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Power department staff, councillor adamant
Rhododendrons bloom 10 days in advance
Paid entry of vehicles to Mall Road from today
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BSP candidate from Mussoorie shot at by friend, serious
BJP accused of giving misleading statements on postal ballots
Thrashing Incident
Wadia Institute of
Himalayan Geology
Doon University beat Media XI
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Power department staff, councillor adamant
Dehradun, February 29 Besides a strike called by the Electricity Distribution Central Division (EDCD), which was supported by unions of South and North divisions, the other unions of the power department, the Urza Kamgar Sangathan, the Hydro-electric Power Union and unions of officers namely the Engineers Association and the Junior Engineers Association of the power corporation too have announced an indefinite strike from 2 o’clock from Thursday afternoon.
The unions have sounded the Managing Director, Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL), to take precautions to ensure the safety of the sub-stations. They also said the management would be responsible if any disturbance took place in the power generation or distribution in the state. Any defect in feeder, electric transmission or public complaint would not be attended. The equipment worth crores of rupees would also lie unattended in the sub-stations. Meanwhile, the councillor lobby led by Surender Kukreja met Chief Minister BC Khanduri this evening to urge him to intervene in the matter. Khanduri assured them that he would try to resolve the matter by discussing it with the officers concerned. Mayor Vinod Chamoli too heard the arguments of Kukreja and other councillors who congregated on the DMC premises against the alleged arbitrariness of the employees of the power department. Chamoli, who earlier was seen siding with the councillor, toned down by the evening and said, “I have asked both sides to sit and settle the issue.” He also talked to the District Magistrate and the MD, UPCL, about the issue. Wife of the councillor Mahendra Kukreja too filed a cross-FIR against 10 employees of the EDCD, including a Junior Engineer and the Executive Engineer, for misbehaving and threatening to kill. Representatives of various unions met Director, Operation, UPCL, AK Johri and then MD AK Jain to air their anger against the councillor. They returned unhappy on the insistence of patch-up by the MD. “Be it the police, the administration or the power corporation management, all of them are harping on agreement with the councillor who is not even ready to apologise for his misbehaviour with our line man. The councillor, who hails from the BJP and has a good rapport with the Speaker, is throwing his weight around. But now all employees associations have taken a stand that until the councillor is arrested, they will not return to work.”
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Rhododendrons bloom 10 days in advance
Mussoorie, February 29 The forest area around Pari Tibba and Kempty has been painted crimson red, making it a spectacular sight for the tourists’ viewing. For the village children it is another year of plucking the flowers from the tree that is much revered in the state and has achieved the status of ‘state tree’ of Uttarakhand. Village children can be seen selling rhododendron flowers to tourists and earning Rs 50 till the evening on holidays. Some local entrepreneurs are busy bottling the juice of the Rhododendron flower as it is considered healthy and good for the heart. Chandi Prasad Saklani, member of company garden welfare committee in Mussoorie, was of the view that this season the Rhododendron flowers have more juice content in them. The leaves of the rhododendron tree are spirally arranged and the size ranges from 1 cm to 2 cm. In some species, the upper side of the leaf is covered with scales, known as lepidote, or hair called indumentum. This tree can be either evergreen or deciduous. Eminent horticulturalist and director of Yasin Fernery Bimol Sharma is of the view that the early flowering on Rhododendron trees can be attributed to the heavy snowfall this year as the tree requires ample moisture during winter months for flowering. However, he was skeptic of too much flower plucking for the purpose of extracting juice content from the Rhododendron trees as this could hinder the process of germination in the forest area. Many in the town believe that if the Forest and Horticulture Department manages the extraction of the juice taking into consideration without hindering the germinating process, it could provide employment locally. The forest officials said that they did not have a separate policy for extracting juice for commercial purpose right now, but were glad that flowering would assist in replenishing the forest and provide added nutrients through annual exchange between other species.
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Paid entry of vehicles to Mall Road from today
Mussoorie, February 29 The Mussoorie Municipal Council (MC) allows free plying of vehicles on Mall Road from December 1 to February 29 by removing barriers at both ends. The good news for tourists this year is that speculation about the likely increase in the entry fee has been put to rest and it will remain unchanged. Municipal Council president OP Uniyal told mediapersons here today that it was an age-old practice that the barriers were removed during the winter because of thin traffic, but as most of the schools reopen in March the MC restricted the plying of vehicles on Mall Road by levying entry fee. Besides, more than Rs 60 Lakh per annum earned from the entry fee was used for the development of the town. Uniyal solicited cooperation from the people of the town and appealed to them to follow the rules of the MC to avoid chaos and congestion on Mall Road during the tourist season. He also directed the MC officials to act against the offenders who did not follow the rules. Meanwhile, the Senior Citizens Forum of Mussoorie has extended support to the MC in managing traffic on Mall Road.
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BSP candidate from Mussoorie shot at by friend, serious
Dehadun February 29 Manoj Sharma received four bullets. His condition is said to be serious and he has been shifted from Doon Hospital to hospital at JollyGrant. Dehradun SSP GN Goswami said Manoj ’s close friend Anil Yadav shot at him from close range. Manoj was going from his house at Raipur to Kolukhet when Anil Yadav pumped three bullets into his stomach and one into his shoulder and ran away. Sharma then called up his wife, who informed the police. The police reached the crime spot and took him to Doon Hospital. A briefcase and a revolver had been seized.
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BJP accused of giving misleading statements on postal ballots
Dehradun, February 29 In a press release issued here today, Dhasmana said the Uttarakhand BJP was unnecessarily creating a ruckus over the postal ballots. He said as per the information provided by Chief Election Officer Uttarakhand Radha Raturi till today, a total of 26,700 postal ballots had been received while 26,771 were undelivered. “The Chief Election Officer has pointed out that the undelivered postal ballots can be re-dispatched only if the a particular voter demands for the same to the returning officer,” said Dhasmana. He asserted that the Congress this time was closely following the postal ballots to check any foul play on the part of the BJP. The Congress leader pointed out that counting of postal ballots would be taken up initially followed by counting of votes in the EVMs. He said the Congress had issued necessary instructions to all its polling agents.
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School Principal told to appear before panel
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, February 29 The chairman has also sent guidelines under the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Act 2006 to the government to be dispatched to schools. “Besides providing details about the NCPCR Act that forbids corporal punishment, schools have been asked to follow the guidelines ,” said Ajay Setia. A few days ago, a class 8 student lost his eyesight after he was allegedly thrashed by his teacher for not carrying a book to the school. The Principal has, however, refuted the allegations. A case has been filed against the school authorities and the teacher. The victim, Mohit Arora, will undergo a surgery in Chandigarh in the next two days. According to an FIR lodged by victim’s father, it was alleged that the teacher had slapped his son damaging the retina of his right eye, the police said. A few days ago, a similar incident had occurred in Unison School, where a teacher allegedly thrashed a student.
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Wadia Institute of
Himalayan Geology Tribune News Service
Dehradun, February 29 Bose had also received the ‘Third world academy of science prize’ for the year 2010, which was conferred on him in November 2011 in Italy. Instituted by the Department of Science and Technology, Union Government, JC Bose Fellowship is meant to recognise active scientists and engineers for their outstanding performance and contributions.
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Doon University beat Media XI
Dehradun, February 29 Doon University won the toss but elected to field first. Batting first, Media XI scored 69 runs in 20.3 overs. Opener Vinod was the top scorer with 19 runs. Sukant took four wickets for 15 runs. In reply, Doon University scored the required runs in 7.1 overs to win the match by five wickets. Ravi remained not out on 31 runs. RK Bhatti took all five wickets for 24 runs.
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