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Blood Banks only on paper in state
After 17 years, Navratras to last 10 days
Rich tributes paid to Bhagat Singh,
Rajguru, Sukhdev on Balidan Divas
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Dist Magistrate reviews development works
160 events scheduled for technical festival
Devendra, Akanksha adjudged best athletes
Employees strike work in three companies
Graphic Era win by 2 wickets
Conference on trends in energy engg
Cultural event marks Fraternity Week celebrations
3 thieves arrested
Sandal House excels in sports meet
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Blood Banks only on paper in state
Dehradun, March 23 To reduce maternal deaths due to severe bleeding/haemorrhage in Uttarakhand that has the high maternal mortality rate, the setting up of Blood Banks at all Community Health Centres is essential. The CHCs in Boradi, Rudraprayag, Champawat and Bageshwar were especially selected, as these areas had reported high incidence of maternal deaths. While the Central Government has been prompt in sanctioning the setting up of Blood Banks in all these places, four years after these were sanctioned, the Uttarakhand Health Department has failed to get them going. “The National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) has already delivered the equipment and the finances on time, but the state has not delivered on manpower and other mandatory infrastructure required for the Blood Bank,” said Dr Meenakshi Uniyal, Director, Blood Safety. Health experts say setting up of Blood Banks will continue to remain on paper in the state unless the Health Department does not start the task of recruitment of staff. “The manpower shortage problem needs to be looked into seriously, if quality care has to be given to the patients and the Blood Banks need to be fully functional,” said Dr KC Pant, senior physician, Doon Hospital. Significantly, even the blood storage centres at Joshimath, Kichha, Bhawali and Karanprayag are also non-functional due to the absence of manpower. The blood storage centres receive screen blood from mother storage centres like Dehradun.The blood from mother storage centres is transported with the help refrigerated storage van. “With the help of NACO, we are committed to setting up blood banks in all districts of the state, but unless we get manpower, it will be difficult to run these. We are increasingly looking at hiring contractual staff and also running the CHCs on the public private mode,” said Dr J P Bhatt, Director General Health and Family Welfare.
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After 17 years, Navratras to last 10 days
Haridwar, March 23 As 2012 is a Leap Year, in Hindu calendar a day of ‘Shraddh’ gets lessened while an additional day is added in the Navratras. The fifth Navratra day will be observed for two days i.e on April 27th and 28th which is known as ‘Panchami’. Noted astrologist Pundi Prateek Mishrapuri said the fasts and rituals observed during the Navratras have deep significance and those who feed five young girls on the fifth Navratra got their sins burnt. Meanwhile, on the first day of the Navratra, the devotees thronged temples from the wee hours of the morning after taking a holy dip in the Ganga. Devotees lined up at the shrines of Mansa Devi, Chandi Devi, Maya Devi, Sureshwari Devi, Mata Vaishno Devi, Siddhpeeth Kalipeethadheeshwar and other temples and ashrams in the city to perform prayers. Kalash filled with the Ganga water were also kept at temples and homes too. People also observed fast while many will observe it for 10 days. As the Navratras will conclude on Ram Navami day, at many places in the city, Ram Kathas have also begun, where kathavachaks from Ayodhya, Mathura and from the city itself speak on the life and teachings of Lord Rama.
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Rich tributes paid to Bhagat Singh,
Rajguru, Sukhdev on Balidan Divas
Mussoorie, March 23 The chief guest on the occasion senior BJP leader Ravinder Jugran, along with eminent historian Gopal Bhardwaj, environmentalist Vipin Gupta and social activist Amit Bhatt, lighting the ceremonial lamp in memory of the martyrs, said that the sacrifice of the martyrs known and unknown cannot easily be forgotten in Indian Freedom Struggle. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, the three revolutionaries, were pioneers in shaping the country's future through their thoughts that are relevant even today. Jugran, speaking on the occasion, said that it was Bhagat Singh who had said "mere freedom from the British is no freedom; it is worth only when the farmer earns his pride, the workers earn their dignity and the country remains united." This was the basis of the path of freedom on which the country required to tread after gaining Independence. Ravinder Jugran was of the view that the life and struggle of such martyrs should be incorporated in the school syllabus of government and public schools alike so that children are inspired by their thoughts and resolve to build the nation according to dreams envisaged by the martyrs. The eminent historian, Gopal Bhardwaj, remembering the period under British Raj, said that during that period the Indians did not have the freedom that existed today and one should thank the martyrs for providing us this life where we can express ourselves freely. Eminent environmentalist Vipin Gupta, speaking on the occasion, said that the people from metropolitan cities were not aware of the sacrifice made by freedom fighters and the need was to educate them through such programmes as held today. He also said that political class has failed miserably infulfilling the dreams for which the martyrs had laid their lives during the struggle for Independence due to their individual interests. He appealed to people take inspiration from the lives of martyrs and try to become responsible citizens of the country. Eminent educationist Anuj Tayal, Roop Chand Sharma and municipal council president OP Uniyal also addressed the gathering on the occasion. The volunteers from Sarva Bahvantu Sukhina organisation rendered several patriotic songs on the occasion that were much appreciated by the audience. Lalit Mohan Kala, the coordinator of the programme, said that the youth should learn from the life of the martyrs and dedicate their lives for the service of the nation. DEHRADUN: Members of the Uttaranchal Punjabi Mahasabha, Dehrdaun, organised a march to pay tributes to Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on Shaheed Divas at the Clock Tower here today. Harish Narang, general secretary of the mahasabha, said: "I feel proud to be an Indian and lucky to be a part of this march." Meanwhile, the Naujawan Uttarakhand Sabha paid tributes to the martyrs by playing patriotic songs on the occasion.
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Dist Magistrate reviews development works
Mussoorie, March 23 He also attended the hospital management committee meeting at St Mary's Hospital at Kulri Bazaar earlier in the day, where he directed the health officials to ensure the availability of the medicines on a regular basis. DM Dilip Javalkar arrived in the town around 11am and inspected the condition of St Marys Hospital in Kulri Bazaar. He also discussed the annual budget with the health officials and assured them that funds would be arranged for the upgradation of the hospital through various sources. Chief Superintendent Sandeep Tandon apprised the DM about the shortage of specialist doctors in the hospital at St.Mary's and the Civil Hospital. The DM directed CMO, Dehradun, KC Pant, to arrange specialist doctors such as cardiologist, orthopedic and ENT specialists from Dehradun, who would be rendering their services once every month. He also directed the officials to fill the vacant posts in the hospital. Municipal council president OP Uniyal, who is also the member of the hospital management committee, suggested that the additional chambers be constructed at the roof of the hospital so that the doctors have enough area for attending the patients in St.Mary's Hospital. The DM also enquired about the pace of construction for the proposed Combined Medical Hospital in Landour Bazaar and directed them to complete the job at the scheduled time. Later, Dilip Javalkar, in the review meeting held at SDM's office, reviewed the pace of development works and the condition of hygiene and cleanliness in the tourist town of Mussoorie. Taking stock of the development works being carried out by the PWD, Municipal Council, Electricity, Jal Sansthan and Tourism Departments and other departments such as Jal Nigam. The DM directed all officials sternly to work round the clock and complete all the pending works before April 9. He also reviewed the status of parking space in the town and directed the tourism officials to begin the process of constructing a parking space for the vehicles at the land available near Library Bazaar that is owned by Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam. He directed the Electricity Department to complete the work of shifting the electricity poles from the roads that have been widened by the PWD. The DM reviewed the ongoing sewage project being executed by Pey Jal Nigam under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and beautification projects being carried out by the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA). He directed the tourism officials to upgrade and beautify the trekking route from Jharipani to Shenshai Ashram within 15 days. Javalkar directed the municipal council officials to ensure that all the dustbins were covered as the open containers attract stray animals who scattered the garbage around. Later, speaking to the media, Dilp Jawalkar said that the Jal Santhan had also been directed to ensure continuous supply of drinking water in the town during the tourist season. He sought a complete report from all departments before April 9 so that it can be presented in the Chief Secretary’s meeting scheduled for April 9. Municipal Council president OP Uniyal, speaking to the media, said that he was extremely satisfied with the discussion held at a meeting here as all issues were discussed in detail. He thanked the DM for approving several development projects on priority basis. He thanked Tourism Secretary BS Sandhu for considering proposals of developing and upgrading of tourist areas such as Bhatta Fall and Jharipani Fall worth Rs 1.5 crore. The officials from various departments were present on the occasion.
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160 events scheduled for technical festival
Dehradun , March 23 Inaugurating the festival, the Director, IIT, Roorkee, Professor Banerjee, said that every country needs a developed society and a well developed technical infrastructure. He further said that England today stands as super power in the industrial revolution, and on the other side Germany has skilled itself in technology. America is a developed economic power because of its expertise in computer technology and nano technology. “Technology is the only key for developing a country and it's society," said the Director, IIT. The students today at IIT campus attended various events under which the main attraction remained were the Robo sapiens, which included autonomous and manual robots. The students went glued on seeing the award winning model of a steam engine designed by Iqbal, professional model designer of Nagpur. A class IX dropout, Iqbal displayed his model weighing 1.72 gram, fly wheel measuring just 6.8 mm (0.267 inch) and is called “thumbnail” steam engine. Today he holds the world record for constructing this smallest working stationary steam engine, which had its entry into the Guinness Book of World Record in 2001 . —
TNS
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Devendra, Akanksha adjudged best athletes
Dehradun, March 23 Chief Guest of the event Major General AK Sinha, Commander, 501 Field Survey Group, highly appreciated the participation of students in sports and other extra-curricular activities. He congratulated one and all and stressed that the participation is equally important as winning. On the occasion, winter edition of quarterly news bulletin of SBSPGI was also released by Sinha. Besides the athletics events, the evening was made special by cultural programme and well-coordinated march past. The event culminated with prize distribution ceremony headed by the chief guest. Results Devendra Khatait of B.Pharm bagged the title of Best Athletic boy (Fateh House) and runner-up trophy was given to Ayan Yuvraj BPT (Ajit House). Best girl athlete was Akanksha, Bsc. Biotech, (Ajit House) and runner-up was Sunshine BPT (Fateh House). Meanwhile, Ajit House bagged the first position with 169 points, second position was bagged by Fateh House with 127 points, third position was given to Jujhar House with 120 points while Jorawar House stood fourth.
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Employees strike work in three companies
Haridwar, March 23 While it was VIP industrial firm which faced the total boycott of work as employees demanded increase in wages and perks, now two other firms, Rockman, subsidiary unit of auto giant Hero Honda, and Satyam are witnessing lockouts in their production factories. Demanding hike in wages, arrears, dearness allowance as well alleging exploitation against factory management, both the firms' striking employees staged a protest jointly. Sant Kumar, representative of the workers' union, said that mass exploitation of workers is being done in SIDCUL, as factory owners easily influence police and Labour Commissioner, as a result of which the voice of the workers is being curbed. He said that 8 workers were removed from Rockman Company on no valid grounds, but when other workers staged a protest factory, the management assured of their reinstatement but still no action has been taken in this regard. "While Ashwani, Happy Singh and Mukesh of Satyam firm complained that initially they tried to have table talks with the factory management, they never gave time to us. As a result of which, we had to resort to this agitation mode, though they realise that stopping production work is no better option but term it the only way to make the management accept their demands," said Sant Kumar. When contacted both the firms' HR officials refuted the allegations made by the striking workers, adding that it seems that some workers have misled them, otherwise company offers the best of the wages and other remuneration to its employees as compared to other SIDCUL firms.
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Graphic Era win by 2 wickets
Dehradun, March 23 Graphic Era easily got to the target score, thereby ensuring 2-wicket win for itself. Debanshu scored the highest runs (42) for Graphic Era. Arun of Halex (A) took 4 wickets.
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Conference on trends in energy engg
Dehradun, March 23 The conference is being jointly organised by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, and the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST). The event would witness participation of experts, researchers, scientists, professors and students from all across the country. Dr Krishna Kumar, Executive-Director, DIT, said, “Modern world is unimaginable without energy. It is of paramount importance that adequate efforts should be made to increase the generation of energy to cope up with the rapid expansion of the industrial sector. Research in the field of generation and management of energy is the need of the hour. Therefore, we are organising this conference to provide a platform to experts and researchers in the multidisciplinary fields to meet and discuss the related issues and challenges,” he added. Dr JS Raini, an expert in thermal energy and a faculty at DIT, asserted that the conference would draw excellent response from researchers from all over the country. “35 research papers out of 100 have been selected to be presented at the conference. These research papers are related to engineering areas, including energy resources, energy efficiency and management, heat transfer and fluid flow, energy storage and many others. The convention would serve as a useful forum for the exchange of ideas and views of technical experts and students,” he emphasised.
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Cultural event marks Fraternity Week celebrations
Dehradun, March 23 The programme began with the lighting of a ceremonial lamp by chief guest Raj Kumar, MLA Rajpur. It was followed by Saraswati Vandana and Ganesh Vandana. Bhangra by Mandeep and Group and the Garhwali folk dance by Ragini and Group left the audience spellbound. The highlight of the day was a western dance. The director of the institute, Prof SP Thapliyal, appreciated the enthusiasm and skills of students. He congratulated all his students and staff for their efforts and making the cultural week a succesful event.
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3 thieves arrested
Dehradun, March 23 The trio was involved in a theft that had taken place at one Mrinal Bhagwat's office at Patel Nagar. They had decamped with a camera, computer equipment and Rs 5,000. The accused are in the age group of 17-20 years. Though the trio maintained that they had committed the theft for the first time, the police said they were seasoned thieves and their involvement in many other theft cases in the area could not be ruled out. One of the accused, Abhishek, a resident of Selaqui, said he had come to attend a wedding at his maternal grandmother's residence in Patel Nagar with Deepak Thapa and Deepak Gupta. It was there that they hatched a conspiracy to rob Bhagwat's office. The police has recovered all stolen items from their possession. Abhishek belongs to a good family and studies in class XII. He said he came in contact with the other two accused through a mutual friend.
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Sandal House excels in sports meet
Dehradun, March 23 Ejaja of Sandal House won a gold medal in the shot put event (boys' section). He also secured the first position in discuss throw.
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After a gap of 17 years, the Navratras, which commenced from today, will be of 10 days as compared to nine days of the fast.
The final day of the Annual Athletics Meet of Sardar Bhagwan Singh PG
Institute (SBSPGI) of Biomedical Sciences and Research began with dignitaries paying homage to
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev here today.
Haridwar, March 23
Dehradun, March 23
