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No study of environment issues done for plant: Coca Cola
Muslims condemn Pakistan for Sarabjit Singh's killing in jail
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Airy’s supporters expel Panwar
IIT experts to dwell on technical ways for unpolluted flow of Ganga
Rahul, Aparna win inter-school TT tourney
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No study of environment issues done for plant: Coca Cola
Dehradun, May 5 A corporate term ‘due diligence’ refers to voluntary investigations made into all aspects of the subject by a company before entering into a contract. Anoop Nautiyal, a resident of Dehradun, had made a query to Coca Cola on its website primarily to know whether it had undertaken a due diligence exercise linked to environment before signing an MoU with the state government for setting up a Rs 600 crore plant at Vikasnagar, particularly when it would use a large amount water from the Yamuna. Coca Cola in a brief response to Nautiyal’s query denied doing any due diligence exercise before entering into an MoU with the state government. The reply thus showed that the company did not find it appropriate to take environment concerns into consideration before deciding to set up a project that would consume a large amount of Yamuna water. Nautiyal says it is unbecoming of a company like Coca Cola not to go for a due diligence exercise before signing an MoU for setting up a big plant at Vikasnagar. Interestingly, the proposed plant at Vikasnagar has already become a subject of confrontation between the state government and environmentalists. While the state government has been claiming that the plant will create large scale employment opportunities for locals, environmentalists say it will be detrimental to the environment of the region, particularly the Yamuna. Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Forest Research and Education (ICFRE) has expressed its willingness to carry out studies, if approached by the state government, on the impact of the beverage plant on biodiversity in the region. “Since the region gets ample rainfall the question of water scarcity does not arise, but still we can do an overall biodiversity study, provided the state government approaches us for it,” said Dr VK Bahuguna, Director
General, ICFRE.
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Muslims condemn Pakistan for Sarabjit Singh's killing in jail
Haridwar, April 5 Members of the Muslim community expressed anger against the Pakistan government's indifferent attitude and treatment meted out to Sarabjit Singh. Flaying the Pakistan government for the shameful episode, Dr Ehsaan Sabri, a social activist, said such incidents exposed an anti-India attitude of Pakistan. He said the attack on Sarabjit Singh in the jail could not have been occurred without the knowledge of the Mangta Peerji of Jwalapur said the Muslim community condemned this inhuman action of Pakistan and urged the Indian government to sever all ties with that country. Idrish Javed, Naseeruddin, Azeejul Rehman, Zahid Hassan, Afzal and Shamshuddin said the entire country was with Sarabjit's family and it's high time that the Indian government should take appropriate diplomatic, political, economic and other measures to expose Pakistan's real face to
the world.
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Protest against Centre’s weak policies to deal with Chinese ingress
Dehradun, May 5 The Dehradun Ex-servicemen’s league, Gorkha Democratic Front, Aam Aadmi Party, Kaash (Dial a Tree NGO) and Hum Yuva jointly organised the protest. The participants raised slogans against China and called upon it to quit the Indian territory. Brig KG Bhel, president of the Dehradun Ex-servicemen’s League, said talks with China must be time bound and aimed at driving out the Chinese. He added India should also get friendly nations to pressure the Chinese government to withdraw and if that did not work the Army should be given a free hand to act. Sanjay Mall, national working president of the Gorkha Democratic Front, said it was a matter of national shame that instead of asking the Army to expel the invaders, our government was asking the Army not to block their supply lines and stay away from them. He warned that if the Chinese were not expelled within 15 days Gorkhas would lead a squad to the border to do the needful. Sanjay Bhatt, district coordinator of the Aam Aadmi Party, said the honour of the country was at stake and all parties should urge the government to deal with it in a no-nonsense manner and keep politics out of it. Monty Kohli, a newly elected councilor, said the integrity of the Himalayas had again being breached and the nation must rise and defend it. Lt Col BM Thapa, secretary, Dehradun Ex-servicemen’s League; Surya Vikram Sahi, national president of the Gorkha Democratic Front; Col VK Sharma, Meenu Chettri, gram pradhan, Purhoit Wala, Uma Upadhyay, BDC, Purhoit Wala, Shray Sharma, President Kaash, Ina Bahaguna, Shailendra Kumar and Vikas Singh Rawat from Kaash, Swapnil Sinha, Director, Hum Yuva, along with Ankit Semwal and Shubham Sharma from Hum Yuva; Rajesh Bhaguna, district secretary of the Aam Aadmi Party; Harsimran Singh, Sandeep Rawat, Aryan Kothiyal, SS Panwar members of the Aam Aadmi Party, Himanshu Arora, Dr Nitin Pandey, Sonia Pandey and Laksha Mehta were also present.
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Airy’s supporters expel Panwar
Pithoragarh, May 5 Airy’s 150-odd supporters gathered at Jaspur and expelled Panwar at the meeting. They also decided to hold a general body meeting of the party in Dehradun on May 19 and 20 to decide the future course of action. “We have formed a seven-member coordination committee under the chairmanship of Narendra Singh Rawat for the forthcoming general body meeting,” said Airy while taking to this correspondent after the meeting. Airy said his supporters also declared null and void all decisions taken by Panwar and his executive body after July 25, 2012. “These decisions will be evaluated in the general body meeting in Dehradun on May 19 and 20,” he added.
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Village girl from Uttarakhand shines in UPSC exam
Haridwar, May 5 Talking to TNS, Anuradha said she hailed from a poor family and had suffered many hardships in her life. She always wanted to do something big in her life. Her family did not have money or resources but only moral support which was more important for her, she said. “I knew that only hard work is the ladder to make my dream come true. Many times, I did not even have money to buy books and pay for my engineering and civil services exams coaching.
But thanks to the Almighty and parental support that these did not affect my studies,” said Anuradha. After completing her schooling from Aurangabad, she appeared for the engineering examination of Pant Nagar Engineering College, where she opted for electronics stream. After completing her BTech, she desired to become an
IAS officer. However, owing to financial constraints, she started teaching at the College of Engineering, Roorkee, and started preparing for the civil services exams. Anuradha said after three years, she realised that professional coaching was also important to crack the civil services exam as in her maiden attempt she couldn’t qualify. She moved to New Delhi for preparations and started taking tuitions to afford the coaching, study material and rent expenses. And in her second attempt, she managed
to crack the premier examination. Her proud father Satish Pal said Anuradha was not a girl but a boy for them. She never asked for anything except money
for books. Her mother Santlesh said Anuradha had made her village as well as the entire state proud. As Anuradha arrived at her ancestral home from Delhi, she was given a grand reception with musical bands. Her uncle Dhani Ram said she had set an example for all village girls
and boys.
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Students, Nirankari Baba followers spread ‘clean Doon’ message
Dehradun, May 5 Shanti Varma, president of Waste Warriors, welcomed the participants and said she had tremendous hope that the present generation would make a change that her generation had been unable to do. She hoped that they would create clean cities and environment. Mayor Vinod Chamoli said he had launched various projects to keep Dehradun clean and now it was time for the administration to enforce laws strictly to deal with the problem of election posters, including the ones used by him. Sujata Paul Maliah, vice-president of Waste Warriors, voiced the sentiment of the participants saying the people wanted to see the work of politicians and not their posters. Garbage girl and Chief Executive Officer of Waste Warriors Jodie Underhill motivated the students to take things into their own hands in order to create a Clean India. Chamoli flagged off the rally that covered the distance from St. Joseph’s Academy to Darshan Lal Chowk, Panchayati Mandir via Clock Tower and back to St. Joseph’s Academy. The rally was marked by enthusiastic and cheerful sloganeering of ‘Clean Doon’, ‘Say No to Posters’ by the participants as they carried colourful banners related to the issue of a clean, green and poster-free Dehradun. The participating students signed a petition demanding the removal of election posters and asking for the implementation of the Uttaranchal Prevention of Defacement of Public Property Act, 2003. Harak Singh Rawat, Additional District Magistrate, Dehradun, who also participated in the rally, encouraged the students to take the initiative to clean Doon for which he had relentlessly been striving. He distributed garbage collection bags for cars and urged the students to segregate garbage in their homes. Aloke B. Lal, a retired ADGP, Uttarakhand Police, also addressed the gathering and thanked it for having made the event such a huge success. He applauded Jodie for her efforts towards creating awareness regarding the issue of defacement of the city walls by election posters and garbage disposal. The participating schools included St. Joseph’s Academy, Doon International School, Kasiga School, Brooklyn School, Pine Hall School, Brightland School, Summer Valley School, Jaswant Modern School, Hilton School, The Heritage School, Carman School, Doon Cambridge School, Scholars’ Home. The cosponsor of the event, The Doon School, was led by Amrit Burrett, who had coordinated with various schools. Volunteers Samriddhi Kukreja, Antara Dasgupta, Swati Tyagi, Sandhi Priya, Shreya Nandi, Pentile Thong, Stuti Mittal, Sumeet Gupta, Tanuj Bhatia, Uma Shankar Bahuguna, Anuja Pandit, Dhirendra Rauthan, Adil, Mohit, Vishwas Dhoble, Abhinav Chaudhary, Pranav Kumar, Rakshit Kweera, Nikhil, Nitin and Rajat Saxena were praised for organising and conducting the rally smoothly. Mark O’Glesain and Raja Nundlall, a camera crew from Ireland making a documentary on Garbage Girl Jodie Underhill, also accompanied the rally. Naveen Kumar and Anmol Kumar assisted in recording the events on camera. Wing Commander Anupama Joshi (retd), Shantum Seth, Sudhir Thapa, and Gagan Mann were also present.
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Ex-Principal Secy to Guv given farewell
Dehradun, May 5 Ashok Pai handed over charge to Arun Dhaundiyal yesterday, who is now Secretary to the Governor. Pai is going to the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs as Joint Secretary. He had been Secretary and then Principal Secretary to the Governor since January 2010. Sharma was appointed legal adviser to the Governor on May 5, 2011, and worked on the post till May 1, 2013. He has taken over charge as the Director, Uttarakhand Judicial and Legal Academy. The Governor formally welcomed Arun Dhaundiyal. DGP Satyavrat Bansal, Public Service Commission Chairman DP Joshi, S S Sandhu, Secretary (Secretariat, administration) Hemlata Dhaundiyal, VC of Doon University Vinod Kumar Jain and other staff members of Raj Bhavan were present.
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IIT experts to dwell on technical ways for unpolluted flow of Ganga
Dehradun, May 5 The workshop is being jointly organised by the IITians for Holy
Ganga, a forum constituted to preserve heritage and ecology of the Ganga by alumni of all IITs and the Ganga Action Parivar (GAP). “The experts attending the workshop will discuss current challenges being faced by the rivers and suggest ways to protect and maintain free-flowing and unpolluted state of the Ganga and
Yamuna. These rivers are the life source of the region and also powerful symbols of cultural and spiritual renewal. The minimum ecological flows of the rivers ensuring water quality and environmentally sustainable development should be maintained,” said Yatinder Pal
Suri, IITians for Holy Ganga president and IIT Kharagpur Alumni Association president. “Some of the main speakers at the workshop will be Prof Vinod Tare, IIT Kanpur and
co-ordinator of the Ganga River Basin Management Plan; BD Tripathi, coordinator of the Centre for Environment Science and Technology, Benaras Hindu University and Paritosh
Tyagi, former chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board and spokesperson of the IITians for Holy
Ganga,” said Swami Chidanand Sarswati, chief coordinator of the workshop and head of the GAP. “The subjects that will be discussed at the workshop include sewage waste management along the Ganga and
Yamuna, industrial waste treatment, solid waste management, bio- toilets along the rivers, dams and alternative energy and smarter water practices and conservation,” said Swami
Sarswati. “The Ganga and Yamuna are associated with the civilisation of the country. We appeal to the government to save the rivers,” said Paritosh
Tyagi, spokesperson of the forum.
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Rahul, Aparna win inter-school TT tourney
Dehradun, May 5 Principal, Cambrian Hall, Dr SC Baila gave away the prizes to the winners. In his brief address, Dr Baila said winning or losing
did not matter but it was sportsmen spirit that win at last. President, PPSA, Prem Kashyap said the association had been working
for the promotion of games to make children physically fit. Dehradun councillor Charanjeet Kaur Nagpal was also present on
the occasion.
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J&K shine on last day of roller skating hockey c’ship
Mussoorie, May 5 In the senior division, Jammu and Kashmir defeated Punjab 13-1 to emerge the winner. For J&K, Bhupendar scored six goals, Sahil five and Rakesh scored two goals. In the in-line skates race of boys in the under-6 category, Yuvraj from J&K and Nivan from Haryana stood first and second, respectively. In the girls' category of the same age group, Gurusimran from J&K won the title. In the under-10 category of boys, Eklavya from J&K won the race while Asha Ram and Shiraj from Haryana were adjudged second and third, respectively. In the under-6 quads race in the boys' section, Shaurya from J&K stood first while Shreya from Uttar Pradesh stood second. In the under-10 category of girls (in-line race) Akriti from J&K stood first while Avni from Uttarakhand had to settle for the second place. In the under-12 girls' section of quads race, Ishika from Uttar Pradesh was declared first while Akshita from J&K was declared the runner-up. In the elimination race of boys, Tanmay and Rahul Bajaj from Delhi stood first and second, respectively.
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