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30 cops show skills in rescue training
Medical training workshop concludes
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MLA Joshi inspects works
‘Cong Bhawan being used to malign Harish’s image’
Former Dehradun Mayor Manorama Sharma, Congress spokesperson Surender Aggarwal and former legislator Ranjit Rawat at a press conference in Dehradun on Friday. A Tribune photograph
22 IPS officers transferred
RTO, ARTO shifted
State to have adventure sports academy soon
RH Khwaja (left), Union Tourism Secretary, during a meeting in Dehradun on Friday.
Body of Home Guard jawan found
TV shows are promoting one-upmanship, says Birju Maharaj
Pandit Birju Maharaj performs at Scholars’ Home School in Dehradun on Friday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
Training for civil defence wardens
Ruskin Bond
Responsibility helps face challenges: Expert
HCA humble Doon Tigers
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30 cops show skills in rescue training
Mussoorie, April 20
The participants, including two women police officers, through a mock drill displayed the technique of saving victims from disaster zones. They also demonstrated ways to rescue victims with speed and assist them from the casualty site promptly. The police personnel also demonstrated skills in climbing, grappling, casualty transportation and ways to use the locally available equipments like peek bag, two-hand sack, four-hand sack etc. They also showed ways to carry injured victims to a safe destination using wooden rods, handmade stretchers and blankets from the incident site, so that the first aid could be provided to the victims. Constable Vikas Thapa, Sandeep Singh, Teek Singh, Rekha and sub-inspector Anuradha Dabral were felicitated by the director of the institute on the occasion for excelling during the training session. DIG, ITBP, SP Chamoli (retd), director of the institute, said such effective training was necessary considering the geographical terrain of the state where disasters, be it accidental or natural, were a common occurrence. He said the state was sensitive to disasters like floods, landslides, forest fires and vehicle accidents. The only way to save the victims was with the effective training that was being imparted at the centre here.
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Medical training workshop concludes
Haridwar, April 20 Being held at the Acharya Shri Ram Sharma Centenary Hospital situated on the university premises, a special expert team from Bihar led by Dr Sanket Gupta, Dr Vishal, Dr Rakesh Ranjan and Dr Pinki Ranjan elaborated on acupressure and related medical treatments prevalent around the world. Medical reports of those patients who were being treated for the past five days were also presented in the concluding session and students were apprised of diagnosis, prescription and treatment methodology of common ailments. The workshop aimed at providing knowledge about the homemade remedy and ancient mode of the Indian medical treatments like yoga, ayurveda, marma chikitsa, acupressure etc to the medical students so that they can apply it in their respective areas. Dr Pinky Ranjan said in today’s time, expensive allopathic treatment was going out of the reach of the common people, but if these medical therapies are applied, one can get cured easily without any side effects too. Buoyed up by the success of this workshop, the university has decided to hold more of these time to time. Medical experts, lending their services during the workshop, said many ailments were becoming common owing to the disturbed lifestyle where stress has become a major factor. They said by these alternative medical therapies, one could easily cure backache, hypertension, blood pressure irregularities, lack of immunity and digestion-related problems. People from Garhwal and Kumaon divisions also attended at the workshop. Ten medical volunteers were given special training in these alternative therapies, who will be working in the Shri Ram Sharma Centenary Hospital.
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Mussoorie, April 20 He was livid at the fact that the officials in the earlier meeting had assured him that all pending works would be completed by April 20, but during his visit he found that the picture was completely opposite, especially at Landour Bazaar, Picture Palace and South Road. Joshi has warned the officials to complete the task before April 30 or strict action will be taken against the erring officials. Speaking to mediapersons, he said the citizen of the town had been suffering due to erratic sewage and road construction work. “That is why I inspected it myself to get a clearer picture,” he said. The residents of the town also informed Joshi that the whitewash work on the roadside began only after the officials heard about his visit. Joshi directed all officials to solve the related problems of the people on priority basis.— OC
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‘Cong Bhawan being used to malign Harish’s image’
Dehradun, April 20 Rawat loyalist and Congress spokesman Surendra Kumar and former MLA Ranjeet Singh Rawat in a joint press conference today said there was a calculated move to malign the image of their leader Harish Rawat. “Congress Bhawan in Dehradun is being used to give misleading statements by certain party leaders who want to show Harish Rawat in a poor light”, Ranjeet Singh Rawat said. He yet again credited Harish Rawat for making the Congress a force in the reckoning in Uttarakhand. Echoing similar sentiments, Surendra Kumar said the recent suggestions made by Harish Rawat on hydro-projects in Uttarakhand must be taken seriously and there was no point criticising him over the issue. He said Harish Rawat had written a letter to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister only to express his reservation over big dams in the environment-fragile areas of the state and had suggested for a scientific study for the purpose. “Harish Rawat had also suggested providing green bonus to the areas of Uttarakhand where power projects have been scrapped, which is not wrong”, Surendra Kumar argued. Former Ranjeet Singh Rawat said there were some Congress men who are repeatedly giving statements against Harish Rawat only to please some forces in the Congress and get some ministerial rank posts as reward. He reminded that ministerial-level posts had adversely affected the Congress poll prospects during the ND Tiwari government in Uttarakhand. He said those who wanted to criticise Harish Rawat on one pretext or other only want to weaken the Congress as the party was already in power with razor-thin majority. Responding to queries, Ranjeet Rawat also denied that those from the Harish Rawat camp had succeeded in getting key ministries in the Vijay Bahuguna government. “This is a blatant lie and seniority has been the sole criterion in the ministry”, he pointed out.
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22 IPS officers transferred
Dehradun, April 20 According to the list released by Principle Secretary (Home) DK Kotia, DIG (Security and Intelligence) Deepak Jyoti Ghildiyal has been transferred as DIG (Nainital); DIG (CBCID) Abhinav Kumar has been transferred as DIG (Pauri Range); DIG (Garhwal range) Sanjay Gunjyal as DIG (Dehradun range) and DIG, 46th Vahini PAC JS Martoliya has been transferred as DIG (Pithoragarh range). SP (Headquarters) Neeru Garg has been transferred as SSP, Dehradun; Arun Mohan Joshi has been made SSP (Haridwar); SP (Provisioning and Modernisation) Santosh Kumar Shukal has been transferred as SP (Pauri); SP (Chamoli) Janmajay Prabhakar Kailash as SP (Tehri); SP (Uttarakashi) Sadanand Shankar Rao Date as SSP (Nainital); SP (Security and Intelligence) Headquarters, VKS Karki as SP (Rudraprayag) and SP (Nainital) P Renuka Devi has been transferred as SP (Chamoli). SP (Pithoragarh) Nilesh Anand Bharne has been made SSP (Udham Singh Nagar); Commandant, 40th Vahini PAC, Haridwar, Sunil Kumar Meena SP (Almora); SP (Pauri) Anant Shankar Taktwali SP (Pithoragarh); SP (Haridwar) Nivedi Kukreti Kumar as SP (Bageshwar); SP (Tehri), Rajiv Swaroop SP (Uttarkashi); SSP (Udham Singh Nagar) Pushpak Jyoti as SP (Security and Intelligence), Headquarters; SP (Rudraprayag) Vimla Gunjyal as Commandant, 46th Vahini PAC, Rudrapur; SP (Almora) Puran Singh Rawat Commandant, IRB II, Haridwar; SSP (Haridwar) Pushkar Singh Sailala as AIG
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RTO, ARTO shifted
Dehradun, April 20 RTO, Pauri, Sudhanshu Garg, will now become the new RTO, Dehradun, and ARTO, Udham Singh Nagar, Sandeep Saini, will now take charge as ARTO, Dehradun. An accountant was also removed for showing a shortage of Rs 1, 88,000 in the accounts of the department on the day of the inspection. Minister gave an assurance to those employees from whose bags the money had been taken that they could collect their money by giving the detail about the source of the money. The minister had handed over the enquiry to Transport secretary Vinod Raturi after raiding the RTO office. Raturi submitted the report to the minister and alluded to the connivance of RTO, ARTO and accountant in the wrongdoings. The minister has now directed Transport Commissioner Uma Kant Panwar to conduct an enquiry into the matter.
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State to have adventure sports academy soon
Dehradun, April 20 Union Tourism Secretary RH Khwaja gave these assurances to Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna at the latter’s residence here today. He assured the Chief Minister that the Union Tourism Ministry would extend full support to the state government in implementing tourism-based schemes. Bahuguna sought support from the Centre in encouraging tourism-based activities in the state. He said Uttarakhand had various tourist destinations such as the Tehri lake for which it needed development funds from the Centre. The Chief Minister said the state government wanted to attract a maximum number of industrialists for investment in the tourism sector and the main objective of setting up a hospitality board was to provide a solution to the problems faced by the investors in the sector. A single window system would also be introduced for the convenience of the investors. Bahuguna said the use of polythene bags would be banned in all tourist spots and instructions were being issued to all officers concerned in this regard. He directed the Secretary, Tourism, to maintain a continuous dialogue between the state government and the Centre over the implementation of the tourism-based schemes. Meanwhile, Khwajza also met Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar and other officers at the Secretariat. He informed the state officers about the Hoonar Se Rozgar (HSR) scheme started by the Central government to link tourism with employment. He said the Centre had decided to provide jobs to 20,000 people through the HSR scheme under which the youth would be provided training and a stipend in the hospitality and food and beverage sectors. In Uttarakhand, the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) has been selected for providing training to the youth. The Union Tourism Secretary also spoke about the “Earn While You Lean” scheme, under which school students would be trained in various skills associated with tourism during vacation and paid a stipend. He said there was immense possibility of rural tourism in the state as the tourists could get information about the culture and cuisine of rural areas and the local population would earn additional income. Khwaja said a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was being signed with different departments under the “Clean India Campaign”. NGOs and corporate bodies too were being associated with the campaign to keep the tourist spots clean. He referred to Kerala and Goa where tourism had grown due to clean tourist places. He said the Centre was now working on tourism as a pro-poor field where the thrust was to increase employment opportunities.
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Body of Home Guard jawan found
Mussoorie, April 20 The police rushed to the spot and took the body in its possession. The deceased has been identified as Uttam Singh (44), resident of Chamasari. According to the police, Uttam Singh, a Home Guard jawan in Mussoorie, had been missing from the house since April 15. When he failed to return home, his family members filed a missing person report at the Mussoorie police station on April 17. Prima facie, the police is attributing the death to fall from a cliff as the deceased was believed to be an alcoholic and use to return home every day after heavy liquor consumption. The details will be ascertained only after the post-mortem.
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TV shows are promoting one-upmanship, says Birju Maharaj
Dehradun, April 20 “One can explore the vocabulary of Kathak to express contemporary themes, but the dance and music popularised on TV has taken a ludicrous form, assailing the senses. The reality shows on TV are promoting a culture of one-upmanship. The singers and dancers are eliminated from the shows because they were ranked last. How can one rank a musician or a dancer, only music or a dance can be good or bad,” said Birju Maharaj while speaking with the Tribune today. He was here to participate in the concert organized by the SPICMACAY in different schools. However, it is not to say that Birju Maharaj has confined himself only to choreographing non-film music in his long career. His tryst with the film world in the recent past provided an opportunity to movie-goers to come face to face with his virtuosity. “The dance sequence of Madhuri Dixit in ‘Devdas’, which was choreographed by me, managed to bring back the memories of the films of yore like Mughal-e- Azam and Pakeeza. These films have become iconic and credit goes to my uncle Lacchu Maharaj for exalting the presentation of Kathak in the Hindi cinema,” said Birju Maharaj, a leading exponent of the Lucknow Kalka Bindadin Gharana. A dancer, vocalist and painter, Birju Maharaj encompasses all these art forms and much more. “The art in India has always been equated with divinity. It is a medium for attaining divine bliss. I lose myself when I dance, the feeling that I experience at that point of time cannot be expressed in words,” said Birju Maharaj. In the same vein, he talks about commercialisation of dance schools that have mushroomed in the country. He terms them as teaching shops to mint money. “We are also running a dance school, but I do not teach my students to cash in on the dance commercially. In our country, the Gurukul form of learning is followed. It is a ‘parampara’ that has been kept alive by different gharanas in our country. Along with teaching the finer nuances of music, the students are taught to value tradition and not run after transitory objects,” he emphasised. Significantly, his recent advertisement campaign with Emami surprised many admirers, but Birju Maharaj nonchalantly explains: “When managers of Emami approached me to endorse the Zandu brand, it was done without any hesitation because I believe in the brand. It is quite popular, I did not dwell into it any further,” he added.
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Training for civil defence wardens
Dehradun, April 20 Presiding over the programme, Deputy Controller, Civil Defence, Dehradun, CS Bonthiyal said civil defence volunteers must be fully prepared to deal with any eventuality linked to disaster. He said the role of civil defence volunteers in the aftermath of disaster was very important for effective conduct of relief and rescue operations. The training programme included lectures on fire incidents, earthquakes and air attacks. Civil Defence Warden Rajeev Sharma said the training programmes were being held frequently to keep civil defence volunteers update on relief and rescue techniques. A total of 14 civil defence wardens took part in the programme
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Ruskin Bond to meet fans today
Dehradun, April 20 Bond has enthralled children and adults alike for three generations and this year, several publishers have a series of new books in store for his readers. His writings vary from being reflections on life, people, nature to little details on everyday life in the mountains. Dehradun and Mussoorie hold a special place in his writings as he has spent most of his life in Dehradun and Mussoorie. Ruskin Bond will be meeting students and his readers at the bookshop now known to be the literary hub of the state of Uttarakhand. Natraj is one of India’s oldest and most well-known bookshops with a keen interest on working with children and holding book readings, launches and other literary events. The event is open to the public.
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Responsibility helps face challenges: Expert
Nainital, April 20 In his address, Suresh M Semwal of Think Inc., stated that people are the most important asset in any organisation and it's important that they are trained, motivated and recognised for the smooth running of the organisation. He pointed out that understanding the power of responsibility enables people to face the challenging business environment and achieve organisation goals. Elaborating on the details of the workshop during the introductory session, Semwal said the objective of the workshop was to make the participants understand the power of responsibility and its implications in life. He further stressed upon understanding the difference between responsibility and burden and responsibility towards customers. He mentioned that accepting change and implementing it in day-to-day life is very important for human resource to become more competitive. The training programme stressed on self-awareness ideas and to understand the importance of responsibility at work to achieve organisation targets and personal goals. The workshop also aimed at understanding the importance of habits and its impact and implementing etiquettes in professional and personal life. Among those who attended the event were department heads, managers and executives from various industries, including Titan Industries, Bajaj Auto, Perfetti Van Melle, Spicer India, TVS Electronics, HCL Infosystems, Aquamall and the UJVN.
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HCA humble Doon Tigers
Dehradun, April 20 Electing to bat first after winning the toss, HCA scored 234 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted overs. Vijay Singh was the highest scorer with 72 runs followed by Keshav who contributed unbeaten 29 runs. Sanjeev of Doon Tigers took 2 wickets in his 6 over spell. Batting next, the Doon team was all out at 153 runs, thereby ensuring 81runs win for the HCA team. Vineet was the highest scorer with 38 runs. As of HCA bowlers, Manish Gurung took 3 wickets.—TNS
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Dehradun, April 20 Results: First: RIMC; second: Summer Valley School; third: St Jospeh's Academy; fourth: Wynberg Allen School; fifth: Scholars Home and sixth: Asian School. Gargi Rawat, PK Sharma, T Selvan and Rachna Malhotra were the quizmasters while cadet Md Salman and Cadet Shivam Sisodia were timekeepers. In his vote of thanks, Col Pankaj Kumaria, Commandant, RIMC, congratulated the organising team for making this event a grand success. —TNS
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The five-day self-remedy medical training workshop concluded here today at Dev Sanskriti University. Medical students from six states participated in the workshop.
Groupism in the Uttarakhand Congress yet again came to the fore when party leaders owing allegiance to Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Congress Haridwar MP Harish Rawat today alleged that Congress Bhawan in Dehradun was being used to malign the image of their
leaders.
The state will soon have an adventure sports academy and a hospitality promotion and development board to promote tourism activities and enhance employment opportunities in the state.
Besotted by art while still a child, the legendary Kathak dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj says his love affair with music would continue as long as he lives. But at times, the Kathak virtuoso finds himself out of touch with the dance and music expressed through television and popular cinema.
A workshop on 'Power of responsibility' was organised by the Uttarakhand State Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII) at Rudrapur today.
