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Phase I of save Ganga drive launched
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Participants at a marathon held at Roorkee on Sunday.
Nainital diary
Scholars discuss Indian ecosystem at conference
A kabaddi match in progress at Bhatoli village in Jaunpur block, near
Mussoorie, during a festival.
Students stage a play, “Jai Bharti”, at Bal Shiksha Sadan in Mussoorie on Sunday.
Haryana win race event title in skating meet
A girl in action at the Uttarakhand Technical University Inter-College Badminton Tournament in Dehradun
on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Dr Rakesh Kumar, Secretary, Rural Development, flags off a walkathon in Dehradun on Sunday.
Aryan School skating champs
Participants in the 16th Doon District Roller Skating Championship in Dehradun on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Doon Star lift DFA Challenger Cup
The Doon Star team with the DFA Challenger Cup trophy in Dehradun on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Fulfil vacancies under SC/ST quota: Chairman
Bal Vikas Parishad launches animation film
Marshall School holds 43rd sports meet
Students participate in a relay race at Marshall School in Dehradun on Sunday. A
Tribune photograph
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Phase I of save Ganga drive launched
Haridwar, October 24 From there on, the second phase will get started as it reaches the boundary of Uttar Pradesh and finally on November 21 the campaign will conclude at Khashipur (Bansghat) in Patna, Bihar. Emphasising the need for launching such campaigns, Pandey said this was a voluntary initiative of the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department in collaboration with various organisations. He said the state police’s initiative for this social cause would surely help a lot in saving the Ganga and also spread the message among people of Mitra Police (friendly police campaign of the Uttarakhand police). Director, UP Tourism Department, Avneesh Awasthi said this event would be giving the message of cultural diversity in the areas close to the Ganga, urging people to purify and clean the environment. While IG, Intelligence, Aditya Mishra said as the Ganga was a national river having deep religious significance, people would be acquainted with the immense importance of the Ganga in environment conservation. At the launch of the campaign, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Alok Sharma, SSP, Haridwar, Sanjay Gunjiyal, ASP Janmayjay Khanduri, Anant Shri Vibhoshith Swami Achutyananad Teerthji Maharaj, Swami Kalyanand, Inderprakash Gutpa, state cabinet-ranked Vimal Kumar, Bhooma Ashram associates and hundreds of people from different sections of society were present on the occasion.
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At Roorkee, Bengal Engineers Group spreads green message
Dehradun, October 24 Devendra Singh Rawat was the winner of the full-marathon with the timing of 2 hrs 25 min 9 secs. Master Param Singh was the winner of the half-marathon. The winners were awarded with a prize of Rs 30,000 and Rs 15,000, respectively. Mukesh Rawat won the second prize of Rs 20,000 and Hav Angad Singh of the Bengal Engineer Group and Centre won the third prize of Rs 10,000 in the full-marathon category. Besides, prizes of Rs 5,000 and Rs 2,000 were given to position holders of fourth to 20th, respectively, in the same category. Hav Jasvir Singh and Sapper Durga Bux of the Bengal Engineer Group and Centre won the second prize of Rs 5,000 and the third prize of Rs 3,000, respectively, in the half-marathon category. In a special achievement, 66-year-old Kusum Gupta, who was the oldest runner with high spirits, was also awarded a special award. A South African couple who ran with their entire family, along with their one-year-old baby Evan, who was also the youngest participant in the entire marathon accompanied by his mother Irene, was also awarded a special prize. There were various schoolchildren who participated in the marathon too. Present on the occasion were Major S Chaudhuri, Group Commander 501 Field Survey Engineer Group, Brig DS Ahuja, Commandant, Bengal Engineer Group and Centre, Roorkee, SBI Bank Manager and various civilians and Army dignitaries.
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Minister shoots his mouth off
Rajeev Khanna
Tribune News Service He then gave an example of one Ghosi village, near his native village, and pointed out that people of Ghosi even supported their enemies when it came to selling off their cattle. “Even if the seller’s buffalo does not give even a litre of milk and he is seeking Rs 6,000 for it, his enemy from the village will tell the prospective buyer that he himself would have purchased the buffalo if he had the money,” said Kaushik while relating how the two enemies forget their enmity to dupe the prospective buyer. This example given by Kaushik proved to be an embarrassment for the organisers of the event who could be later seen requesting the local media not to publish it. The academicians present on the occasion were almost unanimous in stating that the example given by the minister was “unethical”. A couple of people present at the event from tourism-related vocations were heard discussing, “Does he want us to dupe people into coming here and ruin our reputation as a decent tourist destination forever. The government has already failed to get the roads repaired in time for the tourists to arrive for the autumn season and now he wants us to follow unethical examples. One can very well imagine the principles on which the government might be functioning”. Rain fails to deter Bengali tourists
The Bengali tourist has not let down the autumn tourist season in
Kumaon. The season began on a dismal note with hardly 5 per cent of the tourists turning up and even the much-famed Durga Puja celebrations in Nainital proved to be a low-key affair. But, the spirits of those involved in the tourist trade got a boost when tourists from West Bengal, who constitute the majority of visitors, during this season eventually did turn up. Hence, Nainital and the other tourist destinations in
Kumaon, including Kausani, Bageshwar and Jageshwar, are getting a reasonable number of tourists these days. However, the overall turnout this season has been dismally low in comparison to what had been expected by the locals. Owing to the Commonwealth Games in the Delhi, it was being conveyed that Kumaon would attract a large tourist inflow, particularly since the schools in Delhi were having holidays. However, the failure of the administration to open the main roads before the onset of games prevented the tourist rush. In the end it was once again the media that became the favorite whipping boy of everyone. People in the hotel trade could be heard complaining that the tourists would have come had the media not played up the stories of the rain-related disasters and the bad conditions of the roads. However, the media persons point out had the media not done its job, the administration would have taken its own time to get the roads opened.
Minister’s love for
Ramlila
Last fortnight was the fortnight of Ramlilas across the region. Newspapers, discussions at tea stalls and even talks in the offices were around the staging of Ramlilas at various places. The Kaumoni Ramlia has a distinct trait of its own where dialogues are not delivered in a normal manner, but in verse based on classical ragas. In addition to this is the elaborate makeup that makes it unique. This is one of the regions in the country where Ramlilas continue to have a mass appeal and people vie for getting a role in the staging of the epic. Perhaps that is the reason why one got to see a large number of media persons in the role of Dashratha and Parshurams on stage. During these days these mediapersons had two deadlines to meet, one for the organisation for whom they work and the second for the
Ramlila. It is not only the mediapersons who were on stage, one also got an opportunity to see a large number of politicians performing. These included Transport Minister Bansidhar Bhagat who performed in the Oonchapul locality of Haldwani and got a raving appreciation for his performance.
Injured jumbo gives foresters tough time
Forest Department officials had a tough time tackling a pack of elephants in the forests of the Lal Kuan area last week. Having been assigned the job of administering medicine to a jumbo injured in an accident after it had been hit by a train, the officials went into the thick forest to locate the injured pachyderm. But, even as they were able to locate the animal and its accomplices, they could not even dare to go near them. The reason was that the injured animal and its friends were really annoyed and did not want anyone near them. Even as the officials tried to approach them, the elephants would give a shrill cry making the officials flee for their lives. This gave time to the elephants to rush further into the deep forests with the officials once again on chase. This continued for several hours on Friday. However, the officials later claimed to have administered three injections to the injured animal with the help of a tranquiliser gun. The elephant was injured when it was hit by a train near Lal Kuan on Thursday night. While three elephants had safely crossed the railway tracks, the fourth one was hit. It created mayhem in the area for a couple of hours and this led to the closure of traffic movement on the Haldwani-Bareilly road.
Sporting season at peak again
After the season of soccer that dominated the sports scenario in the region during the monsoon, it is now time for other games. The sporting season is once again on its peak in
Nainital. After a successful inter-school basketball competition that was enjoyed by the locals to the hilt, the town is nowadays hosting an All-India Five a Side Hockey tourney for girls. The players are exhibiting quality hockey which is a treat for the locals to watch. In between the police hosted a state-level swimming championship at the swimming pool in
Haldwani. A lot more hockey and cricket is in the offing for the sports lovers in the days to come.
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Scholars discuss Indian ecosystem at conference
Haridwar, October 24 Scientists, academicians and research scholars from around the world participated in the conference which saw an overwhelming participation and discussion with an emphasis on taking tips from everyone to make sure environment and climate cycle were not disturbed. Acknowledging varied and immense biodiversity life in India, Prof Ben Evan from Mac Master University of Hamilton, Canada, said in India nature was very closely related to their tradition, so it was more important to generate awareness among the future generations. Prof Evan also pointed out that the Indian culture even worshiped nature in various forms and it seemed to be more concerned and sensitive in comparison to say western or European countries. Relating the late evening sudden rainfall in Uttarakhand which was accompanied by stormy winds unseen by localites in the past few decades, Prof Chandra Mohan said this was also a part of the ill-effects of the global warming with severe damage being done to the ecosystem and biodiversity which was resulting in such adverse forms of nature fury. He further added that environment could only be purified if we were more sensitive to ecology and nature as it’s not only the duty or work of respective governments only, but also a self-responsibility of every citizen. Prof SK Bhatia from Punjab University said its only human beings that by change in their lifestyle could make environment clean as what’s in our mind and thoughts indirectly had an affect on the outer environment. Demanding environment as a regular -compulsory topic as study curriculum till graduation level, Professor Bhatia said, “In today’s time environment safety quite depends on the pitch of our sensitivity and awareness towards the ecology and environment subject should not only be taken as a science subject, but should be taken as a subject related to varied aspects of society. Appreciating the participation of the guest speakers who participated in various sessions on the related subjects with in-depth presentations, Director Prof Shravan Kumar Sharma pointed out that it was only in the Indian tradition where we worshiped trees, prayed to God, performed yagya and other related rituals to purify environment and its our duty to keep the older traditions given us by our forefathers. The series of seminars were coordinated by Prof Hemlata with special presentation lectures given by Canadian Prof Rama Singh, Dr Chelsi Karuna Sharma, Namita Joshi, Mudita Agnihotri, Satendra, Kalpaana, Pradeep Kumar Joshi, Veena Vishnoi, DS Malik, Prakash Joshi and all doctors and faculty members and research scholars from various universities.
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Bhatoli keeps sports spirit alive in Jaunpur
Mussoorie, October 24 Rajya Andolankari Samman Parishad president Ravinder Jugran was impressed with the arrangements made by the organising committee at the venue. Former Palika President Manmohan Singh Mall and senior Congress leader in unison voiced the need for promoting sports in rural areas. Mall said there was immense talent in the remote villages of the state and the state should formulate such policies to encourage participation of athletes in national meets on a frequent basis so that they could bring laurels to the state. He also demanded that the government should think on terms of organising Rural Olympics at the state level. Jugran said a Central government programme called “Nyay Panchayat Yuva Kreeda Khel Abhiyan” to promote sports was already on in which the government was supporting all Nyay Panchayats to boost sports in their respective areas. The construction of a stadium each in Nyay Panchayats has been planned along with the services of a coach. He advised the villagers to contact the authority concerned and make use of the scheme for the promotion of the sports in their village. Jugran also said as Bhatoli was located near Mussoorie, a village tourism project could also be started there which would help in generating employment and preserving the local traditions and art. He promised to assist the villagers in every possible way. The games like carrom, kabaddi, volleyball, athletics are being organised as part of the festival. The villagers also presented items to showcase their traditional folk arts. Yesterday, Rajya Sabha Member Bhagat Singh Koshiyari announced a grant of Rs 2 lakh for the construction of a stadium at the village. Koshiyari was greeted with the traditional folk instruments at the festival. In junior segment, Silgaon village bagged the coveted trophy. Khel Parishad president Narayan Singh Rana, promised to give Rs 5 lakh for the stadium. Zila Panchayat member Subash Ramola, Rekha Dangwal, BJP regional president Narmada Negi, Dinesh Badoni, organising secretary, Kunwar Singh Chauhan and others were present. ‘Fests bridges between villagers, leaders’ Villagers of Jaunpur Block used the platform tourism, cultural and sports festival to air their problems in front of the political dignitaries and managed to get some of these solved in an effective manner. The organisers succeeded in getting Rs 2 lakh grant from Koshiyari. Organising secretary Kunwar Singh Chauhan said these cultural fests were becoming a direct bridge between villagers and politicians where both are the beneficiaries. While the politicians get the opportunity to address a huge gathering and pass the message of their party to them, villagers make most of the occasion to put forth a plethora of demands like installation of setting up of new pipelines, roads, school, etc. A villager and social worker from Kandi Khal village says it is a an opportunity for the villagers to directly interact with the politicians where their demands are met on merit basis.
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Tiny tots promote national integration
Mussoorie, October 24 The prep children presented a number of programmes consisting of several nursery rhymes and small skits showcasing their confidence and personality to the audience amid thunderous applause. The chief guest on the occasion was former Professor of creative writing at Lal Bhadur Shastri Academy, Prof VK Uniyal who inaugurated the function by lighting the ceremonial lamp. The cultural programme “Jai Bharti” highlighting the issue of national integration in which children laid emphasis on the keeping the secular basis of the society intact. The one-act plays enacted by the nursery children received warm appreciation from the audience on the day. Avanika Nawani and group presented a combined poem called “Kabuliwala”. Founder of the school Bharat Bhushan said the focus was on complete personality development in which a one-year-old child also could stand in front of a large crowd confidently. The function concluded with the prize distribution ceremony. The chief guest distributed the prizes for calligraphy, storytelling, drawing and painting, elocution, rangoli, and dramas. The best student award for the year went to Anjali Nautiyal of Class II. The chief guest commended the students for the stupendous cultural performance and reiterated the fact that the modern education with the traditional form imparted in the school was worth appreciating. He congratulated the winners and the teachers for the hard work shown in the programme.
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Haryana win race event title in skating meet
Mussoorie, October 24 Chief guest on the occasion, IG (Intelligence) Anil Raturi, who is also former international player, distributed the prizes among the winners. Santosh Sonkar, wife of late Nand Kishore Bamboo, an international roller hockey referee in whose memory the event is being organised, was also present on the occasion. In the quad road race 1,000 metres under-six boys’ category, Kartik Jindal from Haryana bagged gold, silver went to Yuvraj Singh of Meerut and Hriday from Karnal bagged bronze. In girls’ section, gold was bagged by Kashish from Karnal. In 10-12 boys’ category, Afaq Khan from Delhi bagged gold, while in girls’ category, Srijana Dhaliwal, Panchkula, bagged gold. In 14-12 boys’ section, Sahil Gehlawat, Sonepat, bagged gold while in girls’ section from Meerut won gold. In 14-16 boys’ category, Manik Pal from Aligarh Meerut University won gold. In 14-16 girls’ category, Rekha from Karnal won gold. In in-line road race under-six boys’ category, Paru Dev Sharma from Sonepat won gold, in 6-8 girls’ sections Shrishti Jaiswal from Sonepat won gold, in boys’ section, Sayam from Panchkula won gold, in 8-10 boys’ section, Harsh Gupta from Panchkula won gold, in 10-12 boys’ category, Rushat Parihar from Panchkula won gold. Srijana Dhaliwal bagged another gold in in-line race. In 12-14 boys’ section, Prakhar from Delhi won gold, in girls’, Nikita Goyal from Meerut won gold. In 14-16 girls’ Komal from Sonepat won gold, in boys’, Bhawani from Meerut won gold. In above-16, 3,000 metre boys’ category, Ashu Singh Rawat from Delhi won gold. Rajas Khel Parishad president Narayn Singh Rana, Javed Khan, Harbhajan Thakral, Roop Chand, Nand Lal, Rajendar Panwar, Karan Chauhan, VK Gadroo and others were also present on the occasion. The seniors’ roller hockey match between Chandigarh and AMU was on till the filing of the report.
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Jyotsana trounces Shagun in UTU badminton meet
Dehradun, October 24 The first and second round matches for boys and girls were played today. Jyotsana Rawat of GBPEC, Pauri, got the better of Shagun of UIT, Dehradun, 21-19, 21-8 in the girls’ singles. In another girls’ singles, Geetika of DIT routed Archana of GRD 21-5, 21-2. While Deepamshi of GRD beat DIT’s Aditi Agarwal in a tough encounter of the same event. In girls’ doubles, Surabhi and Geetika of DIT paired together to defeat Deepamshi and Aditi of GRD 21-18, 21-13. In boys’ singles, Kaushal of Drona, Dehradun, beat Santosh Negi of GBPE, Pauri. In another boys’ singles, Akhilesh Kumar of GBPE, Pauri, defeated Gautam, Drona, 21-13, 21-15. GBPE’s boys also registered win in the doubles encounter. It’s Akhilesh and Ashish beat Drona’s Amit and Kaushal 19-21, 21-10, 21-15.
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ONGC holds Petrotech Walkathon
Dehradun, October 24 The 4-km walkathon was flagged off from KV and went through KDMIPE Chowk, Garhi Cantt Road, Cantt police station, ONGC Helipad Road, FRI Chowk and finished at Dr Ambedkar Stadium. Dr Kumar, also the Nodal Officer for the CSR programmes at the ONGC, spoke on the value of environment. DD Misra, Head of the Corporate Administration, ONGC, said the walkathon had been organised as a prelude to Petrotech, 2010. Petrotech, 2010, is a biennial event of the oil and gas sector organised under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It is organised as a conference with over 4,000 international and national participants and an exposition where more than 300 companies from 30 countries will showcase their expertise. Petrotech, 2010, will be hosted by the ONGC in New Delhi from October 31 to November 3. The National Union of ONGC Employees, the All-India SC/ST Employees Welfare Association, the OBC and MOBC Employees Welfare Association and the Employees Welfare Committee were instrumental in the success of the event.
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Aryan School skating champs
Dehradun, October 24 Kasiga got the third place and was also awarded with the best discipline trophy. While Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Olympus High School stood fourth and fifth in the medals list, respectively. A total of 315 skaters form reputed schools of the district participated in the event. Akshat Johari, Ashwin and Abhishek Bhandari of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Yati Gupta of St Joseph's Academy, Pushkar Kapse of Ann Marry and Vidul Sikka of Kasiga were awarded for their excellent performance in the national and international events. Priyakshi Thapa of Doon Blossoms won artistic title in girls’ category, while Riya and Diya Pant of St Montessori were awarded for their best dance performance in skates. Jaanu Murty of Asian got the younger skater trophy while best effort trophy was given to Olympus High School. Principal of Olympus High School Anuradha Malla and Vijay Sagar Bhardwaj distributed prizes while Amit Gupta, the vice-president of the association, presented the certificates. Meanwhile, Gulab Choudhry inaugurated first match of the first Uttarakhand Roller Hockey Ishaan Cup 2010 and stated that total top 10 teams were participating in the tournament. The association vice-president declared that the fifth Roller Skating Marathon for anti-drugs would be organised on November 14. Malla also announced that the first CBSE Inter School Roller Skating Tournament was planned in the first week of December at the Olympus Rink.
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Doon Star lift DFA Challenger Cup
Dehradun, October 24 The first half of the match ended in Doon Star’s favour 1-0. In the next half, too, Doon star had more ball possession and it made most of the goal attempts. However, Ankit Negi (50th) managed to score to make equal level of the match at 1-1. Mighty Doon Star made some changes of its players and forced an attack on the rival team. Balbinder (53rd) struck his next goal to make the score 2-1. The team continued with its dominating game got its next success through Anurag Rauthan (59th) who getting an excellent passed from his teammate headed the ball into the nets. Meanwhile, the winning and the runner-up team players were given away prizes by chief guest Ravinder Jugran, president, Rajya Andolankari Samaan Parishad. Prizes were also given to the players doing best in different categories. Arun Bhoj of Doon United was declared the best goalkeeper of the competition. Manish Thapa of Cantt Blue was adjudged best forward player. While Shashank of Sarvodaya Club walked away with best defense award. Rahul, also of Sarvodaya was declared best half. Rising star award was bagged by Yogi of Doon Star for emerging as best player among the newcomers.
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Fulfil vacancies under SC/ST quota: Chairman
Pitthoragarh, October 24 “The Personnel Department of the state has misguided the government by citing a Supreme Court order for not recruiting SC/ST candidates for backlog jobs of the government. But now a three-member committee has been constituted to work on it and pave the way for recruitment in the SC/ST backlog,” said the Chairman. The Chairman after visiting calamity-hit areas of Champawat and Lohaghat, admitted that the amount being given to the victims was less compare to their losses in the last month’s nature calamity and said he would pursue the state government through the state BJP chief to increase the amount.
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Bal Vikas Parishad launches animation film
Dehradun, October 24 Talking to The Tribune, Faizi Aleen, president of the group, said, “We are working for the benefit of the poor for the past five years, but we got our organisation registered this year only”. Deepak, vice-president of the group, affirmed that they kept on providing food, clothes, books and other necessary items to the children who belong to very poor families. “We have started adult education, especially for the fairer sex, at Kath Bangla Basti last year and by the next year it would be started in Sapera Basti as well. Earlier, our team comprised 20 members who were working for the welfare of poor, but today we have around 70 members,” said Aleen. The group is supported by the Ram Krishan Ashram and the Giani Inder Singh Institute.
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Marshall School holds 43rd sports meet
Dehradun, October 24 Students in large numbers participated, while their parents as well as teachers appreciated the hard work put in by them. Ashoka-Blue won the overall trophy in the group A (Boys) and Shivaji-Green claimed the overall trophy in the group D (Girls). Pratap-Red and Azad-Yellow won the overall trophy in the group B (Boys) and group E (Girls), respectively. Shubham Thapa-Pratap and Rashi Gupta-Shivaji were declared best upcoming sport student in girls and boys category, respectively.
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Dehradun, October 24
Dehradun, October 24
Dehradun, October 24
