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Road accidents claim 17 lives
FRI to conserve Jyotisar Banyan tree in Kurukshetra
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68 bus shelters in Doon to have steel structures
Abundant fun, excitement on third day of cultural festival
Students of St Joseph’s Academy perform a Kashmiri dance on the concluding day of a cultural festival at
St Joseph’s Academy in Dehradun on Friday.
Dehradun chemists close shops in protest
Ex-CM Nishank objects to shifting of Dhari Temple
Former Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank addresses a press conference
in Dehradun on Friday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
Panicky UKD president starts damage-control exercise
Mothers walk the ramp at DPS
Mothers being honoured at a function held on Mothers' Day at Delhi Public School in Dehradun on Friday.
Woodstock signs agreement with London institute
Haridwar overcome Tehri, Doon beat Haldwani in junior basketball
Buta Singh meets Guv
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Road accidents claim 17 lives
Dehradun, May 10 The incident happened at around 9.15 am today. The ill-fated bus, UK 07 BC 0228, was on way to Srinagar from Kirtinagar. As the bus reached Chowkie, a kilometer ahead of Kirtinagar, the driver lost control over the steering and the bus fell into a 200-ft-deep gorge. Six persons died on the spot, while 6 others succumbed to injuries at the Base Bospital, Srinagar. Another died on way while being taken to Dehradun for treatment. Twentyone others injured are being treated at Base Hospital. Conditions of two among those injured are stated to be serious. Preliminary enquiry suggests a technical snag behind the steering getting locked, resulting in the mishap. In another road mishap incident at Lata in Chamoli district last night, a truck, UK 011 CA 0579, carrying rations from Joshimath to Malari in Chamoli fell into a gorge near Lata, resulting in the death of all the 4 occupants in the truck. The deceased included State Food and Civil Supplies official, Devendra Singh Bisht, a resident of
Joshimath. The bodies of all the four deceased were brought to Community Health Centre, Joshimath, where postmortem proceedings
were conducted.
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FRI to conserve Jyotisar Banyan tree in Kurukshetra
Dehradun, May 10 The Jyotisar tree that has been showing signs of stress is on a constant decay. While many say that the tree is as old as 5,000 years, some say the present tree is a couple of centuries old and has come from the shoot of the original tree. With a large number of devotees visiting Jyotisar from across the country every year, tying of bells and scared thread on the tree is a common practice and could be a factor in taking the tree to speedy decay. The Kurukshetra Development Board that looks after this religious site has now approached the Forest Research Institute to arrest the tree’s decay and work for its conservation. The board has chosen the FRI taking into account the institute’s experience in conserving trees of religious significance, like the Bodhi tree at Gaya, Neem tree at Shirdi and trees at the Ta Prohm temple complex in Cambodia. The FRI Head of the Pathology Department, NSK Harish, confirmed that the Kurukshetra Development Board was keen on taking the assistance of the FRI is conserving the Jyotisar Banayan tree. Harsh disclosed that the banyan tree was surrounded by marbles with fittings done on its trunk to facilitate sound and light show proceedings. Further, sacred threads and bells were tied to the aerial roots, resulting in severe stress to the tree. He said the Kurukshetra Development Board was telephonically in touch with the institute and would send a formal letter for guidance and consultancy for conserving the tree. He said FRI scientists would take locals into confidence while undertaking steps for de-stressing the Jyotisar Banayan tree. “This is very important when a tree is linked to religious sentiments. In case of the Bodhi tree in Gaya, we took the local Bodh Gaya Management Trust in confidence before undertaking a successful tree conservation exercise,” Harsh said. He said scientists from the institute had already have already visited Jyotisar and were all set to conserve the legendary Banayan tree. Facts
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68 bus shelters in Doon to have steel structures
Dehradun, May 10 US Advertising company of New Delhi will send samples of steel structures to the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) for approval next week. Amit Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer of the advertising company, said the seats as well as the ceilings of the bus shelters would be made of steel. “We are getting samples of steel from China as well. If Chinese steel is found to be better than what is available in India, we will import it. Besides the steel structure, the bus shelter will have fancy lights as well. Advertisements will be put atop the shelter. The structures will be created in Delhi and then installed at the designated places in Dehradun city,” he said. Kapoor’s company has also created similar bus shelters on Ring Road in New Delhi. It has been given advertisement rights for 15 years. Earlier the DMC had given the advertisement rights to other companies for five years. Owing to the cost of each structure, which Kapoor estimates at about Rs 12 lakh to Rs 15 lakh, the DMC had to give the advertising rights for 15 years. The company will also have to pay the annual licence fee of around Rs 20 lakh. This fee will increase by 10 per cent every year. Mayor Vinod Chamoli said the company would invest in this costly project only if it could earn revenue of it. Keeping this in mind the period of advertising rights had been increased to 15 years. Once that period was over the property would belong to the DMC. He said he would talk to the Traffic Police Department as well the Transport Department to ensure that the city buses stopped at these shelters so that the people could make use of these. It had been seen that the city buses dropped or picked up passengers without a set pattern. The bus drivers would have to change this attitude so that the renovation exercise did not go waste. Kapoor said he was awaiting another meeting with the officials of the traffic police and transport departments to ascertain whether they required more bus shelters in the city.
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Abundant fun, excitement on third day of cultural festival
Dehradun, May 10 The competitions were judged by different eminent persons and maestros in their respective fields. The inter- house movie making competition saw an enthusiastic participation, and movies like ''Poverty in Dehradun'' and ''Coca Cola project'' touched the hearts of one and all present .In the movie making, Duffy house outshone the other three houses, whereas Bergin house took the lead in the folk dance competition. The English dramatics competition that included plays like ''The Sherrif`s Kitchen,'' ''Inspiration,'' ''Chaos at the Enchante Academy'' and ''The Hysterical Historical Trojan War'' were widely acclaimed. Next in the line was Hindi duet song competition in which Devika and Kanwar of Dooly house bagged the first prize. Soon the auditorium was reverberating with the rocking music and groovy and peppy tunes played by the house bands. The well synchronised and graceful steps of western dancers of all the four houses won them a thunderous applause. Duffy bagged the first position in the instrumental music, whereas Donovan seized the first position in western dance competition. Addressing the students the Principal praised them for putting their best foot forward and for showing a professional approach to the event. At the end of the day, Dolly house was leading followed by Donovan house, Duffy house with 247 points and Bergin House with 185 points. Eventually, Dolly House lifted the Cock house cup . Addressing the students the Principal praised them for putting their best foot forward and for showing a professional approach to the event.
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Dehradun chemists close shops in protest
Dehradun, May 10 Retail and wholesale chemists and druggists, under the banner of the District Chemists Association, took out a rally condemning the government for bringing out a new drug policy without consulting the chemists and druggists. “Though we welcome the government’s move to bring the more than 348 essential drugs under the price control regime in the interest of the public, our experience says that whenever such price control measures are imposed, neither the manufacturers nor the chemists show any interest in manufacturing or selling the drugs. As a result, the move is not in the interest of the common man,” said Sandeep Malhotra, president of District Chemists Association. They are also objecting to the entry of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the retail sector. “The entry of FDI in the retail sector would endanger the home-grown pharmaceutical industry and also lead to a hike in drug prices,” said Malhotra. The chemists are also objecting to the compulsory positioning of chemists at medical stores and setting time for the opening the stores. Meanwhile, Jan Aushdi Store at the Doon Hospital did brisk business today as several customers flocked to the store to procure the medicines. “The strike has definitely helped us,” said the store owner.
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Ex-CM Nishank objects to shifting of Dhari Temple
Dehradun, May 10 “During my tenure as Chief Minister after senior BJP leader Uma Bharti had staged a
dharna, I had asked engineers to visit Madhya Pradesh to oversee how the sanctity of the temple was maintained during the construction of Ratna Sagar Dam. At that time, dam officials working on the Srinagar project had agreed to raise the hilltop on which the temple is located. But now we are hearing that the company, in utter disregard for the sanctity of the temple and religious and cultural sentiments of the people, was planning to shift the temple to some other place,” said
Nishank, while talking to mediapersons. He said the temple was revered as ‘Sidh
Peeth’ and was the symbol of people’s faith, as such it’s sanctity should be maintained at all costs.
Nishank said the government should act fast so that the sanctity of the temple was maintained. The former Chief Minister also attacked the Bahuguna government for “failing” to make proper preparations for the Char Dham Yatra and the Nanda Devi Raj
Yatra. “The roads have still not been repaired for the Char Dham Yatra which will start in the coming days and there is no clarity on the conduct of the Nanda Devi Raj Yatra which will start later on,” he said. He flayed the government for starting a roistering schedule for villages in
Uttarakhand, “As it is, these places receive electricity for a few hours and now with the roistering schedule announced by the government, these villages will bear the maximum brunt,” said
Nishank.
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Panicky UKD president starts damage-control exercise
Dehradun, May 10 He is making desperate bid to prevent the party members from participate in the convention called by his opponents, which was why he mooted this move. Panwar has been accused for deliberately delaying the convention since July 24 last year in order to hold on to his position. He said some expelled members from the party were trying tobreak the party on the direction of Congress. They were misleading the party activists by calling the parallel convention in this month. He blamed the expelled leaders, saying they were doing all this to get powerful positions in the state government. He said the convention called by them on May 19-20 was unconstitutional. He called upon party members to participate in the ''real convention'' in July where a new working committee would be constituted.
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Mothers walk the ramp at DPS
Dehradun, May 10 The entire place was decorated traditionally. Different attractive stalls were also put up. Principal BK Singh gave his best wishes to all mothers and various competitions like flower arrangement and salad making were held for mothers. A ramp walk was also organised to choose ‘DPS Stanmax Super Mom-2013’. Alka Singh and Monika Khosla were the judges for various competitions.
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Woodstock signs agreement with London institute
Mussoorie, May 10 Staff of The Doon School, Dehradun, who are also establishing a similar partnership with the University of London’s Institute of Education, visited Woodstock School on Wednesday to discuss teaching methodologies and share good practices. Principal, Woodstock School, Dr Jonathan Long said the main beneficiaries of this new partnership would be the school’s students. Business studies teacher at The Doon School Kamal Ahuja said this partnership would offer more opportunities to work closely with the Woodstock staff.
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Haridwar overcome Tehri, Doon beat Haldwani in junior basketball
Dehradun, May 10 The following are the results of the matches played here today. In the girls' section, Haridwar city beat Tehri 13-04, Dehradun beat Haldwani 24-09, Mussoorie beat Haridwar district 22-10, Dehradun beat Haridwar city 51-03, Pithoragarh beat Haridwar district 23-08. In the boys' section, Haridwar city beat Haldwani 30-17, Mussoorie beat Pithoragarh 46-28, Haridwar district beat Tehri 46-08, Dehradun beat Almora 38-08.
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Buta Singh meets Guv
Dehradun, May 10 According to Raj Bhavan officials, it was a courtesy meeting. Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar,
Uttarakhand Open University VC Subhash Dhulia, GMVN Chairman Dinesh Dhanai and a delegation of minority community representatives also met the Governor at Raj
Bhavan today.
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The third day of the cultural festival at St. Joseph's Academy remained packed with abundant fun and excitement. The cultural programme included competitions in a number of activities serving a high dose of entertainment. The chief guests for the occasion were Principal Bro George and Vice Principal Bro Dennis.
Former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank today objected to the shifting of Dhari Temple falling in the submergence area of the 330 MW Vishnu Prayag hydroelectric project to some other place. Work on the project is expected to begin from May 13.
Dehradun, May 10
