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Counting for Tehri bypoll today
Villagers boycotted Tehri bypoll
Indira Awas Yojana
CBI probe sought into Swami Shanker Dev missing case
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Red Cross training for youth stressed
Capping of LPG Cylinders
Floral tributes paid to Vijay Raje Scindia
SSB to do rafting on Kali to check smuggling
Two US youths in Haridwar to spread awareness about global warming
FDI in retail to benefit US, says Ramdev
Eco impact assessment body to be made active
Unhealthy food habits leading to dental diseases: Expert
Prepare plans for locals
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Counting for Tehri bypoll today
Dehradun, October 12 A total of 12 tables have been set up for the counting of votes for the Chakrata Assembly segment, followed by 10 tables each for Sahaspur and Raipur Assembly segments. While eight tables will be set up for Vikas Nagar, Dehradun Cantt, Rajpur Road and Mussoorie. For counting of service votes, eight separate tables will be set at Niranjanpur Mandi. "The counting of all service votes of the three districts of Tehri, Uttarkashi and Dehradun will be counted first at the Nirajanpur Mandi at 8 am, followed by counting of votes received through EVMS in all three counting venues in Tehri, Uttarkashi Returning Officer Ravi Nath Raman will declare the results after receiving the counting report from the Tehri and Uttarkashi centres. More than 150 officials would be involved in the counting of votes and close circuit cameras will be set up for the monitoring purpose. The entire proceedings will be videographed. Meanwhile, the voters did not caste votes in three EVMs in Vikasnagar Assembly segment and one EVM in Chakrata Assembly segment while one reserve EVM was used in Mussoorie. 450 officials deployed at Niranjanpur District Election Officer Ravinath Raman today presided over a training programme for the counting officials to be deployed at Dehradun counting centre in view of tomorrow’s counting of votes for the Tehri Parliamentary byelection. A total of 450 officials will be deployed at Niranjanpur, Dehradun, counting centre. Ravinath Raman asked the polling officials to ensure that they were well informed about the counting procedure so that they did not face any inconvenience. He asked the officials to reach the Niranjanpur counting centre in Dehradun tomorrow at 6.30 am. He said after 6.30 am, movement of traffic will be restricted outside the Niranjanpur counting centre. He also asked the counting officials not to allow polling agents of various political parties to handle EVM machines and only keep them informed about the progress in counting. He directed the officials to be cautious during counting of postal ballot papers. Raman said postal ballot papers were needed to be handled carefully. Dehradun is one among three counting centres set up in the Tehri Parliamentary constituency. |
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Villagers boycotted Tehri bypoll
Dehradun, October 12 As was reported earlier, the residents of eight villages in Chakrata did not cast vote in protest against lack of regular electricity and water supply, roads and a school. In
Uttarkashi, voters in three villages boycotted the byelection against lack of roads. While in Tehri villagers lodged a protest on the issue of lack of connectivity due to the creation of Tehri Lake. Residents of Pipola village falling under Ghansali tehsil have no means of transport to cross the lake. Residents of a village in Vikasnagar boycotted the byelection in support of their demand that they be included in the Scheduled Tribe category.
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Indira Awas Yojana
Dehradun, October 12 In Uttarakhand, 40 per cent of the below poverty line (BPL) families from the general category and 60 per cent of the families belonging the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) categories are given assistance for construction and upgrade of their dwellings under the IAY. “The Department of Rural Development has been unable to find beneficiaries from the SC and ST communities in Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, Haridwar and Dehradun districts for the past couple of years. Saturation has been achieved in providing dwellings to the members of the SC and ST communities in these districts. But this cannot be said about the beneficiaries belonging to the general category. We are still lagging behind in providing them dwellings and if relaxation is provided in norms we will be able to achieve our target,” said a senior official. The department has already given suggestions to the state government and the norms can be relaxed only after approval is received from the Central government. In 2012-2013, the Department of Rural Development plans to provide 2,665 houses under the IAY and for the purpose Rs 31.21 crore of the Rs 83.23 crore budget has been released so far by the state government. Significantly, the department officials say 200 landless families have also been identified in Udham Singh Nagar, but unfortunately they cannot provided benefits under the IAY as it is not a land-providing scheme. Similarly, landless families have also been identified in Nainital, Dehradun and Haridwar districts. “Besides changes in norms, if a provision for acquiring land after allocation of the budget is made under the IAY, we will be able to cater to landless families as well,” said a senior official. Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Minister for Rural Development Pritam Singh said the Central schemes were being examined and wherever a need to bring changes was felt, discussions would be held with the Union government.
Missing target
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CBI probe sought into Swami Shanker Dev missing case
Dehradun, October 12 There were a lot of rumours about his disappearance and the case was being investigated by the Haridwar police, which filed its closure report in April 2012. His whereabouts or the manner of disappearance remains shrouded in mystery. However, many detractors of Ramdev, including the Sant Samaj of Haridwar, had requested the state government to get the case investigated by the CBI. According to sources, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, while acting on such representation, requested the Centre for CBI probe. The case could spell fresh trouble for Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishan, both disciples of Swami Shanker Dev. Principal Secretary, Home, Vinita Kumar, said as no clue of missing Swami Shanker Dev was found, the case had been handed over to the CBI under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946. |
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Red Cross training for youth stressed
Haridwar, October 12 Kurwe was speaking at the concluding session of a six-day study camp for Red Cross volunteers from Haryana at the Nagli Bela ashram in Haridwar. She said service to humanity was the best service and appreciated the vital role the Red Cross volunteers played in both peace and war times. Kurwe spoke about drug addiction among youths and said the Red Cross training helped the youths shun social evils. She said female foeticide and fall in the sex ratio in Haryana was a major cause of worry but hoped that the girls from Haryana would take back lessons from the camp so that their parents could feel proud of them. Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, Dr Naresh Chaudhari gave tips to the volunteers who were given a rigorous training in various sessions at the camp. Director of the study camp RC Sharma acknowledged the role of the Uttarakhand Red Cross and said diversified hill and plain areas and riverbeds of Haridwar district proved vital in providing the volunteers a wide array of training and knowledge that come handy during natural disasters like drought, floods and cloudburst. Vidya Deswal, BD Sharma, Sanjeev Dhiman and Ajay Saransh were among senior Red Cross volunteers who coordinated the camp activities. |
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Capping of LPG Cylinders
Haridwar, October 12 Led by Uttarakhand BJP women wing chief Kusum Kandwal, women activists sat on a dharna at Chandracharya Ranipur Chowk, criticising Rs 11 hike in domestic LPG cylinders besides capping of the subsidised cylinders to just six per year for a family. With an LPG cylinder put up at the protest venue, the activists tried to convey the impact these decisions were leaving on the common man. Criticising the Congress government, Kandwal demanded recall of the decision. “No gas agency in the state is providing LPG cylinders. One is getting cylinder for whopping Rs 1000. Only blackmarketeers are benefiting from this move and public is facing immense problem” said Kandwal while addressing the gathering. Women wing city unit secretary Sanjana Sharma said tomorrow the public mood would be gauged by the Congress as Tehri bypoll results be out with BJP candidate Raj Laxmi emerging victorious. She added that the Congress had failed on all fronts, at the Centre and the state too with only people looking to the BJP as it provided able governance under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee under the National Democratic Alliance government from 1999-2004. District chief of the women wing Kusum Gandhi lamented that other parties like the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party were just supporting the Congress for political benefits and the future of the country lies in safe hands of the BJP only. |
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Floral tributes paid to Vijay Raje Scindia
Haridwar, October 12 A programme was organised by the BJP women wing unit where floral tributes were paid to Scindia who won seven parliamentary elections apart from being a legislator too. Uttarakhand BJP unit women chief Kusum Kandwal shedding light on the glorious political career of the Rajmata said despite hailing from a royal dynastic family of Gwalior, she was much closer to the common man. She added that this could be gauged by the fact that she won seven times from the Guna constituency in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, and remained a top politician of the country. Kusum added that only Maharaja Manvendra Shah of the erstwhile Tehri Garhwal royal dynasty won Lok Sabha seat eight times from any of the royal family in the country, with both Rajmata Scindia and King Shah being the Bharatiya Janta Party leaders only. Social activists Uday Ram Semwal said though Privy Purse was abolished by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, yet the stature of Rajmata Scindia was not affected owing to her mass appeal. The rajmata left her traditional Guna seat to contest against Indira Gandhi in 1980 after being detained during Emergency but lost,Semwal added. Former Union Minister Madhav Rao Scindia was the son of Vijay Raje Scindia who also won nine Lok Sabha elections. |
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SSB to do rafting on Kali to check smuggling
Pithoragarh, October 12 “Despite our personnel patrolling the border round the clock and using night vision cameras, the incidents of smuggling, particularly of wild animal organs, are still being reported at some places near the border," said Shyam Singh, Inspector-General (SSB), Kumaon, while addressing the media after his visit to the outpost on the Indo- Nepal border at Jhoolaghat. He said to intensify patrolling on the border adjoining Pithoragarh district, five new border outposts were being established at Siti, Lakhanpur, Dwalisera, Jhotila and Amtir village. “We have surveyed the Kali river from the rafting point of view. Except for a 15-km stretch from Purnagiri to Sherkhal in Champawat district, all locations are suitable for rafting on the river,” he said. The IG said the force had decided to take border youths on an educational tour to the selected parts of the country to acquaint them with the developments within the country. “This year, we have decided to take them to South India,” he said. He further said: “We want to purchase 108 medical service palanquins dumped in local district hospitals in border districts, so that sick people from interior parts of the border could be taken to local medical centres. However, at present, our appeal has been rejected by the department concerned.” |
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Two US youths in Haridwar to spread awareness about global warming
Haridwar, October 12 At present in Uttarakhand on an India tour, Chauntelle, an anthropologist, and Aaron, a mechanical engineer, riding a Royal Enfield motorcycle, are quite impressed with the flora and fauna of the state. They are also updating their experiences about the visit on their blog so that their friends in the USA could know about India. Besides natural beauty, the duo is quite touched by the warmth, simplicity and honesty of the people of the state. They said the people of Uttarakhand were quite aware about nature and environment and were leading a life in the midst of nature. In a tête-à-tête with The Tribune, Chauntelle and Aaron said the western world, particularly America, along with China were the major contributing nations to green house emissions leading to global warming. There was need to cut the emission of gases across the globe, she added. “Earth summit in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in 1992 and 2012 showed the need and concern of the world towards environment conservation. Besides the government, we also need to contribute to environment conservation and reducing gas emission responsible for global warming,” said Chauntelle. The duo has visited nine European countries in the past four months and in India they have travelled through Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi till now. After Uttarakhand they will leave for Himachal Pradesh, Leh Ladakh in Jammu Kashmir to conclude their Indian trip. They were quite perturbed by the large scale logging of trees on the Gaziabad-Badrinath National Highway 58 to pave the way for four-laning of the Narsain-Haridwar-Dehradun stretch in Uttarakhand. Chauntelle urged the local people to take up the issue of logging of around 15,000 trees with the authorities. She said if not double, at least the same number of trees should be planted along the highway. Where ever they found a school along the route they tried to interact with children and present them information material on global warming and environment conservation. |
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FDI in retail to benefit US, says Ramdev
Dehradun, October 12 “The move is designed to serve the interest of global supermarkets. If people want a government which works for their interest and not for that of the US, they will have to overthrow the Congress government at the Centre in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls,” Ramdev said addressing a meeting at Laksar near Haridwar yesterday as part of the third phase of his ongoing Bharat Swabhiman Yatra. — PTI
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Eco impact assessment body to be made active
Dehradun, October 12 The proposals will be first screened by the Evaluating Committee comprised of environmental experts and then presented before the authority for no-objection certificate. Members of the committee and the authority will be officers who are well-versed in environmental matters nominated by the Secretary of the state government. A meeting of the Environment Impact Assessment Authority (EIAA) was held in this regard which was chaired by Chief Secretary Alok Kumar Jain at the Secretariat yesterday. |
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Unhealthy food habits leading to dental diseases: Expert
Haridwar, October 12 This was stated by Dr Priyanka Virmani Bansal during a free dental check-up camp organised at Ranipur today. More than 50 persons were examined at the camp. She said the use of refined carbohydrate and junk food, less usage of vegetables and increase in tobacco consumption were also some of the reasons leading to dental problems. “Contributing factors of gum diseases are needed to be controlled. Tobacco, cigarette and liquor consumption can even lead to oral cancer. We need to generate awareness among youths, as the majority of dental diseases are due to the consumption of tobacco, cigarette and liquor,” said Dr Priyanka. “Dental education is now easily available with even the World Health Organisation recommending the checking of teeth after every six months, which most of us don't adhere to. Not only in rural areas, people in urban areas also do not know proper way of brushing. This leads to tooth decay," said Dr Priyanka. She said many latest technologies had come in the dental field. Treatment through laser, though costly, was more effective in providing timely treatment to patients, she added. |
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Prepare plans for locals
Pithoragarh, October 12 Bisht said, “We should aim at empowering poor people by issuing job cards. They should be provided 100 days of employment, work within 15 days of applying for job and weekly payments to the cardholders,” he said. — OC
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Haridwar, October 12
Haridwar, October 12
