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State bus fares hiked by 29 per cent
Focus now on Urs fair beginning at Roorkee today
Elephant scare in Haridwar areas
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Thin attendance in DMC office
Row over college principal’s removal refuses to die down
Counselling camp on journalism begins
Local footballer and current Mohun Bagan midfielder Manish Maithani has been shortlisted for the national camp for the coming AFC Challenge Cup which will kick off in Kathmandu from March 8. Manish is a product of Dehradun-based Maharana Pratap Sports College and is among the 30 probables named for the training camp for the AFC Challenge Cup 2012.
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State bus fares hiked by 29 per cent
Dehradun, February 1
The corporation has 1157 buses of its own and 30 more hired on a contract basis, which register an average of 70 per cent occupancy throughout the year. Previous fare in ordinary buses for the plains was 63 paisa per km, which has been increased to 81 paisa per km. Similarly, the fare for ordinary buses has been increased from 92 paise per km to Rs 1.29 paise per km for the hill regions. In another category of hi-tech buses, the fare has jumped from Rs 1.07 to Rs 1.37 for plains and from Rs 1.47 to Rs 1.62 for hills. The computer as well as e-ticketing machines of UTC are being updated with the fresh rates of bus fares. The management of UTC may heave a sigh of relief with the hike in the fare but commuters are feeling the pinch in their pockets. Shaili Chamoli, a housewife said: “The state government made plenty of announcements to please people before the elections. But just a day after the people cast their votes, the state government stabbed them in the back by increasing the bus fare.” Pramod Kumar, government employee, said it would have been justified had the UTC increased fares for only hi-tech buses and not the ordinary buses. The bracket of lower, lower middle and middle class was already under immense pressure due to high inflation. Ayush Sharma, a college student, said the UTC should first improve the poor condition of its ordinary buses before demanding more fares from the citizens.
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Focus now on Urs fair beginning at Roorkee today
Haridwar, February 1 While the holy Urs month commenced on January 25, the main religious fair will start from tomorrow and end on February 10. Organised in memory of Hazrat Syed Alauddin
Ali Ahmed Sabir Kaliyari, this Urs is the 743rd one, in which Muslims from around the country and foreign countries, too, take part. Hindus also participate. Millions of devotees will throng Piran Kaliyar during this tenure, with the district administration making sure that they are provided with best
of facilities. Jayreens from Pakistan will also be coming to pay obeisance in large numbers at the dargah. In view of the large number of devotees, special arrangements have been done at the mela zone. Temporary shelters, shops, lighting, toilets and tents have been constructed already for better facilities to the pilgrims. Additional coaches in Roorkee-bound trains will be added in many trains, while the Railways have been requested by station superintendent,
Roorkee, KS Gunjyal, to run special trains during peak fair days. The security aspect is also being given vital importance with the mela zone being divided
into sectors and concerned administrative officials being given respective zone/sector responsibilities. SSP, Haridwar, Pushkar Sailal, and District Magistrate D Senthyl Pendiyan have already visited and inspected the Urs fair preparations and offered holy chadar at the Sabir Pak dargah. Meanwhile, the whole mela zone is presenting a fair-like picture with illuminated lighting
and devotees thronging the dargah in large numbers.
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Elephant scare in Haridwar areas
Haridwar, February 1 Residents of Missirpur, Katarpur, Panjan Hedi, Ajeetpur, Jagjeetpur, Pathri, Dhanauri, Ferupur, Chandpur, Kota Muradnagar, Telliwala, Bishanpur Kundi, Shyampur and Laldhang villages have complained that elephants are damaging their crops regularly. Elephants can also be seen on the Haridwar-Najeebabad-Kotdwara highway, especially during the winter. The farmers have suffered huge losses due to damage to their crops by elephants though they were hoping to make a fortune this season. Many villagers have
also complained about elephants seen around their houses and intimidating them when they tried to shoo them(elephants) away. The Forest Department has taken cognisance of the complaints and set up a special task force to address the problem. Special vigil and night patrolling are being done in the affected villages, particularly early morning and during night when the movement of elephants
is more. Forest official S Sonkar said vigil had been intensified and forest guards were keeping a watch in these affected areas. The villagers had been asked to instantly report to forest officials and guards whenever they see an elephant nearby. Sonkar, however, admitted that more constructive steps were needed to stop elephants from intruding into fields and residential areas. The construction of walls to block the entry of elephants into residential areas could help control the situation, he added. MS Negi, Tibdi forest range officer of Rajaji National Park, said they were keeping a close watch in the vulnerable areas and night patrolling was being conducted. He added anyone seeing elephants in the fields or residential areas should inform the range officials immediately. Ajeet Saini, a resident of Panjanhedi village, said four elephants were seen on the Lakshar road early this morning and they ravaged crops in the adjacent areas. Later the elephants blocked the road for 10 minutes and left only after sunrise. Affected villagers have urged the state government to award proper compensation to them for crops damaged by elephants and a permanent solution to the problem.
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Thin attendance in DMC office
Dehradun, February 1 It is necessary to mention here that all the government employees who were designated election-related duties were given a day off on Tuesday to relax. Therefore, they were expected to resume their work on Wednesday. The people who came for their problems in DMC had to return back to see most of the employees and officials absent. Sarita Gupta, housewife, said she had been making rounds of DMC to get the birth certificate of her grandson made but had to go back empty-handed as the employees were busy in their election duties. Today she came with the hope that she would find the employees in the certificate section working as the election was over and would get her work done. But that did not happen. Radhey Shyam, retired government employee, came to get important documents regarding a property dispute he is having with his elder brother. He was also met with disappointment, as the concerned employee had not come to the office. Taking it lightly, Mayor Vinod Chamoli said it would take some time for the employees and officials to come out of election syndrome and join work. “The employees and officials at DMC were engaged in the election-related work throughout the entire month of January. They want a break before resuming work,” he said. On the other hand, Dileep Jawalkar, while patting the back of all the returning officers and nodal officers for doing a brilliant job during the elections directed them to get back to their routine work and quicken the pace of the work to resolve the grievances of the people. DMC should certainly learn a lesson from district administration office in this context at least, he added.
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Row over college principal’s removal refuses to die down
Dehradun, February 1 The managing committee of the college had levelled allegations of misappropriation of funds against Indu and sacked her in September 2011. Later, the committee handed over the charge of officiating principal of the college to Associate Professor, political science, Kiran Sood. Indu was appointed as principal in 2007. The secretary of the management committee, Jitender Negi, refused to comment on the issue. He said, “I cannot comment on the issue as it will not be proper for me to make the private affairs of the committee public through newspapers.” “It is an internal matter of the college and its management will deal with it patiently. The committee has constituted a team to look into the matter and the team needs ample time to file its report,” Negi said. Kiran Sood, officiating principal of MKP Girls PG College, had earlier filed a writ petition in the Uttarakhand High Court in Nainital challenging Indu’s appointment as principal on the ground that her academic record was better than Indu’s. Later, Indu approached the Supreme Court against her sacking. She also refused to comment on the issue saying, “I don’t want to speak on the issue as the case is in the
Supreme Court.”
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Counselling camp on journalism begins
Dehradun, February 1 The director of the university, Dehradun campus, Professor Durgesh Pant, inaugurating the camp, said, “The camp is organised to enlighten the students of Garhwal with the curriculum of journalism while making them aware of the career opportunities in the field of the media.” “A large number of mediapersons as well as experts will participate in the counselling and inform students about the important areas in the media,” he added. On the first day today, Dr Rakesh Rayal told students about the basic principles of reporting while Dr Subodh Agnihotry explained about the editing skills. — TNS
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Maithani among probables for AFC Challenge Cup
Dehradun, February 1 Manish is a product of Dehradun-based Maharana Pratap Sports College and is among the 30 probables named for the training camp for the AFC Challenge Cup 2012. The camp for the Indian team will kick off in Dubai from February 15. The 30 probables will leave for Dubai on February 14. The final list of 23 players for the AFC Challenge Cup will be ready after the camp. Manish has recently recovered from a wrist fracture. He was back in action after a brief break. Manish played in an I-League match against Pailan Arrows on January 27 to make his return in the football field. The All-India Football Federation announced the list of probables on Wednesday. The probables are : Goalkeepers: Karanjit Singh (Salgaocar), Subhasish Roychowdhury (Dempo SC), Arindam Bhattacharya (Churchill Brothers), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Kingfisher East Bengal). Defenders: Nirmal Chhetri, Raju Gaikwad (both Kingfisher East Bengal), Sameer Naik (Dempo SC), Gourmangi Singh (Churchill Brothers), Anwar Ali, Kinsukh Debnath, Syed Rahim Nabi (all McDowell Mohun Bagan), Arnab Mondal (Prayag United), Gurjinder Singh (Pune FC). Midfielders: Adil Khan (Sporting Clube de Goa), Anthony Pereira, Clifford Miranda (both Dempo), Reisangmi Vashum (Kingfisher East Bengal), Baldeep Singh, Lester Fernandes (both Pune FC), Rocus Lamare, Francis Fernandes (both Salgaocar SC), Jewel Raja, Manish Maithani (McDowell Mohun Bagan), Lenny Rodrigues, Lalrindika Ralte (both Churchill Brothers). Forwards: Sunil Chhetri (McDowell Mohun Bagan), Sushil Singh (Shillong Lajong FC ), CS Sabeeth (Pailan Arrows), Manandeep Singh ( Air India), Joaquim Abranches (Dempo SC).
— TNS
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Post-Assembly elections, the Haridwar district administration is now busy in making sure that the holy annual Urs fair at world-famous Sabir
Pak Dargah, Piran Kaliyar Sharif, Roorkee, is successfully held.
For the past few days areas on the outskirts of Haridwar city, particularly those adjacent to the Ganga and near the forest range, are in the grip of elephant scare.
Deepak Kumar,General Manager, UTC, said the Uttarakhand Transport Corporation was incurring a loss of Rs 150 cr per annum due to recurrently enhanced petrol/diesel rate and less occupancy in the buses. The current jump in the fare would yield the department a revenue of Rs 2 crore to Rs 2.5 crore per month.