Sepulchral move
Built in 1906 and located in a congested locality in an old dilapidated building, the Postmortem House’s relocation is creating problems for the administration, which has plans to house a mini secretariat in its place
Dehradun, January 2
The plan to relocate the Postmortem House from Chander Nagar area here has hit a roadblock. Superstition and undesirable consequences of housing a Postmortem House have put a stumbling block in the path of the administration’s effort to move it to a new place. Built in 1906 and located in a congested locality in an old dilapidated building, the Postmortem House’s relocation is creating problems for the administration, which has plans to house a mini secretariat in its place.

State gets helidrome
Dehradun, January 2
Uttarakhand today got its first helidrome complex (helipad and hangar) at the Rajpur-Sahastradhara bypass road. Set up at a cost of Rs 2.99 crore, Uttarakhand Chief Minister BC Khanduri inaugurated the helidrome complex today. So far the state government has not had a permanent helipad in the city.

Foodies throng Rajasthani stall
The city has little to offer as far as Rajasthani food is concerned. The Rajasthani stall at handloom exhibition is making up for this and that too in a big way
Dehradun, January 2
The food stall from Rajasthan, offering mouth-watering dishes, is attracting a huge crowd at the ongoing All-India Handloom Exhibition here. Although the people of Doon are fond of eating a variety of dishes, right from Muglai to Chinese to Continental, and eating joints here are jam-packed in the afternoons and evenings here, the city has a little less to offer as far as Rajasthani or Gujarati food is concerned.

The Rajasthani food stall at the All-India Handloom Exhibition at the Parade Ground in Dehradun. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir