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ASI to study engravings on walls, pillars of Kedarnath temple
Six held for cheating in SSC exam
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Tiger project's implementation faces human interference
Govt accused of complacency in relief work
Asian School, Doon Presidency School win
SRTC College trounce Government PG College
Joint replacement safe, effective for arthritis patients: Doctor
Motorcyclist hit by car, injured
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ASI to study engravings on walls, pillars of Kedarnath temple
Dehradun, September 29 The inscriptions serve as a primary documentary evidence to establish legal, socio-cultural, literary and archaeological history. “The ASI would be carrying out first-of-its-kind exercise of copying the engravings present on the pillars and walls of the temple. So, along with the draftsman and surveyor, an epigraphist would also be leaving for Kedarnath in a day or two for undertaking stamps of the engravings present on the pillars. The decipherment and interpretation of the inscriptions would help us in reconstructing the history and culture of that period,” said Atul Bhargava, Superintending Archaeologist, Dehradun Circle. The pillars in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple have been cleaned by using a chemical and by the end of October the ASI would be able to possess the complete copy of the inscriptions on the walls of the temple. However, it would take months for deciphering the inscriptions and translating them. The temple dates back to the eighth century AD. It not only survived being under the snow for 400 years but has also undergone expansion and renovation in phases between the 11th century and beyond. “But there is no authentic documentary evidence about the date when the temple was constructed. This exercise would help us in deciphering the date of the temple,” said Bhargava. For the conservation of the Latina-style temple, the central office of ASI has sanctioned Rs 2 crore. “Though in the 18th century a wooden parasol was placed atop the temple to protect it from snow and rain, rain water still managed to enter it through the several openings in the temple,” he said. He added that due to the rusting of iron clamps used to bind the joints, some stones had either expanded or dislodged. For providing strength to the building, water tightening treatment would be carried out. “Further, the mandap that has been sinking on the southern side would also require strengthening and levelling,” Bhargava said.
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Six held for cheating in SSC exam
Dehradun, September 29 The arrested persons, including two girls, were using hi-tech gadgets like a blue tooth earpiece and a mike to cheat in the SSC exam at Guru Ram Rai School in Khurbura here. Satendra Singh and Swati from Muzaffarnagar, Rajesh Singh from Hisar, Sandeep from Rohtak, Lalit Kumar from Bhiwadi and Sapna from Delhi were caught by the invigilators while indulging in the malpractice during the exam. Circle Officer, Dehradun City, Harish Chandra Sati told The Tribune, “They have been arrested for cheating in the exam. A case will be filed against all of them under relevant sections.” The invigilator on duty got suspicious about the activities of a few students after he found them murmuring on earpieces attached to their ears. The six examinees were caught sharing questions and answers over the phone. According to the police, all of them were speaking to someone outside the examination hall. The police is investigating the involvement of a racket in the cheating case. Earlier 17 persons were arrested for cheating in the Ayush pre-medical entrance examination on September 23 and were sent to jail.
— TNS
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Docs take to ayurveda route for treating dengue
Haridwar, September 29 Members of the Haridwar Citizen Council are spreading awareness on dengue and measures that one needs to take to prevent it. Council doctor Dr Vijay Verma said, “When we have ayurvedic and ‘panchkarma’, it is surprising to see that dengue patients are still being referred to district hospitals and medical centres.” Citing seven dengue patients that he has cured, including 25-year-old Meera, resident of Indra Basti, who was instantly shown doors by District Mela Hospital doctors when her platelet count reached 25,000. Due to her poor economic background, Meera, besides many others, were referred to Jolly Grant Hospital or Combined Medical Institute, Dehradun. “We treated these patients in a short span of time with ‘vasti’ medical procedure of ‘panchkarma’ and ayurveda,” he said. “Allopathic prescriptions only enhance medical bills and create doubts among people. The state government should opt for ayurvedic treatment and the Health Department should take measures to ensure that dengue virus does not breed. Massive cleaning-cum-awareness drive, regular fumigation and awareness about ayurvedic therapy for dengue should be propagated,” said Dr Verma. Social activist JP Baduni has also submitted a memorandum to the City Magistrate regarding dirty nullah flowing from the Lalta Rao bridge till the railway station that falls in the area that has been a major breeding ground of dengue virus in the city. Baduni said the choked nullah was responsible for various contagious diseases and both local residents and pilgrims were facing problem due to this. The council members also urged the Municipal Corporation to carry out a cleanliness drive in the city.
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Tiger project's implementation faces human interference
Dehradun, September 29 A study by the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, on “Progress and problems in implementation of M-STrIPES’, has revealed that the major problem encountering in its implementation is that illegal activities are not being reported properly. “Forest guards in all seven tiger reserves are reluctant to record and report this data,” said K Ashok Kumar, a researcher. The Dehradun-based WII had come up with a technology-aided monitoring mechanism for tigers an year ago and identified seven tiger reserves in the country to implement it as a pilot project. Named M-STrIPes (Monitoring system for Tigers Intensive Patrolling and Ecological Status), the software was meant to keep a track on patrolling movements and help identify vulnerable points in the protected area. It was proposed as a programme to amalgamate research, field survey and conservation policies. The implementation of MSTrIPES has four components starting from field training to data collection followed by data entry and storage and finally the analysis and the interpretation of the data to get the results. Interestingly, there has been a question mark on the commitment of the forest authorities across the country to genuinely report illegal activities in the forests. According to K Ashok Kumar, a major change in the attitude and culture of the ground staff is required and this can be achieved by incentive-driven trust building by the senior management of the tiger reserve. The WII has provided training to 727 employees in various reserves regarding the data collection in different parks, besides forest department officials. But any effort on the part of the wildlife authorities in various states, where these reserves are located, have failed to bring about the change in the attitude of their respective ground
staff.
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BJP workers in Haridwar lambast Cong-led govts
Haridwar, September 29 Local BJP workers led by city legislator Madan Kaushik through pamphlets and posters highlighted the mistakes, scams and poor governance provided by the Congress both at the Centre and in the state. The BJP workers highlighted the failure of Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna in handling the situation arising out of the natural disaster and the relief and rehabilitation works. They said the state government was spending lakhs of rupees on advertisements to claim successful handling of the situation while bodies were being still recovered in the Kedarnath valley. Kaushik urged the people to think before they vote in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as the Congress had failed in all fronts of governance both at the Centre and in the state. “The Congress has created a new record in corruption with scams like the Adarsh Housing Society, 2-G, Commonwealth, Augusta Westland VIP helicopter and coal block allotment coming to light. The rising inflation and low economic growth have exposed its failure on the governance front,” he said. “Like the UPA government at the Centre the Congress-led government in the state is catering only to the rich, builders and the quarrying mafia. Even land allocated for the Tehri dam evacuees is being misused due to a nexus between Congress ministers and bureaucrats,” alleged Kaushik, a three-time city legislator. Kaushik also spoke about good governance provided by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government at the Centre and the BJP government in Uttarakhand led by Chief Ministers BC Khanduri and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. He added that in comparison to the BJP governments, the Union government headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the state government headed by Vijay Bahuguna had failed to provide good governance. District BJP unit head Kuldeep Gupta and women unit head Sanjana Sharma said the party activists were carrying the message to the public and hoped that the party would win all five parliamentary seats in Uttarakhand in the next Lok Sabha elections.
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Govt accused of complacency in relief work
Dehradun, September 29 Most of the speakers at the workshop said it was strange that despite the Meteorological Department’s warning the state government did little to prevent pilgrims from going to Kedarnath. They added now the same government was complacent about giving relief to the affected villagers in the state. They sought immediate measures to efficiently complete the relief and rehabilitation works in the affected areas before the onset of the winter.
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Woodstock school staff win football tourney
Mussoorie, September 29 The other teams that participated in the tournament were Mussoorie Public School, Mussoorie Int School, Tibetan Homes, Guru Nanak, Wynberg Allen, Oak Grove and Manava Bharti. Speaking on the occasion, physical instructor and organiser of the show Ajay Mark said the tournament was organised with an objective to bring all schools under one platform in the sports to create healthy and competitive environment in the town. He further said the schools had remained divided while competing in sports and had created two groups. To overcome this, a competition was organised in which staff from all schools could take part and discuss the ways to unite. Principal of Woodstock School Jonathon Long commended the efforts of the organisers.
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Asian School, Doon Presidency School win
Dehradun, September 29 After winning the toss, The Asian School decided to bat first and made 32 runs in the first inning at the loss of 5 wickets, whereas the Raja Ram Mohan Rai team scored 20 runs in their first innings. In the second innings, The Asian School scored 37 runs, taking their final total to 69 runs. While chasing the target, the Raja Ram Mohan Rai team stumbled and could score only 24 runs in the second innings, thereby losing the match. In the second match of the day, Doon Presidency School trounced Summer Valley School by 20 runs. Doon Presidency won the toss and elected to bat first. The team made 27 runs in the first inning and in response, Summer Valley scored 29 runs in their first inning. Dominating the second innings, Doon Presidency scored 48 runs, whereas the Summer Valley team was bowled out for 26 runs and lost the match by 20 runs. Doon Public School won its match against The Cambridge School by 6 wickets. After being put into bat first, Cambridge School scored 21 runs at the loss of 5 wickets and Doon Public School managed to score 20 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. Improving their performance, The Cambridge School managed to surpass its first inning score and scored 29 runs. Doon Valley did not find much difficulty in the chasing the moderate target and won the match by 6 wickets. The last match of the day was played between Bala Hissar Academy and Colonel Brown School in which Bala Hissar emerged winner. After being asked to bat first, Bala Hissar scored 28 runs in their first inning at the loss of 2 wickets and Colonel Brown scored 25 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the first innings. In the second innings, Bala Hissar Academy scored 28 runs at the loss of 4 wickets, whereas Colonel Brown managed to score mere 20 runs in their second innings and lost the match.
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SRTC College trounce Government PG College
Dehradun, September 29 After being put to bat first, Government PG College, Gopeshwar, scored mere 42 runs and the whole team was bowled out for 12.2 overs. The SRTC did not find any trouble in chasing such a low score and got passed the target in mere 6.4 overs at the loss of 3 wickets. In the second match,
PG College, Rishikesh, defeated Government Degree College, Satpuli, by 5 wickets. Batting first, Government Degree College,
Satpuli, scored 110 runs in its innings. PG College, Rishikesh, chased down the target without much difficulty in
mere 16.4 overs at the loss of 5 wickets. Two quarterfinal matches were also played in the tournament and PG College, Kotdwar, and Institute of Technology Management (ITM) entered the semifinals of the tournament after winning their quarterfinal matches. PG College, Kotdwar, won the match against BCC, Srinagar, by 52 runs. Batting first, PG College, Kotdwar, scored 142 runs and BCC, Srinagar, was bowled out in 90 runs. In the second quarterfinal, the ITM defeated Government PG College, New Tehri, by 7 wickets. Batting first, the New Tehri team scored 87 runs in its inning. The ITM team managed to chase the target in 13.2 overs at the loss of 3 wickets.
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St Lawrence School overall athletics champion
Mussoorie, September 29 The St Lawrence team began by winning the sub-junior division boys and girls championships early morning. The trophy in the boys’ category in the senior division went to Ghananand Inter College while Mussoorie Girls Inter College lifted the trophy in the senior girls’ division. In individual events, Neeraj from St. Lawrence School stood first in the 100 and 200 metre races in the boys’ sub-junior division While Praveen from the same school won 800, 1,500 and 3,000 metre races in the junior division. In the girls’ section, Radha stood first in 800, 1,500 and 3,000 metre races while Sunil Lal stood first in 100 and 200 metre and long jump in the senior division. Municipal Council president Manmohan Singh Mall, who was the chief guest on the occasion, gave away awards and citations to the winners and the participants. Former Mussoorie MLA Jot Singh Gunsola and former MC president OP Uniyal were present on the occasion.
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Govt college (Rishikesh) beat SRT Campus
Dehradun, September 29 After winning the toss, the Rishikesh team elected to bat first and made 133 runs in 20 overs. However, the Tehri team could score only 97 runs. In another match, DAV (PG) College, Dehadun, won its quarterfinal match against DBS PG College by 7 wickets. The DBS team won the toss and elected to bat first and made 94 runs. DAV (PG) did not find much trouble in chasing the target. Vaibhav Panwar was adjudged the man of the match.
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Joint replacement safe, effective for arthritis patients: Doctor
Dehradun, September 29 This was stated by Dr BKS Sanjay, a renowned orthopaedic and spine surgeon during a talk on ‘Clarification of doubts about arthritis and its treatment’ held here yesterday. He mentioned that despite all precautions, the degeneration of joints increased as a person turned older. Patients had to go through pain due to arthritis but in some patients it became worse and they had to go for a joint replacement surgery. He suggested that whenever such problems arose, patients should go for joint replacement. The surgeon claimed that joint replacement was an effective and successful alternative for arthritis patients. Dr Sanjay said, “Total joint replacement is being conducted since 70s. But it is not that common in India due to many doubts in our society. Joint replacements are safe and patient can lead healthy and normal lives after the surgery.”
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Motorcyclist hit by car, injured
Mussoorie, September 29 The police said the accident took place when
a Ford being driven by a Haryana resident, identified as Dipu Saini, hit the motorcyclist while trying to overtake another vehicle. Dipu Saini and the other occupants of the car, namely Lakshman, Sahil and Sachin, are in police custody.
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