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Maha Kumbh
Alva attends Navy Week celebrations
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Health Dept mulls 15-day rotation for doctors
Presenting life on canvas
Eco-awareness need of the hour: Minister
Jolly Grant Medical College
Treat for theatre lovers of Nainital
Hills Academy launches Green Theme campaign
Gurukul Kangri varsity players assaulted
Teams selected for Senior National Basketball C’ship
Mussoorie Sharad Utsav
Doon Star Club may get MNC sponsor
Graphic Star, Diamond Cricket Academy emerge winners
Trials held
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Travel in style in luxury city buses
Dehradun, Haridwar get 60 buses each while Nainital has been allotted 15 Sandeep Rawat Tribune News Service
Haridwar, December 5
But come next year, luxury city buses will be plying on city roads meeting the long-term demand of residents and solving the immense problem residents had commuting. With Maha Kumbh starting in January next year, the induction of 60 city buses in the Haridwar bus depot fleet will play a pivotal role during the four-month mega fair when approximately five crore persons are expected to throng the city. These 60 buses for the duration of the Maha Kumbh will be aided by another 60 similar buses which are meant for the Dehradun bus depot. These 120 buses will be plying intra-city and inter-city. During the Maha Kumbh, due to heavy rush and traffic in Haridwar, especially in the mela area, traffic coming from Delhi, Dehradun, Rishikesh and Muzaffarnagar side will be stopped several km away from Haridwar city. Specially during the holy baths, this will be the norm and from the stoppage points, people will have to go to the mela area on foot. Earlier, this used to cause problems galore for the people as they had no alternative to reach the city, but now, these buses will, for the first time, carry passengers from these stoppage points. The routes for these city buses are being given final touches. City buses will be ferrying passengers between temporary bus stations like Gauri Shankar Deep, Raiwala, Motichur, Bahadrabad and Chandighat. Hari Mohan Dabral, Assistant Regional Manager, Haridwar Bus Depot, told The Tribune that the fleet of buses would lessen the load on the depot’s long-route buses and ease traffic pressure not only during Kumbh, but also after the completion of the fair. Notably, these city buses have been allotted by the Central government under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and 60 each have been allotted to Dehradun and Haridwar while 15 have been slotted for Nainital. These buses are equipped with the latest facilities, specially designed and made for inter-city purposes. Keeping in mind the huge amount of traffic and the less width of roads in Dehradun and Haridwar, two types of buses - one longer and the other smaller - had been specially allotted. Several facilities are available in these buses in line with the green and red lower-floored buses currently being run in New Delhi. Coloured red, these buses have display facility on three sides. One is in the front that will display the route and timing for commuters. The second one is on the right side and the third one is inside the bus just above the bonnet. It will display information about the next stop, time and other related information. Besides pressure doors that can be opened and closed by the driver alone and seat belts for driver and conductor, an air-eliminator switch has been fixed outside so that in an emergency, the door can be opened from the outside by pushing a knob. Shalendra Bharadwaj, an electric fitter at the depot, said that these buses were specially designed keeping in mind present-day requirements and would be an unique experience for passengers because of the facilities provided in these buses. At present, these buses have been put up at the roadways workshop at Indira Industrial Area and procedures of registration and refitting of accessories were being done. It is being expected that these buses will start plying in Haridwar from the New Year. Meanwhile, seeing these buses stationed at the workshop, curious onlookers are coming to see these buses that are quite different from the usual roadways buses that are operated from the depot. Workshop employees said that city residents were quite enthusiastic about these buses. Many have expressed their desire to sit inside the bus to get a glimpse and feel of these luxury city buses. “This was a long-term demand of the people of Haridwar and, finally, local people as well as tourists will be able to commute easily in these buses. They will be freed from problematic three-wheelers and auto-rickshaws which charge exorbitant rates. “These modes of transport are overfilled which make these prone to accidents,” opined Sanjay Sharma, Leader of Opposition in the Haridwar Municipal Committee. So get ready to experience luxury city buses in Uttarakhand that will make private city buses currently being operated in Dehradun city look pale!
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Alva attends Navy Week celebrations
Dehradun, December 5 The Hydrographic Department of the Indian Navy was established in the 17th century from the charting activities of the British East India Company. Two hydrographers John and Samuel Thorton of the East India Company found the sailing directions for the Indian Ocean in 1703. For the next two years both hydrographers went on the expedition heading forward from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and across the Indian Ocean to the China Sea. But while terminating the East India Company, the Indian Marine Survey Department was established at Kolkata in 1874, which also became a part of the Royal Indian in 1882. The department continued working under the Surveyor-in-Charge of the Marine Survey of India from Mumbai, post independence, which was later shifted to Dehradun on June 1, 1954. The department was then renamed as the Naval Hydrographic Office and the Surveyor-in-Charge of the Marine Survey of India was then re-designated as Chief Hydrographer of the Navy, which was later changed to Chief Hydrographer of the government in 1964. On the basis of their national stature and pivotal role, Naval Hydrographic office was again re-established as National Hydrographic Office. The National Hydrographic Office is situated in the lush green location of Rajpur Road, Dehradun, adjacent to the Survey of India is the only northern support to the nation and mercantile marine towards safe sailing. This outstation directorate of the Naval Headquarters, the IHQ MoD (Navy), Delhi, is the professional headquarters of the Naval Hydrographic department. Chief Hydrographer to the government of India, Vice Adm BR Rao, AVSM, NM, VSM heads the department. The key objective of the department is to produce charts, maritime publications on behalf of the Chief Hydrographer for charting of the Indian waters and its adjacent areas. Additionally, the department also assists the Chief Hydrographer towards exercising professional control of the Indian Naval Survey Ships and establishments with professional inputs towards the hydrographic aspects of the Indian Naval activities as directed or required by the IHQ MoD (Navy). The department office is well equipped with the latest cartographic, printing technology and IT tools. The charts are for Indian Navy as well as for public domain. They are also forefront of hydrographic capabilities with eight fully equipped and modern hydrographic survey ships and have been engaged in participating in the Indian diplomatic initiative of ‘Bridges of Friendship’. The products and services of the hydrographic department have reached beyond the traditional scope of marine transport. Path breaking advances in ocean technologies have rendered industrialisation and exploitation of the coastal and offshore zone, which has also turn into environmental concern for these zones. The national hydrographic office under its principles of ‘Sarwangin Vikassonmukham’ or towards wholesome development are committed to oblige by the country’s safety surveys under international conventions and national regulations and quality value added products or services.
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Health Dept mulls 15-day rotation for doctors
Dehradun, December 5 To make matters worse, three doctors transferred from the Doon Hospital have shown disinterest in joining duties at Haridwar. Similarly, it is believed that even medical officers from other districts, who have been asked to take up Kumbh duties from December 15, have expressed unwillingness, citing family obligations as the major reason. In all, there is an expected demand for 264 doctors (general), 50 specialists, 20 sisters and 65 staff nurses and 165 pharmacists as envisaged by the mela adhikari (health). These doctors and staff members would be providing round-the-clock medical facilities during the Kumbh Mela, for which six base hospitals are being equipped well in advance to cater to the influx of pilgrims. But the health department is facing an uphill task acquiring required manpower. To get over the problem, it is contemplating roster arrangement, whereby the medical officers would be put on duty for 15 days at the Kumbh Mela. The government is also relying on new recruitments for which interviews are currently underway for female medical officers. The interviews are currently underway for 178 posts. In January, interviews would also be held for male doctors. Besides, so acute is the shortage of medical officers that their deployment elsewhere is bound to affect the services of hospitals and community health centres as the government would be hard pressed to come with replacement, especially of specialists and would only be asking remaining others to take up additional duties.
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Presenting life on canvas
Dehradun, December 5 The Doon Art Society organised a three-day art exhibition at Doon University here today. Governor Margaret Alva inaugurated the exhibition which will continue till December 7. The Governor also planted a Rudraksha Elaeocarpus Granitrus tree on the university campus to mark the occasion. The society was formed in August 2008. The artists have presented their expressions and life on canvas. Their creations and emotions presented in the exhibition have gained much appreciation from the visitors. Smrity’s acrylic paintings, Fauna’s musical instruments, Anjali Thapa’s landscapes, Seema Nachani’s “Figures” and Threesh Kapoor’s photography captivated many eyes to look into their work interestingly. Aloke Lal is exhibiting acrylic on canvas, a latest medium that he has developed in the past one year. President of the society Monica Talukdar, Aloke B Lal, Threesh Kapoor, Aloke Bhowmick, CM Mishra, Mohua Bhowmick, Amareshwar Bhattacharya, Ruby Kumar, Monu Bhatnagar, Dr KJBS Gaur, Anjali Thapa, Namrata Kini, Reena Gupta, Smriti Lal, Seema Nachani, Ranveer Singh Sur, Maneet Suri, Dr DS Gaur, Meena Garg, Anil Kumar Goswami, Bani Hoon, Monika Gera and Monika Khanduri are the eminent artists whose work on display in the exhibition. Doon University Vice-Chancellor Prof Girijesh Pant welcomed the Governor as well as the Doon Art Society to conduct such a delectable event on the premises of the university. He also held an introductory conference after the inaugural, where he appraised the hidden talent of a painter in the Governor. This is the second time in a month that such an event is being organised on the university campus. Last month, he brought together eight well-known artists in a two-day long workshop to create the masterpiece through their skills. He also appreciated Threesh’s persuasion of taking an initiative to set an art gallery at the Uttarakhand Gramin Bank. He also congratulated Kapoor and Monica for conducting 20 successful exhibitions till now. Later, Lal also spoke about the need of promotion of art in the state as well as all over India and congratulated all artists to be a patron and conserver of the age-old heritage.
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Eco-awareness need of the hour: Minister
Dehradun, December 5 The minister was speaking at the valedictory session of the Environment Summit here organised jointly by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Uttarakhand Council of Science and Technology and Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board. While launching ‘Nanhi Chaan’, a CII Northern Region initiative promoting gender equality and ecological conservation, Rawat said pollution was adversely impacting the health of the environment and of the people and awareness was the need of the hour. Addressing the participants, Harpal Singh, Chairman, CII Northern Region, elaborated on the need for environment conservation. He dwelt upon the opportunities thrown up by current environmental issues. These include green energy, generating revenue from carbon-trading opportunities and promoting green industry in the state. Summing up the key recommendations of the summit, Dr Rajendra Dobhal, Director, UCOST, said that deliberations at the summit have thrown up many ideas including specific measures for reducing the carbon footprint of the industry in the state, promoting green buildings, need for community participation in conservation initiatives, water conservation measures, models for promoting organic and herbal sectors in the state and many more. The summit has also served as a platform for spreading awareness on important concepts like good laboratory practices and zero-effluent discharge. Earlier, Rakesh Oberai, Chairman, CII Uttarakhand State Council, emphasised on the need for balancing environmental imperatives with developmental objectives in the ecological fragile state of Uttarakhand. Rajiv Berry, Vice-Chairman, CII Uttarakhand State Council, proposed a formal vote of thanks. The summit was attended by over 200 delegates from government, industry, academia and voluntary organisations. Senior experts from both within the state and outside shared their views at the interactive sessions.
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Aarakshan morcha seeks more PG seats
Akash Ghai Tribune News Service
Roorkee, December 5 National secretary of the morcha Surender Mittal wrote letters to President Pratibha Singh Patil, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad demanding increase in the post-graduate seats (MD/MS) in the medical college to combat the shortage of specialised doctors in the state. “At the moment, the medical college has very few seats, which should be increased soon to enable more medical students do their post graduation here,” said Malik. With this, the problem of shortage of specialised doctors in the state will also be overcome, he added. In private colleges, studying the PG courses is a very costly affair. So, the seats in the college need to be increased by the government, said Malik. Notably, a major imbalance exists between the available and needed medical services in the state till date. According to the health authorities here, there is a dearth of 1,000 doctors in the state, which accounted for around 50 per cent of the total requirement. Against around 2,100 posts of medical officer in the state, about 1,000 have remained vacant since the formation of the state.
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Treat for theatre lovers of Nainital
Nainital, December 5 The two performances of the play will take place at the CRST Inter College and Wajahat himself is expected to be present on one of these days. The play has been directed by Nirmal Pande of Bollywood fame. One of the most popular Hindi plays, “Jis Lahore Nahin Vekhya….” is celebrating the completion of two decades of its regular staging. It is perhaps the only Hindi play to have been performed at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC recently. It has also been performed in various other cities across the world, including London, Karachi and Sydney. It has been directed by all-time greats like Habib Tanvir. The play carries a very strong message as the story line, running very high on emotions, deals with the pain of partition of the sub-continent. This time, people of Nainital will once again get to see the veteran theatre artiste from their city, Zahoor Alam, in the role of the central character of Mai.
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Hills Academy launches Green Theme campaign
Dehradun, December 5 Led by two groups, namely Green Warriors and Rangers, they were commanded by Padma Rigzin and Nisha Bhatt, respectively. The two groups discussed as well as informed students about the ill-effects of polythenes so that their families get aware and use paper or fabric bags. The groups also talked about the importance of water and electricity and said without water and electricity no one could ever survive on earth. A fruit-tree plantation campaign was also conducted at the campus by students of Class X and XII. —
TNS
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Gurukul Kangri varsity players assaulted
Haridwar, December 5 A letter has been send by the Gurukul Kangri University management to All-India Universities Association Deputy Secretary Gurdip Singh, and also to the organising committee of North Zone Hockey Championship to take appropriate action against the Ludhiana players. This incident has evoked national criticism with players from all fields terming the incident as unfortunate and a big blow for the sports in India. Gurukul Kangri University was National University Champion and a strong contender this time too, but has been called back due to this grievous incident. A meeting was called in the administrative office today wherein a resolution was passed that until the accused players are booked and given due punishment, the university administration will be pursuing the matter to the fullest length. Also to oversee that Jammu University is taking action against the PAU team three-member committee comprising Dr Kartar Singh, team manager, Kapil Mishra, and team coach Dushyant Rana. This committee will be monitoring the whole scenario and also submit its report to the Vice-Chancellor. Vice-Chancellor, Gurukul Kangri University, Swatantra Kumar has apprised Sports Minister MS Gill of the incident and demanded banning the PAU players involved and to take steps and formulate stern rules so that these unfortunate incidents do not get replicated in future. On behalf of Swatantra Kumar, an FIR has been lodged in Jammu against the players involved in the incident for conspiring a physical assault on Gurukul players. “This is not the way game is played, last year we hosted the same tournament and looked after all the teams as our team and in result what we got is that our champion players are beaten brutally,” said the VC. “We went in the tournament as champions and our team was beaten off the field and it’s a shame for hockey as a whole,” said Dr RKS Dagar head of sports department. Meanwhile, Punjab Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor Manjeet Singh Kang has described the incident as unfortunate and has assured full cooperation to Gurukul University in bringing the alleged players to light. Association of Indian University’s Secretary General, Veena Shah, has also been apprised of the matter and is personally looking into the matter and has assured appropriate action against the culprits. Terming the incident as a pre-planned and a conspired one, Gurukul University team manager Kapil Mishra said the team was focusing and planning for their quarterfinal bout at KK Hakku stadium when the incident happened. The team coach Dushyant Rana said local team’s involvement can’t be denied. In all seven players sustained injuries and were taken to Jammu Medical College. Injured players said at least 15 to 20 players entered their hotel room and assaulted them with hockey sticks. Mohammed Ali team’s centre half who sustained multiple injuries and Abdul Najeed left winger who had three stitches below the eye recalled that the incident had left the whole team in dejection and they had worked hard to regain the national champion tag.
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Teams selected for Senior National Basketball C’ship
Dehradun, December 5 The association will be conducting 21-day Pre-National Basketball Coaching Camp for the 60th Senior National Basketball Championship to be held at Ludhiana from December 27, 2009, to Januray 3, 2010. The boys selected for the state team are Suresh Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Anoop M, Murli R, Desraj, Shiv Kuamr, S Sridhar, Shabeer Ahmed, Mohit Bhandari, Riyaz-u-din, Tridep Rai, Amit Rawat, Amal Rai, Harinder Singh, Ashish Yadav, Suraj Prince. Coaches for the teams are JBS Maan, Ajay Kailkhura and D Bhatia. The girls selected for the state team are, Anita Gairola, Minakshi Kothari, Surbhi Bisht, Bhavana Bist, Ahavanya Sharma, Shonika Rana, Trishla Pareek, Malvika Singh, Garima Bateja, Shashi Bangari, Monika Rawat, Sidhima Nigam, Anita Sethi, Roopam Rana, Shivani Rani, Neelam Singh, Shalini Kumari. Coach for girls team are Pushkar Singh and Rupinder Bajwa, Anita Sethi.
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Sanstha cadres condemn tender scam, hold protest
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, December 5 Besides criticising the government’s casual approach towards the offenders, the members also discussed the problems faced by the local artistes who had to bear the repercussions at the utsav. Addressing the gathering, MLA Gunshola said culprits of the tender scam should be punished soon or else the matter would be discussed in the House. Samajwadi Party state president Barthwal also said there’s an urgent need for inspection or else a state-level protest would be held. However, the scam, which took place on the October 28, 2009, in Mussoorie, showcased financial irregularities in the tender, which was handled by an event management company at the utsav. Following the repercussions of the scam, local artists complained it to the district administration officials, where still the matter was pending and being performed with a very careless attitude. “We have gathered here so that the government initiates policies for local artists and employment opportunities can be generated in the state,” said Pradeep Bhandari, president, Parvatiya Bigul Samajik Sanskritik Sanstha. Along with members of the sanstha, members of the Mussoorie Municipal Committee, women commission and students were present at the venue. The members also presented a memorandum to the chief secretary.
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Doon Star Club may get MNC sponsor
Dehradun, December 5 The fact that Dehradun football has always longed for a sponsorship from old times is well known to all. Some good clubs, that had performed exceptionally well, were forced to close down in the absence of financial support. If the Doon Star Club earned this sponsorship, it would be the first time in the history of the Dehradun football that a club would get sponsored. The development took place during the District Football League where a representative of a multinational company had witnessed the Doon Star team performance against the Uttarakhand Police team in the super league stage. It was an excellent performance by the Uttarakhand team to hold the mighty Uttarakhand Police for a 0-0 draw. Gaurav who is working as a coordinator of the club said, “It can be a big opportunity for us and if the deal strikes, they stand a good chance that other clubs of Dehradun may also get such a opportunity from some other sponsor.” Right now the proposal has been forwarded and will be taken up at the meeting in Bengaluru. The Doon Star Club is one of the good clubs of the city. It has experienced highs and lows of time. The club began in 1975, but due to financial constants it was closed soon after. However, football lovers revived it again. After running smoothly for a considerable period, the club closed down again for years recently before being revived yet again.
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Graphic Star, Diamond Cricket Academy emerge winners
Dehradun, December 5 In the first match, Graphic Star defeated the Cracking XI team. The Graphic Star team piled a mammoth total of 171 runs in 30 overs. Opener Shushant gave a flying start to her team smashing 77 runs off 51 balls, hitting 11 fours and two sixes in his inning. First down batsman Amit scored 19 runs to further increased the score. For the Cracking XI team, Anubhav took three wickets, whereas Nanni and Arit took two wickets for his team. Chasing the target of 172 runs, the Cracking XI team could only manage to score 74 runs. For the team Abubhav scored 20 runs while other players failed to occupy the crease for long. For the Graphic Star team, Anchal took three wickets, whereas Ahmed took three. Meanwhile in the second match, Diamond Cricket Academy defeated SR Club. Batting first the Diamond Cricket Academy piled 219 runs in 38 overs. Ajay scored 40 runs and Sandeep scored 65 runs. For SR Club, Pankaj took two wickets. While chasing the targe, SR Club was all out for 88 runs. Anuj scored 15 runs. For the Diamond team, Handeep took three wickets and Dheerat scored took two wickets.
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Trials held
Dehradun, December 5
The selection trials for the upcoming HNB Garhwal University Boxing Competition, were orgnaised here today by DAV College authorities here today.
The boys selected for the lightweight category Lalit Mohan, Manoj Singh, Suraj Dhami. In fly weight Rajeev and Ashish were selected for the team. Present on the occasion were Principal of DBS College Dr SS Hussain, Cap Padam Bahadur Mul (retd), Amit Kumar and others.
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Vice-Chancellor files an FIR against PAU team
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