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These brave men from state took challenges head-on
Retired docs get hefty pay packages in health mission |
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District Hospital ‘needs separate budget’
Boulders snarl up traffic on Kempty road
Doon MC building a shambles
Gorkha Rangers, Tapowan XI win
Youth Cong workers stage protest
Book of poems released
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These brave men from state took challenges head-on
Dehradun, July 13 He was conferred with the Mind of Steel Award. He was born with short and weak limbs. His mother had passed away when he was just 10-year-old and later his father also died. Despite struggle, he lived his life with dignity and excelled in academics. He started taking tuitions to take care of his siblings and arrange money for their education. Santosh, a postgraduate in economics, is a teacher of science at Government Inter College, Kotdwar. He has also completed his MBA degree and is now preparing for the civil services. His younger brother is doing PhD in geography while his sister has completed MSc. “I have seen worst days. Now I want to work for others,” he says. “Recently, I had sought information under the RTI regarding facilities being provided by Garhwal University. It was found that students are not being provided proper facilities. I complained about the same to the government and it took action and provided funds to the university to provide proper services,” he adds. Rais Ahmed, a driver with the Uttarakhand Parivahan Nigam for 36 years and a resident of Dehradun, also received an award for his exemplary courage to protect the lives of 37 passengers. “On April 4, 2000, I was driving a bus from Dehradun to Kotdwar with 37 passengers on board. When we reached near the Lachchiwala turn, suddenly the breaks failed and the worst was that we were on a slope. It was difficult to control the bus and it was running at a speed of 80 km per hour. The passengers got panicked and started crying, but concentrating on my driving, I kept on shouting others on the road to get out of the way. I asked all passengers to go at the back seats of the bus to slow down the speed of the vehicle. I drove it towards the office of the Forest Department, where it rammed into a boundary wall and stopped. Luckily, all of us escaped unhurt,” he said. However, he maintained that his department never appreciated his efforts. “Once the then Transport Minister Hira Singh Bisht had called on me and given an assurance that he would recommend his name for the President’s award, but since then the file is lying pending in the Secretariat. When I ask officials, they keep on ignoring for one or the other reason,” he added. Prof Ajay Singh Rawat from Uttarakhand was also honoured for campaigning relentlessly against the builder mafia, mining mafia and timber mafia to protect the environment. It was due to his efforts that the construction of group housing and a building was stopped and 499 persons were penalised in Nainital. Pahal, an NGO in Uttarakhand, also received the Amodini Award for its exemplary work towards the empowerment of poor women. It is credited with the formation of a maximum number of self-help groups in the state and has chosen micro-financing as the way to make women self-dependent. All of them received a cheque for Rs 50,000 each along with a medal and a merit certificate except for the NGO, which received Rs 1 lakh as the prize money. Harmanjit Singh, general secretary of the Godfrey Phillips Bravery Awards, said, “ Five zonal awards will be followed by national awards which will take place in Delhi in November.”
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Retired docs get hefty pay packages in health mission
Dehradun, July 13 According to sources, the NRHM was now making efforts to bring back a senior medical officer who retired as the Director (national programme) recently . Heavy dependency of the NRHM on this person became obvious when efforts to retain him began the day he retired. A file was circulated about some posts that were to be created for NRHM programmes, but the previous DG made adverse remarks and put his foot down. The matter was laid to rest at that time, but with latest advertisement, efforts are again on to bring him and another retired medical officers back. The state NRHM has released an advertisement for eight post with the posts of Technical Director and state NGO Coordinator figuring among them on June 27. According to the advertisement, the qualification for the Technical Director for the state NRHM unit is MBBS or MBBS with PG Diploma in Public Health, whereas the qualification for other consultants who report to the Director is MBBS with PG. The salary for Technical Director has been fixed at Rs 65,000 and the age limit is 65, whereas the pay for other consultants has been fixed at Rs 45,000 and the age limit is 55 years. Besides, care has also not been taken while deciding the qualifications for these posts, thereby ignoring the guidelines of the Uttarakhand and Central Governments. Top officials alleged that the state NRHM had started an unhealthy practice to rehabilitate corrupt and ignore the young. DG (Health) Dr Asha Mathur said that the issue pertained to the NRHM and refused to comment whether caution was not applied while deciding qualifications for these posts.
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District Hospital ‘needs separate budget’
Dehradun, July 13 “Things will become much easier if the Doon hospital is assigned a separate budget. The medicines procured under the LPO prove useful for the BPL patients and even non-BPL categories,” said PC Semwal, Chief Pharmacist (Doon Hospital). “On a given day, around 30 patients from the BPL category come with their requests and their cases are resolved. Since the beginning of this financial year, care is being taken to provide medicines under LPO to the BPL patients,” said Dr BC Pathak, CMS, Doon Hospital. Recently, two patients had complained to the CMS that they were forced to buy medicines from the market and the CMS had already instituted an inquiry. These patients belonged to the BPL category. Though the government already provides free treatment and medicines to persons with BPL cards, the so-called poor patients recommended by the VIPs continues to trouble the hospital authorities that are under great pressure to provide treatment.
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Boulders snarl up traffic on Kempty road
Mussoorie, July 13 The locals informed the Kempty police and the administration authorities, who rushed to the spot immediately. The Kempty police, with the assistance of the locals, removed some boulders from the road after which small vehicles were able to pass through. The rest of the boulders were removed with the help of JCB machines early this morning. Gram Pradhan Kamal Singh said some vehicles that had been parked just under the mountain had also a narrow escape. The locals said the incidents of mudslide and subsidence had increased manifold and they attributed it to rampant construction work being carried out in the eco-sensitive zone around the fall. They demanded immediate soil testing of the area so that effective treatment could be initiated to stop the occurrence of such incidents in future.
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Doon MC building a shambles
Dehradun, July 13 The building that was constructed in 1937 is considered as the heritage as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose visited the premises in order to meet the people of Dehradun in 1940 so that they could be attached to fight for freedom.\ Almost all the works related to the issuing of birth certificates, tax payments, maintenance of sanitation or street lights are looked after by the corporation and if any of the file gets spoiled due to the dampness, it will create trouble for them. Not only the staff but officers like senior health officer, assistant executive engineer and others also are forced to sit in these room. The corporation is now getting ready to get it repaired. Sources maintained that being one of the oldest buildings of the city that has the historical value, it could not be demolished and constructed again. They further maintained that the corporation was planning to build a new building next to it for the major work, but the file is still pending in the administration and it is now thinking to construct it on its own. The proposal has been passed during the last board meeting. Senior health officer Dr Kailash Joshi’s room, that was recently got repaired is facing seepage. Mayor Vinod Chamoli said, “When I and my staff are doing their work, what troubles you. Building has not been repaired at least in my tenure,” he added immediately and maintained, “The state administration wants us to construct the new structure on the private public partnership (PPP) mode, but we are not ready for this. We will raise it on our own.”
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Gorkha Rangers, Tapowan XI win
Dehradun, July 13 Prateek of Gorkha Rangers opened the account by scoring the first goal in the 9th minute. The second goal was scored by Suman in the 16th minute. Prateek scored his second goal in the 18th minute. Wills Youth fought hard to equalise but could not succeed. It was only later in the game that Arpan of Wills Youth scored a goal in the 43rd minute. Finally, Gorkha Rangers won. In the second match Tapowan XI defeated Sarvodaya Football Club 2-1. Tapowan XI boys seized the initiative and scored the first goal in the 15th minute through Naveen Mall. In the 32nd minute Naveen Mall scored a goal to make the score 2-0. Later, Raju of Sarvodaya Club scored a goal in the 58th minute. — TNS
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Youth Cong workers stage protest
Dehradun, July 13 Led by Jaswinder Pal Singh Gogi, Tehri Parliamentary Youth Congress president, the workers accused the MDDA of sanctioning illegal construction in Dehradun. They said most of the complexes sanctioned in Dehradun city did not have the parking facility. While submitting a memorandum to MDDA secretary Vinod Suman, the Youth Congress threatened to launch an agitation on the issue.
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Book of poems released
Dehradun July 13 A book release function was held at Hindi Bhawan, Parade Ground, where Sanjay Joshi was the chief guest. Addressing a gathering, Bhagwati Prasad said corruption had made its place in every department and individual. If not eradicated on time, then it would ruin our existence on the world map. “Through my composition in the book, I have highlighted the basic problems of Indian society and how corruption is fast creeping into our lives day by day.” Joshi appreciated the endevours of the author and congratulated him on a successful launch of
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Dehradun, July 13
Dehradun, July 13
Uttarkhand Youth Congress workers today staged a protest at the Mussoorie-Dehradun Development Authority’s office here accusing the authority of promoting illegal construction in
Dehradun.Led by Jaswinder Pal Singh Gogi, Tehri Parliamentary Youth Congress president, the workers accused the MDDA of sanctioning illegal construction in
Dehradun.
