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Manpower crunch slows down anti-hoarding drive
At Mussoorie, illegal structures pulled down |
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Just go slow at 9 killer spots in Doon
Great Himalayan Bird Count from Oct 27
Students get guidance on career choices
Dr VS Ravindran, Director General, ICRTC, addresses teachers during national symposium on career guidance in Mussoorie.
Science competition organised
A session of a children science congress in progress in Champawat district.
Seminar on disaster relief on Oct 24
Raghuveer Singh Shekhawat (left), general secretary of Vision india Research Foundation, addresses a press conference in Dehradun on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
Workshop on visual arts begins
Army School students impress with projects
A Dasehra with message of sharing
Students of Poly Kids school watch an effigy of Ravana (right) in flames on their school premises in Dehradun on Friday. Tribune photos
Asian School bag Super 8s trophy
The Asian School team that won the Shri Rohitash Singh Memorial Inter School Boys’ Super 8s Cricket Tournament in Dehradun on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Welhams cagers reign supreme
U’khand Police face Tata Academy in qualifiers
Two judokas battle it out at the District Girls Judo Competition in Dehradun on Friday. A Tribune photograph
A match in the DFA Challenger Cup being played in Dehradun on Friday. A Tribune photograph
An athlete participates in the javelin throw event at the RIMC Inter-Section Athletics Competition in Dehradun on Friday.
Sports Club defeat DAV College
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Manpower crunch slows down anti-hoarding drive
Dehradun, October 15 Besides, it did not have vehicle available for the task. The team kept waiting for PWD employees to join them till afternoon. When the PWD team arrived, it was time for the DMC employees to leave for the removal of rheri pullers as per the directions of the District Magistrate. Additional Mukhya Nagar Adhikari, Harak Singh Rawat, though confirmed of pulling down of two more hoarding structures in the Bindal Pul area by the contractor. Since it emerged as a tough task to dismantle the hoardings, given to the umpteen nuts and bolts fixed in multi-storied hoardings, the contractor had gone with a big team and managed to pull down two of the hoardings. A team led by the Additional Mukhya Nagar Adhikari, registered some success as they focused more on tearing advertisement posters than dismantling the entire hoarding. This way, they removed 15 advertisements but could bring down only three structures in the area near Bindalpul. “I have already reiterated the need for more force to run this drive emphatically, but I have not been provided the manpower till now,” he said. Rawat also seemed miffed with the cold attitude of the contractor who had been given the task of removal of hoardings. “The contractor, whom the contract of removing hoardings had been given, seemed least interested in doing his job. It seems, the hoarding lobby has influenced him, but we are putting pressure on him which appeared to have worked on him today, as he cooperated with us”. It was yesterday, Mayor Vinod Chamoli had given signal to replace the contractor. Feared of losing the deposit amount of Rs 20,000, the contractor fell into the line and accompanied Rawat. Chamoli commented that it was basically the contractor’s job to dismantle the hoardings but the DMC still assisted him, as this task required the backing of the government setup, given to the influence of hoarding mafia involved in the entire campaign. It was 15 days ago eight contractors have applied for the bidding of anti-hoarding campaign. Under this campaign, 216 hoardings are to be removed, out of which 113 have been found illegal and 103 are those that did not renew their registrations. Since the unregistered hoardings outnumbered registered hoarding, there are merely 266 registered out of estimated 1,000 hoardings perched in the city. The Mayor, who had declaring the stretch from St Joseph, Ghanta Ghar, Budha Chowk, Darshan Lal Chowk, Tehsil Chowk to Astely Hall and area around 25 metre around the roundabouts as zero hoarding zone, is working on the hoarding policy announced in 2003. He said in the absence of a hoarding policy, the DMC made a profit of only Rs 50 lakh in all these years which could have shot to Rs 150 crore if the hoarding policy had been enforced in the very beginning. The DMC did not get any profit from March till date as earlier the state government displeased with the Mayor’s initiative tried to prevent him from launching his hoarding policy, later it replaced Maha Nagar Adhikari NK Joshi with Indu Dhar Bodai who took the reins of hoarding policy in his own hands. Chamoli said, “The old traders who indulged in hoarding business have become more of a mafia. I wanted bring in the transparency which would also augment revenue in the DMC”.
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At Mussoorie, illegal structures pulled down
Mussoorie, October 15 Following this, the officials headed for the Shahu-ji-Jain estate, where they demolished the extension which was built illegally. The officials also hammered down the illegal structures at Sterling Resort, Waverly Chowk and Company Garden Road. According to Sharma, more than five units have been demolished which have not sought the sanction from the MDDA. These constructions had been carried out between 1998 and 2002. He said any illegal construction would not be tolerated in the town. He also appealed to the builders to seek permission for the construction from the MDDA before any new construction. The residents of the town, however, were of the view that only those constructions were being demolished which did not have any links with the senior officials and bureaucrats. In Mussoorie, several illegal construction works are being carried out at several places where the MDDA has not yet issued any notice.
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Just go slow at 9 killer spots in Doon
Dehradun, October 15 “To caution commuters against these dicey spots, we will get signboards put up there tomorrow. Besides, we will also work on getting speed breakers constructed there. We will first study the spots and wherever the need be the speed breakers will be constructed,” Navneet Singh Bhullar, Circle Officer (Traffic) told The Tribune. The nine accident-prone spots are DIT College Turn, Kalasi Crossing, Industrial Area, Ballupur Chock-IMA stretch, Bindal Pul, Balliwala Chock, Railway Phatak on the Haridwar Bypass, Mokhampur Crossing and Laxman Sidh Mandir. The report of the 108 service also informs about peak hours of accidents, accident types and also of age and gender wise details of victims. “On the basis of a majority of accident-related calls, we made this data. We analysed these calls and it brought to the light nine spots where a majority of accidents occur,” Dalbir Singh, Marketing and Communication Head of the 108 Service, said. “Some spots like the DIT College turn are so vulnerable that everyday an accident happens there. We had earlier installed a first-aid box at the turn and were planning to have the first-aid at other such spots as well but since our vehicle reaches there early in the event of an accident, we dropped the idea,” he added. At these nine spots people normally are on high speed and there is a need to take precautions here. “We want that to slow down the speed of the vehicles at these points some barricades are put up and the police gets more active at these places,” he added. According to the 108 emergency service report, a total of 2,504 accidents occurred at these nine spots in 2008-09. This involves 1,519 accidents involving two wheelers, 115 of autos-rickshaws and 870 of other vehicles (cars, buss, trucks and others). In the first six months of this year, a total of 3,460 accidents, including 1,820 involving two-wheelers, 138 of three-wheelers and 1,502 involving cars, buss, trucks and others occurred at these spots. The nine accident-prone spots
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According to the 108 emergency service report, a total of 2,504 accidents occurred at these nine spots in 2008-09. This involves 1,519 accidents involving two wheelers, 115 of autos-rickshaws and 870 of other vehicles (cars, buss, trucks and others). In the first six months of this year, a total of 3,460 accidents, including 1,820 involving two-wheelers, 138 of three-wheelers and 1,502 involving cars, buss, trucks and others occurred at these spots.
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Great Himalayan Bird Count from Oct 27
Dehradun, October 15 The host - Action and Research for Conservation in Himalayas (ARCH) - has completed all preparations for the conduct of the count which will be done on 36 most popular trekking trails. These trails include Yamuna, Bhagirathi, Bhilangana, Ganga, Mandakini and Alaknanda in the Garhwal Himalayas, including the Asan and Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserves in Dehradun and Haridwar districts, respectively. A total of 120 birders are expected to participate in the count. A bird photo and bird books exhibition on the October 27 at the orientation workshop venue at Dehradun are also part of the itinerary. According to Prateek Panwar, Founder Trustee, ARCH, some count groups will also be accompanied by a few local youths from the count area who would be acting as local birding guides. The exercise will also help encounter-rate baseline data generation linked to avian fauna. Birders from across the country had been participating in the earlier editions of the Great Himalayan Bird Count that has proved to be an effective platform to showcase Uttarakhand’s faunal diversity to tourists from other parts of the country. Nikhil Devasar of the Delhi Bird Club, Rajnish from Bangalore Birds Club, Kiritam Mukherjee from Kolkata and wildlife photographer Rakesh Sahay have been part of the earlier count. Last year, participants came across Uttarakhand’s state bird monal, scarlet finch, spot wing, grosbeak, white-browed fulbetta and other winter birds in commendable numbers. The count this time could result in spotting of some lesser known bird species of the Garhwal Himalayas. The Uttarakhand Forest Department will assist in the conduct of the count.
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Students get guidance on career choices
Mussoorie, October 15 Experts from the ICRTC guided students on career choices in higher education. The experts showed a power point presentation and told students to choose according to his/her capability and personality. While speaking to the media, Dr VS Ravindran, Director General, ICRTC, said that students were choosing careers according to hearsay, pressure of parents or depending on opinions of friends and relatives. This was not a scientific way to go about it, he said. Students should go for career counselling in class X because after that, they need to choose their subjects for class XI, said Ravindran. They should seek a career counsellor again in class XII to narrow down their options and take a final decision, he said. He added that the experts would also guide teachers as every teacher nowadays has to work as a counsellor as well. Dr Ravindran said that the institute was organising such counselling sessions not only for English-medium schools, but also for Hindi-medium ones. Jaspreet, a student from Wynberg Allen School, said that the counselling being given covers a broad spectrum and deals with all aspects and concerns of students. “Experts here are providing counselling for every profession like graphic designing, jewellery designing, marketing, hospitality etc in detail. Experts also elaborated on the cost of each career and the amount of salary one can draw in these professions. They also highlighted avenues in sports as a career choice. St George’s Principal Brother Christopher said that the symposium was to provide students of the region proper guidance on their careers so that they do not consider themselves misfits in the profession of their choice. He added that the school had organised a symposium for Principals and this was part of that ongoing process. Participants from premier schools from the country like Kasiga International School, Wynberg Allen, CJM Dehradun, Maanav Bharti, Oak Grove, Indian Public School, Carmen School, Monfort School, Holy Cross, GRD Academy and other reputed institutes were present on the occasion. The symposium was supported by Navitas, Project Paradigm, Ecole Hoteliere Lavasa, UTS:Insearch, Sydney.
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Science competition organised
Pitthoragarh, October 15 The theme for the competition organised on October 11 and 12 at Champawat was “Land Resource: Use For Prosperity And Save For Future”. Dr Sunil Pandey, coordinator of the National Children Science Congress, said, “The senior students have expressed their concerns on advantages of land, the impact of human interference on it and use of community knowledge on it. The junior students have raised their concern on decreased crop production and fruits and saving the land for future use”. The theme of the competition organised on October 13 and 14 at Pitthoragarh, was influenced by the effect of the recent landslide and big hydroelectric projects that have come up in the area. “The students have expressed the concern of the influence of mine activates on agriculture and management of biodegradable waste to ensure long term use of agricultural land,” said Dr Vikash Pant, District Coordinator, Pitthoragarh. “The state-level competition will be organised at Kotdwar from November 17 to 26 followed by the national-level competition in Chennai on December 16-21,” Dr Ashok Pant, state coordinator, said.
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Seminar on disaster relief on Oct 24
Dehradun, October 15 Addressing a press conference here yesterday, national general secretary of the foundation Raghuveer Singh Shekhawat said the seminar was being organised in the backdrop of the natural calamities that struck the state. On the occasion, Devi Singh Shekhawat national president of the foundation will also be present. Today, the organisation nominated educationist and Principal of Doon International School DS Mann as president and Anil Jaggi as general secretary of the state unit of the foundation.
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Workshop on visual arts begins
Pitthoragarh, October 15 “The traditional visual arts are capable to make a place for the state at national level,” said Pant. Organised by the local Sor Kalakar Kalyan Samiti and supported by the Directorate of Culture, Uttarakhand, the exhibition will see the participation of visual artistes from across the state and Uttar Pradesh. “More than two dozen visual artistes will participate in this show which aims at creating interest among children towards the traditional visual arts,” said Lalit Mohan Kapari, the organiser. According to the organiser, the exhibition contains on-the-spot visual creation and exhibition, besides a slide show and felicitation of senior visual artists of the state.
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Army School students impress with projects
Dehradun, October 15 Rachna Srivastava, Principal of the school, along with the head boy and head girl welcomed the chief guest. Colonel Bandhu first visited the art and craft section and also adjudged the rangoli designs. Thereafter, he visited maths, Hindi, social studies, science and English projects. The projects made by students were quite informative while some of the main projects were made from waste products. Various mathematical games and the projects on disaster management, rain harvesting, traditional water conservation and a globe theatre were the main attractions at the exhibition. The primary section displayed a wide variety of models and charts. The very special feature, “germination”, was the main project for the junior section. Another very special project was the school tree. Anju Rawat, primary coordinator, guided the teachers to make these projects. The school band created a wonderful atmosphere throughout the exhibition, as they played melodious tunes. Parents really appreciated the wonderful projects made by students and teachers.
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A Dasehra with message of sharing
Dehradun, October 15 Decorated with flowers and streamers, the stage was a reflection of the joy and happiness prevailing within everyone. To rejoice the triumph of good over evil and convey the message of sharing as well as giving, teachers staged a short play. However, a small narration of the Ramayana before the celebrations was the befitting start to the programme. A teacher playing the role of Lord Rama culminated the show by burning the effigy of demon Ravana. The programme concluded with the distribution of sweets among the students thus propagating the message of brotherhood and togetherness. Kiddy Land School
The festival of Vijaydashmi was celebrated at Kiddy Land School here today. Tiny tots dressed as Rama, Sita, Hanumana and Ravana wonderfully showcased the story of the Ramanaya in front of the audience. The chief guest on this occasion was the founder president of the Uttaranchal Mahila Association (UMA), Sadhana Sharma. Addressing the funtion, she said the festival of Dasehra was a symbol of victory of truth. She said if we overcame the evils prevalent in our society we could get rid of the real Ravana, actually these evils needed to be burned. Tiny tots playing characters from the Ramayana stole the show. Little Kartikey Tiwari was dressed as Rama, Bhoomi Sharma as Sita, Hridyansh Arora as Lakshmana, Sheryshtha as Ravans while Nakshatra was dressed as
Hanumana. The wonderful function came to an end with the burning of the Ravana effigy. Present on this occasion were Director of Kiddy Land School Sneha Dora, teachers and parents of the school.
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Asian School bag Super 8s trophy
Dehradun, October 15 The toss was won by The heritage School while they chose to bowl first. In the first innings, The Asian School scored 33 runs at the loss of two wickets while The Heritage School scored 18 runs at the loss of six wickets. In the second innings, The Heritage School scored 11 runs at the loss of seven wickets making their total score of 29 runs while The Asian School scored 22 runs at the loss of three wickets. The chief guest, Minister of State for Irrigation Matbar Singh Kandari, presented the trophy to The Asian School while each member of the winning team and the runners-up team was given mementos for participation. Abhimanyu of The Asian School was adjudged the man of the match and the man of the tournament was given to Bhavesh Pratap Singh. Special award of the promising batsman was given to Sagar Chand of Doon International School, Satwik of Carman School, Dalanwala was declared promising bowler, Abdul of Aryan School was declared the best captain, most committed player was Puneet Gusain of The Heritage School and GRD Raipur was declared the best disciplined team.
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Welhams cagers reign supreme
Dehradun, October 15 Welhams Girls School beat St Thomas College 33-17 to walk away with the winning trophy. Somya scored 12 points for the winning team and Jyoti scored 11 points for St Thomas College. In the boys’ final, Welham Boys School defeated Hilton School 67-46 to annex the champions trophy. Samarath gave a superb performance with 22 points to ensure the win of Welhams. While Arpit scored two points for Hilton.
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U’khand Police face Tata Academy in qualifiers
Dehradun, October 15 Uttarakhand Police is in group A with other qualifiers: J&K Bank, Navy, MEG Bangalore, Indian National Football Club, Vasco Goa, AOC Sikandrabad and Tata Football Academy. Group B qualifiers are Assam Rifles, Army (Green), Air Force, Abab FC, Amity United, Assam Regimental Centre (Shilllong), Garhwal Heroes and BSF. Churchill Brothers, Army (Red), Chirag, Pune FC, Dempo, JCT, Sporting Club Goa, Salgaoncar, East Bengal and Air India are in the main draw. One team from each group playing the qualifiers will make it to the main draw. The Durand Cup qualifiers will kick off on October 17. J&K Bank will clash with Navy and MEG Bangalore with the Indian National Football Club on the opening day at the Ambedkar Stadium. On October 18, Assam Rifles will meet Army Green and Air Force will clash with Abab FC. On October 19, Vasco will meet AOC Sikandrabad and the Uttarakhand Police will clash with the Tata Football Academy. Amity United will play against Assam Regimental Centre and Garhwal Heroes will clash with BSF on October 20. Uttarakhand Police is playing for the first time in the Durand Cup.
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Judo meet gets under way
Dehradun, October 15 In the 25 kg category, Priyanka of Nari Shilp got the first place and Drona International’s Shirangi stood second. Shiksha Rana of Drona International and Priya of Nari Shilp got first and second place, respectively, in the 30kg category. While in the 35 kg category, Kajol and Savati, both of Nari Shilp, clinched first and second positions, respectively, DAV PG College’s Rashmi and Rakhi Arya got first and second place, respectively, in the 40 kg event. Sumitra Rani of Nari Shilp emerged as champion in the 45 kg event. Savita Gurung, also of Nari Shilp, stood second.
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Akranta Club beat Roshni Club
Dehradun, October 15 Rohit (22nd minute), Manoj (40th), Jagmeet (50th) and Ashu Vohra (53rd) scored a goal each in the facile win of Akranta. The rival team couldn’t match up to the performance of Akranta and could score single goal only. The score came through Mohit (15th). Though the goal was the first of the match, the Roshni team couldn’t strike again throughout the match and had to suffer loss. In another match, Doon Star beat DMK 2-0. Tenzing (second) and Gajender Nainwal (22th) were the scorers, who showed Doon Star the winning light. Meanwhile, Gypsy Young will face BC Milan and Western Boys will meet Sarvodaya in tomorrow’s matches.
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Ranjit Section lead on Day 2
Dehradun, October 15 A large number of parents had come to witness the event. The finals of the remaining events will be held tomorrow The position on end of the second day were: 1st - Ranjit Section-142 points, 2nd - Pratap Section-123 points, 3rd - Chandragupta Section-119 points, 4th - Shivaji Section-100 points. A Division The results: Broad jump:1st - cadet Akshat Raj, 2nd - cadet Gourav Kumar, 3rd - cadet Mohammed Salman Discus: 1st - cadet Martand Dev, 2nd - cadet Yashasvee Raj, 3rd - cadet Ajinder Singh Arora 200m sprint: 1st - cadet Akshat Raj, 2nd - cadet Gourav Kumar, 3rd - cadet Vivek Bandral B Division Javelin throw: 1st - cadet Pratik Pegu, 2nd - cadet Tarun Munna, 3rd - cadet Bhaskar Gogoi 4x100m relay: 1st - Pratap, 2nd - Shivaji, 3rd - Ranjit 100m: 1st - cadet Nelson, 2nd - cadet Shashi, 3rd - cadet Anirudh 800m: 1st - cadet Ligang Kobing, 2nd - cadet Abhishek Yadav, 3rd - cadet Ankit Shukla 100m hurdles: 1st - cadet Saurabh Singh, 2nd - cadet Aurobindo Mishra, 3rd - cadet Michael Singh Broad Jump: 1st - cadet Daniel, 2nd - cadet Ankit Shukla, 3rd - cadet Saurabh Singh C Division Pole vault: 1st - cadet Ligang Kobing, 2nd - cadet Harsh Arora, 3rd - cadet Rupesh Kumar High jump: 1st - cadet Vivek Yadav, 2nd - cadet Dinesh Yadav, 3rd - cadet Mayank Dhama Shot put: 1st - cadet Himanshu Thapa, 2nd - cadet Avinash Kumar, 3rd - cadet Abhijeet Boruah 200m: 1st - cadet Abhinav Anand, 2nd - cadet Amrit Panda, 3rd - cadet Tabshir Ahmed 800m: 1st - cadet Rahul Mishra, 2nd - cadet Abhishek Dhamu, 3rd - cadet Ayush Salaria 400m: 1st - cadet Abhinav Anand, 2nd - cadet Tabshir Ahmed, 3rd - cadet Ayush Salaria
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Sports Club defeat DAV College
Mussoorie, October 15 The tournament was held in the memory of former coach late Rakesh Rawat, who was an excellent volleyball player. Chief guests MLA Jot Singh Gunsola and Mandi Parishad president Upendar Thapli distributed the prizes to the winning team. Speaking on the occasion, Gunsola said Rawat was an excellent player of Volleyball in whose memory the tournament was being organised. He said an extensive state sports policy was required in the state, as in present they were receiving a paltry amount as diet and travel expense which was good for sportspersons. The state government should formulate a policy to provide the sportsperson some sort of encouragement till that time people would not be interested in sending their wards in sports.
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The much-awaited third Great Himalayan Bird Count - Winter of 2010 will be held in Uttarakhand from October 27 to 30.
The host - Action and Research for Conservation in Himalayas (ARCH) - has completed all preparations for the conduct of the count which will be done on 36 most popular trekking trails.
These trails include Yamuna, Bhagirathi, Bhilangana, Ganga, Mandakini and Alaknanda in the Garhwal Himalayas, including the Asan and Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserves in Dehradun and Haridwar districts, respectively.
More than 787 students from different schools of the country converged at St George’s School in Barlowganj, Mussoorie, to participate in a national symposium on career guidance organised jointly by St George’s College and the Institute of Counsellor Training Research and Consultancy (ICRTC).
Pitthoragarh, October 15
Dehradun, October 15
Poly Kids here today as festival of Dasehra was celebrated with enthusiasm there. Enlightening the minds of the young learners, a special act based on the storyline of the Ramayana was enacted by teachers.
The trophy of Shri Rohitash Singh Memorial Inter School Boys’ Super 8s Cricket Tournament-2010 was clinched by The Asian School here today. The Asian School won the tournament by 26 runs while defeating the host school, The Heritage School.
