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District Women’s Hospital
WIDENING OF CHAKRATA ROAD
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American students meet eminent authors
Tourists throng Nainital
Alva, CM greet people on New Year’s Eve
Dutta XI, Little Masters register win
Volleyball championship begins
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District Women’s Hospital
Dehradun, December 31 For premature neonatals born, it is a constant battle for survival, especially in the state where their mortality rate is high. Babies with serious problems like birth asphyxia, respiratory distress syndrome, brain infection, pneumonia and other problems being treated respond to the round-the-clock monitoring by the senior pediatrician and nurses. Envisaging the role of fully-equipped SNCU in preventing neo-natal deaths in the state, the unit equipped with warmers and ventilators, funded under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), was pushed forward even by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. However, soon after making 28 beds functional at the SNCU, the ventilators continue to gather dust at the hospital store. “We are still in the process of setting up central oxygen supply system. Only then, the ventilators can become functional. It will take at least ten days for equipping the unit,” said
Dr Archana Srivastav, Chief Medical Superintendent of the hospital. However, the poor continue to flock the hospital with their babies in serious conditions requiring ventilators, but they are now being turned down. In the winter months, the cases of pneumonia and other diseases in babies rise manifold. In addition, the unit is also battling with manpower crunch. A few months ago, staff comprising of a medical official were hired on contractual basis. Saddled with the problem of medical doctors leaving in quick succession, interviews for Neonatologist, medical officials and staff nurses was held on December 22, but with the model code of conduct in place, the appointments have now been put
on hold.
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WIDENING OF CHAKRATA ROAD
Dehradun, December 31 The Chief Minister met the people and directed the officials to speed up the work to clear the debris of the demolished buildings so that the road could be widened quickly for the traffic to ply. Being narrow, the road from the Clock Tower to the Chakrata road up to the Prabhat cinema was one of the worst nightmares for the residents of Dehradun that often traffic congestion. The Chief Minister had taken the initiative to clear the traffic bottleneck by offering alternate sites to the shopkeepers and residents. Last week, the Dehradun Municipal Corporation started the demolition drive for the widening project.
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American students meet eminent authors
Mussoorie, December 31 They were accompanied by the Professor, Dr Lisa Eck, who teaches World Literature and Anglophone Traditions, along with Barbara Gardener, member of the legislative council, Massachusetts. The students exchanged New Year greetings with eminent author Ruskin Bond and interacted with him at Cambridge Book Store in Kulri Bazaar. The students also purchased latest books duly autographed by him. Later in evening, the students visited author Sudhir Thapliyal at his residence where he read out a passage from his novel- War at Lambhidar. The Tour Manager for the students, Anuradha, who is also a social activist, speaking to the Tribune said the objective of the tour was to introduce American students to real India, which was much different than the prevailing perceptions in the west. She said as most of western students carried an image of India under poverty, so it was important to show them the multicultural and dynamic facet of the country that was on the path to progress. Anuradha said they would also be meeting author Ganesh Saili, who would be reading out an excerpt from his latest book. The students of English literature, Paula and Katie, excited to be in Mussoorie among the authors, said they has read Ruskin Bond’s story in past and were really impressed with his poignant style of writing. “The experience of meeting him in person was exhilarating,” said Paula. Professor Eck said the students were in India for six weeks to learn the global perspective in literature and the students were eager to be here and meet authors. She said Indian Literature was becoming very popular as a lot of experimental literature was coming
from India. Gardener said such inter-literary tours should be held more often so that students get enough insight about other regions, their traditions and practices closely. The students would also be visiting NGO “NAAZ”, working for AIDS patients in Rishikesh, and “Salaam Balak Trust” later in the month at New Delhi.
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Tourists throng Nainital
Nainital, December 31 Arrangements have been made for playing of music from 5 pm till late at night all along the Mall Road. Various hotels and resorts, too, have offered special packages and have organised programmes, including dance parties and games. The town witnessed a paring crunch by afternoon as all the parking spots were full with the tourists continuing to arrive in large numbers. Apart from the tourists coming from Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), the town also attracts a large number of people from the nearby districts of Moradabad and Rampur. In addition to them are the youngsters who descend upon the town from the neighbouring towns of Ramnagar, Haldwani and Rudrapur. A large number of foreigners were also seen in the town. The Naini Lake in the heart of the town remained dotted with boats throughout the day as people enjoyed their boating sessions. The liquor shops across the town, too, have registered brisk sales. Although, the possibility of a white New Year Eve have
been ruled out, people have rushed to the town to beat the fog of the plains and enjoy the sunshine. The police has made elaborate arrangements to maintain law and order in the town. Patrolling has been continuing on the Mall Road and police personnel have been busy ensuring that there is no traffic snarls. Heavy tourist rush has also been reported from Bhimtal and Jim Corbett National Park and the adjoining resorts in
Ramnagar.
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Gurpurb celebrated with fervour
Dehradun, December 31 The contribution of Guru Gobind Singh in sacrificing his entire family in fighting against tyranny and injustice was recalled by various speakers.
Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Harbans Kapoor, BJP legislator Ajay Tamta and other prominent political and social leaders also paid obeisance at the
gurdwara. Langar was organised in all gurdwaras.
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Alva, CM greet people on New Year’s Eve
Dehradun, December 31 “We need to make the necessary corrections to ensure better future of the nation,” she said. She said she hoped that the coming elections in the state would be peaceful and orderly and voters would exercise their constitutional duty to vote. Khanduri also wished all success and prosperity to the people of the state on
the occasion.
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Face of the week
Dehradun, December 31 Constantly perspiring, the visibly weak Ram Babu presents a demonstration of the sounds of Monal bird and other animals in different situations before mediapersons in the city to send across his message regarding the bird. The name “Junglee” was bestowed upon him by people recognising his passion for jungles and nature at large. It was after he stirred a campaign to save the Ganges at Srinagar in the state recently and involved people of civil society in fishing out 400 ton of filth out of it, he became critically ill and was diagnosed with pneumonia. His illness was well covered in the dailies and he was visited by people of power galleries and provided with proper medication. But his actual hurt lies somewhere else. “Principle Forest Conservator RBS Rawat visited me in the hospital and appreciated my efforts in spreading awareness about flora and fauna in villages but neither he nor the state government fulfiled my earnest desire to let me a stay in one of the forest areas, like other forest employees. I can pump in sense among people against causing fire in the forest area. I can also help forest officials in apprehending poachers,” he stated. He bares his anger against people encroaching upon the territory of wild animals. “It is not elephants but people who are responsible for impinging upon their area and curtailing their sources of food,” he said. He expressed dissatisfaction in being invited only once in a year by the Forest Department to sensitise people before the forest cover becomes vulnerable to natural and deliberate cause of fire. After having run from his home in Balaganj village in Kotdwar for penury at the tender age of 6 and staying with Gujjar community in Chilla and the Corbett forest ranges for 18 years, he saw the wildlife from close and learnt the language of birds and animals. Later he came back to his family, but his love for nature had not diminished even a bit. He had been using his skill to make sounds of animals and birds and earning money by holding such shows at various platforms. But this certainly is not a constant source of livelihood. “I don’t always get shows to perform. I remain worried about the expenses regarding my travels. I would welcome if NGOs related to environment could support me financially. I can also reciprocate the same in their
activities,” he added.
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Dutta XI, Little Masters register win
Dehradun, December 31 In the first match, the Little Masters Cricket Club defeated Nalanda Cricket Academy, Dehradun, by 7 wickets. Batting first, the Nalanda Cricket Academy team scored 89 runs all out. Openers Mayanak and Nitin scored 15 runs respectively. Shubham Negi took 4 wickets for
20 runs. In reply, the Little Masters Cricket Club achieved the target by scoring 91 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Rahul scored unbeaten 21 runs. Swastik of Nalanda Academy took 2 wickets for 25 runs. In the second match, Dutta XI, Meerut, defeated the Little Master Cricket Club by 19 runs. Batting first after winning the toss, the Meerut team scored 11 runs all out. Saurav was the top scorer with 29 runs. Rahul, Shubham Negi and Hanmat took 2 wickets each. Chasing the score of 101, the Little Masters team was all out for 82 runs, falling short by 19 runs. Rahul scored 20 runs. Chetan took 4 wickets for 7 runs to win the match for the Meerut team.
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Volleyball championship begins
Haridwar, December 31 In another match, the Haridwar team beat Bhopal by 25-18, 25-14 margin. In other matches of the day, Jhansi won its match against Delhi 20-25, 25-22 and 17-15 despite losing the first set. Tiruchi also won in three sets losing the second set by 25-23, 17-25 and 15-9 scoreline. Jhansi too won its second round match by 25-9, 25-19 margin against Jagdhishpur unit.
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Secretariat XI triumph
Dehradun, December 31 The team scored 156 runs all out in 30.5 overs. Amit was the top scorer with 48 runs in 44 balls. Devender Singh took four wickets for 29 runs. In reply, Agriculture Department XI could score only 80 runs all out losing the match by 76 runs. Mohan was the top scorer with 21 runs. Deepak Joshi took four
wickets for 26 runs.
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