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Govt okays plying of two-wheelers in Paltan Bazaar
Band Stand at Library Chowk to be beautified
Infighting among BJP women leaders to fore
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Court judgment on writ with regard to MC poll
Protest over demolition of toilet
8 women honoured on eve of International Women's Day
Women being honoured by the state BJP at a function in Dehradun on Thursday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
Five women felicitated in Mussoorie
15 lakh Kanwariyas have fetched Ganga water till now
A group of Kanwariyas on its way back home after fetching Ganga jal in Haridwar. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur
Twin sisters to scale Mount Everest
Tashi and Nungshi
Athletic meet commences at Shravan Nath college
Students participate in a sports meet at Shravan Nath Math Jawaharlal Nehru College in Haridwar on Thursday. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur
Free guidance camp for Doon investors
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Govt okays plying of two-wheelers in Paltan Bazaar
Dehradun, March 7 The news regarding the state government's decision was broken to the traders by Saket Bahuguna, son of the Chief Minister, at Clock Tower. He showed them a letter of the Chief Minister in this regard. When the traders at Clock Tower were clapping and cheering the decision around 2 in the afternoon, a group of union leaders was meeting SSP Kewal Khurana in his office on the matter. Khurana had refused to relax the ban on two-wheelers but also kept the doors of dialogue open by offering them a meeting with the District Magistrate and himself in three to four days. The traders of Paltan Bazaar had intensified their protest in support of their demand over resumption of plying of two-wheelers in the market after a trader, Chander Shekhar Kohli, died of heart attack in his shop yesterday afternoon. The traders blamed the police for not allowing an ambulance inside the market, which led to his death,whereas the police said the delay was on the part of the ambulance. The leaders of various trade associations welcomed the decision of the state government. President of Doon Traders' Association Vipin Nagliya said: “All the trader communities thank the state government over it's decision to resume movement of two-wheelers. The business of Paltan Bazaar had got immensely affected due to the ban, whilst our other competitors in adjoining markets made profits on account of a slump in our business.” President of State Doon Trade Association Umesh Aggarwal thanked the state government for showing sensitivity towards the grievances of traders in the matter and said; “The traders are demanding the extension of limit of movement of two-wheelers up to 4. Saket Bahuguna has given us an assurance us in this connection." Reacting on this sudden turnaround, SSP said: “The police will comply with the state government order about resumption of two-wheelers in Paltan Bazaar and now deploy more policemen in the market to regulate traffic and crowd.” In the morning, the traders could be seen throwing their weight around by making inflammatory speeches against the police and throwing police barricades away. Some traders dragged barricades to long distances. CO, city, Mamta Bohra, directed the policemen to bring these back. A minor scuffle took place on this issue. A trade leader also tried to argue with Mamta Bohra when she asked him to stand at a distance from her. Other policemen pacified him with difficulty. The dharna and speeches continued till 1.30, after which they the traders went to meet the SSP. However, the energy and anger perceptible in traders yesterday was missing today.
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Band Stand at Library Chowk to be beautified
Mussoorie, March 7 The land for the project has been provided by the Mussoorie Municipal Council and will be executed by the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA). Under the project, the existing Band Stand and the statue of Mahatma Gandhi will be relocated without changing its present status. Toilets fitted with modern amenities are also proposed in the project. Meanwhile, former Mussoorie MLA Jot Singh Gunsola and present BJP MLA from Mussoorie Ganesh Joshi entered into a verbal duel with each other over taking credit for the sanctioning of the project. Gunsola also raised the issue of ignoring Municipal Council chief OP Uniyal by not inviting him to the function. Gunsola said it was unfortunate that the council chief and ward members, who had provided land for the project, were not invited to the function today. Gunsola claimed that it was he who had initiated the widening of the project during his tenure as MLA Mussoorie. But Joshi was taking credit for it unnecessarily." Ganesh Joshi is trying to spoil the political atmosphere of the town which will not be tolerated at any cost," added Gunsola. MLA Joshi counter alleged that former MLA Gunsola was raking the issue in sheer frustration as he had been unable to streamline the project during his tenure. Joshi alleged that Gunsola had also failed to bring development projects in the town during his tenure and it was for this reason the people rejected him in the Assembly elections. On the other hand, Panwar said the project was for the public irrespective of any political consideration and public representatives should not throw brickbats at each other. Vice-Chairman, MDDA, R.Meenakshi Sundaram, while talking to the media, said the project once completed would serve the residents and tourists in a big way. He said several other projects such as housing and parking were in the pipeline along with the project of an eco-park at Hussain Ganj for which the bid had been invited and the tender process was in progress.
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Infighting among BJP women leaders to fore
Dehradun, March 7 While the new group took the centrestage with general secretary of the Women's Wing Anuradha Walia managing the show, president of the Women's Wing Mamata Paladia was completely ignored except when the time when BJP Uttarakhand chief Teerath Singh Rawat was felicitated. The president's picture was even missing in the hoardings put up at Town Hall where the function took place. "A new group of women leaders has begun to dominate the party and it is these leaders who are being heard. They are in the party on the recommendations of some leader or the other occupying a position. The women leaders, who worked towards strengthening the party, have been completely sidelined," said a former office-bearer. Some party workers even questioned the criteria adopted by the Women's Wing to honour the women, some of whom were never seen before. "The entire list was prepared by the general secretary and no prior confabulations were held for selecting the women," charged a party worker. There were lots of gaffes during the entire show, beginning with the spelling mistakes on the list of the women, who were honoured, prominently displayed on the stage. The corrections were made only after the poetess herself pointed out the mistake. While the function was held to honour women, the office-bearers spent most of the time in honouring the leaders of the main party and applause were reserved for the party chief Teerath Singh Rawat.
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Court judgment on writ with regard to MC poll
Dehradun, March 7 This will be a marathon exercise for Dehradun Municipal Corporation to do so as the MC election is supposed to be held sometime in April. The tenure of present DMC board is coming to an end on May 5. Councillor Manmohan Singh Dhanai went to High Court after the councillors began blaming BJP government for playing foul in the last MC election, wherein some wards had higher number of voters and some had lesser. The hue and cry was rasised when state government decided not to tamper with the delimitation and conduct the election as per the ward structure of the last election. The state government had also planned to hold election by the census of 2001, but the Census Directorate did not have the data. Even the same data was missing from the files of DMC Department. At this, Mukhya Nagar Adhikari , Ashok Kumar, had raised his hands, saying he could not complete the task of delimitation in time because the data was not available and the exercise of contacting old employees who are participating in the last MC election could not bring much result.
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Protest over demolition of toilet
Haridwar, March 7 The shopkeepers said labourers hired by the trader demolished the walls of the toilet last evening. He reportedly took this step as it was located in front of his videogame shop. They protested against the incident but the guilty trader fled. Today, representatives of the shopkeepers and traders met the City Magistrate and demanded legal action against the offending trader. Representative of the Small Scale Traders’ Association Sanjay Chopra said the lone public toilet in the congested markets was used by traders, customers, pilgrims and tourists.
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8 women honoured on eve of International Women's Day
Dehradun, March 7 Poetess Kamleshwari Mishra has penned around five books of poems and her collection of poems, 'Kavya Sanghrah Dharti ki Nabaz,' was selected by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Kolkatta Pratishthan. Her latest collection of poems, 'Drishey Buntey Huey,' is written in a simple language about mundane things that are of special attraction to the poetess. The poetess has also been contributing for children’s magazine, 'Bal Prahri,' published from Almora, and has also delivered talks on Najibabad Radio. While speaking with The Tribune, Mishra said:" I have received several honours in the past but it is the love of the readers and their appreciation that motivates me to write.” A livewire performer folk singer, Sangeeta Dhaundiyal, has popularised Garhwali folk singing even outside the state. “When I began singing, there were very few opportunities but now with TV hosting regular shows, there is no dearth of opportunities,” she said. Former Chairperson of State Women’s Commission Sushila Baluni was the woman's face of the statehood agitation for which she even went to jail. Later she was appointed Chairperson of State Women’s Commission and her term ended in February this year. Shrilekha Banerjee, a physicist by training, was honoured for her ability to believe in herself and take up physics at a time when very few women took up the subject. Sheela Raturi’s only goal in life has been to bring girls residing in rural areas to school. For this she even faced a lot of criticism but undeterred, Raturi continued to spread the lamp of knowledge among them at Muni ki Reti and Rishikesh. A student of class V111 at MKP Inter College, Mamta Bhatt plays cricket, hockey, football, volleyball and also athletics. She participated in the sub junior Nehru Hockey Tournament held at the Police Lines. A multi-faceted personality, Kalavati Joshi began her career as a teacher and spent many years teaching in the hill areas of the state. After her retirement, she was involved in social service and is the founder-member of Uttarakhand Mahila Manch, and raised her voice calling for improvement in the status of women, prohibition etc. On the other hand, Mamta Kala Painuly was honoured for playing a stellar role in the student's wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Tehri.
Governor extends greetings
Governor Aziz Qureshi has greeted the women of Uttarakhand and the entire country on the occasion of International Women’s day. In his message, the Governor said, “As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, it is important that the governments and policy makers address the challenges women face in their daily lives.” He said the theme for the women’s day this year -“A promise is a promise :Time for action to end violence against women”- was extremely significant and deserved attention of the entire world. “This theme seeks to strengthen the international community’s commitment to put an end to violence against women ,” he said . The Governor said there was need for creating widespread awareness regarding this issue and ensure that every girl and woman in society feels safe and secure . “A society which cannot honour and protect its women does not deserve to be called civilised,” said the Governor. He said violence against women was the worst form of human rights violation.
Justice demanded for atrocities on women in '94
As Uttarakhand observes World Women’s Day tomorrow, the Nav Neel Welfare Society has asked all organisations that hold workshops, seminars and other programmes to demand justice to women agitationists of the state, who were inflicted atrocities during the Muzaffarnagar incident in 1994. Led by state agitationists and their president Ravindra Jugran, Nav Neel Welfare Society members today staged a dharna at Deen Dayal Updhayaya Park in Dehradun seeking justice for Muzaffarnagar incident victims. The protesters also issued an appeal to all organisaitons planning to hold programmes tomorrow on World Women’s Day to demand justice for atrocities on women at Muzaffarnagar in 1994 during the course of separate state agitation. “It has been more than 18 years. But justice still eludes these women, who lost their honour and faced atrocities at the hand of the police”, Jugran asserted. He yet again demanded that the Muzaffarnagar case should be taken up by a fast-track court. Kanchan Kukreti, Sachindra Naithani, Mohit Chauhan, and Inderjeet Singh were among those staging dharna.
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Five women felicitated in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, March 7 The chief guest on the occasion, Gauri Saingam, eminent social activist, presented a shawl and citation to Bhavna Barthwal for working towards safeguarding the rights of women. Deveshwari Joshi was honoured for her service towards preserving culture of the state. Late Nalina Rana was honoured for highlighting various social issues such as domestic violence against women. Pramila Rawat was honoured for her political activism and Renu Agarwal for fighting against the dowry system and other social issues related to women. Women present at the function objected to the proposal of the state government for lowering liquor prices in the state as this decision would lead to increase in violence against women in all forms. The women also said that instead of lowering the prices of liquor, the government should think on the lines of reducing the prices of commodities and LPG gas cylinders, which were affecting the women directly. The chief guest on the occasion, Gauri Saingam, said that violence against women was on the rise in the country and the violent acts can be reduced only by educating people at an early age. Gender equality education should begin from home. The former Congress president, Mussoorie, said that the government should work towards passing the 33 per cent reservation Bill in Parliament so that the voice of the women is also heard at the highest political forum in the country. The women pledged to prevent female foeticide and promote education of the girl child in a big way on the occasion.
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15 lakh Kanwariyas have fetched Ganga water till now
Haridwar, March 7 More than 15 lakh Kanwariyas have visited the pilgrim city till date and their number is likely to double in the next two days. Kanwariyas from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Punjab can be seen chanting “Bum Bum Bholey” and “Har, Har Mahadev”. Kanwariyas in orange outfits can be seen walking on the National Highways 72 and 54. Some Kanwariyas called “Dak Kanwariyas” can be seen travelling on vehicles, especially motorcycles. The Dak Kanwariyas usually arrive during Shravan month (monsoon), but this time they are coming even during autumn. SP, city, Kiran Lal Shah said 40 lakh Kanwariyas visited Haridwar last year and an equal number of them could arrive this year. Though only a few Kanwariyas arrived initially, now they are coming in large numbers. Around 15 lakh Kanwariyas are said to have fetched Ganga water till now. In view of the Hyderabad blasts, elaborate security arrangements have been made in Haridwar to ensure a smooth and peaceful Kanwar yatra. A bomb disposal squad, sniffer dogs and teams of cavalry and elite state commandos are maintaining round-the-clock vigil while the RPF and the GRP are doing intensive checking at the railway station. An anti-encroachment drive has also been launched in the core mela area to ensure smooth passage to Kanwariyas at Har-ki-Pauri and sub paths that lead to the national highways.
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Twin sisters to scale Mount Everest
Dehradun, March 7 The simple efforts of exposing his daughters to the challenges of mountaineering to develop better understanding of the ‘self’, turned out to be the biggest surprise for Col VS Malik , as his twin daughters, one day in 2009 declared aiming to scale Mt Everest. They had then just passed their class twelfth examinations. Both Nungshi and Tashi did their school education from Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School, Mussoorie, and stood as avid participants to sports and adventure activities in the school. After passing their class XII examinations, love for mountaineering made them go for Basic Mountaineering Course at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), Uttarkashi, which was completed in 2010. They did not stop here and went on to successfully undertaken Advance Mountaineering Course from the NIM in 2011. The two had also successfully undergone training from a professional mountaineering trainer and instructor at the NIM with A Grade. They later also completed basic skiing course at the Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering, Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, and stood overall second collectively in the course thereby obtaining ‘A’ grade. Their biggest achievement came in the form of successfully scaling Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, in Africa, in February 2012 and this inspired them to scale Mount Everest. The expedition to scale the Himalayas formally begins from tomorrow as the twin sisters leave Dehradun for Nepal to take the greatest challenge of their lives in the form of “Mission Twins on Everest 2013”, as the expedition has been identified. “It has been our dream to conquer Mount Everest”, Tashi and Nungshi point out. Col VS Malik, proud father, is too hopeful of her daughters’ success. “I am very hopeful that Tashi and Nungshi will make Uttarakhand and India proud and will inspire young Indians to exceed their goals”, says Col V S Malik. Col Ajay Kothiyal, who, some time back, successfully guided the first-ever All-Women Army Mountaineers team to scale Mount Everest, hoped success for the twin sisters. He said the Indian women had always proved their mettle, particulary when it came to adventure and the “Mission Twins on Everest 2013” would add to the glorious list of Indian women success. The two sisters have recently completed Bachelor in Journalism and Mass Communication.
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Athletic meet commences at Shravan Nath college
Haridwar, March 7 The meet was inaugurated by Mahant Ramanand Puri, chief of Mata Mansa Devi Mandir Trust Ram Moorti Veer, ex-chairperson of Labour Board, Uttarakhand, and former legislator Ambrish Kumar. Chief sports superintendent TS Tomar said that today that the qualifying heats for athletics, including 100 metres dash and 200 metres were held, while league matches for cricket and volleyball were scheduled in the evening. Mahant Ramanand Puri emphasised on the need of sport, yoga and discipline in a student's life, pointing that it enhances the overall personality and imbibes team spirit too. College Principal Sunil Kumar Batra highlighted the past year's achievements of the Sports Department players in various inter-university, north zone and other district-level championships. In today's event girls 100 metres race Pratima Chaudhari(BA-I) clinched gold, Aarti Don (BA-III) silver and Tanuja Rana (BA-III) bronze medal. In girls' 1500 metres race Kiran (BA-I) won the coveted gold, while Shalu (B Com-I) won silver and Sonam (BA-I) clinched bronze medal. Meanwhile, at the poster competition Richa Rajput was adjudged the winner, while Shalu Kumari and Priya got second and third prizes. Sonam Kumari had to be contend with the consolation prize. The theme for this poster competition was Environment Conservation, National Integration and Alcohol Prohibition. Saraswati Pathak, Nalini Jain, Priyanka Pandey, Rinkal Goyal, Purnima Sundriyal, Richa Chauhan, Tina Kaushik, Varsha Dhanik coordinated the poster competition.
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Free guidance camp for Doon investors
Dehradun, March 7 'Jaago Investor Camp' is going to be a twice-a-week initiative for advice on all matters of personal finance. Experienced financial planners will be available for two hours on every Thursday and Friday between 4 and 6 pm at Government School near the Yak petrol station, Rajpur Road, Dehradun.
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Infighting within the old and new office-bearers in the BJP Women's Wing has come to the fore on the day when party leaders decided to honour women.
A day before International Women's Day, the Uttarakhand BJP Mahila Morcha felicitated eight women who have made contributions to the fields of literature, science, sports, social field, folk singing and education.
With the festival of Maha Shivratri on March 10, Kanwariyas have started arriving in large numbers to fetch holy water of the Ganga from Har-ki-Pauri and adjacent
ghats.
As the nation celebrates International Day for Women, twin sisters from the city Tashi and
Nungshi, residents of Sinola in Dehradun, are leaving for Nepal tomorrow on an expedition to Mount Everest. The successful completion of the expedition will also make a world record as no twin sisters have scaled the peak together. The twins, who are just 20-year old, will also be the youngest among feminine gender to do so.
The three-day annual sports-athletic meet commenced here today at Shravan Nath Math Jawahar Lal Nehru College.
The meet was inaugurated by Mahant Ramanand Puri, chief of Mata Mansa Devi Mandir Trust Ram Moorti Veer, ex-chairperson of Labour Board,
Uttarakhand, and former legislator Ambrish Kumar.