Hike in morning walk fee by FRI resented
Dehradun, September 7
The Morning Walkers Forum has resented the increase in the fee for morning walk in the FRI. Local residents use the FRI campus for morning walk by paying a fee.

Man shot at
Dehradun, September 7
The Raipur police on Friday arrested Shiv Singh and his brother Tarun for firing at Shiv’s father-in-law Narender Bhandari, resident of Nathuawala, Raipur.

Sewage treatment plant to be ready by 2015
Dehradun, September 7
The residents of Dehradun will have to wait for some more time for the completion of work on sewage treatment plants (STPs) being taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The STPs will only be ready by 2015

Dehradun, September 7
Six candidates today filed their nomination papers for various posts in the students' union elections of DAV (PG) College here.

Only ABVP candidate Mahesh Jagudi filed his papers for the post of president. For the post of general secretary, Nitin Chauhan, a student of MA (Mass Communication-1), and Ankit Joshi, a student of MA (History-I), filed their nominations.

Vikas Kumar Saini, a student of BCom (II), filed his papers for the post of joint secretary while Nikhil Singh, a student of BSc (III), and Saurab Mamgain, a student of BCom (II), filed their papers for the sole post of university representative. No nomination was filed for the post of vice-president, treasurer and executive members today.

Deputy Election Officer Vineet Vishnoi said 28 nominations forms were sold today. He said 52 nomination papers had been sold since yesterday.

The highlight of the first day of filing nomination papers was ABVP presidential candidate Mahesh Jagudi’s procession. It was a day of show of strength for the ABVP.

Meanwhile, DAV (PG) College’s proctor broad members were present at the gate of the college to ensure that only students enter the college. TheID cards of students were also being checked.

Dehradun, September 7
The ban on the use of polythene bags below 40 micron in the city is only on paper as no concrete steps are being taken in this direction.

A meeting was held where all District Magistrates (DMs), SPs, the Secretary, Pollution Control Board, the Director, Urban Development, and Panchayati Raj officials were directed to ensure that recycled polythene or polythene below 40 micron would not be used to carry things or food material.

The Urban Development Department was also asked to constitute a state advisory committee, comprising the Secretary, Urban Development, representatives from the Pollution Control Board, Local Bodies, social and educational organisations and industries. The committee was to ensure the compliance of regulations with regard to the use and sale of polythene bags in 2011.

Unfortunately, no such committee has been set up till date. The officials of these departments had said a anti-polythene drive would be launched after August 15 but nothing has happened in this regard.

Deputy Director, Urban Development, Subhash Gupta said the department was serious about the anti-polythene drive and was having a dialogue with the Forest Department to get the land to dispose of recycled or low quality polythene.

He added the district administrations and local bodies had been given instructions in this regard.

Polythene bags of the cheaper quality are still being sold everywhere in the city with a few exceptions. District Magistrate Ravinath Raman said polythene was being brought in the district from outside. Unless Sales Tax officials, who were also part of the project, check the import of polythene bags into the district, it would be difficult to control the use of low quality polythene bags.

City Magistrate Harak Rawat said, “The polythene drive is not yielding foolproof results. Despite giving affidavits, traders are still using the prohibited quality of polythene.”

President of the Doon Traders Association Vipin Nagliya said the traders in the city were selling only those polythene bags which they had not been able to exhaust earlier. He, however, ensured that the use of cheaper polythene would come to end.

Rawat also expressed inability to handle this task on his own. He suggested that other officials in the administration and the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) should carry the challan book with them and inspect the shops or markets on the way to make campaign more effective.

The campaign against polythene bags launched by the DMC many times failed miserably. This time Mayor Vinod Chamoli prohibited the use of plastic tea glass which he said clogged drains and led to water logging.

Dehradun, September 7
The residents of Dehradun will have to wait for some more time for the completion of work on sewage treatment plants (STPs) being taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The STPs will only be ready by 2015

Sewerage and sanitation in the city remains poor throughout the year but conditions worsen in many low-lying areas during monsoon.

To spruce up the sewerage system and replacing of old water supply system under the JNNURM and Asian Development Bank (ADB) is under way and is expected to continue till 2015.

Seventyfive per cent of the construction work of an STP at Motherwala, 30 per cent of the work on four STPs at Indira Nagar, Jakhan, Salawala and Vijay Colony is complete.

Simultaneously, sewerage laying work is also under way to ensure the areas are linked with the STP with different capacities backed by sequential batch reactor technology.

“For the first time, Dehradun will be linked to STPs and most areas that did not have sewerage pipes will now have them. In most of the areas, we have dug up the sides of the roads and had asked the PWD to carry out resurfacing of roads,” said Executive Engineer SC Pant, Dehradun Division, Peyjal Nigam.

Dehradun, September 7
Once again, the St. Joseph’s Academy (SJA) team proved its mettle by winning the Bournvita Quiz contest held at the Survey Auditorium at Hathi Barkala here recently.

The event saw the participation of 44 reputed schools, including The Doon School, Brightlands, Summer Valley School, DAV and Scholars Home etc. Each school was represented by three teams. Six teams managed to reach the final of the contest after a mind-boggling and gruelling knock-out round. The SJA team in the final faced a dazzling array of questions on super heroes. The Josephites, namely Kshitij Bisht, Sagar Bhattacharyaju, Raghav Narang, Vedant Vora, Suryansh Singhania and Mubarak Mehta, exhibited their vast knowledge. Not only did they impress everyone but also emerged the winners of the quiz.

Kshitij Bisht and Sagar Bhattaryaji would now take part in the final in Mumbai after the next phase of video conferencing with the winners of other schools.

The quiz was organised by Derek O Brien and his associates Darren Rose and Shane. The SJA team was escorted by Craig Temple. The school Principal AJ George congratulated the winning team. 

Mussoorie, September 7
Col Virendar Tomar and Capt Deepak Sagwal (retd), two former students of St.George's College, returned to Mussoorie after completing a two day trek to Nag Tibba in memory of their class teacher Late MC.Wood.

The duo from batch of 1977 began the 14 kilometer trek to mountain Nag Tibba from Pantwari Village in Jaunpur Block of District Tehri Garhwal on Teachers Day and returned to Mussoorie, today, where they were felicitated by the Mussoorie Sports Association, today.

Colonel Virendar Tomar and Retd. speaking to media after completing the trek said that MC Wood the sports teacher of the school was also their class teacher when they were in class VIII. The duo recalled the years in the school and said that it was MC Wood who first introduced them to the mountains of Nag Tibba by organizing their first ever trek to the wild in 1973.

They thought of trekking to Nag Tibba considered as one of the highest point around the region, 39 years later in order to pay homage to their class teacher Mr.Wood on Teachers Day? added Captain Deepak Sagwal.

They further said that MC Wood through such adventurous activities always inspired them to strive for excellence and succeed in their future career making those years most memorable of their life.

Commander Prakash Melhotra, the patron of Mussoorie Sports Association felicitated the duo by presenting them with a memento and a sweater belonging to MC Wood that was gifted to him by MC Wood himself, several years back. Speaking on the occasion Melhotra commended the efforts of the two former students to undertake such an arduous trek at this age as mark of respect for their former teacher. Mr Wood expired in 2011 after prolonged illness.

Dehradun, September 7
Students Federation of India (SFI) and Bharat Ki Janwadi Naujvan Sabha today burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna at Clock Tower for not simplifying the procedure of issuing of caste certificate in the state.

The leaders said neither the BJP nor the Congress government simplified the cumbersome procedure of issuing caste certificate which required land documents pertaining to 1950.

They demanded compliance of recent high court judgement which gave cut off date of November 9, 2000, to be eligible to become original inhabitant of the state.

The members of both the organisations also demanded reservation in promotion and clearance of backlog of vacancies in government departments.

Leaders Lekhraj, Madan Mishra, Abhishek Bhandari and Gagan Garg also participated in the protest. 

Dehradun, September 7
St Joseph's Academy won their match in the Dehradun Council Senior Boys Football Tournament played here today.

St Joseph's Academy defeated Delhi Public School by 6-0.Three goals were scored by Mridul Badoni in the 10th,15th and 20th minute, respectively. The fourth goal was scored by Devanshu Dhobal in the 25th minute, fifth goal by Tenzin in the 58th minute and sixth by Aarya in the 67th minute.

In the second match, Selaqui International School played against Seven Oaks School.The match ended in a draw with a score 2-2 . The first goal was scored by Shubhanker in the 27th minute second by Prashant in the 36th minute from Seven Oaks School. From Selaqui International, Mohit scored in the 15th minute and Vipul scored in the 22nd minute.

The third match was played between Presidency International School and Guru Nanak Academy which too ended in a draw with a score 2-2.Himanshu in the 10th minute and Akhilesh in the 59th minute scored a goal each for The Presidency International School.

From Guru Nanak Academy, the first goal scorer was Pratyush in the 18th minute and second goal was by Himanshu in the 68th minute.

Dehradun, September 7
In the Lala Nemi Das Memorial Football League here today, Chandrabadni Club beat DMK Club 3-0 in a one-sided match.

For Chandrabadni Club, Subham opened the account by scoring the first goal in the 9th minute of the match. Mohit scored the second goal in the 11th minute followed by Subham, who scored the third goal for Chandrabadni in the 56th minute of the match.

The second match between Doon Challengers and Gypsy Young ended in a draw with both teams failing to score at the end of stipulated time.