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Mystery shrouds death of 25,000 brown trout fingerlings
The trout hatchery Barot in Mandi. Photo by writer
Hamirpur Parliament Seat
Palampur Rotary Eye Hospital provides affordable eye care
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Vignettes
Himachal diary
‘China cracking down on Tibetan culture’
Wildlife week celebrated at Bharmour tribal township
Bilaspur farmers to get 50% subsidy on wheat seed
State govt to launch school health programme
Uhal-III hydro project
Samiti distributes study material to 147 students
BJP calls bus-fare hike betrayal of trust
Woman breaks social taboos, cremates sister
Five-day sports tourney begins
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Mystery shrouds death of 25,000 brown trout fingerlings
Barot (Mandi), October 15 The Fisheries Department is out to keep the “high and mysterious mortality of over 25,000 fingerling under wraps”. The fingerling “died due to negligence on the part of the supervisory staff here as there was no full-time fishery officer here from May till the recent time”, revealed insiders. Because of the mortality of the brown trout fingerlings at the farm, the Fisheries Department has no trout seed available to stock the brown trout in its fresh water habitats in Tirthan, Parbati, Sainj and other natural streams in Kullu, Mandi, Chamba and other parts of the state, members of the HP Angling Association (HPAA) and Trout Conservation and Angling Association (TCAA), Kullu, said. Trout farmers are suffering huge losses as brown trout seed was not available for stocking and breeding this year as thousands of fingerlings had died at the Barot farm, charged Krishan Sandhu, secretary, TCAA. “The brown trout needs 24x7 monitoring once it lays eggs. The fingering needs right feed after two hours, but this protocol is being ignored,” said KB Ralhan, secretary general, HPAA. “The brown trout is the only fish for angling in rivers. But it is a pity that thousands of brown trout have allegedly perished at the farm,” he said. The Barot farm can produce 55,000 brown trout every year. “Fisheries officials had told them at an angling meet at Kasol in May that they would stock 25,000 brown trout in Kullu this year, but they have no seed at Barot,” Sandhu said. On the other hand, the officials of the Fisheries Department claimed that there was no large-scale mortality of brown trout and they supplied seeds to farmers as per their demands. “We have ordered an inquiry and will take action against those found guilty. However, we have stocked 20,000 brown trout in Chamba this year. Last year, we have stocked enough quantity in Kullu," said Gurcharan Singh, director-cum-warden, Fisheries. “The mortality of brown trout remains on a higher side in the rivers and they are finding reasons as to why it has been happening,” he said. “The inquiry report will be submitted in a month’s time,” the director added. Rajinder Paul, fisheries officer, Barot, said he had joined recently and no “mortality was reported” during his time so far.
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Congress starts process to finalise candidate
Dharam Prakash Gupta Tribune News Service
Hamirpur, October 15 In this connection, process for zeroing on candidates has already begun and reports through AICC observers, besides through different agencies, are being collected. An AICC observer has already toured the state and had collected information through interaction with block Congress leaders, MLAs and district party leaders. The AICC has been laying special emphasis on the Hamirpur parliament seat and has asked Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) leaders to concentrate more on the Hamirpur parliament seat. The Hamirpur constituency is at present represented by Anurag Thakur, national president of the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha and son of former Chief Minister PK Dhumal, in the Parliament. Hamirpur district, the home district of Dhumal, had been a stronghold of the BJP and Congress candidates had lost six elections in a row since 1998 at the hands of the BJP candidates here. The performance of Congress candidates in this election had been dismal except in a few elections and Congress leaders are eyeing a win in the Hamirpur constituency desperately this time. The Congress had been making experiments during the last many elections by fielding different candidates after the death of Narain Chand Prashar, who had won the seat several times. For the coming elections, Congress leaders are working on different strategies and name of experienced Congress leader Ram Lal Thakur, who had contested three parliament elections without a win, is also doing the rounds in political circles. The party is also assessing chances of fielding a new candidate like Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri or party MLAs Rakesh Kalia or Rajesh Dharamani among others. After the induction of Sujanpur MLA Rajinder Rana (Independent) as an associate member of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP), his name has also been doing rounds.
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Palampur Rotary Eye Hospital provides affordable eye care
Dharamsala, October 15 The hospital started as a small unit in 1985 on a piece of land donated by Mela Mal Sood. Now, the hospital has three branches -- one each at Dusara in Una and Pragpur in Kangra, besides the parent branch at Maranda, Palampur. The hospitals have performed about 1.30 lakh eye surgeries so far in the state, including about 20,000 free surgeries for poor patients. The hospitals that are being run by the Trust under the chairmanship of a philanthropist from Palampur, Dr Shiv Kumar, have the state-of-the-art machinery. It is the only hospital in the entire state that has a facility for Vitreo-Retinal surgery. Even the two government-run medical colleges in the state, including Tanda Medical College and IGMC, Shimla, do not have the facility for Vitreo-Retinal. Dr SK Sharma, Director, Mela Mal Sood Rotary Eye Hospital, said all kinds of eye surgeries were being performed at their hospital. The hospital conducts cataract surgery at an affordable cost of just Rs 4,000 for general patients and free of cost for poor patients. Whereas, in the private sector, the cost of operation goes up to Rs 40,000. The Vitreo-Retinal surgeries were conducted in the hospital at a cost of just Rs 15,000, the amount of which was 50 per cent less than what was being charged by other private hospitals. The eye surgeries as Glucoma (Kala Motia) and cosmetic surgeries were conducted at cost of Rs 2,000. Dr Sharma further said the hospital also has a mobile operation theatre van that was used for the benefit of patients in remote and tribal areas of the state. "It is the only mobile operation theatre van available for eye surgery in the entire state. Since the objective of the Trust running the hospital is not to make profit, we have kept rates of eye surgeries at almost no profit no loss basis," he added. The hospital also conducts camps and surgeries in its mobile operation theatre van in the tribal areas such as Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti almost every year. The poor patients from across the state visit the hospital for eye treatment. They are provided hygienic boarding and lodging facilities by the institute within its campus at Maranda. The hospital that started with a single doctor, Dr DK Sharma who is now Director of the institute, in 1985 now has seven eye specialists, including the only vitreo retina expert in the entire state, Dr Sudhir. Due to the infrastructure created at Maranda in eye speciality, the many patients even from other states visit the institute for affordable and state-of-the-art eye treatment. As per the official records, the hospital conducts around 10,000-12,000 eye surgeries in a year that is among the highest in the state. Since the hospital now has adequate infrastructure, it has now applied for DNB seats to impart training to post-graduation students. However, the permission is still awaited from the Union Ministry for Health. The way the Mela Mal Sood Rotary Eye Hospital has come up as a private hospital providing affordable and free eye treatment to patients without any government help, it should be adopted as a model by the government institutions that are not able to deliver despite government support.
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KL Saigal would enthral listeners during his Shimla stay by Shriniwas Joshi I was passing through Bharari bazaar when an acquaintance pointed towards a ramshackle structure known as Kodumal Building (See Photo) and told me that the great singer and film personality Kundan Lal Saigal used to live here when he was serving as a typewriter salesman in Remington Rand Typewriter, Shimla, from 1928 to 1931. Instantly his song ‘Karoon kya aas niraas bhai’ which he had sung for film ‘Dushman’ came to my mind. It is one of my pet songs and should be for all strugglers for it gave one the energy to fight it out in the world, ‘Jab na kisi ne raah sujhaai/ Dil se ik awaaz yun aayi/ Himmat baandh sambhal barh aage/ Roke nahin hai koi’. (When none showed the path/ I heard the voice of my heart/ ‘Mend and move ahead with audacity/ For one then there is no paucity.’) Kundan Lal Saigal was born on April 11, 1904, at Jammu to father Amar Nath and mother Kesar Bai. He was a school-dropout and worked as Railway Timekeeper, Hotel Manager and then as Typewriter salesman. His early music education was through singing and acting in Ram Lilas where he played the role of Sita. He also used to go for singing to the shrine of Sufi saint Salamat Yusuf and when young, he sneaked near the house of a ‘tawaif’ so that he could hear her sing and later imitate her style. He migrated to Jalandhar to learn the Punjabi mode of singing. His desire of becoming a student of Ustad Faiyyaz Khan was never accomplished because when Khan Sahib heard him singing, he said, “I have no knowledge with me to make you a better singer than you are.” He had come to Shimla after undergoing various informal experiments towards culturing his voice as a singer. Here, he used to enthral the listeners with his songs sung in the performances by National Amateur Dramatic Club, Phagli and the Gaiety Theatre. He played the role of a eunuch in one of the plays at the Gaiety and sung, “Saiyyan morey laaye re bataashe ki jori.” It became so popular that one could hear a passer-by humming the tune wherever you are in the Lower Bazaar. Sir Rajendra Singhji Dev Bahadur, Maharaja of Jhalawar sitting in the VIP Box of the Gaiety Theatre saw the performance of Saigal and was so impressed that he took him to the then topmost ‘Ranken and Company-Tailors and Drapers’, its showroom used to be where the office of the Life Insurance exists today at Scandal Point, and purchased a costly suit for him. AN Walia writes in an article that while in Shimla, Saigal had frequent music-sittings participated by Master Mohan, Master Amar Nath, who was later the music director for Pancholi Arts Pictures, Lahore, and Master Homi, music-master of Parsi Theatre. Saigal himself was a deft harmonium player and an eager learner, so he learnt quite a few melodies from Homi.
His portrayal of Devdas (See Photo) in 1935 made him the first superstar of Indian film Industry. Walia writes that after the success of Devdas, he came to Shimla in 1936 where a Charity Show was organised at Kali Bari Hall in his honour. Saigal acknowledging the greetings of the people came to the stage and sung on harmonium the songs from Yahoodi ki Larki, Puran Bhagat, Devdas etc. and left for Grand Hotel, where he was staying, leaving one and all stupefied in the hall. He became a slave of luscious liquor towards his end and could foresee his death so returned to Jalandhar, where he had spent his early youth, and died at the age of 42 years. Probably, Gods also wanted to hear him sing.
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Exhibition of photographs on British landscapes, architecture
Indeed Siddharth Pandey has been able to capture the magnificence of the spaces of Britain, in terms of both nature and built heritage, in each of the 150-odd big and small pictures on display. His creative vision and curious angles have only enhanced the visual impact and lent a distinct charm to the pictures. An M Phil in children's literature from Cambridge University, Pandey is currently in Shimla as an independent researcher and photographer. The works on display mostly pertain to Britain, except a small section devoted to Shimla. “I have broadly tried to understand how the spaces we live in and know influence the literature we read and the visuals we see. This exhibition tries to evoke the popular and romantic images often associated with a ‘typically’ British landscape, images that evoke a sense of continuity, history and heritage conservation,” he said, explaining the reasons why he was so overwhelmed by landscapes and architectural brilliance. He said he wondered at times if it was his vision that shaped his photograph, or it was his photography that shaped his vision and there were no answers. Pandey held his first photographic exhibition at the University of Cambridge in May this year which won positive reviews from art lovers. These days he is busy capturing on his camera the beauty of the “Queen of Hills”. Once the task is complete, he will organise another exhibition, which will be not only devoted to Shimla but also have works pertaining to Britain so that a comparison could be drawn. Of religious matters
The Charan Paduka (footsteps) of Goddess Shree Bhimakali from Sarahan temple will be established at Jeori on the national highway for the convenience of the pilgrims who fail to go up to the shrine located 18 km uphill. It was decided at the meeting of the Bhimakali Temple Trust held earlier this week under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh who heads the Trust. It was also stressed that for proper infrastructure facilities such as a serai bhavan, water, electricity, parking and toilets should be provided for the pilgrims who throng the Bhimakali throughout the year. A ‘bhandara’ should be organised once a week at the temple and it should be properly publicised so that people could make advance bookings. The Trust has 10 temples under its ambit and it earned Rs 1,64,11,432 from all its sources from January 1 to December 31, 2012 while the expenditure was Rs 1,82,11,289 during the period and the balance amount was Rs 34,69,157. The income from January 1 to September 30 , 2013, was Rs 96,99,725 and the expenditure Rs 87, 00, 311. Virbhadra Singh said the complex adjoining Sarahan temple museum, which was in a bad condition, would be reconstructed and the floor of Laukda ji temple would also be relaid. He said that Lankdaveer ‘Sinhasan’ would be constructed with 20 kg of silver. The roof and floor of Janki Mai Gufa Mandir would be repaired.
Political rivals' war of words
The war of words between the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP has taken a new dimension with both parties making 'disclosures' of alleged misdeeds of the party leaders. The Congress government has initiated proceedings in a case against two sons of former Chief Minister PK Dhumal and
Congress leaders are levelling several charges against them. The registration of a case in the purchase of a
piece of land near Dharamsala by Dhumal’s son has brought the family under attack. Not taking these charges lying down, Dhumal’s son has also levelled charges of alleged irregularities in income tax returns of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and loan taken by him from a person. While both the Congress and the BJP are making exposures regarding alleged wrongs committed by their top leaders, the people find them sailing in the same boat, bringing down the credibility of the present political class. (Contributed by Rakesh Lohumi and DP Gupta)
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‘China cracking down on Tibetan culture’
Dharamsala, October 15 "Singer Shawo Tashi has become the latest Tibetan to be arbitrarily detained and sentenced," said human rights watchdog, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
(TCHRD). Tashi, who was sentenced last month, is known for his deep interest in traditional Tibetan music, and is especially adept at playing mandolin and
dranyen, a Tibetan flute. Likewise, popular Tibetan writer Gangkye Drupa Kyab was sent to prison for alleged political activities and singer Kelsang
Yarphel, popularly known as contemporary Tibet's young nightingale, was detained last month for singing a politically subversive song at a
concert. Tsering Tsomo, executive director, TCHRD, said the ongoing crackdown was an attack on the freedom of expression and opinion of the people of Tibet. "We have reports that hundreds of people have been detained so far. Most of them have been kept at undisclosed locations," said Lobsang
Wangyal, the producer and director of the Tibetan Music Awards. He said at least a dozen singers have either been imprisoned or detained for lyrics which openly praise the Dalai Lama and Tibetan unity and identity. According to
Wangyal, even Tibetans in exile have increasingly used art and media as the means to express their aspiration for the freedom cause. "Websites such as
YouTube, Facebook, and Wikipedia are their favourite tools in bringing about awareness and promoting their activism," he
said. Wangyal himself has been producing different art events such as "Sing for Tibet" to assure fellow Tibetans inside Tibet of the hopes for an end to their misery. The Central Tibetan Administration
(CTA), the government-in-exile based in this Himachal Pradesh hill town, said the most significant expressions of approval and support coming from the community inside Tibet was through their songs,
'thangkhas' or Tibetan paintings and offerings of prayers. "We, Tibetans in exile, can feel the pain expressed by singers like Pema Trinlay and Chakdor in their songs," said Lobsang
Sangay, Tibetan prime minister-in-exile. "The Tibetans have their own language and culture and the Chinese leadership is targeting that. If Beijing ends harsh measures, protests in the form of self-immolation will abate automatically," he said. A post on the CTA website, quoting the Dalai Lama's address during his September 12 visit to the Lithuanian Parliament in Vilnius, said "Many intellectuals, writers and campaigners, including Liu
Xiaobo, have expressed support for our cause. So, I think it may yet be possible to find a mutually acceptable
solution." Xiaobo, the imprisoned Nobel Laureate Chinese writer, was one of the signatories of a courageous open letter in 2008 that expressed support for the Dalai Lama's peace initiatives, said CTA officials. The Dalai Lama fled Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese communist rule in 1959. Around 1.40 lakh Tibetans now live in exile, over one lakh of them in different parts of India. Over six million Tibetans live in Tibet. The government-in-exile is not recognised by any country.
— IANS
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Wildlife week celebrated at Bharmour tribal township
Bharmour, October 15 The chief guest at the function, Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri, was accompanied by his wife, Savitri Bharmouri, his son, Amit Bharmour, who is also a member of the zila parishad, and other distinguished persons of the Forest Department including the Chief Conservator of Forests, Chamba, ARM Reddy. On the occasion various celebrations were held at GSS schools located on the fringe of various sanctuaries of the district, namely Kugti, Tundah, Kalatop-Khajjiar, Gamgul Siabehi and Sechu-Twan. The Forest Minister said that wildlife week was celebrated usually in the first week of October to show high regard to the preaching of the Father of the Nation to show non-violence towards animals and fellow creatures. Painting, elocution and quiz competitions were convened among students of plus two and prizes were distributed by the Forest Minister, both at the sanctuary and the district levels. Speaking on the occasion, Thakur Singh Bharmouri pleaded with the student community to protect forests from fire so that wildlife could be protected. He also gave an account of the sanctuaries and national parks present in the state besides the diversity of wild animals, birds and aquatic fauna and fish varities found in the state. He told the public how the boundaries of the sanctuaries had been rationalised to facilitate development in the area and also. He also sought active cooperation from the public in protecting wildlife and their conservation. Bharmouri also awarded cash incentives to the school authorities for having convened the function and presenting local cultural shows. To honour the minister on the occasion, the Forest Department presented a memento of the state bird ‘Western Tragopan’ depicted on the famous ‘Chamba Thali’ in vibrant colours.
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Bilaspur farmers to get 50% subsidy on wheat seed
Bilaspur, October 15 He said Rs 50 lakh had been provided by the government as seed subsidy for this district, while wheat seed subsidy would amount to Rs 35 lakh. He said 8 quintals of toriya, 10 quintals of chana, 2 quintals of masoor and 165 quintal of barseem seeds were also being supplied to farmers on subsidy. He said four gram panchayats of Rajpura (Naina Devi constituency), Nanawan (Bilaspur Sadar constituency), Pandtehada (Ghumarwin constituency) and Jhandutta (Jhandutta constituency) had been selected under the Mukhya Mantri Adarsh Krishi
Gram Yojna. Each gram panchayat was being provided Rs 10 lakh for agricultural infrastructural development, while additional Rs 27.85 lakh was also being spent
on other schemes in these panchayats. Lakhanpal said Rs 51.75 lakh was being spent in the district this year on increase in 170 hectares of land under vegetables, enhancing production by 3,400 metric tonnes benefiting 1,500 farmers. He said a marketing yard was being set up at Jukhala at a cost of Rs 59 lakh. Three agriculture produce collection-cum-grading centres were being set up at Gaahar, Auhar and Barthin at a cost of Rs 9 lakh. Under the Kisan Baghwaan Smridhi Yojna, Rs 13.83 crore had been spent for setting up 1,565 poly houses on 18.63 hectares in which loans at 85 per cent subsidy had been provided. Lakhanpal said per hectare production of wheat had increased to 26.26 quintals, while under the soil health programme 10,500 soil cases were to be tested this year for identifying the best produce in their lands. He said in kharif, maize and paddy and in rabi wheat and barley had been brought under the insurance scheme and half of this premium was to be paid by the government. This gave relief from natural calamities like fires, lightning, floods, drought, dry weather, storms and hailstorms, pests etc. Tomato of the kharif season of the Bilaspur Sadar Development Block had also been brought under this insurance scheme on trial bases.
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State govt to launch school health programme
Shimla, October 15 “During my recent visit to Sweden, we have requested the Swedish Government to launch a school health programme for adolescents in the entire state so that they can be given basic sex education, which is the need of the hour,” said Health and Family Welfare Minister Kaul Singh
Thakur. Thakur said the visit was a success in terms of exchange of ideas and issues related to health sector. He said an analysis of good practices in Sweden would be made and efforts would be made to implement the same in the state. The Swedish Government in association with a voluntary
organisation, Mamta, is running such health-related programmes in eight states of the country. The school health education programme would be implemented in all the government schools and would cover the age group from 12 to 18 years. The health minister along with senior officials of the Health Department visited Sweden recently to explore possibility of improving health services for adolescents in the state. As part of the agreement, the university has been training doctors and other paramedical staff in the districts of
Mandi, Chamba and Shimla. The delegation also met Dr Johan Carlsson, the Director General of the Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control as well as Dr Monica
Idestrm, the Head of the unit for coordination of HIV and STI prevention, Sweden. The Swedish side briefed about the ongoing work on the overuse of antibiotics. The minister said the state would be willing to work on a project, which could assess the use of antibiotics in the health systems The delegation also met the Swedish Ambassador for Global Health, in the Ministry of External Affairs, Dr Anders
Nordstrm, who detailed about the international training programme being run by funds provided by the Government of Sweden.
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Lining work of headrace tunnel delayed
Tribune News Service
Jogindernagar (Mandi), October 15 Plagued by a series of alleged scams, delays, strikes and water ingress in the tunnel, the corporation has revised its schedule for commissioning for the fifth time. Its cost is being projected at Rs 1,100 crore, making it one of the most expensive projects. As a result, its cost has shot up by 100 crore and its schedule has been revised to December 2014. The project cost has more than doubled from Rs 431 crore in 2003 to Rs 1,100 crore as being estimated by the corporation today. This will become the second costliest project after the 126 MW Larji project that cost about Rs 1,400 crore. “The per megawatt cost of electricity will come to around Rs 11 crore in the Uhal-III project, while in case of Larji, it was Rs 11.11 crore,” said hydro experts. “It is not only the water ingress, but the wrong selection of contractors for the construction of the tunnel, which delayed the completion of the project by more than four years,” revealed insiders. The corporation rescinded the tunnel contract twice in the recent past, as contractors could not show progress. Secondly, the land acquisition process to acquire 500 bighas of private cultivable land between Machhial and Khuddar further delayed the work. SS Chauhan, Managing Director, BVPC, said the contractor had been brought back and had resumed the lining work. “The powerhouse, surge shaft, transmission line are ready and we hope the first unit will be commissioned in December 2014 with the estimated cost of Rs 1,100 crore,” he added.
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Samiti distributes study material to 147 students
Nurpur, October 15 It was 88th distribution programme. The samiti had earlier distributed sweaters, study material like text books, note books, card boards etc. to the needy and deserving students of government schools in the area. HL Acharya, principal, thanked the samiti for assisting the needy students of government schools. He also called upon other voluntary organisations to get inspired from such activities of the samiti. Kulbhushan Sharma, president, Gayatri Seva Samiti, said the samiti would continue to extend its succor to the pupils in the near future too. He said the samiti had aimed to fulfil the immediate requirement of the needy students of government schools in the area. The samiti had earlier distributed sweaters to the pupils during winters. Apart from this, the samiti had been distributing fruits and milk to the indoor patients of local civil hospital for the past many years on every second Saturday of every month.
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BJP calls bus-fare hike betrayal of trust
Bilaspur, October 15 Earlier the DCC met here under the chairmanship of district president Santosh Dhiman and said the BJP was making “unnecessary noise” over the bus fare hike as it was due to an increase in diesel prices. Observers here feel that this was for the first time that the DCC has publicly supported any “unpopular and heavy taxation measure” by the government. The DCC said even during the BJP rule there was an increase of 33 per cent in bus fare even when diesel prices were only Rs 32 per litre. On the other hand, hundreds of BJP activists and leaders from all parts of the district led by former Deputy Speaker Rikhi Ram Kaundal and BJP district president Rakesh Gauttam converged on the Circuit House here recently and held a meeting adopting unanimous resolution condemning the bus fare hike. Bhim Singh Chandel, Ashutosh Sharma, Ram Kumar Sharma, Rajender Garga, Usha Thakur, Shiv Pal Manhns, Daulat Ram Thakur and Roshan Thakur.
— OC
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Woman breaks social taboos, cremates sister
Bilaspur, October 15 She has also decided to perform all Suman's last rites as they do not have any brother and the deceased was unmarried due to her crippling handicap from birth. Earlier Suman, a talented artist despite her being physically challenged, including her hands and the fact that she was totally bedridden since birth, learnt painting with her feet and mouth and earned popularity as a prominent “foot-and-mouth
artist”, particularly of greeting cards. Her greeting cards got national recognition and acceptance in affluent sections of society also due to her treatment of subjects, mostly environment, pollution and children. Her funeral was attended by a large number of elite and leaders of social organisations
of the town who gathered there to pay their last respects and honour the undaunted spirit of Suman in facing adverse
situations and other circumstances in life boldly. She was ailing for some time.
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Five-day sports tourney begins
Sundernagar, October 15 An impressive march past was presented during the opening ceremony of the function and various contingent saluted the chief guest. Around 1,300 students from various primary schools of Himachal Pradesh are attending the five-day long tournament. Five games have been included in the tournament for which competition would be held for the under-12 category of boys and girls separately. About 300 teachers have also been deployed. Sohan Lal Thakur announced Rs two lakh for the construction of stage in the school premises.
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Mystery shrouds the recent "high mortality of 25,000 brown trout fingerlings" from a fish seed farm here this year. This is the only fish farm that produces brown trout seed for farmers and for stocking in trout-rich habitats in Uhal, Tirthan, Parbati, Sainj, Pabbar and other fresh water rivers in the state.
It is also said that AC Sarkar, the owner of New Theatres Kolkata was sitting at the Gaiety, where he heard Saigal and offered him to come to Kolkata to join New Theatres, which Saigal did. He fine-tuned his music-skills when he came in touch with stalwarts like RC Boraal, Pankaj Mallik, Timir Baran, KC Dey and Pahari Sanyal
in Kolkata. 
A four-day photographic exhibition entitled “Landscapes of Imagination: A Photographic Display of British Spaces” at the historic Gaiety Theatre not only brought out the natural splendour and architectural grandeur of the United Kingdom but also provided a peep into the aesthetic mind of the man behind the lens.
