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DMC proposal on increasing ambit returned
Divali shoppers have a cool time, courtesy police
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Ballet 'Kavita mey Krishna' from today
CM’s greetings on Bhaiyya Duj
PFA writes to DGP against holding dog shows
SSP Khurana assigns traffic beats to cops
Tiwari pays tributes to Nehru at jail
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DMC proposal on increasing ambit returned
Dehradun, November 14 Meanwhile, as the matter remains pending in the view of the third DMC Board election, which is due in March-April next year, the opposition of people of some of the villages, which are going to be assimilated in the ambit of the MC, has become intensified. Leader of the opposition, DMC, Ashok Verma, is in favour of hearing out and satiating the concerns of the villagers before sending the final proposal to the state government. It is to be noted that with the new proposal, the boundary of the DMC will expand further in different directions, such as from Saharanpur Road till Asharodi, from Khuthal Gate till Kolukhet, Kuanwala till Gularghati, Shimla Bypass till Mehuwala, and on Saharanpur Road, it will expand till IAS Colony. In the entire gambit of expansion, people of many villages, including Mohkampur, Majrimafi, Nathuwala, Nakroda, Kunwala, Batunwala, Harrawala, Miyawala and Balawala, which will come under the domain of the DMC, are opposing the absorption. Mool Chand, president of the Gram Pradhan Association, said: " The villagers who are not paying water tax, sewerage tax and house tax will have to pay all these taxes after getting assimilated with DMC. Not only this, facilities such as birth certificates or ration cards, which they had been getting easily at the village level, will become cumbersome to obtain." District panchayat member Subhash Bhatt complained that the villagers had agriculture land on which the state government exercised control. But once it came under the domain of the DMC, this land would become susceptible to frequent sale and purchase. Ashok Verma did not find anything wrong with the land issue, saying the land prices would increase in the these villages which would pay rich dividends to the dwellers.
He, however, indicated towards the leaders who are fanning this opposition, saying that the leaders were blowing it all up to maintain their leadership and the power and perks which came along
with that. Mayor Vinod Chamoli strongly advocated expansion of the periphery of the DMC, saying: " New semi-urban colonies have mushroomed on all sides of the periphery of Dehradun. Hence, they must be included in the MC territory so that these residential areas also get the benefit of development schemes of the Centre under the JNNURM and ADB programmes. People there will then get basic facilities such as good roads, electricity, water lines and sewerage pipes and house-maps clearance. People must understand this simple logic and should not resort to protest over it." The peripheral towns include Banjarawala, Nakroda, Raipur, Johri, Makkawala, Nwada, Badripur, Jogiwala, Nathanpur, Miyawala, Mothorowala and Kunalgail. Chamoli said in the last MC election, the strength of wards was increased from 45 to 60 on the basis of estimation of population as the figures of census were not available by then. But today with the census details available, the accurate division of each ward as per 10,000 residents will be possible.
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Divali shoppers have a cool time, courtesy police
Dehradun, November 14 People, too, decorated their homes with vibrant rangoli and lighting of various kinds, electric as well as traditional, in the form of shapely diyas and scented candles. All sorts of crackers were burst till midnight. The Fire Service Department remained alert to attend the emergency calls. Minor seven to eight fire incidents were reported
in the city. According to Chief Fire Officer CS Jeena, the fire incidents were controlled in time by fire engines, which were stationed at various
locations in the city, and did not claim any life or damage to property. Given to anti-encroachment drive stirred by the city police, the customers could do shopping comfortably in the bazaars and had enough space to walk.
People were seen picking the sugary idols and kheel, New Year calendars, depicting the beautiful pictures of Hindu gods and goddesses, earthen colourful idols statues, earthen diyas and small pots, besides shopping for clothes and other stuff. Despite soaring prices, jewellery shops, guarded by alert policemen for the festival, were visited by a large number of customers. Most of the people performed traditional puja at auspicious time as suggested between 5.30 and 7.30 pm on Tuesday. People also exchanged sweets and greetings with their friends
and relatives.
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Cows fed on Goverdhan Puja
Dehradun, November 14 After the offering of prayers, sweets are raised in the form of a mountain before the deity to take prasad from it. Cows were fed as part of the Goverdhan Puja celebrations at Gauridya Mutt on DL Road here. People also celebrated Goverdhan Puja and Annapurna Diwas in Haridwar. Women made the deity of Goverdhan with cow dung while 56 types of sweets were offered to Goddess Annapurna.
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PFA writes to DGP against holding dog shows
Dehradun, November 14 "It is a legal requirement for any dog show organiser to obtain a certificate of registration by the Animal Welfare Board of India and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests before holding the event. However, such certificate is never obtained by them in Dehradun," said Maulekhi. Maulekhi said even fee was charged for the participation of each animal by the organiser of dog shows. She said the onus of ensuring that all participants were duly registered lied with the organiser, since it was a commercial activity. "However, this is seldom ensured and its infringement is covered under various sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. Even the Uttarakhand Animal Welfare Board knows about it," she said. In another letter to Surveyor General of India Swarna Subba Rao, Maulekhi asked him not to allow dog show organisers to use their survey stadium and grounds at Hathibarkala. Referring to previous dog shows, she said dogs with cropped ears and docked tails had been exhibited in such shows which was an offence under Section 11 (l) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Act, 1960. "Dog shows only encourage forced breeding of more and more dogs in a country like ours, where we are already struggling with the menace of stray dogs. The illegal breeders force back- to-back pregnancies on pedigreed bitches and keep them confined in horrid conditions as has been revealed by the PFA raids in Dehradun in the past as well. And most importantly, considering the economics of the business, the unsold puppies are slaughtered by illegal breeders regularly," Maulekhi said.
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St George's College comes up with unique archive museum
Mussoorie, November 14 The museum, a brainchild of the head of the Department of Social Studies, SK Dhawan, has a collection which includes pieces of European workmanship, grand pianos, a German music player, an old refrigerator, laminated old photographs ( Approx-250), articles of landmark events, butterflies and beetles, 1900-1922 trophies, old typewriters, gramophone-cum-radio, science equipment of British period, music books as early as early 1900, old crockery, old clocks, rare historical documents of Mussoorie, old trophies, medals etc. The museum, inaugurated recently, has become talk of the town and has brought visitors from far and wide to the school. The Alumni Association has also commended the efforts gone into restoring the museum with rare artifacts and documents that include rare pictures of the students of yesteryear. Principal of the school Brother Christopher said that the unique aspect of the whole collection was that all articles kept in the museum had been collected from within the school campus and now were an integral part of school history. He further said that the objective of creating such a museum was to help the students and visiting former students to get attached with the glorious past of the school. Brother Christopher also revealed that with the help of artifacts and documents donated by former students, the expansion of the museum was on the anvil.
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SSP Khurana assigns traffic beats to cops
Dehradun, November 14 Besides the regular direction of ensuring strict compliance with traffic rules and regulations, Khurana instructed the officials to take legal action against those found indulging in overloading, overspeeding and drunken driving. He said those who did not keep the rear lights of their vehicles on should be penalised as such vehicles lead to accidents on the roads. Taking note of the chaos and congestion of traffic on roads at the time of opening and closing time of schools, he directed the officials to challan the offenders who were seen parking their vehicles outside the schools. Besides direction related to traffic, Khurana also told the circle officers to complete the investigation of all the pending matters and inform him about the update. He asked them to carry out a verification drive of hotels/dhabhas running in the state. Meanwhile, Taking cognizance of increasing crime against senior citizens, SSP Kewal Khurana today constituted a senior citizens' desk at the SSP's office, which will be manned by one Sub-Inspector and four constables. Khurana gave directions to all police station officers to prepare a list and the related details of all senior citizens residing under their areas and provide him the list after three days. He directed them to provide senior citizens contact numbers of police stations, the SSP and Cheeta police. He instructed them to contact the senior citizens and enquire about their grievances and redress them. He warned, saying that those found negligent in addressing the issues of senior citizens would
be punished. SSP Khurana today rewarded constable Praveen Kumar and policemen in-charge of Karnanpur, Dhara Chowki and Luxman Chowk police beats for better traffic management. He transferred Senior Station Inspectors within the city, which included Vikram Gusain, shifted from Nehru Colony to Patel Nagar, Bachan Singh from Kotwali to Vikasnagar, Navin Semwal from Patel Nagar to Vikasnagar, Kailash Bhatt promoted as in-charge, Kotwali, Ranjit Khareda as Sub-Inspector, Cantt, and Mani Bhushan from Nehru Colony to police post in-charge.
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Tiwari pays tributes to Nehru at jail
Dehradun, November 14 Nehru was imprisoned in Dehradun on a number of occasions between 1932 and 1941 during the freedom struggle. The cell in which he was imprisoned is now called Nehru Ward and is a centre of tourist attraction. Meanwhile, the Ankit Social Welfare Society, an NGO, distributed schoolbags among rag-pickers on the occasion of Children’s Day on its premises at Karanpur here today. Chief General Manager of the society Anil Joshi, councillor Vinay Kohil, chairperson Anu Dooseja were also present. Dooseja advised children to come to the premises of the organisation everyday
to study. — TNS
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