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RAF, PAC deployed on Kanwar route
Number of Kanwariyas crosses 65-lakh mark
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FRI prepares restoration plan for Jharia coal mines
Uttarakhand Police thrash Balaji Club
Protest over poor BSNL
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200 examined at dental camp
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RAF, PAC deployed on Kanwar route
Haridwar, July 24 With Haridwar having a sizeable population of the minority community, in wake of some anti-social elements misusing this occasion to fuel communal sentiments, the mela administration has deployed these twin paramilitary forces on the sensitive Kanwar patri route. The impact of the deployment of the RAF-PAC can easily be seen as in the whole stretch where they are deployed, Kanwariyas tread along peacefully while it is a common sight to see some aggressive Kanwariyas usually indulging in verbally with local police personnel. But with the well-equipped RAF personnel who are specially trained for controlling mob violence and communal riots, it’s a smooth affair. At the Kanwar patri from Jatwada pull onwards in suburban
Jwalapur, where a majority of people are from the minority community, the RAF during day-time and PAC during night-time have been assigned the patrolling duty. Women RAF personnel too are deployed at various sensitive points, particularly at the points from where Kanwariyas try to reach the highway from the Kanwar
patri. Till date, two companies of the RAF have been deployed and are stationed at Jai Ram Ashram putting in 12-14 hours of duty but they don’t complain as they say the Uttarakhand Police is doing a commendable job and also as Kanwar Yatra is a religious occasion, seeing the faith of
Kanwariyas, they also get motivated. The post-cum-temporary camp made for the RAF adjacent to Jatwada pull is in a shabby condition with rain water accumulated at the camp, posing problems as mosquitoes and other insects can easily be seen at the camp tents. Most of the RAF personnel told The Tribune that the Kanwar patri was not viable for commuting and their tents lack basic amenities like water, food, electricity etc. |
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Number of Kanwariyas crosses 65-lakh mark
Haridwar, July 24 A
view round the kanwar track presents a beautiful scene as millions of Kanwariyas walk in a line chanting ‘Om Namah Shivay’, ‘Bum Bum Bholey’ and using whistle to clear the road ahead. Kanwariyas from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Garhwal and Kumaon hills can be seen on Ganga ghats and at the kanwar stretch. A separate kanwar market at the Pantdeep region, adjacent to the Haridwar-Dehradun highway, provides food, clothing and other accessories as per need of the Kanwariyas. So from turban to hilly round cap, Rajasthani to Garhwali cuisine, one can get most of the things at the market. Traders wait enthusiastically for the monsoonal Kanwar Yatra to earn their profits. Such is the religious aura that one is bound to admire the faith of the Kanwariyas with many treading on barefoot for hundreds of kilometres braving odd weather conditions. On the ninth day of the Kanwar Fair, the number of Kanwariyas as per the district administration, the local intelligence unit office figure the number has crossed the 65-lakh mark. The number seems to be breaking the last year record of 93 lakh as still five more days are left for the ongoing Kanwar yatra which will be at its peak on July 29 when Kanwariyas will be rushing towards their places to offer the holy Ganga water on
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Landslides hit life in Kumaon
Pithoragarh, July 24 “Nearly 500 plants of papaya, mango and litchi in my garden have been buried under the debris after a heavy landslide occurred on Saturday,” said Trilok Singh Samant, a fruit grower of Bans village. The motor road which links the border town of Munsiyari to the district headquarters of Pithoragarh has been closed for the past four days as landslides have damaged the road at nine points. “We have stationed a bulldozer at Batulidhar on this road and planning to send another to other places to clear the debris,” said AS Bisht, an engineer of the Public Works Department (PWD). The National Highway No. 9 from Tanakpur to Pithoragarh remained closed at Banlekh and Chalthi for six hours on Saturday. “Due to the frequent disturbances on this road, the essential supplies like newspaper, milk and vegetables are reaching late to the town and the passengers have to travel on foot to reach distant places,” said Dinesh Pandey, a social worker of
Champawat. The road linking the remote area of Pindari in Kabkot Block of Bageshwar district with the rest of the district remained closed for the third day today, affecting the essential supplies to the remote villages from the Bageshwar district headquarters. “The passengers on this way have to travel more than 5 km between Balighat to Kukroli to catch another vehicle to reach the district headquarters and the vehicles carrying essential supplies to the remote villages of Kapkot Block were seen stuck at many spots on this road,” said Keshav Bhatt, a social worker in
Bageshwar district. According to the District Magistrate, Bageshwar, four families of Gwar village whose houses were situated close to the road have been shifted to safer places after their heavy landslides damaged their houses. |
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FRI prepares restoration plan for Jharia coal mines
Dehradun, July 24 The institute was thus entrusted with the task of preparing a road map, which it successfully did a few months back, the first-ever initiative in the country. FRI scientists made several visits to the affected sites of the Jharia mines before finalisation of the road map. HB Vashisht, senior scientist with the Ecology and Environment Division of the FRI, who had been frequently visiting the Jharia mines in Jharkhand to assess the adverse impact on environment in the region due to dumping of soil excavated for mining, disclosed that the coalfields of Jharia were among the larger and most exploited coalfields in the country. He said the FRI, after a detailed study and visits to the mines, has come up with the first model plantation for the Jharia coal fields. Interestingly, though the FRI is engaged at various social forestry projects in northern states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Himachal, it is for the first time that it has successfully come up with a road map for afforestation and restoration of the ecology in the coal mine. The institute has now received requisition from Coal India’s subsidiary enterprises in Singroli, Orissa, West Bengal and Ranchi as these too want to adopt as the similar FRI greening model of the redundant coal mines in their respective regions. The road map prepared by the FRI focuses on reformation of the overburden dumps comprising soil dumped after excavation and replacing it with afforestation for restoring the eco-system. It comprises model plantation chart for the present redundant coal mines and also for those operational mines that are to go redundant in near future. The FRI has further started training programmes for Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) officials to ensure proper implementation of road map. |
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Employees’ panel holds meeting
Dehradun, July 24 The grievances pertaining to the state government would be raised at state level while those concerning the Centre would be conveyed to it through Members of Parliament. Dobriyal said these issues would finally be incorporated in the manifestoes of various political parties. Dilip Mukherjee, an official working at a Defence establishment, said they needed to be united and to intensify their struggle on the basis of an evolved common-minimum programme. The B2 status accorded to Dehradun city was the result of one such struggle, he added. Jagmohan Mehndiratta, general secretary, Bank Union, assured the meeting of his cooperation to the committee. Pradeep Kukreti, who organised the meeting, appreciated the agenda of the committee. The next meeting of the committee has been fixed for August 28. |
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Assembly Poll
Dehradun, July 24 Arya asked the party men to highlight the works carried out by the Central Government. Arya also asked them to solve the problems being faced by the people on a priority basis. Former ministers Hira Singh Bisht and Mantri Prasad Naithani, Subodh Uniyal, party spokesperson Rajeev Maharishi and Kisan Congress president Pramod Kumar Singh were also present.
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SP burns effigy of Central Govt
Dehradun, July 24 State president of the party Vinod Bharatwal said: “The prices of essential commodities, petrol and LPG cylinders has hit the budget of the common man.” District president of
the party Gulfam rued the non-implementation of the recommendations of the committee. Among others who spoke at the rally were Suresh Yadav, Dr Girish Sahni, Rao Jamil Ahmad, Praveen Gupta, Nafees Ahmad, Manzoor Hasan, Imtiyaaz Malik and Satish Patel. |
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BHEL lift All-India Shooting Ball title
Haridwar, July 24 On the way to the final, BHEL-Haridwar defeated the strong Bangalore team eventually thrashing Bhopal team in straight sets. The team was led by RK Ram who told The Tribune on reaching Haridwar that their team focused on basics as well as changed strategies in every game and also targeted the opposition team’s weaker aspects. The team received a rousing welcome after landing in the city with a special function organised in BHEL by the BHEL Sports Club with felicitation of the winners being done by Neelam Sodi and Vimal Kumar chief of Sports Club. Team members, including captain RK Ram, Virendra Awasthi, RC Naithanimchandraveer, Charan Jeet Singh, Vipin Kumar, Kanhaiya, IM Bhandari and Neeraj Kumar were congratulated by GM HR-Sports KS Bhandari, JV Singh, Inder Mohan Barthwal, Harbhajan Singh, Desh Singh, Dinesh Chandra Nautiyal, SS Rawat, GPS Rawat and by local sport aficionados too. Manoj Sule, former president of the Shooting Ball Federation of India, told TNS that the game needed more exposure, funding, advertising and more national-state-district level championships to make the game more popular so that the game didn’t remain confined to a selected few or a ‘show piece’ game only. |
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DAV school declared overall champion
Dehradun, July 24 Drona International School won three gold and 21 silver medals. Brightland School bagged two gold and one silver medal. Hill Queen won two gold medals. Deputy Inspector General of Police Sanjay Gunjyal gave prizes to the
winners. — TNS |
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Uttarakhand Police thrash Balaji Club
Dehradun, July 24 Uttarakhand Police thrashed Balaji Club 6-1. Sushil (11th, 59th), Deepak (44th), Suresh (50th) and Ashok (55th) struck goals for the winning squad. Ankit (13th) of Balaji scored for his side. In the third match of the day, Khukhri and Adhoiwala boys drew one each. Surrender (69th) scored for Khukuri and Sandeep (58th) netted goal for the latter.
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Protest over poor BSNL
network
Pithoragarh, July 24 “Communication services in this border town often remain disrupted. Traders have to depend on the com network of the neighbouring Nepal, where it is better,” said Bhupendra Singh Thapa, president of the Dharchula unit of the Uttaranchal Vyapar Mandal. The traders have threatened to block the Dharchula-Pithoragarh highway if the communication services failed to improve within
a week. Dharchula SDM Abhisek Tripathi said due to the road widening work being carried out by the BRO, optical fibre cables often got cut. “BSNL officials have promised to link the communication network of Dharchula to satellite services within a week,” said Tripathi.
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200 examined at dental camp
Mussoorie, July 24 Dr Vijay Singh also made the patients aware of the necessity to keep their teeth clean by taking some preventive measures. He said general dental health of the patients was found satisfactory. Free medicines were also distributed. Director of the school Shanti Sharma, Principal Manjri Bakshi, Lalit Verma and others were present on the occasion. |
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