reported in children residing in Badaun and Timar villages of Okhalkanda block. Towns in the region continue to experience erratic supply of essentials which is causing the spiralling of prices. The Garampani area on Almora-Bhawali road is learnt to be facing an acute LPG shortage. The prices of vegetables across the region have shot up as 70 per cent of the supplies from the vegetable-producing areas have been disrupted over the past fortnight.
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Bus overturns in stream, passengers rescued
Haridwar, September 3 A major casualty was avoided at Pathri village when a bus got swept in a seasonal stream as it tried to pass through the stream. But such was the flow of the Rau river that the vehicle overturned endangering the lives of the passengers. Villagers standing on the banks of the river came to their rescue. Led by the village head, the villagers finally were able to rescue all passengers. Informing about the incident, Sarai village head Dharmendra Chaudhari said the whole area has got submerged in floodwater of Rau River and villagers are stuck due to water logging. A concrete house caved in due to heavy rain at Subashgadh while many other houses of the area got cracks as waist length water in force made residents move into upper floors or roof tops. While at Shantikunj, Bhoopatwala, Khadkhadi colonies and roads there remained submerged in water for second consecutive day. Despite State Urban Development Minister Madan Kaushik who is also local legislator visiting onsite many flooded areas there seems to be no sense of urgency by the administration and various departments concerned. Resentment was seen among the affected people, as despite spending crore on city’s infrastructure during Kumbh there seems to be no solution to the problem of water logging. Silt has been accumulating at various roads, including the national highway and JCB machines have been pitched in since yesterday to clear the silt by the municipality in its area. The National Highway-74 near Patanjali Yogpeeth on the Roorkee Road of which a major portion got swayed yesterday has been temporarily made commutable with Public Work Department rectifying the damaged portion. While at Ranipur Mod, Bhagat Singh Chowk the city’s commercial hub waterlogged road posed traffic jams as many vehicles got stuck in the water. Traffic has been resumed on this stretch. The Motichur-Raiwala railway track passage has been got submerged in water. Railway labour has been put on alert to remove the accumulated water and mud near the track level.
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Villagers move to safer places
Pitthoragarh, September 3 A student in Baluakot town was swept away by a strong current in a local rain-fed rivulet on Thursday when he was trying to cross it. “Seventeen-year-old Mahendra Kumar was returning after attending a local festival,” said a source. According to Dharchula tehsil administration sources, many residents of Kanar village, after deciding to spend the rest of the monsoon in the lower part of the valley, have left their houses for the fear of landslides. “Our children cannot go to school as the link route to the primary school has been washed away,” said Bala Singh, Pradhan of Kanar village. According to the tehsil administration in Munsiyari, rain has damaged potato, apple and ‘rajma’ crops in Bona village. Some villagers have shifted to Golfa village that is not prone to landslides. “Due to the disruption of the Thal-Munsiyari motor road at Kalamuni, the supply of essential goods has been adversely affected,” said Devendra Deva, Gram Pradhan, Kultham. However, Pitthoragarh District Magistrate denied that the people living in Munsiyari were facing a shortage of essential goods. “The supplies are being carried on the Madkot motor road which is open,” said the DM. According to the villagers of Kultham, Quarijimiya and La-Jhekla of Munsiyari, nearly 70 villagers have been affected by these rains and some of them have shifted to safer places. “I have shifted my family to Madkot. They will stay there till rain stops and the possibility of landslides becomes dim in our village,” said Sher Ram of Kultham village. In Pangla village of Dharchula sub-division, villagers have appealed to the administration to save their fertile land from being washed away by local rivulets. “More than seven families have been affected by a landslide that occurred four days ago in the village. All families have since left the village,” said Prem Singh of Pangla village. “If our fields and houses are not saved from sliding, even the future possibility of growing crops will be finished,” said Prem Singh. Dharchula SDM Navneet Panday said that he had sent a revenue team to survey losses in the village. He said he would send a proposal to the government to shift Pangla village to some safer location.
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No let-up in next 24 hrs
Dehradun, September 3 Roads to Gangotri and Kedarnath shrines remained blocked due to landslides. While the Gangotri road was blocked at Thirang, the road to Kedarnath was blocked at Gaurikund. Reports of washing away of inter-connecting village roads in the hills have also been received. In the capital Dehradun, rain has been continuing for the past three days. Clementown, Mothrowala and other areas of Dehradun were inundated due to the showers. Dr Anand Sharma, Director, Dehradun Meteorological Centre, said rain would continue for the next 24 hours with some areas even experiencing heavy rains. He said the department has been issuing advisory to farmers to ensure proper exit of excess waters from their fields. With such frequent rain since July 5-6, there has been no problem of irrigation. Meanwhile, rain has come as a welcome relief for dried-up water resources. Dr SS Raisaily of Rajaji National Park admitted that good rain have done away with the food and water scarcity within the protected area of Rajaji National Park. He said several water bodies that had been dried up for the past few years have witnessed a revival. The rain is also expected to help groundwater recharge in the region. Dehradun has been witnessing a steady fall in ground water in recent times.
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5-yr-old drowns in Bindal
Dehradun, September 3 As per the Patelnagar police, the incident occurred at about 5 am. The child was sitting there to answer the call of nature when the embankment broke resulting in his fall into the river. The family, after noticing that he had not come home, went to the place only to know that the child had drowned in the river. The flow of the river due to incessant rain in the region had become very fast. After getting the information, the police rushed to the spot. The police staff has been ordered to stay vigilant. The Patelnagar police is searching for the body.
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Funds go down the drain
Dehradun, September 3 Government property been damaged. As many as nine people have lost their lives. The report was recently submitted to the Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue Department, by the District Magistrate. Talking to The Tribune, he said, “The administration this year is facing crises due to incessant rain. Many people lost their lives and houses. Government projects worth Rs 60 crore have also been washed away.” “Till now, Rs 65 lakh have been spent on reconstructing roads and other government properties leading to various villages as these had been cut off due to floods. We have also spent Rs 25 lakh to supply drinking water through tankers in the past two months and around Rs 50 lakh has already been distributed among victims.” The administration has, in total, distributed Rs 10.68 lakh to the victims and the money spent on water supply was Rs 16.58 lakh. “We have requested the government to issue more funds from the disaster management relief fund,” the ADM stated.
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Lack of scientific advisers leads to political goof ups: Expert
Dehradun, September 3 Addressing a press conference in Dehradun, Prof Dhirendra Sharma, a former Professor with the Jawaharlal Nehru University, said lack of scientific advisers within the political setup of the country had resulted in goof ups like the Indo-US nuclear deal. He said scientific cells within political parties were the need of the hour. Expressing strong reservation over the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prof Sharma said the Central government had not held any inter-departmental discussions with scientists before going forward with the nuclear deal with the US. He also pointed out that while there was a little advantage in the Indo-US nuclear and defence deals asserting that such deals had only undermined the country’s scientific efforts. Prof Sharma also held that the nuclear deals would adversely affect the country’s scientific advancement and categorically pointed out that the deal if completed today, would adversely affect the life and liberty of future generations. Commenting on the recent pay hike for Members of Parliament, Prof Sharma said it was strange while a big pay package had been announced for 300-plus “crorepati poor” MPs of this rich nation, Indian science was still deprived of research funds. Dr Devendra Bhasin was also present at the conference.
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Bachpan Play School celebrates Teachers Day
Haridwar, September 3 With this skit being a surprise package, the students showed the way to celebrate the Teachers Day by respecting the parents, teachers and to learn practically rather than mugging up to attain high scores so as to get a highly paid jobs. While dressed in attire of Radha, Krishna, Meera and Sudama aided with their innocent look and acting skills, various episodes from the Krishna Leela were enacted by the students with exuberance. Class IV students danced to the tune of “Mohey chedo na Nand lala” duly followed by Class III students who sang verses of Krishna casting a religious spell on the audience. A musical directed by schoolteacher Konika Arora also got accolades with audience giving a standing ovation to the kids on this classic presentation. Later, school administrators Sachin Ahluwalia and Nitin Ahluwalia wished the students and teachers on the forthcoming Teachers Day. Being school holidays on September 4 and 5, the Teachers Day was also celebrated today with the Janmashtami festival.
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NSUI students tear nomination papers of rival candidate
Mussoorie, September 3 The nomination process went on peacefully till noon as various panel of students filed their nominations amidst slogan chanting in support of their panel. The situation exploded when the election officials were briefing the press on the names of probable candidates inside the Hall at College premises after the filing of all nomination papers. Certain section of the NSUI students some under the influence of liquor entered the room and in front of media began demanding cancellation of the nomination of an Independent candidate Sandeep Singh. The agitated NSUI students were of the view that the nomination of the candidate bearing the name Sandeep Singh was filed under some conspiracy as it matched with the name of their presidential candidate Sandeep Panwar and two candidates with same name would confuse the students and affect the chances of their candidate. Responding to the allegations, the election officer Sriram Gupta said right now he was briefing the media and the matter would be decided after scrutiny. The NSUI students led by Nitin Dutt, not satisfied with the answer started verbal abuse and banging the table. Some hoodlums snatched the nomination forms and original documents of the students and tore them down in front of the media present there. According to the teachers in the college some students were under the influence of liquor. The election officer Sriram Gupta said students misbehaved with them and tore the original documents of the rival student which were uncalled for. Police has registered a case against Manuj Agarwal and others involved in the in disciplinary act. The police forces have taken the position and have kept the sloganeering NSUI students out of the campus till the filing of this report. According to Mussoorie SDM Manoj Kumar the situation was tense but under control. Student also flouted the Lyngdoh committee recommendations as they created pandemonium in the whole town riding open jeeps and pasting banners, hoardings everywhere in the town. Earlier, the NSUI candidates Sandeep Panwar for (President), Suresh Kumar for (vice-president), Rajesh Chandra for (general secretary), Rakesh Kumar for (treasurer, Roshni for (joint secretary), Mohsin Ahmed, Ranjeet Chauhan, Roshni Rahisa, Maya, Dheeraj Sajwan, Ashwani Agrawal and Himanshu Katiyar filed their nominations. For ABVP Ashok Nautiyal (President) Pravesh Kumar (general secretaryt) Naresh Singh (treasurer) Deepak Nautiyal (UR) and Sonam Raunchela for joint secreatry filed their nominations today. The supporters of the Aryan Group were the most in numbers and entered the campus with holding placards and banners in support of their candidates. They have fielded two candidates Ashish Raunchela for president and Kulbeer Singh Pundir for vice-president post. The AISF also filed their nomination without much fanfare. They have fielded Anuj Lal for President Mahavir Singh for general secreatry, Ganesh Prasad for treasurer, Anup Saklani for vice-president, Arjun for general secretary and Ram Singh For university representative.
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ABVP members scuffle with college Principal
Dehradun, September 3 Sources said the party wanted the name of its contesting president as Anshul poll papers while the Principal wanted that the name should be as is in his academic certificates. Anshul Chawla is the full name of the candidate according to his certificates and the principal wanted the same name as per the norms. This did not go well with the ABVP who didn’t want to lose any chance of affecting votes because of the last name. This perturbed the students and they tore off the register pertaining to the election and vandalised the property. They also misbehaved and scuffled with the Principal.
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Aditya fashions Summer Valley School’s victory
Dehradun, September 3 Panwar opened his team's account as early as in the second minute of the match. The early goal helped Summer Valley build pressure over the rival team. However, Akash Singh of Raja Ram Academy equalised the score in the 25th minute. Panwar also struck his second goal in the 43rd minute giving Summer Valley a 2-1 lead. Later, Debujit (53rd minute) of the winning team scored to finish the match on 3-1. In another match, Guru Nanak Academy defeated Indian Public School (IPS) 2-1. Abhishek Kumar shone in the win scoring in the 10th and 15th minutes. Mohammad Asan Choudhary (52nd) scored the lone goal for the IPS. In another match, St Jude rode on the lone goal effort by Shivam beating Marshall School 1-0. Shivam netted the decisive goal in the 12th minute of the match. The keenly contested match didn’t witness any other goal. St Thomas was beaten by Moravian School 2-1. Naveen Choudhary (59th) and Rohan (18th) netted a goal each in the win. Vivek Bahuguna (25th) scored the only goal for Moravian.
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Soccer Cup kicks off at RIMC
Dehradun, September 3 The teams took part in a march past parade. The band for the march past was provided by the Gorkha Regiment. After the parade the captains of all the schools took the oath to participate in this tournament with utmost spirit and zest and to play in a fair competition. The chief guest, Governor Margaret Alva addressed the gathering and shared that football was one of her favourite games. She enlightened the audience about her role in making football popular in the Northwestern regions of our country, where she distributed footballs amongst the poor. The commandant Col PK Kumaria thanked the Governor for sparing her valuable time for the cause of the tournament. He also stated that this tournament is counted as one of the most popular tournaments of the valley not only for its glorified past but also for the spirit and zeal displayed by the participants. The results of the matches conducted on the first day of the tournament are as follows: 1. RIMC vs YPS, Mohali Result: RIMC won 3-0 Scorers: Cadet Ayush Salaria scored a hat-trick 2. Assam Valley Public School vs Tibetan Nehru Memorial School Result: AVS Won 4-2 Scorers: Lonciem-2 goals (APS), Nishant-2goals (APS), Rajan-1 goal (TNS), Tenzin- 1 goal (TNS) 3. St Joseph Academy vs Doon International School Result: Draw Scorers: Abhay Rana (SJA), Kalung Kime (DIS) 4. Army School vs Woodstock. Result: Army School won 3-1. Scorers: Nishant-1 goal (Army School), Abhishek Kamboj-2 goals (Army School), Norbu- 1 goal (Wood Stock) The coordinators of the tournament were Lt Col Rajesh Nathawat, Wg Cdr Y S Panghaal, Maj S R Sahu and Brijesh Chauhan. The distinguished dignitaries present were Maj Gen Ranvir Yadav, Rear Admiral S K Jha, Brig CS Thapa (retd), Brig A S Sinha (retd) and RC Singhal.
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