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Rafting hit by Kumbh rapids
Kumbh Projects |
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Expert paints gloomy picture of global climate
Vriksh Mitra worried about his ‘legacy’ of 1m trees
Deemed status: Rawat backs Gurukul varsity
College panel manipulated salary forms: Teachers
Talk on atmospheric gases begins
School celebrates founder’s day
Rs 80-lakh UGC aid for women’s centre
Avinash knocks down Himalayan team
As final approaches, teams focus on bowling attack
Malik Sports enter quarters
Rohan bags b’minton title
15 mantras of women empowerment — a writer’s perspective
Patent Info Centre to come up near Doon
Rs 8.22 crore for upkeep of village water bodies
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Rafting hit by Kumbh rapids
Dehradun, January 28 Rafting activities normally pick up in the Ganga, particularly in the Shivpuri-Rishikesh stretch during the first week of March. But with the ongoing Kumbh that formally begins on February 12 with the Pratham Shahi Snan, there could fewer visitors for rafting this year. “Due to the elaborate security arrangements
in the twin cities of Rishikesh and Haridwar and with a series of restrictions in place, an adventure seeker will find it best to avoid the Ganga. “Further, the mammoth number of pilgrims coming for Kumbh would be least interested in any sort of adventure activity as the purpose of their visit is purely religious,” said Deepak Bhatt, President, Adventure Sports Joint Action Committee. Kumbh comes at a time when rafting companies in Uttarakhand are already at loggerheads with the state Forest Department. The phenomenal rise in beach charges for rafting operators at the behest of the Forest Department had been strongly resented. Rafting operators had recently approached the Uttarakhand Chief Minister seeking his intervention in the matter. “The Chief Minister has assured us that he would hold a meeting shortly to solve the issue,” Deepak Bhatt said. The absence of a concrete rafting policy has irked the operators who solely consider the Uttarakhand forest authorities as a major irritant in the conduct of adventure tourism activities in the state. There are a total of 108 rafting companies in the state that involves an estimated turnover to the tune of about Rs 14 crores per year. The rafting season starts on September 1 and concludes by June-end with March-May being the peak season.
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Newly constructed Chilla-Haridwar road develops potholes
Students threaten to intensify stir Tribune News Service
Haridwar, January 28 The Chilla-Haridwar road, which was recently constructed, bears signs of the use of poor quality material. While political parties and several social organisations had raised the issue of the use of inferior quality of material and a slow pace of Kumbh works, specially in the laying of roads, earlier, now it is the turn of local students to take the issue forward. Students of local colleges have been trying to divert the attention of the authorities concerned towards the corruption prevalent in the execution of Kumbh works through protests marking smashing of pots in city since December. Now, the students have raised the issue of wornout Chilla-Haridwar road and demanded a stern action against the officers and contractors involved in the construction of the road, which is used as a bypass road too. Chilla area ABVP head Himanshu Sharma terms the deteriorating condition of the road as an open proof of the use of inferior quality of material and work in the execution of Kumbh works by by government agencies. He says a few vehicles ply on this road on normal days, still in just a span of one month the road is showing signs of deterioration. A memorandum was submitted by the students to the administration in this regard. They warned the administration that if an instant action was not taken against the culprits they would intensify their agitation. Anamika Sharma, general secretary of the district unit of the NSUI, points out that if one scrutinises the mela works, on which crores have been incurred, one will find that the quality is not up to the mark and yet the state government lauds its agencies engaged in these works. “The Chief Minister claims that this Maha Kumbh, both in terms of quantity and quality, is the best, but in reality it seems it’s only the misuse of a huge sum of money allotted for the mega fair by the Centre,” she says. Meanwhile, workers of the city Congress burnt an effigy of Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank against rising prices of essential commodities and the inferior quality of works carried out under the mela budget. City Congress head OP Chauhan has expressed dissatisfaction over the working of the agencies involved in the Kumbh projects in Haridwar. He remarks that the Central government has allotted about Rs 500 crore for the Maha Kumbh, but the BJP-led state government is only merrymaking over this fund while pilgrims and local people are suffering due to a poor quality of material and work used in the mela projects.
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Expert paints gloomy picture of global climate
Nainital, January 28 Professor Brasseur was here at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) to participate in a two-day second review meeting on “Atmospheric Trace Gases - Chemistry, Transport and Modelling” that began this morning. In his popular talk on “Climate Change in the 21st Century”, Professor Brasseur painted a gloomy picture for the decades to come if proactive measures were not initiated immediately. He pointed out that more research and observations were need of the hour to deal with the emerging scenario of a big change that was likely to take place in the 21st and 22nd centuries. Based on a powerful presentation on various aspects related to the climate change, he said the global temperature was expected to go up by 0.6 degree Celsius by 2100 even if the green house gas (GHG) and aerosol levels were kept at the current level. “The governments are convinced that the climate will change and there is a need to do something. What they do not know is what exactly is required to be done”. He asserted that
when air temperatures continued to rise over decades, the sea temperatures would rise for centuries as sea absorbed energy slowly. He was also categorical in stating that the Kyoto Protocol had been a failure with regards to checking the emission of carbon dioxide and the GHG. Professor Brasseur pointed out that by 2050 the population of the world would see a rapid growth and the economic activity was also expected to grow 10 fold. Similarly, there would be a considerable increase in the flow of people, information, products and diseases. All this would be accompanied by a diversification of land use. Hence, there would be a rapid change in the state of our planet, he said, adding that the activities of humans had changed the composition of the atmosphere since the pre-industrial era. His presentation showed that by 2050, the population of the world would be close to 9 billion and the GHG would be to the tune of 6 billion tonnes. The urban pollutants at that point of time would be no less than 60 million
tonnes. The expert projected that in such a scenario 80 per cent of the population would be living in urban areas, 25 per cent would be residing near earthquake faults and 2 per cent would be residing on coast lines that were less than 1 metre above the sea level. An interesting point stressed upon by Professor Brasseur was that wet areas were becoming more wet and dry areas were becoming drier. Stating that the choice now lay between mitigation and adaptation, he pointed that it was time to look at things from a holistic viewpoint and the entire system must be looked as one. On the basis of this unified earth system models should be developed so that there could be a predictable earth system. He asserted that the aim should be to have a reliable information delivery and ensure strategic decision making.
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Vriksh Mitra worried about his ‘legacy’ of 1m trees
Pitthoragarh, January 28 Rathor was awarded the Indira Gandhi Vriksh Mitra Award in 2000 for planting a million saplings at Shanti Kunj in the past 40 years. “But, I have actually planted more than 2.5 crore plants in many parts of Kumaon, including Didihat, Pitthoragarh, Champawat, Haldwani, Kashipur, Dehradun and Haridwar, where people have been inviting me from time to time to plant the species which were available in my nursery only,” he said. During his early education days in Lucknow, Rathor came in contact with KM Munshi, then Governor of UP and creator of the Van Mahotsav concept. “I was a Class X student in a college in Lucknow when Munshi visited our school and appealed to the students to raise the forest cover of the state by celebrating Van Mahotsavs,” recalled Rathor. After secondary education, Rathor joined an institute at Bakhshi ka Talab in Lucknow to take training in community and village development and later joined the state government as a Village Development Officer (then called Gram Sevak) and was deputed in Darma valley of Pitthoragarh district. “I was a witness to the degrading mountain slopes in the Garbiang area during my deputation there in the valley and used to think, had these mountains got a dense forest cover, the landslide would not have occurred.” He then left the job and decided to settle in this forest only to start some creative and constructive work for society. “In the beginning, besides planting the trees, I also used to make mud idols and sell them at various markets to earn a living.” Today, the serene climate of Shanti Kunj activates by the twitter of more than 25 species of birds in the morning and the dusk witnesses the roar of more than 20 species of wild animals. They all live in comfort in this forest which has the plants of more than 160 species, including the creepers and grasses and over 3 lakh sapling of ringal planted recently, which add extra density to this forest. “This forest also includes the Kargil Shaheed Smriti Van, Tamil Nadu Bal Smirit Van, and Vriksh Mitra Smriti Van. The effects of global warming are also visible in and near the Shanti Kunj, which is also known as Kunwar Estate, as the number of species of ferns and creepers has gone down over the years. “But, compared to other forests near the area our forest has been less affected by this warming, as from early beginning and after 1983, I have specially planted those varieties of plants which not only are useful for villagers in providing fodder but are also able to contain water and moisture helping generation of more natural springs,” claimed Rathor.
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Deemed status: Rawat backs Gurukul varsity
Haridwar, January 28 Gurukul Kangri University got the deemed status in 1962 during the premiership of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and is known for its moral as well as traditional Vedic education the world over though technical and regular educational courses are also conducted by the university. Vice-Chancellor of the university Swatantra Kumar said all efforts would be made to maintain the status of the university and opined that the university had been fulfilling all norms required for a university to get the deemed status. Gurukul PRO Pradeep Kumar told The Tribune that the university would also put a review report of the University Grants Commission (UGC) regarding the university to bolster their case in the Supreme Court. It is pertinent to mention here that a team from the UGC in its review report in December, 2009, had termed the university as an ideal university and found it fulfilling various required norms and criteria. The report also suggests that other universities should follow Gurukul University’s education system and take inspiration from it. Meanwhile, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Harish Rawat has extended his support to the university over this issue and already held talks with the authorities in the Human Resource Ministry. Talking to The Tribune over the phone, Rawat, who is also parliamentarian from Haridwar, said he was in touch with Union Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal and all efforts from his side were being made to maintain the status of the university. There has been anger among students and the authorities concerned against Sibal for including the Gurukul university in the list of erring universities, ignoring its historical and educational significance. Arya Samaj representatives and people associated with Gurukul have lashed out at the Union Minister for maligning the name of one of India’s best universities. To garner support for the university authorities, all teaching and non-teaching staff of the Gurukul university and Kanya Gurukul College held a meeting on the university campus. They passed a resolution that they all were united with the university authorities and fully support their stance in the apex court. “We stand by the university administration in this time when the credibility and authenticity of the century-old and world-renowned university is being questioned. We are sure the apex court will grant us the opportunity to provide unhindered and quality education to students,” said Dr Kulbhushan Sharma. Principal of Kanya Gurukul College Sangeeta Vidyalankar said not only the Gurukul university, but also its associated colleges had lived up to the high moral and education standards set up by the university and these hoped that the university would surely be able to retain its deemed status. Those who addressed the meeting were Dr Pradeep Joshi, RD Joshi, Shashi Sharma, Mahipal Singh, Ishwar, RKS Dagar, Shravan Sharma, Ram Naresh Sharma, Veena Vishnoi.
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College panel manipulated salary forms: Teachers
Dehradun, January 28 Following this, the Teachers Union has demanded disciplinary action against three members of the committee who allegedly made changes in the forms. The Principal and the teachers of the college had heated arguments over the issue in the Principal’s office. Reports of manhandling the Principal of the college were also doing the rounds. However, the authorities refused to say anything in this regard. “Changes were made to the joining and regularisation dates of the service of teachers by marking a cut on the original dates. Discrimination has been done while sending the salary fixation forms to Haldwani Higher Education authorities,” said Dr DK Tyagi, secretary, Teachers Association. The association alleged that Dr SP Mittal, KR Jain and HBS Randhawa, all members of the committee had made changes to the forms. “It is illegal to make changes in the already signed forms. We demand that action be taken against the committee members,” said a teacher showing her form in which changes were made to her joining and regularisation dates. Meanwhile, Principal of the college BL Nautiyal said it was just a mistake and that it would be rectified. However, he refused to say whether any action would be initiated against the members of the committee.
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Talk on atmospheric gases begins
Nainital, January 28 In his inaugural address, Director of ARIOS Ram Sagar gave a brief introduction about the institute and the works being done there. He said apart from issues related to space sciences, the institute had also undertaken projects related to the atmosphere of the earth. A compilation of research papers was released on the occasion. The event started with a popular lecture on “Climate Change in 21st Century” by noted expert Prof GP Brasseur, Director, Climate Service Centre, Hamburg. This was followed by special talks on “Recent Updates from Copenhagen” and “Project Guidelines, Research Theme and Possible Outcome.” In the post-lunch session, Dr Manish Naja of ARIOS delivered a special talk on “Tropospheric Chemistry over South Asia:Present Understanding and Future Scope”. Another special talk was delivered by Dr Manjunath from Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad, on “Result from Methane Flux Measurements”. Tomorrow, there will be five special talks on wide ranging topics. The first will be delivered on “Simulating the Future of the Planet: An Earth System Perspective” by Professor Brasseur. The second will be on “Modelling the Changing Composition of the Atmosphere over the Indian Region” by Dr Varun Sheel of Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. This will be followed by the one on “Trace Gas Emissions in India/Asia with Special Reference to Mega Cities” by Dr BR Gurjar of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee. The fourth talk will be delivered by B Mukhopadhyay and Dr Siddharth Singh of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
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School celebrates founder’s day
Dehradun, January 28 Guest of honour for the day was Dr S Farooq, a renowned industrialist and social worker, who inaugurated the school fete. Colourful presentations signifying the essence of Republic Day, a vegetable dance and bhangra evoked audience applause. An enactment based on 26/11 Mumbai massacre was equally appreciated by all. Acknowledging the efforts of students in academics and sports, awards were given away to them. Shefali Rajput (senior), Charu Negi (middle) and Akshat Bahuguna (primary) received cheques for Rs 5,000, Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 respectively. Shefali bagged the all-rounder student award. The best house trophy and scholastic trophy was bagged by Shradhananda House. Lajpat Rai House received the trophy for being all-rounder in sports. School Principal Neena Singh delivered the annual school report. The programme concluded with a vote of thanks by school secretary Aditya Arya.
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Rs 80-lakh UGC aid for women’s centre
Dehradun, January 28 “We are very happy and proud that under UGC’s 11th Plan our college has been given the permission to start a women’s studies centre. While the centre had been established two years ago, we had been eagerly waiting for the permission of UGC so that we could commence research work and certificate, diploma and a series of other courses,” said Indu Singh, Principal, MKG PG College. A grant of Rs 80 lakh has been granted by the UGC for the centre and in three phases the college plans to set up a research centre, appoint trained lecturers and even offer three-month certificate courses from July. To spread awareness on a larger scale, a district-level workshop will be conducted. Around 40 participants from medical, social, education and government sectors will participate in it to discuss heinous acts of female foeticide and the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (prohibition of sex selection) Act. “Female foeticide has become one of the biggest threats to our contemporary civilisation, and as it needs timely attention, it’s important that through means of workshops and awareness camps we involve a large number of people and sincerely discuss these grave matters. The first phase of the workshop will begin from February and continue till March,” said Dr Geeta Balodi, convener of the workshop and member of women’s studies centre. Furthermore, targeting the youth in the age group 18-25 years, members of the centre simultaneously plan to run a club to sensitise women and make them more matured and sensible in their outlook. From the 40 participants, 26 will further conduct awareness workshops in their respective districts. “For a prosperous India, it’s imperative that women of the country don’t get plagued by issues hampering their overall development. As a girls college we closely associate with the cause and want to educate the future mothers so that they can face the world boldly,” added Indu Singh.
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Avinash knocks down Himalayan team
Dehradun, January 28 Middle-order batsman Mahinder smashed 46 runs off 34 balls hitting seven fours. Lower-order batsman Pankaj scored 13 runs off 12 runs. For UPES, Tushar was the leading wicket taker with three wickets in his five overs. Rohan took two wickets. In reply, UPES reached the target with two wickets in hand. Opener Deepak made 14 runs and Salabh scored 20 runs off 15 balls. First-down batsman Hrishkesh scored 18 runs off 25 balls and Imran made 16 runs. In the end, it was lower-order batsman Pawan, who played a useful knock of 29 runs off 34 balls and helped his team reach the target with ease. For UIT, Rakesh and Rahul claimed three wickets each. In the second match, RPCA won the match by a massive margin of 94 runs against the Himalayan team. Batting first, RPCA scored 204 runs in their 40 overs. The top-order batsmen failed to do much. It was the lower-order batsmen, Prince and Nominath, who made a major contribution to the team’s score. Prince went on to score 56 runs off 62 balls hitting four fours in his innings while Nominath scored 41 runs off 47 balls. For Himalayan team, Shekhar claimed three wickets and Vijay Singh took two wickets. Chasing a target of 205 runs, the Himalayan team could only manage to score 110 runs. Vijay Singh made 37 runs and Shekhar made 34 runs. For RPCA, Avinash took seven wickets in his seven-over spell and Rohit took two wickets.
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As final approaches, teams focus on bowling attack
Dehradun, January 28 In the last three days, the league did not witness many high-scoring matches. Fans said that teams were now focusing on their bowling attacks, as they do not want to give away too many runs in the allotted overs. In the last three matches, bowlers like Paritosh and Sudhir ripped through the batting line-up of their opponents to assure their team’s victory. Paritosh took four wickets while Sudhir claimed five wickets. Other bowlers like Ravi Negi and Vishal are also going strong in the tournament. Most fans expect that Abhimanyu Cricket Academy will reach the final not because it is the defending champion, but because it is one of the best teams in the league and plays attacking cricket. Bhupender Singh, a member of the organising committee of the Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU), said, “Over the years, the league has witnessed unexpected results and the most unexpected teams have made it to the final. “Last year too, it was a similar story. Abhimanyu Cricket Academy participated for the first time in the league and no one thought they would reach the final. “But they made it to the final with ease and went on to win. Even the DRCA team, which was the runners-up in the league, was not expected to reach the final.” Bhupender Singh said. This year, Pan Business, Uttarakhand Police, Rao Cricket Academy, Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Himalayan team, YMCA, Doon Tigers and DRCA are the teams in the running for the title.
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Malik Sports enter quarters
Roorkee, January 28 For Jhansi, Sarfraz played a knock of 63 runs in 56 balls. With identical knocks of 42 runs each, Prashant and Mohammad Arif guided the team’s total to 209 for 6 in 30 overs. Kartar and Nakul snapped two wickets each for 27 and 30 runs, respectively. In reply, the Delhi team got off a good start with the superb knock of 65 runs in 42 balls by Abhinav. Vivek consolidated the team’s position with an unbeaten fiery knock of 55 runs off 26 balls with the help of five sixes and three fours. He was closely followed by Amit who hit 54 runs in 45 balls. The team reached the target of 210 for the loss of nine wickets in 28.3 overs. For Jhansi, Dhiraj Tripathi proved the most successful bowler. He took four wickets for 27 runs in five overs while Mudassar pocketed two wickets for 43 runs. Vivek was declared the Man of the Match.
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Rohan bags b’minton title
Haridwar, January 28 In the senior doubles category, Himanshu and Shravan beat Piyush and Arun 21-16, 21-9 while in the junior section, Sushil and Kartik beat Shivam and Mohit 21-14, 21-15. In sub-junior girls category, Pratibha-Karuna clinched the title by defeating Neha-Bhawna 21-18, 21-15. Gaurav-Sumit beat Ashutosh-Anubhav 21-7, 21-12. In the singles sub-junior category, Pratibha, Mansi came first and second respectively while in the boys section, Gaurav and Ashutosh shared the dais. Present at the occasion were SDM US Rana, Principal BS Rautela, VD Balodhil, BL Rao, Sanjay Kaushik, AK Ganguli, Pranav Shukla, Santosh Bahuguna, LM Upadhyaya and SBI Manager AK Singh.
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15 mantras of women empowerment — a writer’s perspective
Dehradun, January 28 As part of the national launch tour of “Fifteen Mantras for the Empowered Woman”, Abha in an exclusive interview with The Tribune said 15 mantras were the universal principles applicable for all women no matter where they come from. It’s kind of a road map for leading a fulfilled life. There are several books on the subject of self-development, but seldom have been written from a woman’s perspective. The book opens a window to the unexplored realm of self-development using real-life stories. Essentially the book is also a personal quest for the writer, who grew up in Rajasthan and left for England to pursue higher studies. In essence, the writer became her own self, living the life of a student and then deciding to settle down after matrimony. “Whatever I grew with was a challenge abroad. My Indian upbringing and values were put to test in a way that was at once new and alarming. But grappling with an altogether different world, I discovered the inherent power of my personality and the notion of uniqueness. I sensed an element of discrimination and stereotyping, but the values that I had learnt in India were put to test over and over again,” emphasised Abha. Culling from the experiences of well-known women like Madame Curie, Oprah Winfrey, Aung San Sui, Mother Teresa and JK Rowling, Abha says: “These women have charted extraordinary paths in their lives because they were fired by positive energy. All these women did not waste their energies by indulging in self-pity, but caught the attention of the world by doing something significant. It was an answer to a calling that Mother Teresa began working among the poorest of the poor and famous author JK Rowling has been a personal friend and an inspiration for me”. Detecting a gradual change taking place among women during her many visits to India, Abha expresses wonderment at the way women are increasingly carving a niche for themselves, coming out of their shells. She says: “Things are getting better for women, but tensions are bound to arise if women and men start competing with each other, both trying to outdo one another. It only gives rise to negative tendencies and achieving something at the cost of the other does not work in the long run”. At the end of the book tour that will cover different cities in India and the UK, Abha has a plan to provide employment opportunity to women with the collaboration of the Indian government and the UK.
Alva releases book
Governor Margaret Alva today released the book, “Fifteen Mantras for the Empowered Woman”, at a well-attended function held at the Raj Bhawan here. In Jaipur, the book was launched by former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Vasundhra Raje Scindia and Dr Abha Sharma, writer of the book, has planned a seven-city launch tour travelling across the country. The London tour will start on March 1 with an exclusive exhibition and launch at Nehru Centre, Indian High Commission in London. On March 8, Nicola Sutgeon of Scotland will launch the book at the civic reception. Supported by the Scottish government, Abha is the founder of “Mantrapower” for the learning, education and empowerment of women.
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Patent Info Centre to come up near Doon
Dehradun, January 28 The centre will be of great significance for the hill state keeping in view that it is a treasure trove of medicinal herbs, more so as only 300 medicinal plants are utilised as of today, according to Dr Rajendra Dobhal of UCOST. Setting up a dedicated Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) centre in the hill state will bring in grass-roots level enterprise and people’s participation to offer employment and entrepreneurship development in areas of herbal medicine, agriculture and animal husbandry, claimed a press note of UCOST. A largescale exodus of the youth and professionals from the hill state can be addressed by giving a platform to the youth by educating them about IPR and entrepreneurship development, he added. Globalisation and a rapid proliferation of technology has necessitated the application and importance of IPR for the potential resources of the hill state. The intangible nature of intellectual property has spurred the global trend about the use of standard practices to protect inventions, brands and designs by entrepreneurs and business houses. The protection of designs, inventions and brands has become a top priority issue in the context of intellectual property. Dr DP Uniyal, Senior Scientific Officer, UCOST, said: “The state-funded science centre coming up at Jhajhra on the outskirts of Dehradun will gradually get into an expansion mode and will take the shape of a science city due to the institutional and governmental support in the coming years, which will enhance employment prospects of the hill state”. “Besides helping scientists to enhance their growth prospects, the science city will help science students to learn science with a more practical and entertaining approach. UCOST will motivate the students to form science clubs at local and zonal levels. It will help nurture scientific talent in the hill state,” said Dr Dobhal. The centre will focus on various issues regarding the IPR and patents, patentability, state-of-the-art searches, patenting abroad and IP issues in technology transfer. It will also offer insight and knowledge on how to integrate the IPR culture with research and development, give an understanding of the commercial aspects of IPR laws with respect to respective enterprises and businesses and create awareness among entrepreneurs about the IPR.
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Rs 8.22 crore for upkeep of village water bodies
Nainital, January 28 These facts were disclosed at a meeting held here today to evaluate the progress under the NRHM. It was pointed out that the revenue villages falling under Okhalkanda, Ramnagar and Betalghat are yet to get the grants. It was decided to organise
meetings at various levels to generate awareness among people on the issue. District Magistrate Shailesh Bagauli said meetings at the level of Additional District Magistrate (ADM), gram pradhans and block development officers would be organised in February and a programme would be chalked out to start an awareness campaign. Chairman of the Uttarakhand Health Advisory Council
Ajay Bhatt said the funds coming under the NRHM, which was a central scheme, must be put to optimum use and be used to promote ayurveda.
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Dehradun, January 28
Though the Maha Kumbh is yet to complete one month of its commencement, several roads specially constructed for this mega fair have developed
potholes.
Kunwar Damodar Singh Rathor, at the ripe age of 85, is a worried man. He is worried about more than a million trees he had planted in the past 40 years in the forest adjoining his residence at Bhanara village, near
Didihat, Pitthoragarh district. He fears these trees will be destroyed after his death unless arrangements are made to protect the forest he has nurtured over the years.
“I have not only looked after these saplings as my own children but also
invented new methods to protect them from encroachers,” he said.
With the Supreme Court (SC), in its interim order, calling for maintaining a status quo over the cancellation of the deemed university status of 44 universities across the country, the Gurukul Kangri University authorities have heaved a sigh of relief. The university authorities, staff, employees and students are hoping that the apex court will give its verdict in their favour and are banking on the quality education and infrastructure that’s in place in university for more than a century.
It’s a matter of pride for Mahadevi Kanya Pathshala (MKP) Post Graduate College as it has been given permission to start a women’s studies centre under the guidelines of University Grant Commission’s (UGC) 11th Plan. MKP College has been imparting education to women for the past 100 years. Now, with a mission to work for the betterment and equality of women, it has decided to initiate the women-oriented centre, where significant issues can be discussed in an assertive way.
