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Dhanteras: The right day to buy metal ware
Customers at a utensil shop in Dehradun on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
600 cars to hit city roads today
A car showroom in Dehradun on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph |
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Crowd is up, so is crime
Cultural-musical contest kicks off at Jwalapur College
Govt school lacks basic amenities
Students of Government Higher Secondary School, Buraskhanda, take their exams sitting on the floor.
Udham Singh Nagar admn gears up for board exams
Students from hill dists shine at BHEL meet
Athletes take off during a state-level athletics meet in Haridwar on Tuesday.
Traffic restrictions for festive season
Adulterated khoya being destroyed by health authorities in Pitthoragarh.
2 quintals khoya found
Asian School celebrates 11th founder’s day
Narrow victory for Royal Challenger
KVIMA, St Joseph Academy to clash for soccer trophy
Ruskin Bond attends Welham School founder’s day
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Dhanteras: The right day to buy metal ware
Dehradun, November 2 Dhanteras is the first day of the five-day Divali festival. Falling on the thirteen day of the Krishna paksha in the month of Ashwin, it signifies wealth. On this day, people purchase metals and other precious items. Utensil traders, jewellers and dealers in electrical home appliances are expected to do brisk business tomorrow. The purchase of steel utensils is considered auspicious on Dhanteras. Kumar Bartan Bhandar, one of the oldest shops dealing in utensils, crockery and gift items, has got some of the finest quality brands. Along with known brands such as Prestige, Futura, Hawkins, Cello and Milton, this year’s additions are matt-finish steel items by De-Stellar, a known brand from Chennai, and Shakun, another famous brand in steel accessories. Starting from a mere Rs 10, there are items worth Rs 10,000. “We will open our shop early tomorrow. From spoons to cookers, we have high-end non-stick cookware as well as Indian and import-quality cutlery from Spain, Korea, Japan. We also have gold-plated crockery,” asserted Prakash Kumar, the owner. High-end crockery and cutlery of crystal ware by the brand name of Cristal Darques is another hit with the people. “I have many types of crockery items at home, but I am planning to buy a crystal dinner set this Divali. It is very fragile and needs a lot of maintenance, but its elegance makes it worth owning,” said Krishna Rathi, a housewife. “Idols of 24 carat hallmark gold of Lakshmi-Ganesh and silver coins are the next common things that witness great sales on the festival after utensils. Some persons also prefer purchasing silver glasses and spoons,” said Daljit Pal of Pal Jewellers at Dispensary Road. However, with Asmi, Nakshatra, D’damas, Gilli, there also branded silver items by MMTC and Sanchi, trusted silverware from the government of India. “For the past week, people are thronging our shop. These silver items are high in quality. From small silver items worth Rs 500, we have dinner sets that are worth Rs 4 lakh weighing around 12 kg,” said a salesgirl at Punjab Jewel.
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600 cars to hit city roads today
Dehradun, November 2 Local car dealers confirmed that there has been a rise in the car sales this year as compared to last year. “We have bookings to deliver over 30 cars on Wednesday,” said Divine Honda Sales manager Sunil Kala. “We expect the sale of 70 cars this year,” he added. “We usually sell about 40 to 45 cars a month. Selling more than 30 cars on a single day is certainly exciting business.” Maruti Suzuki dealers too are having great business this Diwali season. The three dealers of Maruti Suzuki in the state capital are said to have booked over 400 cars for the auspicious day that falls on Wednesday. “Last year, Maruti sales were comparatively less - at around 200 cars on Dhanteras. But this year, the booking has crossed 350 with the figure expected to touch 400 on Wednesday,” said Gaurav Arora, DGM, Dee Dee Motors. “On an average, we sell around 200 cars every month,” he stated. Talking to The Tribune, Rakesh Oberai, MD, Oberai Motors, said, “Over 36 cars will be delivered tomorrow. Nano accounts for 14 of these. “From today, customers can straight away walk out of our showroom with brand new Nano for which they otherwise had to wait for months,” he said. People here are also crazy about the costliest cars in the country i.e. Volkswagen. “About 12 persons want the car on Dhanteras, but otherwise, 19 cars will be delivered in all on the auspicious day. Customers had to wait for more than three to four months for the car, so they do not mind taking it on other days as well,” Praveen Kumar Gaur, Senior Sales Manager at Volkswagen, Dehradun, said. Gurpreet Singh, Manager Sales of AB Motors that deals in Ford, said that they would be delivering about 40 cars on Wednesday. “The response is overwhelming. We expect the sales to go up to 50,” he stated. A Chevrolet dealer said, “If we go by the booking figures, we hope to sell around 50 cars in the city.” The sales manager of Grand Toyota refused to disclose the details as he said, “It is against company rules. We cannot declare the numbers.”
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Crowd is up, so is crime
Dehradun, November 2 Reason: With the onset of the festive season, criminal activities have got active in the overcrowded city’s main market, the Paltan
Bazar. Threat of pickpocketing and chain snatching, besides small thefts, becomes common in such crowded places. The situation at the markets also leads to the problem of eve-teasing and misbehaviour with
women.
Yesterday only, a woman’s purse, containing Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 and an ATM card, reportedly went missing when she was shopping in the Paltan
Bazar. Her husband Kalam Singh, a resident of Canal Road, complained to the police today. The woman, due to the crowd, that is bustling at the seams, didn’t even know when her purse was stolen. Much later, she realized that she had lost her purse. Last week, three women from Andhra Pradesh, acting as customers, were caught stealing ornaments from a jewellery shop in the Paltan Bazar. They were nabbed with help of the CCTV cameras installed in the shop. Not only this, but some small-time fadhiwalas also indulge in criminal activities like petty thefts. Owing to illegal encroachments and big number of small-time road vendors, it becomes difficult for cops to do verification of all of them. Thus, most of such sellers in the guise of selling make hay. Though the police and intelligence will be on duty in such places, considering the crowd in such narrow roads and lanes, it is always a complex thing for the cops to catch hold of anti-social elements. “The public has to be vigilant and should inform the police if it faces some problem. However, on our part at every junction cops have been deployed and patrolling has been intensified,” acting Superintendent of Police Ajay Joshi told The Tribune.
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Cultural-musical contest kicks off at Jwalapur College
Haridwar, November 2 Alongside the state-level athletics meet being held at the BHEL main stadium in Haridwar, a cultural-musical competition is also being organised at Jwalapur Inter College. The cultural competition began today with students taking part in various cultural events. So from local Garhwali-Kumaoni, kathak, Bharatnatyam, western style dances to vocal, instrumental, antakshri contests, students from all over the state showcased their talent enlivening the atmosphere at the school auditorium and campus. Chamoli girls won the antakshri contest while in the folk song category surprisingly the Udham Singh Nagar team won the top spot. The Uddham Singh Nagar team also clinched the first prize in the group song, drama and debate competition. The Dehradun team emerged winners in the physical exercise contest. In the traditional category, teams from hill districts with beautifully attired in Garhwali-Kumaoni regional outfits and singing local traditional songs and jagars were the dominant ones. Particularly the team from Pauri Garhwal got the most adulation with their near-to-perfection performances. Other districts too like Tehri Garhwal, Almora, Bageshwar, Pitthorgarh, Nainital, Dehradun, Haridwar, Champawat, Chamoli, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Uddham Singh Nagar too gave top performances making it quite tough for judges to adjudge winners in almost every category. Coordinator of the event Ram Singh Chauhan said late in the evening prizes were distributed at a function where all teams performed folk and regional cultural programmes.
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Govt school lacks basic amenities
Mussoorie, November 2 The school situated at Silla village, 30 km from Mussoorie, has more than 124 students, out of which 64 students are studying under the campaign. Most of the students belong to the deprived section, as it is a Dalit-dominated area. They travel around 50 km every day to reach the school. Apart from this, they don’t have syllabus books and are forced to complete their recently conducted half-yearly exams without books. Savita (name changed), student of Class VII, said she belonged to a poor family and had not received books till now, thus facing immense difficulty during exams. According to Headmaster of the school Lalit Mohan Kala, he was posted at the school in July and found that books that should have been distributed by the state government free of cost in April when the session began had not received yet. Kala sent a letter addressed to the Education Officers and the Education Directorate in August clearly stating that students of Class VI and VII had not received the syllabus books till now. Kala said he got a letter from the Education Directorate, but no action had been initiated till now. Kala also feared that in November students and teachers both would face immense difficulty in the school because the building was leaking at several places. MLA Jot Singh Gunsola said the government of India under the SSA was doing a lot and had provided basic amenities to the school. He said he would inspect the school and find out the reason as to why the school had been neglected up till now. He said this was a serious issue and, if needed, he would raise the issue in the next Vidhan Sabha session. The District Education Officer was not available on the phone.
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Udham Singh Nagar admn gears up for board exams
Nainital, November 2 At a meeting held at the Collectorate in Rudrapur a couple of days back, Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Vijay Chandra Kaushal instructed District Education Officer (DEO) SC Arya to ensure that all examination centres were airy, had the required light and were properly cleaned. He asserted that the examinees should not face any kind of discomfort when they were appearing for their exams. The ADM has asked the DEO to conduct a survey of the examination centres identified for the purpose and submit a report on their condition to him at the earliest so that the repairs works can be undertaken where required. With a view to checking the incidence of copying and to ensure that the exams are conducted peacefully, the officials of the Education Department have been asked to take stock of the law and order situation at places where the examination centres are to be set up. The DEO said there was a proposal to set up 85 examination centres, 14 at Jaspur, 11 each at Kashipur, Bazpur and Sitarganj, seven at Gadarpur, 18 at Rudrapur and 13 at Khatima. Arya added for the high school examination 24,685 students would be appearing out of which 13,537 would be boys. Out of these examinees 2,082 would be appearing as private candidates while the others would appear as candidates enrolled in various educational institutions. Similarly, for intermediate 16,193 students would be appearing out of which 8,850 are boys. Out of these 1,738 students would be appearing as private candidates. Kaushal has asked the officials to ensure that the examinations are conducted in a peaceful and conducive atmosphere. The district has taken a lead in preparing for the examinations. Officials say that chalking out a plan well in time would help in a smooth conduct of the exercise and there would be no last-minute confusions which cause a lot of stress to the students as well as their parents.
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Students from hill dists shine at BHEL meet
Haridwar, November 2 In the boys’ section Dehradun’s Waseem Usman won gold with Haridwar’s Sachin and again Sports college Dehradun’s Shubham winning silver and bronze medals, respectively. The 800m race saw Harish from Uddham Singh
Nagar, Sanjay Bisht from Pitthoragarh and Nikul from Dehradun Sports College bagging the first three
positions. Divyani Rawat from Rudraprayag won the 300m race gold with compatriot Preeti Mehta and Almora’s Hema getting the silver and bronze medal positions. While in the 800m race in boys’ category, Sports College’s Kamaldeep won gold medal sharing the podium with Pitthoragarh’s Pawan and Uddhams Singh Nagar’s Veerendra Chandra
Arya. In the girls’ section in the same heat, Anjana Verma from
Pitthoragarh, Sabia and Gobindi from Uddham Singh Nagar were the first three winners. Earlier, the meet got off to a colourful start with the presentation of cultural programmes at the BHEL stadium, 4 km from here, today. In the shot put event, Pushpha Pawar from Pitthoragarh won gold medal closely followed by silver medallist Bhagwanti from Pauri Garwhal and bronze medallist Anita from
Uttarkashi. Uttarakhand Education Minister Gobind Singh Bisht inaugurated the meet by handing out a relay torch to the last athlete. He urged the gathering to inculcate sporting discipline among their children while students to make sure they participate in sports along with their
studies. Bisht highlighted the importance of the development of sports in
the hill state, pointing out that the government was working on the development of yoga, physical education and ayush intensively. He said efforts were being made
to put these subjects in curriculum to bring a healthy sporting culture in state as well as to provide employment opportunities to the state youth. Eminent persons present on the occasion were MD of BHEL Vimal Kumar, Dr Naresh Mohan, Rohitash
Kunwar, DEO Narendra Singh Rana, ADEO Ramendra Kushwaha, KK Gupta, KS
Bhandari, Inder Mohan Barthwal and others.
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Traffic restrictions for festive season
Dehradun, November 2 The move will help in reducing traffic jams in the market which occur due to haphazardly parked vehicles on narrow market roads. The district police has made available new parking lots for shoppers. For two wheelers, parking will be at the old bus stand. Other places where parking facilities will be available include the Gandhi Park and MDDA Park for vehicles going to Rajpur Road; Connaught Place for vehicles heading to Chakrata Road, Jhanda Bazar parking for people going to Jhanda Bazaar and inside the yellow line on main roads. City buses and Vikrams will not be allowed to enter the Clock Tower area. These vehicles will be diverted to other roads. Acting SP (City) Ajay Joshi said no vehicles would be allowed to enter the Paltan Bazar area and city buses along with Vikrams will also not enter the Clock Tower area. He added that on every junction, cops will remain on duty. We have already started team patrolling, he said.
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More adulterated milk products seized
Nainital, November 2 While a huge seizure of adulterated khoya was made from the Khatima region on Sunday, the authorities have made yet another major catch on Monday from Bazpur and Sitarganj areas. The adulterated products found on Monday include 3 quintals of khoya and 1.5 quintals of cottage cheese. According to the
information available, one quintal khoya was seized from a bus going from Kashipur to Haldwani at
Bazpur. It was packed in three gunny bags. Incidentally, there were no claimants of the bags. Similarly, authorities caught two quintals of adulterated khoya from a private bus in Sitarganj while 1.5 quintals of adulterated cottage cheese was seized from another vehicle. Smaller quantities
of adulterated paneer and gram flour were found during a series of searches at
Haldwani. There are also reports of a large quantity of spurious milk at the Kashipur Railway Station where
it was being brought by train. The samples of these articles have been sent to
a food processing laboratory for testing. The remaining quantities of the
articles have been destroyed or confiscated.
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2 quintals khoya found
Pitthoragarh, November 2 “The two quintals of adulterated khoya, which was lying unclaimed in the roadways station, was caught by the the Medical Health Department Officer. It was destroyed immediately after it was found adulterated,” said Archana Sagar, Chief Food Inspector, Pitthoragarh. “Our officers and personnel are on round-the-clock vigil and random checking of all items coming into Pitthoragarh, Jhoolaghat, Dharchula and Munsiyari markets is being done,” said
Sagar.
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Asian School celebrates 11th founder’s day
Dehradun, November 2 The programme began with ‘Dreamz’, a junior school presentation put up by efforts of Head Mistress Arti Kohli and the entire staff. As many as 235 students put up a mesmerising presentation, depicting the life of a pre-scholar and his desires that are beyond the real world. Following it was a beautifully choreographed dance-drama titled “Ganga, the soul of India” depicting her fury on leaving the earth. Students from middle and senior sections showcased their talent by putting up models and charts depicting the common theme “Ganga”. Class UKG students displayed a fete scene depicting one ghat of Haridwar and five main ghats of Varanasi. Students of classes I to V displayed a creative and spectacular art and craft exhibition. The Social Studies Department was declared the winner of this exhibition. On the occasion, the chief guest released the annual school magazine, Color. The programme culminated with a vote of thanks delivered by Sushmita Solanki, head girl of the school.
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Narrow victory for Royal Challenger
Dehradun, November 2 Anuwrat claimed three wickets of Royal Challenger while Amit and Mohit took a wicket each. In reply, PCTE could score 146 runs losing its nine wickets. Sunny (27), Mohit (24) and Amit (24) were the principal scorers. Ashish and Pawan took two wickets each for Royal Challenger. Ravinder, Amar and Sumit got a wicket each to help their side post a well-fought win. ACA, Rao Academy in final
Abhimanyu Cricket Academy (ACA) and Rao Cricket Academy (RCA) entered the final of the District-Level Cricket Competition here today. The final will be played at the ACA at 9 am tomorrow. ACA beat National School of Cricket by 33 runs in the first semifinal and RCA defeated Little Master Academy by four runs in the second semifinal match.
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KVIMA, St Joseph Academy to clash for soccer trophy
Dehradun, November 2 Facing a tough challenge from its opponents in the second semifinal, St Joseph Academy had to use all its acumen to secure the final berth. After several goal bearing efforts, Abhay Rana (31st minute) of the winning team drew first blood. The goal was equalised by Deepak Bahadur (38th) of SGRR in the second half. The spectators remained on their toes as the game levelled at 1-1. The excitement of the crowd rose to another level as Arya Sawant in the 48th minute led the score in favour of St Joseph 2-1. Meanwhile, the final of the championship will be played tomorrow at 3 pm between KVIMA and St Joseph Academy.
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Ruskin Bond attends Welham School founder’s day
Dehradun, November 2 Lauding the school for providing opportunity to explore and hone their individual skills, he also wished Welhamites good luck as well as a bright future ahead. The school also wore a festive look. Stalls set up by girls and teachers of the school were a great hit with the visitors. Stalls run by NGOs operating in and around Dehradun was also a part of the extravagant fete. The proceeds from the fete were given to the charitable trust.
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With a few hours left for Dhanteras tomorrow, city shops are already decked up with array of decorative as well as consumable items.
More than 600 cars will hit the city roads on November 3, courtesy Dhanteras or Dhanwantri Jayanti, which is celebrated on the 13th day Ashwin month in the Hindu calendar.
Anyone would be disgusted to see the condition of Government Higher Secondary School, Buraskhanda
(Raipur block) which does not have proper sitting arrangement for the students and is bereft of the other facilities too. The situation is so acute that it seems that people, who have been assigned the work under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(SSA), are making a mockery of the tall claims made under the campaign being run by the government of India.
Haridwar, November 2
