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anti-North Indian tirade
One group suspends stir, another to continue with protests
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Child abducted from Mumbai found in Haridwar
Quota in Promotions
CM: State govt committed to public welfare
Sectt SC/ST staff call off strike
Folk dance competition at DPS, Dehradun
SP members call on Governor
Axing of trees goes unabated in Doon
Teachers leave college, students hold protest
Students of Seemant Engineering College stage a demonstration in support of their demand for regular teaching in Pithoragarh on Thursday. Almora people pay tributes to martyrs
DMC office wears deserted look; top officials found absent
Change accounting system in local bodies: Secy
Collectorate staff call off stir
Students told to maintain discipline while campaigning
Governor gives Rs 11 lakh for guest house
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anti-North Indian tirade
Haridwar, September 6 A meeting was called in this regard by the Samajik Sena which comprises a section of saints at Kankhal ashram where the Central Government was urged to intervene in this matter. National chief of Samajik Sena Vinod Maharaj said such sentiments were a warning for secular integrity of the country and need to be stopped. "What is the use of having a state government in Maharashtra when it is not able to take action against the Thackerays who think that Maharashtra is only for Maharashtrians. In India, everyone is free to live, move or earn living. That’s why our Constitution states that we are secular,republic and democratic. Tyrant actions and designs should be dealt strictly and legally”, said Maharaj. Braham Swaroop Brahamchari of Jai Ram Ashram has also condemned the anti-North Indian tirade by the Shiv Sena chief. Terming it as a blow to the secular-federal concept of India, Braham Swaroop Brahamchari demanded the intervention by the state and the Union government otherwise violence may follow. Sadhvi Chandra Kanta said if such a tirade continued in Maharasthra against North Indiansm then Samajik Sena would take to streets by carrying out a satyagraha mode of agitation. |
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One group suspends stir, another to continue with protests
Dehradun, September 6 Disagreement on the issue of creation of the ex-cadre meant for employees belonging to the SC and ST as an interim arrangement continued to be a sore point. "During our meeting yesterday, we had disagreed on the creation of ex-cadre and in protest had decided to continue with the stir," said Valdiya. He said tomorrow in place of Girdhir Bhakuni a new coordinator of the Uttarakhand Adhikari Karamchari Shikshak Sangharsh Morcha would be nominated. On the other hand, the faction led by Girdhir Bhakuni said they would be back to work tomorrow. "We have decided to suspend the stir for now after the announcement of the Tehri bypoll as the model code of conduct is in place. Our opposition to the creation of ex-cadre would continue and we may even take recourse to courts," said Bhakuni. Meanwhile, the faction favouring continuation of the stir termed the decision of Bhakuni as a sellout and said they had the support of 39 organisations in the state. |
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Child abducted from Mumbai found in Haridwar
Haridwar, September 6 Ram Kumar Jha tried to flee but was nabbed by police personnel. He admitted his involvement in the abduction of Lav Kush who had been kidnapped from his home in Mumbai. The Mumbai police was informed about the child who arrived here to take the child and the accused to the Chief Judicial Magistrate where the police was granted permission to take them to Mumbai. Later in the evening, the three-member police team left for Mumbai with them. SSP Haridwar Arun Mohan Joshi has lauded the efforts of the police and announced a reward of Rs 2,500 for the team. |
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Quota in Promotions
Dehradun, September 6 Morcha president Rajendra Pant said yesterday that both parties were not coming out with a clear-cut stand over the issue of quota for the SC/ST in promotions in state government jobs. Meanwhile, Pant said his party was prepared for the Tehri byelection and had already announced the name of Kunwar Japinder Singh as the party candidate for the seat. He said Japinder Singh had already visited Uttarkashi and Tehri areas falling in the constituency. Kunwar Japinder Singh said the morcha favoured Gairsain as the summer capital of Uttarakhand. He said Dehradun residents were facing lot of civic inconveniences. A poor condition of roads amply revealed that both the BJP and the Congress had done little to improve the condition of roads in the city. |
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CM: State govt committed to public welfare
Dehradun, September 6 He said the state government was committed to the welfare of all workers of all sections. He said the decision on reservation in promotions was taken keeping with the rulings of the court and considering welfare of the workers. The Chief Minister urged the workers to have faith and work in unity for the development of the state.
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Sectt SC/ST staff call off strike
Dehradun, September 6 In the morning, the core committee members met at the Secretariat and expressed displeasure at the Bahuguna government's efforts to set up an ex-cadre for SC and ST employees as an interim measure but said as the amendment Bill had already been tabled in
the Rajya Sabha, they had decided to call off their stir. "We are unhappy with the creation of an ex-cadre but eventually when the amendment Bill on quota in reservations is cleared by both the Houses, the Uttarakhand government would be bound to follow the directives. From today we have decided to go back to work," said NS Doongriyal, member of the core committee, Uttarakhand SC/ST Karamchari Adhikari Shikshak Sangh.
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Folk dance competition at DPS, Dehradun
Dehradun, September 6 Teresa house students presented ‘bhangra’ and grabbed the second position. Students of the Tendulkar house presented a dance on a Rajasthani
folk number and won the third prize. The programme was concluded with Principal Sanjay K Singh’s speech. He motivated the students and teachers for their stupendous efforts and encouraged them to be more enthusiastic in future. |
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SP members call on Governor
Dehradun, September 6 The delegation, led by SP state president Vinod Barthwal, submitted a letter to the Governor regarding the issues like promotions, making Gairsain the summer capital of Uttarakhand, improving condition of roads in Dehradun, strengthening the law and order condition, reviving stalled hydropower projects, ensuring participation of Muslims in government and providing relief to the disaster-affected people on a war footing. |
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Axing of trees goes unabated in Doon
Dehradun, September 6 The latest revelation on the level of rampant green tree felling in Dehradun came to light through information obtained under the Right To Information Act by Citizens For Green Doon (CFGD), an NGO working for restoring greenery here. A staggering 600 trees were axed in Dehradun in 2011. Members of the NGO also pointed out that basis of felling of most of the trees were unauthentic. The CFGD coordinator, Dr Nitin Pandey, said most of the trees felled during 2011 in Dehradun were identified as posing danger to human and property. The CFGD volunteers, who studied the applications and tried to go into the reasons given by the applications as reasons axing the trees. “Interestingly, there were absurd reasons like monkeys were creating trouble and trees acted as facilitators for the monkey menace. Another reason was that falling leaves were acting as a hindrance. The other set of applicants sought cutting of trees on residential campuses just to make furniture,” he pointed out. Dr Pandey said many of these trees had been felled in Dehradun with no valid reasons. He said even the recent incidents of felling of trees in the posh Indira Nagar locality and the Sahastradhara road in Dehradun had been done after these trees were identified as dangerous on unconvincing grounds. Significantly, a committee constituted sometime back to identify trees that genuinely pose threat to humans now stands dissolved without serving any purpose. The committee, apart from administrative officials, comprised environmentalists and representatives of voluntary organisations. The state Forest Department had been undertaking campaign to axe diseased and other trees that pose danger to the human lives. But the CFGD, from the beginning, has been objecting to certain healthy trees being felled on wrong pretext of being dangerous to human lives in the city. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests RBS Rawat, too, has been repeatedly assuring that the list of trees marked for felling must be cross checked to prevent axing of green trees, which do not pose a threat to the general public. |
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Teachers leave college, students hold protest
Pithoragarh, September 6 The students staged the demonstration after the teachers of the college refused to hold classes accusing the director of cheating them by appointing them on contract though he had promised them regular jobs at the time of interview. “The present director is a hurdle in the regularisation of our services as every time we get a chance to become regular employees, he forces us to sign contract papers,” said DS Ganwar, a teacher of the college. “We are leaving the job as the college management has cheated us,” said another teacher who along with six others returned to Dehradun leaving his contractual job. The director of the college, DS Pundir, said as regular posts for the teaching staff in the newly opened engineering college had not yet been approved, he had to appoint teachers on contract. “If these teachers leave their jobs it will not affect teaching in the college, as we have decided to call faculty from Dwarahat engineering college,” said Pundir. |
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Almora people pay tributes to martyrs
Pithoragarh, September 6 In a programme organised at Khumar, four martyrs of the 1942 firing, Khimanand, Churamari,Ganga Ram and Bahadur Singh, were killed by the British army when they protested against the British policies. “The local people from all walks of life organised the anniversary day in memory of these martyrs who died for the independence of the country on this day,” said Raghubar Dutt Upadhaya, chairman of Freedom Fighters' Association at Khumar. According to Upadhaya, a score of political personalities cutting across party lines paid obeisance to martyrs on the day. These include former Union Minister of State Bachi Singh Rawat, Congress Rajya Sabha member Mahindra Singh Mahra, Almora MP Pradeep Tamta, Congress MLAs from Bageshwar and BJP MLA from Salt Chandan Ram Dass, and Surendra Singh Jeena.” “These four martyrs are so deeply respected by the masses in the Salt area of Almora district that the local people organise the obeisance programme every year on their own, and before any political party or VIP reaches the spot, thousands of local people have already pay tributes to these martyrs,” said Upadhaya. |
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DMC office wears deserted look; top officials found absent
Dehradun, September 6 The public had to return disappointed. Meenaxi Rawat, resident of Azad Colony, who came with a group of women, said : “A sewage drain in my locality is overflowing for the last two days. The residents of the locality are having a tough time as the dirty water is flowing all around, leaving a bad odour. We had come to report the matter either to the Mayor or the MNA but none of them is here. The other employees just take written complaints and bury them
in the files.” Rajender Pratap, an octogenarian from Patel Nagar, said the sanitary workers were not lifting garbage in front of his house, which had piled up in a huge heap. He said it was difficult for him to come to the DMC premises all the way at his age. He was furious to see the officers missing from the office. He called it 'anarchy' and threatened to complain to higher-ups. Congress councillors could be seen cribbing about the state of affairs in the DMC. “All the officials are having play time in the DMC. Nobody is accountable. The work keep pending for months together. The Mayor only makes tall announcements to attract the media glare. The Additional MNA does not have a grip over the situation as she has hardly worked here. She is on leave for more than two weeks. Nobody wants to work here,” said a councillor. Members of the Class IV Grade Employees’ Association could be seen sitting on dharna. Leaders of the association were addressing the crowd. |
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Change accounting system in local bodies: Secy
Dehradun, September 6 “The accounting system of the municipal bodies is in a mess and a majority of the local bodies in the state are unable to tell how much they have spent. Most of the problems relating to the proper spending of the budget can be solved by maintaining proper accounts,” said Panwar at a workshop on municipal accounting organised by the Department of Urban Development and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for officials of the Urban Local Bodies of Uttarakhand. Commenting on the lackadaisical attitude of Pauri local body officials on the issue of selecting an open ground for disposal of waste, he said, “The garbage continues to pile up as their is not proper dumping ground. In such a situation, the Pauri local body officials could have sought the help of the Forest Department for allocation of suitable forest land. But the authorities in Pauri local body were not aware of such a provision where the Forest Department could be approached for providing land.” Additional Secretary MC Joshi said the local bodies should keep the accounts in good shape. “In the past, we did not receive complete funds as the local bodies had not adopted the double entry system,” he said. CT Abraham, unit finance head, said the urban bodies must be professional in the interest of the country. |
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Collectorate staff call off stir
Dehradun September 6 Their main demand of sending senior employees for two years to Chakrata and one year to Tyuni office has been accepted. President of the association Rajender Kumar said, “As per the roaster, the seniormost employees in the collectorate have been sent to difficult stations, Chakrata for two years and Tyuni for one year. This year, the employees who were to be transferred in June were not sent, whereas those in Chakrata and Tyuni were waiting to be shifted elsewhere. The District Magistrate assured us of sending two employees to Chakrata and one to Tyuni by next month.”
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Students told to maintain discipline while campaigning
Dehradun, September 6 Addressing a press conference at the college campus today, Devendra Bhasin appealed to the students of DAV (PG) College to participate in the polling process. He disclosed that the college had ensured that the names of all students enrolled in the college were included in the voters' list. Bhasin said no candidate or it's supporters will be allowed to resort to hooliganism in the election campaign. He also categorically held that the student union elections were being held in strict accordance with the Lyngdoh recommendations. College chief election officer AK Sinha was also present at the conference. |
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Governor gives Rs 11 lakh for guest house
Dehradun, September 6 Qureshi presented the draft of the amount to a delegation from Sarwar Sharif, led by Mohammed Yusuf Khan, which met him at Raj Bhavan here. The Governor had announced that he would make this contribution when he had gone to the Dargah at the inauguration of the Buland Darwaza there. During his yatra to Badrinath, the Governor had given Rs 2.5 lakh for the development of public conveniences on the route for pilgrims.
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Haridwar, September 6
A nine-member delegation of the Samajwadi Party called on Uttarakhand Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi today and drew his attention to several issues related to the state.
The delegation, led by SP state president Vinod Barthwal, submitted a letter to the Governor regarding the issues like promotions, making Gairsain the summer capital of
Uttarakhand
Students of Seemant Engineering College in the district, which was opened recently, today took out a silent procession from the college to the District Magistrate’s office demanding that the classes be held regularly. The college would remain closed till September 24 as many teachers had left jobs.
Dehradun, September 6
