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Encroachment removal ‘maha’ task ahead of Kumbh
Activists protest tree felling at Prez Bodyguard’s Estate
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Hills Academy students turn green warriors
Workshops on good parenting held
IIT-R to train staff of sewage treatment plants
Three-day Explotech begins
Art
exhibition begins
Gas agency holds blood donation camp
Nainital pip Dehradun to lift u-19 title
District Cricket League
Garhwal Sporting, Nagar Nigam to clash for title
Vikasnagar triumph
Foreign channel’s remarks over Ganga condemned
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Encroachment removal ‘maha’ task ahead of Kumbh
Haridwar, December 19 Traffic jams become a norm on ordinary days and the mela area is getting congested day by day. The mela administration is cracking down on encroachers to get free space for various mela purposes as well as the widening of roads. But, with the drive being initiated quite late, it’s bound to be in limitation and encroachments may become a hindrance when on holy bathes millions of people will throng the city. Now, left with no other option, the mela and district administrations have started an anti-encroachment drive in the mela area. Today, encroachments, particularly
by shopkeepers in the Lal Taura bridge area and Birla Ghat were removed amid heavy deployment of
police personnel. Already informed and seeing the police movement along with JCB machines, most of the people at the Lal Taura bridge, Birla Ghat and traders of Makar Vahini Market started taking away their belongings and goods. Though a stiff resistance was also seen with dwellers trying every bit to stop the rampaging JCB machines, but to no avail. Led by city Magistrate Archana Grehawar and CO Pankaj Bhatt, the whole drive was carried as per plan. Late evening, the whole area had a deserted look and those people whose illegal structures were removed were seen gathering their things. Last week, only a major anti-encroachment drive was successfully completed in the Bairagi camp area where more than 2,000 illegal setups were removed. The administration and police first tried to apprise residents of the need and urgency of the drive citing the approaching Maha Kumbh. This proved quite useful as a majority of illegal dwellers shifted away from the camp area and also destroyed their
illegal structures. Carried under SDM Mela Harvir Singh, the drive saw some stiff resistance from the encroachers and a youth even tried to cut his neck while women sat before the JCB machines and bulldozers. But, with the administration determined to tackle all sorts of resistance, in two days the whole area was almost made encroachment free with the help the
mela police. Though in the drive all temporary constructions were demolished, some permanent structures were left untouched, pointing to the approach of their owners. But, with not much time left for the commencement of the mega fair, it’s obvious that anti-encroachment drives will be carried out only in the mela area, where it’s imperative. Urban Development Minister Madan Kaushik admits that to have a encroachment-free Haridwar one needs a master plan and full cooperation from all quarters. It is an uphill task and the issue can be broadly dwelt with after the completion of the Maha Kumbh only, he added. Bairagi camp’s 134 hectares comes under the Irrigation Department of which about 40 hectares was illegally occupied. The Bairagi camp has been in the limelight for illegal colonies for the past few years. This January a major anti-encroachment drive was initiated there which caused an upheaval in the administration and state politics. The police forcefully threw out occupants of illegal dwellings and there was much blood bath on the scene. Such was the situation that the drive had to be halted on the directions of Kaushik, who is local legislator. With the situation getting tense, Garhwal Commissioner Uma Kant Pawar visited the site and met the dwellers. With general assembly elections around the corner then, political parties had tried to gain political mileage out of this drive. What is being done today, would have been done 11 months earlier. Now, with barely weeks left for the commencement of the mega fair, the
anti-encroachment drive seems to be done in a hurriedly manner. Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition Harak Singh Rawat has come in support of small traders and vendors. Recently in city, Rawat had broken the indefinite fast of members of the Small Vendors Association against their removal from the mela area. Talking to The Tribune, Rawat said he had apprised Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank of the situation and had also spoken to mela officials for providing space to these vendors/hawkers at major parking spots and also at certain spots in the mela area.
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Activists protest tree felling at Prez Bodyguard’s Estate
Dehradun, December 19 They shouted slogans against the permission given by the Dehradun District Forest Officer to chop down 384 trees in the campus. As many as 84 trees were felled on yesterday. The activists resented the felling of mature fruit-bearing trees inside the campus. They have
also alleged that the authorities denied them entry into the premises. Of the 384 trees for which felling has been permitted, 300 are of eucalyptus and 84 are of other varieties. The reason for their chopping was the proximity to the walls of the estate. Dr Nitin Pandey, activist of the Citizens for Green Doon complained, “On November 22, we found a tun tree, which is a protected species, being cut down at the premises and a protest ensued that forced the authorities to stop tree felling.” “If DFO Haldwani along with Tata can re-plant 60 per cent trees, why can’t our state take such initiatives,” he added. Among those present at the protest were Dr Kuldeep Dutta, Krishna Sharma, a noted social worker, Ruchi Singh
Rao, Anjali Bhatia, Jayanti Sharma, Laksha Mehta, Renuka Jalota and Himanshu Arora.
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Hills Academy students turn green warriors
Dehradun, December 19 Students from green groups - The Rangers and Green Warriors - have initiated a “Save the trees signature campaign” that they will soon be sending to concerned state and Central government officials. Dehradun Hills Academy’s Green Theme Campaign was launched recently with a special “Say no to plastic” initiative that not only included awareness programmes, but also street plays, exchange programmes with schools in Dehradun, Rishikesh and Mussoorie to start with. “I belong to the Rangers group and one of our aims is to stop people from cutting trees. We, my team members and I, are of the opinion that we need to do something about this issue and so we decided to initiate a signature campaign,” said Naina Adhikari, a student. Neha Chauhan, another student, said, “It is a privilege to be a part of the first green group of the school and we will use this green power to make our voices heard all across the country. “We will urge students from various schools to help us in making a difference to the planet that we belong to.” The Director of the academy, Yudhister Singh, lauded the efforts put in by the students of the academy. He stated that the Dehradun Hills Academy has joined hands with Walton’s Dehradun Now (WDN), an online resource working towards creating a beautiful and sustainable Doon by promoting
community involvement in environmental issues and heritage education. He added that children would now have a tool to get actively involved in conservation issues. The website will focus on engaging students more actively. The academy along with WDN has begun a programme in which senior students will write short, humorous plays on conservation that will be performed in and around the city. These will cover subjects like ‘How to save water’, ‘The benefits of planting trees’ and ‘Say no to plastic bags’ to name a few. “I study in Class IX and I am thankful to the school management for giving us this platform to work with professionals from WDN. We shall make the best of the opportunity given to us,” said Gargi Singh, a member of Rangers.
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Workshops on good parenting held
Dehradun December 19 FEIL is an organisation working for the mission of conducting seminars and workshop for parents, students, working and retired people. The workshop covered the topics on ‘Dos’ for parents pertaining to child rearing. The seminar was a small effort to make children and their parents effective participants in language, task and other extra co-curricular activities. Fighting against social behaviour like anger, disappointment, confusion and dilemma were the few topics discussed by the Dr Wadhwa. Clippings from movies, slide shows and presentations were shown to the parents as a better and convenient way to explain. An interactive session between the psychologist and the parents was quite interesting. Harvender Juneja, principal of the school, Rajni Juneja, vice-principal, Ranjit Sharma and Anjali Walia were also present at
the workshop.
Children’s Academy
A parent-toddler workshop was organised at Children’s Academy here today. The two-day seminar of interactive session was conducted to guide the parents about parenting, especially for the upbringings and development of the children from the grass root level. Jimmy, an eminent figure among the field of handling toddlers in Delhi has presented a skit as well as art and craft to make kids learn shapes and colours. The effective training session will continue tomorrow also to extract the inner talent of the beginners. Parents of students aged between one-year-six-months, to 4 years
were invited to attend the workshop. Other objective of the workshop is the role of a teacher in life of a child in early stage. Emphasis was laid on play way teaching and how to kindle creative and imaginative skills of toddlers. Knowledge of advanced and skilled ways of teaching was also imparted during the session. The teachers were taught how to make learning process easy and interesting for kids. Other eminent people
present at the function were Prem Kashyap, Principal of Pestleweed College, Kiran Kashyap, Principal of
Children’s Academy, Sonia Ahuja, Coordinator, Mrs Sherawat, Principal of Kay Cee Public School and staff members.
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IIT-R to train staff of sewage treatment plants
Roorkee, December 19 It would be a five-day course on “Operation and maintenance” for the staff of functional plants of five states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, UP and Delhi. The course will be held from February 1 to 5. “At its first level, the course is meant for junior engineers deputed at these plants,” said Absar Ahmed Kazmi, faculty member at the IIT-Roorkee and designer of the course. Another five-day training course, namely Intermediate Course, specially designed for mid-level engineers (like assistant engineers or executive engineers) will start from February 22, added Kazmi. “The main objective of the course is to provide basic knowledge and essential skills in daily operation and maintenance of the plants. It is also aimed at enhancing efficacy of these plants,” said Kazmi. He added that our country does not have adequate number of sewage treatment plants to counter the menace of river water pollution, which has been increasing with every passing day. Even the existing plants are not being used fully due to a lack of skilful handling, opined Kazmi. “It has been seen that after carrying out skill-development programmes for the staff of these plants in the world, a decrease of 10-20 per cent in pollution-level in rivers was noticed,” said Kazmi. To ease pollution load in the rivers, three things, regular supply of electricity to plants; a proper funding from the state and incorporation of the latest technology and regular training course for skills building of workers, are very important, he added.
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Three-day Explotech begins
Dehradun, December 19 Today is the anniversary of foundation day of the Keshav Dev Malviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration (KDMIPE) and the first Explotech has been organised along with the Keshav Dev Malviya memorial lecture. Scientists from different work centres of the ONGC and representatives from technology providers are participating in the three-day event. Remembering KD Malaviya for his contribution to the oil and gas industry, RS Pandey said that pioneering work was done by the ONGC since Malviya’s involvement with the oil industry. “Dependence on oil and gas is going to be greater in a growing economy because its consumption will grow on a long-term basis,” he said. In the Indian
scenario, he attributed stagnating or declining production of the ONGC to ageing oil wells. He pointed out that production from existing fields will reduce to half by 2030. He called for more investments in the oil and gas sector and advised to go in for wider and more difficult terrains. He urged the ONGC not to look at the world average but at the world’s best rate that stood at almost 90 per cent in Gulf countries and to achieve the highest possible rate of recovery as fast as possible. Later, he inaugurated the Explotech exhibition where the ONGC and technology providing companies have put up their stalls. ONGC Director (Exploration) DK Pande said that the close interaction among the scientists and technology providers during Explotech would provide a platform to enhance exploration efficiency. He said that the KDMIPE was playing a pivotal role in carrying out exploration activities and nurturing scientists. He added that the ONGC has taken a lead in entering into shale gas, underground coal gasification, CBM and gas hydrates. PK Bhowmick delivered the welcome address at the inaugural ceremony. In his address, he shared some achievements of his institute towards making KDMIPE as a benchmark among the energy-related R&D institutes of the world. He also highlighted the achievements of the institute indicating the immense capabilities of the geoscientists. The Keshav Dev Malviya memorial lecture
was delivered by Dr SK Biswas, former Director, KDMIPE. The annual report of 2008-09 of the KDMIPE was released by RS Pandey and DK Pande released the ONGC Bulletin. A film on KDMIPE was also screened. Dr RR Singh, GM (Chem) and Nodal Officer, Explotech, proposed the vote of thanks.
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Art
exhibition begins
Haridwar December 19 A total of 46 artists from the state are participating in the exhibition with 61 selected paintings being featured. To give exhibition a more competitive and a broader look, artists from Uttar Pradesh will also be invited from the next year onwards. The exhibition was inaugurated by Vimal Kumar, General Manager (HR) BHEL. Kumar said all the artists have an inborn craving for expression and get a feeling of satisfaction and achievement through the views of the spectators. He congratulated the students, artists from different parts of the state for making art a global entity. Meanwhile, on the sidelines a book was also released on the occasion tilted ‘History Of Indian Art’ written by Ashok Gupta who is the head of the Art Department at DPS. The three day exhibition will be open for the visitors from 3 pm to 6 pm and one can get to see the best of artists and their art at the venue itself.
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Gas agency holds blood donation camp
Dehradun, December 19 S Bhattacharya, regional manager of Bharat Petroleum, inaugurated the camp. Addressing the donors, he said blood donation was the most pious service to humanity. He encouraged the youth to come forth in this noble cause. Ajay Gupta, Managing Director of the agency, said: “On our silver jubilee, we have conducted a blood donation camp in continuation of a health camp held last week.” Dr Vinod Arora, Dr Bimal Kant Nautiyal, Indrani Bhattacharya, Manoj Kumar, Rajeev Arora, Meenakshi Gupta, Ramesh Chand, Ramesh Dwivedi, Bheem Lal, Umesh Rastogi, Harish Gairola were also present at the camp. —
TNS
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Nainital pip Dehradun to lift u-19 title
Dehradun, December 19 In the final, Nainital defeated Dehradun by 92 runs. Dikshanshu was declared the Man of the Match while Devendra was adjudged the Man of the Series. Rahul Chauhan bagged the best-batsman award. Batting first, Nainital scored 213 runs in their allotted 45 overs. Opener Dikshanshu gave a solid start to the Nainital team. He scored 90 runs off 86 balls displaying a range of shots in his inning. Another opener Umesh did not score too many runs but held the other end. He made 11 runs off 56 balls. After both openers were back to the pavilion, Dehradun team bowlers made a come back in the match and ripped through the middle order. None of the middle order batsmen could score runs. In the end it was a useful contribution by Deepak who smashed 60 runs off 64 balls, helping his team reach 213 in 45 overs. Chasing the victory target of 214 runs, Dehradun was all-out for 122 runs, falling 91 runs shot of the target. None of the Dehradun batsmen showed any resistance against tight bowling by the Nainital team. For the Dehradun team, Rahul Chauhan was the only lead scorer with 62 runs. Pawan Rana was the pick of the Nainital bowlers. He ripped through the top order of Dehradun team and claimed four wickets. Saurabh Rawat took two wickets.
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YMCA claim three-wicket victory
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, December 19 Batting first Diamond Club piled 168 runs. It was opener Dheeraj for the Diamond team who gave a good start to the team. He went on to score 35 runs. Naveen supported him well on the other end to score 41 runs. For YMCA team Kamal took and Laksham took one wicket each. Chasing the victory target of 169 runs, YMCA team reached the target with three wickets in hand. Opener Kamal gave a strong start to his team and scored 31 runs. Laksham scored supported him well on the other end to score 26 runs. Middle order batsman Inder scored 29 runs. Meanwhile, in the second match, OFD team defeated Vidhan Sabha. Batting first Vidhan Sabha team scored 85 runs. Vishal was the highest scorer for the team, he made 17 runs, whereas Shivam made 10 runs. Chasing the victory target of 86 runs OFD team achieved the target with ease. Himanshu 19 runs and Ravindar scored 21 runs.
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Garhwal Sporting, Nagar Nigam to clash for title
Dehradun, December 19 In the first semifinal match, Nagar Nigam team defeated Cantt Blues in the tiebreaker by 4-3. It proved to be a goalless match between the two, as none of the team managed to score a goal in there allotted time. The young Cantt Blues team was aggressive in the approach, and created many sharp chances to score a goal in the match. But lack of finishing touches and experience cost them the match in the end. At the end of first half both the team were locked at 0-0. In the second half Nagar Nigam team pressed hard on Cantt Blues team for goal. But Cantt Blues team managed to keep Nagar Nigam strikers at bay. In the tiebreaker Satyaprakash, Dharam Singh, Jatin and Vijay Negi scored for Nagar Nigam team, while for Cantt Blues team Parvat, Chetan and Arzoo scored. Meanwhile, in the second match Garhwal Sporting team thumped Sunderwala Boys team by 2-0. It was aggressive start for Garhwal Sporting team which scored its first goal in the 5th minute of
the match. It was a skillful play by Deepak, who dodged to defenders before scoring a goal for his team in the match. At the end of the first half Garhwal Sporting team was in ahead by 1-0. While in the second half, Garhwal Sporting team managed to score another goal for his team making it 2-0. It was Dheeraj Bisht for Garhwal Sporting team who scored in the 40th minute of the match. In the end it was an easy victory for Garhwal Sporting.
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Vikasnagar triumph
Dehradun, December 19 Batting first, Vikasnagar team scored 175 runs in 28.1 overs. It was not the start as was expected by the team. Its openers, Vijay Singh and Shoaib Khan could not do much for the team and got out early. Vijay Singh was given LBW on K Pandey's delivery and Shoaib got run out at the score of 11 runs. First down batsman Fuzail smashed 46 runs off 45 balls giving the much-needed momentum to the team. Shaker supported him well on the other end to score 31runs. Middle order batsman Kehsav scored 24 runs. For Nainital team Mahendra Singh was the lead wicket taker with four wickets in his six overs. Dalpreet Singh took two wickets. Chasing the victory target of 93 runs, Nainital team was all out for 93 runs. Bharat Kumar scored 28 runs off 29 balls. Rohit was the highest scorer for the team with 30 runs. But after them none other batsman scored and the team was all out for 93 runs. For Vikasnagar team Parmesh took three wickets, Shaker and Aman Singh took two wickets each.
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Foreign channel’s remarks over Ganga condemned
Haridwar December 19 Chief of Akhil Vishwa Gayatri Parivar Shantikunj head Dr Pranav Pandya has in strict words condemned the statements made by the reporter. Terming it as a sign of sick mentality of some foreign media persons, Dr Pandya said the water river Ganga has varied medicinal and mineral properties and it’s shame that a reporter questions its holiness. “River Ganga is not just a river but is a sign of our culture and Aryavansh has evolved on the banks of river Ganga. Add to it animals, vegetation, agriculture depending on it,” said Pandya who is also the Chancellor of Dev Sanskriti University. He also invited Bank to come to India to know better the significance of holy Ganga and particularly to Haridwar especially during the Maha Kumbh so that he himself sees that crores of people, including foreign nationals taking dip in the holy Ganga due to its unparallel significance in Indian context. Ganga which is considered holy by Hindus and has recently been accorded national river status by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is also a lifeline for crores.
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Devendra adjudged Man of the Series
