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CM visits Tehri dam periphery
DM tells DMC to maintain sanitation
Delegates of nine countries to take part in natural therapy camp
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Ashtami celebrated with fervour
Elaborate security in place for Dasehra
Revoke ban on strikes, say CPI, CPM
IAS, PCS officers transferred
Guv extends Durga Puja wishes
Lok adalat on Nov 9
BSNL to extend broadband services
Mussoorie Palika discusses summer season plans
Kurve warns gas dealers
Child development scheme off target
Rs 1.59 cr for crop claims
Graft case accused on remand
Anti-terrorist squad to get allowance
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CM visits Tehri dam periphery
Dehradun, October 15 The CM gave directions that work be done on a war footing in these villages which are situated around the periphery of the lake. He also listened to the grievances of the villagers. Most villagers, who came from Tiwargaon, Rolkot, Sor and Uppu, expressed concern over an impending disaster due to the lake and expressed willingness to relocate. The villagers from Tiwar said that there were 19 families in the village that have lost 90 per cent of the land whereas people from Rolkot conveyed a fear of ground sliding. At this, the CM directed the District Magistrate to expedite the visit of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) team to the affected villages and make it a point to mention about the relocation of the villagers in the final report to be prepared by the team. He directed officials to get repairs done on roads, water pipes and electricity wires. Nishank also asked for data about the supply of sugar, kerosene and food items being sent to the far-flung areas. District Magistrate Radhika Jha said that during the disaster, 19,000 houses, 1,159 villagers, 11 kutcha houses, 600 partially damaged houses and properties worth Rs 590 got damaged. After the meeting, the CM also released a poetry booklet "Jai Ragu Nayak" penned by Ambrish Chander Chamoli. The ones who attended the meeting were BJP State President Bachi Singh Rawat, MLA Pratap Nagar Vijay Singh Panwar, Vinod Suyal, Superintendent of Police Kewal Khurana, Chief Development Officer Ashish Joshi, Chief General Manager AK Shah and others.
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DM tells DMC to maintain sanitation
Dehradun, October 15 He, along with the officials of the MC, visited various localities, including Bhandaribaag, Tayagi Road, Dharampur, Reetha Mandi, in the different wards of the city in order to ensure the required level of civic sanitation here yesterday. While inspecting the areas, he pointed out that the drainage system had become choked at many places due the weeds that was growing on the sides of sewers and asked the officials to chop it immediately. The DM further pointed out the spread of diseases like dengue and malaria. He said the main reason of the spreading of such diseases was lack of sanitation. The stagnant water in chocked drains and puddles increased the risk of such diseases by providing an ideal breeding ground to the pests. The DM stressed that officials of the MC should ensure spraying of required medicines to prevent breeding of mosquitoes in stagnant water in different areas of the town. He also said a team had been employed by the Municipal Corporation who would be visiting five wards everyday to promote sanitation drive. The DM told the officials that they should check it out that none of the dustbin that came under them was overflowed and also stated that it was the duty of a supervisor to see that his area was clean. He asked the department to be ready all the time to pick up the filth and told them to keep the dustbin near school buildings also.
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Delegates of nine countries to take part in natural therapy camp
Haridwar, October 15 To get a better insight by learning it from the very centre of excellence in India, representative experts from nine countries will be camping in Shanti Kunj and Dev Sanskriti University in Haridwar from October 17. A 30-member delegation from Russia, America, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Croatia, Indonesia, etc. will take part in various sessions ranging from yoga, Indian philosophy, spirituality, panchkarma to yagya to know the impact and success of these therapies which have made India a super power in this context. Speaking to The Tribune, Director of School of Yoga and Health department Dr Chinmaya Pandya said these foreign representatives would inform various study courses, researches and activities conducted by Dev Sanskriti University which would give them a better insight of our system. “Foreigners are quite interested in yoga, yagya, spirituality and alternate therapies practising in India. This is a sign of our traditional arts making a distinct name in the western world,” said Pandya. The delegates will be on a three-day tour at the Gayatri family and will also be shown glimpse of the Indian culture with varied diversity spread across the country. Elated at the multi-national delegates coming to Shanti Kunj, Chancellor Dr Pranav Pandya said the foreigners were quite fascinated by pilgrim city Haridwar and was a matter of pride for the Shanti Kunj family to host them. While Vice-Chancellor Dr SP Mishra pointed out that the foreigners coming to Shanti Kunj throughout the year was a sign of their acceptance of the Indian expertise in these fields as they are not only learning the medical therapies, but also availing benefits of the natural therapies. Notably, various sub-centres of Shanti Kunj in the foreign shores had been propagating yoga, spirituality, yagya and alternate medical remedies be it USA, Britain, Newzealant, Australia or Nepal, Shanti Kunj sub-centres are spreading over in 82 countries indulged in various activities of the Shanti Kunj and Dev Sanskriti University, the twin organisations of the Vishwa Gayatri Parivar.
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Ashtami celebrated with fervour
Haridwar, October 15 On the Ashtami, deity of Maha Gauri, one of the nine avatars of Maa Durga, was offered rituals while tomorrow being the Navami. From early morning after observing the prayers with lighting of diyas and “akhand joth”, women called on small girls aged between 1 and 15 years at their homes to conduct rituals that observed on the Ashtami. Some women open their fast today with feeding the girls while some will conduct the rituals tomorrow on the last day of Navratras. At temples, maths, ashrams and pandals the religious Navratra prayers and rituals were observed and with Dasehra round the corner, the city seems to be perfectly geared up for the festive season that expands till Dewali.
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Elaborate security in place for Dasehra
Dehradun, October 15 All SHOs and heads of police posts have been asked to be vigilant and conduct checking and do patrolling in their respective areas in view of the festival. Acting Superintendent of Police (SP) Ajay Joshi said cops had been deployed on every junction. Special security arrangements have made at the Parade Ground where the main Dashera celebrations will take place. A company of Police Armed Constabulary (PAC) will be stationed at the Parade Ground. Besides, all SHOs and 15 sub-inspectors, along with 120 constables, will remain vigilant at the venue. Fire tenders, dog squad and intelligence personnel will also be on standby. Dalanwala Circle Officer (CO) and CO (Traffic) will be leading them while the CO, Kotwali, will take the command during the sobha yatra. Security will be provided at Premnagar, Zhanda Talab, Patelnagar and Cantt where effigies of the three devils will be burnt. Public parking will be allowed at the Rangers College Ground and the public coming from the Raipur side will park their vehicles at Mangaladevi Inter College. Traffic diversions
Buses plying from the Parade Ground will ply from the Orient Chowk near the petrol station. While buses of the Clement Town-Rajpur Road-Kothal Gate route will have to ply from Clock Tower to Lal Pull to reach the Rajpur Road. Buses plying from Raipur to Sahastradhara/Maldevta will not be allowed to go ahead up to the Survey Chowk. The routes of all Vikrams coming from the Survey Chowk and the Orient Chowk towards the Parade Ground will be diverted. |
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Revoke ban on strikes, say CPI, CPM
Dehradun, October 15 “Instead of coming up with a solution, the government is taking an undue recourse by suppressing the voice of labourers and employees,” Secretary, CPI, Samar Bhandari and the secretary, CPM, alleged. They also indicated towards the recent case where the state government broke the pharmacist strike through the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA). Both the CPI and the CPM demanded that the ban be revoked with immediate effect. |
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IAS, PCS officers transferred
Dehradun, October 15 Dr PS Gusain, Managing Director, Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN) Limited, Nainital, has been shifted as District Magistrate Chamoli. DM Nainital Shailesh Bagoli has been given additional charge of MD KMVN. DM Rudraprayag Ram Ravinath has been transferred as Additional Secretary, Rural Development, and Chief Coordinator, Atal Adarsh Gram Yojana. Additional Secretary, Rural Development, Finance and Chief Coordinator A Murugeshan has been transferred to the post of DM Rudraprayag. DM Rudraprayag Neeraj Semwal has been transferred as Additional Secretary, PWD, Technical Education and Director, Technical Education. Additional Secretary, Sports, Planning, Culture, and Director Sports Dr Ranjit Kumar Sinha has been given additional charge of religious affairs. Additional Secretary, Tourism, PWD and MD, Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam, Senthil Pandian has been relieved of his post in the PWD. IAS Neeraj Kharwal has been posted as Additional District Magistrate, Finance and Revenue, Dehradun. Additional Secretary, Planning, Rural Engineering Services Department, Chief Coordinator, Atal Adarsh Gram Yojana, and Staff Officer, Chief Secretary, Prayag Singh Jagpangi has been relieved from the post of Chief Coordinator, Atal Adarsh Gram Yojana. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Haridwar, Vinod Kumar Suman has been transferred to the post of Secretary, Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA). The present MDDA Secretary and Regional Food Controller Sushil Kumar has been transferred as Chief Executive Officer, Municipal Corporation, Dehradun. Top cops shifted
IPS Krishan Kumar, at present posted at Almora as SP, has been transferred as ADC to the Governor while ADC Neeru Garg, who is serving as ADC to the Governor,
has been posted at the police headquarters. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ACP) Vinod Kumar Sharma, chief security officer at secretariat, has been transferred as Circle Officer, Haridwar. Harenderpal Singh, CO, Haridwar, will be the new chief security officer. |
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Guv extends Durga Puja wishes
Dehradun, October 15 In a message on the auspicious festival, Alva said, “Durga Puja is the festival for worshipping Shakti, the goddess of power. In the current social milieu, all women represent power. On this festival, we should commit ourselves to honour women and treat them with dignity and kindness”. |
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Lok adalat on Nov 9
Dehradun, October 15 The civil judge, district legal services authority, said today that the authority had arranged for the lok adalat and those who were interested in getting their cases solved on the spot should reach the court on that day.
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BSNL to extend broadband services
Dehradun, October 15 Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Chief General Manager, BSNL (Uttarakhand), PK Gupta, said as part of the Human Resource Development’s National Mission on the Education Programme, a total of 131 colleges had broadband facilities and soon 15 more colleges would also be connected. As many as 1,170 satellite public telephones had also been installed in villages. “Already 3-G services are available at Dehradun, Rishikesh, Mussoorie, Nainital, Haldwani, Roorkee, New Tehri, Uttarkashi, VikasNagar, Chamapawat, Srinagar, Pauri, Rudrapur, Pithoragarh, Kashipur, Gopeshwar, Bageshwar, Almora and Kotdwar. We will be extending the services to Rudraprayag, Pantnagar and Ramnagar,” he said. “We will be introducing broadband facilities at Community Service Centres as well,” he added. |
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Mussoorie Palika discusses summer season plans
Mussoorie, October 15 He also said the Chief Secretaries’ review meeting was slated for November and all pending works should be resolved before that on priority basis. Uniyal also said more than Rs 103 crore had been sanctioned for the town and any delay in the work would not be tolerated. The issue of lack of coordination between various departments also came in foray and it was suggested that all departments would coordinate with each other regularly. Uniyal also said a service gallery should be made on the Mall Road and all electricity wires instead of hanging on top should be laid underground. The officials of the Electricity Department, Jal Sansthan, Health Department, etc. were present on the occasion.
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Kurve warns gas dealers
Dehradun, October 15 “Certificates will be taken back from the gas agencies that are found forcing people to buy burner or any other items along with new gas connection from them,” the DM said. He also asked the District and Supply Officer to inspect the agencies on a regular basis. The DM has been regularly receiving complaints from residents against certain gas agencies.
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Child development scheme off target
Dehradun, October 15 Since the last one-and-a-half year, schoolchildren in the state were not able to receive their daily quota of nutritious food as the government has failed to hire an agency that would disburse food under the ICDS. “We have just signed an MoU with the WFP, the home ration comprising fortified cereals and cooked meals at aaganwadi centres for children up to three years and cooked meals for children in the age group of three to six years would be taken care now,” said Manisha Panwar, Secretary (Education, Women and Child Development). The programme could not take off as the government was unable to select an agency that could take forward this programme, in fact critics point out that political interference had blocked the selection of the agency, so much so for a long while the programme was non-functional. The ICDS is supposed to address the health and nutrition needs of pre-school children below the age of six. It is, in fact, the only government programme that addresses the rights and needs of this age group. The supplementary nutritious programme (one component of the ICDS) aims to take care of the nutritious component that may be missing in daily diet of the schoolchildren due to variety of reasons, including poverty and lack of awareness.
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Rs 1.59 cr for crop claims
Dehradun, October 15 This was stated by the Chief Agriculture Officer in a release issued by the department here today. He said the government provided help under the Bema Yojna to those farmers who lost their crops to natural calamities or the insects bite. The Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited has been taken the responsibility of the same.
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Graft case accused on remand
Dehradun, October 15 Sharma has been sentenced on a three-day CBI remand, while the other three have been sentenced to a 14-day judicial remand. Special CBI Court Judge Narender Dutt pronounced the judgement yesterday.The four were arrested in connection with the road construction work worth Rs 200 crore being carried out in Ladakh. Sharma had allegedly taken Rs 15 lakh as bribe to select tender of a firm. The CBI officials raided the local office of the construction firm yesterday from where they were arrested. The CBI has also recovered Rs 15 lakh from their possession. |
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Anti-terrorist squad to get allowance
Dehradun, October 15 An allowance of 30 per cent will be given on the gross salary limiting it to the maximum amount of Rs 4,500 only. This year, in June, anti-terrorist squad of 138 cops was constituted by the administration. |
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Haridwar, October 15
With pious eighth day of Navratras, Ashtami, falling today, the nine-day Navratras nearing its completion. Devotees observed rituals with little girls as deity Durga by giving them food, religious items at their respective homes.
On the Ashtami, deity of Maha Gauri, one of the nine avatars of Maa Durga, was offered rituals while tomorrow being the
Navami. From early morning after observing the prayers with lighting of diyas and “akhand joth”, women called on small girls aged between 1 and 15 years at their homes to conduct rituals.
