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Cloudburst: Bodies of two labourers yet to be found
Garbage on trekking route
disappoints RIMC cadets
Cadets of the RIMC collect waste from the Santala Devi trekking route.
Police-Vikram union talks fail
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Drive against rehriwalas from September 1
Creating satvik veena not child’s play: Salil Mohan
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Cloudburst: Bodies of two labourers yet to be found
Dehradun, August 24 The police said incessant rain hampered the rescue operation yesterday. Circle Officer (Rajpur) Shweta Choubey said the rescue work was on since morning, but the bodies were yet to be found. Meanwhile, the bodies of three labourers, who were killed in the same incident, have been handed over to their families after a post-mortem examination. The trio hailed from Bihar. The cloudburst also partially damaged the rest house of the Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN) situated on the Sahastradhara road. The water of the sulphur spring, which is the main attraction of the guest house, has also mixed with the water of the Baldi river and a nullah. Vice-president of the GMVN Raghunath Singh Negi has recommended for the immediate closure of the rest house. Additional General Manager (Commercial) DS Panwar, along with other officials, also visited the spot. He has recommended for the renovation of the building. Managing Director (GMVN) Ashish Joshi has asked the persons concerned to prepare an estimate for the same. Rani Rawat, manager of the rest house, said: “Due to the overflowing of a nullah situated nearby, muddy water entered all eight rooms of the guest house. Though the water has receded, mud and silt has deposited in the rooms. Furniture has also damaged.” Rawat said the problem further aggravated due to the overflowing of the Baldi river in the vicinity of the rest house. A shop behind it has also damaged. Panwar said: “As the building of the rest house is 40 years old, the Managing Director has agreed to its renovation.” The medicinal warm water of the sulphur spring for which tourists throng this area to cure their skin diseases has also mixed with the water of the river and the nullah. Panwar said after assessing the damage, they would write to the District Magistrate for the relief amount and also inform the Tourism Department about the renovation of the building.
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Garbage on trekking route
disappoints RIMC cadets
Dehradun, August 24 The cadets started from the college early morning while enjoying the scenic beauty of the mountains. But to their disappointment, they found wrappers, polythene and plastic bags all around the track to the temple. After having their breakfast and paying obeisance to the temple, they decided to clean the trek route. Cadets interacted with temple priest Yatin Sharma who briefed them about the temple and its historical background. The cadets decided to clean the area of plastic waste but after clearing the area, a laborious work of three hours, there was more disappointment for them to come. They could not find a single dustbin. When they reached the village at the bottom of the trek, they found that there was no system of garbage collection there. They had to carry the garbage back with them for around 5km till they could find a dustbin. The cadets were utterly disappointed as they could see plastic waste littered all around destroying the natural beauty. It was an educational-cum-trekking tour of the 1st termers as they were allowed to go for the first time after 40 days of their admission. Col Pankaj Kumaria, Commandant, RIMC, was also very happy by the initiative taken by the young-blood cadets. He complimented them on their maiden effort towards conservation of environment. They were accompanied on their trek by Sanjay, an experienced mountaineer, UP Dalvi and Khushi Ram.
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Police-Vikram union talks fail
Dehradun, August 24 However, it seems the plan will not get to be implemented as Vikramwallahs have not agreed to the route. Ever since the police held talks with the union, the latter was not happy with the police plan. Meanwhile, the police said it had held several rounds of talks with the Vikramwallahs but things did not work out. “We tried to implement the plan but it is not working out. We had talks with them but they are not cooperating. We cannot force them,” Shweta Choubey, Circle Officer (Traffic), told The Tribune.
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Drive against rehriwalas from September 1
Dehradun, August 24 He further said the statutes of martyrs KC Chandi and Durga Bal would be installed at Subash Park soon. The council has also decided to send a proposal to the state government to provide land to freedom fighters. It was decided that they would ask the government to give a rebate of 25 per cent on house tax to the families of freedom fighters, statehood agitators and martyrs. The council has also decided to provide accidental insurance to all safai karamcharis. It was also decided that those houses that are still not covered under house tax should be covered at the earliest. The council also discussed upon the issue of renaming of Chanderbani Chowk. Earlier this year, it was decided that the chowk be renamed Chaudhary Charan Singh Chowk. However, as residents are against this decision, the council has decided not to change the name. Ravi Pandey, Executive Engineer ( DMC), informed all members about the renovation of Town Hall. “The hall will get a new look in eight months,” he added. The Mayor also stressed upon making Dehradun slum-free. He introduced members with a pilot scheme proposed by the Central Government under the Rajiv Aawas Yojna regarding the slum-free area. The Mayor said they were planning to make houses for slum people at Kedarpuram.
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Creating satvik veena not child’s play: Salil Mohan
Dehradun, August 24 “Like all discoveries, it was a painful process, I was in a dilemma when things did not seem turning my way. I was even thinking of abandoning the idea altogether. But it took me three years to shape the musical instrument that is an amalgamation of guitar and veena. No musical instrument can come alive unless it is derived from one’s flesh and blood,” explained Salil, who discovered it nine years ago. Along with exuding the traditional notes of tranquility with his veena, he also managed to strum the temporal notes of a raging storm, only to be replaced by another stirring note of effervescent energy. Moving back and forth between somber notes of tranquility and fiery energy, the maestro’s veena did not know when to stop today evening while performing at a SpicMacay concert in Doon University. “Satvik veena has unlimited scope for slide. It has 19 wires, out of which six are dedicated to the sitar. The raga that I play is also unique to the instrument and I have named it “Vishwa Kauns’, as a tribute to my father Guru Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt,” averred Bhatt, while speaking with The Tribune today. Brimming with energy that he transfers to his performances, Salil is of the view that the discovery of guitar instrument actually took place in India as it was always part of the family of string instruments and it was later lapped up by the western world. “When iron and steel were not discovered, our forefathers used the fiber from the bark of the tree to string the veenas. The tapping technique has been lost to the western world, even the traditional Hawaiian guitar does not use the harness, so the tapping technique has become redundant,” said Bhatt. But significantly, while playing the satvik veena, the maestros abundantly use the tapping technique. Unlike the guitar, his instrument can never be played in the background. Backed by the tabla that manages to generate equivalent tension, the result is an energetic jugalbandi fast and fiery. Speaking about his growing up years, Bhatt who was always in awe of his father and would not venture near him when he was doing his riyaz, surprisingly was never forced to learn, “Though I started playing at the age of six years, I was never made to learn by him. I was trained on the job. Panditji helped me discover my own potential and musical phrases that I derive spontaneously are all due the on the spot training that I got,” stressed Bhatt.
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