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Employees take to streets against quota in promotions
Govt offices, schools shut in Pithoragarh
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Panel to look into issue
Vanmahotsava
Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna plants a sapling on the occasion of Vanmahotsava at Doon University on Friday.
A Tribune photograph
60 films to be screened in wildlife film festival
Uttarakhand Police, Garhwal Sporting enter semifinal
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Employees take to streets against quota in promotions
Dehradun, July 27 The employees condemned the government for causing unnecessary delay in the implementation of the High Court order and said the persons who were already entitled reservation in jobs should not seek the extension of the benefit to promotions as well. "Our neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh has already decided to follow the directives of the court, the Uttarakhand Government should also follow suit in the interest of the state," said Prahlad Singh, president of the Rajya Karamchari Sanyukt Parishad. He also criticised the pressure tactics being employed by certain elected MLAs on the government to ensure quota in promotions was followed. The rally got a wide support from different employee unions which had on July 18 decided to form the Uttarakhand Adhikari Karamchari Shikshak Sangharsh Morcha. "Several employee unions, including the Uttarakhand Parvartiya Karamchari Shikashak Sangh, the Uttarakhand Federation of Ministerial Services Association, the Rajsya Karamchari Sanyukt Parishsad, the Rajkiya Vahan Chalak Mahasangh, the Class Fourth Employees Federation, the Nigam Karamchari Mahasangh, the Diploma Engineers Federation, the Secretariat Employees Union and the Uttarakhand Engineering Drawing Association," said Sunil Datt Kothari, member coordinator of the morcha. Members of the Provincial Medical Health Services (PMHS) and the Diploma Pharmacist Association also participated in the rally. Both unions had lent support to the rally in advance. Similar rallies were held at all district headquarters as the employees supporting the high court ruling had gone on mass casual leave today and only emergency services were functional in the hospitals. On the other hand, there was thin attendance at the offices due to the rally.
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Govt offices, schools shut in Pithoragarh
Pithoragarh, July 27 "The employees, later handed over a memorandum to the District Magistrate, to be sent to the state government," said Nandan Singh Kanyal, an organiser of the protest. "The high court has at least sensed the injustice being done to the non-reserved category in government job. It knows the fact that the employees of the reserved category have already got a big chunk of government jobs from meritorious candidates under the reservation," said Nandan Singh. The protest in the district has resulted into the closure of all government offices and schools in the district headquarters today, as all employees, teachers and even some officers remained absent from their routine work. The protesting employees said if the state government applied the reservation quota on promotions to appease the employees of the reserved category even after the high court judgment, it would be a fit case for contempt of court. "By stalling the promotions after the court judgment, the state government has shown the trend towards defying the court orders," said Dinesh Gururani, president of the Joint Trade Union Federation of state government employees. On the other side, state government employees under the banner of the Democratic Republic Employees Federation, an employee wing of Republic People's Front, have demanded that the government should adhere to its own policy and give promotions to reserved category employees as usual. "The ban on the promotions by the state government will mean injustice to reserved category employees. The federation will launch a agitation if the quota will not be maintained on promotions", said Jung Bahadur Tamta, state secretary of the RPF.
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Panel to look into issue
Dehradun, July 27 The sub-committee comprising Finance Minister Indira Hriyadesh, Agriculture Minister Harak Singh Rawat and the Advocate-General, Uttarakhand, would present its report within 15 days. The decision was taken after members of the Uttarakhand Adhikari Karamchari Shikshak Sangharsh Morcha submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister supporting the HC ruling quashing quota
in promotions.
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Nod to EVS lab, girls hostel at Doon varsity
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, July 27 “It is our prime duty to conserve environment for the better future of our coming generation,” he said and suggested the university administration to ask every student in the university to plant a sapling and ensure arrangement for its safety. “This way the students from other states will feel connected to Uttarakhand,” he asserted. Chief Minister also gave approval for the construction of an environmental science laboratory and girls hostel on the university premises. He also awarded Rs 1,000 to a student for reciting a poem based on environment. Uttarakhand Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Dinesh Agarwal said education and environment both were important in the life. He said Doon University would be known for its high standard of education. Uttarakhand Principal Forest Conservator RBS Rawat and university Vice-Chancellor Dr VK Jain, students and the university staff were present on the occasion.
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60 films to be screened in wildlife film festival
Dehradun, July 27 Addressing a press conference in Dehradun today, Priya Verma, Fesitval Coordinator, CMS Vatavaran, disclosed that the six-day long festival (July 30-August 04) was all set for a glittering inaugural ceremony at the Raj Bhawan on July 30 evening with Uttarakhand Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi will declare the film festival open. She said five green ambassadors - Prateek Panwar (Dehradun), Shri Jagat S Chaudhary (Rudraprayag), Mathura Devi (Gopeshwar), Sudha Gunwant (Almora) and Rajeev Mehta (Haridwar) will be felicitaed at the inaugural ceremony. "Rajaji - Forest by the Ganges" a Forest Department of Uttarakhand film directed by Praveen Singh will be released in the ceremony by Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi during the festival. Verma said a total of 60 films would be screened across 18 venues during the festival. Renowned actor Tom Alter, environmentalists Sunderlal Bahuguna and Chandi Prasad Bhatt would also be part of the festivities. Eminent Odissi dancer Sharmila Bhartari and actor Tom Alter will be presenting the ballet "Ganga" depicting the origin of India's national river Ganga in the Himalayas and its journey through the Indo-Gangetic plains. Uttarakhand Principal Conservator of Forests RBS Rawat said it was a matter of honour of Uttarakhand that the India's premier environment and wildlife film festival is being held in Dehradun. He said the festival will help Uttarakhand publicise its forest biodiversity.
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Uttarakhand Police, Garhwal Sporting enter semifinal
Dehradun, July 27 In the first quarterfinal match today, Uttarakhand Police beat Doon Valley 6-0 in a one-sided match. Bir Singh scored three goals for Uttarakhand Police while Saurab Rawat, Shishir and Bhanu Pandey scored one goal each. In the second match, Garhwal Sporting beat Doon Star 2-1. Shivam scored the first goal for Garhwal Sporting in the 8th minute of the match, followed by the second goal by Neeraj in the 16th minute of the match. Dheeraj scored the lone goal for Doon Star.
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Man hangs self
Dehradun July 27
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