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Land refused for construction of schools for nomadic children
Young Kanwariyas go creative
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Notorious chain snatcher held
Railways look for land to lay tracks
Good response to ‘Kaun Banega Samrat’ quiz show
Resentment over RTI activist’s murder
Uttarakhand BJP leaders in UP
6 shops near ISBT sealed
Cut no tree on forestland: Tribunal
Setback to state school football team
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Land refused for construction of schools for nomadic children
Dehradun, February 16 While on one hand resorts and guesthouses continue to be illegally built in the forest area, the forest department has shown reluctance to spare land for constructing eco-friendly schools in the forest area for these nomadic children. “The Forest Department has not only refused to allocate land to the Education Department for building permanent structures for nomadic children but has also turned down the plea that the Forest Department, on it’s own, build environment-friendly centres with the funds provided by the education department,” said RK Kunwar Additional State Project Director, Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan. In fulfilment of the provisions under the Right to Education Act, which is being implemented in the state, it is mandatory to have all-weather elementary schools. Due to the peculiar nature of the nomadic tribes who reside in the forests, the Education Department set up temporary schools, also called training centers, under the Education Guarantee Scheme before the Act came into existence to educate nomadic children. But now with the RTE in place, these schools cannot function from temporary buildings. The schools are being run in districts of Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar, Dehradun and Pauri. The maximum number of centres (around 74) exists in Haldwani. At least four centers are in Dehradun at the Rajaji National Park and four in Pauri. The children in primary and upper classes study for a period of 11 months at these temporary centres. The state education department spends around Rs 1,535 per year per child (for classes I to V) under the EGS scheme. While resorts and guest houses continue to be illegally built inside the forest area, the forest department is not ready to part with a piece of land for building schools for nomadic children who may have to discontinue their education now. “Unfortunately, primary education is not given importance in the state and allocation of land is a huge problem. “While proposals for building malls and hotels are approved without much ado, land for schools for displaced children is seldom made available,” rued Kunwar.
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Young Kanwariyas go creative
Haridwar, February 16 Till date, the Kanwars use to have pictures of deities, particularly Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati. This has been a salient feature of the pilgrimage. This year, however, many Kanwariyas, basically the younger lot, has added a distinct Gen-X touch to the traditional Kanwars. With Kanwar yatra starting from the second week of February and Valentine’s Week falling the same time, it was quite natural that young Kanwariyas got swayed with the love week. Sharad Kumar from Kashipur was busy in decorating his Kanwar at Malviya ghat with red roses and pictures of dolls with love message inscribed on them. When questioned how the idea came to him, Sharad said, “Kanwar is a religious pilgrimage and I will be traversing on foot to Kashipur. I felt if I give a touch which suits my likeness without violating or hurting any one’s sentiments, it will only make my Kanwar appealing.” Seeing Sharad, some other young Kanwariyas were also seen adding Gen-X touch to the traditional Kanwars. Terth Maryada Raksha Samiti member Sanjay Chopra said if one added a bit to the traditional Kanwar, then it was all right. He urged youth that they should keep in mind that nothing obscene be displaced and Kanwar decoration be in sync with religions fervour.
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Notorious chain snatcher held
Dehradun, February 16 Station House Officer, Nehru Colony police post, Rakesh Gusain, and Sub-Inspector, Special Operation Groups team, Mani Bhushan Srivastav, carried the search operation under the guidance of Superintendent Police (City), Jaswant Singh, and Circle Officer (City) Parmender Dobhal. Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Garhwal Zone, Sanjay Gunjiyal, announced to give Rs 5,000 to the teams for their successful operation. The accused originally belongs to Shyamli in Uttar Pardesh and lived with his two brothers and mother at Suman Nagar in Dehradun. He admitted having snatched a chain from Mata Mandir Road on October 15 last year from the neck of a woman called Govindi. Another similar act was carried out by him on December 19 last year at Badrish Colony, where he targeted Nandi Bisht. Again on January 11 this year he attacked Lajvanti Joshi at Nehru Colony. On February 12 he snatched the belongings of Lokender Kaur at Badrish Colony. In the latest incident he injured Mithilesh Pal of Rajiv Nagar with a knife two days ago while snatching chain and earrings from her. The women, Nandi Bisht, who is five-month pregnant, identified him and cursed him for hitting her in her in the vulnerable position of advance pregnancy while snatching her chain. Another victim, Mithilesh, too identified him and rebuked him. In all these incidents, the young boy of around 25, who came on foot, was committing these crimes on his own. DIG Gunjiyal said that the team could make out that the accused was living within an area of 500 metrs and was committing the crimes regularly in the nearby pockets. He would slip into a hideout after committing the crime. The police zeroed in on the network of miscreants in the area. The accused was suspected for his addiction to gambling. The day he would lose money, the next day he would commit the crime. The accused admitted to selling two gold chains, one for Rs 20,000 and another for Rs 16,000 to Ashoka Jewellers, Dharampur. He sold two more chains for Rs 20,000 and Rs 16,000 to Raghuvir Jewellers, Kanwali. He lost one chain while running from the crime scene. The earring he stole were found artificial. The DIG said the gold chains had been recovered. In case it was found the jewellers who bought the chains knew fully well that they were stolen items, then they would be booked under Indian Evidence Act.
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Railways look for land to lay tracks
Dehradun, February 16 Uttarakhand Railway Department officials are working round the clock to select the land for this 29.45 km railway line. The state government has already given Rs 100 crore to the railway department as a part of its initial contribution. The entire project entails a cost of Rs 336.42 crores. At a meeting with railway officials here today, state Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar ordered immediate acquisition of land. He also said in case of purchase of private land, judicious prices must be given to farmers. The Chief Secretary ordered bringing speed to the project.
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Good response to ‘Kaun Banega Samrat’ quiz show
Haridwar, February 16 The show based on questions of Indian civilisation, culture, religion, history, Independence movement and questions that test their overall knowledge is getting good response from students with several elimination rounds held to finally arrive at the final 36 contestants. Apart from Haridwar, selected contestants hail from Rishikesh,Dehradun and Roorkee of Garhwal division and will vie for semi-final round to be held on the February 18 at Delhi Public School, Haridwar. The chief guest of the show will be veteran television-film actor Mukesh Khanna,who essayed the epic role of Bhisham Pitamah as well as children fantasy idol character as ‘Shaktimaan.’ Apprising about the quiz show, executive officer of Satya On Line Production Purushottam Sharma said that with today’s schoolgoing generation deflecting from the Indian traditions and values, it was imperative to make them aware of the vast culture, tradition and the knowledge which only India spreads around the world. The quarter-final results were declared. Pranav Gupta, Sonal Singh, Drishti (Roorkee), Aradhya Goyal,Mayank Bijalwan, Vikas, Priyanka (Rishikesh), Dhananjay Singh, Ankit Semwal, Sanjeev Rana, Tushar Semwal and Sajal Bansal made it to the semi-final round. The programme hosted by Dr Naresh Mohan will be aired soon. In the preliminary round hundreds of entries from students were received. ”It was a unique learning opportunity, making us know about Indian history, diversity, great saints, leaders, social reformers and though I got eliminated, yet will study regularly to get through in the next phase,”said Tesu Raj Gaur, a class X Shiv Dale school participant.
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General Hasnain meets Khanduri
Dehradun, February 16 During the courtesy call, General Hasnain appreciated the steps taken by the state government for the welfare of the soldiers and ex-servicemen. He also appreciated the efforts of the state government in providing land to the Garhwal regiment and financial assistance provided to the ex-servicemen. Brig Sharat Chander and Col A.S.Randhawa were also present during the meeting.
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Resentment over RTI activist’s murder
Haridwar, February 16 Chauhan had retired from the Education Department in 2004. He had been involved in social work and using the RTI Act to expose corruption in the public distribution system and the misuse of gram sabha funds. Chauhan had reported to the police about threat to his life, but no action was taken in this regard. His son, Gulab Rai, said though his father was an RTI activist and had been working to expose corruption, he had no enmity with anyone who was exposed in the RTI findings. A complaint in this regard was also lodged at Pherupur police station as well as at the CCR Superintendent of City Police office, but no security was provided to Chauhan. Though the police has named four persons, including a property dealer, a ration dealer and a former sarpanch, in its preliminary report and is also looking into the angle of RTI exposures as the reason behind Chauhan’s murder, no arrest has been made so far.
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Uttarakhand BJP leaders in UP
Dehradun, February 16 Chief Minister B.C Khanduri has been brought to UP to elicit support among the ex-service voters. “Our leaders are well versed with Uttar Pradesh, especially Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who was Cabinet minister in the then undivided Uttar Pradesh government and Chief Minister B.C Khanduri has a special appeal among the middle class voters as he introduced anti-graft legislation in Uttarakhand,” said Satish Lakhera, BJP spokesperson. Besides the top leaders, the Uttarakhand BJP has also dispatched a team of party workers for UP elections.
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6 shops near ISBT sealed
Dehradun, February 16 Besides this, 5 shops near Kargi Chowk were also sealed for being illegally built by B D K Jakhmola on the first floor.
— TNS
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Cut no tree on forestland: Tribunal
Dehradun, February 16 The decision has come in response to an appeal filed by Vimal Bhai of Matu Jansangthan and Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, challenging the forest clearance given by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on Nov 8, 2011. It may be recalled that the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest had over ruled the decision of the Forest Advisory Committee twice to reject the forest clearance to the project in their meetings. The Wildlife Institute of India (WII), through a report commissioned by the ministry, had also recommended that the project should not be taken up considering the serious nature of impacts of the projects. The Forest Advisory Committee has taken the decision that “Alaknanda-Badrinath and Kotlibhel IB support significant ecological and wildlife values that include irreplaceable components. Any form of development in these areas will have negative impact on these values,” the WII report had said. The Alaknanda-Badrinath hydro project is located in the buffer zone of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, which has two core zones- the Nanda Devi National Park (NP) and Valley of Flowers. Both the core zones have been declared World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO. Also it is very close to the prestigious Badrinath Temple.
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Setback to state school football team
Dehradun, February 16 The winners of the second Subroto Cup Football Tournament held at Delhi were from Dehradun. This speaks of the potential of students from Uttarakhand to perform well at prestigious national events. But no one in authority is paying heed to for the missed out participation of Uttarakhand since 2010. While talking to The Tribune, Madhuri Negi, Education Director (Sports), said: “Our schedule for sports activities is made along with the academic curriculum of the school, which also prevents us from playing in national events. ” The state education coordinator (sports), Urmila Rana, further informed: “In the year 2010, the winner of the state-level inter-school football tournament, which was supposed to play in the Subroto Cup held at Delhi, backed out at the last moment.” “But last year, the Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society did not send us the accreditation letter for participation in the national event,” she added. Subroto Cup Football Tournament is an All-India Inter-School Football Tournament organised by Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society. The tournament was the idea of the late Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee as he conceived the idea of launching a football tournament the at junior level in 1958. The first tournament and the Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society were established in 1960.
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Khurbura XI, Uttarakhand Police win matches in cricket league
Dehradun, February 16 In the first match, Khurbura XI won by 2 wickets against Rudra team. Batting first, Rudra scored 148 runs in the allotted 30 overs. Pradeep scored highest 60 runs whereas Sandeep contributed valuable 39 runs. But rest of the Rudra team batsmen failed miserably. As of bowling, Deewan and Sunil took 3 wickets each. Chasing the target, Khurbura XI easily managed the target score, thereby ensuring itself a 2-wicket win. Vijeet 40 runs, Vikas 28 runs and Bittu contributed 20 runs to the Khurbura XI’s score. Pradeep of Rudra took 5 wickets. In another match, Uttarakhand Police won by 52 runs against Petroleum B team. Batting first Uttarakhand Police piled 181 runs. Ashish scored highest 61 runs. Chasing the target, Petroleum B team was all out just at a score of 129 runs, thereby ensuring 52-run win for Uttarakhand Police?
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Haridwar, February 16
