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Rudrapur limps back to normalcy
Left parties gun for BJP, Cong over riots
Gadkari to unveil poll programme on Oct 9
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80 members from abroad take part in run
Netherlands woos state businessmen
Power Crisis in Winter
No animal to be sacrificed in open
Decision on UKD’s symbol today
ADB sanctions funds for 197 villages
Trees posing threat to be identified
Heritage School book berth in semis
Doon girls beat Aryan School
Senior and junior Welham Girls’ School teams pose with the trophies after winning the lnter-school Senior and Junior Girls Table Tennis Championship that concluded in Dehradun on Friday. Tribune photograph: Vinod Pundir
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Rudrapur limps back to normalcy
Nainital, October 7 The administration has initiated a series of measures to ensure that the people are not fleeced by shopkeepers and others by taking advantage of the prevailing situation. The town witnessed a relaxation in curfew from 7 am to 9 am in the morning and from 12 noon to 6 pm in the evening. The relaxation saw people scampering to the markets to purchase their daily needs. The labour working in various industrial units also went for work after five days. The industrial sector was amongst the worst hit on account of a total shutdown since Sunday when communal riots had erupted in the town leaving four dead and scores injured besides burning down of several shops and vehicles. The industry was incurring a daily loss of Rs 15o crore and amongst the worst hit were daily wage earners. District Magistrate PS Jangpangi has issued orders to the District Supplies Office (DSO) to ensure that the consumers are not fleeced by shopkeepers. There have been reports coming from the town saying that some shopkeepers have been fleecing customers. Reports say that vegetables have been sold at a huge premium by the shopkeepers with cauliflower being sold at Rs 100 per kilogram and tomatoes being sold at Rs 80 per kilogram. Jangpangi has ordered DSO officials to carry out inspections in various areas. They have also been told to ensure that there are ample Public Distribution System (PDS) supplies of foodgrains in the town and the godowns are well stocked. He has said the people should not worry about the availability of the PDS supplies. The administration has also been distributing food packets as relief over the last few days. The police authorities are continuing with their regular checks in the town to nab the culprits responsible for the outbreak of violence. The checking has been further intensified at the entry points to the town. Police officials are also participating in the meetings of the Aman Committee asking people not to pay any attention to rumours and have faith in the law and order enforcing machinery.
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Left parties gun for BJP, Cong over riots
Nainital, October 7 The violence and arson witnessed by the town had left four dead and several injured. State general secretary of the CPM, Vijay Rawat said: “The riots are a culmination of the communal politics being promoted by the BJP and the Congress. Chief Minister BC Khanduri is talking of a collective effort to ensure that the incident is not repeated, but he himself is yet to call an all-party meet on the issue. In addition to this, civil society activists are not being allowed to go and talk to those hit by the riots.” He said the Left parties were in favour of taking up the matter with the NHRC and the NCM. “Ideally, all parties should come together on the issue but even if they do not, the Left parties will approach these parties for a probe at their level,” he added. He has also demanded that immediate steps must be taken to restore faith of minorities in the democratic
institutions. Rawat said the minorities were a scared lot.Meanwhile, state secretary of the CPI Samar Bhandari said: “There is no doubt that this is the result of attempts at communal polarisation. The Congress attitude is also not clean on communal issues. Over the years, there has been a dilution of ideology in the party and attempts have been made to take advantage of such situations. It is sad that such an incident took place on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, who is treated as an apostle of peace. It was also the day when statehood activists had suffered at the hands of the police in Muzaffarnagar.” State general secretary of the CPI (ML) Raja Bahuguna was more vocal in his attack and said the administration had failed to learn from the recent Pilibhit incident where Guru Granth Sahib had been desecrated to foment communal trouble. He said such incidents were expected in the region since Vidhan Sabha polls are approaching both in Uttar Pradesh and
Uttarakhand. “No lesson was learnt from Pilibhit. The administration is at fault here. We seek strict punishment for the District Magistrate and the Senior Superintendent of Police. A mere transfer is not enough. We also want that there should be a judicial probe into the matter,” he underlined.
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Gadkari to unveil poll programme on Oct 9
Dehradun, October 7 The BJP national chief along with other top party leaders is expected to address the party cadres and provide direction to party workers in view of the forthcoming Assembly elections. After nominating former CM Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank as national vice-president of the party and also making former Chief Minister B S Koshiyari as in charge of the election campaign, the BJP has managed to arrest the dissatisfaction and confusion arising after BC Khanduri took over as Uttarakhand Chief Minister. Without disturbing the status quo, the BJP top party leadership tried to strike a balance by entrusting former Chief Minister BS Koshiyari with the responsibility of handling the election campaign, thereby passing a major chunk of responsibility to Koshiyari. In the changed equation, it is expected to go down well with Chief Minister BC Khanduri who has now mended fences with him. Though confabulations with the central leadership and RSS leaders were held a few days back about raising vote-catching issues for the forthcoming elections when the top brass meets on October 9, they are expected to discuss the tone and tenor of the election campaign. So far Chief Minister Khanduri has come up with three Bills aimed at providing good governance, a transparent transfer policy and also setting up trial courts to take up cases of benami properties. These are expected to shore up the image of the BJP recovering as it is from corruption scandals that tainted the previous government. Party sources maintain that on October 10, a media workshop will be held for party workers that too will be addressed by top BJP leaders. |
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80 members from abroad take part in run
Mussoorie, October 7 The 8 km run was flagged off from a resort in Mussoorie and the participants traversing through the highs and lows of the Mall Road, Camels Back Road and Library Bazaar returned back to the resort. The members from Malaysia, Europe and United States also enjoyed the enchanting photo exhibition by Guddu Negi on display at the resort. The programme is being organised by Sashi "Lord Krishna" Varma from the club. The Hash House Harrier’s roots extend back to the old English schoolboy game of "Hares and Hounds," in which some players, called "hounds," chase others, called "hares," who have left a trail of paper scraps along their route across fields, hedges, streams, bogs, and hills. One of the earliest Hares and Hounds events on record was the "Crick Run" at Rugby School in Warwickshire, England, first held in 1837. Being non-competitive in nature, more emphasis is laid on enjoying the run or the walk without any stress. No prizes are distributed after the whole run is complete. The front-runners are given names like the FRB or Overachieving Hashers who forget that Hashing is non-competitive. The club was started in the year 1938 in what is now Malaysia, when a Britisher, Albert Stephen Ignatius Gispert, gathered a group of expatriates in Kuala Lumpur. The fraternity received its name from the Selangor Club Chambers, which due to its non-descript food, was commonly referred to as the "Hash House”. The members will be participating in another run at Kanatal on the Mussoorie-Dhanaulti-Chamba Highway tomorrow. |
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Netherlands woos state businessmen
Dehradun, October 7 At an interactive session organised by the Industries Association of Uttarakhand, John de Bruijn, country coordinator (PUM), Netherlands, said the Netherlands offered a lot of opportunities for investment in the sectors of agriculture, maritime, water, high (tech) automotive, new and renewable energy, infrastructure, life sciences (health), chemicals and pharma, media and entertainment, design (fashion and architect) and software and hardware. “Our organisation can act as a bridge by providing linkages and information to businessmen in Dehradun looking for investment opportunities in Netherlands,” said John.
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Power Crisis in Winter
Dehradun, October 7 According to sources, the corporation has signed an agreement with Sri Cement Limited to purchase 50 MW in October, 100 MW in November, 150 MW in December, 200 MW in January, 200 MW in February and 50 MW in March. It is also in the process of purchasing power from gas companies. The corporation is also expecting power return from Punjab to the tune of 45 MW for the month of November, 60 MW for December, 75 MW for January and 100 MW for February. With these power purchase and return power banking, the corporation is hoping for a smooth winter this year. Net demand for October is projected at 970 MU, 823 MU for November, 916 MU for December, 977 MU for January, 830 MU for February and 907 for March. Managing Director of the corporation Anil Kumar Jain said: “In the winter season, power generation falls to half of what it generates throughout the year. The Centre’s share also get reduced. In such a scenario, we try to manage our deficit through power purchase and return of power banking. For the next six months, we have bought power from Sri Cement Limited at Rs 4.21 per unit which is a good deal. Similarly, we are also hoping to get another 150 MW from gas companies. Power given to Punjab in the summer will also be returned during the winter. Besides all these arrangements, we will continue to try to have better deals with private players at reasonable rates whenever possible so that we do not face any power crunch in the winter
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No animal to be sacrificed in open
Pithoragarh, October 7 Dev Singh Rawal, chairman of the committee, said they had also decided that the carcass of the sacrificed animal would be buried. According to sources, nearly 2,000 goats and 400 buffalos were sacrificed every year in the temple since time immemorial. — OC
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Decision on UKD’s symbol today
Dehradun, October 7 Stating this at a meeting held today, district president of the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (Panwar) NK Gusain said the decision was most likely to be in their favour. Even if it was not taken in their favour, the party is said to have all that is required in order to get recognition as a regional party such as an appointed president, president of every district , MLA and founder president. Meanwhile, while taking note of an incident where an elephant had killed a resident of Dhalwala a day before, Bhagwati Prasad demanded installation of a police post on the Rishikesh highway. He also asked for an assistance of 5 lakh for the deceased’s family and a job to the dependent in the Forest Department. He cautioned if their demands were not met, then they would gherao the office of Chief Forest Conservator.
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ADB sanctions funds for 197 villages
Pithoragarh, October 7 Champawat Chief Development Officer TS Martolia said an amount of Rs 5.31 had been sanctioned to provide potable water to 21 villages and Rs 24.76 crore to develop watershed areas aiming at generating water in 117 sub-villages of the district. Martolia said drinking water schemes would be launched in 26 villages that were the most dry. “Most of these schemes are for Lohaghat subdivision, where 12 villages will be benefited from these schemes,” he added. “Besides this, dry villages of Lohaghat subdivision, six of Champawat subdivision and three villages of Barakot under Lohaghat subdivision will benefit from these schemes,” he said. He added that eight watershed areas would also be developed with the help of pradhans of women groups.
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Trees posing threat to be identified
Dehradun, October 7 A delegation of the Citizens for Green Doon, Uttarakhand, principal chief conservator of forests, RBS Rawat, today ordered Dehradun Divisional Forest Office to work with the organisation volunteers towards identification of such trees. The forest department had been undertaking campaign to axe the diseased trees that pose danger to life. But the organising had been objecting to the felling of certain healthy trees on a wrong pretext of being dangerous. Dr Nitin Pandey from the orgainsation alleged that a large number of trees were being felled in Dehradun on an excuse that they were dangerous. The Uttarakhand PCCF assured that the list of trees marked for felling would be cross-checked to prevent axing of the trees which do not pose any threat to the public.
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Heritage School book berth in semis
Dehradun, October 7 The host team defeated St Judes School 21 runs in today’s match. Ritesh Bhatt of the winning team was the man of the match for 15 runs. Batting first after winning the toss, Heritage scored 32 runs for five wickets in the first innings. St Judes was restricted to 22 runs at the loss of two wickets by the bowler of the rival team. In the second innings, the winning team scored 35 runs as St Judes could score 24 runs. The Aryan School got the better of Carman School, Dalanwala in another match. Vikas of the winning team was declared the man of the match with 14 runs. Tomorrow two matches will be played.
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Doon girls beat Aryan School
Dehradun, October 7 Doon Girls School beat The Aryan School 32-8. The winning team won the quarters 10-0, 14-0, 4-2, 4-6. Ishikia was the topscorer of the winning team. In another match, Welham Girls School defeated Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy 44-6. Anushka Tiwari (8 points) lead Welham to an easy win.
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Welham Girls’ School victorious
Dehradun, October 7 In the team event, Welham Girls School beat Hopetown School 3-0. Shruti beat Grasha 11-2, 11-2, 11-3. Gargi defeated Gajal 11-1, 11-4 and Yagya surpassed Lavnya 11-2, 11-1, 11-3. In the individual event, Gargi defeated Sachita 11-3, 11-5, 11-6. The players were
given prizes at a prize distribution ceremony held later.
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BJP national president Nitin Gadkari will be arriving in Dehradun to formally launch the BJP party’s election programme on October 9.
The BJP national chief along with other top party leaders is expected to address the party cadres and provide direction to party workers in view of the forthcoming Assembly elections.
Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) has begun preparations to curtail power shortage in the winter.
According to sources, the corporation has signed an agreement with Sri Cement Limited to purchase 50 MW in October, 100 MW in November, 150 MW in December, 200 MW in January, 200 MW in February and 50 MW in March.
It is also in the process of purchasing power from gas companies. The corporation is also expecting power return from Punjab to the tune of 45 MW for the month of November, 60 MW for December, 75 MW for January and 100 MW for February.
