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Road work proves to be bane of residents
Govt serious towards pollution by industry: Pant
Naval Academy Commdt calls on Governor
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‘Need to give new dimension to India-Africa ties’
Sugarcane Procurement
Khanduri to open convention
22nd Umesh Dobhal Memorial Convention held
Prayer meeting held
635 units of blood donated
Pitthoragarh residents face drinking water shortage
Ration depot holders’ remuneration hiked
‘State lifting entire Central foodgrains quota’
No relevance of removing Article 370, says Farooq
Bangla translation of CM’s book released
Yoga trained teachers protest
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi remembered
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Road work proves to be bane of residents
Pitthoragarh, March 25 “Our daily routine has been badly disturbed as this road has remained blocked more than 15 times in the last six months,” said social worker of Mangti Janak Singh. The 25-km-long motor road slides as soon as the BRO workers start cutting the hill upside. “These are weak rocks and whenever our workers start cutting them, the upward rocks start sliding causing difficulties for the villagers and even proving risky for the workers,” said BRO officer NK Nayar. “We cannot even predict opening up of the road in future,” said Nayar. The villagers say that this continuous blockage has compelled the villagers of Garvadhar, Pangla Mangti and Zipti villages either to remain in the village or wait for the moment the road opens for a while. “We get a very limited time to cross the road, as it happened yesterday, when after remaining open for transportation only for a day after remaining close for a week, the road was again covered with heavy slides,” said Janak. “We are facing the challenge of keeping the transportation continuous on this road. The road is highly sensitive to the landslides,” said Nayar.
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Govt serious towards pollution by industry: Pant
Dehradun, March 25 Responding to a query raised by BSP MLA Kazi Nijammudin, Uttarakhand Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prakash Pant informed the House that the government was very serious towards industries that were causing pollution in Haridwar district. Pant said at present as per the inspections conducted by the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board as many as 41 medium-scale industrial units in Haridwar had been found to be creating pollution. He said while 20 of these units had been closed, 17others had been served show-cause notices. A clarification has also been sought from four of these industries. The minister also apprised the House that in order to check this rising pollution in Haridwar caused due to industrialisation, an office of the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board was being established in Roorkee. Earlier, Nijamuddin asked from the government whether it monitored the pollution caused by industries particularly those linked to the production of paper and sugarcane. He even alleged that there were cases where industries were even boring down the effluents. There were a total of 1,514 industrial units in Haridwar. Pauri MP seeks Central varsity in Kumaon
Satpal Maharaj, MP from Pauri Garhwal, demanded the establishment of a Central university at Kumaon during zero hour in Parliament on Thursday. He added, “Due to the absence of a Central university in the Kumaon region, students waste a lot of time as well as money in travelling to colleges located at far-off places. Many others have to leave their studies midway due to a dearth of finance”. |
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Naval Academy Commdt calls on Governor
Dehradun, March 25 Admiral Thapliyal, who hails from Uttarakhand, did his early schooling from St Thomas High School in Dehradun. He took over as the Commandant of Indian Naval Academy in September 2009. During the interaction, the Governor evinced keen interest in the activities of the academy. She said a large number of residents of Uttarakhand were serving in the defence forces. Admiral Thapliyal presented a booklet on the Naval Academy to the Governor and invited her to visit the premier naval facility. The academy, which is responsible for the conduct of ab-initio training of the officer core of the Indian Navy, is situated in picturesque terrain of the North Malabar Coast of Kerala (adjoining Karnataka) and presently has over 500 men and women officer trainees.
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Body of missing woman found in forest
The body of a woman, who had reportedly gone missing from her paternal home in Didihat, was recovered from the forest adjoining her paternal village on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as 23-year-old Sheila of Ratuli village who had gone to visit her parents at Bhad village on March 22. She had been reported missing since Tuesday and it was on Thursday that some women from Bhad village came across her body in the forest. A bottle of pesticide is learnt to have been recovered from near the body, leading to the assumption that Sheila may have committed suicide. The case of her death is being investigated. Man who killed
father arrested
The police has arrested one person for having allegedly killed his aged father in February this year. It is learnt that Narayan Singh was trying to flee to Nepal when he was nabbed by the police personnel posted in the Mukteshwar area. He had allegedly killed his 68-year-old Dhan Singh of Supi village in February and buried his body in a sewage pit. The murder had come to light after the wife of the accused had reported the matter to the police on March 19. The accused had fled from his home after the crime and was trying to flee across the border with the help of his friends. One held with 4 bags of
adulterated khoya
Carrying on with its drive against the adulterated milk products being supplied to various sweet shops in the region, the officials of the Udham Singh Nagar administration have nabbed one person from Bazpur and seized four bags of adulterated khoya from him. It is learnt that the khoya was being supplied from villages in Uttar Pradesh and was meant to be supplied to sweets shops in Bazpur, Kitcha and Rudrapur. Two bodies found in
Kitcha region
The recovery of two bodies in the Kitcha region of Udham Singh Nagar has led to a panic in the area. In the first instance, the body of a woman was recovered from near the Kitcha Dam. It is learnt that the victim, who is said to be about 42 years of age, had been strangulated to death. She is yet to be identified. Her body was found in a field. In the second instance the body of a man, who was about 35 years of age, was recovered from Gaughat village. The body is assumed to be about a week old and in a highly decomposed state. “Bachan Mahato” has been branded on his arm. Three held for beating
man to death
The Almora Police has arrested three persons in connection with the murder of Santosh Joshi on Holi. The 45-year-old victim from the Dubkiya area of Almora had allegedly been beaten to death by a group of drunkards on Holi. He had succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. Those arrested in the case have been identified as Kumud Sah of Khajanchi Mohalla, Ankit Deval of Dubkiya and Ravi Chauhan of the Nayalkhola locality. Eight other accused are have absconded. (Compiled by
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‘Need to give new dimension to India-Africa ties’
Dehradun, March 25 He was addressing the valedictory session of the two-week training programme “Combating Desertification and Climate Change” for participants from the African member countries of the India-Africa forum that concluded today at the Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFOS), Dehradun. Distributing certificates and mementoes among the participants, Ajay Kumar spoke about the significance of the existing close relationship of India with the African nations and emphasised the need to give a new dimension to this cooperation through such exchange programmes. “This platform is meant for sharing knowledge and technical know-how about opportunities available and the strategies formulated for combating the menace,” he said. Ajay Kumar appreciated the overwhelming response of the participants towards this training programme. Savita, Principal of the academy, while responding to a suggestions, called for strengthening the information base about the various efforts and activities taken up in the field of environment conservation by the countries concerned. Kunal Satyarthi, IFS, was the course coordinator of the programme. Surender Mehra, faculty member, proposed a vote of thanks.
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Sugarcane Procurement
Rudrapur, March 25 The appreciation came from District Magistrate BVRC Purshottam at a review meeting held here today. During the course of the meeting, it was informed that various sugar mills in the district were still to make payment of Rs 50 crore. Purshottam has asked Deputy Cane Commissioner RB Verma to write a letter on his behalf in the matter to the state administration, so that the money could be availed and disbursed timely. He also took up the payments made by the mills to the farmers. Chief manager of the Nadehi Sugar Mill Alok Pande informed that a sum of Rs 21.60 crore had been made to the farmers for the sugarcane procured till February 5, while another Rs 14 crore were still to be paid. General manager of the Bazpur Sugar Mill Anand Srivastave informed that Rs 39.39 crore had been disbursed to the farmers for the procurement made till February 7, while another Rs 15 crore were still to be paid. The officials of the Gadarpur, Sitarganj and Kitcha sugar mills also furnished similar information.
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Khanduri to open convention
Mussoorie, March 25 Several cultural programmes will be held at Gurdwara Sahib at the Library Chowk. State Disaster Management Minister Khajan Das and state BJP president Bishan Singh Chufal will address the convention on the closing day. Sharma further said the organisation was formed to carry forward the dream of great stalwart Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya. He had dreamt of reaching out to the last person of society and ensuring quality and dignity of life for every person. Sharma said, “The prime objective of the pratisthan is to translate into practice the philosophy, concepts and ideas of late Deendayalji and uplift the economically and socially sections of society”. Many people will be felicitated on the occasion for their exemplary work in the field of social service. Senior members of the organisation Amichand Mangla, Nafees Ahmed, Mussoorie BJP President Roop Singh Kathait and others will be present on the occasion.
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22nd Umesh Dobhal Memorial Convention held
Rudrapur, March 25 A large number of the mediapersons from across Uttarakhand, Delhi and Lucknow participated in the annual event that was organised in the Terai for the first time by the Umesh Dobhal Memorial Trust of Pauri Garhwal. Hitting out at the growing trend of corporatisation in the media, convener of the Azadi Bachao Andolan Banwari Lal Sharma pointed out, “The world is experiencing different types of earthquakes these days. One is the kind whose epicentre lies in the earth, while the other is the one that has its epicentre in specific countries. One such earthquake had been the industrial revolution of the 18th century that had its epicentre in Europe and had shaken the world. It was the civilisation mission of the British.” He further added, “The recent earthquake is the Information Technology (IT) revolution with its epicentre in the US. Its result is globalisation and hence corporatisation. Every system is becoming corporatised.” He pointed out that in the emerging scenario the journalists have a major challenge to face since the space available for reporting people-oriented issues was shrinking day by day. Vice Chancellor of the Gobind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Dr BS Bisht called upon the media fraternity not to get lured by sensationalism and instead rely on balanced reporting of issues. Bhupen Singh, who is involved in teaching media disciplines at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in Delhi pointed out that in the present scenario people need to come out of the belief that the media was the fourth pillar of the democracy. Meanwhile, Vijay Vardhan Upreti and Bhakt Darshan Pande were given Umesh Dobhal Award for their contribution in the fields of electronic and print journalism, respectively. The others to be awarded were Dr Atul Sharma for his contribution in the world of public oriented poetry, Sher Singh Pangti for his efforts towards conserving the folk literature and language and Vijay Zardhari of the Beej Bachao Andolan for his contribution towards promoting organic agriculture.
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Prayer meeting held
Dehradun, March 25 While participating in a prayer meeting, Singh said the priceless legacy left behind by Mohinder Kaur of nurturing literary and art would be promoted vigorously. “A classical musical programme will be held in memory of Bibi Mohinder Kaur every year. Eminent musicians will participate in the programme,” he said. He also announced the naming of former residence of Mohinder Kaur as Bibi Mohinder Kaur Cottage. Head, Centre for Advanced Sikh Studies, Harbajan Singh said he had a very long association with Bibi Mohinder Kaur. “All of us sought guidance from her in the day-to-day affairs of running the centre. Her blessings were always with us,” he stressed. A large number of academicians, officials, social workers from Dehradun and Patiala were present at the meeting. |
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635 units of blood donated
Dehradun, March 25 Supreme Court Judge Altamash Kabir, who was also accompanied by Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, inaugurated the camp. The camp was conducted under the direction of abled doctors from the IMA Blood Bank, Himalayan Institute and Doon Hospital to inculcate the spirit of blood donation amongst the youngsters. Chairman of GEU Professor Kamal Ghanshala said, “Blood donation plays a significant role, as every year it saves numerous lives. The students and staff of the GEU will continue rendering their service to the society through such noble causes in the future, too.” |
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Pitthoragarh residents face drinking water shortage
Pitthoragarh, March 25 “We are receiving drinking water only for half an hour on every third day for 1,000 population in our ward,” said social worker of the area Mohan Singh Rawat. According to the Jal Sansthan sources, the town was not getting water according to the demand. “We need 11 lakh litres of drinking water daily, whereas we are receiving only 5 lakh litre daily from our two main schemes in the town to cater the 1.25 lakh and increasing population of the town,” said executive officer of the Jal Sansthan, Pitthoragarh, DK Mishra. “At present, we are receiving only 50 per cent of water of our demand, but after new lifting pumps will be installed in the Ghat Drinking Water Scheme, commissioned in 1979, in a months time, we will be able to pump in more water for the town,” said Mishra. The various new and the old wards of the town area have been facing shortage of drinking water. In some wards, natural water springs have been giving relief to the people.
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Ration depot holders’ remuneration hiked
Dehradun, March 25 The ration depot holders had been agitating since the launch of the ambitious Atal Khadyann Yojna of the state government to provide cheap rations to BPL and APL families in the state. They had been alleging that their remunerations were poor and they would not be able to provide cheap rations on such low rates. Scretary (Food), Uttarakhand, Ranbir Singh, in a statement, said the actual transportation cost would also be given to the ration depots.
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‘State lifting entire Central foodgrains quota’
Dehradun, March 25 Reacting to Union Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies (independent charge) Prof KV Thomas statement made in the Lok Sabha accusing the Uttarakhand Government of not lifting its quota of foodgrains from the Centre, Dr Bhasin said this was not true. Bhasin clarified that the Uttarakhand was lifting its quota of foodgrains under all the three BPL, APL and Antoyodaya categories. He said the Union Minister’s statement was not linked to the state, but to foodgrains meant for market sale. |
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No relevance of removing Article 370, says Farooq
Dehradun, March 25 Commenting over J&K’s present situation he said in comparison to the earlier days, the situation was much better and controlled today. He further stated that the increasing terrorism in Pakistan was not only a threat to India, but also to many other nations for which India must be alert and cautious all the time. He was hopeful though that the India-Pakistan relationship would definitely improve in future. After offering his prayers at the shrine, he said he would speak to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister for the development of the sacred place. |
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Bangla translation of CM’s book released
Dehradun, March 25 Admiring the writer, Justice Kabir said, “The writer himself has risen to the position of Chief Minister from a school teacher so all the principles described by him should be followed for success”. Special guest Justice Barin Ghosh said, “That he was surprised to know that the CM wrote such good books”. He said he had read the English translation of the book some months back and felt that the book needed to be translated into Bangla. Nishank said the book has been written by keeping the youth in mind and hoped that it would encourage them to struggle in adverse circumstances.
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Yoga trained teachers protest
Dehradun, March 25 The yoga-trained protesters are demanding employment in the government schools and other government departments as yoga teachers. The protesters shouted slogans and held banners to raise their issues during the ongoing session of the Assembly. District general secretary of the society Arvind Rana said, “The state government has not initiated any scheme or plan for the yoga-trained teachers. We will now take revolutionary step against the state government if our demands are not met soon.”
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Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi remembered
Dehradun, March 25 The association observed a two-minute silence before the start of the seminar in memory of Vidyarthi and others who were killed in the communal riots. Speakers also said Sanskrit should be a voluntary subject. They asked the government to declare Garhwali, Kumanoi, Jaunsari and other regional languages as ‘raj bhasha’.
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