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Logjam as ‘Dak Kanwar’ proceeds
Labourers to get I-cards
Parkash Pant, Uttarakhand Labour Minister, holds a meeting with a delegation of the Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh in Dehradun on Sunday. Tribune
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Nishank: MPs should help get funds from Centre
U’khand to host forest games
BHEL Community bag soccer title
Cloudburst in Chamoli, 2,000 pilgrims stranded
Sub-junior Judo C’ship
Sabita Gurang (L) and Abhay Rana pose with
their bronze medals. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
Doon Varsity
Youth’s body found; father alleges murder
4 lecturers exhibit artworks
Ayurveda varsity Bill approved
Poacher held in Badrinath forest division
Statehood agitationists to stage march today
NSUI men create ruckus at cinema hall
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Logjam as ‘Dak Kanwar’ proceeds
Haridwar, July 19 Such was the chaos today that locals had to avoid the main highways and choose alternate routes to reach their destinations. The Delhi-Haridwar highway (NH-58) and Haridwar-Bareilly highway (NH-74) witnessed traffic jams that were several kilometres long. There was no movement of traffic for almost 45 minutes at the Rodibelwala area. At Har-ki-Pauri, not an inch of parking space was left even as "kanwariyas" packed all roads leading to the ghat. However, what came as a respite for locals was that "kanwariyas" were not allowed to move into arterial roads. After bathing and collecting water from the Ganga the "kanwars" were seen thronging major temples across the city, particularly Mata Mansa Devi and Mata Chandi Devi. Meanwhile, sanitation of the city has gone down miserably even as the 600-odd municipality workers are proving insufficient to handle the job. Although as many as 200 temporary toilets were constructed at Rodibelwala, Pantdeep parking, Bairagi camp and at various other places, most of them are now in a pathetic state. Health officer Dr Anil Tyagi said to avoid the outbreak of any diseases insecticides are being sprayed all across these areas. While the public address system has helped as many as 450 people, who got lost or were distanced from their group or family, reunite, the "Jal Police" has saved 530 "kanwariyas" from drowning. |
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Labourers to get I-cards
Dehradun, July 19 He also said that various boards and committees, supposed to be constituted in accordance with the labour laws will be formulated soon and representatives of the different labour associations and unions will be inducted in them. Pant also assured the representatives of the BMS that he will make sure that industrial units comply with the labour laws. After the meeting with Pant, BMS leaders have cancelled the proposed dharna to be staged by them, outside the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly on July 21. Bhartiya Majdoor Sangh, Uttarakhand today submitted a 19-point charter of demands to Uttarakhand labour minister, Prakesh Pant, seeking better welfare schemes for workers in the state. A delegation led by state president of Bhartiya Majdoor Sangh Sunder Lal Uniyal met Pant in this regard. In the memorandum submitted to the minister, Bhartiya Majdoor Sangh demanded a policy for the betterment of the workers in the state. Uniyal said that government should make sure the transport workers were also provided the benefits of the 6th Pay Commission. Demand for filling the vacant posts of the Transport Corporation was also raised. At the meeting, Sangh members also raised the issue of providing minimum wages to the Anganwadi workers and asked them to come up with welfare schemes like providing insurance cover to them. Raising the issue of the sugar mill workers, they also demanded that the 50 per cent of dearness allowance should be merged with their salaries. For the dependants of deceased, they said that government should make provision to provide them job at the mill. For the Auto Risksha Union, Sangh members demanded to provide them social security and also to fix their fare rates for the benefit of the customers. Other issues that were discussed by the Sangh members were the shortage of staff at the banks, providing minimum wages to Jal Sansthan workers.
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Nishank: MPs should help get funds from Centre
Dehradun, July 19 Nishank expressed these views while speaking to Pauri Garhwal and Almora MPs Satpal Maharaj and Pradeep Tamta, respectively, at his residence today. During the meeting, the CM said the Centre should extend the industrial package given to Uttarakhand till 2013. "The Centre should also sanction funds amounting to Rs 500 crore for the upcoming Mahakumbh. Besides, there is need to increase the states quota of LPG," said Nishank, while adding that the UPA government should sanction funds for the national highways as well. Nishank said Uttarakhand would only progress if there was proper coordination between the state and the Union government. "Elected representatives for Lok Sabha from Uttarakhand can play a major role in ensuring good coordination between the Centre and the state," he asserted, while adding that Uttarakhand must be given additional funds in wake of the fact that it contributes a lot for maintaining ecological balance of the country. Thereafter, Tamta apprised Nishank about the problems being faced by the masses in his constituency. Meanwhile, under the headship of Dr Mahavir Singh Negi and BP Naithani, a delegation of teachers of all three campuses of HN Garhwal University met Nishank and apprised him about the problems being faced by them. Besides, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) leader Kashi Singh Airi also met Nishank and briefed him on the problems in his area. Nishank also met people who had come from various parts of the state for redressal of their grievances and assured them that necessary steps would be taken to resolve them. Later, he attended a function at a venue on Saharanpur Road. Addressing the gathering, Nishank said his main objective is development of the state and to ensure that benefits meant for the poor reach them. He asserted that the government was committed to fulfilling the dreams of those who laid their lives fighting for the cause of a separate state of Uttarakhand. Nishank also said officials and employees of various government departments had already been instructed to dispose of the matters pertaining to the common masses on a priority basis. He added that several schemes, aimed at the welfare of women, rural people and other sections of the society, had been introduced in the budget for 2009-10. |
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U’khand to host forest games
Dehradun, July 19 Uttarakhand principal chief conservator of forests Dr RBS Rawat said while it was indeed a matter of honour for Uttarakhand Forest Department to host forestry games 2011, the department was working hard to make the games historic. He said the department was rendering adequate promotion to sports and was encouraging its employees to participate in sports activities. Uttarakhand forest department has rendered 4 per cent reservation to sportspersons in the recently conducted recruitment of forest guards. And the department was also providing other necessary sports equipment to the foresters on priority. At the 17th All-India Forest Games and Sports Meet which was held in Punjab few months back, Uttarakhand Foresters had proved their mettle by bagging as many as three gold, three silver and five bronze medals. The department thereby clinched the 11th position in the overall medals tally. Forty-member team of Uttarakhand Forest Department came up with commendable performance and improved over its last performance at Gandhinagar where it stood at the 20th position. While, the duo Kisan Singh Mehta and Mahesh Pargai won gold in power lifting, Jyoti Bhatt won the major chunk of medals for the state. She won a gold in 800 mt and silver in 400 mt and a bronze in 200 metres. Among the other award winners, Gangotri Tolia and Kusum Hindwan won bronze in women’s double badminton and DS Negi and Gangotri Tolia won bronze in mixed doubles. Naresh Joshi won bronze in 200 meters. Nodal officer of the team during Punjab games, BP Gupta said that the department had announced cash awards of Rs 5,000, Rs 4,000 and Rs 3,000 for gold, silver and bronze winners
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BHEL Community bag soccer title
Haridwar, July 19 The tournament featured six teams - four teams from
BHEL, DPS and KV. The final was played between BHEL community and BHEL Plant. Hundreds of spectators were present at the stadium to witness the final under lights. A high-class performance was put up by the teams which BHEL community won 2-1. Both teams started cautiously in the first half. As their focus was on defence, forwards of both teams found it difficult to penetrate into the opponents half. The goalkeepers also exhibited excellent blocking and made acrobatic diving saves when the occasion demanded. At half time, the score was 0-0. In the second half, the teams came with a change in strategy. Community team was more aggressive and it reaped dividends when
Amarjit, in an excellent exhibition of dribbling, dodged two defenders and then squeezed past the lone goalkeeper to land the ball into the goal with a deft touch. This raised the intensity of the match and the BHEL plant team too shed its defensive approach. In the very next minute, Sushil Negi gave BHEL plant the equaliser with a cracking shot after dribbling past Community defenders. In the 15th minute of the second half, Lara put the Community team ahead again with a one-on-one pass and found the goal with an angled shot. For the next 30 minutes, BHEL Community relied on slowing down the pace of the game. Even while the Plant team had major possession of the ball, they couldn’t break through the defence. BHEL Community won the match 2-1.
BHEL’s working manager DK Modi gave away the medals and citation to members of both teams. He lauded the team spirit of the six teams that participated in the tournament. GM, HR, Vimal Kumar promised full support to sports activities. Earlier, DK Modi inaugurated the flood lights at the stadium. The six lights have been installed for Rs 12 lakh. President Sports Club KS
Bhandari, KS Rana, Inder Mohan Barthwal, AA Khan, DC Nautiyal, RN
Upadhyay, Rajbir Singh, GS Subash and Ajad Khan were in the managing committee of the tournament. |
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Cloudburst in Chamoli, 2,000 pilgrims stranded
Dehradun, July 19 A bridge near Lambargah snapped and an 80m stretch of road was washed away due to the cloudburst last night. Though no casualty has been reported, the yatra to Badrinath has come to a halt. Chamoli District Magistrate Arun Dhaundiyal has issued an advisory asking pilgrims not to visit Badrinath shrine for the next five to six days. Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel have started repairing the road and clearing the debris on the Badrinath-Rishikesh highway at Lambargah. According to officials, the road is expected to be repaired by Wednesday after which the Badrinath yatra would resume. Meanwhile, five ‘kanwariyas’ were killed in different incidents during the ongoing ‘Kanwar Mela’ at Haridwar in the past 24 hours. |
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Sabita, Abhay win bronze
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, July 19 “I had been winning gold in the Sub-Junior National Championship in the 35 kg weight category for the past two years. The experience gained in this competition would go a long way in preparing me for my future championships.” Abhay Rana also won a bronze at the championship. He said, “Yes, I could not make it to the final but the experience gained at the championship was of vital importance. Now, I will work out on my weakness. “My bronze medal contest was against the twice Sub-Junior Judo Champion, whom I defeated by half points.” Earlier this year Abhay Rana had also won a gold at the CBSE National Championship. Their coach Avnish Bhatt, said that both his students were preparing for the next year’s Worth Cadet Championship, which he said would be a tough contest. He expressed his satisfaction over Abhay and Sabita performance at the competition.
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Goals galore for Sports College
Dehradun, July 19 They stuck their first goal in the third minute of the match. Vikas Negi found the net off a cross received from the right. Sports College scored their second goal in the 18th minute. This time, it was Jaiveer Rawat who neatly placed the ball in the goal. At the end of the first half, Sports College led 2-0. In the second half, Sports College scored goals at regular intervals. Jaiveer Rawat scored his second goal in the 40th minute of the match. Ten minutes later, Sandeep Negi struck the fourth goal for Sports College. In the 51st and 57th minute, Sumit Pundir found the net for Sports College making it 6-0. Rishikesh team made some attempts to score but failed to penetrate the Sports College defence. In the closing minutes, Rishikesh team conceded another goal when Vikas completed the 7-0 tally for Sports College. In the second match, Akranta and City Young played 1-1 draw. Akranta was on the attack right from the beginning. Their efforts paid off when Ajeet opened the account in the third minute. In the 33rd minute of the match, City Young found the equaliser through Natolla. The second half was goalless. |
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200 appear for entrance exams
Results expected on July 23 Tribune News Service
Dehradun, July 19 University held it entrance examination in two sessions. In the morning session, examinations for environmental science and natural resources were held whereas in the afternoon session communication examination was conducted. There are 20 seats each in environment science and natural resources, whereas communication has 40 seats. Registrar Doon University, RC Agarwal said that the result of the examinations would be declared on the July 23. He said that from the next year onwards University will also begin Phd. programme, management, social science and few other subjects at the university campus. He further added that another University campus at Sahaspur science laboratories would be set up soon. Spread in 55 acres of land 40 per cent of the construction work of the University campus has been completed.
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Youth’s body found; father alleges murder
Roorkee, July 19 Pramod, who hails from Rohaliki village near Haridwar, worked as a labourer in a factory in Bhagwanpur Industrial Area. According to the police, several injury marks by some sharp-edged weapon were found on Pramod’s body. “It seems that the murder was a result of some rivalry and took place last night,” said PK Rai, CO, Manglore. The matter came to light after Pramod’s neighbour saw the body lying in a pool of blood in the house. On being informed, the deceased’s father reached the spot and alleged that Sanjay and his accomplices were behind the murder. On his complaint, the police has registered a case under Section 302, IPC, against Sanjay at Bhagwanpur Police Station. “We have also taken some other persons into custody and interrogation is on,” said Rai. Meanwhile, the body has been sent for post-mortem to the Civil Lines Hospital. |
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4 lecturers exhibit artworks
Dehradun, July 19 Dr Neelam, principal of Jain Girls (PG) College, Muzzaffarnagar, was the chief guest. All the four artists who were displaying their work of art are themselves teach art at various colleges. Dr Vandana Verma is a senior lecturer in the department of drawing and painting, in Jain Girls (PG) College. Upasana Verma, her sister, is another artist and she teaches art at the GRD Academy in Dehradun. Neelima Gupta is a coordinator of the department of fine arts at CCS University, Meerut and Vikash Raj is a lecturer at VSKD (PG) College, Barla in Muzzaffarnagar district. All the artists have their unique style and they have displayed their work in several parts of the country. It is the 15th art exhibition being held at the UGB Gallery since it was opened in June 2008. The exhibition will end on August 1.
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Ayurveda varsity Bill approved
Dehradun, July 19 On July 11, leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, Dr Harak Singh Rawat, had said the government’s move to set up an ayurveda university was aimed at “appeasing” a few people. He had argued that there were only four ayurveda colleges in the state with a strength of 210 students. As such there was no logic in opening such a university.Despite several attempts, Dr Rawat was not available for comment. Meanwhile, a person sitting in the visitor’s gallery today hurled some printed material into the well of the House criticising the Dixit report for rejecting Garsain as a permanent capital. The unidentified visitor was nabbed by the guards as he raised slogans in favour of
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Poacher held in Badrinath forest division
Dehradun, July 19 Following this, forest authorities started an investigation on the matter. The authorities finally zeroed in on Darban Ram, a resident of Manmati village in Tharalee sub-division. On interrogation, Darban revealed that he had killed the leopard after the wildcat had killed his cow. He disclosed that he had laid a trap and after killing the leopard, extracted the hide and late sold it to a person from Bageshwar. Divisional forest officer Sohan Lal said it looked to be well-established network of wildlife smugglers. He said the arrested person could be an active member of inter-country wildlife smugglers’ group. |
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Statehood agitationists to stage march today
Dehradun, July 19 Mahila Manch leader Kamala Pant today disclosed that all the organisations would be jointly holding the march that would begin from Gandhi Park and culminate at the Vidhan Sabha. She said even Ramashankar Kaushik committee, during the then Mulayum Singh government in Uttar Pradesh, had favoured Garsain as capital of Uttarakhand. She asserted that the state government should not sideline the issue and immediately declare Garsain as the permanent capital of the state. Another agitationist, Kamal Joshi, pointed out that representatives from Uttarakhand Mahila Manch, Uttarakhand Lok Vahini, CPI (ML), Chetna Andolan, Nagrik Manch (Kotdwar) and Pahar Nainital would be taking part in the march. |
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NSUI men create ruckus at cinema hall
Dehradun, July 19 A group of NSUI activists entered the cinema hall and started creating nuisance. When the cinema hall manager and other officials intervened, they started pelting stones and damaged the property. The cinema hall authorities informed the police. Dehradun SSP said that those who created ruckus at the hall will not be spared. He added that they would be nabbed once CCTV footage is made available to the police and their identities are ascertained. |
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