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Waste management project to go high-tech in Doon
National, international artistes to perform at Virasat 2012
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Five NSUI members held for thrashing restaurant worker
Police gets vital clues to Vikram murder case
Special train displays literature, works on Swami Vivekananda
U'khand Police win football league
GMVN’s assn threatens stir from November 3
Sports meet for poor children at St Joseph’s
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Waste management project to go high-tech in Doon
Dehradun, October 25 Elaborating more on this issue, Director, SPML, Sidharth Jain, said: “We are importing a radio frequency identification device (RIFD), something like the size of a credit card. Each of this will be stuck on the gates of the residents, who are hiring our services. In response to RFID, the supervisor deputed to pick up garbage, will be given a logger. The employees will have to show their loggers before the RIFD until it gives a beeping sound. With the sound, their attendance will be registered. The information about their attendance will reach our server, confirming that the employees have gone to collect the garbage.” This system would also check the complaints of the residents about DVWM employees not coming to collect garbage regularly from their areas. The company would, thus, be able to show the evidence of attendance of its staff, Jain added. Another gadget is a hand-held machine, a sim card and a thermal printer-enabled tool, which will give out slips to the people when they pay their monthly fees to the staff. As soon as the slips come out of the machine, the server will automatically come to know of the collection of money from the particular customer. It will become easy for us to keep track of those customers who have not paid their monthly dues and pinpoint them through our server details. Now we will also not need to bank upon vouchers or paper receipts as these things tend to get misplaced or mishandled at times,” Jain said. The third device to be used is a camera, equipped with GPS technology. These cameras will be installed on the top of 28 vehicles. These are those chosen vehicles, which replace filled mega dustbins with empty and clean dustbins from the busiest spots in the city everyday. Jain said: “This camera can record upto 1,000 pictures in three seconds. The cameras will record the status of the spots and help in knowing whether the mega bins were replaced or not.” He said people threw heaps of garbage here and there, complaining that DVWM staff put the mega dustbins somewhere else. The cameras would help in knowing whether these mega dustbins were properly placed or not." Jain said complaints were coming chiefly from Inamulla Road, where a bevy of non-vegetarian shops were lined up. He said the RFID technique had already been introduced in Nehru Colony as pilot project. For every ward, the company would need one lakh RIFD devices, 200 loggers and 60 hand-held machines.
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National, international artistes to perform at Virasat 2012
Dehradun, October 25 Eagerly awaited by people of Dehradun, the 15-day long festival organised by the Rural Entrepreneurship for Art and Cultural Heritage (REACH) will begin with the beats of ‘Naubat’. “On the opening day of the festival, Basanti Devi Bisht, the lone surviving artiste carrying forward the traditional of ‘jagar’ singing will strike the opening notes for the festival. Our artistes from remote areas of Chamoli will also demonstrate ‘chakravayuh’ from Garhwal,” said RK Singh of the REACH. International performers from countries like Morocco, Iran, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Estonia, Hungary and Burundi would present folk, theatre and singing performances. From Pakistan, Wahadat Rameez and his group are also expected to take part in the festival. Along with the inaugural concert by famous Jaipur brass band ‘Kawa’ on the opening day, Prasiddha Dance Repertory would present a Bharatnatyam ballet. On the second day, famous Bhojpuri actor and singer Manoj Tiwari would regale the audience with his Bhojpuri songs. Simultaneously, the crafts village and food court will also remain open for the public for all 15 days of the festival. “Ninteen artistes having mastery in six different craftworks would be displaying their craftsmanship to the people and regular workshops will be held for students,” said RK Singh.
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Five NSUI members held for thrashing restaurant worker
Dehradun, October 25 At 11 last night, Kotwali SHO MS Negi received information that some boys were allegedly thrashing a worker of an eating outlet near Chakrata Road. When he reached there, he saw the victim lying on the road. The accused were under the influence of liquor and also allegedly misbehaved with Negi and other police personal. According to information, NSUI members had gone to a restaurant near Charkrata Road to have dinner. Dheeraj, who works in an adjoining restaurant, was leaving for home when the accused asked him to bring water for them. The victim told them that he is not the employee of that restaurant. Infuriated at this, the accused allegedly abused him. When Dheeraj objected to their remarks, they started thrashing him.
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Police gets vital clues to Vikram murder case
Dehradun, October 25 According to information, Vikram's niece has pointed an accusing finger at the deceased's wife Jyoti. It has come to light that Vikram and Jyoti had got married six years ago despite their parents' opposition. Jyoti's relations with her in-laws are reportedly not cordial. The police has also taken out the call details of Vikram. He had reportedly been in touch with another girl for sometime. The police is avoiding divulging more details in this regard as it could hamper its investigation. Jyoti's parental family's silence and not grieving much on Vikram's death also clears that all is not well between both families. The police has constituted five teams that have been sent to Haridwar, Bijnor and Saharnpur for conducting raids in this connection. SHO, Sahaspur police station, Surya Bhushan Negi said they were making all efforts to crack the case at the earliest. After the Pushpa Saklani murder case that is also yet to be fully solved, this another murder case has also shaken the police. Meanwhile, SSP Neeru Garg today urged the electronic media to not to exaggerate crime cases.
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Special train displays literature, works on Swami Vivekananda
Haridwar, October 25 Vivek Express, stationed at platform No. 9 having five coaches is dedicated to books, literature and other material that gave an insight into Swami Vivekanand’s life that still inspires people. Station in-charge superintendent Gajendra Singh said they were giving full cooperation to the Vivek Express employees. The train was sure to attract a large number of people as had been witnessed previously in the case of similar exhibition expresses like Red Ribbon on AIDS and Life Line Medical Express and those related to Commonwealth Games and Rabindra Nath Tagore. The public display of Vivek Express would continue till tomorrow when the train would leave for Punjab.
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Ganpati mahayajna for global peace
Haridwar, October 25 Swami Satyamitranand Giri Maharaj is spearheading the mega mahayajna, which began today at the Bharat Mata temple ground. The main objective of the Ganpati mahayajna is to generate peace, love and harmony in whole world. In view of the recent natural disasters in the state, special rituals are being offered at these 1008 yajna kunds to Lord Ganesha. Prior to the maha yajna, recitation of Hanuman Chalisa for 1.25 lakh times was performed by a group of 2,000 students from Sanskrit Vidyalayas to please Lord Hanuman. Thousand of devotees have thronged Haridwar to take part in the yajna. Swami Satyamitranand said Lord Ganesha was considered the first deity to be worshipped in Hinduism that brings good omen to believers. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, Governor Aziz Qureshi, Haridwar MLA Harish Rawat, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Raj Nath Singh, former Chief Ministers BC Khanduri, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Shantikunj chief Pranav Pandya, and state chief of the Akhil Bharat Varshiya Dharam Sangh Om Prakash Bhatt are expected to attend the yajna. The mahayajna will conclude on October 29.
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Attack XI lift football title
Dehradun, October 25 Attack XI beat Bajrang Club 4-2. For Attack XI, Kulbahadur, Heera, Prem and Raju scored the goals while Balam and Sachin scored for Bajrang Club. Former Chief Minister and Doiwala MLA Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who was the chief guest on the occasion, handed over the trophy to the winning team. He also gave a cheque for Rs 15,000 to the winning team and a cheque for Rs 11,000 to the Bajrang Club team. In his brief address, Nishank appreciated the Nehru Gram Combined Club for staging a football tournament in memory of a Kargil martyr. He called upon the youth to focus their energy in constructive works. Social worker Subhash Sharma said it was the second successful year for the Nehru Gram Combined Club towards the staging of the Kargil Martyr Jaideep Bhandari Memorial Football Tournament. He said the club was committed to making the tournament a bigger affair in the years to come. Abhishek Shahi of the Club was also present.
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U'khand Police win football league
Dehradun, October 25 Shishir Shah scored the first goal for Uttarakhand Police in the 15th minute followed by Ashok Kumar who scored the second goal in the 55th minute of the match. Despite the best of efforts, Vijay Cantt failed to score. Agriculture Minister Harak Singh Rawat, who was the chief guest on the occasion, handed over the trophy to the wining team. An amount of Rs 15,000 was handed over the winning team while Rs 10,000 was given to the runners-up team. DIG, Dehradun Range, Sanjay Gunjyal was also present on the occasion.
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GMVN’s assn threatens stir from November 3
Dehradun, October 25 Addressing employees near the gate of the GMVN today, association president Purushottam Puri said the 15-day deadline given to the management to take a decision on the matter had already expired and the management was forcing them to launch an indefinite strike. He said they would hold a gate meeting on October 26 and 30 and if the management did not take any action, they would go on an indefinite strike from November 3.
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Sports meet for poor children at St Joseph’s
Dehradun, October 25 The SJA, under the stewardship of principal Brother AJ George, has been regularly organising such events with a view to providing an opportunity to the poor children to participate in sports events, more in the spirit of fun and frolic than serious athletics, and interact with more fortunate children. Interestingly, the SJA students give generous donations both in cash and kind to the fund that supports such events; even schoolteachers also extend a helping hand towards this noble cause. Sports Minister Dinesh Agarwal, who was the chief guest, declared the sports meet open. Senior journalist Raj Kanwar was the guest of honour. In his brief speech, Agarwal complimented the academy principal for organising such events that provided an opportunity to the poor children to literally ‘have a day in the sun’. “The poor children too have their dreams and such events encourage and inspire them to have even bigger dreams,” he said. The minister expressed the hope that some other schools too would follow this noble tradition. St Joseph’s students personally served packets of goodies and soft drinks to their ‘little guests’. The visiting children felt much pleased at being served by fellow children and said thanks with big smiles on their faces.
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People can find historical speeches, works and literature dedicated to revered philosopher, thinker Swami Vivekananda at ‘Vivek Express’ — a special museum train at present stationed at the Haridwar railway station for public viewing.
Dehradun, October 25
Dehradun, October 25
