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Shops on Chakrata Road unsafe for occupants
Hailstorm lashes Haridwar, Rishikesh
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Milad-un-Nabi procession
Money stolen from car
Cyclist injured in accident
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Shops on Chakrata Road unsafe for occupants
Dehradun, February 5 It has become dangerous to walk near the shops as at any point of time the hanging concrete pieces can fall on the passersby and cause extreme injuries, something which happened just a day before when two persons got injured and as rickshaw got completely crushed. The authorities seem nonchalant about the glaring realities and are sitting mum about them. The side space of the road dug up to lay sewerage lines has added to the peril as poor children who come to collect debris or passersby can fall in them at night when it gets dark. Despite the prevailing scary situation, the shopkeepers have begun business from the remnants of their shops, and in some cases begun living on the upper storeys where they used to live earlier. Manoj Uniyal, who runs Sagar CD shop on the first floor and has a house on the second floor, said: “There is very little verandah space left outside the rooms of my house, and it has become unsafe to even walk over that. I have a seven-year-old boy and old parents. I am quite worried about them. A little carelessness on their part can prove costly.” The concrete debris lying below the broken buildings has made it more dangerous. Any one falling from even the first storey will get badly hurt on the debris. Many buildings have become too small at the front to run any proper shop. In such places, people have opened up small tea-shops, cigarette or paan corners etc, whilst those who were left with slightly bigger spaces have set up some of their old stock like medicines, paints and electronic items. Shalini, who owns a big electronic shop, said : “Now and then loosely-held bricks keep falling from the upper storeys but we cannot sit at home any more as the shops provided in the new shopping complex do not have proper water and electricity connections. Customers do not go there. After waiting for almost 45 days when the first demolition took place, we have come back to our shops.” The customers hardly go in the new shopping complex where barring three or four shops, the rest are closed. The construction activity is still going on there because of which the place is still dirty and dusty. The renowned Kumar Sweets, however, has opened its shop and is having a few customers every day. Owner Ramesh Verma said: “It will take three to four months for the shopkeepers to start their business from here. Water connections have been provided but transformers for electricity connections for all are yet to be set up. I am taking five KW from a nearby transformer and using a generator, though earlier I had a connection of 20 KW. The shopkeepers are demanding permission to use their old meter connections.
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Hailstorm lashes Haridwar, Rishikesh
Haridwar, February 5 Hail followed by a light drizzle was quite surprising for the residents as well as for the pilgrims and tourists from other parts of the country. It hailed so heavily that roads and rooftops were seen covered by white snowballs, much to the enjoyment of people who came out of their houses to touch these. Many were seen throwing these balls at each others. Officials at the Dehradun Met office said more such hailstorms were expected in the next 24 hours as the upper reaches of Garhwal hills had having snowfall and rain. Simran Saini, a resident of Shivalik Nagar, said she had seen for the first time such a hailstorm which resembled like snowfall as white flakes from the sky covered the whole surroundings and initially she thought it to be a snowfall as she woke up in the morning. While a majority of tourists stopped their vehicles on the national highway as it was hail all over. Hotelier Sanjay Verma said many tourists extended their stay owing to hailstorm today with many enquiry calls coming from customers from the nearby plain areas about the weather conditions which have put a smile on the faces of the people related with the tourism industry in the city.
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A lesson for devotees and pilgrims to learn
Haridwar, February 5 Though Ganga Sabha and other agencies maintain these ghats, the devotees, pilgrims and tourists should themselves realise the importance of the sanctity of these ghats. Despite several cleaning drives and projects being carried out, the responsibility of the citizens to keep the ghats clean is imperative. A physically handicapped man, who selflessly is seen cleaning Ganga ghats on his own, is giving one such message, far from media limelight. This man, despite being disabled, cleans the Ganga ghats with his legs and also manages to do it with his affected hands. But when one asks his name and about his social service, this man doesn’t reveal but goes on doing his job. He points out that he does not want any media coverage, nor is he doing it for any firm but he himself realises that the ghats of the holy Ganga, which is worshipped by billions, needs to be cleaned so that the pilgrims get a clean ghat to take the holy dip. Though he accepts that people wash clothes and use detergents, soaps, shampoos, which should not be done as these affect the sanctity of the ghats and impurifies the holy Ganga water, he makes sure that he is the first one to carry out the cleaning job before he asks others. Seeing the commitment of this man, many people also make sure that they clean the ghats and remove the litter and plastic material. Many people are seen not using soaps while bathing. Teerth purohits and hawkers who see this man doing the voluntary work on a regular basis are all praise for him and say that slowly but in a silent and effective way he is conveying the message, and many point out that it is not only about having a budget for cleaning the Ganga. Strong will and awareness will do much more than that.
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Milad-un-Nabi procession
Dehradun, February 5 On this occasion, the followers gathered at Jogia Jama Mosque at Gandhi Gram where Speaker Harbans Kapoor flagged off the rally. He said: “ This holy day inspires us to walk on the path of goodness taught to us by the Prophet. We should live with sentiments of brotherhood, affection, compassion and selflessness.” The procession traversed through Prince Chowk, Darshan Lal Chowk, Sahranpur Chowk, Rajpur Road and ended at Rangers College, where the dignitaries of the city, including Mayor Vinod Chamoli, welcomed them. Those who participated in the rally included Mohd Qadir, Zakir Hussain, Ramzan Ali and Shakil
Ahamed.
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Money stolen from car
Dehradun February 5 Both the bags were later recovered from the race-course, thrown on a roadside. The documents and clothes were found intact but the money had been stolen. Nautiyal was leaving for Srinagar in the afternoon and had halted at Rispana Pul to have lunch at a roadside restaurant.
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Cyclist injured in accident
Dehradun, February 5 The bus driver, who ran away from the accident site, was later caught by the police. The bus plied on the Doiwala-Dehradun route. The city bus was seized by the police. Kotwali in-charge Dinesh Chand said that Mohan Lal had sustained minor injuries. Later, both he and the bus driver reached an agreement. The injured did not lodge any complaint against the bus, he said.
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Doon Civic Blues:
Ward No. 50
Dehradun, February 5 Councillor Archana Pundir said the residents of urban colonies kept complaining of cattle dung, which had clogged their drains. Savita Thapa, a resident, said the constant warning to the dairy owners was
of a little effect as they threw the cattle dung in the drains at night. Pundir said a full-time sweeper had been deputed to clean the drains. Shamim Bano, a resident of Manihar Mohalla of this ward, complained of paucity of drinking water. She said, “The drinking water pipe lines has never been laid in our locality. Since we share a healthy camaraderie among ourselves, we fetch water from houses which have a facility of tube wells.” Shakti Singh complained of poor garbage-management. “There is no system of garbage collection because of which people throw garbage from
their houses on the roads,” he said. The councillor admitted the problem saying door-to-door garbage collection and disposal system, as started by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, was yet to begin in their ward. She, however, stressed that she herself supervised cleanliness in the ward when sanitary workers came for work. Anurag Sharma, resident, was upset about water logging in Engineers Enclave during monsoon. He said, “Since Kanwali Gram is
situated on a slope, the entire area water from upper area flows down onto JMS road EngineersEnclave, which is located at the lowest point, is on the receiving end.” At this, Pundir retorted that a new drainage
plan was required for the area, which could only be made possible at the
state-government level.
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63 medical students awarded degrees
Dehradun, February 5 The chief guest on the occasion was Dr C Rangarajan, chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. He inaugurated the event by lighting up the ceremonial lamp. Accompanying him was the Vice Chancellor of the HIHT, Dr Vijay Dhasmana. Addressing the students on the occasion, Dr Rangarajan advised them to work hard for achieving their goals in life. He said, “The profession of a doctor is very respectful and dignified.” Terming the students as nation builders, Dr Rangarajan appealed to the students to work hard for the betterment of society and the nation. The ceremony concluded with the vote of thanks delivered by Dr Dhasmana.
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Youths arrested for theft
Dehradun, February 5 The youths, who were on a motorcycle, tried to flee from the spot but were apprehended by the police. On interrogation, the two were identified as Gaurav Chowdhary, a resident of Bagpat in Uttar Pradesh, and Mohit Kumar, a resident of Meerut. The two confessed of having committing number of thefts in
Dehradun.
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