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Republic Day celebrated with patriotic fervour
SC/ST staff ask government to fill 13,000 posts
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Reopening of road to Chaundas valley demanded
Step up Cong membership campaign: Arya
dehradun Diary
New technologies to curb power cuts during repair
Traffic comes to halt in Mussoorie
Stress laid on importance of human rights
Nod to mining on Gaula riverbed hailed
Release of meagre funds for sports resented
Player eyes Norway World Chess C'ship
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Republic Day celebrated with patriotic fervour
Haridwar, January 27 At the Police Lines ground, Haridwar SSP Arun Mohan Joshi presided over as the chief guest. Yoga guru Swami Ramdev, along with Acharya Balkrishan unfurled the Tricolour at Divya Pharmacy at the Indira Industrial Estate. Ramdev called on for greater participation from citizens in the democratic setup, which is marred by corruption. At the BHEL’s, executive director Virendra Pandhi highlighted the significance of Republic Day and formation of the Constitution of India. Pandhi also shed light on the achievements and role of the public sector undertaking in the development of the country. Social contributions and initiatives taken by BHEL were also pointed out. Managing Director of the Republic Day function committee Suresh Palgey, VVS Narayna Jyoti Pandhi and Vanja Narayana, Prakash Chand among other dignitaries were present on the occasion. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, to the tunes of the CISF band wing, presented march past. The kaleidoscopic tableaux presented by schoolchildren drew appreciation. Social themes based on current relevant topics like Delhi Gang rape, elephant death on the train mishap, Swami Vivekananda 150th birth anniversary, female foeticide were highly appreciated. Cultural programmes were also presented by schoolchildren falling in the periphery of the BHEL area. |
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SC/ST staff ask government to fill 13,000 posts
Pithoragarh, January 27 The organization, which held a meeting in the town today, said the governments were becoming vocal on the issue of non-reservation in promotions but silent on the issue of giving constitutional justice to the classes. “Our organisation will reach every person of the state to organise the people of the SC/ST for the anti-reservation Bill,” said Mahesh Murari, district president of the organization The meeting which was held under the chairmanship of state president of the organisation, Karan Ram, adopted a resolution which called for uniting the all like-minded organisations to come forward for the fight for constitutional rights of the SC/ ST classes. “We will start fight from the state and obtain our constitutions rights,” said Karan Ram. |
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Reopening of road to Chaundas valley demanded
Pithoragarh, January 27 "More than 4,000 residents of 11 villages in the valley are being forced to cover 60 km on foot to reach to there villages that are situated in the higher reaches," said Mahiman Singh Hyanki, leader of the demonstrators. Hyanki said even essential goods were not available in the villages. "Villagers in the Chaundas area are facing a shortage of foodgrains, kerosene and LPG cylinders. But the administration has done nothing to reopen the road," he said. "Due to the Askot Wildlife Sanctuary regulations, an alternative route to the Chaundans valley could not be constructed since 1990. We have sent a memorandum to Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna stating that if the road was not reopened by a week, Chaundas residents will relaunch their agitation, which had been postponed following an assurance by the administration last year," said a protester. Meanwhile, the road to Munsiyari, which had been lying blocked due to snow for the past 10 days, was reopened today. Trucks carrying LPG cylinders and other essentials commodities today reached the town, said Puran Pandey, a hotel owner in Munsiyari town. |
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Devotees take dip in Ganga on Purnima
Haridwar, January 27 Apart from the sanctum sanctorum of Brahamkund, Har-ki-Pauri, Ganga ghats of Malviya, VIP, Gau, Shatabdi Setu and Alaknanda were thronged by devotees for the holy bath. Elaborate arrangements were made in the city for the smooth flow of the event. Haridwar SSP Arun Mohan Joshi and SP Kiran Lal Shah monitored the festival proceedings. Traffic diversion though were not required owing to the ongoing the Allahabad Maha Kumbh, as influx of pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Haryana got deflected to Allahabad. |
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Harish Rawat: India an emerging superpower
Haridwar, January 27 Rawat said India had taken a huge leap and was emerging as a super power in economic affairs, defence, science, agriculture and youth empowerment. Urging youths to focus on making India self-reliant in every field, Rawat said with various beneficial schemes run by the Centre, India had maintained its growth rate and catered to rural segments in the past eight years. Paying tributes to the martyrs who laid their lives for the country, Rawat said every citizen should work for the development of the nation. He also laid emphasis on the need of looking into the interests of the labourers both in the organised and unorganised sectors, as alongside farmers
they form backbone of the country. Chief of the BHEL Mazdoor Kalyan Parishad Sahdev Singh Chetri apprised the Union Minister of various steps being taken by them to unite the labourers and raise their problems. Labour leader Inder Mohan Barthwal expressed happiness that in Harish Rawat, they had a leader, who was concerned about their problems. Labour union office-bearers Rajbeer Singh, Rakesh Kumar, Deep Chand, Kunwar Pal Singh, Shukh Ram Singh, Manjoor Khan, Shyam Kumar Dhiman, Rajendra, Praveen Kamboj, Saroj Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Rabindra, Amit Kumar, Rakesh Chauhan, Iftkar, Jagdhish, Chandra Mohan and Roopesh Kumar were present on the occasion. |
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Cong for making Parimarjan state’s brand ambassador
Dehradun, January 27 Dhasmana said Parimarjan’s success in chess would make many more take up the brain game in Uttarakhand, making it a popular game. He also said a grand felicitation ceremony would be held for Parimarjan in the state before he proceeded for the World Chess Championship. The Principal of DAV (PG) College, Dr Devendra Bhasin, said he himself had been an ardent chess player and was pleased to see Parimarjan’s success. He said Parimarjan’s numerous achievements at a young age were a matter of pride. He said DAV (PG) College was the chess champion in the Garhwal university. Parimarjan’s coach DS Negi said he was following Parimarjan performances for long and was hopeful of better performances in times to come. General secretary of the Garhwal Chess Promotional Society Surya Prakash Pokhriyal said the society was commitment to promote chess in the state. He said Parimarjan’s success would encourage the game of chess in the state. Earlier, Dhasmana and Dr Bhasin jointly felicitated Parimarjan by offering him a shawl and a memento. Parimarjan, on the occasion, also played chess with Vinay Raj Bhatt, state’s number one chess player. Joint secretary of the Garhwal Chess Promotional Society Rajan Sood, alongwith several chess enthusiasts, were present on the occasion. |
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Step up Cong membership campaign: Arya
Dehradun, January 27 Arya directed the officials to speed up the ongoing membership campaign
in the state. He asked the party presidents of various districts to make efforts towards bringing more and more people into the Congress fold. He said the Congress
was certainly quite popular in the state and the district presidents needed to inform the people about the development initiatives being taken by the state Congress government. He said people from every section of society must be made members. Arya also held that
the party was hopeful of winning all parliamentary seats in the state in the
2014 Lok Sabha poll. He also held that a delegation of Congress district presidents would also meet Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna shortly so that the former’s concerns were in knowledge of the Uttarakhandgovernment. General secretary of the Uttarakhand Congress Vijay Saraswat, senior Congress leaders Dhirendra Pratap and
Lalchand Sharma, Dehradun district Congress president Deen Mohammed and Congress presidents from various districts of
the state were present at the meeting. |
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dehradun Diary DESPITE factionalism and intense infighting, the ruling Congress has started gearing itself up for the crucial electoral test of Lok Sabha poll 2014 scheduled to be held in May 2014. After holding a “Chintan Shivir” for its state-level leaders, senior party leaders, after returning from the national-level brain storming session at Jaipur, are busy preparing their strategies for the crucial Lok Sabha poll.
Since the Congress is in power in Uttarakhand, the party high command would like to repeat its performance of the 2009 Lok Sabha elections in which it won all five Lok Sabha seats of the state. Indeed a tall order, but the party senior leaders and prospective candidates in particular have already started doing the spade work for the elections. The state Congress leaders believe that some of the recent decisions of the state government will also help them in the Lok Sabha elections. With an eye on the hill voters, Chief Minister Bahuguna has laid the foundation stone of the new assembly building at Gairsain in Chamoli district. Although, there has been demands that after a new assembly building would come up, Gairsain be made the summer capital of the state. The demand to make Gairsain as the permanent capital of the state was an emotional demand since the beginning of the statehood movement, Gairsain was regarded as the future capital of the hill state. However, due to various practical reasons, Dehradun was made the provisional capital of the state. But, after tasting defeat in the Tehri Lok Sabha byelections held in October 2012, Chief Minister Bahuguna has moved fast to cash in on the Gairsain issue. His move will trigger economic activity in the backward Chamoli district and could help focus on the plight of the people living in the hilly areas. The proposed move to hold an assembly session every year at Gairsain will definitely yield the dividend. Congress leaders hope that the move will benefit them in the coming Lok Sabha elections, particularly in the Garhwal hills. Some of the Congress leaders and candidates have also become active in their respective constituencies. Saket Bahuguna, son of Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, who lost the Tehri byelection after his father resigned the seat on his elevation as Chief Minister, has become active in the Tehri Lok Sabha constituency. He was busy organising his party workers in Uttarkashi, Tehri and Dehradun districts. He was recently seen distributing blankets in Dehradun and Mussoorie amongst poor people. In Haridwar, Union Minister of Water Resources Harish Rawat has become very active. Harish Rawat has won the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat after shifting from Almora in 2009. Harish Rawat has been frequently visiting Haridwar and meeting people in the rural areas. Satpal Maharaj, Pauri Garhwal Congress MP, is also become active in his area and trying to take advantage of the Gairsain issue and the proposed railway line from Rishikesh to
Karanprayag. Interestingly, after the foundation stone laying ceremony held in November 2011, not much progress has been made on the railway line on the ground. Almora Congress MP Pardeep Tamta is also keeping his ears to the ground. KC Singh Baba, Nainital MP, is also keeping in touch with his constituents. While, on the other hand, the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has yet to cope with its internal dissensions and infighting for the post of state party president. Both groups led by former Chief Minister Bhagat Singh Koshiyari and BC Khanduri are involved in a tug of war to get their own men as state party chief. In Garhwal, it was expected that Mala Raj Luxmi Shah, the present Tehri Lok Sabha MP, would again get the party nomination. On the Pauri Garhwal seat, insiders believe that Khanduri would be fielded. The party expects to do well riding on the anti-incumbency of the state Congress government, rising inflation and the withdrawal of LPG subsidy. The party has to decide on their party candidate from Haridwar, Almora and
Nainital seats. — SMA Kazmi
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New technologies to curb power cuts during repair
Dehradun January 27 The technologies will be beneficial for 16 lakh domestic consumers and 18,000 industrial units in the state. Under the SCADA system, power will not be snapped in any area for the repair of faulty transmission lines or transformers and under the MTB, shutdown will not be required to test meters of high value. Five MTBs are being procured from Germany. Under the SCADA system, the load of power where the fault occurs, be it in transmission lines or transformers, would automatically be connected to another feeder, the way it happens in case of domestic inverters. And thus power supply would remain unobstructed. When the fault is repaired, transmission lines or transformers will automatically get connected to the original feeder. According to sources, with this technology, the most common problem, where the population of the region that is fed by a single feeder suffer power cuts for any reason, would be prevented for ever. Under the SCADA, remote monitoring units (RMUs) will be attached at every substation. When power signal snaps in a substation, RMU will segregate the faulty section and connect the rest of the power lines to other feeder. According to the Central Electricity Authority Regulation, it has been made mandatory to test the accuracy of high value meters every year and meters of domestic consumers after 5 years. Till date, whenever meters of big industrial units are tested whether for accuracy or pilferage, the entire big cubicles which contains such meters have to be closed and unsealed. An alternate sources of power has to be infused for powering injection to check the meters. The entire manufacturing process comes to a halt. Since this manual process consumes a lot of time, revenue loss to industrial unit is also significant. To solve all these problems, the UPCL is bringing MTBs. MTBs are equipped with technology where current transformer potential transformer (CTPT) makes high voltage to come down to low voltage for measurement purposes. |
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Traffic comes to halt in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, January 27 The tourists, taking advantage of the three-day holiday beginning Friday, started pouring in large numbers. The police found it difficult to control the sudden increase in the vehicular movement which resulted in the situation of traffic jam, especially at the Mall Road. The tourist were stuck at Library and Kulri Bazaar forcing the station in charge BS Rawat to increase the number of police constables at various sites to manage the smooth movement of the vehicles. However, the major beneficiary of the sudden rush of tourists were traders. The hotels witnessing the rush increased their tariff accordingly and the large rush was seen at food shops in and around the town. Many tourists headed for the snow-covered peaks of Dhanaulti and Buraskhanda a few kilometres from Mussoorie to experience the snow wherever it
was available. The huts owned by the Forest Department at Eco-Park, Dhanaulti, were full even after the increase in the tariff here. Many shopkeepers were seen offering special Republic Day discounts to the customers. The tourists also appreciated the discount available to them on the occasion. Many shopkeepers lured the costomers by decorating their shops with national colours. "This is our way of showing patriotism" said a shopkeeper in Kulri Bazaar. Tavleen Kaur from Chandigarh, who is here with her family, said: "We have been waiting for such bumper sales to be announced and our patience has been rewarded with the heavy discount available at the stores in Mussoorie." The hot milk served in the mud pot was also a big hit among the tourists and several such stalls cropped up to satiate the unending desire of the large number of tourists in Mussoorie. Some residents, however, complained of the lack of basic facilities such a parking and public toilets as the increase in the number of tourists meant trouble for both. The residents demanded facilities to cater to the increased needs of the town. |
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Stress laid on importance of human rights
Haridwar, January 27 Being held at SMJN seminar hall, experts termed human rights importance relevant in the ancient era too and whenever human rights were snatched, every time society had faced upheaval. College managing committee chief Mahant Shri Bilkeshwar Giri Maharaj said in Hindu epics like the Bhagwadgita, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, human values had been given immense emphasis and human rights of every individual were preached to be respected. Former conveyer, Board of Studies, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, Dr Ashok Shastri cited the American Revolution prior to 1776 as one of the major efforts to restore human rights in modern world. "Karl Marx in the 19th century gave specific weightage to human rights for whole society. While in 1986, in a United Nations letter, human rights mention was done while later on environmental aspects and conservation also got included," said Shastri. Newly appointed Vice-Chancellor Professor Mahavir Aggarwal stressed on providing all human beings right to ideal family, environment, health, education, food, justice, security, livelihood, expression as then only the people could say human rights were being protected. Adding to the topic, SMJN College principal Dr Sunil Kumar Batra said without catering to human rights, one couldn't say a society was civilized. "Vasudhav Kutumbukam and Live and Let Live" have been adages since ancient times in India, which point to the mutual harmony and unity among different sects, religions and segments of the society in India," said Dr Batra. Former Ministerial rank office-bearer Dr Rammoorti Veer, Professor SD Vashisth, Dean, Faculty of Commerce, MD Rohtak University, Dr Tejveer Singh Tomar, Jitendra Kumar Sharma (Palval, Haryana), Dr RK Dikshit(Rajasthan University), Dr Sushil Kumar Upadhyaya(Uttarakhand Sanskrit University), Dr Ravi P Bhatia (Delhi University) also spoke at the seminar. |
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Nod to mining on Gaula riverbed hailed
Pithoragarh, January 27 "The Ministry of Environment and Forest has allowed mining on the Gaula river as it has been compensated by the department by declaring 250 sq km in the Nandhor forest range as a sanctuary," said PK Patro, DFO, Terai forest division. The DFO said mining had been allowed for the next 10 years and every year 54.25 lakh sq m minor minerals would be allowed to be mined from this riverbed. "The letter, however, does not say anything on mining permission on the Kosi, Dabka and Sharda rivers," said the DFO. Members of the Gaula Sangharsh Samiti also distributed sweets to each other. "This decision will give employment to more than 60,000 people of the Terai region between October 1 and May 31, when mining will be in process," said Islam Mikrani of the
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Anti-tobacco drive by NSS volunteers
Haridwar, January 27 Students apprised Jamalpur Kalan villagers of the ill-effects of tobacco consumption and various health hazards. Programme convener Satish Jagta said many youths and even women had vowed not to consume tobacco. Students urged tobacco sellers to adhere to no tobacco sale as per the new Central Government’s guidelines. Jagdeep Chauhan and Vijay Shankar Anthwal, who are students, said they also used to take tobacco but now they would shun this habit after knowing its negative impact on health. Rishipal Singh, a villager, lauded the efforts of the students in this regard. As part of the NSS week, the students will also be targeting other social issues such as anti- polythene
and environment conservation drive. |
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Release of meagre funds for sports resented
Pithoragarh, January 27 “Due to this insufficient budget for the sports promotion in the district, setting up of infrastructure facilities for various sports have been affected as a gymnasium hall and table tennis hall are proposed to be constructed in the district headquarters,” said Rajendra Rawat, sports lover and chairman of the Pithoragarh Nagar Palika Parishad. “Government officials have promised to make this border district a hub of various sports, including adventure sports, but the arrangement of meager budget and release of less amount of that cannot indicates the government's intention to its promises,” said Rawat. The district sports officer has said all sports programmes are running according to the schedule in the district and the training of various sports at the district stadium is being provided as usual. “We have received sufficient amount under the training head, our training schedule is as usual as before,” said Vinod Singh Waldia, District Sports Officer,
Pithoragarh. |
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Player eyes Norway World Chess C'ship
Dehradun, January 27 “I will be leaving for a training programme to Belgium before going for the World Chess Championship where I am hopeful of a good performance,” said Parimarjan. Ranked among top 100 at present, Parimarjan aims at making it to top 50. He will be taking part in a number of championships across the globe before contesting for the world cup. Born and brought up in Delhi, as his father serves in the Airports Authority of India, Parimarjan said chess in Delhi was less popular when he had started, but the enthusiasts of the game had grown over the years and now as many as 500 children turn up even in small chess get togethers. He said infrastructure available for the game was inadequate in the country and so was the sponsorship. Recalling the beginning of his love for chess, Parimarjan said it was his father’s friend who gifted him chess and that proved to be a turning point in his life. “First it started as my most favourite hobby, but when I turned 12, I realised that chess was my life,” said the young player. Referring to his preparations for big matches, Parimarjan said he always analysed his performance. Other than this, he said he did breathing exercises to improve concentration. He had taken a break from studies after completing his high school in 2011 and now plans to give full time to chess. Parimarjan’s father, JBS Negi, who also provides scholarships to poor children at Gairsain, hopes that his son would bring a good name to Uttarakhand. Parimarjan has to its credit the Asian Championship 2012 title. He tops the National Junior Rank and is 4th in the World Junior Ranking. In 2006, Parimarjan clinched the Grand Master title at the age of 13. |
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