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MC Board Meeting
Garbage scattered on the Kaulagarh Road in Dehradun. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
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Only 2-hour OPD
Celebrity couple charms Haridwar
Varun Badola and Rajeshwari perform at the Haridware Mahotsav.
Tribune photo: Rameshwar
N-disarmament dangerous: Expert
A war widow being consoled by Rita JP Singh, president of Kharga AWWA. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
No parking space at Doon’s nerve centre
Two-wheelers lined up between the DM’s office and the District Coop Bank. Tribune photo: Anil P. Rawat
Sports
Baseball competition from Nov 14
‘Mission Advani 2009’ launched
Five die in road accident
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Remove garbage, insist angry councillors
Jotirmay Thapliyal Tribune News Service
Dehradun, November 11 Leader of the opposition and senior councillor Ashok Varma took strong exception to the poor sanitation arrangements in the city. He said it was becoming increasingly difficult for the councillors to face the public in their respective wards, as sanitation conditions were going from bad to worse. The issue of outsourcing of sanitation works in some of the big wards also came up for discussion on the mayor’s suggestion. But the house gave a divided opinion on the issue. While councillors like Uday Singh Chandel strongly supported outsourcing, others like Arun Valmiki, Amita Singh and Babita Sahrotra said such a step would only encourage the contractor system. The suggestion for purchase of night sweeping machines was also taken up for deliberation. While few of the councillors welcomed such an initiative, some including Govind questioned its appropriateness. He referred to the Lift Bag machines pointing out that they had failed to deliver results as the MC staff lacked the requisite expertise. He added that the night sweeping machines would meet the same fate. Councillors Dr Vijendra Pal and Sanjay said there were very few sanitary employees in their wards, which have made things worse. Some of the councillors also demanded creation of more sanitation committees to deal with staff shortage. Notably, there are a total of 862 sanitary employees, including contractual and daily wagers, who are working in various capacities. The board also passed a proposal for purchase of 500 new rickshaws for ensuring proper transportation of garbage. However, some of the councillors raised reservations on this too. Some of the councillors also claimed that garbage from other wards was being dumped into the bins put up in their wards leading to more problems. Earlier, as soon as the house assembled, the councillors welcomed 10 new nominated members. The issue of convening a collective meeting of all the elected members of local bodies linked to 75th Amendment was also decided during the meeting. The lack of coordination between the supervisor and councillors also came to the fore and the mayor had to seek clarifications regarding ward-wise assessment of deployed sanitary workers. Meanwhile, members of the Local Bus Stand Market Welfare Committee, Rajpur road, staged a protest outside the corporation and sought the removal of heaps of garbages from the bus stand market area. Anant Akash led the protest.
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CPI to gherao Khanduri
Raju William Tribune News Service
Dehradun, November 11 As per the action plan disclosed by the party’s state unit secretary Samar Bhandari, the CPI workers would gherao the CM on November 14 at Gauchar in Rudarprayag district where he is slated to inaugurate the 10-day famous cultural mela of Garhwal region.
“We demand that the CM should declare Gairsain as the state capital without any delay as this was one of the main issues during the statehood movement,” he said. The party would also organise demonstrations at the district headquarters to mobilise public support on the issue. As part of this, a protest would be held at Dehradun tomorrow. Bhandari claimed that they were getting statewide support on the issue. A common protest plan would be announced by the end of this month in consultation with the Left parties, including CPM and CPI (ML). Besides, the plan would include issues related to displacement of people due to big hydro-electricity projects, unemployment, and strengthening of public distribution system. On the Gairsain issue, Bhandari accused the Khanduri government of indulging in delaying tactics, which indicated a lack of sincerity towards fundamental issues and interests for which Uttarakhand was created. “Earlier the government tried to prolong any decision by giving several extensions to the Dikshit Commission formed for the purpose. Now it is inexplicably shying away from making the commission’s report public,” Bhandari alleged.
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Doctors’ strike hurts patients
Neena Sharma Tribune News Service
Dehradun, November 11 At a meeting with the health minister yesterday, the Prantiya Chikitsa Evam Swasthaya Sewa Sangh members were assured that they would get pay scales equal to those in the neighbouring states. “So far nothing concrete has come our way, only verbal assurances have also been given by the principal secretary, health, K.D. Raju,” said Dr D.P. Joshi, general secretary of the Sangh. He added that the state government’s step-motherly treatment is detrimental to the interest of doctors, who work under adverse conditions. The state government has approved the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commissions recommendations but is not ready to pay better scales to them, he said. “The present struggle is not only for 25% NPA, but addresses a wider range of issue including provision of quality medical care to people of the state,” said Dr V.S. Tolia from the Doon Hospital. Meanwhile, the stir has caused a lot of inconvenience to patients coming here from far off places as the doctors manage to give only two hours at the OPD. “We are not carrying out a complete boycott of the OPD simply because patients’ cases have to be taken up,” added Dr Joshi.
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Celebrity couple charms Haridwar
Haridwar, November 11 Varun has acted in several teleserials like “Desh Mey Nikla Hoga Chand”, “ Ek Chaabi Hai Pados
Mey”, “ Astitva” , ”Koshish” , “ Ek Asha” to name a few. Rajeshwari is a renowned singer and actress. Her two solo albums titled
'Hulle Hullare' in 1999 and “ Mukhda Piya Ka” in 2001 hit the charts. But she rose to fame when anchoring “Antakshari” on Zee TV and with her award-winning performances in art films like “ Sardari Begum ” and “ Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose”. Many were surprised when Varun Badola told the audience that he was a native. "I was born in Kotdwara and the best memories I have are from there. I speak Garhwali fluently though I have spent more than 20 years in Allahabad, Delhi and am now in Mumbai." His wife Rajeshwari, a Punjabi, welcomed the people in Garhwali and the crowd went hysterical. "Our culture, the way people live together peacefully irrespective of caste, religion and faith is commendable as compared with other states", said Varun. On his days as a struggler, Varun said: "It was quite a tough time from playing extra to being a costume coordinator in a
teleserial. But I had confidence in my abilities and with a break in “Astitva”, I got instant success and recognition". Varun had also worked as an assistant with renowned director Tigmanshu Dhulia of
“Haasil”. Rajeshwari has recently earned acclaim for her stellar performance in Shyam Benegal's “ Welcome to
Sajjanpur” "Shyam Benegal is an institute in himself and I learned so much from his style of cinema," she said. Being one of Benegal's favourite actresses, Rajeshwari attributes her success to the theatre experience. She feels one needs to act with open mind as viewers are exposed to national and international cinema much more, so an artist has to bring something new each time. On how they met, said Rajeshwari: ” We met the first time on the sets of Antaakshari and acted together in a
telefilm. We fell in love and got married on May 12, 2004." And when both were asked about
“Nach-Baliye”, they replied: "We were first runners-up and the popularity the show brought us is difficult to imagine.” On future projects, both want to work in teleserials with fresh ideas. They plan more films too. |
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N-disarmament dangerous: Expert
Dehradun, November 11 In his address, Karnad further said, “In the long run, nuclear upgradation turns out to be cheaper than repeated modernisation of the conventional military capability as this is a must to ensure India's national security. Therefore, further testing is a must for building a credible minimum deterrent.” Karnad also stressed the need to achieve thermonuclear capability and emphasised that India cannot ignore the very adverse strategic scenario that is emerging in southern Asia and the Indian Ocean region. “India has to deal not only with its conventional adversaries but also be prepared to take on such future oppositions if it comes its way,” he said. Karnad stressed on the necessity of keeping updated with the regional and global strategic development. He brought out the significance of India’s strategic centrality in the Indian Ocean and the requirement to sustain it. After the lecture, IMA Brigadier Administration Anirudh Banerjee presented a memento to the guest speaker. Bharat Karnad is research professor at the Centre for Policy Research and an author.
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War widows told about welfare schemes
Dehradun, November 11 The main purpose of the event was to provide moral and material help and also to spread awareness regarding various welfare schemes for them. Various stalls were put up by the Directorates of Re-settlement, Army Recruitment Board, Employee Contributory Health Scheme and Soldier Board. Various schemes and programmes undertaken by these agencies for the rehabilitation and welfare of ex-servicemen were provided at these stalls. From medical facilities to scholarship schemes for brilliant students, AWWA is even helping ex-Army men as well as children of war widows to get admission in prestigious institute like the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) under the ex-servicemen quota. From time to time, children are provided monetary assistance for their education. Special care is taken in case of natural calamities, handicap and for the marriage of their daughters. The children accompanying the 'veer naris' were briefed about their future prospects. Agencies like public welfare department of the state government, Axis Bank, CSD smart cards also established their counters to give advice on legal and financial matters. Rita J.P. Singh, president, Kharga, assured them of all possible assistance through the helpline established for ex-servicemen and 'veer naris' at Golden Key division. "AWWA has launched a major effort to take care of widows and their wards," added Rita Singh. "I look forward to availing these schemes for my family," said Maheswari Devi, a war widow. |
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No parking space at Doon’s nerve centre
Dehradun, November 11 The case in point is the city’s nerve centre that houses the courts, collectorate office, SSP’s office, state consumer forum etc, and is flanked by Katcheri Road, Haridwar Road and MKP girls college. The place has literally no parking space and residents who come here for work have to face a lot of problems. “I was denied parking as there was no space,” said Rajinder Singh of Vasant Vihar, who had here come to collect a certificate for his brother. Under such circumstances, visitors have no option but to park their vehicles on the Kacheri Road. However, this stretch from Doon Hospital up to Hardwar Road is a no parking zone. Even cops find it difficult to handle the situation. “After all how many vehicles can be towed away,” said a traffic cop on duty here. As per rough estimates, around 4,000 litigants visit the courts daily in addition to the 2,000 lawyers and 3,000 allied staff, including stamp vendors, typists, munshis and document writers. The rush of visitors to the ADM’s, SDM’s and sub-registrar’s offices and the District Cooperative Bank, housed inside the complex, adds to the problem. “The authorities should soon take measures to decongest the area as it could pose a security threat as well,” observed Yeshpal Singh Rawat, an advocate. However, the present situation has become a boon for private contractors who run the parking lots here. People have to dish out Rs 10 for a car and Rs 5 for parking a two-wheeler here, whereas the charges are Rs 5 and Rs 3 in the parking lots managed by the municipal corporation in other parts of the city.
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Inter-school badminton: Ankita, Pragati reach finals
Vishal Thakur
Dehradun, November 11 While Ankita beat Swati 15-1, Pragati defeated Vishaka 15-5. In the other matches played today, Priyanka Negi beat Sonam 15-8 in the first semi-final of the u-14 category. In the second semi-final, Shilpi beat Vishaka 15-12 to make her way to the finals. Pallavi defeated Archana 11-3 in the first semi-final of the u-16 category. Varsh beat Megha in the second semi-final by 15-5. In the u-14 boys’ semi-final, Nishant beat Tarun 15-10. In the second semi-final, Pankaj beat Shubham 15-9. The final matches will be played tomorrow.
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Baseball competition from Nov 14
Dehradun, November 11 Teams from Delhi, Chhatisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, HP and Uttarakhand have confirmed their participation in the league. At a press conference held here today, president of the association U.N.Challu said: “We are making all attempts to promote the game here and would like it to expand it to the Kumaon region as well”. |
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‘Mission Advani 2009’ launched
Haridwar, November 11 Uttarakhand Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri (retd), who was the chief guest at the function, said Advani was the best suited to lead the country and the present Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is no match to him.
Khanduri also criticised the UPA-led government for its failure to control inflation and terrorism in the country.
‘UdGosh’ is being conducted with a motive to organise the youth wing of the BJP ahead of the general elections. |
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Five die in road accident
Dehradun, November 11 According to state government officials, the accident occurred at around 11 am, when the group was on their way from Shama to Bhanar in an Alto car bearing the registration number DL 6896. “Five persons died on the spot and a woman sustained grievous injuries,” said Dilip Singh Kuwar, SSP
Bageshwar. Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Maj Gen B.C.Khanduri (retd) has expressed grief over the mishap. He has directed the district administration officials to provide financial aid to the family of those killed and injured, as per the government policy. The CM has also ordered a magisterial probe into the incident. |
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Public resentment against the poor state of sanitation in Dehradun dominated the first day of the municipal corporation’s board meeting, here today.
Haridwar, November 11
Dehradun, November 11
