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Cong councillors protest against inadequate water supply
45 ambulances for 108 emergency service
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Language Norm for Jobs
Anjali tops ISC exams in Doon
Police launches SMS service
Vacant posts to be filled
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Cong councillors protest against inadequate water supply
affected
areas Patel Road, Shivalik Enclave (Race Course), Faltu Line, Haridwar Road, Naya Nagar, Nai Basti (Guru Road), Sanjay Colony, (Patel Nagar) Nai Basti Park Road, Kaula Garh Prempur Mafi, Kishan Nagar, Kaulagarh Road, Harbans Wala, Basant Vihar, Panditwadi, Bhoodgaon, Lohiyapuram Basti, Madrasi Colony, Ashok Vihar, Deeplok Colony, Vijay Colony and
Kishanpur Chowk
Dehradun, May 18 They have asked the department to ensure that the problem is solved within 15 days. Verma claimed that with the association of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), 10 generators were presented to the Jal Sansthan so that in the absence of electricity, overhead tanks could be filled but the officials of the Jal Sansthan maintained that the ADB had not handed over the generator sets to them. While handing over the memorandum to the Water Works Engineer, Verma asked the government to investigate the working of the ADB. Talking to the media, Verma affirmed that either most of the areas were facing shortage of water or low-pressure supply. Moreover, it was unhygienic to drink. He said that areas that were facing a problem included Patel Road, Shivalik Enclave (Race Course), Faltu Line, Haridwar Road, Naya Nagar, Nai Basti (Guru Road), Sanjay Colony, (Patel Nagar) Nai Basti Park Road, Kaula Garh Prempur Mafi, Kishan Nagar, Kaulagarh Road, Harbans Wala, Basant Vihar, Panditwadi, Bhoodgaon, Lohiyapuram Basti, Madrasi Colony, Ashok Vihar, Deeplok Colony, Vijay Colony, Kishanpur Chowk and many more. The councillors who visited the Jal Sansthan included Rajkumar, Jagdish Dhiman, Rama Gaud, Bina Bisht, Nisha Rana, Naveen Bisht, Anup Kapoor, Dr Vijenderpal Singh, Ramesh Butola, Vipin Kumar, Vijaypratap Mal, Ashok Kohli, Manmohan Dhanai, Viney Kohli, Mohan Joshi, Ajay Sonkar, Anand Tayagi and Sanjay Gupta.
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45 ambulances for 108 emergency service
Dehradun, May 18 Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said several development blocks required more than one ambulance. He also lauded the ambulance service for proving to be a saviour and said 2,320 children had been born in the ambulance since the inception of the service in 2008. He further said a special ambulance equipped with life-saving equipment had provided relief to 6,490 patients, who complained of heart problems and were immediately attended to by doctors. The Chief Minister also appreciated the Health Department for its role in providing a prompt care to patients brought to district hospitals. He also announced the setting up of 82 new sub-centres at Atal Adarsh Grams. A request to strengthen the fleet of ambulances was made by Chief Operating Officer of the 108 emergency ambulance service Anoop Nautiyal and also for allocating 4.5 acres for the state office of 108. As of now, the office is housed at Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Coronation Hospital and has so far not moved from the premises though it has to vacate the place for City Heart Centre. The outgoing COO also announced that by July, the 108 emergency ambulance services would start its boat-based emergency service that would be stationed at Tehri lake and by the next week, the air ambulance service would also start. On the occasion, three children, who were born in the 108 emergency ambulance service, were also felicitated.
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Mussoorie International School wins debate trophy
Dehradun, May 18 Around 14 schools of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, including Doon International School, CJM Waverly Convent, Lawrence School, Sanawar, Grace Academy, Children’s Academy, Gautam International School, Columbus Public School, Rudrapur, Manav Bharti India International School, Mussoorie International, Key Cee Public, Himalayan Progressive School and Pestle Weed College, were the main participants. The debate began with the lighting of the lamp to pay homage to late WC Kashyap, who was a possessor and was personified as a dedicated as well as selfless citizen with pure and pious conscious. The topic for the debate was “India is a progressive state or entangled in the web of scams and scandals”. The chief guest of the ceremony was Major-General Chander Nanwani (retd). The winners of the debate are Sanjika Dang of Mussoorie International School, who was closely followed by Rushali Rai of Pestle Weed College. Gayatri Kashyap from Lawrence School, Sanawar, was adjudged the second runner-up. The consolation prize went to Vaishant Shetty, Jemimash Bengamin, Surbhi Pathak from Mussoorie International, Grace Academy and Children’s Academy respectively. Tariwar Ali from Kay Cee Public School was announced the best speaker for his better communication and confidence on stage.
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Language Norm for Jobs
Dehradun, May 18 The state government is taking advantage of the smart usage of word “desirable” to placate agitating people, but the opponents are in no mood to relent. Harish Narang, convener of the Uttarakhand Sarv Samaj Sangathan, which has unified representatives of organisations of different communities from the plains, said: “Earlier too the state government brought this government order on September 2 last year introducing the compulsion of knowledge of local dialects for class IV jobs, but revoked it amid opposition to the order on December 8. Now, it has pressed the panic button once again and engineered a divide between the people of the plains and hills”. Making it clear that they did not oppose this condition, he rather favored a stepwise approach. “Nowhere in the Indian Constitution, the knowledge of dialects (Garhwali, Kumaoni and Janpuri) has been imposed for the government jobs. Therefore the government should first develop these dialects into state languages by devising alphabets and grammar, introducing it at the school level and then holding competitive exams after 10-15 years to give equal opportunities to everyone,” he said. He called it a sheer injustice to deprive children from the plains an equal opportunity for these jobs saying, “We make 60 per cent of total population and provide maximum revenue to the state governments. We also fought for the state formation like others and, lived here for generations.” Trivender Singh Panwar, president of one faction of the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, has, however, supported the government move while Vinod Barthwal, president of the state unit of the Samajwadi Party has registered his opposition to the inclusion of dialect norm in the eligibility criterion for the class IV jobs. The forces on the other side have their own strong arguments to put forth. Chander Shekhar Joshi, secretary, Kurmanchal Sanskritik Kalyan Parishad, said: “The knowledge of dialects is required only in hilly areas for a smooth functioning of departments and help the staff become mediators between the government and public.” He also called it the need of the hour to stop further migration of people from the hills by giving preference to public from hills in government jobs. “The hills are becoming vacant, as people are constantly flocking to the plains in search of jobs. Our native languages are on the verge of disappearance. If we provide them jobs in the hills only, their exodus could be checked and our culture could be saved.” The hills are also becoming prey of delimitation of seats due to constant leaning of population there. Joshi also argued that the very purpose of developing the hills behind the struggle of formation of the state seemed defeated as well. Putting the state government’s view in right perspective in this debate, Devender Bhasin, chairman, State Media Advisory Committee, said: “The knowledge of local dialects had been shown desirable and not compulsory, as some organisations are manipulating the word to flare up the issue. It will not hamper the chances of applicants if they are not conversant with the dialects.”
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Anjali tops ISC exams in Doon
Dehradun, May 18 She said: “I don’t believe in becoming a bookworm or spending eight to 10 hours in studying. In fact, I spent only quality time on studies rather than quantity time. My teachers and parents supported me a lot.” Mohit Bhasin has topped the commerce stream by securing 97.5 percent while Nitish Purohit of the science stream scored 96 per cent. Anubhav Kumar Gupta from Heritage School secured 95.25 per cent while Aprita Hom of the commerce stream secured 93 per cent. Twinkle Kapoor of the humanities stream secured 89 per cent and Kartika Mittal of the science stream secured 96 per cent. Bhumika Aggarwal from Welham Girls School, scored 97 per cent. Talking to the media, Cherry Mishra form Brightlands School said: “I am delighted after scoring 92 per cent. My parents are happy and are planning to go for a holiday now.” Nitish Purohit of the same school said: “I did not take stress and focused on quality study. A thorough revision of lessons and the support of my teachers led me and other meritorious students of the school to secure good marks in the exams.”
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Corporation staff stage dharna
Dehradun, May 18 The protesting employees said if the government failed to fulfil their demands, they would launch one-day strike on May 30. Employees of various corporations such as the Forest Corporation, the Transport Corporation and the Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam gathered at the venue. Addressing a gathering, the acting president of the RKME, Santosh Rawat, said the government was paying no heed to their correspondence regarding their grievances over the past six months. “Even assurances given by the Chief Minister and the Chief Secretary on March 30 failed to solve our problem. This showcases the apathy of the government towards us,” he said. Senior vice-president SP Pant rued the “delaying tactics” of the government over increasing the pay scale of employees of the Forest Corporation and taking concrete action on the demands of the GMVN and the KMVN. General secretary Ravi Pachauri also expressed dismay over the way the state government has been treating corporation employees, as they are being made to make rounds of various offices for every little thing. He accused the management and the state government of making faulty policies and then blaming employees for running corporations into losses. Additional general secretary Vijay Bisht alleged that the inability to appoint a full-time MD/GM in corporations even after 11 years of the formation of the state was an indicative of the negligent attitude of the government. Vice-president Suresh Thapa demanded to declare corporation employees as state employees.
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Police launches SMS service
Dehradun, May 18 “This service is mainly for people who don’t want to call up the police and prefer to send their complaints or information through an
SMS. Problems like traffic jams and others can be send via this way,” said DGP Jyoti Swaroop
Pandey.
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Vacant posts to be filled
Dehradun, May 18
The Chief Secretary said the Technical Education Board had been authorised to conduct recruitment of Class IV posts in the state. Principal Secretary, Technical Education, Rakesh Sharma, said full transparency would be adopted in the recruitment process.
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