|
|
|
|
|
Ahead of R-Day, ‘Clean Doon’ campaign begins
SDM discusses R-Day plans in Mussoorie
|
|
|
38 per cent women found anaemic in Doon Hospital
Long Live Pindar Ganga day observed
Buses to have reserved seat for women
6 students sent to jail for assaulting BSP council member
3-day carrom tourney begins in Mussoorie
Defence staff meet over proposed strike in February
CM gives Rs 5 lakh to rape victim’s family
|
|||||||
|
Ahead of R-Day, ‘Clean Doon’ campaign begins
Dehradun January 21 The drive was conducted with the assistance of sanitation workers of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) and 2700 volunteers of the National Service Scheme (NSS) and Civil Defence under the guidance of four zonal administrative officers. The officials and employees of the Information Department and the Education Department, including the principles and teaching faculty of various schools, also contributed to the drive. The volunteers were provided white and black cloth bags by the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority while the vehicles used to carry these bags to Parade Ground were provided by the DMC. Around 958 white bags full of polythene collected from the city were later piled up at Parade Ground from where these would be sent for recycling while 708 black bags filled with garbage were sent to trenching grounds. NSS volunteers and children of various schools held rallies in their respective wards. Pamphlets were also distributed among public to disseminate information regarding harmful effects of polythene. The drive began from ward number 60, Kolagarh. District Magistrate BVRC Purushottam present at Kolagarh during the drive urged schoolchildren and NSS volunteers of Hariawala to set an example by clearing their area of polythene bags. He also seized polythene bags from the vegetable sellers of the locality and inspected ration shops as well. The DM also visited Rajender Nagar, Kishan Nagar, Bindal, Connaught Place and Rajpur Road. The city was divided into four zones with each zone covering 15 wards under the campaign. Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Jharna Kamthan, Archana Geharwar, Joint Magistrate Ranjana Verma and City Magistrate Harak Singh Rawat were entrusted the responsibility of each zone. The DM later said the shopkeepers would be made to put up garbage container after a gap of every five shops. The garbage from these containers would be collected by the DMC. He also directed to place dustbins on vacant land or on road sides in the residential localities. He said the owners of the vacant land would also be made to erect surrounding wall around their plots to prevent the misuse of such land as dumping ground for garbage by the neighbours. Archana Geharwar said the drive undertaken in view of Republic Day would be carried out next month as well. She said the public gave all support to the drive. Mayor Vinod Chamoli said the Chief Minister, who announced the prohibition of use of polythene bags, must enforce it strictly by framing a law over it. He said the state government must learn from the Himachal Pradesh government which had been successful in banning polythene bags in their state. He rued that such drives undertaken by the DMC in the past proved unsuccessful due to uncooperative attitude of the state government. He, however, assured full cooperation to the district administration to carry such
drives in future.
|
|
SDM discusses R-Day plans in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, January 21 The SDM also directed the police to prepare a special traffic plan and beef up the security at various important government and non-government
installations. Considering the vacation of the schools in Mussoorie, it was decided at the meeting that the MC members would arrange a Prabhat Pheri on
Republic Day. The flag hoisting will be done around 11 am at Landour Chowk. The students from Sanatan Dharam Inter-College will present patriotic songs and folk dance. In addition to that, prayer sessions by holy men of all major religions will be held on Republic Day. The NGO Sadhbhavna, Musosorie, will honour Sardar Mahendra Singh for his exemplary service
in the social field. The SDM also stressed on the need to avoid use of flags made by plastics and an awareness campaign to stop the use of tobacco will also be carried out on Republic Day. The council president OP Uniyal extended his wholehearted support to make the national event a
grand success. MC Executive Officer PS Rawat, Police station in charge BS Rawat, BP Kukreti, Javed Khan and others were present on
the occasion.
|
|
38 per cent women found anaemic in Doon Hospital
Dehradun, January 21 Similarly, newborn screening carried under the same project found 19 newborn out of a total of 1,405 with birth defects. Out of the 2,026 screened for anaemia and thalassaemia, 670 (33.1 percent) had mild anaemia, 87 moderate (4.3 per cent) and 38 per cent were completely anaemic. Similarly, a total of three thalassaemic cases were detected during the screening. During the physical examination of 1,405 newborn, five babies were found to have congenital heart diseases, four with hypothyroidism and six with confirmed congenital deficiency. The ABDP project is supported by the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and is under way at Doon Hospital. “Young girls were not aware about consuming a nutritious diet and were even ignorant about eating iron reach diet,” said Dr Kiran Bisht, in charge of
the project. As anaemia is one of the reasons responsible for birth defects, the project envisaged the screening of young girls, so that corrective measures could be adopted and young girls encouraged to improve their diet when still in their adolescent years. The focus of the programmes is also on newborn screening of children born at District Women Hospital to save newborn babies from neonatal disorders. The screening tests are being done free of cost. The blood samples are collected from the baby within 24 hours of delivery. The blood is allowed to dry on a piece of absorbent paper and then sent to a laboratory
for testing, "Metabolic and such other genetic disorders impair an infant's normal physical and mental development. Most of these disorders are not apparent at birth. By the time the symptoms appear, the problem would have become almost irreversible. Through this programme, we can detect these disorders and can provide early treatment,” said Dr Bisht. The newborn screening was carried for six birth disorders. The tests are expected to get more refined once Doon Hospital procures the bio radical variant machine on lease basis from a private company - National Scientific Promoters. The Hospital will only have to pay for
the CMC.
|
|
Long Live Pindar Ganga day observed
Dehradun, January 21 The inhabitants took holy water from the Pindar Ganga at Panchprayag and staged a rally in Dewal Market. According to Vimal Bhai of the Matu Jansanghatan, January 20 this year has been observed as “Long Live Pindar Ganga” day as it was on this day last year that a false public hearing was conducted by the dam construction company. After the rally, at a public meeting held on the occasion Dinesh Mishra pledged to continue with the agitation and oppose tooth and nail any move to obstruct the flow of the Pindar. “The Pindar river is our life and culture and disturbance to its flow will be opposed”, Mishra asserted. Mahipal Singh Kathait, Shobhan Singh Khatri and Jasoda Devi also addressed the gathering. The agitation against the proposed Devsari hydroelectric project in the Pinder-Ganga Valley had been going on for quite some time. The Pinder Ganga is the only free-flowing tributary of the Ganga river.
|
|
Buses to have reserved seat for women
Dehradun January 21 Khurana has also launched "Ladies Special" shared auto, Vikram service, on three routes Rajpur, Dharampur and Rispana in the city. Six Vikram will operate on each of these routes daily where only women commuters will be permitted to sit. A lady constable will also present in each of these Vikrams to ensure compliance of the regulation and safety for women. Vikrams are always over-packed with commuters where women often face harassment from male commuters. The special service of six Vikrams on each of these routes in the Vikrams will definitely give relief to the women commuters, though reservation of only one seat in the buses is definitely too less in that respect. Unlike metro cities like Delhi where atleast six to eight seats are reserved for women in the local transports, mere one seat in buses in the city will not serve much purpose. However, SSP indicated that it was merely beginning in the right direction. It gives hope that things will improve further with passage of time.
|
|
|
Preparations for Basantotsav begin at Raj Bhavan
Dehradun, January 21 Basantotsav is organised every year at Raj Bhavan by the Horticulture and Food Processing Department and features painting competitions, music and dance events, flower exhibition and several other activities. The meeting held today discussed the ways and means of making the event more meaningful and beautiful and promoting new techniques of floriculture. A handicraft expo based on flowers and a food court will also be part of the festival. Like previous years, several categories will be offered under which people can make their entries of flowers in the festival. Stalls by various departments and organisations will also be put up. The Principal Secretary discussed all aspects with the officials concerned. Special invitees to Basantotsav will be poor, underprivileged, mentally and physically challenged children who will participate in a painting contest. The luscious mountain berry 'Kafal' will be the theme of this year's festival. Environment-friendly items will be promoted and the use of plastic discouraged Also an awareness drive to check female foeticide will be part of the event. The need to create a safe society for women will be stressed. Asok Pai said for the First Day Cover of the event, a flower should be chosen which could be commercially cultivated in
the region.
|
|
|
6 students sent to jail for assaulting BSP council member
Mussoorie, January 21 The police has also seized Bolero on which the students were travelling. It has also found that the vehicle belonged to the city Congress committee district vice-president, Haridwar, indicating that some students in the vehicle might be related to him. However, the incident has raised several serious questions of the safety of women on the Mussoorie-Dhanaulti road which has seen influx of tourists due to the heavy snowfall in the adjoining area. Some residents are of the view that most of the vehicles are not able to inch forward towards Dhanaulti from Buraskhanda due to the presence of heavy snow forcing tourists to leave their vehicles and tread on foot thus risking unruly behaviour from the miscreants due to inadequate security arrangements here. The residents rued the fact that due to the absence of proper police piquets at Buraskhanda, the miscreants have a field day
resulting in giving rise to such incidents which on many occasions go unreported. Upendar Singh, a shopkeeper from the area, said the part below the road at Buraskhanda falls under the purview of the revenue police under Dhanaulti division while the area above the road is under the Mussoorie police leading to the confusion on who should man the area. Police station BS Rawat, police station in charge, Mussoorie, said he had directed his subordinates deployed at various piquets to remain alert to such incidents and act speedily.
|
|
|
3-day carrom tourney begins in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, January 21 In the first match of the individual category, Ravi defeated Neeraj by a margin of 29-0. In the second match, Dharmpal Panwar defeated Shailendar Bhatnagar by a margin of 28-0. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated Municipal Council president OP Uniyal by lighting a ceremonial lamp. Addressing a gathering, Uniyal said carrom may look easy but it required a great deal of precision and skill and actually took years to master the game. He commended the efforts of the organisers for their efforts in bringing players from the town under one roof and extended his best wishes to the players. All matches will be played on a league basis and winning teams and individuals will be awarded cash prize at the conclusion of the
tournament. The president of the committee Narendar Kumar, Sunil Panwar, Samuel Chandra, Arvind Sonkar, Parwinder Rawat, Javed Khan, Harbhajan Thakral, Pushpa Padyar, Vijay Ramola, Surendar Rana, Sandeep Agarwal, Asif Salmani, Manuj Agarwal, Gajendar Negi, Ramesh Jaiswal and others were present on
the occasion.
|
|
Defence staff meet over proposed strike in February
Dehradun, January 21 Puran Singh, coordinator of the Defence Employees Coordination Committee, who chaired the meeting, said the strike would be to press for the 46-point charter of demands of the employees, including stoppage of privatisation of defence production, rising inflation, rollback of the new pension policy, stoppage of foreign direct investment. A meeting of the Uttarakhand Rajya Sanyukt Trade Unions Coordination Committee was also held in which several trade unions participated and extended their support for the proposed strike by defence employees, according to Jagdish Chander Chimmwal, coordinator of the committee.
|
|
CM gives Rs 5 lakh to rape victim’s family
Dehradun, January 21 It may be noted that the Chief Minister had announced Rs 5 lakh for the treatment of the victim on December 18, 2012. As the family of the victim was at their home in Uttar Pradesh, the money could not be immediately handed over to them that time.
|
|
| HOME PAGE | |
Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir |
Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs |
Nation | Opinions | | Business | Sports | World | Letters | Chandigarh | Ludhiana | Delhi | | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | E-mail | |
