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Migratory birds begin arriving in Asan
Anganwari workers plan state-level march on Nov 4
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Man hurt due to bus driver’s ‘negligence’
Ban orders near Vidhan Sabha
Postal Dept just won’t dispense with harkaras
The Doon School gets running trophy section
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Migratory birds begin arriving in Asan
Dehradun, October 29 “We noticed some ruddy shelduck on October 15 and since then more of these birds have arrived in Asan”, said Dr Dheeraj Pandey, Divisional Forest Officer, Chakrata. He said the forest authorities had already prepared themselves for the migratory bird season and taken adequate measures to ensure full protection to the birds. Forest guards equipped with wireless sets had been posted near the Asan Wetland. Asan serves as a key halt for trans-Himalayan migratory birds and receives waterfowl migrants that are rare elsewhere. Pandey said most of the weeds had been removed from the wetland and forest guards put on alert in anticipation of the arrival of a large number of birds in the coming days. He said the Forest Department, as in previous years, would hold a bird count in Asan. The bird count is held every winter. More than 150 species of migratory birds have been recorded here, including globally threatened and near- threatened ones. The forest authorities in recent times have tried to make the surroundings in Asan more favourable to the visiting birds. Two artificial lakes have been created on either side of the dam. Further, to ensure that the birds are not disturbed, two “hides” for bird watchers have been constructed.
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Anganwari workers plan state-level march on Nov 4
Dehradun, October 29 Deepa Pandey, president of the Anganwari Karamchari Union, in a statement issued here today said that anganwari workers from all 13 districts would come to Dehradun on November 4 to participate in the state-level march. The anganwari workers are demanding that they be recognised as state government employees and the payment of salaries instead of honorarium. Pandey alleged that the state BJP government had tried to “befool” the anganwari workers by sending the proposal to consider them as state government employees to the Central Government. She further said that the state government should bring in legislation in the state Assembly to declare anganwari workers as state government employees. Pandey said that anganwari workers crossing the retirement age of 60 were sent home without any pension. She said a contact programme had been launched to apprise the anganwari workers of the ground realities and also to plan their agitation
programme.
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Man hurt due to bus driver’s ‘negligence’
Mussoorie, October 29 His father has filed a complaint with the police against the driver of the bus, Amrit Singh. Sohan Singh fell on the road and suffered multiple injuries on his foot. He was taken to the Landour Community Hospital by passersby where he is undergoing treatment. Sohan Singh’s family has demanded adequate compensation and action against the negligent driver and conductor of the bus.
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Ban orders near Vidhan Sabha
Dehradun, October 29 No one will be allowed to carry firearms, sticks, swords or any other weapon in the prohibited area of 500 metres. The section will remain in force till the end of the session.
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Seven make it to dist badminton finals
Dehradun, October 29 In the under-10 girls’ singles, Divyanashi Joshi defeated Ishika 21-14, 16-21, 22-20 and Shafeli beat Divyanshi Sharma 21-16, 21-12 to set up a summit clash. Himanshi got the better of Anushka 21-15, 17-21, 21-12 and Katiyani beat Unnati 25-23, 21-17 in the U-15 girls’ semifinal. Also, in the under-13 girls’ singles semifinals, Himanshi defeated Vidgya 21-16, 21-13 while Unnati beat Diksha 21-13, 21-10.
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Postal Dept just won’t dispense with harkaras
Pithoragarh, October 29 The irony is Munsiyari has been linked by a motorable road for the past 30 years and buses regularly ply right up to the town from Pithoragarh where the Head Post Office of the district is located. “We send our mail packets of Munsiyari up to Tejam by bus and thereafter our Harkaras carry these packets on foot to Munsiyari,” said KS Rawal, Postmaster of the Head Post Office at Pithoragarh. “This old system might have been established at the time when the motorable road was only up to Tejam and the area of Munsiyari was only linked by trek routes, but the system has remained intact even after the motorable link having been established in Munsiyari area in the mid-eighties,” said Chandrabhan Joshi, a social worker of the Munsiyari area. “Due to this stereotype system being followed by the Postal Department to deliver mail in the Munsiyari area, a population of 25,000 in the Munsiyari area, is affected badly as the money orders sent by Army jawans and old-age, widow or disability pensions reach their respective addresses four days late,” said Joshi. The officials of the department said the proposal to sent mail packets to Munsiyari by bus had been received by the department and was pending clearance from the higher-ups. Despite Munsiyari having been linked by road for the past 30 years and buses regularly plying right up to the town from Pithoragarh, where the Head Post Office of the district is located, mail is carried by harkaras travelling 36 km on foot between Tejam and Munsiyari, following the old
system
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Face of the week
Dehradun, October 29 Born in Maikoti village in the remote district of Rudraprayag on December 30,1962, Uniyal got his early education at Gauchar in Chamoli district and later did his intermediate from Nagnath Pokhree, a remote village in Chamoli district. He subsequently completed his MSc in zoology from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal, in 1983 followed by a PhD in entomology from Kurukshetra University, Haryana, in 1989. An entomologist by profession, Dr Uniyal is at present a Senior Scientist with the premier Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.While most wildlife scientists in the country have limited their areas of study to species like the tiger,the leopard and the elephant, Dr Uniyal has taken up insects like spiders and butterflies as his area of study. His contribution to Uttarakhand biodiversity conservation, particularly entomofauna, is immense.He has been involved in ecological studies on high-altitude insect diversity and identifying insect indicators for biodiversity monitoring. One of his researches had established that tiger beetles in the Shivalik hills of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand were the best indicators for monitoring biodiversity and associated micro-level changes in the environment. “My research interests include the systematics and diversity of the entomofauna and ecological monitoring in the Himalayan region,” Dr Uniyal says. As part of his commitment to the backward regions of Uttarakhnad, Dr Uniyal frequently visits Rudraprayag and interacts with schoolchildren in villages, encouraging them to take to science as their subject of study at school. He has also been regularly guiding educated village youth in shaping their careers. Dr Uniyal’s ongoing projects in Uttarakhand include an assessment of entomofauna for the management and conservation of biodiversity in the Gangotri landscape diversity of spiders in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. He also has to his credit a comprehensive study on effective management practices on spider Diversity in the Terai Conservation area in the state. Uniyal is also an expert in the subject of butterfly migration. While admitting that entomofaunal conservation continues to be a challenging task, Dr Uniyal pledges to contribute his bit to faunal conservation both in Uttarakhand and other parts of the country.
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The Doon School gets running trophy section
Dehradun, October 29 “Almost all these trophies are running and are awarded each year to the boys for excelling in different fields. The oldest trophy in our possession is one dedicated to the gymnastics event and it was instituted in 1936. The other trophies include the Cricket House Cup, RLH (RL Holdsworth Memorial) Memorial Cricket Trophy. It is dedicated to the memory of Holdsworth, an old master who was a keen mountaineer,” said Anand Kumar, Master In charge, The Doon School. Yesterday on the Founder’s Dau of the school, the beaming students got a surprise as a special section was created at the Arts and Media Centre that was established in the memory of famous designer Rohit Khosla who passed away some years back. A generous donation of Rs 4.88 lakh has been made by former Dosco Pavan Vaish (of 1986 batch). The Head Master of The Doon School, Peter McLaughlin, inaugurated the centre. He said the trophy squad was part of the Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW). “Through the SUPW the boys are taught the dignity of labour, values of kinship and values of community living,” said Peter.
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