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Nepal to rebuild bridge on Kali
Congress gives Rs
15,000 to driver injured while transporting aid
UKD (Airy) prepares for
Sept 18 protest
Guru Ram Rai’s Mahanirvana Parv observed with fervour
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Counselling begins for nursing courses
Worship of Goddess Nanda begins today
Take steps to prevent dengue, says Negi
BJP plans siege of Assembly
Gorkha Rifles observes Phillora Day
Villagers demand chopper service to reach winter homes
Experts stress need to conserve biodiversity
Diamond Ark contributes designer clothes as relief
Four dowry harassment
complaints filed in Doon
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Nepal to rebuild bridge on Kali
Pithoragarh, September 12 The bridge at Jauljibi was washed away in flash floods caused due to heavy rains in June causing
difficulties to residents of border areas of both countries. Nepalese officers conveyed the decision of their government to reconstruct the bridge on the Kali to the Indian officers at a meeting held in Pithoragarh
today. Dr Neeraj Khairwal, District Magistrate, Pithoragarh, said in a press note that the Nepalese officers had informed them that the Nepal government “But before a pucca bridge could be constructed, which is possible
only after all formalities are completed, a temporary bridge to provide transportation facility to the residents of both
countries will be constructed in one month,” said Khairwal. He said the main problem being faced in the construction of a new bridge at Jauljibi was the flooded river had widened the span of the bridge during the last two months due to which the availability of a minimum span had become difficult. “The span of the bridge, which was 83.5 metres before it was washed away by floods, is now 169.5 metres. This will require more money to construct the bridge due to the increased span. The officers from both countries will hold a joint inspection to find the minimum span spot,” said the District Magistrate. Khairwal said four other bridges were also to be constructed on the Kali from Kalapani to Jhoolaghat. Officers concerned of respective districts in both countries were working on the matter. “We are awaiting a no objection certificates from the higher authorities of both countries,” said a Nepalese officer. |
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Congress gives Rs
15,000 to driver injured while transporting aid
Mussoorie, September 12 Niaz Ahmed, a resident of Library Bazaar, had
volunteered to distribute relief material among the disaster-affected people in Kedarnath last month. Unfortunately, his truck fell into a deep gorge on the way to Kedarnath, near Sonprayag, resulting in serious injuries to Niaz Ahmed. He was admitted to the Doon Hospital. Niaz was rendered jobless after the accident and was living in abject
poverty. He was unable to feed his family. The Congress workers in Mussoorie realised his adverse condition and gave him Rs 15,000 at a simple ceremony held at the Congress Bhavan here. Former Mussoorie MLA Jot Singh Gunsola commended Niaz’s efforts and said though he belonged to another community he had opted to serve the people of the state in the hour of the crisis. Municipal Council president Manmohan Singh Mall, Congress leaders BP Kukreti, Javed Khan and others were present at the function. |
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UKD (Airy) prepares for
Sept 18 protest
Dehradun, September 12 The meeting also discussed the party strategy for the forthcoming panchayat elections and the Lok Sabha elections. It also decided to start a membership campaign in the state. BD Raturi, Narendra Rawat and Harish Pathak were among the prominent participants in the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal meeting presided over by Kashi Singh Airy.
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Guru Ram Rai’s Mahanirvana Parv observed with fervour
Dehradun, September 12 Acharya Bhagwati Prasad Thapliyal, Pandit Subodh Uniyal and Girish Uniyal carried out the prayers along with other purohits. After that the sangat was given prasad of fruits. A special langar was also organised. Later in the evening, the devotees were given prasad that consisted of halwa-poori and choorma. Guru Ram Rai was born in 1646 on the Panchmi of Chaitra Mas. He arrived in Dehardun in the year 1676 and made the city Dehradun his permanent home. As a result of the dera put up by Guru Ram Rai, this city got its name Dehradun. The sangat offered sewa at the samadhi and since then, the devotees observe this day. |
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Counselling begins for nursing courses
Dehradun, September 12 A common merit list was framed on the basis of the results of the entrance examination conducted by GB Pant Technical University on August 11. The candidates are being called for counselling
on the basis of this merit list. The counselling is being done for 640 seats. Of these, 150 seats are in the auxiliary nurses and midwives course in government schools, 60 government quota seats in the course in private schools; 80 seats in the general nursing and midwifery course in government schools, 100 quota seats in the course in private schools; 60 seats in BSc (Nursing) in government colleges and 100 quota seats in the course in private colleges; 30 seats in the post-basic nursing course in government colleges and 30 quota seats in the course in private institutions; 18 seats in MSc (Nursing) in government colleges and 18 quota seats in private institutions. “Today, candidates, who were placed between one and 500 on the merit list, were called for counselling for admission to the
auxiliary nurses and midwives course,” said Dr RP Bhatt, Director, Medical Education. The admissions will be held tomorrow on the basis of the counselling. On September 14, registration for the general nursing and midwifery course will be done of those candidates, who are placed between one and 300 positions on the common merit list, and admissions will done on September 15. The registration of candidates listed between one and 75 on the merit list for BSc (Nursing), post-basic nursing course, and MSc (Nursing) will be held on September 16 and admissions will be done on September 17. The second counselling for vacant seats will be held from September 22
to 25. In case there are still some vacant seats left, the registration and admissions will be done on the basis of the waiting list on September 29 and 30. |
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Worship of Goddess Nanda begins today
Pithoragarh, September 12 To offer their beloved Goddess Nanda flowers of her choice, hundreds of villagers from the Talla Johar region of Munsiyari in Pithoragarh district have reached Nanda Kund, situated at 14,700 feet high meadows in Chipla Kot ranges. ''The flowers which are offered to Goddess Nanda at her temple situated at Bala village of Talla Johar area are collected by villagers from the 14,700 feet high glacier after travelling for three days on foot,'' said Ganga Dutt Dwivedi, villager from the Talla Johar area. According to Dwivedi, the fresh flowers of Brahma Kamal will be offered to the goddess on Ashthami day, which falls on September 13 this year. “The three-day travel to the meadows is difficult enough by an ordinary person. Therefore, able-bodied youths are selected for the task,” said Dwivedi. The worship fervour has also gripped the towns of Almora, Nainital, Champawat and Bagheswar as devotees have brought banana plants from a distance to convert these into idols of Nanda and Sunanda, which will be vitalised by a priest tonight and will be worshiped tomorrow. ''This year we have brought the plants from Mangoli village after taking these in procession in the town. The process of making statues of Nanda and Sunanda has begun today,'' said Ganga Prasad Shah, president of Ram Sevak Sabha, a cultural body which organised Nanda worship every year. In Champawat district headquarters, which was once the old capital of Chand kings of Kumaon, the beginning of the Nanda festival was marked by a cultural procession which was led by traditional drummers and trumpet blowers, which began at Baleshwar temple after worshipping of deities by chief guest Dipendra Chaudhari, District Magistrate, Champawat. In the town of Almora, the grand festival of Nanda worship, witnessed by erstwhile kings of Kumaon, began with bringing of Banana plants to Nanda Devi temple and making idols of deities. ''The Nanda festival in Almora is a grand festival of the town after Dasehra and blessed by Kumaon kings traditionally,'' said Nagesh Pant, priest of the erstwhile royal family. The festival has also begun in Bageshwar, Ranikhet Bhawali and Johar areas, where the idols of Goddess Nanda are ready to be worshipped on the day of Nanda Ashthami tomorrow. |
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Take steps to prevent dengue, says Negi
Dehradun, September 12 Though no cases of dengue have been reported from Dehradun, a patient from Haridwar has been referred to the Doon Hospital for treatment. The minister has urged the officials to launch an awareness drive in the slum areas so that people keep their surroundings clean and do not allow water to stagnate. He also urged the department to carry fogging in these areas. Meanwhile, the pathology department of the Doon Hospital has put requisition for procuring kits for undertaking scrub typhus tests. A few patients suffering from this disease are undergoing treatment at the Himalayan Institute at Jolly Grant.
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BJP plans siege of Assembly
Dehradun, September 12 With the Uttarakhand legislative Assembly session beginning on September 18, the Uttarakhand BJP has decided to take on the Congress-led government both inside and outside
the House. Chairing a meeting of the Uttarakhand BJP, Teerath Singh Rawat, president of the party, exhorted the party members to begin preparations. “The Congress government has not yet chalked out a rehabilitation programme though it has been more than two months, since the mid-June disaster struck. The speed of spending the plan money is slow and the people of the affected parts of the state are crying for attention, but ministers of the Congress government are ignoring their pleas,” said Rawat. He discussed on making the programme ‘ghar-ghar chalo, gaon-gaon chalo’ a success. He urged the party workers to continue with their mission of making contacts with the people residing in the villages of Uttarakhand. |
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Gorkha Rifles observes Phillora Day
Dehradun, September 12 Capt Vijay Singh Khatri (retd), Honorary Captain Bharat Singh Thapa (retd), Sub Hari Singh Khatri (retd) and Sub Gopal Singh (retd), who participated in the Battle of Phillora, also participated in the function. During the 1965 war with Pakistan, 5/9 Gorkha Rifles captured Phillora in Pakistan after a fierce battle. Thrity Gorkha Rifles jawans attained martyrdom in the battle while 86 were injured. The Indian Government subsequently awarded Phillora Battle for Honour to 5/9 Gorkha Rifles.
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Villagers demand chopper service to reach winter homes
Pithoragarh, September 12 “We want migrating villagers to be accompanied with their cattle herd by helicopters to their respective places of winter migration,” said Narayan Singh Dariyal, a BDC member of Dar village, who met the SDM in this connection yesterday. According to the villagers, who met the administrative officer today, the 30- km-long motor road from Tawaghat to Dar village and 50 km track route ahead of it up to village Sipu is badly damaged and no trekking can be done on this road.''The villagers are crossing the route at Syangtha village by taking help of ropes and risking their lives,'' said Manoj Nangyal, Gram Pradhan of Nagling village. The Darma valley villagers have said that they would like to go to their winter migration areas as during the chilling winter they were unable to stay at their high Himalayan homes. “But this year people from all 9 gram panchayats of Darma valley will not be able to come down for winter migration if helicopters were not be provided to carry them and their cattle before October 15, the time of annual migration for centuries,” said Manoj Nangyal, Gram Pradhan of Nagling village. Flood-hit people given relief aid
Relief material donated by the Hindu Society of Canada was distributed by the Kumaon Agricultural and Greenery Advancement Society, an NGO based at Pithoragarh, to villagers of the disaster-affected areas of Dharchula and Munsiyari. Dr Ravish Joshi, director of the NGO, said Talla Dummer, Senar Payangti, Suring and Gangharia villages were selected for relief distribution as per the direction of the Hindu Society of Canada. “Nearly 200 families of these villages were given food items, candles, blankets and other essential materials for daily needs,” he said. The society has promised to help the disaster-hit people in the winter also. |
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Experts stress need to conserve biodiversity
Dehradun, September 12 Addressing the inaugural session, Dr SP Singh, Deputy Director-General, Administration, ICFRE, said biodiversity conservation was important for creating livelihood opportunities for the vulnerable sections of society. He said district-level officials must come up with different innovations for sustainable livelihood for the ecosystem management. Neena Grewal, Additional Director, Watershed Management Directorate, Uttarakhand, said in India, numerous best practises were being undertaken under the watershed management programme. She said officials must conduct awareness programmes and trainings for the better understanding of biodiversity conservation for sustainable livelihood. Earlier, welcoming the participants, Saibal Dasgupta, DDG (Extension), ICFRE, said the ICFRE was a proactive in forest and biodiversity-related issues at the national and international levels and was at present engaged in capacity-building programmes for officials, scientists and technologists working in the government sector. He said biodiversity rich forests were very good source for livelihood and biodiversity conservation programmes must be linked with the climate change. Twenty district officials from different parts of Uttarakhand are participating in the two-day training workshop. It has been sponsored by the Watershed Management Directorate, Dehradun. Dr Anita Srivastava, Additional Director, biodiversity conservation, ICFRE, coordinated the inaugural session. |
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Diamond Ark contributes designer clothes as relief
Dehradun, September 12 Designer collection contributed by Diamond Ark was handed over to Anil P Joshi, founder, HESCO, in New Delhi today. The funds raised will be utilised for rehabilitation and reconstruction works in the flood-hit zones of Uttarakhand. John Uche Jesus, the man behind Diamond Ark brand, said “Diamond Ark wants to extend support to the ongoing rehabilitation and reconstruction works in the flood-hit zones of Uttarakhand. The devastating natural calamity has claimed many lives. We hope the days of recovery will be back soon.” Diamond Ark brand was launched by John Uche Jesus, a renowned fashion designer from Nigeria. The donation comprises shirts, trousers and suits both western & Indo-western suits. |
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Four dowry harassment
complaints filed in Doon
Dehradun, September 12 In the second case, Sarhana Parveen filed a complaint in Dalanwala police station against his husband Saleem for harassing her and demanding more dowry from her parents. Devi, a resident of Sahaspur, also filed a complaint in Sahaspur police station against her husband Om Prakash for physically and mentally harassing her for bringing insufficient dowry. In yet another case, Husn Baani stated in a police complaint that the parents of her prospective husband had demanded Rs 2 lakh, 100 gram of gold and a plot to finalise the marriage but when her parents did not fulfil their demands, they refused to marry their son with her. She filed a complaint against the boy and his parents.
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The Uttarakhand BJP would lay siege to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly on September 19 to protest against the alleged tardy relief and rehabilitation work being carried by the Uttarakhand government in the aftermath of mid-June natural calamity.
With the Uttarakhand legislative Assembly session beginning on September 18, the Uttarakhand BJP has decided to take on the Congress-led government both inside and outside
the House.
