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Sitarganj Bypoll
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DMC orders dismantling of 53 buildings on Chakrata Road
Rebate for patients at Mahant Indresh Hospital
Two accused in murder case arrested
Three delegations meet Mukhya Nagar Adhikari
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Sitarganj Bypoll
Dehradun, July 11 She said the Sitaganj people had reposed their faith on Vijay Bahuguna and asserted that the bypoll result was on the expected lines. Dehradun Mahangar Women Congress president Kamlesh Raman too thanked the people of Sitarganj for ensuring the landslide victory for the Chief Minister. She said Sitarganj had now become a VIP constituency after electing the Chief Minister. Uttarakhand Women’s Congress leader and member, All-India Congress Committee, Jaya Shukla said with Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna registering a thumping victory, Uttarakhand was all set to get speedy development. Uttarakhand Garhwal MP Satpal Maharaj has expressed gratitude to the people of Sitarganj for providing a massive mandate to the Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna. In a statement issued today, Satpal Maharaj said Vijay Bahuguna had created a history by winning by a huge margin in Sitarganj. He gave credited to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Youth Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for the Chief Minister victory at Sitarganj. Haridwar: Jubiliations by Congress and Uttarakhand Kranti Dal Progressive members were witnessed over the emphatic win by Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna over BJP rival Prakash Pant by a whopping margin of 40,000 votes in Sitarganj byelection here today. As soon as the news came, Congress workers gathered at various places, intersections and party office to celebrate the All wings of the Congress took part in the celebrations with women wing offering milk to the Ganga as a gesture of thanks led by women cell chief Vimla Pandey. At Chandracharya chowk, fire crackers were burst with Uttarakhand Kranti Dal Progressive activists also joining the celebration terming it a victory for the coalition government. Veteran Congress women leader Dr Santosh Chauhan termed the win as bridging the gap that existed in Uttarakhand between Kumaon and Garhwal divisions. Dr Chauhan said there was no such difference between the people of both regions as Vijay Bahuguna, hailing from Pauri Garhwal, had won from Sitarganj in Kumaon while Union Minister of State Harish Rawat being from Almora also recorded a win from Haridwar in Garhwal. UKD-P central secretary labour cell Uday Ram Semwal termed the victory as landmark. It was a confidence that voters of Sitarganj had reposed in Bahuguna-led government. He hoped that now the coalition government would run full five years as the UKD-P was with the Congress to usher development
in the state.
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Bahuguna scripts history
Dehradun, July 11 This is the largest-ever margin registered by any elected MLA taking in account all Assembly elections that have so far taken place in the state since its inception. Out of a total of 69,695 votes polled in the bypoll, Vijay Bahuguna got 53,766 votes and Prakash Pant
13,812 votes. In the earlier state Assembly elections, among those who won by huge margins were BJP MLA Madan Kaushik, who had won from Haridwar in the 2007 Assembly poll by a margin of 28,640 votes. The then Chief Minister ND Tiwari had won the 2002 Ramnagar bypoll by a margin of 23,220 votes. BC Khanduri had won the 2007 Dhumakot bypoll by a margin of 14,171 votes and Indira Hridyesh had won from Haldwani in the 2012 Assembly poll by a margin of 23,583 votes. Surendra Singh Negi had won by a margin of 10,837 votes in the 2002 Assembly elections. Thus Bahuguna has surpassed all of them and recorded the largest-ever victory margin in
the state.
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DMC orders dismantling of 53 buildings on Chakrata Road
Dehradun, July 11 A delegation of these people met Mayor Vinod Chamoli and Mukhya Nagar Adhikari Ashok Kumar, who assured them that only those buildings would be razed which were considered highly vulnerable. Those served with the notices were also told to break down the projections of the partially dismantled buildings, which were hanging above, themselves or else they could pose a danger to people passing through the road. They were also asked to reconstruct the affected parts of the buildings. But since they are required to take permission from the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) for any new construction on Chakrata Road, a meeting of the traders was fixed with vicen chairman of MDDA on Thursday, where representatives from the DMC would also participate. Shashikant Goyal, president of Chakrata Traders' Association, said most of those who had been served with notices had their premises in good condition. He questioned the parametres to declare any building dilapidated. The other traders, too, were angry for being "harassed to dismantle their buildings within a short span of three days.' The buildings notified as dilapidated were identified by a committee constituted by the District Magistrate, wherein the MDDA was entrusted with the task of construction, whereas the district administration was given the responsibility of ensuring safety by preventing illegal constructions, while the DMC was asked to remove the dilapidated buildings on
Chakrata Road . It was after the roof of a worn out building came down on last Sunday that the district administration pressed the DMC to take swift action for removal of dilapidated buildings. Ravi Pandey, Executive Engineer, cautioned the traders not to be casual about the vulnerable buildings, saying the city came under seismic zone and an earthquake of the magnitude of 7 on the Richter Scale, as predicted by the concerned authority, could shake it any time. He also gave them a word of advice for not being negligent while undertaking new construction with full safety measures.
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Rebate for patients at Mahant Indresh Hospital
Dehradun, July 11 Chief Medical Superintendent of Mahant Indresh Hospital, Brig Dr Ved Prakash (retd) said the concessions had been announced to commemorate the birth centenary year of late Mahant Charan Das. The concessions for poor patients would continue till December,” said Dr Prakash. He said 50 per cent rebate for patients for different tests and operations was being given in view of high incidence of rain-related diseases. “The poor patients would be able to get the blood tests, X-ray and ultrasound examinations done for free,”
he said. Besides, he announced the setting up of a dispensary that would sell branded generic medicines. “As of now, the dispensary has in stock around 56 different brands of medicines (generic) and we will increase the stock further,” he said. The hospital authorities have also instructed the doctors of the hospital to prescribe the generic medicines only. “Even the medical shops in the vicinity of the hospital have been instructed to stock branded generic medicines, which are priced 50 per cent less than the MRP,” said Prof SK Ghildiyal, Principal of the Sri Guru Ram Institute of Medical and Health Sciences (SGRIMHS).
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DBA members burn copies of Bills to be introduced in House
Dehradun, July 11 Regulatory Authority for Higher Educational Institutions Act, the Foreign Educational Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations) Bill, the Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Higher Educational Institution Bill and the National Law Schools Bill. The members also submitted a memorandum in
the District Magistrate's office, which was addressed to Union Minister Kapil Sibal. A delegation of DBA led by its president Surinder Singh Pundir held a dharna at 10.30 in the morning, then burnt the Bills' copies and, thereafter, held a march on Kuchhery Road. The members termed the Bills as black Bills, which were being introduced to usurp the powers of the Bar Council of India and State Bar Council by
the Centre. In the afternoon they submitted the memorandum at the DM's premises. The members will repeat the same procedure
tomorrow.
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Two accused in murder case arrested
Dehradun, July 11 Nadim, who ran a shop of glass wares near the house of Mittal, was missing from the day of the murder, which made the police suspicious of him. On information provided by an informer, Vikas Nagar Police and Special Operation Group arrested him from Barotiwala Road in Bijnaur and recovered two revolvers from his possession. Nadim had hatched the plan with his friend Salim, hardcore criminal, who was released from jail in March this year. The latter also took help of the other two, Nizam and Mahatvir, whom he met in the jail. Mahatvir is another hardened criminal who had been jailed for murder and dacoity
several times. All the four had stolen jewellery and cash worth Rs 3 lakh. The police has recovered Rs 1 lakh cash from them though they told the police that the jewellery was kept with Mahatvir. All the four had clubbed Yogender to death with a wooden stick and also injured his wife Neelam
as well.
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Three delegations meet Mukhya Nagar Adhikari
Dehradun, July 11 Sanitation workers are demanding the regularisation of their services, increase in wages, the distribution of uniforms and land for the construction of houses. The DMC Employees' Association is demanding flats for DMC staff at Chandan Nagar. Ashok Kumar
has given them an assurance to look into their demands. Meanwhile, Congress councillors, led
Vijender Pal, expressed displeasure at the release of a new list of tenders with regard to development works. They said the works for which tenders were sanctioned earlier had not been undertaken so far. Those works must be completed before issuing new tenders.
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