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SSPs told to step up vigil during Divali
SSP Khurana flags off mobile police station
80 pc food samples fail purity test
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18 quintal petha seized
Directive to docs
‘Queen of Hills’ gears up for festivities
More ambulances deployed on festival
CM, Guv greet people
Verification of works under MGNREGS soon
Ganga canal reopened
Winter Carnival in Mussoorie from Dec 24
Theft in advocate's house
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SSPs told to step up vigil during Divali
Dehradun, November 12 He instructed the SSPs to deploy extra force equipped with teams of dog squads and metal detectors in busiest places of the district. He said there should be regular movement of the police in crowded areas, specially in the railway station, bus station and markets. He instructed them to ensure stringent checking of the supply of adulterated food items and illicit liquor at the entry and exit points on the borders of the district during the festival time. He directed them not to allow stalls of fire crackers to be set up on the spots which had not been identified. He said fire crackers would be sold only in the open spaces with necessary fire safety measures in place. He appealed to people to make this festival eco-friendly by inspiring their young kids to celebrate a green Divali. He said crackers were not only extremely harmful for the environment but also endangered the health of children, animals, birds and the whole eco system.
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SSP Khurana flags off mobile police station
Dehradun, November 12 Khurana said the truck was a mobile police station which would not only circulate messages and spread awareness among people regarding traffic and crimes throughout the length and breadth of the city but would also check on the traffic/police personnel or patrolling vehicles which had been put on duty at various places in the city. These police personnel would be served mini mineral water bottles and glucose biscuits kept in the truck. A team of one sub-inspector and six constables who would be present in the mini truck would keep an eye on suspicious elements and attend to public complaints with regard to crime. Khurana said the mini truck would remain mobile. The traffic messages were in connection with prohibition of helmetless driving, triple riding, over-speeding, jumping red lights, parking in no-parking zones etc. In other messages, the public was advised to inform the police stations regarding their tenants or outsiders in the area. They were advised to inform the police before leaving homes for long durations. Meanwhile, Khurana also took another initiative in the direction of improving traffic in the city by removing beggars who were roaming near traffic lights. He passed strict instructions to the traffic police not to allow the beggars to move around the traffic lights and impede the traffic flow. He also inspected the markets of the city to check on the effective compliance of his instructions regarding traffic, security and anti-encroachment. The stringent policing seemed working wonders on the city roads. Meanwhile, strictness in streamlining traffic on city roads ever since Director General of Police Satyavrat Bansal held a meeting with the SSP and other fellow officers a few days ago is working wonders. The ever congested Paltan and Dhamawala Bazaars appeared spacious. The vehicles were parked on sides of the roads. Police personnel were stationed outside jewellery shops. The entire Kotwali staff seemed doing patrolling throughout the stretch of the market. The traffic police was sounding the public through loudspeakers against parking of vehicles in the Clock Tower area. Similarly, the crammed areas, Saharnpur Road, Adhat Bazaar and Kanwali Road, too, have been relieved of jams for long durations.
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80 pc food samples fail purity test
Dehradun, November 12 Secretary, Society of Pollution and Environmental Conservation Studies, Dr Brij Mohan Sharma said 80 per cent (205 out of 255) of the samples of food items ranging from sweets, oils and spices that were collected from various markets of the city had failed purity test. Of the 25 milk samples, 21 were found to be adulterated with soda, refined oil, urea and dry milk. Twelve out of the 15 samples of mawa were adulterated with dry milk, refined oil and dalda. Seven out of the 10 samples of paneer were also found adulterated. Four out of the five samples of ghee had dalda as its content. In the case of sweets, six out of the 10 samples of laddo and sonpapdi and eight out of the 10 samples of milk barfi were found to be adulterated. The presence of refined oil and wheat flour was found in while milk barfi while laddo and soanpapdi samples had metanil yellow substance. Thirty samples of mustard oil were found to be adulterated with argemone oil, mobil oil and mentanil yellow found in mustard oil samples. Sharma said the samples were collected from the busy market areas of Dhamwala, Hathibarkala, Dharampur, Hanuman Chowk, Ajabpur, Karanpur, Panditwari, Doon Vihar, Prem Nagar, Rajpur and Raipur localities of Dehradun.
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18 quintal petha seized
Dehradun, November 12 On a tip-off that a bus carrying adulterated sweets has entered the ISBT, officials from the district office of the Food Safety and Standards rushed to the ISBT but were unable to find the bus. “Thereafter, we went to the workshop looking for the bus but found 18 quintal petha abandoned at the gate. The sweet was then seized by the local administration. Later, a person came to claim the sweet and the sample was taken for testing,” said Anuj Thapliyal, desgnated officer
(District).
The results of the tests will be available only after 20 days. The sample has been sent to Rudrapur. Meanwhile, the Food Safety and Standard Authority has already taken around 50-40 samples of milk and sweets to curb adulteration. All results are awaited.
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Directive to docs
Dehradun, November 12 He said many such cases were reported during the festival every year. He also directed the CMO to keep an adequate supply of medicines ready. The CMO informed Purushottam about the duty of doctors deputed to deal with burn cases. He said surgeon Dr RS Rawat would also be on call duty and could be contacted on 9412382819. Medical Superintendent Dr MS Rawat can be contacted on 9412009293 and chief pharmacist PC Dimri on 9412148764 during any emergency. — TNS
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‘Queen of Hills’ gears up for festivities
Mussoorie, November 12 Hotels, shops and restaurants were decorated with ornamental Chinese lights, while some residents preferred to light their houses using traditional lamps and candles to usher in the Festival of Lights. The president of the Mussoorie Hotels Association, Rajat Agarwal, informed The Tribune that the shopkeepers themselves had decorated the markets at Landour, Kulri and Library Bazaar and the Mussoorie Traders' Association had no role in it. The GM of Jay Pee Residency, the only rated hotel in Mussoorie, Anil Sharma, said that they had decorated the hotel with flowers and ornamental lights for the festival. He also informed that as the occupancy was slow on Divali and winter was setting in, they had created special packages for the tourists at discounted rates. The packages of Green Breeze and Green Castle were also on the lower side considering the festive season. Hotel Green Breeze is offering packages from Oct 5 to Dec 20 at the rate of Rs 2009-Rs 14,999 for different rooms. Spokesperson of the Mussoorie Hotel Association Sandeep Sahni said that the occupancy in most of the hotels was on the lower side as the tourists preferred to enjoy Divali with their families in their respective towns. However, Divali also heralds the announcement of the winter package at much discounted rates, thus making it the best time of the year to visit Mussoorie. The students from various schools also had a day out and were seen buying crackers and sweets from shops in the town today. Environmentalists greeting the people on Divali also made an appeal to make this year’s festival an eco-friendly and pollution-free one.
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More ambulances deployed on festival
Dehradun, November 12 During the festival, incidents of burn injuries take place. The ambulance services will be on the maximum alert between 6 pm and 12 pm. In Dehradun, partial changes have been made in the location of the ambulances to be stationed for Divali. These include the Clock Tower, Ballupur, the ISBT and Rispana. State head of the emergency services Manish Tinku said beside remaining alert on Divali, the services would also organise awareness drive in the city for safe Divali. Meanwhile, the emergency services at Doon Hospital, Male and Female, and Coronation Hospital will continue to run and special rosters have been prepared for doctors and nurses to ensure that they also manage to get some time for the Divali festivities.
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CM, Guv greet people
Dehradun, November 12 “It reminds us of the high values and ethos of our great civilization.” On this occasion, he prayed for the well-being and happiness of the people of the state. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna in his message wished the people and prayed for their well-being and happiness. He said people of all communities should be part of the festivities and stressed the need to include the poor people in such community celebrations. He also appealed to celebrate the festival with simplicity. Former CM BC Khanduri has also greeted the people on Divali and prayed for their health happiness.
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Verification of works under MGNREGS soon
Dehradun, November 12 “The assessment of the works was carried out by our officers but these did not match with the statements provided by gram pradhans. We will be shortly carrying out the physical verification of the works. In the districts of Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar, assessments are already underway,” said Vinod Fonia, Secretary, Rural Development. For ushering in greater transparency and better monitoring of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, a separate unit of audit of accounts and social audit will be created in the state. In the latest directive from the Central Government, the auditing units will be entrusted with the task of undertaking social and accounts audits twice a year. “We were already carrying out social audits of the MGNREGS.Now we will we have to set up a separate entity that will be part of the state unit and recruit field staff within the next six months. The permanent institutional arrangement will further help us plug leakages,” said Vinod Fonia. Officials say the government has three options to choose from for creating an audit of accounts and social audit unit. The government can either go for the existing Director, Local Fund Audit, that is under the Finance Department, hire any empanelled chartered accountant firm or go for other equivalent arrangement that it deems fit.
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Dehradun, November 12 Nearly 500 cusecs of water was released into the canal today after over a fortnight, an Irrigation Department official here said. The amount of water to be released into the canal would be increased gradually, he said. Maintenance activities like cleaning up and repairs of the banks, clearing of supply channels and levelling of Mayapur head base were taken up during the 18-day closure period, he said. Visitors, including, celebrities at Har-ki-Pauri faced problems due to the closure of the river for over a fortnight. Actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar had to move from one place to another to immerse his father's ashes into the river as it was closed. Former state Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank, whose wife died here yesterday, had to go to Kankhal to immerse her ashes in the river. — PTI
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Winter Carnival in Mussoorie from Dec 24
Mussoorie, November 12 A meeting in this regard was held on the Nagar Palika premises here today and was attended by officials from the Forum Mussoorie, the Traders' Association, the Hotel Association, the Himalayan Patrakar Parishad and the Cultural Department. It was co-chaired by Director, Cultural Department, Beena Bhatt and Yogendar Gangwar from the Tourism Department. An estimated budget of Rs 50 lakh was agreed upon by all for the carnival. The Cultural Department would chip in with some amount while the Tourism Department would also make some financial allocations for the festival. Beena Bhatt said cultural teams from the north zone cultural centre would also grace the occasion. Meanwhile, a committee headed by the Mussoorie SDM was also formed that would oversee the arrangements for the carnival. The Hotel and Traders' Association would also extend their co-operation to the carnival in every way possible. Among those present on the occasion were senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh Mall, Hotel Association president RN Mathur, secretary Ajay Bhargav and Pradeep Bhandari.
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Theft in advocate's house
Dehradun, November 12 The police is investigating the matter and has not been able to arrest anyone in this connection.
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Senior Superintendent of Police
(SSP) Kewal Khurana today flagged off a mini truck carrying banners of public awareness related to traffic.
The hill town of Mussoorie, better known as “Queen of Hills,” has been decorated just like a newly-wedded bride, and is ready to welcome tourists and others alike for the Divali festivities.
Hotels, shops and restaurants were decorated with ornamental Chinese lights, while some residents preferred to light their houses using traditional lamps and candles to usher in the Festival of Lights.
