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Corbett to install five high-tech towers
Chila Motichoor Elephant Corridor
Music Cos. promote piracy: Kumar Sanu
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Miss Universe visits Doon
St Joseph’s Academy celebrates founder’s day
Form shortage has private students worried
Seminar on eco-protection in hill states tomorrow
Karan, Narendar sculpt Aryan Club’s victory
50-run win for Hilton’s School
Ankit, Vivek bag squash titles
Cricket Assn pip Dehradun Institute
Congress for CBI probe
‘Include Garhwali as mother tongue in Census form’
Statehood agitators protest police action
Stress laid on rainwater harvesting
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Corbett to install five high-tech towers
Dehradun, February 3 Uttarakhand Chief Wildlife Warden Srikant Chandola, while participating in an interactive session organised by the People For Animals (PFA), Uttarakhand, here today, said a company - Binomial Solutions - approved by the National Tiger Conservation Authority had been selected to install the towers. He said the towers would have two types of cameras fitted on them - infra-red and thermal - to keep a check on any activity inside Corbett forests. “Initially, five towers will be set up in the southern boundary of the park. These will subsequently be extended to other parts of the park,” Srikant Chandola said. He also said the Uttarakhand Wildlife Department was also acquiring two vehicles from Madhya Pradesh specially devised for wildcat rescue operations. “While one vehicle will be kept at Dehradun, the other will be taken to Haldwani in the Kumaon region,” he said. Chandola said the department was all set to use a pair of Belgian Shepherd dogs to check tiger-linked anti-wildlife activities. Referring to the recent gunning down of a man-eater in Corbett, Uttarakhand Chief Wildlife Warden said it was done as the last resort. “Such decisions are most unfortunate,” he said. Earlier, Dev Lahiri, Principal, Welham Boys School, and member, Uttarakhand Board of Directors, PFA, stressed on finding long-term solutions to reduce man-tiger conflicts in Corbett. Wildlife Institute of India scientist Bilal Habib focused on the arduous task of dealing with tigers that had turned man-eaters. PFA Uttarakhand member secretary Gauri Maulekhi coordinated the event.
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Chila Motichoor Elephant Corridor
The Chila Motichoor elephant corridor that falls in the Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand connects western and eastern parts of the park. It facilitates the long-distance movement of pachyderms that is hindered due to the physical obstructions, including Khand III village. “We have served notices on the villagers and are awaiting their response for the signing of the memorandum of understanding,” Pradeep Kumar, Warden of the Rajaji National Park and in charge for the rehabilitation of the villager, pointed out. He said the ball was now in villagers’ court. The residents of Khand III are evacuees from the area acquired by the Tehri Dam authorities and this is the second rehabilitation for these families in 35 years. They originally inhabited the former Tehri village and moved to Johra block of Motichur, and finally settled at Khand III. The Park officials have drafted a memorandum of understanding that is to be shortly signed with the villagers entailing the shifting of 32 families to the Lalpani area between twin townships of Rishikesh and Haridwar. After the shifting of these 32 families, 9 more families from the region will be shifted to make the corridor habitation free. Sources reveal that the rehabilitation will be carried out on the lines of the Tehri Dam oustees’ rehabilitation, which prominently involves land as replacement of land while ensuring all basic civic amenities at the new site and payments against the land according to the assessment of property. Significantly, the Wildlife Trust of India has been instrumental towards brokering talks between the families of Khand III and the State Forest Department and convincing the former for going for the rehabilitation process.
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Music Cos. promote piracy: Kumar Sanu
Mussoorie, February 3 Responding to the question on music piracy prevalent in the country, he opined that it was sad that music piracy was eating up the industry and had emerged as the biggest menace for artistes. He said the only solution to this was that music lovers should stay away from the cheap pirated digital versions and buy only the original. He, however, divulged that certain music companies themselves were indulging in piracy and using loop holes in the Copyright Act to their own advantage. Elaborating further, Kumar Sanu said certain companies had created three categories in marketing music. The first one was the original, which was priced on the higher side, the second one was for middle classes and the fourth one was for the extremely poor and sold on the roadside as the pirated version. In this way, the company not only avoided taxes, but the music also reached the masses. But in the process music lovers received a cheaper version of popular music. The artistes were the main losers as they received no royalty for the pirated version which were not accounted for. Sanu further said this was one of the reasons, apart from the sad state of music existing today, he had remained away from the music industry. He said he was glad that that the murky waters of the tinsel town were clearing now and he was ready to bounce back once again with more than 25 films containing his music in the pipeline. Sanu also said he would love to sing songs in regional languages, be it Garhwali or Kumaoni, if offered, as he had already sung more than 22,000 songs in 22 different languages so far. The forthcoming films in which Kumar Sanu will feature are “Touch”, “Yeh Sunday Kyon Aaata Hai” etc. He also said his two serials would be aired on television soon. Kumar Sanu left for Tehri Lake today along with Bali Brahmbhatt.
Melody era will return to Bollywood, says Bali Brahmbhatt Mussoorie, February 3 Speaking to the media, Brahmbhatt said he was confident that the era of melody songs would return to Bollywood once again. He asserted that the period of tasteless music would end soon, adding that it was evident in the response of music lovers of the country to present songs, as they had started craving for the kind of music promoted by singers like Kumar Sanu who had refused to sing songs like “Munni badnam hui…” and “Sheila ki jawani…”. Brahmbhatt was all praise for Kumar Sanu. He said the industry was fortunate that Kumar Sanu had stuck to his format of melody and his forthcoming numbers would be a rage in Bollywood once again. The new generation directors were influenced by Western films and they pressurised composers to ape Western tunes, be it rock or country music. This had led to the sad demise of the melody in the country. Brahmbhatt appealed to the music lovers that they should play a proactive role in reviving the melodious music that once ordained the silver screen in a big way. Brahmbhatt has been termed as an ultimate performer. A terrific singer, emcee, very witty and spontaneous, he is known for entertaining audiences. He started the trend of recording remixes and introduced in India the Patel rap, which was the first Indian rap song to become popular internationally.
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Miss Universe visits Doon
Dehradun, February 3 This chiselled Mexican beauty came out to receive a bouquet from Leader of the Opposition Harak Singh Rawat on her arrival in a city hotel. She got panicky to see mediapersons jostling to take shots of her and came out to get felicitated only when the media was organised. Thereafter, the mediapersons had a scuffle with the organisers when the latter refused to facilitate an interaction with the celebrity and asked them to come again in the evening. Congress leader Vijay Chauhan finally calmed down the tempers. Sanjana Jon interpreted the questions of the media to Ximena and she quite comfortably gave answers in English. Having come to India to bring enlightenment on the subject of the female foeticide, the model celebrity said her country did not have this social evil. Sanjana Jon said, “I have brought five Miss Universe title holders, including Sushmita Sen, to India to spread a message on various social themes. They are not only great beauties, but people with sensitive hearts who feel for the betterment of the people in the world”. Ximena said as Miss Universe she had been travelling all around the world to stir consciousness on different social issues prevailing in their countries and zeroed in on the burning subject of female foeticide in the country. Daughter of dentist parents and second Mexican to bag this coveted title, Ximena averred that she never intended to don the crown, but things just started falling in line after a little cajoling by her close friend. Ximena is once again banking upon her destiny to shape up her future course as well. “I have no plans for the future. I just want to go back to my country, which I love so much after my term as a Miss Universe comes to an end. May be I will do a degree course in nutrition, which I have already studied or do something else”. Among Hindi films, she talked of having seen ‘Dabang’. After the press conference, she proceeded for a road show that started in an open vehicle from Hotel Madhuban, but was cut short at the Ghanta Ghar as organiser Shivam Aggarwal said the youngsters on bikes created a scene with their comments and jammed the road because of which they had to drive straightway to Tapkeswar Temple for a personal visit, after which she had to proceed to Chandigarh.
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St Joseph’s Academy celebrates founder’s day
Dehradun, February 3 He lighted the ceremonial lamp accompanied by Principal Rev Brother AJ George. Students of class VIII enacted a play depicting the history of Patrician Brothers and their unparalleled contribution in the field of education and imparting moral values to students all over the world. A Garhwali dance depicted the culture and the tradition of Uttarakhand. The Dooley Block with its well equipped infrastructure will benefit students.
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Form shortage has private students worried
Dehradun, February 3 The students got angry when the university authorities failed to provide them admission forms. The university officials said the last date to submit private admission forms was January 31 and no forms would be distributed after that. The students then staged a demonstration outside the Registrar’s office and shouted slogans demanding the distribution of admission forms. They argued that the admission forms were unavailable and it was not their fault. However, the university authorities, with the permission of university officials at Srinagar and Garhwal, distributed forms for BA course only and announced that nomore forms would be distributed.
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Seminar on eco-protection in hill states tomorrow
Dehradun, February 3 At a press conference here today, Justice SN Srivastava said judges, law students, judicial officers and public would take part in the seminar. Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva would be the chief guest and Supreme Court judge Justice MK Sharma would preside over the function. Judges of the Nainital High Court Justice VK Bisht and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Justice MM Ghildiyal, Justice Rajesh Tandon, Justice KD Shahi and Justice SN Srivastava would also attend the function, said an invite send by the organisers.
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Karan, Narendar sculpt Aryan Club’s victory
Mussoorie, February 3 For Sunny, Jagdish took three wickets in his four overs giving away 53 runs. Poor fielding by Sunny Sports Club helped Aryans amass a big score as they dropped six catches. In reply, Sunny Sports Club could muster only 145 runs and lost the final by 40 runs. For Sunny, Samar Kashyap’s 66 runs in 46 balls and Narendar’s 22 in 19 balls went in vain. For Aryans, Narendar’s four-wicket haul earned him the Man of the Match title. He was also declared Man of the Series. Tikam (Sunny Sports Club) was adjudged best batsman and Narendar (Aryans) was adjudged best bowler. Chief guest Mussoorie MLA Jot Singh Gunsola gave away the prizes. Traders Association President Rajat Agarwal, Javed Khan, Congress leaders Balbir Chauhan, former PTI B Rana and others were present on the occasion.
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50-run win for Hilton’s School
Dehradun, February 3 In this Twenty20 encounter, the winning team opted to bat first. Opening batsman Jatin Tomar (31) topscored for Hilton’s School. Rao Abdul Malik (13) and Mahaveer Rawat (13) also chipped in. The team set a fighting target of 115 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. For Jude’s, Shubham Mishra, Ayush and Abdullah took two wickets each. Dipender also got a wicket. In reply, St Jude could only score 65 runs all out in 18 overs. The team gave such a dismal performance that four of its main batsmen went for a duck. Shubham Mishra faced 34 balls and was the only batsman to stand on the pitch for some time. Mishra scored 16 runs. Bad running between the wickets also troubled the team as three batsmen got run out. Hilton’s Rao Abdul and Ashwin got two wickets each. Sourav Rana and Jaswinder got a wicket apiece.
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Ankit, Vivek bag squash titles
Dehradun, February 3 The chief guest was Col PK Kumaria, Commandant, RIMC. Results: Under-13: winner - cadet Pratyush Sharma, runner-up - cadet Vijayant Rana. U-15: winner - cadet Vivek Boora, runner up - cadet Mayank Dhama. Open: winner - cadet Ankit Singh, runner up - cadet Surya Prakash. Best player of the tournament - cadet Ankit Singh. Best upcoming player - cadet Vijayant Rana.
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Cricket Assn pip Dehradun Institute
Dehradun, February 3 Batting first, CAU set a target of 96 runs in 20 overs at the loss of four wickets. Sunita (29) and Nandan (30) mainly scored for the team. Sumit Pandey took two wickets for DIT. Manoj and Deepak pocketed a wicket each. In reply, DIT put up a good fight, but lost the match by nine runs. Sunny (27) and Ashutosh (20*) were the principal scorers. Sunil and Ruchi got three wickets each for CAU. Prachi also scalped two wickets.
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Congress for CBI probe
Dehradun, February 3 Taking into consideration the raids of the Income Tax Department at the offices of the organisers of the Games, Yashpal Arya, the state Congress President, has demanded a CBI probe. The chair lift at Auli, which cost Rs 11.5 crore, was shown as having cost Rs 7.5 crore. Issue like this should be probed, he said. He said the organising committee flouted rules and gave crores of rupees to companies and individuals. And on top of that, tax was not deducted at source. —
TNS
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‘Include Garhwali as mother tongue in Census form’
Dehradun, February 3 While addressing the conference, general secretary of the sabha Roshan Dhasmana said, “Garhwali is the regional language of the state and it is equally important to jot down the details of the population that is speaking the language during the Census”. “Various population schemes and projects are determined by the government on the basis of the details gathered during the Census. Therefore, it is the responsibility of every citizen to give detailed information about themselves,” said Dhasmana. However, senior littérateur of the sabha Bhagwati Prasad Nautiyal also appealed to the masses of the hilly regions to write Garhwali language as their mother tongue, while filling up the 10th column of the Census. He said if the population of the Grahwali speakers
would be in lakhs in the written forms, then the government would be bound to introduce the Garhwali language as the national language in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution.
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Statehood agitators protest police action
Haridwar, February 3 Under the aegis of the Uttarakhand Rajya Andolankari Manch (URAM), a number of activists gathered at the City Magistrate’s office and staged a massive protest there. They demanded the withdrawal of all the cases registered against the statehood activists. Chief of the district unit of the manch Amar Singh Ahityan submitted a memorandum to City Magistrate R Shreedhar Babu in the presence of women’s cell chief Meera Raturi. The leaders of the manch told the City Magistrate that many statehood agitators, who had been booked by the police, had not been implicated in a single case at any police station prior to the filing of fresh cases against them. Vice-chief of the state URAM JP Pandey said if the district administration could not give due recognition and respect to the statehood agitators, it should at least not resort to such acts which demeaned the immense contribution of the activists of the state movement. Prior to the agitation, the activists gathered at the Pandit Gobind Ballabh Pant Park near the Devpura intersection. From there they marched towards the City Magistrate’s office. The members of the manch also took a decision that they would launch a movement if the cases lodged against their fellow members under Sections 107 and 116 were not withdrawn soon. They were also contemplating meeting Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and state police chief Jyoti Swaroop Pandey in this regard. Among others who addressed the agitators were chief of the Laldhang unit Bhagwan Singh Uttarakhand, city secretary Bhim Sen Rawat, Manoj Giri, Rajbeer Kamboj, Chaudhari Afzal Alvi, Manju Devi, Laxmi Devi, Asgaar Ali, Laxmi Devi, Sushila Devi, Nafeez Ahmed, Bheem Singh Rawat and Nafeez Ahmed.
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Stress laid on rainwater harvesting
Dehradun, February 3 Inaugurating a training workshop, organised jointly by the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology and the Central Ground Water Board, chief guest Dr Sharda said the state kept immense possibilities on watershed and rainwater harvesting. Dr Rajendra Dobhal from UCOST said the technical aspect had been given much emphasis in the training programme. He said the lack of water harvesting techniques led to wastage of rainwater. Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board, AK Bhatia said the rainwater continued to be an important source of recharging groundwater. Dr VP Purohit and Dr DP Uniyal were other prominent speakers at the conference. District convener of the UCOST Dr Prashant Singh coordinated the proceedings.
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Uttarakhand wildlife authorities will install five high-tech towers on the southern boundary of the Jim Corbett National Park to keep better check on anti-wildlife activities in the region.
Dehradun, February 3
St Joseph’s Academy celebrated its founder’s day yesterday on the school premises.The programme began with the inauguration of New Dooley Block, and was followed by science, art and philately exhibition in the auditorium. Chief guest on the occasion was the former Principal Rev Brother JC Carroll.
Aryan Sports Club defeated Sunny Sports Club to win the Mussoorie Cricket Championship here today.Sunny Sports Club won the toss and elected to field. Aryan Sports Club scored 185 runs for seven wickets in 20
overs. Karan scored 53 runs in 21 balls, including five fours and four sixes.
Once they took to the streets to fight for a separate state, but today they are agitating against their own state police for allegedly committing atrocities on them. The district police has framed charges against many statehood agitators under Sections 107 and 116. The statehood agitators held a mass agitation in the city today to register their protest against this police action.
Director of the Central Soil and Water Conservation Research Training Institute VN Sharda has called for community participation in the watershed development initiatives in the state.Inaugurating a training workshop, organised jointly by the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology and the Central Ground Water Board, chief guest Dr Sharda said the state kept immense possibilities on watershed and rainwater harvesting.
Dehradun, February 3
