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Robbery case solved in 24 hrs
Haridwar SSP Arun Mohan Joshi with the recovered amount in
Haridwar. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur
5 of marriage party die in accident
Cycle rally by ABVP
ABVP workers take out a cycle rally on World Environment Day in Dehradun
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World Environment Day
Tibetans run to spread eco awareness
CM favours ban on polybags
Environment Day observed as black day
Sapling plantation drive on varsity campus
Teachers and staff of HNB Garhwal University plant saplings at Srinagar on Tuesday.
Save trees, save environment, says Governor
210 children take part in skating rally
Young skaters participate in a rally to mark World Environment Day at the Forest Research Institute on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
Recruit 90 Tiger Guards: Chief Secy
Jail bharo andolan on June 22
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Robbery case solved in 24 hrs
Haridwar, June 5 SSP Arun Mohan Joshi said the police acted promptly and launched checking and combing operations. It formed three teams comprising Special Operations Group personnel. On a tip-off that some people were overheard planning a robbery outside a property dealer’s office, the police conducted raids on several property dealers. It came to know that Vinod Kumar, a resident of Saharanpur, had met a number of property dealers yesterday. The police put Vinod’s mobile phone under surveillance and found out that the people he had spoken to yesterday were located in Saharanpur. It formed special teams to nab the culprits. The police arrested robbery mastermind Mohammed Ikram, a resident of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and seized Rs 1.20 lakh of looted money from him. It acted on information given by Ikram during interrogation and arrested his accomplices Sonu, alias Aash Mohammed, and Yusuf, both residents of Naneda village in Saharanpur, Raju, a resident of Thana Nangal, and Amit Kumar, a resident of Balmiki Basti. It also seized Rs 60,000 each from their possession. It later arrested Vinod from Saharanpur. Vinod used to get information about the people who wanted to purchase or sell plots or houses from property dealers and after confirming the exchange of cash in property dealers used to inform Sonu, Raju, Ikram and Amit. The SSP said Vinod used to work in Hema Industries at SIDCUL a few months back. He had good relations with property dealers.
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5 of marriage party die in accident
Pithoragarh, June 5 “The accident occurred as the driver of the ill-fated jeep, which was returning to Toli village after the party had attended the marriage ceremony, suddenly lost balance over the vehicle near a sharp bend. The vehicle fell into the river Kali, killing four passengers on the spot. One injured person died in the district hospital, said Amit Srivastava, circle officer of Pithoragarh police. “The bodies were fished out by police personnel and villagers of nearby villages. The search and rescue work continued all over the night and only at dawn, the last body could be fished out," said the police. The accident occurred at Simu near Kanri village. “Those who died on the spot include Gopal Chand, Mohan Chand and Bhim Chand of Toli village and Ravindra Chand and Diwan Dhand from Munakot and Wadda, respectively.” said the police. According to the police, those who were injured in the accident have been admitted to Pithoragarh district hospital. The bodies have been sent for postmortem. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has expressed his grief over the accident. In his condolence message, Bahuguna prayed for the peace of the departed soul and strength for the bereaved family members. He also wished for the early recovery of the injured persons.
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Cycle rally by ABVP
Dehradun, June 5 Flagging off the rally from Subhash Road, Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli said environment today was a major concern globally and asserted that it was the responsibility of every citizen to work for its conservation. The rally that started from Subhash Road took Behl Chowk-Rajpur Road route before culminating at Subhash Road itself. A large number of ABVP members participated in the rally. Madhusudan, Uttarakhand organisational secretary of ABVP, coordinated the event.
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Take precautions to check forest fires, says samiti
Tribune News Service
Haridwar, June 5 To highlight this aspect, on World Environment Day, activists of Uttarakhand Sanyukta Sangharsh Samiti, an organisation that played a positive role in the statehood movement, climbed on trees to propagate this message. Founder of the samiti JP Pandey said that hundreds of hectares of forest and flora and fauna had been destroyed by forest fires this summer season alone, and this was the situation in every fire season. "Preventive steps need to be taken, particularly prohibiting taking of matchsticks or lighters in the forests' green cover area. Forest officials, too, have pointed that tourists or even local people who come to hills leave behind burned matchsticks or buts of cigarettes, and even adventure tourists, trekkers leave dry burned wood sticks in the forests after using these for cooking purposes. These are the major source of forest fires," said Pandey, while climbing a tree on NH-58 adjacent to Ganga canal. Dheerendra Pratap, Uttarakhand Congress spokesperson, gave the slogan of 'Saving Forests of Uttarakhand,' distributing awareness paper copies to passersby. Urging Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna to take stringent steps in this regard, social activist Meera Raturi demanded stringent environmental laws in the state, particularly in forest areas and national parks. Raturi cited temperatures in the hilly towns of Pauri, Srinagar, Garhwal and Tehri touching 40 degree C, which was alarming owing to degrading forest cover, forest fires and imbalance in local ecology. Shivangi Gaud, an activist, urged people to plant as many trees as possible on the occasion and expressed concern over thousands of trees being cut for expansion of four lane NH-58.
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Tibetans run to spread eco awareness
Mussoorie, June 5 More than 50 participants from the Tibetan community, young and old, gathered at Library Bazaar early morning wearing homemade aprons bearing a message “care for your environment”. President of the Mussoorie Municipal Council OP Uniyal, who was the chief guest on the occasion, flagged off the race. He commended the efforts of the Tibetan community, especially the RTWA, in sensitising the people towards preserving environment. He gave away citations and awards to the winners of the race. The RTWA members presented a traditional scarf to Uniyal as a mark of respect. The president of the RTWA, Tsering Yangzom, said, “Environment has become an important issue and if we do not care for it now, the environment problems will worsen and the future generations will have to pay for them dearly.” Yangzom used the opportunity to highlight the Tibetan issue and said it was also important to draw the attention of the international community towards the impact of climate change upon Tibet’s unique ecosystem and rampant exploitation of its natural resources by the Chinese government. Yangzom criticised the Chinese regime saying it was indiscriminately felling trees in the Tibetan plateau and dumping nuclear waste there. This was dangerous not only for Tibet but also for neighbouring countries as Tibet was a source to many rivers that passed through a large area of the Asian continent, she added. The RTWA president requested the international community to pressure oppressive China to stop the continuous exploitation of environment in Tibet, which is considered as the Roof of the World.
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CM favours ban on polybags
Dehradun, June 5 Speaking as the chief guest of a programme organised by the Forest Department and the Pollution Control Board to commemorate World Environment Day here today, Bahuguna expressed concern over forest fires and said at present there was 2, 500 km long fire line in the state. "We will try to increase it up to 9,000 km," he said. Stringent action would be taken against the persons found involved in forest fires. Laying emphasis on general awareness towards environment conservation, the Chief Minister said special subject on environment ought to be included in the syllabus to connect the maximum youth with environment conservation. He pointed out that economy and human lives of Uttarakhand was largely depended on environment. Asserting on the balance between environment and development, Bahuguna maintained that along with the preservation of environment, it would be ensured that basic facilities of local people were not adversely affected due to Acts related to environment. "We all have to put unified effort for green economy," he exhorted. Bahuguna disclosed that financial assistance of Rs 80,000 had been sanctioned for environmentalist Rambabu "Junglee" who is admitted to CMI Hospital. Also present on the occasion were MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion, Mayor Vinod Chamoli, Principal Chief Forest Conservator Dr RBS Rawat, President of the CII Uttarakhand Chapter R Aggarwal, president of the Indian Medical Association Dr Rajesh Kalra and Member Secretary of the Environment Conservation & Control Board Jayraj. Chief Minister Bahuguna also planted a sapling at his residence.
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Environment Day observed as black day
Dehradun, June 5 Uttarakhand Janmanch Principal General Secretary Rajen Todaria said he will further intensify the agitation against the department in the days to come. A rally was also staged in Srinagar and Chamba in support of hydropower projects in Uttarakhand. The protesters also burnt the effigy of Ganga River Basin Authority.
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Sapling plantation drive on varsity campus
Dehradun, June 5 He said it was a matter of extreme happiness that Uttarakhand had 65
per cent of it's geographical areas under forests and called upon the students to further enhance the forest cover in
the state. Environment Science Department head Ramesh Chandra Sharma spoke about World Environment Day. He referred to
a Stockholm conference which was behind the beginning of World Environment Day. Amla and jamun tree saplings were planted in large numbers by the
students of the Environment Department on the occasion.
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Save trees, save environment, says Governor
Dehradun, June 5 Speaking at a function organised at the Raj Bhavan here to mark the World Environment Day today, the Governor said that the Chipko movement of Uttarakhand had created awareness about environment protection all over the world. He said that every person must resolve to save trees that were being felled or were burning in forest fires. He said that the issue of nature and environment conservation was the most important issue that needed to be deliberated upon globally. Addressing the children present on the occasion, the Governor said that protecting the environment was ones' moral responsibility. The programme was organised by the G.B.Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital. Students of 17 schools of Nainital participated in the painting competition organised on the occasion. The Governor gave away prizes to 18 winners of the contest.The competition had three categories -one from classes 3 to 5, the second from classes 6 to 8 and the third from classes 9 to 12. In the first category,Chandraprakash of Bharatiya Shaheed Sainik School, in the second Vijaykant of Mohan Lal Shah Bal Vidya Mandir and in the third Khushbu Rawat of Mohan Lal Shah Balika Vidya Mandir won the first prize. The judges of the competition, A.N.Singh and B.M.Joshi, were also honoured by the Governor. The Governor also inaugurated, on the occasion, the fernery created by the Forest Department in the Raj Bhavan campus.
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210 children take part in skating rally
Dehradun, June 5 Skaters also displayed posters and slogans on the subject of environment. Later, a quiz on environment was conducted for the participants of the skating rally.
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Recruit 90 Tiger Guards: Chief Secy
Dehradun, June 5 Jain instructed them to identify places where there was necessary to depute the Special Task Force (STF). He said all requisite weapons and equipment would be provided. He also asked them to impart quality training to members of the Wildlife wing. The Chief Secretary stressed on spreading awareness towards forest fires and directed the department to take effective measures to prevent forest fires. He said even schoolchildren ought to be told about the forest fires and its prevention. He asked the officials to ensure the involvement of local communities and take help from Van
Panchayats and Gram Principal Chief Forest Conservator Dr RBS Rawat said 38 Master Control Rooms and 1,131 Crew Stations had been established. He said cases had been filed against 22 persons guilty of forest fire and 7 had been sent to jail so far. Principal Wildlife Warden GD Sharma said 9 infrared cameras had been installed in the 1,288 sq km area of Corbett Park. He claimed that not a single case of poaching had been reported this year. As far as death of three tigers were concerned, he said one had died natural death, another died in a conflict and third one was a suspected to be a poaching case. This case was being investigated, he said. The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary Forest M Ramaswamy, Additional Secretary Forest Sushant Patnaik and other senior officers.
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Jail bharo andolan on June 22
Dehradun, June 5 Giving details about the programmes on Tuesday to be taken up by the BJP in the state, BJP chief B.S Chuphal said: "On June 22 the jail bharo andolan will be held in the city wherein the BJP party members would offer arrests to show their displeasure on the rising prices." He said the party would also hold padyatras in different tehsils to apprise the people about the anti-party policies launched by the UPA government at the Centre. — TNS
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The Haridwar police today solved a daylight robbery case within 24 hours of the incident by arresting six accused from Saharanpur. A couple was robbed of Rs 4 lakh by motorcycle-borne persons at the Brahampuri colony yesterday.
Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad activists today staged a cycle rally in Dehradun to observe World Environment Day.
In view of the large number of incidents of forest fires in the entire
Uttarakhand, a demand has been made to prohibit matchsticks, lighters and other inflammable materials in the forest range.
Members of the Regional Tibetan Women’s Association (RTWA) along with the Tibetan community in exile organised a green marathon race here to educate people about conserving environment on the occasion World Environment Day today.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has advocated banning polybags and setting up of an environment directorate in the state.
Speaking as the chief guest of a programme organised by the Forest Department and the Pollution Control Board to commemorate World Environment Day here today, Bahuguna expressed concern over forest fires and said at present there was 2, 500 km long fire line in the state.
HNB Garhwal University's Environment Science Department organised a tree sapling plantation drive at its Srinagar Garhwal campus.
Vice Chancellor of the university SK Singh, who himself planted a sapling, said environment today was a major concern all across the globe. He said that it was the duty of every person to safeguard the environment.
As part of World Environment Day, a skating rally was organised in the campus of Forest Research Institute,
Dehradun. Director, FRI, Dr PP Bhojvaid, and Uttarakhand Principal Chief Conservator of Forests RBS Rawat flagged off the rally. A total of 210 skaters in the age group of 5-16 participated in the 2.5 km-long rally.
