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Jim Corbett National Park
Haridwar Mayor for clean, green
colonies
New Mayor wants Roorkee to be model city
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Online registration of food
licences
begins today
Actor, director, author and IPS
officer — all rolled into one
ABVP meets Guv over fee hike
Increase in power tariffs condemned
Residents oppose high tension wire
Hilton School and Asian School enter basketball final
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Tourists flouting rules
and regulations Jotirmay Thapliyal Tribune News Service
Dehradun, May 7 A survey by the People for Animals, Uttarakhand chapter, to assess the tourist wildlife scenario at the Corbett park, has revealed open flouting of rules and regulations by tourists there. Gauri Maulekhi, member secretary, People for Animals, Uttarakhand, said a large number of private vehicles were being allowed to enter the park and that too without an entry in the register available at the gate. “As per the prescribed limits, only 30 vehicles can enter the Bijrani zone, 25 in the Jhirna zone, 11 in the Durga Devi area and 30 vehicles in the Dhangarhi area. But the vehicles entering the park are much higher in number than the prescribed limits,” she said. In a strong-worded letter to the Director, Jim Corbett tiger reserve, Ramnagar, Ranjan Mishra, Maulekhi expressed concern at a large number of tourists entering the park in vehicles, creating commotion at the sight of wild animals and, thereby, affecting the peaceful movement of the animals. She said the vehicles were often caught in a jam. While it is mandatory for every vehicle to be accompanied by a nature guide, tourists rarely hired guides and were never checked for such transgressions. “There can be no possible excuse even for ‘VIP’ vehicles to enter the CTR without a registered nature guide,” she added. She said the CTR authorities had failed miserably to maintain the rule of law at the park. The tourists ventured out of their vehicles without hesitation even in the core zone and disturbed the wildlife. “They are seen throwing polythene bags, empty bottles and cigarette butts in the core zone. They are never penalised or checked and such incidents always go unreported,” she said. Since they are not accompanied by nature guides, tourists often underestimate the danger they put themselves and the wildlife at. On the other hand, Mishra said rules were being followed while allowing tourists in the Corbett park. He added private vehicles were allowed only when they carried the aged and children. He, however, admitted that there was no way to avoid entertaining VIPs.
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Haridwar Mayor for clean, green
colonies
Haridwar, May 7 Garg presided over his maiden meeting with MC officials at his Mayapur office here today. He said the people had reposed faith in him to see development and change in the city. “I am committed to fulfilling their expectations,” he added. The Mayor said the city required a regular cleanliness drive and colonies, joggers’ tracks and sidetracks on the Ganga canal also needed to be maintained properly. Garg said he visited a number of wards recently and found that a majority of the people wanted cleanliness, sanitation and greenery in their colonies. He directed Chief Administrative Officer Jeevan Singh Nangiyal to deploy sanitation workers in all colonies and monitor their work regularly. He added that the people did not want promises and assurances but groundwork, which was missing during the tenure of the pervious civic body. Garg also gave directions that Ganga ghats in the periphery of the city should also be cleaned and renovated regularly so that pilgrims, tourists and local people did not face problems while taking a holy dip there. The Mayor hinted that various committees would be constituted soon. These would comprise saints, social activists, ward representatives and local residents.
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New Mayor wants Roorkee to be model city
Haridwar, May 7 In a chat with TNS
Yashpal Rana put forth his vision and development plans for Roorkee
city, which is regarded as education city. The Roorkee Mayor is
focusing initially on the newly developed areas of the city where due
to haphazard development and due to lack of planning, civic facilities
are not in par with the old city area. ''These new residential
habitats have a major chunk of residents who are deprived of proper
civic amenities and a planned development map needs to be initiated
soon. Otherwise it will only aggravate the problems,'' said Rana who
claimed mayoral victory against odds by defeating both BJP and
Congress candidates. Attributing his success to confidence of people
hailing from all segments of society and religion, Yashpal Rana
pointed that this was the reason that he won, irrespective of being an
Independent candidate. He said that both Congress and BJP resorted to
all wrong means, tried to lure voters by money, alcohol, false
assurances but eventually voters reposed faith in his commitment,
integrity, honesty and past works. On illegal possession of
properties of Municipal Corporation, the Mayor said that he will make
sure that not a single property of civic body remains illegally
occupied. ''Illegal occupants will be shown the door, holding on to
civic body's properties or land. Be they from any political party,
background or even departmental officials, no one will be spared. The
corporation has limited resources and if such a trend carries on, then
how will we be able to change the working of the civic body and
structure?'' said Yashpal, who defeated BJP's Mahendra Arora in the
just held civic elections by 110 votes. Yashpal Rana had got 15,763
votes, while Mahendra Arora got 15,653 votes and Congress nominee Ram
Aggarwal, who had the backing of Roorkee legislator Pradeep Batra,
finished third with 9,740 votes only. Rana has also a unique idea for
his tenure, regarding cleaning of nullahs in the colonies. For this he
wants to form nagrik safai samitis that will monitor cleaning of the
nullahs in the respective wards. ''Making the city as model city is
our vision. We want to restore back the lost glory of Roorkee as ideal
city, which is home to educational and Central Government institutes
and Army cantonment,''added Rana. Notably, Roorkee municipality also
came into existence in 1868 when Haridwar civic body was formed.
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Online registration of food
licences
begins today
Dehradun, May 7 According to the department officials, the food companies
would now be able to upload forms, submit them and also track the
status of their forms without having to make trips to the office of
FSSA. Further, the online process that would be first started in
Dehradun district would also allow greater transparency, help the
department set up a data base that would make inspections easy. The
department hopes to cover the entire state by the end of this year.
So far, in the country only states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and
Uttar Pradesh have starting the online process of registration of
licences. The National Institute for Smart Government (NISG) has
prepared the centralised software. Upload, submit forms online Department officials say the food companies would now be able to upload forms, submit them and also track the status of their forms without having to make trips to the office of FSSA.
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Actor, director, author and IPS
officer — all rolled into one
Dehradun May 7
Despite his hectic schedule as Additional Inspector General, he has maintained his hobbies of writing articles and directing and acting in plays. He came up with his first book, compilation of 18 short stories titled as ''Aur Ladki Jeet Gayi,'' which was released by Governor Aziz Qureshi yesterday in a gala function attended by all the top police officials of the state. While talking to The Tribune about his book, he said:''The stories have been woven around real life incidents. The names of the characters have been changed to shield the identities of real persons connected. Few inputs have been added to enrich the flavour. At the end, a paragraph is attached as the writer's take on the message embedded in the story.'' He gave reference to some stories from the book. For instance, the one ''Mishraine ka Jeth'' where a family member of a dead person embraces the latter just to steal the thread attached with a key of coffer around the neck of the body. People thought the embrace as manifestation of his love for the departed soul but it was actually the crass deterioration of human relations and affection in the face of pure greed. The title story is based on the struggle of ''Brave Heart,'' a girl gang-raped in a moving Delhi bus in December last year. It describes the poignancy of her ordeal and grit and emphasises on the need of proper rehabilitation of such victims. Shukla said the power in women is intrinsic which must be understood deeply. Shukla, who also served as Indian Forest Officer, but before that, he began earning his living as an auto-driver for 14 months at night in-order to arrange for fund for his PHD in plant pathology. He mentioned it at the back jacket of his book. Coming from a family of toppers, he took to this humble mode for a brief period, when his father retired from his service. His keen observation of the deprived ones instilled sensitivity in him for them, which was perceptible in his story ''Shaeni Ki Amma.'' He said:'' I see a woman sitting near a very small hut made up of polythene and trash and little opening to crawl inside on Rajpur road. The lady is not leaving the space as she is waiting for her daughter, who went missing long ago in childhood, to return. That one streak of hope is making her withstand all the tribulations.'' He said he was so much moved by the pathos associated with her life that he had planned a full novel, hoping it to be titled as ''Shaeni Ki Vapsi'' by then. A novel on the subject of childhood is on the way. He said his childhood was an important juncture. ''A person is shaped up in the childhood. To undo any of the attributions, he has to make painful efforts.'' Shukla is also toying with the idea of converting his stories into screenplay for theatrical adaptation. His play'' Kishanpur Ke Sholay,''a spoof on superhit ''Sholay'' film where several IPS officers of the state, including the then DGP acted, was a thorough hit in the department.
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Jimmy in Doon to promote ''Rangeelay''
Dehradun, May 7 Directed by Navaniat Singh and presented by Eros International and Jimmy
Shergill production, the film will release on May 17. “ We have visited
other northern states to promote our film with the hope that the film would
appeal to the Punjabi-speaking population settled outside Punjab,” said
Jimmy. Though Jimmy Shergill began his career in the Hindi cinema way back in
1996 through the critically acclaimed film ''Machis,'' it is in the Punjabi
cinema that his career took off and he has given several hits in the last
couple of years. Shergill credits Tigmanshu Dhulia for helping him shed his
lover boy image by giving him a powerful role in the film ''Haasil.'' ''This
is the best phase of my career. I continue to do good films with the people who
have always supported me, and working with them gives me immense
satisfaction,” he said. The promotion event was organised by the Impressions
Group.
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ABVP meets Guv over fee hike
Dehradun, May 7 It also alleged that the schools were violating the RTE. The Governor assured the delegates that, based on their eight-point memorandum, he would direct the government to take action in the matter.
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Increase in power tariffs condemned
Dehradun, May 7 General secretary, UKD, Manmohan Singh Lakhera, has demanded a rollback of increase in tariffs. He said:'' UPCL has been trying to shift the burden of its failures on to the public. The losses of lakhs of units are imposed on the public. The state government which has been raising the slogan of 'Energy state' did nothing to relieve people of the state but surely added burden of increased tariffs year after year.'' District secretary, CPM, Surender Singh Sanjwan, added that the tariff increase would not only puncture holes in the pockets of the poor public but would affect the cost of other basic products and services as well. Hence the state government should withdraw this anti-people decision at earliest. President of All India Consumers' Council Brigadier KG Behl (retired) demanded electricity at the rate at which it was produced in the state. He said:''It may be pointed out that some of the hydroelectricity produced in the state is being supplied to other adjoining states at the rate at which it is produced due to some commitments made earlier. Thus the domestic customers are being denied the privilege of having cheaper electricity at which it is produced in the state, whereas others continued to get the benefit.'' He further added: ''The proposed increase in tariff for domestic consumers between 100 to 200 units by 0.10 paisa, between 201-400 units by 25 paisa and above 400 by 40 paisa is revolting. Since due to the use of variety of electrical appliances in a normal family, the rate of consumption goes more than 400 units in a month. So it is likely to hit the budget.
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Residents oppose high tension wire
Dehradun,
May 7 The residents demonstrated before the office of
Executive Engineer on EC Road today. They said the HT line is being
installed over such a road which is narrow and very busy. This has
shops and two-storey houses on both sides. The HT line will thus give
rise to accidents. The residents were led by former councillor of the
area Jeevan Singh.
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Hilton School and Asian School enter basketball final
Dehradun, May 7 Hilton School and Asian School
entered the final of the tournament. In the first quarter-final
match, Aryan School trounced Sherwood College with a sleek margin of
46-42. The top scorer of Aryan School was Awejraj Sumargi with 17
points. Sahil Gamal of Sherwood College netted 19 baskets. In the
2nd quarter final match Wynberg Allen prevailed against Pestle Weed
College scoring 59-51. The top scorer of winning team was Tanuj Behl
with 16 baskets and Dauni of Pestle Weed College scoring 17 points for
his team. The semi-final matches were also battled on the same day in
the evening. The first semi- final match was played between Hilton
School and Aryan School, where Shivam Solanki of Hilton School netted
10 baskets leading to the team's win, scoring 45-22 and reaching the
finals. Sakdinon of Aryan School was the top scorer with 8 baskets.
The score of the match in the first quarter was 16-7, in the second
quarter 5-7, third quarter 14-2,and fourth quarter it was 10-6. The
Asian School and Wynberg Allen School clashed against each other in
the second semi-final match. The Asian School went into a scoring
spree netting 52 baskets against 30 baskets of Wynberg Allen School.
The top scorer of the winning team was Mudit Garg with 18 points. Pui-A
waged a lone battle for Wynberg Allen School scoring 16 points but his
efforts could not stop the team from defeat.
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Mayor of the Haridwar Municipal
Corporation Manoj Garg has directed corporation officials to initiate a major
cleanliness drive in all colonies of 30 wards. Garg presided over his maiden
meeting with MC officials at his Mayapur office here today.
