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44 illegally constructed houses razed
BTC trainees hold march
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Shortage of docs, ambulances in
Champawat
Drinking water testing lab to be upgraded
Demand to restart Mohaan cattle fair gains pace
Awareness drive against AIDS launched
Make participation in sports compulsory: Minister
Seminar on autism held
Govt flayed for ignoring education issue
Tanya Negi is Miss Uttarakhand
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44 illegally constructed houses razed
Dehradun, November 28 Earlier, DMC officials had tried many times to get the land vacated, but to no avail. Assistant Mukhya Nagar Adhikari Harak Singh Rawat, circle officer (police) PS Dobhal and land inspectors, Madan Gopal and Harsh Rawat, were present on the occasion. The team had informed the residents about the drive in the morning and asked them to vacate the houses. However, when the team reached there, no one had vacated the house. Heavy police force was also deployed at the site. The drive went on for almost four hours. Later, the occupants of 60 houses requested the team to give them some more time to vacate the houses as they had no other place to live in this cold weather. The officials have given them four days. People also named a few people from Vikasnagar and Dehradun for charging Rs 10,000-50,000 from them and providing land at Brahamwala Khala. Dobhal said the police will inquire into the matter.
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BTC trainees hold march
Dehradun, November 28 During the 20-day-long agitation, the protesting members were brutally lathicharged on November 22 and around 22 trainees were arrested, but the members had only gone on to further intensify their stir. The BTC Trainees State Union, Uttarakhand, received a shot in the arm after the Leader of the Opposition Harak Singh Rawat and senior Congress leader Dinesh Agarawal extended support to them. The members are demanding immediate holding of the third semester examinations and immediate appointment of BTC trainees at their place of posting. To tide over the shortage of teachers, the BTC trainees are being deputed to revive teaching at the closed government schools which are located in the remote areas of the state. This has been resented by the trainees who are awaiting examination at the end of the third semester and see the recent government order of deputing them to the remote areas as a hindrance in their
academic career.
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Forest employees begin relay fast
Dehradun, November 28 The officials also did not attended a meeting chaired by the Commissioner, Rural Development, to discuss anomalies in pay package. And officials of the Forest, Industry and Finance Departments have given their approvals for the scale enhancement. It is a cheating with us by our officials.” State general secretary Mudhusudan Lohani said they were holding their protest without affecting departmental work. However, if needed they would strike official work also.
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Shortage of docs, ambulances in
Champawat
Dehradun, November 28 He said the new ambulances procured by 108-Emergency ambulance services should be immediately sent to Ritha Sahib and Champawat so that the people living in the distant areas could avail the ambulance services. “There is no point in keeping the vehicles docked in
Dehradun. They should be immediately sent to places for which they were procured in the first place,” said
Bhagat. The minister, while reviewing works of the department, also gave directions for deputing staff at the Community Health Center
(CHC) at Bhimtal. He also expressed annoyance at the tardy progress of the trauma centre at Tanakpur on which the work has not been
completed.
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Drinking water testing lab to be upgraded
Dehradun, November 28 As the existing drinking water testing laboratory on the Water Works premises has become too congested with the increasing activities of the laboratory, the authorities are now planning to upgrade and relocate it to a new site. “We have selected a new site for housing the laboratory in the Sahastradhara area. The laboratory will be set up by the next year in consultation with Sri Ram Institute of Industrial Research (New Delhi). Some more equipment will be added which will be useful for taking up drinking water testing on all 34 parameters. The new site in Sahastradhara is not only accessible but also there is ample space for future expansion,” said PC Kimothi, Secretary, Appraisal. The laboratory is undertaking drinking water testing on these parameters PH, TDS, conductivity, turbidity, residual free, chlorine, total hardness, alkalinity, chloride, total coliform, fecal coliform for which testing is done periodically (ie pre-monsoons and post monsoons). The laboratory is also equipped with UV-Spectrophotometer and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. The authorities claim that the workload at the laboratory is bound to increase as several individuals and parties have begun interested in getting the tests done. “We have begun receiving around 15-20 samples per month from individuals. The tests are being done after charging a specific fee,”
said Kimothi. Besides the new state referral laboratory, the Jal Sansthan has also established district-level laboratories that too will start undertaking tests by early January next year. “These laboratories will be run through the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in consultation with the Jal Sansthan. They will be responsible for appointing staff. While the third party sampling will be done by the Sri Ram Institute of Industrial Research. The laboratories will be able to conduct 300 tests per month,”
said Kimothi.
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Demand to restart Mohaan cattle fair gains pace
Nainital, November 28 Ever since the Nishank-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had closed the fair under pressure from the right wing Hindu elements, who had demanded the closure on the demands that cattle were being sold for slaughter at the fair, the people, who used to participate in the fair, claim to be facing several problems. Ironically, most of the participants in the fair have always been practising Hindus. The villagers have pointed out that while it is difficult for them to continue feeding the aged oxen which they are unable to sell to the farmers in the plains where they can still be utilized for farming and related activities, they are also unable to purchase the younger ones on account of paucity of resources. They say that repeated crop failures have made it difficult for them to continue feeding the old cattle heads and as a result they are compelled to abandon them. The villagers under the banner of the Uttarakhand Sanskritik Parishad along with the active support of the Kisan Union and the Berozegar Sangathan have demanded that the fair should be restarted. They have sent a memorandum to the state administration and had even resorted to traffic blockade a couple of days back. Senior Congress leader Dhirendra Pratap, who had opposed the closing of the fair and carried out a campaign against it in 2009, pointed out in an interaction with The Tribune, “The fair must be restarted. The government is just harassing the people in the name of implementing the law pertaining to the ban on cow slaughter. It is well known that the cattle heads sold in the fair aere never meant for slaughter. The Nishank government had closed the fair. On coming back to power, we will ensure that not only is the fair restarted but the law is also amended to ensure that no one is harassed.” He asked, “Is this right for the Hindu sentiments to see the cows and oxen being abandoned in the forests?” Pratap has been demanding suitable amendments to the Cow Protection Act passed by the Uttarakhand Assembly in 2007. The Mohaan cattle fair that had been going on for decades till 2009 before it became a contentious event with the right wing Hindu activists calling for its closure alleging that it was resulting in the slaughter of oxen that weare traded. Pratap and his supporters have been accusing them of harassing minorities while making such allegations. People from Pauri Garhwal, Almora and Nainital districts used to sell the old oxen at the fair to those coming from the villages in the plains.
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All-India tennis tournament begins
Dehradun, November 28 In the boys under-12 years age category, Khush Arora (Raj) beat Prateek Sahrawat (Delhi) 8-2, Ashar John (UP) beat Rishiraj (UP) 8-4, Sahanshu Sharma (Chd) beat Raghav Negi (Uttarkhand) 8-4, SM Nargeta (Punjab) beat Neel Arora (Delhi) 8-7 (7-5), Shivank Bhatnagar (Delhi) beat Bhavesh Aggarwal (Har) 8-3, Dhruv Sabbharwal (Uttarakhand ) beat Siddhant Mahla (Har) 8-2, Sarthak Sharma beat Asim Khan (Uttarakhand ) 8-1, Dron Walia (Uttarkhand) beat Manveer Sohi (Chd) 8-0, Aryaman Shukla (Uttarakhand) beat Naman Sahrawat (Delhi) 8-4. In the girls under-12 years age category, Ashpreet Bajwa (Chd) beat Riya Verma (Delhi) 8-2, Astha Baluni (Delhi ) beat Nandita Saxena (Delhi ) 8-6, Nirmat Kaur Kang (Punjab) beat Rishika Sharma (Delhi) 8-2, Alisha Menon (Delhi) beat Hansika (Chd) 8-3, Aakriti Gupta (Delhi beat Asifa Khan (Uttarakhand) 8-4, and Harleen Kaur (Chd) beat Ayuhsi Gupta (Delhi) 8-3. In the boys under 14 years age category, Mritunjay Badola (Uttarkhand) beat Avivar Naithani (Uttarakhand) 8-0, Ashar John (UP) beat Daksh Yadav (Delhi ) 8-3, Anubhav Gupta (Uttarakhand) beat SM Nargeta (Punjab ) 8-3, Mohak Bajaj (Delhi) beat Suhanshu Sharma (Chd) 8-3, Dhruv Sabbharwal (Uttarakhand) beat Abhimanyu Ojra (Har) 8-2 and Mohit Sahrawat (Delhi) beat Saureen Khanna (Punjab) 8-6.
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Stone of sports complex laid at Him Jyoti School
Dehradun, November 28 Later, Jamestin was taken around the hostel blocks and the school building by Principal Sangeeta Kain. Jamestin appreciated large, airy and neat dormitories and the fact that the students staying in the rooms allocated to them were responsible for the cleanliness and maintenance of the same. He also appreciation neat and well-equipped labs and classrooms. Addressing students, the faculty and the management members of the school, Jamestin emphasised upon a close relationship of the ONGC with underprivileged sections of society, particularly girls of the economically deprived segment. He said the ONGC was committed to the cause of education for girls. Jamestin also urged the students to avail the benefit of the high-standard of education and personality development opportunities being provided to them. He said they must appreciate the fact that they were a select few of society who were privileged to get the best of educational facilities and therefore they had to ensure that what they learnt should not be wasted but utilised for the betterment of society. Keen on promoting education for girls, the ONGC had in 2008 made a commitment to support 50 girl students for at least eight years. These select 50 students are recognised as “ONGC scholars”. An amount of Rs 20 lakh per annum is contributed for the academic pursuits, boarding, lodging and other scholastic requirements of the 50 girls. The ONGC has also extended a financial assistance of Rs 1.5 crore to the Him Jyoti Foundation for the construction of a hostel block . The block is christened ONGC block. Him Jyoti School was established in 2005 by the Himalayan School Society of Dehradun. The school had started with just 15 girls and one teacher in a rented building in Dehradun but with the benevolence of its donors and supports, today it has its own campus with 217 girls residing and studying in the school.
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Awareness drive against AIDS launched
Dehradun, November 28 “These posters and other material will be able to bridge the gap between doctors and people by spreading awareness about AIDS. We will be able to involve more and more people in the campaign among members of civil societies for combating the disease,” said JM Singh, chief of the NGO. On November 29, the organisation will stage a nukkad natak at CNI Girls Inter- college along with a sensitisation workshop on TB-HIV. On November 30, a quiz competition for the purpose of sensitisation will be held at Nursing College, Chandan Nagar. On December 1, a rally on HIV/AIDS awareness will be held at Vikas Nagar.
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Peyjal Nigam staff hold ‘buddhi shuddhi’ havan
Dehradun, November 28 Suresh Thapa, publicity coordinator of the Officers/ Karamchari Joint Coordination Committee, Uttarakhand Peyjal Nigam, alleged that the government had failed to provide the basic facility of potable water to the people of the state. He said though state Assembly Speaker Harbans Kapoor and state BJP chief Bishan Singh Chufal had come out in support of their demand,bureaucrats had nixed the plan. The Uttarakhand Engineers Federation, the Uttarakhand Diploma Engineers Association and other employees associations have also extended support to the demand raised by the Peyjal Nigam employees and officers.
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Make participation in sports compulsory: Minister
Dehradun, November 28 He said participation in sports activities should be made compulsory for the students from the next session. The society members were given the guidelines on how to run the administration efficiently. He recommended a salary of Rs 6,000 on the lines of the PRD
jawans for daily wage employees of the college. He asked the officials to send a proposal to
the state government regarding new vacancies for the college. The meeting was attended by sports secretary Narayan
Singh Negi, additional secretary UC Kabadwal, Deputy Director, Sports, RS Rawat and Principle SC
Negi.
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Seminar on autism held
Mussoorie, November 28 The seminar was held under the aegis of the National Trust, New Delhi, and the Raphael Ryder Cheshire International Centre, Dehradun. Students from Woodstock School also participated in the seminar. The speakers stressed that the people with special needs should be taken care of and be helped so that they can join the mainstream. The speakers also said ignorance and conventional norms were still prevalent in the society and the need to change this mindset was highly important. Chief guest on the occasion Joty Singh Gunsola, MLA, Mussoorie, appreciated the efforts of the organisations in assisting people with Autism and other diseases in joining the
mainstream.
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Govt flayed for ignoring education issue
Dehradun, November 28 He said education had been reduced to a commercial business. Another member, Manoj Gusain, said daily wagers, contractual employees
and the youth were being exploited through outsourcing. Saurabh Rana said in this difficult time when the corporations and projects were handed over to private companies under the public-private partnership mode, the youth needed to fight to achieve their rights.
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Tanya Negi is Miss Uttarakhand
Dehradun, November 28 Tanya Negi is a student of Graphic Era University. Ajay Jhingan, a singer, enthralled the audience on the occasion. Organisers, Rajiv Mittal, Dilip Sindhi and Ravi Jain were
also present.
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