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CM lays stone of Govt Doon Medical College
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India’s WC chances bright: Scotland ex-skipper
Today is World Theatre Day
Enlightening children through play-way method
Cops gear up ahead of Indo-Pak tie
Soccer tourney kicks off today
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CM lays stone of Govt Doon Medical College
Dehradun, March 26 He added that the medical college would be on the lines of Srinagar and Haldwani medical colleges, where the MBBS degree education would be provided with a nominal fee of just Rs 15,000 per annum. The Doon Medical College would be housed in two campuses, as the Old Jail premises area falls short of the government’s requirement. The government has also been looking to acquire some more land around Dehradun. He said the government would soon start 104 medical consultation service in the state. As part of the long-term plans, the state government was also opening up nursing colleges. The nursing college at Dehradun would start functioning from the coming academic session. He added that the ANM centres were being opened in all the districts of the state. He said Unani and homoeopathic colleges, along with allopathic colleges, were also being opened and added that an ayurvedic university had already been established in the state. Agriculture Minister Trivender Singh Rawat, Principal Secretary Vineeta Kumar, DG (Health) Asha Mathur, Additional Secretary Ajay Pradyot were present on the occasion.
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Ansari calls for strengthening primary education system
Nainital, March 26 The development in Uttarakhand, which is amongst the newly created states of Indian, has gathered pace over the past one decade and it is fast moving towards becoming a developed state. He pointed out that any work undertaken with the motive of service, education and environment in mind would obviously move towards achieving development. Dr Ansari underlined the need to undertake activities while addressing environmental concerns and to have the motto of service to achieve the goal of rural uplift. Despite the country having premier institutions like the IITs, a large section of the youth cannot get education in these institutions because of a weak primary education setup. The Vice-President underlined that the government had started programmes like the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan to bring about a qualitative change in the primary education, but to make the programme a success was a collective responsibility of everyone. Dr Ansari stated the Mid-day Meal scheme had been started to provide nutritious food to the children, but the parents were not aware of it. “We must ensure that such programmes reach everyone and people benefit from them,” he added. He once again stressed the need for collective and aware action to do away with the social ills and abide by the law. Referring to the activities of the sansthan, Dr Ansari said the work being done for the uplift of women and generating awareness about the environment was inspirational. He pointed out late BD Pande had always served society as an able administrator and everyone must work with commitment to make his vision of development a reality. Expressing satisfaction over the pace of development in the hilly areas of Uttarakhand, Dr Ansari pointed out schemes needed to be implemented while keeping in mind the distinct geographical conditions of the region. In her address, Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva touched upon two basic, but most important issues like sustaining the fragile environment and saving its rich biodiversity, which were confronting the nascent state
of Uttarakhand. Referring to the role of women, she said: “Women are particularly vulnerable to ecological and environmental damage, as this adversely impacts the conditions of their livelihoods and workload. Given that women have such high stakes in protecting their environment, which provides the essentials of food, fuel, fodder and water, it makes no sense that development plans allow them little or no voice in shaping policies for their own welfare, forcing them into positions of participatory exclusion”. She was all praise for the sansthan for its innovative programmes involving rural communities and its various initiatives such as the Uttarakhand Mahila Parishad. She also paid rich tributes to late BD Pande, former Cabinet Secretary and Governor of West Bengal and Punjab, and said he distinguished himself as one of the great administrators of India. Those present at the function included Cabinet Minister Bansidhar Bhagat, members of the governing body Suman Dubey, Dr HC Pathak, Dr BK Joshi, Manini Chatterji, son of late BD Pande and former civil servant Arvind Pande and his wife and Chairperson of the Prasar Bharati Mrinal Pande.
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Plastic proves to be boon for farmers
Dehradun, March 26 “Plastic sheet covers help in moisture conservation and aid the mulching process while the use of nets and innovative packaging solutions help in increasing the shelf life of fruits and vegetables,” said the Commissioner, Horticulture, Dr Gorakh Singh, at a
workshop on “Plasticulture Technologies in Uttarakhand - Farmers Orientation Programme” held at the Circuit House today. A horticulture programme, which especially targets northeastern states and Uttarakhand, was also promoting drip irrigation. “It proves useful for the areas where there is an acute shortage of water. In the Dakrani area, tomato growers have taken to drip irrigation in a big way,” he added. Dr Singh said the farmers should adopt newer technologies to get maximum benefit from agriculture. On the other hand, Dr Aditya Kothari, Chairman, Horticulture, urged the horticulture officials and scientists to simplify things for farmers so that they can adopt the technologies easily. “The information about the available technologies should not only be accessible to the farmers but should be told in a language known to them,” he stressed. While Vinod Fonia, Secretary, Horticulture, said the workshop was aimed at assessing first hand the needs of the farmers. An exhibition of different tools of plasticulture was also put up in the vicinity of the Circuit House. Director, Horticulture, GS Pandey said different techniques and tools that could boost agriculture were now available. The Uttarakhand Government is promoting horticulture in a big way and the Chief Minister’s Control Farming Programme aims at setting up 20,000 poly houses in the state. On the occasion three books were also released.
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India’s WC chances bright: Scotland ex-skipper
“The exit of the South African team from the World Cup has improved the chances of the Indian team to emerge as the champion. However, the Sri Lankan side can put up a stiff challenge to the chances of the home team,” he added. His favourite player is also Sachin Tendulkar. “No doubt he is my favourite player. He is an inspiration and ideal for budding cricketers in the world,” said the former Scotland skipper. He has come with a 16-member under-19 squad for a 14-day practice camp at Abhimanyu Cricket Academy for the qualifying matches of the U-19 World Cup to be held in Darwin in 2012. The team has won the first qualifying round for the World Cup and has been preparing for the second phase of the qualifiers. “We found the facilities here very good, Thus, we opted for this place for practice in India,” said the coach. The players have been toiling hard on the ground every day. They would also play practice matches against the local club here. “The boys here are very talented. We are a new team and are improving gradually,” Wright said.
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Today is World Theatre Day
Dehradun, March 26 “This year, two plays, ‘Manki Baagh’ and ‘Garud Vayu’, will be staged in Garhwali language while the rest will be in Hindi,” said SP Mamgai, President of the Uttar Natya Sansthan. He said the organisation would also honour famous singer and composer Jeet Singh Negi. Secretary of the organisation Roshan Dhasmana said the government had failed to draft a culture policy.
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Enlightening children through play-way method
“Teaching is not a profession for me. It is serving people and making good use of their skills for sound living and development of villages. I want to teach and every child of my district to study and bring laurels to the country,” says Gairola. Since, October 24, 1979, Gairola is into the teaching profession and follows a child-centered curriculum mainly based on creative activities, along with involvement of latest educational aids. Gairola says, “I work with a motive to spread awareness among teachers and parents having high expectation from students and to understand the repercussions of it. My educational institute works for the overall development of children and is based on the play way learning methodology. Gairola discussed the problems faced by the students in today’s scenario. He highlighted the working method of the school, which would be organised to develop their artistic skills and cure inhibitions related to speech, shyness, confidence, memory loss, life skills, academics and many such others. According to Gairola, “In today’s scenario, various opportunities and exposure are being imparted to school-going kids to become future achievers, but somehow the children in Gopeshwar lag behind their counterparts in the capital. The scarcity of resources and trained staff at the school are the drawbacks of some of the schools located in rural areas of Gopeshwar”. “We want to enlighten children through the play-way method and the usage of the latest technical equipments in enhancing the skills and IQ level of the children. We teach on the basis of self-learning process, demonstration and life skills,” he asserted. However, this is not all about Gairola. He has won the National Achievers Award for local eco development and has a scientific outlook for the development of rural India. He runs several units of self-help group in the rural areas of Gopeshwar, which are involved in handloom, bee keeping, handicrafts and production of edible goods. “With a vision of developing local economy in the villages, I have installed handloom machines and other equipments of latest technologies. All the funds for setting up the units and installing machines are totally borne by me,” said Gairola, who is an innovator of 12 such units in the Gopeshwar. He added, “I aim at setting up an organised source of income for the rural residents, permanently. I will be more than happy if I will be able to provide employment to at least one person of every residing family in Gopeshwar”. Gairola also comes down to the Doon Valley as a visiting faculty to several IAS coaching centres and teaches new trends in administration, Tehsil and Districts. He is a great lover of Indian heritage and various art forms. Gairola has also penned down some of the dramas and poems in Hindi as well as in Garhwali. “Shiksha ki Chunauti” and “Zille ki Kahani, Zille ki Zubaani” are some of the plays written by him that have won him many accolades from audiences.
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Jobless teachers do a Veeru
Dehradun, March 26 According to the association, all three have poison with them and if the administration tries to bring them down forcefully, they will consume it. The three have not had water and food since last night. “If anything happens to them, the government will be responsible. Till the time our demands are not fulfilled, the three will not come down,” said vice-president of the association Himanshu Rajput. In the morning, the SDM had come to the place and requested them to come down, but they did not. He also assured them of doing the needful for their cause. Meanwhile, the ADM, too, had visited the school last night, said Rajput. A total of 68 persons were arrested yesterday from the police barricading at the Rispana Bridge. They were arrested after water cannons failed to discourage them from their protest. They were trying to cross the barricading to gherao the Assembly. After being released from the Police Lines, they first tried to climb a tower at the Lines, but due to security they were not able to do so. However, later they climbed the Banu School tower, which is near the Police Lines. The vice-president said they demanded 8,000 vacancies of the specialised Basic Training Certificate (BTC) to be filled. He also demanded that eligibility of 50 per cent marks in graduation for the specialised BTC should also be taken off.
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Cops gear up ahead of Indo-Pak tie
Dehradun, March 26 A meeting was held today at the SSP office to chalk out plans for the March 30 encounter of the two arch rivals. It was decided that no one would be allowed to show the matches on projectors in public during the semifinal. This has been ordered to avoid any law and order situation after the match. The police officers also planned security arrangements for the day in the state capital. The police said considering the match with Pakistan, it did not want to take any risk and was getting prepared beforehand. Though the match would be played in Mohali, it was the tension that was being felt here, too, as after the 26/11 this was the first time that the two countries would play against each other. People might loose their temper if the home team loses or might create some problem in enjoyment if the team wins. SP (City) Ajay Joshi said this was one of the very important matches and the people might go in depression if the results would not be favourable.
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Petroleum (A) beat Graphic Era (B)
Dehradun, March 26 Replying, Petroleum scored 214 in 33.5 overs for eight wickets. Abhihek (69), Pawan (27) and Imran (26) were the principal scores. Achal of Graphic Era got three wickets.
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Dehradun, March 26
Dehradun, March 26