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Damaged pools at Kempty Falls await repairs
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TKA Nair launches ICFRE's portal
Water sport at Rishikesh closed for tourists
SC, ST communities filed 154 complaints against Revenue Dept
Secretariat XI, Ajabpur Youngsters win
Tarun Vijay invites Egyptian Prez to U'khand
Jain elected CII council Chairman
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Damaged pools at Kempty Falls await repairs
Mussoorie, March 20 Heavy overnight rain in August last year had damaged a patch of the Mussoorie-Kempty-Yamnotri road and three swimming pools at famous Kempty Falls, nearly 13 km from Mussoorie. Three restaurants were also damaged in the landslide. Even after clear directions from Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna the main swimming pool number 1 at Kempty Falls that suffered massive damage is yet to be repaired. The Public Works Department and the local zila panchayat had built this swimming pool under the beautification scheme of the Tourism Department by spending around Rs
4.24 crore. Eketa, a student from Delhi, who was visiting the site for the first time, said the sight of the damaged pools was disappointing. They had to cross natural rocks in order to reach the pools at Kempty Falls. Preeti, a tourist from Bihar, said, “We have come from Bihar to enjoy our holidays. We wanted to take a bath in the falls but after seeing the poor condition of the pools there we changed our mind.” Rimpi, another tourist from Delhi, told The Tribune that the area was strewn with filth and polythene bags, leaving a scar on the face of a beautiful tourist destination. She said there was no check on the quality of food at the restaurants and most of the restaurant owners were fleecing hapless tourists by charging exorbitant prices for food items. The tourists also resented the absence of adequate changing room facility in the area. Sansar Singh, a local shopkeeper, said due to the damaged condition of the pools tourists were returning without spending time there. This was affecting their sales considerably. He added if repair work was not done at the earliest, there would be a sharp fall in the number of tourists this season. Shopkeepers said boulders falling from hills posed a threat to their properties and lives but the officials concerned were keeping mum on the issue despite several reminders. The Apar Mukhya Adhikari of the zila panchayat blamed the PWD for the pathetic condition of the pools. He said the PWD had been given a no objection certificate to carry out repair work on the pool number 1, but it had failed to initiate any action. Meanwhile, repair work on two other pools was in progress and would be completed this week. Around 22 lakh tourists visit Kempty Falls every year and if the site is not restored soon the inflow of tourists could fall drastically, resulting in loss of revenue to the government.
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Day 2 of Bharat Nirman public information campaign
Dehradun, March 20 Besides, the public was also informed about AIDS control, forest dwellers' rights and labourers' welfare. The objective of the campaign was to sensitise the people about the flagship programmes of Central Government so that they benefit from them. The chief guest at today’s function, former diplomat and social worker Harshvardhan Singh Manral, while stressing on empowerment of women, called upon the women to play a leading role in the development of the country. He said that it was essential for women to be educated to become self supporting. In addition, they should inculcate good values and provide better education to their children in order to make their future bright. He said that the women of hill areas were the backbone of the local economy and there was need to bring about improvement in their status. Additional District Social Welfare Officer, Almora, Ratan Singh Rawal, elaborated on the various welfare schemes being implemented in the district by Social Welfare Department and appealed to the people to take benefits from the pension schemes for the aged, widows and disabled persons. He said that scholarship scheme was also being implemented for students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Ashish Agarwal, in charge, Ayush, Someshwar, briefed about the National Rural Health Mission. He said that under the scheme health and medical services were being provided in villages free of cost. Besides, immunisation of children and health care for expecting mothers were also being carried out. Child development project officer Dhani Shahi, while speaking on integrated child development scheme, told the villagers that health and nutrition of children was being taken care of under the scheme. Rural children were being provided the benefit of health and nutrition through numerous anganwadi centres. Assistant Agriculture Development Officer Devendra Singh Mehra informed about the facilities and services being provided to farmers by his department. He appealed to the villagers to take benefits from the schemes. Santosh Kumar from GVK EMRI, speaking about the medical emergency service 108 being run in the state, said that this service had proved very effective in saving lives of people and expecting women in the event of medical
emergency. He said that to take the advantage of this service in emergency situations, one has to ring 108 number and the emergency service ambulance will reach the venue in minimum possible time for taking the patient to the nearest hospital. About the Right to Information Act, the people were informed as to how they could benefit from it. Information relating to all government and semi-government departments can be sought by applying on a plain paper with a fee of Rs 10 in the form of postal order. It was explained that with the use of this Act there has been transparency in the working of these departments. A healthy baby show was organised today for the children of up to 5 years of age. In all, 72 children participated in the competition held in two age groups. Twentytwo babies in the first group of up to 2 years and 50 children in the age group from 2 to 5 years participated. In the first group, Tanvi from Arjun Rath was adjudged first, while Atul from Baiganiya and Anjali from Mehra Gaon were second and third, respectively. In the second age group, first place was bagged by Shivangi from Someshwar, while second and third positions went to Prince and Kavita from Mallakholi. Chief Guest Harshvardhan Singh Manral gave away prizes to the winners. Visitors in large numbers came to the exhibition stalls put up by different departments at the campaign venue, Someshwar stadium. These stalls proved quite useful to villagers in disseminating information about various developmental schemes. The people were also entertained through cultural programmes.
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TKA Nair launches ICFRE's portal
Dehradun, March 20 Addressing forest officers, scientists, research officers, Ph.D scholars and students of the ICFRE, the FRI and FRI (Deemed) University in the convocation hall of the FRI, Nair spoke on various dimensions of development and inclusive growth which, he said, should be sustainable. He desired that the younger people who had access to technology must translate the result of research for the betterment of rural India. He emphasised that through innovative research they could initiate opportunities and ensure water and food security for the poor and educate not-so privileged section of society particularly. Earlier, Dr VK Bahuguna, Director General, ICFRE, and Dr PP Bhojvaid, Director, FRI, felicitated Nair by presenting him a shawl and a memento of the FRI building plate. Nair on the occasion inaugurated “ICFRE Interactive Portal” and also launched the website of Indian Forester, which is the oldest journal in forestry science in the country. TKA Nair has been the recipient of several awards.
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Water sport at Rishikesh closed for tourists
Dehradun, March 20 It was three days ago an engineer with Jet Airways Prashant Pandey had died when the raft which he was boarding had capsized on the rapid. The other seven in the boat were rescued by the guide, but Prashant who was rushed to hospital was declared brought dead. A postmortem report revealed the cause of death to be of cardiac arrest. Just two days ago on March 15, a tourist from Argentina Nicolas too fell in the same manner when his raft overturned into the gushing water. The postmortem report confirmed drowning as the cause behind the death. These two deaths in row made Singh declare this site unfit and closed down for the tourists. However, with the pressure mounting from interest groups, Singh visited the site with officials of the ITBT and other rafting experts. Singh said he would report the matter to the higher officials in the Tourism Department. Regarding closing the rapid, he said the state government had to take the call on the issue. He stressed on the safety measures saying the rafters must provide measures such
as safety boat and rescuers for every
rafting boat.
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SC, ST communities filed 154 complaints against Revenue Dept
Dehradun, March 20 In its annual report tabled yesterday the commission pointed out that the members of the SC and ST communities working in various government departments continued to face discrimination despite constitutional provisions and government orders for the implementation of the reservation policy. While the members of the SC community were actively approaching the commission, fewer members of the ST community were filing complaints. The report stated that of the 351 complaints pertaining to 38 departments heard by the commission, 328 were filed by the members of the SC community. Further, the second highest number of complaints (78) was lodged against the Police Department. Of these 74 complaints were filed by the members of the SC community and four by the members of the ST community. Further, during the same period Dehradun district ranked number one in registering 105 complaints by these reserved communities. During 2011-2012, the members of the ST community filed 72 complaints pertaining to the non-implementation of the provisions of the reservation policy in appointments, transfers and maintenance of rosters in government departments. The commission is a quasi judicial body that can issue suo motu notices in cases of discrimination and atrocities against the members of the SC and ST communities.
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Secretariat XI, Ajabpur Youngsters win
Dehradun, March 20 Batting first after winning the toss Rising Star Club scored 136 runs for eight wickets. Azeem was the top scorer with 65 runs. Ranjit took two wickets for 20 runs. In reply, Secretariat XI scored 137 runs for seven wickets to win the match by three wickets. Sunny scored 33 runs while Deepak scored 28 runs. Manoj took here wickets for 32 runs and Vishal took two wickets for 15 runs. In the second match, Ajabpur Youngsters defeated Doon Tigers Club by eight runs. Batting first, Ajabpur Youngsters Club scored 143 runs for eight wickets. Neeraj Saini scored 64 runs while Rohit, Praveen and Vaibhav took two wickets each. In reply, Doon Tigers Club scored 135 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs to lose the match by eight runs. Rahul scored 55 runs. Ashish took four wickets and Udit took three wickets.
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50 units of blood collected
Mussoorie, March 20 Defence employees participated in the camp with enthusiasm. Dr Abhinav Aswal from the ITM conducted the camp while a team from the IMA Blood Bank assisted him in the blood collection process. Dr Rajendar Rathore, Mahesh, Megh Singh Kandari, Anuj Gupta, Gaurav Gupta, Wasim Khan and others were present on
the occasion.
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Tarun Vijay invites Egyptian Prez to U'khand
Dehradun, March 20 He said the rivers connect the people of both great countries. Morsi is on a visit to India. The Egyptian President said he had never seen the Himalayas and would be very happy to visit Uttarakhand. He also conveyed his best wishes to the people of Uttarakhand, according to a press release issued by
Tarun Vijay.
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Jain elected CII council Chairman
Dehradun, March 20 An avid learner with over 28 years of rich experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Jain is actively associated with many industrial associations. At present Jain is the Chairman of the Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Uttarakhand. Manu Kochhar is the Joint MD of Unique Hotels and Restaurants Private Ltd (Hotel Madhuban) and Director of the Madhuban Academy of Hotel Administration and Research.
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