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Chamoli tells govt not to allow new slums in Dehradun
Devotees throng Ganga ghats on Chhath
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SSP Khurana conducts surprise checks in police stations
Plying of horses on Mall Road banned
for horse owners.
Arya, Dhasmana
remember Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary
Indira was fond of visiting Haridwar
St Joseph's Academy win cricket tourney
The St Joseph’s Academy team that won the Senior Council Schools Cricket Tournament in Dehradun on Monday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
Friends Club victorious
Tennis tournament begins
A player in action during a match in the All-India Talent Series Tennis Tournament in Dehradun on Monday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
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Chamoli tells govt not to allow new slums in Dehradun
Dehradun November 19 Mayor Vinod Chamoli said the state government must ensure that no new slum colonies further developed in the city after the existing ones were legalised. He said those slum dwellers who had the capacity to pay must be made to pay the instalments of the total cost of the land or the house as decided under the scheme. He also emphasised that the state government should also not ignore another proposal which he had sent to the previous state government regarding development of infrastructure and beautification around Bindal and Rispana rivers in the city on the lines of Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. He said the state government must take into account the catchment areas of Rispana and Bindal rivers as the rivers tend to swell in the rainy season. Hence, the state government must determine a fixed width of the rivers beyond which the slum dwellers could be granted ownership rights, if the state government decided so.
He said the dwellers must be allotted at the maximum 800 sq feet plot or 300 sq feet built-up house on nominal rates. The extra land should
be utilised either to construct infrastructure for the residents or sold out on circle rate. He signalled towards a section of influential or political strata which has occupied a large chunk of land on the banks of rivers such as in Jawahar Colony I and II, saying that the occupants must be made to pay the circle rate. Besides this, he said, those parts of the slum colonies which were situated far from the rivers at secure places and were
benefiting from amenities such as connecting roads, lights and water supply
could be de-notified. Chamoli said that among 102 slum colonies which were notified in 1999,
and 27 other colonies identified in 2008, many were those such as Khala Basti and Deep Nagar where land
'pattas' were distributed by the gram panchayat but the Revenue Department did not update the information in their record, and the land was registered in the name of the DMC only. He said there were other such slum colonies where 'pattas' were distributed before the formation of the DMC and the record regarding them was not available anywhere. The district administration and the High
Court had rendered them illegal. He said the state government must carefully tread on this issue, as the matter
was sub-judice. He also mentioned some unorganised slum colonies which had come up on the land which came partially under the DMC and revenue land, and demanded their
segregation under the final plan.
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Devotees throng Ganga ghats on Chhath
Haridwar, November 19 Chhath puja is celebrated in the month of Karthik according to the Hindu calendar. The rituals continue for four days. Apart from Braham Kund, Har-ki-Pauri, women devotees thronged Malviya Deep, Birla ghat, Alaknanda ghat, Kushawrat ghat, Gobind ghat, Lal Tarao bridge and Prem Nagar ashram to offer ‘argh’ to the sun. Folk songs can also be heard in morning and evening hours at Ganga ghats.
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SSP Khurana conducts surprise checks in police stations
Dehradun, November 19 It also shows that if they themselves know so little about the bare essentials, what will they be teaching to their juniors in the police stations. The effects of ignorance can be felt deeper. He further added: " On the wireless set, the entire district police will be able to listen to the conversation. Hence, the SHOs or Cos will remain vigilant about their work and will be careful not to be negligent. This will make them pull up their socks." Meanwhile, Khurana also visited various police stations and posts in plain clothes in his personal car at 12 at night and 7 in the morning and went on rewarding and punishing police personel. He attached Dhara police post in-charge Rishiram Raturi with the police lines and appointed Sub Inspector, police lines, MS Rawat, on Raturi's position. Nobody in the police station could recognise the SSP, who remained there for 20 minutes during checking. As a visitor, no one enquired about his presence and they went on doing their work. Later, he reprimanded Raturi, saying that anybody could come and even steal important documents as no one in the police post was bothered about the visitors. Traffic personnel at Dila Ram Crossing, constable Vir Singh and Subhash Kumar, were praised. Head constable Vinod and Rukmani Pandey at Trimurti Crossing were rewarded Rs 200 each and Karanpur police post in-charge was also given a pat for good work .
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Plying of horses on Mall Road banned
Mussoorie, November 19 “With this new arrangement, Mall Road will remain clean and sanitary workers, who would remain on their toes the entire day cleaning the excreta of horses, will be less burdened," said Uniyal. Uniyal further said the MC, under its resettlement policy, had completed the work of building 22 shops for horse owners on Camel Back Road and Picture Palace. After they were handed over the possession of the shops, the ban on plying horses on Mall Road would be imposed strictly. Uniyal said the MC was also mulling rehabilitating street vendors and rickshaw pullers in the town. He also thanked labour unions for their support. Meanwhile, residents have welcomed the move.
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Arya, Dhasmana
remember Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary
Dehradun, November 19 Referring to Indira as ‘iron lady’, Arya said the creation of Bangladesh and the nationalisation of banks were among the key decisions she took as Prime
Minister. Vice-president of the Uttarakhand Congress Suryakant Dhasmana, former Congress minister Hira Singh Bisht, Rajpur Road MLA Rajkumar, Shoorveer Singh Sajwan, Sarojni Kainthura and Surendra Arya were among other prominent leaders who offered tributes on the occasion. Mussoorie: Congress workers from Mussoorie assembled at Congress Bhavan near Shaheed Sthal and paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister of the nation Indira Gandhi on her 95th birth anniversary today. Former Mussoorie MLA Jot Singh Gunsola, Mussoorie local Congress unit president Bhagwan Singh Dhanai, vice-president BP Kukreti, secretary Javed Khan and state Congress secretary Manmohan Singh Mall remembered the former Prime Minister, also known as Iron Lady, offered floral tributes to her portrait on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Mall highlighted the personality of Indira Gandhi as a Prime Minister and the national party chief. He said she was instrumental in bifurcation of East Pakistan from Pakistan in 1971 and led India to victory and carving out a new country, Bangladesh. In addition to this, she also made her presence felt at the international events that led to shaping up of not only her political career but of India as well. Gunsola, while addressing the workers said, Indira had a close relationship with the town and played an important role in banning limestone quarrying in and around Mussoorie in the 1980s. He said that Indira was emotionally attached to the town. “Alarmed at the severe eco-degradation taking place in the Shivaliks, she formed an eco-task force to green the area in 1982. The unit successfully achieved results in afforestation and soil conservation in Mussoorie Micro Catchment Development Area and is involved in the task till today," added Gunsola.
Indira was fond of visiting Haridwar
Haridwar, November 19 In 1971 Indira came to Haridwar to attend the convocation of Gurukul Kangri University. She was impressed with the Vedic education being imparted in the university. She even termed it as one of the finest educational institutions of the country. Indira liked the museum and the library of the university and called them the best among all universities. Vice-Chancellor Prof Swatantra Kumar told The Tribune that Indira was quite impressed with the working of the university. She had even conveyed to the then Vice-Chancellor, Raghuvir Singh Shastri, that the museum and the library of the university were unique in the country, which was a reflection on the excellent working of the Gurukul, said Swatantra. Indira also had attachment to the Anandmayi Ashram at Kankhal where she always visited while touring Uttarakhand. Mahesh Panjwani, son of Ram Panjwani, the then manager of the Anandmayi Ashram, recalled Indira’s visit and said she had interactions with spiritual gurus about the philosophy of life and karma.
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St Joseph's Academy win cricket tourney
Dehradun, November 19 For SJA, Tushar and Apoorva contributed 41 runs and 25 runs, respectively. GNA’s Partyush took 2 wickets in his 4-over spell. Chasing the target, GNA scored 110 runs losing all its wickets in process thereby ensuring 31-run win for SJA. For GNA, Pratyush scored 34 runs while Himanshu and Ashish scored 22 runs each.
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Friends Club victorious
Dehradun, November 19 In the first semifinal, Brothers Club beat Himalayan Club, Jolly Grant, 25-18,26-24, whereas in the second semifinal, Friends Club beat Missarwala, Doiwala, 25-23, 28-26. In all, 21 teams participated in the championship that was held in league-cum-knockout basis. The prize medal and certificate was distributed by the chief guest on the occasion, president of the Uttarakhand Volleyball Association Avadhesh Kumar Choudhry. Himanshu and Arvind Joshi got the best player awards of the championship.
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Tennis tournament begins
Dehradun, November 19
Akhil (Delhi) beat Ritwick Kothiyal (Uttarakhand) 9-2; Manik Dabar (Uttarakhand) beat Raghav Negi (Uttarakhand) 9-0; Dron Walia (Uttarakhand) beat Shivank Bhatnagar (Delhi) 9-7; Mohit Saravat (Delhi) beat Dhruv Sabbharwal (Uttarakhand) 9-3; Aditya Pratal Singh (Uttarakhand) beat Sahaj Singh Juneja (Punjab) 9-0 and Kunal Goyal (Uttarakhand) beat Harmoht Singh (Delhi). Further, Eklavya Singh (Jharkhand) beat Raghav Negi (Uttarakhand) 9-0. Prakhar Pal (Uttarakhand) beat Avivar Naithani (Uttarakhand) 9-8 and Kartikay Sharma (Delhi) beat Kashish Kalra (Delhi). Earlier, Pradeep Wali, Secretary, Uttarakhand Tennis Association, inaugurated the tournament, which will conclude on November 19.
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The festival of Chhath is being celebrated in Haridwar these days.
In Hindu panchag calendar, during the Karthik theChhath festive is organised in which devotees offer rituals for four days.
Mussoorie, November 19
The Uttarakhand Congress today observed the birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Congress president Yashpal Arya offered floral tributes to a portrait of Indira at a function held at the Congress headquarters in Dehradun. In his brief address, Arya recalled Indira’s contribution to the betterment of
the country.
Dehradun, November 19
Dehradun, November 19
