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No insurance cover for the saviours
Child dies in house collapse;two injured
Woman’s husband, brother-in-law arrested for murder
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Devotees make a beeline to Shiva temples
Devotees offer Ganga jal at the Tapkeshwar temple in Dehradun on Monday on the first Monday of Sharavan month. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
Free health camps for Kanwariyas
Kanwariyas reaching pilgrim city in large numbers
Kanwariyas carry beautifully decorated Kanwars after fetching Ganga jal from Ganga ghats in Haridwar on Monday. Tribune photo:Rameshwar Gaur
Vigil in Laxman and Ram Jhula areas
MDDA to seal 2 shops for building violations
Ensure expectant mothers reach hospital in time: Minister to CMOs
Kedarnath temple committee meet on Aug 2
Statehood agitators seek due accreditation
Free course books for over 100 students from disaster-hit areas
Members of Divine Light Trust gives course books to a student from Thatyur Government Inter-College on Mussoorie on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Colony residents for removal of Reliance mobile tower
Sastradhara Road's Vikas Lok Colony residents in Dehradun have sought removal of Reliance mobile tower installed in the locality. In a memorandum submitted to District Magistrate R Meenakshi Sundaram, Vikas Lok Colony residents alleged the tower was not only a health hazard but also a threat to nearby houses in case of an earthquake. Bikram Singh, resident of Vikas Lok Colony, said even from scientific point of view, it has been proved that such towers emit harmful radiations.
Seeking attacker's arrest, students hold dharna
Protest over delay in renovation of Shaheed Sthal
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No insurance cover for the saviours
Baring the group insurance, they have no cover against the risks that they are now encountering in the Kedarnath valley and Uttarkashi. For the past several years, it has been a routine affair that government doctors are sent on Char Dham duties to strengthen medical facilities for the pilgrims, but the calamitous events of the last month have left several doctors shaking. Two medical officers deployed at the medical relief post at Rambara and at the State Allopaethic Dispensary(SAD) at Kedarnath had a harrowing time as they battled the floods and spent two days in forests without food and water. “Almost all doctors from Dehradun have given duties in the disaster-affected areas of the state. These doctors and other staff left for their duties at a very short notice, especially those who were entursted with the task of collecting DNA samples. They are working in an inhospitable environment which is not a routine duty and therefore they should be provided insurance covers,” said Dr BC Ramola, President of the Provincial Medical and Health Services. Under the Disaster Management Act, the Department of Health is the key department whose services have to be availed immediately after the natural calamity. Interestingly, all staff working under the Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre, which is an autonomous institute under the aegis of the Department of Disaster Management, are provided an insurance cover. While the health sector continues to be the second largest employer in the state, the present low salary structures for health professionals compared to other civil servants, recruitment delays and poor working conditions have resulted in a shortage of staff and low morale among them. Now duties in the disaster-hit areas have left health professionals worried and clamouring for an insurance cover. “The Kedarnath area has become inhospitable. All doctors deployed in different health facilities in Dehradun have done their duties but it would ease our worries if there was an insurance cover,” said Dr NS Napalchayal.
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Child dies in house collapse;two injured
Dehradun, July 29
Neighbours somehow pulled the two out of
the debris.
The two were admitted to base hospital Sahaspur for treatment.
The deceased's dead body has been sent for the post-mortem.
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Woman’s husband, brother-in-law arrested for murder
Dehradun, July 29 Circle officer Aruna Bharti said Shama Parveen was murdered on July 22 at her residence at Garhigaht in Kotdwar. In his complaint to the police Shakir, the deceased’s brother-in-law said his brother’s (Saleem) house was closed from outside. After opening the door, he went inside and found his brother tied and gagged in one room while the deceased was lying murdered in the adjacent room. According to Saleem, when he and his wife were sleeping in the room at around 2 am five persons barged into the house. They attacked and gagged him in one room, while they murdered his wife who opposed them in another room. The intruders looted the house and took away cash and jewellery of his wife along with other valuables. On interrogation, Saleem confessed that he had murdered his wife with the help of his brother. He had married the deceased two years back. He had two children from his earlier marriage, but she was not treating the children well. They hit her with a rod and gagged her to death with a pillow.
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Devotees make a beeline to Shiva temples
Haridwar, July 29 Devotees bathed at Braham Kund, Har-Ki-Pauri and adjacent ghats before visiting temples to perform rituals. In view of the festivital, security was beefed up in the city, specially near the temples. 'Kanwariyas', too, were seen visiting the temples, particularly the Daksh Maha Dev and Bilkeshwar Maha Dev temples, in large numbers. Haridwar District Magistrate Nidhi Pandey visited Har-Ki-Pauri, Bilkeshwar and Daksh Maha Dev temples and directed officials concerned to maintain cleanliness. She also inspected Braham Kund, Subash Ghat, Nai Sota, Kangda Pull, Jhanana Ghat, Hathi Pull and Sanjay Pull near Har-Ki-Pauri. Accompanying the District Magistrate were City Magistrate JS Nangyal, Circle Officer Jodh Ram Joshi, Municipal Corporation official Bal Ram and other officials.
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Free health camps for Kanwariyas
Haridwar, July 29 Meanwhile, the Lions Club Bhagirathi has set up a free medical camp in Haridwar. Several other free camps have also been put up by various organisations and people for the Kanwariyas' aid. — TNS
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Kanwariyas reaching pilgrim city in large numbers
Haridwar, July 29 As 'Panchak' tenure is not considered auspicious by a major section of Kanwariyas, they prefer not to go on Kanwar pilgrimage during this time. Now with its period getting over, Kanwariyas are thronging Haridwar in large numbers. Such is the buzz that those dharamshalas whose rooms were vacant till a day before are now getting full with Kanwariyas. Trains and buses from other states arriving in the city are witnessing a huge rush.Many Kanwariyas can be seen travelling on rooftops of the trains. As per administrative figures, till date 20 lakh plus Kanwariyas have come to Haridwar and from today onwards this will increase manifold on per day basis. District Magistrate Nidhi Pandey,Senior Superintendent of District Police Rajeev Swaroop ,Superintendent of City Police Jagdeesh Bhandari,Circle officers Rajesh Bhatt,Jodh Ram Joshi and D S Negi are monitoring the whole Kanwar mela proceedings.
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Vigil in Laxman and Ram Jhula areas
Dehradun, July 29 In a directive issued today, the Department of Home has asked the authorities concerned for maintaining a vigil in the area for security purpose. The authorities have been asked to ensure there is proper lighting in the area and also that the area is kept free of ''The authorities have been asked to undertake repair of lights so that the area is lit at night and also keep a check on the number of vendors who sell their goods in the vicinity of the Ram Jhula and Laxman Jhula. In the absence of proper checking the number of vendors has increased ,'' said a senior official.
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MDDA to seal 2 shops for building violations
Dehradun, July 29 Yesterday Secretary, MDDA, Banshidhar Tiwari, had visited the area. The owner had taken no permission from MDDA to undertake construction. Owing to this , now the building will be sealed on Thursday. Similarly, another shop, which, however, had got map of his building approved from MDDA but had increased the height of the building contrary to the design of the building, will also be sealed. For this, MDDA has sent a show-cause notice to the shopkeeper. Meanwhile, this exercise by MDDA created panic among the shopkeepers who came to meet Vice-Chairman, RM Sundaram, today, He said: “I had also sent a team to conduct a survey in the market for the proposed plan of beautification of Paltan Bazaar. However, the traders have got panicky thinking that their shops are under some kind of threat from MDDA. However, I addressed their speculations by telling them there was nothing to fear at all.” He refused to spill the beans about the proposal of beautification, saying that he would first hold the meeting with stakeholders rather than letting out the information through media which might create further confusion among them and affect the proposal.
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Ensure expectant mothers reach hospital in time: Minister to CMOs
Dehradun, July 29 The orders have come after there were reports of pregnant women losing their lives after failing to reach hospitals in time due to poor road connectivity. “Despite the department keeping a watch over expectant mothers, there have been reports of miscarriages due to lack of medical assistance. Now CMOs have been asked to ensure that such women reach the nearest health institute ten days in advance. Women are often unmindful of their health and are in a habit of working during their pregnancies, thereby ignoring their health,” said Negi while addressing mediapersons. The minister recently toured disaster-affected areas in Garhwal. He said around 8,878 deliveries had been slated for July in the state, out of which 1,328 had already taken place in the affected districts of Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Tehri, Chamoli and Pithoragarh. We managed to send 315 women to safe areas for deliveries while 12 were airlifted. Regarding sporadic incidents of diarrhoea that occurs in the
monsoon season, he said things were under control in the disaster-affected areas. “Auxiliary nurses and midwives are distributing chlorine tablets in the villages to keep water-borne diseases at bay,” he said. The minister said around 78 doctors from the Central Government Health Services along with 12 psychiatrists were on duty in the disaster-affected areas.
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Kedarnath temple committee meet on Aug 2
Dehradun, July 29 Uttarakhand Health Minister Surinder Singh Negi said according to initial estimates, the losses incurred due to the mid-June deluge were pegged at Rs 13,000 crore. However, the Chief Minister said the exact figures were still being worked out and would be available only after a day or two.
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Statehood agitators seek due accreditation
Haridwar, July 29 A decade ago these people were on streets, agitating, going to prison, demanding separate state. Now they are demanding due credit from the state government. Haridwar and Roorkee Uttarakhand Rajya Andolankari Sangarsh Samiti has been actively carrying out protests, agitations and meetings to pressurise the state government to speed up the statehood agitators’ identification process. JP Pandey, who has been given accreditation of being a statehood agitator by the state government, said many more like him took active part in the statehood agitation, but they were yet to be recognised. Pandey said, “More than a decade has passed, but still the people of this state who took pains to make it a separate state are in pain as the state government and officials are not paying heed towards their demand.” Central chief of Uttarakhand Rajya Andolankari Sangarsh Samiti Harsh Prakash Kala, who has been staging protests in Roorkee, says that all the statehood agitators from 1994 to 2000 should be registered who took part in meetings, agitations under various organisations and banners. — TNS
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Free course books for over 100 students from disaster-hit areas
Mussoorie, July 29 The trust members felicitated ex-serviceman Jagdish Lekhwar for saving lives of many villagers during the disaster that struck at village Parodi near Thatyur a month ago. Jagdish Lekhwar, acting swiftly on the fateful night, provided shelter to the villagers in his house, thus saving their lives. The director of the trust, eminent social and health activist Sunil Sanon, speaking on the occasion, said that due to the disaster that occurred in the region a month back the government and many NGOs were competing for providing relief but none thought about the students who lost their school books and stationary in the disaster which were either buried in the debris or swept away in the flash floods in and around villages such as Parodi. Sanon demanded that the government should also provide course books and stationary to the students affected due to the recent disaster that struck the state. Sanon also questioned the anomaly prevalent in distribution of the course books in the government schools and said that the government had kept education free till class VII by providing free books but has not continued the practice for the students of class IX, which raises the question how the same students do not qualify for the benefits in class IX in all government schools. He demanded that free books should be provided to class X
students also. Satendar Sandhu, Venu Sanon, Laurity, Sumit Lehwar, Hitesh Bisht and others were present on
the occasion.
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Colony residents for removal of Reliance mobile tower
Dehradun, July 29
He said the radiations from the tower are harmful for the growing children and with a school in vicinity, the tower needs to be removed immediately. He said even for the older age group, the radiations further weaken the immunity system. The memorandum held that the vibration of heavy generators adds to the miseries of the people residing close to the tower, resulting in lot of sound pollution. Another resident Chandan Singh asserted that they had earlier also met Dehradun Mayor and the Telecom authorities but no action had been taken so far. He also referred to Supreme Court's directive to Rajasthan government for removal of mobile towers from densely populated areas. Badri Pant, Kamlesh, MS Rawat, Arun Sharma, Dr Chandrakant, PK Dobhal and KS Payal were some of prominent signatories to the memorandum. — TNS
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Seeking attacker's arrest, students hold dharna
Dehradun, July 29 The NSUI members sought the immediate arrest of those behind the alleged attack on Saurabh recently. They alleged that the police was not taking the matter seriously.
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Protest over delay in renovation of Shaheed Sthal
Mussoorie, July 29 The protesters raised slogans against the state government and the Municipal Council and alleged that they were misleading the people on the issue of
renovating the Shaheed sthal at Jhoola Ghar and playing with the sentiments of the statehood agitators in the state.
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A woman’s husband and her brother-in-law have been arrested by the Kotdwar police for her murder. The police has recovered the cellphone and the jewellery of the deceased from the duo.
Devotees in large numbers paid obeisance at Lord Shiva temples in the city and offered Ganga
jal, milk and bilva leaves on the first Monday of the Shravan month of the Hindu calendar. At the Shri Daksheshwar Maha Dev and Bilkeshwar Maha Dev temples, long queues were witnessed from early morning.
With 'Panchak' period of Hindu calendar of Shravan month getting over yesterday night, a huge rise in the number of the Lord Shiva devotees,
Kanwariyas, is being witnessed in the pilgrim city.
Members of Divine Light Trust distributed course books to more than 100 needy students from disaster- affected areas at a small function in
Thatyur. The trust members also distributed 38 school bags to the students of Government Inter-College,
Thatyur, on the occasion.
National Students Union of India (NSUI) members led by Saurabh Raj Behad today staged a demonstration at the State
Police Headquarters in Dehradun.
Vigilant police had to use mild force to disperse the crowd. The agitated students later sat on dharna outside the police headquarters.
Dehradun, July 29