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Cloudburst hits Kapkot villages
Kuldeep Madhwal is UPP nominee for Tehri
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Purnagiri temple priests fear water shortage at annual fair
Mussoorie traders call off agitation
Shikshak morcha members to meet CM today
Cash seized from car belongs to Congress, says BJP MLA
3 thieves arrested in Haridwar
Farmers can control pesticide residue in basmati: Exporters
Infrastructural projects reviewed
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Cloudburst hits Kapkot villages
Pithoragarh, September 13 According to the information, the villages of Revtighati, Pothing, Harsinghia Bagar and Uchat have been badly hit by the cloudburst. “Besides, more than 15 villages in the Kapkot area have been cut off from rest of the district,” said Mohan Singh Takuli, a local leader from the Soong area, who attributed this cloudburst to local tunnels which have been made by hydro-electric companies operating in this part of the district. “The concentration of clouds at one place and subsequent damage due to the cloudburst is the result of the construction of tunnel. It results in the loss of vegetation that has helped the tendency of clouds concentration at one place,” said Mohan Singh Takuli. According to the district administration sources, the cloudburst has damaged the road which links the area, resulting in cutoff of more than 15 villages from the district. “Not only the road, but the bridge on this road has also been washed away by the cloudburst,” said Kailas Tolia, SDM of Kapkot, who had reached the spot. |
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Kuldeep Madhwal is UPP nominee for Tehri
Dehradun, September 13 He said the party had decided to field Madhwal from Tehri taking into account his high credentials among the masses. Referring to the electoral chances of the Uttarakhand Parivartan Party in the Tehri bypoll, PC Tiwari said people were fed up with both BJP and Congress and wanted another option and the Tehri bypoll would give them chance. He said even parties like the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal were aligned to either the Congress or the BJP. He said the Uttarakhand Parivartan Party had even fielded its candidate in the Sitarganj Assembly bypoll while many parties did not even contest that poll. He said the Parivartan Party was seeking support of like-minded organisations for the Tehri bypoll. Party candidate Kuldeep Madhwal and party Garhwal in charge Jaiprakash Uttarakhandi were also present at the conference. |
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No roads, medical facilities on Raj Jaat Yatra route: MP
Dehradun, September 13 "The construction of roads at Baan and Lohaganj are pending due to lack of funds. The government should allocate funds so that the work is over by the time the yatra starts next year," said Tarun Vijay, who is also the vice-president of the Nanda Devi Raj Jaat Yatra Committee constituted by the government. The BJP leader said only Rs 50 crore had been allocated for the yatra which was too little. "The government should not hesitate to allocate funds for the historic yatra that is taking place for the first time after the creation of the separate state of Uttarakhand. According to estimates presented by Rakesh Singh Kunwar and Bhuwan Nautiyal who are the oldest organizers of the yatra, at least Rs 1,000 crore is required for the successful conduct of the yatra," said Tarun Vijay. He also said on October 15, the Akhil Uttarakhand Samellan would be organised in Dehradun to chalk out strategy for the successful culmination of the yatra. |
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Anti-quota rallies in Pithoragarh, Almora
Pithoragarh, September 13 In Pithoragarh, Trade Union Samanvay Samiti secretary Umed Singh led a rally that passed through various areas of the town before culminating at the District Magistrate’s office. “By organising the rally, we have given a message to those who had distracted us earlier and sided with the government. It was attended by employees of almost all departments,” said Dinesh Gururani, an employee leader. In Almora, the employees held a rally that started from the Chaughan Gandhi maidan, went around the town and culminated on the court campus. “We today presented a unified face of government employees against reservation in promotions. Now, it is for the government to act on our demand,” said Amarnath Singh Negi, a leader of the samiti. In Champawat district, the employees took out a procession after the core committee meeting. “The employees are united on the issue of reservation though some of our comrades have defected to the government,” said Jagdish Singh Adhikari, coordinator of the Adhikari Karamchari Shikshak Morcha, Champawat. The markets in Champawat, Khetikhan and Lohaghat remained closed in support of the striking employees. The traders had extended support to the employees’ struggle. “We have not only closed our markets in support of the anti-reservation movement, but have also decided to take part in the rally,” said Bhupal Singh Mehta, district president of the Vyapar Sangh, Lohaghat. |
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Police gets tough with traffic law offenders
Haridwar, September 13 Any vehicle found in non-parking zone or causing traffic jam due to haphazard parking are being challaned. Spearheading the drive is Circle Officer, Traffic, JR Joshi, who is inspecting various stretches where the drive is being initiated. Yellow lines are also being drawn to bifurcate the parking and no-parking areas adjacent to the roads. “People in Haridwar have been flouting traffic rules despite traffic awareness drives being launched by the authorities. We got little support from the public and that’s why we have decided to strictly imply traffic rules,” said Joshi while carrying out penalisation drive at the Ranipur-Bhagat Singh intersection. Trader community and responsible citizens have welcomed the drive. Heera Complex trader Uday Ram Semwal said his business was getting affected due to wayward parking in front of his shop. Overloaded auto rickshaws and vikrams in the city have also come under the scanner of the traffic police. More than 60 auto rickshaws have been challaned for overloading. “It has just been one day since the drive was launched and the impact is apparent. People need to follow the traffic rules and realise their responsibility,” added Joshi. |
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Purnagiri temple priests fear water shortage at annual fair
Pithoragarh, September 13 “We have to make arrangements for the pilgrims who will visit the temple next month during ‘navratras’ as the Nigaligar-Purnagiri drinking scheme has started providing less water than expected,” said Kishen Tiwari, chief priest of the temple. The priest community also seems to be worried about the water needs of the pilgrims who would attend the three-month-long Purnagiri fair. The annual fair begins after Holi. “If the alternative arrangements are not made, the problem will become worse at the time of the fair when more than 20 lakh pilgrims visit the temple,” said Tiwari. Well acquainted with the problems, Tanakpur SDM Jaswant Singh Rathod said he was planning to get a mini tube well near the Bharav temple. He said underground water deposits had been found there. “We are also talking to NHPC officials to link the Purnagiri drinking scheme with the Symalatal pumping scheme during the mela,” said the SDM. According to Champawat MLA Hemesh Kharkwal, a lift scheme from the Sharda river had been planned for the temple. |
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Mussoorie traders call off agitation
Mussoorie, September 13 The traders, who observed a bandh and blocked traffic yesterday causing inconvenience to tourists, agreed to settle the issue at a meeting with the SDM, Ramjee Saran. They had earlier demanded a meeting with the District Magistrate (DM). President of the Mussoorie Traders Association Rajat Agarwal said they had yesterday stated that they would speak only to the DM on the issue. But as the latter failed to visit the town a meeting was held with the SDM today. The SDM assured them that the police would increase night patrol in the area. He also assured the traders that a new in-charge of the police station would join duty in a day or two. The traders after the assurances from the SDM called off their agitation. |
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Shikshak morcha members to meet CM today
Dehradun, September 13 Meanwhile, the morcha today got support from employees of various other departments in its struggle against quota in promotions. The employees from the food processing, industries, culture, ITI and rural development departments extended support to the stir. After suspending 18 security personnel, the administration has so far not issued suspension orders to probationers as was indicated by the government earlier. The government has already prepared a list of 67 probationers who may face action if they do not join duty in the coming days. |
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Cash seized from car belongs to Congress, says BJP MLA
Mussoorie, September 13 Ganesh Joshi speaking on the sidelines of a review meeting of the Scheduled Caste front of the BJP in Mussoorie today alleged that according to his sources, the cash was around Rs 5 crore but only Rs 1.6 crore was shown by the police which had raised a finger on the working of the government. He said the episode raised several questions and a thorough investigation should be initiated to find out the reason and find out the source and the recipient of the amount. He also alleged that the Congress had adopted the same tactics in
Sitarganj but this would never happen as the voter of Tehri was much aware of such moves and would give a befitting reply by voting in favour of the BJP |
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3 thieves arrested in Haridwar
Haridwar, September 13 The arrested persons Rajbeer, alias Raja, Karan and Bhola are residents of Badhoi in Uttar Pradesh. The police said they were also involved in six other theft cases. The police recovered two suitcases containing clothes, Rs 10,000, five cellular phone sets, five hifi video cameras and one digital camera from the accused. A case has been registered under Section 41/102 of the CrPC and 379,411 of the IPC against the trio. SP, City, Kiran Lal Shah and Circle Officer Ajay Singh told mediapersons that the police had been on the look out for the gang that was committing thefts at the Jwalapur and Haridwar railway stations. Nambiyal said vigil had been intensified at the railway stations and monitoring was being done through CCTV cameras. Local people and passengers praised the efforts of the police in nabbing the thieves. |
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Farmers can control pesticide residue in basmati: Exporters
Dehradun, September 13 “The USA has a worldwide influence and can create problems on the issue, which is sure to impact the export of rice. Controlling the pesticide residue in rice is not in the hands of exporters or the dealers, but the farmers. We have been educating the farmers not to spray any pesticide at the time of flowering and beyond. This will help in reducing the presence of pesticide residue and enhance export of rice by 10-15 per cent,” said Rajan Sundaresan, Executive Director, AIREA. He said the AIREA was trying to disseminate information about the use of pesticides among the farmers in rice producing states, including Uttarakhand. “The pesticide detected by the US agency is ‘tricyclazole’, which is used as a fungicide to control the rice blast. Since most of the pesticides commonly used on paddy in India are not registered in the USA, the level of detection is taken as the permissible level. The presence of residual pesticide beyond the permissible level is leading to rejection of export consignments. To ensure that the pesticide residue remain within the permissible limit the farmers need to adopt good agriculture practices,” added Rajan. He said India had the potential of increasing its exports to the USA as due to a drought in Thailand, the rice production there had gone down. India could fill the gap. |
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Infrastructural projects reviewed
Dehradun, September 13 He visited the area after a fact finding team visited Landour Cantonment on August 22 to ascertain the problems being faced by the residents. The team submitted its report in the first week of September to the Army Commander, who then visited Landour to see
for himself the cantonment issues. |
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