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Unique rally by JCB machine owners in Haridwar
DMC sanitation workers on dharna in Doon
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Saints community against LPG quota
Renovation of Gandhi Park still a dream
Doon Valley School triumph
Uttarakhand Police thrash Yankees Club
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Unique rally by JCB machine owners in Haridwar
Haridwar, September 24 Owners of dozens of these lifting-pulling-removing-crawling vehicles took out a rally in protest from Roshanabad towards BHEL road. Seeing these vehicles in large numbers for the first time, onlookers gathered on both sides with many asking what was the cause of such a demonstration. To put forth their demand, these crane owners had formed a union named Haridwar Crane Owners' Welfare Association (HCOWA). Informing TNS, association secretary Nikhil Rathi said that of late officials had been handing challans to them for venturing in nearby SIDCUL roads. He complained that this was being done to pressurise them to pay officials hefty sums, which was demanded from many crane owners, which they declined. Pointing out that for the past 8 years since the formation of the industrial estate by SIDCUL, they had been operating their machines, paying due registration and other taxes. “We are being unnecessarily harassed. Otherwise, how can we work in SIDCUL only and not ply on adjacent roads? Our vehicles are tyre-based; so no harm is done to the public roads. Instead, many a time we are called by various government departments to carry out public works, which we willingly do,” said Rathi. The Crane Owners' Association has also threatened to gherao the ARTO office on the 26th of this month if the Transport Department did stop harassing them. The crane owners threatened to leave their cranes there as a mark of protest. On contacting an official at the ARTO office said that complaints of commercial usage of these machines, which were licensed for industrial area only, had come to light, as a result of which their prohibition had been made outside SIDCUL region. He also cited the chain system used in JCB machines, which destroy the normal roads as another reason for their prohibition. Sabir Ali of HCOWA said that all the machines of their union were tyre-based. They did not damage the roads. He called on ARTO officials for checking their machines.
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DMC sanitation workers on dharna in Doon
Dehradun, September 24 Secretary of the association Vivek Saxena said they had gone to urge the MNA for reimbursement of pending salaries of the past four months to four women employees of the DMC, who also happened to be dependents of the deceased employees of the corporation. He said the MNA talked to them in anger, saying that no one would get salaries. He also tore down the letter sanctioned in the regard and put it in his pocket. The letter incidentally, too, was signed by him in the past. According to Saxena, the MNA took lightly the warning of the peeved employees to go on strike against non-payment of salaries and his impolite behaviour. The workers were unhappy over the way a sanctioned letter was torn away from the file and said the employees henceforth should not be held responsible if any important letter went missing from the files. The members occupied the space before the MNA's office and said they would not let him enter into his office unless he expressed regret over his offensive behaviour, and sought an apology from him in public. Mayor Vinod Chamoli kept himself away from the controversy, saying that the workers, despite their protest, were working as usual. The stalemate could not end as the MNA did not come to office
today. He also did not answer the phone call made to him by The Tribune to get his side of the story.
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Special traffic awareness drive for women in Haridwar
Haridwar, September 24 However, during the awareness drive for a week no women driver will be challaned. They will be apprised about the traffic rules and their violation by them. The women drivers will be given pamphlets and leaflets depicting traffic rules and the number of accidents that took place in the past few years due to non-wearing of helmets, jumping of red light and over speeding. Talking to The Tribune about the drive, Circle Officer, Traffic Police, JR Joshi said as there were only a few traffic policewomen in Haridwar traffic policemen found it difficult to penalise women offenders. “Hence we have decided to carry out an awareness drive only for women, especially young girls, to educate them about the traffic rules and the penalty payable for violating these,” he said. “These days, young girls are driving vehicles more than they used to in the past. But they are violating traffic rules more often mainly by driving without a helmet, more than one riding pillion and jumping red light. We hope to create awareness among them about traffic rules and we are getting success in our drive,” said Joshi while monitoring traffic at the Chandra Charya intersection. The traffic police is getting a good response to the drive, particularly from parents. It is trying to ensure that parents persuade their children to wear helmets and undergo proper driving training. The SP, City, said the people should cooperate with the police in the implementation of traffic rules as they were meant for their safety. Meena Saini, a student who was found jumping red light and was also not wearing a helmet, got ruffled when stopped by traffic policemen, but later realised her mistake and promised to follow the traffic rules. Dr Kiran Sharma, principal of Shiv Dale Public School, appreciated the drive and said the imposition of penalty should be the last resort. There was a need to convince the youth about following the traffic rules.
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Saints community against LPG quota
Haridwar, September 24 A meeting was held in this regard here today at Bada Akhada Udasin, Rajghat, Kankhal, where the saints rejected the subsidy cap and warned of carrying out agitation if the decision was not rolled back. The meeting was held under the aegis of the Shadh Darshan Sadhu Samaj. “Ashrams are catering to the needs of thousands of devotees, saints and people by offering free food. The government should look into this aspect and provide subsidised LPG to the saint-run ashrams, dharamshalas and akhadas,” said Mahant Darshan. Bada Udasin Akhada Mahant Rajendra Das said they would be raising the issue with all political parties, Food and Civil Supplies Department and gas agencies. The saints wrote to the Haridwar District Magistrate so that he could convey their demand to Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The saints said if no heed was paid to their demand, they would launch an agitation.
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Renovation of Gandhi Park still a dream
Dehradun, September 24 Chamoli said Kids’ Corner would be developed as a full-fledged children’s park on the public private partnership mode. According to the proposal, new fountains and LED lights would be installed and tile work on roads within the park and the surrounding wall would be done A tube-well would also be constructed. A budget of Rs 1.05 crore has been passed at the board meeting for the purpose and sent to the state government for approval. The tenure of the present DMC Board is ending in the next six months. If the state government does not show urgency in approving the proposal, it will remain pending for at least one year. It will take one year for the new board to be constituted and resume normal functioning. Further work on revamping the park will take extra time. Chamoli said since the project had already been cleared by the board, the government merely required to approve it and sanction funds. The park could be renovated before the end of the present tenure of the board. The park is not properly maintained. Grass is growing all over. Trees have not been pruned for a long time and swings in Kid’s Corner are broken. The Mayor managed to save the park by strictly forbidding the holding of public protests in the area. But this place, which is situated close to Rajpur Road, busy Clock Tower, Paltan Bazaar and Chakrata Road, is being neglected. Two medicinal trees were stolen from the park recently.
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NSS founder's day celebrated in schools
Haridwar, September 24 He cited various examples of successful women achievers like Mother Teresa, Florence Nightingale, Pratibha Devi Patil, Sunita Williams, Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal, Arundhati Roy, Rani Laxmi Bai, Suchitra Kriplani, Sarojini Naidu who excelled in different fields despite being a women. NSS students were also invited to express their views on this topic and some points given by Mamta, Aasma and Savitri were lauded by the guests. Later, a plantation drive was carried out on the college premises in which more than 100 NSS volunteers planted saplings. NSS programme officer Satish Kumar Jagta said girl volunteers last year had taken up various social causes, including cleaning of nullah, generating awareness about education in villages, teaching slum children and cleaning of weeds in and around the school premises.
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Doon Valley School triumph
Dehradun, September 24 Harish and Rishab scored two goals each for Doon Valley Public School. Harish struck in the 7th and 47th minutes while Rishab scored in the 19th and 49th minutes of the game. Avtar also scored a goal in the 15th minute. Former Uttarakhand minister Hira Singh Bisht inaugurated the tournament. SGRR, Vasant Vihar, will clash with Sangam Valley School while Kendriya Vidyalaya, FRI, will take on Asian School in tomorrow's matches.
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Two Mussoorie teams lift hockey titles
Mussoorie, September 24 In the senior division, the team from Mussoorie emerged winners and lifted the trophy in the finals here. In the sub-junior division, te Mussoorie city area team defeated the Dehradun City area team by a margin of 5-0 to lift the trophy. Vikas scored two goals in the 5th and 7th minutes while Hardeep scored two goals in 14th and 22th minutes. Sumit Rana sealed the fate for the Dehradun team by scoring the fifth goal in 32nd minutes. In the junior division, the Dehradun city area team defeated Mussoorie by 2-1. In the senior division, the team from Mussoorie defeated Dehradun by 4-0 to lift the trophy. Fazlur Rehman, Anuj Meher and Sahil were the scorers for Mussoorie. In the junior division, the Dehradun city area team defeated Mussoorie by 2-1. In the senior division, the team from Mussoorie defeated Dehradun by 4-0 to lift the trophy. Fazlur Rehman, Anuj Meher and Sahil were the scorers for Mussoorie.
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Shivalik Club beats DMK Club 3-1
Dehradun , September 24 Syed Noor scored a goal for the DMK Club in the 25th minute to make the score 2-1. However, Naveen scored the third goal for the Shivalik Club in the 27th minute to make the score 3-1. In the second match, the Nehru Gram Football Club and the Rising Star Football Club scored one goal each. Sushant scored the first goal of the match in the 27th minute for the the Rising Star club while Gagan of the Nehru Gram team scored the equaliser in the 42nd minute.
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Uttarakhand Police thrash Yankees Club
Dehradun, September 24 The second match between Wills Youth Club and Doon Eagles ended in a 1-1 draw. It was Akash of Doon Eagles who scored the first goal in the 10th minute. Wills Youth Club tried hard for an equaliser and they finally got it through a goal by Deepak in the 45th minute of the game.
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