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Normal life disrupted in state due to heavy rains
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Officials must have sound knowledge of ST, Forest Dwellers' Act: DM
BJP will not lure disgruntled Cong MLAs: Radha Mohan
State BJP in charge Radha Mohan Singh and other senior party leaders at a meeting of legislators, office-bearers and district presidents in Dehradun on Saturday.
One held in 2001 acid attack case
URAL India Limited to invest Rs 800 crore for new project
70 units of blood donated
CT Young Football Club trounce Akranta Club in quarter-final
Players in action during a match in the 4th ONGC BS Negi Memorial Football Tournament in Dehradun on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
India Red win in cricket for blind
United Scholars defeat Sunridges Cricket Club
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Normal life disrupted in state due to heavy rains
Dehradun, June 15 Garhwal hills in the state reported rains throughout the day. Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag and Tehri reported heavy rains. The downpour also caused landslides and the important Rishikesh-Gangotri highway that leads to the shrine of Gangotri was blocked at Nalupani. Anand Sharma, Executive Director, Dehradun Meteorological Centre, disclosed that the monsoons had finally arrived in Uttarakhand today. He said there would be rains in the state in the next 72 hours. He, however, said the intensity could vary. It could be normal rains in the first 24 hours, which can subsequently convert to a heavy downpour in isolated places in the state for another 48 hours. Meanwhile, in the advisory issued to the pilgrims and tourists, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary has appealed that if they were planning to visit Uttarakhand, they should first see the forecast of weather. The weather in the coming two days has been predicted to be rainy, he added. Keeping this in view, he said that pilgrims and tourists should get the information of the weather before planning to visit Uttarakhand. In the capital Dehradun, the rains that started early morning, continued throughout the day. Key roads like Gandhi Road, GMS Road and Chakrata Road were water- logged at a number of places. There were rising encroachments on roads and also lack of proper clearance of drains. Most of the people remained indoors and the city gave a desolate look.
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Officials must have sound knowledge of ST, Forest Dwellers' Act: DM
Dehradun, June 15 He said that the district administration along with Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra shall strive to ensure that the district administration officials get adequate knowledge of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, in letter and spirit. He gave a time line to the gram panchayat officers to hold meetings in their respective villages till July 20, 2013, and submit their reports by July 30. Each panchayat adhikari has been given a target of minimum 20 claims to be put up. District Magistrate Purushottam, District Social Welfare officer Ram Avtar, DFO, Chakrata, and District Panchayat Officer MM Khan were also present on the occasion along with nearly 150 district administrative officials. The different aspects covered in this workshop were forest rights and constitution of committees under it, procedure to object the claim, procedure of filling the form, strategy to give form to the Forest Act, evaluation and questionnaire. India ranks second in the world when it comes to being most populous; 8 per cent of the total population is that of tribals. When Uttarakhand separated from UP in the year 2000, 90 per cent of the tribal population of the state of UP came to Uttrakhand. Bhotia, Tharu, Boaxa, Raji, Jaunsari are some of the known tribes. After Independence India’s population grew from 30 crore to 120 crore, almost 4 times but the increase in the tribal population is just one and a half times. The population of Uttrakhand is 2, 91,903, out which 1, 11,663 stays in and around Dehradun, that means almost half of the total population. Van Gujjars, the only Muslim forest dwelling tribe, has been given the status of ST in the states of J&K, Himachal and Punjab and Haryana, but in Uttrakhand and UP they still haven’t been accorded this status. RLEK along with Minorities Commission of India is striving to get that for the Van Gujjars. “The Social Welfare Department, Revenue Department and the Forest Department have all the records with them to ensure that these communities get the rights for the Schedule Tribes. We extend our total support to all those who are willing to spread the knowledge that benefits the poor, marginalised and downtrodden. I call upon all those NGOs who claim to fight for the rights of Jal, Jangal and Jameen to join hands with us in this endevour,” said Avadhash Kaushal, Chairperson, RLEK, said. Quoting from the Act, he pointed out that Section 2 of the Act clearly states that community forest resource means customary common forest land with in the traditional or customary boundries of the village or seasonal use of landscape in the case of pastoral communities, including reserved forests, protected forests and protected areas sancturies and national parks to which the community had traditional access. Forest land means land of any description falling within any forest area and includes unclassified forests, undemarcated forests, existing or deemed forests, protected forests, reserved forests and sanctuaries and national parks. “This is not understood by all in the same manner and hence atrocities take place against the forest dwellers. He further pointed out another provision of the Act from chapter 2, Section 3 (d) other community rights of the uses or entitlements such as fish and other products of water bodies, grazing (both settled or trans human) and traditional seasonal resource access of nomadic communities,” he said. He further added that in other states like Jharkhand and Chattisgarh, claims worth lakhs have been settled but in Uttarakhand only two claims have been filed under this Act, which shows the ignorance on part of administration as well as the communities. District Social Welfare Officer Ram Avtar gave a detailed account of the claims that were filed and the processes that were undertaken to address them. Praveen Kaushal from Sophia, a voluntary organisation, spoke on the experience of filing for the claims and the exchange of knowhow. He has offered that in any gram sabha meeting if need be RLEK shall send it's volunteers to spread awareness about the Forest Act. If other district administrations approach us, RLEK would organise these awareness workshops for them on no-profit, no-loss basis.
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BJP will not lure disgruntled Cong MLAs: Radha Mohan
Dehradun, June 16 “This kind of trickery is against the ethos and culture of the BJP. We would not like to touch the MLAs and dirty our hands by luring them into joining our camp. Instead, we would wait for the Bahuguna government to fall on its own,” said Radha Mohan while speaking to mediapersons here today. He said he could understand the plight of the Congress MLAs, who were not given a patient hearing by their own leaders. “The lack of development is not only irking the BJP but the MLAs who are part of the Bahuguna-led government,” he added. The senior BJP leader said the party was looking at the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and aiming at winning all five seats. “Today was my first meeting with the office-bearers of the Uttarakhand BJP and I have asked them to focus on the 2014 elections,” he said. Asked if the party would take action against its leaders, if found embroiled in corruption, Radha Mohan said by taking action against former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, the BJP had shown that it never weighed political outcomes while deciding on such issues. The leader also held an extensive meeting with the BJP leaders and said the people should throw the Congress-led UPA government at
the Centre. Several senior leaders of the state unit attended the meeting held within a few days of Radha Mohan becoming in-charge of the party affairs in Uttarakhand. But former Chief Minister BS Koshiyari was not present.
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One held in 2001 acid attack case
Dehradun, June 15 On April 4, 2001, Bahadur had allegedly thrown acid on Shakuntala, a resident of Garhi Cantt, Dehradun. A case was registered with Thana Cantt on a complaint of the victim's son, Shankar Thakur. The STF has been keeping tabs on criminals wanted in various cases. It has succeeded in arresting a number of criminals who had been absconding for years. It arrested Virendra, alias Khalifa, from Sangrur (Punjab) in the 1999 Haridwar murder case and Mahendra, from Mandya, Karnataka, in a Roorkee double murder case.
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URAL India Limited to invest Rs 800 crore for new project
Dehradun, June 15 The government today signed an MoU with both companies at Uttarakhand Niwas in Delhi today. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna was present on the occasion. URAL India Limited, that has a tie-up with Russia, will initially be provided with 100 acres by the state for setting up its unit. URAL India Limited unit is expected to provide employment to nearly 2,000 youths of the state. URAL India Limited manufactures trucks, buses and other big commercial vehicles. Similarly, ADS Spirit Distillery will be provided with 20 acres at Sitarganj by the government. Bahuguna, on the occasion, reiterated his government's commitment to work for industrial development of the state. He said the state government was providing best of infrastructure to the industries.
— TNS
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70 units of blood donated
Dehradun, June 15 VS Bhardwaj, in-charge of the blood bank of the hospital, inaugurated the camp. He said, “Blood donation is a noble service, which saves precious lives of needy patients.” Bhardwaj also dispelled the notion that donation of blood causes any infirmity in a human body. Staff of Tallbross and Johnson and Johnson companies also donated blood.
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CT Young Football Club trounce Akranta Club in quarter-final
Dehradun, June 15 In the second quarter-final match, Doon Star Club beat Garhwal Rifles football team 4-2 in a tie-breaker. The match between the two teams remained goalless till the stipulated time, forcing a tie-breaker. In the penalty shootout Doon Star scored four goals while Garhwal Rifles could score only two goals. The first semi-final match between ONGC and Uttarakhand police will be played tomorrow.
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India Red win in cricket for blind
Dehradun, June 15 Faisal scored 51 runs while Budhram scored 14 runs. India Blue team could make 77 for nine wickets in 10 overs, losing the match by nine runs. Balmukund and Ankush scored 19 runs each. Faisal was declared man of
the match. The second match between India Yellow and India Green was washed out due to heavy rain. The final match will be played
tomorrow.
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United Scholars defeat Sunridges Cricket Club
Dehradun, June 15 Batting first, Sunridges Cricket club made 109 runs for eight wickets in 16 overs. Abhinav scored 34 runs. Shubham and Akash took two wickets each. Due to rains, the target was reduced for United Scholars to 77 runs, which the team achieved in 10.4 overs. Shubahm scored 19 runs. Paras took two wickets for 19 runs.
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Dehradun, June 16
A hattrick by Rakesh helped CT Young Football Club to defeat Akranta Club in the quarter-final of the 4th ONGC BS Negi Memorial Football Tournament played at Ambedkar Stadium here today. CT Young Football Club defeated Akranta Club 3-1. Rakesh of CT Young scored three goals in the 2nd, 14th and 62nd minutes of the game. Pankaj Rana scored the lone goal for Akranta Club in the 24th minute.
