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Security agencies flag march in Haridwar
Haridwar divided into zones for safety
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Shifting of bus stand causes confusion among commuters
Passengers wait at a makeshift bus station on the Rishikul ground in view of Kanwar Mela in Haridwar on Thursday. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur
Cloudburst, landslide claim 2 lives
Girl held for trying to push 16-yr-old into prostitution
Anti-big dam front formed
Painting exhibition under way in Doon
15 doctors selected for PG course in UP
AIFF to hold trials for football academies
CPI, CPM to launch agitation
BJP submits memo to XEN
Warning to paper unit owners
DM recommends cancellation of school's registration
Class XII student commits suicide
Car thieves arrested
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Security agencies flag march in Haridwar
Haridwar, July 5 Apart from Uttarakhand police, paramilitary wings, Rapid Action Force (RAF), Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), Bengal Engineer Group, élite commando wing of the state, Guldaar, which is based on National Security Guard (NSG), cavalry squad, bomb disposal squad, sniffer dog squad, Quick Response Team and Riot Control Squad took part in the flag march. Led by Superintendent of City Police Kiran Lal Shaw and Commandant, RAF, Joginder Singh, the flag march passed through Vishwakarma ghat, suburban Jwalapur, Arya Nagar, Chandracharya Chowk, Ranipur, Devpura, station road and inner city bazaars. Talking to TNS, SP Shaw said that mela police had been already given special briefing and training to tackle any violence or terror threat, with intelligence agencies also giving inputs to make sure the 15- day-long Kanwar fair passes off peacefully. At strategic and sensitive points, RAF-PAC personnel will be deployed, including Braham Kund, Har-ki-Pauri, railway station, bus station, congested markets and at various stretches on Kanwar patri, which goes through the minority-dominated areas as well as on those points from where kanwariyas try to barge onto the national highway. Women police personnel disguised in the attire of Kanwariyas have also been deployed to provide information as well as calm down rowdy Kanwariyas. "From all the 13 districts of the state, a Kanwar force has been formed with sufficient number being kept as reserve force. All the police stations, Kanwar security posts and mobile police vans have been put on hot line so that information of any violent incident or untoward incident gets flashed all across, with the nearest police personnel reaching the incident to control i," said Shaw who is appointed as the Kanwar mela force police in-charge. Special Police Officers from the local community have also been appointed, who voluntarily will be assisting the mela police in managing the influx of Kanwariyas as well as providing vital intelligence during the fortnight-long fair.
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Haridwar divided into zones for safety
Dehradun, July 5 lady sub-inspectors, 170 lady constables, 8 traffic inspectors/traffic sub-inspectors, 20 head constables, 110 traffic constables, PAC or I.R.B, 16 Company, 4 bomb disposal teams, 6 units of fire service and sniffer dog squads along with the two-wheeler chetak squad of the police personnel. The police in Rishikesh area too has been divided into these zones, Laxman Jhula, Ram Jhula, Barrage, Neelkanth and traffic and two sectors. Gunjiyal said the focus of the police was on maintaining quick and effective communication among the officials and police personnel and reduction of response time in the matter of any untoward incident. He said the core mela zone, which comprised Braham Kund, Har- ki-Pauri and adjacent ghats, was being regularly inspected by the police to ensure that a stampede-like situation did not take place during the fair.
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Shifting of bus stand causes confusion among commuters
Haridwar, July 5 Long queues of passengers waiting for the local Uttarakhand and other state-bound buses can be easily seen at the new temporary bus stand with passengers running towards any bus that comes to the bus stand as there is no official information counter, nor ticket counter. Same is the condition of water, sanitation and toilet facilities, with passengers seen trying to locate these facilities. What is worse is that there is no tin shade or shelter erected as was the case during Maha Kumbh 2010, which is further aggravating the woes of thousands of local commuters, pilgrims, devotees and also Kanwariyas, who have come to Haridwar in buses. Putting the onus on higher authorities, Assistant Regional Manager, Haridwar transport depot, Kranti Singh, cited lack of funds as well as the sudden decision by the mela administration to change the bus stand temporarily to Rishikul ground as the causes of these woes. ARM Singh said that in view of the lack of facilities, some buses are still being operated from the regular bus stand and in this regard has been in touch with the administration to allow buses being operated from the regular stand at least till July 11, as from then onwards the influx of Kanwariyas will be in lakhs daily in Haridwar. While District Magistrate Sachin Kurwe told TNS that as the matter has been brought to his knowledge, he will speak to the concerned officials so as to provide on par facilities at temporary Kanwar bus stand at Rishikul as it is necessary to provide congestion-free traffic in the inner road on which the old bus stand is located. Sarika Negi, local resident who studies in Dehradun, complained that no official or employee of the Transport Department was at Rishikul bus stand to inform them about the bus schedule, and as a result she had to hire private taxis operating on the Haridwar-Dehradun route to commute.
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Cloudburst, landslide claim 2 lives
Dehradun, July 5 A woman died and four others were injured due to a cloudburst at Birahi in Chamoli district. According to District Magistrate, Chamoli, Murugeshan, a woman died at Birahi when he was buried under the debris of a hotel. Four others, who were also injured in the incident, were rushed to a nearest hospital. A person died while another was injured when they were hit by a landslide around 12 noon in Kaladugi in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. Another cloudburst was reported from the Gangoli Rawat area in Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district on the wee hours today. Three houses and 12 anomals were buried under the debris. Fortunately, no human life was lost in the incident. On the other hand, the Rishikesh-Badrinath highway continued to be blocked at Birahi and Pagalnala due to collection of debris on the road. The cloudburst followed by landslides resulted in a large number of pilgrims getting stranded on the Char Dham routes. Meanwhile, the Border Roads Organisation is working round the clock to clear the roads of the debris.
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Girl held for trying to push 16-yr-old into prostitution
Dehradun, July 5 The girl had run away from home on June 19 after having a scuffle with her mother. She met with her male friend and stayed with him in ONGC guest-house in the city for a couple of days . Her friend introduced the victim to Manat, who took her to Delhi assuring her a good job. The victim told the police that accused put her in Hotel Park Land and pressurised her to take to prostitution. She was also planning to send her to another location. The victim, who would frequent Sheesha Parlour at Rajender Nagar, Dehradun, was living in a rented accommodation. She gave different versions to the police, saying that she lived in a paying guest accommodation, or lived with her paternal aunt at Delhi. She would visit Dehradun occasionally. She said she took pity on the girl and took her to Delhi to admit her in a school. After the girl went missing, the police somehow came in contact with the victim's male friend and got her contact number from him, which was put on surveillance. It helped the police in catching the accused from Delhi and saving the victim in the nick of time.
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Anti-big dam front formed
Dehradun, July 5 The representatives at a meeting held here said they would hold a dharna at Gandhi Park on July 10 in protest against big dams. Addressing the meeting, Indresh Maikhuri, national state president of the AISA (CPML), said confusion was being created on the status of the Srinagar hydropower project that was stopped by the government in 2011 after the Union Environment Ministry raised objections to it. “Confusion was being created as though the work on the Srinagar hydropower project was stopped recently while the focus should be to find out how the power project company continued with the work despite objections from the Centre,” said Indresh.
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Painting exhibition under way in Doon
Dehradun, July 5 “Ballerina”, an oil painting with a girl dancing, peacock creature of paradise are some of her favourites being put up at the exhibition. Born in 1962 in UP, Anju Chaudhary has studied in various schools in UP. She completed Bachelor of Arts in painting and Master of Arts in psychology from RG College of Meerut University. Apart from painting, she loves to read literature. In her free time, she likes experimenting with glass painting. She is running an art school by the name of “Shivangi Art and Craft School” for the last 12 years. Her students are from all walks of life and age, though each has a common interest “Love for Art”. She is teaching art at the Asian School, Dehradun.
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15 doctors selected for PG course in UP
Dehradun, July 5 According to the agreement reached between the Uttar Pradesh government and the Uttarakhand government, the UP government would continues to reserve 15 seats for MBBS doctors of Uttrakhand to undertake PG diploma course at eight of its medical colleges, until Uttarakhand does not become self-sufficient in conducting PG courses at its medical colleges. The names of Dr Alind Pokhriyal, medical officer, Doon Hospital, who will undertake PG studies at Jhansi Medical College, Dr Chandrashekhar Bhatt at Jhansi Medical College, Dr Shashikant at Gorakhpur Medical College, Dr Akhilesh at Agra Medical College, Dr Santosh at Allahabad Medical college, Dr Mithlesh Bharti at Kanpur Medical College, Dr Ram Kumar at Lucknow Medical College and Dr Pratap Singh at Lucknow Medical College are some of the names that figure on the list.
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AIFF to hold trials for football academies
Dehradun, July 5 In Dehradun, a selection camp will be held on July 9, 10 on the Police Line ground. Players born in any other year than 1997 and 1998 will not be considered in the current round of trials. The District Football Association is coordinating with the AIFF, after receiving instruction from the State Football Association. The All-India Football Federation with FIFA's guidance and support has finalised plans for setting up regional academies and an elite academy in India. In the first phase of the project, four regional academies will be set up in Bangalore, Kolkata , Mumbai/Navi Mumbai and Delhi/NCR. The trials will offer talented players from Uttarakhand an opportunity to make it to the regional academies of the AIFF.
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CPI, CPM to launch agitation
Dehradun, July 5 State secretary of the CPI Samar Bhandari and state secretary of the CPM Vijay Rawat deliberated the issue at a meeting here yesterday. The leaders said 78 per cent of the population of the state lived on a meager income of Rs 20 a day and one third of the population was below poverty line, while 61 per cent of the Dalits, 56 per cent of the Scheduled Tribes and 52 per cent of farm labour did not have BPL or Antodaya cards. The leaders said food security was the fundamental question and the top priority of the Central government.
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BJP submits memo to XEN
Dehradun, July 5 People are facing tough time due to unscheduled power cuts and voltage fluctuation. Besides this, they are also not getting adequate drinking water supply.
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Warning to paper unit owners
Mussoorie, July 5 These had been given time to install chemical recovery and effluent treatment plants in their institution till December 31 after which punitive action would be taken against the owners of such mills who do not comply with the directions.
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DM recommends cancellation of school's registration
Dehradun, July 5 Raman said that it was made clear to the school authorities that the parents of the students had made complaints against random increase in the school fees. Subdivisional Magistrate, too, took up the matter and expected the school management to make the necessary amendments, which it did not do. Then, in a review conducted by the City Magistrate, it was found that the school authorities did not change it's fee structure and were continuing with 20-30 pc fee hike. Therefore, he recommended cancellation of it's registration.
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Class XII student commits suicide
Dehradun, July 5 She brought her down and called the neighbours. Parents of the girls live in Delhi. The reason of Diana’s suicide could not be known.
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Car thieves arrested
Dehradun, July 5 The accused who hail from Saharanpur would at times come to Dehradun to sell the stolen cars. Sarfraz had been jailed many times for the same crime and admitted to stealing 19 cars in the past. He said Kalu would open the cars with his master keys to steal them. Sarfraz and Ahsan were good at separating the parts.
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With the commencement of one of the country's largest melas, the Kanwar pilgrimage, in Haridwar, yesterday, the administration has tightened the security in view of the terror threat, besides the problem of anti-social elements creeping in during the pilgrimage.
While the Kanwar fair is in it's initial phase, the district administration has shifted the bus stand from Mayapur to Rishikul College open ground.
From Rishikul onwards, buses are being operated, but this makeshift arrangement is not only catching commuters by surprise but also the lack of basic amenities and irregular bus service are causing problems galore for the commuters.
The city police arrested Aditi Chaudhary, alias Manat, resident of
Ranikhet, Almora, from New Delhi for luring away a 16-year-old girl to Delhi to push her into prostitution. The accused was caught with the victim, daughter of
Kamlanand, resident of CPWD Colony.
Aaratrika, an acrylic painting exhibition, is being held in Dehradun these days.
Aaratrika is Anju Chaudhary's first solo oil and acrylic painting exhibition and will conclude on July 7. The exhibition includes abstract as well as portrait work on the canvass. The use of colours has been very prominent, “deep waters” showing different shades of blue and green.
