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26 pilgrims die as bus falls into Ganga
Principal nabbed for chit fund scam
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Section offices at Sectt lack space
Governor to visit Badrinath
Fire destroys forests in Mussoorie
Need for blood bank at Coronation Hospital
Jal Nigam staff threaten agitation
Students complain to DM on institute's affiliation
Scholarships for school toppers
ICFRE to study power projects’ impact on Yamuna
Delay in laying sewer lines resented
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26 pilgrims die as bus falls into Ganga
Dehradun, May 22 A total of 26 persons died and 15 were injured till the reports last came in. There were 45 passengers, including 20 women and four employees of roadways. All passengers were the pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh. The injured had been rushed to Rishikesh Government Hospital by the 108 Emergency Ambulances. Administrative officers and senior police officers have reached the accident spot and were supervising relief and rescue operations. District Magistrate, Tehri, Ravinath Raman said a team of three doctors had been dispatched from Rishikesh to the accident spot so that immediate medical treatment could be given to the injured. He said instruction had been issued to conduct post-mortem on the bodies in Rishikesh. The DM had also directed the Sub- Divisional Magistrate, Rishikesh, to monitor the arrangements. Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi and Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna have expressed shock and grief over the mishap. In their condolence messages, they have prayed for the peace of the departed souls and strength for the bereaved family members. They have also wished for the speedy recovery for injured persons. Bahuguna also announced ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh each for the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each for the seriously injured persons.
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Principal nabbed for chit fund scam
Dehradun, May 22 The housewives, who deposited money with Rizvi, gathered on the court premises in the morning in an anticipation of the appearance of Rizvi before the court. The police tried to dodge them till 5 pm but crowd did not disperse and Rizvi was produced amid heavy police force. She had absconded to Saharanpur yesterday and was traced by the police late in the evening. Many complainant were accusing the police for being hand in glove with the accused. SSP Neeru Garg said, “The housewives want police to recover their money from the accused. The police tried to interrogate her to see if the lost money could be recovered, but she did not divulge much in this direction.” Rizvi, however, refused to admit that she absconded. She said she informed the police from Saharanpur saying that she had gone there to get treatment for her ailing husband. She said she did not know how many people deposited money with her. “If I have been accused, so should 80 agents who wooed housewives in depositing money with us and got 6 per cent commission in return. Thousands of people got associated with us as they got 25 per cent increase on their principle amount. The agents had given me in writing that they would help in returning money to the people from July 15 but they backed out. Now I am completely bankrupt and not in a position to return money.” SP, Rural, GS Dhyani, said Rizvi started a candle company for chit fund for which she should have taken prior permission from the RBI. She wanted to become rich quickly and became a puppet in the hands of agents. Her only daughter, class XI student, was involved in signing many documents. Her husband, Mushir Hassan, whom Rizvi now wanted to pass buck, is a patient of epilepsy and could be let off if he was not actively involved, he said. He said the agents who were involved would also be tried under the law. To unravel the intricacies of this complex scam, he said the police would engage finance experts.
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Section offices at Sectt lack space
Dehradun, May 22 Built at the cost of Rs 1crore, the new offices have not found favour with the section officers who were on a lookout for more spacious place. The Estate Department had converted the parking place into offices so that section offices of the Social Welfare Department and other departments could shift here but it
has only compounded the problems. "The department should have conducive environment because several physically challenged come to the offices
for the routine work. We continue to face the scarcity of space and have not been able to stack all office files," said an official
from the Social Welfare Department. After the construction of the Secretariat, the paucity of space has been a persistent problem and from time to time the estate department has constructed temporary offices but these have not provided lasting solution to the problems of certain section offices with mountains of files. "The advisory departments dealing with law and order, personnel, rule and regulation sections are occupying spacious offices while other departments with heavy file work continue to work from small offices," said an official from the Department of Urban Development.
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Governor to visit Badrinath
Dehradun, May 22 After taking oath as the Governor of the hill state, this will be his first journey to the central Himalayan shrine. During the
last week of this month, the Governor’s tour to Kumaon is also proposed.
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Fire destroys forests in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, May 22 According to the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Mussoorie, Ram Gopal Verma, they received a call in the morning about a forest fire raging in the woods below the Shiv temple, near Kothal Gate. On his direction, the forest ranger along with a team rushed to the spot and doused the fire manually before it could spread and pose danger to the villagers residing nearby. In another incident, a fire broke out in the Kholukhet forest area around noon and was controlled with the help of fire engines. Verma said the fires had been doused and the entire Forest Department was on the vigil so as to ensure quick response to such incidents.
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Need for blood bank at Coronation Hospital
Dehradun, May 22 The hospital relies on the Doon Hospital blood bank for the requirement of blood. With the setting up of a cardiology centre, there is a pressure on the hospital authorities to set up a blood bank at the Coronation Hospital. “We will soon start conducting bypass surgeries at the cardiology centre and the requirement of blood would increase manifold. As a part of temporary arrangement, we have tied up with the IMA Blood Bank,” said Dr Yogender Singh, cardiologist, Fortis Heart Centre. Similarly, the nephrology centre functioning at the Coronation Hospital too requires blood but on rare occasions. “Only in extreme conditions, when the patient is anaemic, the blood transfusion is needed for patients who require dialysis. In such a situation, prior intimation is given to the patient but a functional blood bank at the hospital could be of big help. But as a policy, we avoid blood transfusions,” said Dr PC Wohra, nephrologists in Apollo hospital. The Health Department plans to strengthen the Coronation Hospital as a specialty centre with neurology centre also coming up the hospital. “The requirement for a blood bank has been conveyed to the Centre, but so far our request has not been met. Once the hospital picks up the pace, we would require a blood bank. Whenever surgical operations are conducted at the hospital, the blood is usually procured from the Doon Hospital Blood Bank,” said Dr RS Aswal, CMS, Coronation Hospital. While the government is planning to set up 10 blood storage centres in support of the National Aids Control Organisation and Uttarakhand State Aids Control Society, the proposal to set up blood banks in district hospitals is still pending.
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Tea garden workers stage march for wages
Dehradun, May 22 He said the wages must be revised after every five years. Many meetings of the Uttarakhand Minimum Wages Advisory Board had been held but yielding any positive result. Champa, a member of the association, demanded that a meeting of the board must be called soon to fix the revised rate of minimum wages whereby the salary structure of the workers must be fixed at Rs 10,000 a month, segregating Dearness Allowance and other emoluments. The salaries must be increased by three per cent every year.
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Jal Nigam staff threaten agitation
Dehradun, May 22 At a meeting of the union yesterday, Pitambar Dutt Lohani, president of the union, said the successive governments had failed to fulfil the demands of field workers. The demands include absorption of 343 field workers in the existing cadre structure, employment for dependent members from the dead employees' family and amendment to the pay band and grade pay of fourth class field workers. Lohani said on June 11 and June 12, the employees will organised a sit-in at the office of MD, Peyjal Nigam. "This will be followed by a dharna on June 18 at district offices of the Peyjal Nigam. On the same day, a memorandum of demands will be submitted to the Chief Minister," said Lohani.
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Students complain to DM on institute's affiliation
Dehradun, May 22 Student Anju Kumari said the management had been claiming to have affiliation with a regular university but the admit card given to them after first semester described the institute as being affiliated with Karnataka Open University. When they took the matter to
the Director, he allegedly misbehaved with the children. Kartar Singh, another student, said the management had charged Rs 70,000 from each of them for the two-year course and wase now
not willing to return the money. Exasperated by being cheated and rebuked
by the higher-ups in the institute, the students urged the District Magistrate to take some
strong action against the erring authorities. The District Magistrate assured them that he would enquire into the matter.
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Scholarships for school toppers
Dehradun, May 22 Somya Maheshwari of class X topped the school with 97 per cent marks followed by Mudit Mittal, who secured 96 per cent marks and Abhishek Shah with 95 per cent. Shikhar Mamgian scored 91.5 per cent in the class XII
examinations. Juyal said students hailing from the hill districts of Kumoan and Garhwal would be offered fee concessions and scholarships as a part of school’s
social responsibility initiative.
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Aid for ailing folk singer
Dehradun, May 22 He said the state government was serious towards the welfare of folk artistes of the state and had launched several welfare schemes for them. He said the state government would provide all possible help for her
treatment. — TNS
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Resolve to fight eco challenges, Governor tells children
Dehradun, May 22 The Governor was addressing a function organised by the Uttarakhand Biodiversity Board on the occasion of International Biodiversity Day in Dehradun today. He exhorted the children to at least plant one sapling and resolve to look after it. Governor said Uttarakhand was extremely rich in biodiversity, especially in the sector of medicinal herbs and plants. “Eighty per cent of people still trust medicines made of these herbs,” said the Governor. He added that this proved that there was a strong relationship between human life and biodiversity. The Governor gave away prizes to 20 students who had excelled in the essay and painting contests organised by the Uttarakhand Biodiversity Board on May 20. The first prize was secured by Muskaan Rana and Rupali Uniyal in the painting competition while the first prize in the essay competition was bagged by Ashutosh Badoni and Nishita Giri of Forest Research Institute University. The Governor said biodiversity was related to livelihood, health, culture and development. He added public awareness was necessary to save biodiversity. Earlier, Chairman of the Uttarakhand Biodiversity Board Dr BS Barfal, Director General of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education Dr VK Bahuguna, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests RBS Rawat and Director, FRI, PP Bhojvaid also spoke on the biodiversity of Uttarakhand in the global context. Prof Ramesh Sharma, Head of the Department of Environment Science, HNB Garhwal University, delivered a talk on marine biodiversity in the context of the Tehri dam.
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ICL beat Pelicans Club by seven wickets
Dehradun, May 22 Batting first after winning the toss, the Pelicans Club scored 160 runs all out in 37.5 overs. Opener Amit Verma scored 25 runs while Vikramjeet Singh was the top scorer with 27 runs. Amandeep Sippa and Varun Khanna took three wickets while Kuldeep Jonty and Jagpreet Singh took two each. In reply, the ICL team scored 161 runs at the loss of three wickets to win the match by seven wickets. Opener Talwinder Singh scored 65 runs while Michael Vishal remained unbeaten at the score of 31 runs. Pankaj took all three wickets for 27 runs.
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ICFRE to study power projects’ impact on Yamuna
Dehradun, May 22 The ICFRE will conduct the study in association with the Alternate Hydro Energy Centre, the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, the Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research, Bhimtal, and the Uttarakhand Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore. The period for carrying out the comprehensive the study in Uttarakhand will be approximately 16 months and the interim report will be submitted within 6-8 months. The total cost of the project is Rs 225.44 lakh of which Rs 107.73 lakh will go to the ICFRE as its shares.
— TNS
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Delay in laying sewer lines resented
Dehradun, May 22 People were facing problems while commuting. Since many potable water supply pipes got damaged, the people were also facing water shortage as well.
She demanded that the sewer work be expedited.
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