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Prof Yashpal demonstrates a scientific experiment in Mussoorie on Thursday
SI, constable held for freeing thieves, sharing booty
DG, Health, inspects medical facilities in Mussoorie
DMC criticised for delay in removing fallen trees
DM's directives to Rishikesh officials on Kanwar mela
DMC officials told to identify damaged roads
Two incidents of suicide
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Mass demolition drive against encroachments on Kumbh land
Haridwar, June 28 As the Kumbh land area is reserved only for Maha Kumbh and Ardh Kumbh fairs, which is allocated either to saints or utilised for putting up administrative personnel and police forces in view of the Kanwar fair next month, the drive has been initiated. Bairagi camp land and Rodi Belwala, which fall under the Irrigation Department post Maha Kumbh 2010, had been encroached upon by some saints and slum dwellers, with some even making cemented rooms. As per irrigation officials, a total of 25 permanent and temporary structures were earmarked, which were demolished completely. Though temples built during this tenure were left untouched, all the saints' huts and rooms attached with the temples were razed by JCB machines. Carried under monitoring of City Magistrate JS Nagiyal, Additional District Magistrate Anand Shrivastava, Subdivisional Magistrate Uttam Singh Chauhan and police officials, major resistance was seen from the saints' side, who had occupied the Bairagi camp area portions. But after persistence from administrative officials and presence of a sizeable number of police personnel along with Provincial Armed Constabulary, the demolition drive went ahead. City Magistrate JS Nagiyal said, “Earlier also several notices and warnings were given to the illegal occupants regarding the structures being built on Bairagi camp, but as the structures were mushrooming, the administration, keeping in mind the Kanwar fair, decided to initiate the drive.” In view of the drive, nearby encroachers either demolished their establishments or left the occupied spaces as the administration had given a warning of initiating an anti-encroachment drive in the coming days.
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Kanwar
Fair Preparations Tribune News Service
Haridwar, June 28 District Magistrate Sachin Kurwe said the deadline to complete the fair related works, June 30, will be strictly adhered to by various departments. Garhwal Commissioner Kunal Sharma would be once again inspecting the stretch, he said. Citing paucity of funds for the fair, Kurwe said this year, no separate allocation of budget for the fair had been made; so the expenditure would be drawn from the district schemes only. As kanwariyas from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab are expected to visit Haridwar in large numbers, Kurwe said efforts were on to make the National Highway-58 open for regular traffic till July 12. On the same lines, SSP Arun Mohan Joshi said the police administration was leaving no stone unturned to make the Kanwar pilgrimage peaceful. He cited various precautionary measures being taken by the police to ensure peaceful completion of the fair while adding that as per the Union Home Ministry directives, terrorists may use the fair as a platform to carry out their nefarious acts for which additional police force would be deployed during the fair. SSP Joshi also made it clear that during the fair, no compromise would be made as far as the inner city security was concerned.
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Students losing creativity and curiosity, says Yashpal
Mussoorie, June 28 Speaking on the occasion he said that due to gagging of knowledge in the garb of discipline, there has been an increase in competition among the students who have merely become pawns of market forces. This competitive attitude has also meant that the students were losing scientific curiosity and creativity. Professor Yashpal laid stress on providing freedom to the students so that they could set on scientific exploration and come out with new inventions that could be beneficial to mankind. The students from various schools, namely Waverly Convent School, St. Claire’s, Rama Devi Inter College, Mussoorie Girls Inter College etc, posed several questions related to science and the myths attached around them. Professor Yashpal satiated the desires of the curious minds in detail and said and he was surprised at the scientific understanding of the students here. One student sought answer to a question whether it was possible for a statue to drink milk, to which Professor Yashpal said that it was nothing but a scientific phenomenon related to surface tension. Professor Yashpal gave some answers through examples and demonstrating practically much to the delight of the students present on the occasion. Later, speaking to media persons Professor Yashpal said that he had no doubt about the scientific capabilities of the students in the country as they had hidden talent in them and the need was to reveal that talent by providing the students the necessary education that was beyond classroom level. Speaking on the issue of the hole in the ozone layer, he said that it was induced by man due to release of chloro floro carbon (CFC) content in the atmosphere, and if the problem is not addressed at the global level, it could be catastrophic for the world. Professor Yashpal was of the view that the solution to such problems could be found scientifically. Speaking on the issue of superstitions and the fallacies about world coming to end in December 2012, he said that it was merely a fiction of imagination of a few people that was being given publicity through certain sections of the media. Municipal Council president and several ward members were present on the occasion.
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SI, constable held for freeing thieves, sharing booty
Haridwar, June 28 Madhav Raj Joshi, alias Vikki, and Lokesh Bahadur, both natives of Nepal who worked as servants, had committed a theft in the house of Ankur Jain in the Hauz Khas colony in New Delhi on June 25 and decamped with Rs 50 lakh and a huge amount of gold jewellery, besides utensils. A special team of the Delhi police along with the Uttarakhand police arrested three Nepalese youths riding a motorcycle on the Banbasa border yesterday. On questioning them, the police found that two of them were Madhav Raj and Lokesh Bahadur who had committed the theft. During interrogation the youths disclosed that before they came to Banbasa, the Haridwar police had arrested them from a hotel but later freed them after they proposed to share the booty with policemen. Sub-inspector Gajendra Singh and constable Dayanand Bhatt agreed to take Rs 1.30 lakh each and jewellery for freeing them and hid the shared booty in their rooms. The police recovered Rs 1.30 lakh each and jewellery from Gajendra’s room in Jat Dharmshala and Dayanand’s room in Kamal Das Kutiya here today along with mobile phones and utensils that the thieves had stolen from the Hauz Khas colony. SP, City, Kiran Lal Shaw said Gajendra and Dayanand were arrested on the disclosures made by the accused. A servant at Ganga Vatika Hotel too identified Gajendra and Dayanand after initially misguiding the police team. The police also recovered Rs 1 lakh from a room of the hotel where the deal was struck by the two policemen with the thieves. They had probably given the money to hotel employees to keep mum. Madhav Raj, Lokesh Bahadur, Gajendra and Dayanand were produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate. A case under Sections 41/102 of the CrPC has been registered against the two servants and a case under Sections 221 and 411 of the IPC has been registered against the two policemen.
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DG, Health, inspects medical facilities in Mussoorie
Mussoorie,June 28 He also visited the proposed construction site of Combined Medical Hospital at Landour Bazaar and was satisfied with the work of progress. The officials assured him that the construction work at the hospital would be completed within a period of one year, thus leading to increase in medical facilities in the town. He also visited St. Mary's Hospital at Kulri Bazaar, where the medical superintendent raised the issue of shortage of specialist doctors in the hospital. Dr Sandeep Tandon said that presently the hospital was in dire need of an additional radiologist as the one doctor provided to them was not enough. The local resident, Satish Dhaundiyal, also met the DG and raised the issue of non-availability of specialist doctors in the tourist town of Mussoorie, due to which the people of the town were forced to rush to Dehradun during any emergency. He demanded that the department should increase the staff so that patients from the nearby villages also benefited from their service. Later, speaking to media persons, JP Bhatt said that it was well known that the state was suffering due to acute shortage of the medical staff and Mussoorie too had been affected by it. He further said that the department was trying to fill the vacant posts in the various hospitals of the hilly region on a priority basis. He assured that the requirement of an additional radiologist in Mussoorie would be fulfilled soon. Dr. Bhatt said that the government was laying stress on improving the medical facilities in the state, especially the remote areas. Dr. Bhatt said that the government had decided to improve facilities and fil the vacant posts in the district health centres and then look for solving problems of the primary health centres. Speaking on the issue of the ongoing construction work for Combined Medical Hospital at Landour Bazaar, he said that the work was in progress and would be completed within a period of one year. He also said that the number of mobile medical vans will also be increased in the near future in the state. The DG, Health, would be visiting hospitals at Uttarkashi and other districts of the hills.
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DMC criticised for delay in removing fallen trees
Dehradun, June 28 Owing to the fallen trees, the traffic flow in the city went completely out of gear. Employees of the Power Department also faced a tough time in restoring power supply. District Magistrate Ravinath Raman took a serious note of the apathy of the DMC. He said the matter regarding DMC officials' irresponsible behaviour had been reported to the state government. He said the PWD acted in tandem with the situation and cleared the roads of the trees quickly. DMC officials have come into the defensive mode. Mukhya Nagar Adhikari Ashok Kumar blamed the uncooperative attitude of other departments in lending the help to the DMC in such a situation. The reason being that the DMC was facing shortage of manpower. He said, "The DMC does not have the required manpower to carry out every day affairs. We too do not have specialised people who are adept in cutting the fallen trees and removing them from roads. Since the PWD, which has a vast manpower, had only Rajpur Road to clear, so it did it swiftly. But the DMC has a larger area. Labourers were hired but they could not work on all places simultaneously." He said he sought the help from the District Forest Officer as the department had a specialised workforce in cutting and clearing trees, but in vain. He said he had written to the PWD, the Irrigation, the Jal Nigam and the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority to spare some of their workforce to the DMC to deal with such incidents efficiently during the monsoon. Giving another twist to the entire incident, Mayor Vinod Chamoli said officials in the district administration were ignorant about the fact that the trees on the roads were the responsibility of the PWD and not of the DMC. He said the DMC cleared the tree fallen on its premises in time. In rest of the city too, he said, the DMC had to take up the work because the PWD and other departments did not come forward. In matter of clearing trees too, he said earlier the task came under the domain of the DMC, but for a long time, it had been shifted to the Forest Department.
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DM's directives to Rishikesh officials on Kanwar mela
Dehradun, June 28 He directed police personnel of the three districts Luman Jhula, Muni-ki Reti and Rishikesh to work in coordination with each other. He also instructed Nagar Palika officials to maintain cleanliness and ensure pesticide spray for the prevention of any ailments among pilgrims during the mela. The Power Department was directed to maintain uninterrupted supply. Senior Superintendent of Police Neeru Garg said sufficient police force had been deputed to ensure safety during the occasion. A special training was being imparted to officials and police personne for it. Circle Officer TD Bela had been made the nodal officer for all the three districts, Luman Jhula, Muni-ki Reti and Rishikesh. Chairman of Nagar Palika Deep Sharma said he expected cooperation from the officials of Transport Department for availability of local transportation. Councillor Sandeep Shastri placed a demand to remove encroachments and provide potable water on vehicle stands. Trader leader Jay Dutt Sharma demanded more city buses for the convenience of pilgrims. In this task, he asked for further help from Dehradun bus depot as well. The meeting was also attended by ADM Archana Gehrvar, SDM Devender Singh Negi, SP, Rural, GC Dhayani, and Deputy CMO, Dr DS Rawat.
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Cancer camp on July 1
Dehradun, June 28 Besides the cancer awareness camp, lectures and demonstration, free tests would be conducted and medicines be distributed among patients. According to chairperson of the trust Dr Rajinder Kaur Saggu, the patients can register free of cost at Sharda Hospital, Dehradun. The trust will also make available transport facility at Mehuwala and Muslim Colony. The thrust area of the GNCC trust is to spread awareness about various types of cancer and how their detection in the early stage could prevent its spread.
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DMC officials told to identify damaged roads
Dehradun, June 28 He directed them to identify roads, which got damaged due to laying of water and sewer pipes, and drains which were choked with garbage and mud. He asked for a survey to be conducted by DMC supervisors in this regard. Ashok Kumar pointed toward the construction of shops with the support of columns on Chakrata Road which according to him was dangerous during the monsoon. He asked PWD officials to take up the matter with the MDDA. —TNS
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Two incidents of suicide
Dehradun, June 28 Paramjeet had already left for office while Amandeep was getting ready. He somehow did not leave for his office. His mother went to check on him and saw him hanging from a ceiling fan. The cantt police could not gather much information from the distraught family members. In another incident, Pradeep, a vegetable seller, killed himself by taking poison at 12 at noon. He lived with his parents in Kumhar Mandi. His parents had gone to get their pension. When they returned, they saw Pradeep lying on the bed stretched out with a bottle of poison besides him.
Girl ends life
A 22-year-old girl, Jyoti, resident of Dalawala in Raipur, committed suicide today by hanging from a ceiling fan in a room of the house. Her father, Mohanlal, had gone out for some work. Her mother too was in Delhi to meet her mother whenthe incident took place.
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Tennis Tourney Tribune News Service
Dehradun, June 28 The following are the results of the semi-final matches of the tournament. Girls 12-year category: Yuvrani Bannerjee (West Bengal) beat Prakriti Banwani (MP) 6-4,6-3, Sarah Dev (Punjab) beat Chetna Kumari (Haryana) 6-1, 6-2. Girls 14-year category: Sarah Dev (Punjab) beat Gurnik Kauar (Punjab) 6-3, 6-2, Chetna Kumari (Haryana) beat Seerat Kaur Pannu (Punjab) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1. Boys 12-year category: Rishab Sharda (Chd ) beat Anmol Rattan Kamboj (Chd) 6-0, 6-3, Sanvit Sikka (UP) beat Ashutosh Tewari (UP) 6-3,7-5, Boys 14-year category: Utkarsh Bhardwaj (Uttarakhand) beat Sabrang Sandal (Chd) 6-2,6-2, Shrijan Singh (UP) beat Ashutosh Tewari (UP) 6-2, 6-4. Boys (12-year doubles): Anmol Rattan Kamboj (Chd) and Sanvit Sikka (UP) beat MD Shreyas ( Karnataka) and Yuvraj Singh (Punjab) 4-0,5-3, Dron Walia and Prakhar Pal (Uttarakhand) beat Vipul Mehta and Ayush Deswal (Delhi) 4-2, 2-4, 10-8. Boys (14-year doubles): Ashar Jahon and Sanchit Mishra beat Anmol Singh Arora and Pranjay Kukreti (Delhi) 4-2,5-4,7-5, Rishab Sharda and Sabrang Sandal (Chd) beat Shrijan Singh (UP) and Danish Ahmed (Delhi) 4-1,5-4, 7-2. Girls (14-year doubles): Seerat Kaur Pannu (Punjab) and Sarah Dev (Punjab) beat Taru Ahluwalia and Ankita (Delhi) 4-2,4-2, Adya Chala (Karnataka) and Yuvrani Bannerjee ( WB) beat Guneek kaur (Punjab) and Komaljit kaur ( Chd) 4-2,4-2.
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