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New Haridwar DM to take on illegal quarrying
Mercury soars in Doon
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Kabadi Bazar only place to relocate fish market: DMC
Need to strengthen villages to change system: Hazare
Schoolchildren learn art
of puppet-making
Gaiety marks Tara Mata function
Conservation of biodiversity and natural resource needed: Experts
Biodiversity Day celebrated
Pant elected chairman of Zila Bhesaj Sangh
All-India Gold Cup Cricket
tournament
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New Haridwar DM to take on illegal quarrying
Haridwar, May 22 A 2001 Maharashtra-cadre Indian Administrative Service Officer, she said she was open to suggestions, but would take decisions after reviewing all aspects. Nidhi Pandey, who is the first woman DM of Haridwar, since the formation of Uttarakhand, today inspected preparations being made for the upcoming Kanwar Mela Fair at the Bairagi camp and Jagjeetpur along with Senior Superintendent of Police of Haridwar Arun Mohan Joshi. She said planning was essential to manage the around one crore kanwariyas. As the Char Dham pilgrimage to the shrines of Shri Badrinath, Shri Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri had commenced and soon the Hemkunt Sahib shrine would open, care would be taken that pilgrims were provided better facilities from Haridwar itself, which is regarded as the gateway to the Char Dham. With illegal quarrying allegedly going on in the Ganga river bed, Nidhi Pandey, who formerly served as Additional Secretary to the Chief Minister, said she would visit the site to gauge the situation. As DM, Nidhi attended the famous Ganga aarti at the Braham Kund, Har-Ki-Pauri, last evening. There, she noticed the garbage, encroachments, stray animals, beggars and lack of proper facilities for devotees and tourists. She has already brought it to the notice of Ganga Sabha office-bearers, Mayor Manoj Garg and administrative officials. "Major improvement needs to be done at the core mela zone of Har-ki-Pauri-which is world famous. Visitors will feel a change at this ancient site in the coming days. Everyone needs to be positive and work in a coordinated and cooperative manner to achieve the desired results or changes," Nidhi said. A specific traffic plan was also being envisaged so as to lessen pressure on the zero zone that spreads from Khadkhadi-Har-ki-Pauri to the Shiv Moorti Chowk. New parking lots would be earmarked to ease traffic congestion. On the diminishing green cover of the city, Nidhi Pandey said mass awareness and cooperation from local residents, forest department, tourists, social organisations and educational institutions was needed. Replying to a TNS query, Nidhi said she would look into the recent incidents of tree-axing allegedly by wood mafia at several horticulture plots where commercial plots and buildings had mushroomed. The District Magistrate plans to hold 'janata darbars' and will provide information regarding administration and government schemes via communication-media tools to make sure that information reached remote areas, too.
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Mercury soars in Doon
Dehradun, May 22 Met officials are not ruling out rise in temperature in the near future. Dr Anand Sharma, Executive Director, Meteorological Centre, Dehradun, said the heat wave was expected to continue and maximum temperature was expected to increase in upcoming days. He said the prevailing humid conditions were also making the life more uncomfortable. Dr Sharma said the people who were venturing out, particularly during afternoon hours, needed to cover themselves properly for protection from the rising heat. Even, in consumption of food items, people should resort to more of fluid diet intake, Sharma advises.
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Kabadi Bazar only place to relocate fish market: DMC
Dehradun, May 22 He directed the district administration to initiate the shifting process of the shopkeepers from Kalka Mandir Marg to Kabadi Market and also provide land to them as per the policy adapted in regard to the relocation of shopkeepers under other projects in the city. Chamoli provided the minutes of the convention, which were signed by the then Mukhya Nagar Adhikari Sushil Kumar. As per the minutes of the meeting, Vinod Chamoli said since the place where these shops were situated had been named as Kalika Mandir Marg due to the existence of temple in the vicinity, it would be proper to shift these meat shops from the area to some other area. The then opposition leader Ashok Verma said since most of the shops were running their operations without any license, they must be removed at the earliest. He found fault with the district administration for the delay. According to sources, a prominent Congress leader of the area, where Kabadi Bazar is situated, does not want these shops to be shifted in his area. This is considered to be reason that the District Magistrate had asked the DMC to scout for the other piece of land but Chamoli made it clear that they did not have other land for the fish market. Mutation cases Mayor Vinod Chamoli said the DMC had cleared all the 10,000 cases of mutation, which came before the corporation in past five years. As no objection was filed by the working committee at the Board meeting, no matters remained pending. Only 275 cases, which came up during the period when the model code of conduct was enforced in the wake of civic body polls, were remaining to wrapped up. He said the cases regarding mutation would also be taken up under the Right to Service.
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Need to strengthen villages to change system: Hazare
Pithoragarh, May 22 He addressed public meetings at Someshwar, Koshi, Ranikhet and Almora during the second leg of his Kumaon tour today. He appealed to the youths to work for changing the whole system instead of changing governments in the country. “Every volunteer will have to become an Anna to contribute to the movement to change the rotten system of the country which is at present anti-village and anti-villager,” said Hazare. At Almora, Hazare told the gathering that no political party in the country at present was serious about bringing the Jan Lokpal Bill in Parliament for which he had been mounting pressure on the parties. “Even if political parties do not agree with the proposal, a people’s parliament will be organised in the country to pressure the power holders to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill,” he said. Hazare would stay at Almora today and leave for Nainital tomorrow. “I am on the move to awaken the people of the country to bring about a change in the political and social systems like what Mahatma Gandhi and Jay Prakash Narayan did in the past. I will continue my struggle for the Jan Lokpal Bill till my last breath,” Hazare said while addressing a large gathering at Ramsey Ground at Almora. He appealed to the youth to come forward to make this Jantantra yatra a successful movement. At Ranikhet, he said the beginning of this change would be from villages, by making villages self-reliant units of democracy.
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Schoolchildren learn art
of puppet-making
Dehradun, May 22 Children of the school were taught about the art of puppet-making and its usage for communication. The children were also informed about the usage of puppet to sensitise society about HIV/AIDS and environment protection. A Ahmed, convener of the workshop, disclosed that folk art of puppetry was dying fast and organisations like the Kaynaat Society of India were trying to conserve the art. A total of 86 children took part in the workshop. The students enjoyed a lot while making puppets out of old newspapers.
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Gaiety marks Tara Mata function
Haridwar, May 22 Yoga, dhyan, marma chikitsa camp, havan, prayers and rituals of Tara Mata were done followed by kanya pujan. Vaishnavi Tara Mata Mandir and Mahanand Mission Home of Service coordinator Swaroopa Swami Ratna Giri Maharaj said humanity was the biggest religion and one should contribute to social projects. Swami Ratna Giri said that on May 20, 1915, Tara Mata had given him a glimpse in child form to founder of the Mananand Mission Swami Mahanand Giri Maharaj, with deity directing him to establish a shrine at the holy Ganga bank in Kankhal. In 1997, Swami Vimlanand Giri Maharaj renovated this revered shrine. Among those present were Sunil Joshi, Prabhotesh Bhattacharya, Rajendra Tripathi, Sudhir Pant, Matryi Didi, Yogacharya Surendra Kumar, Surendra Kumar Tyagi, Pradhmun Aggarwal, Krishan Mitra, Gobind Gupta, Sanjeev Malik, BK Mukherjee and BK Ghosh.
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Conservation of biodiversity and natural resource needed: Experts
Dehradun, May 22 Dr VK Bahuguna, Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, was the chief guest on the occasion. He said the conservation of biodiversity and natural resources was the need of the hour today. He said the research work for conservation of biodiversity and natural resources should be done in an inter-disciplinary manner, involving scientists from various discipline of forestry. He said India was rich in biodiversity and natural resources and there was a close relationship between biodiversity and natural resources. "It is necessary for us to conserve biodiversity and natural resources for sustainable utilisation," Bahuguna said. Referring to the theme, "Water and Biodiversity", Bahuguna emphasised on water conservation . He pointed out that climate change was affecting biodiversity and there was a shifting of vegetation in many states. He said there was a need to do more research on the subject. Earlier, Dr PP Bhojvaid, Director, FRI, in his welcome address emphasised on the need to conserve natural resources. He appealed the FRI students to play a vital role in the conservation biodiversity and natural resources. He also requested the students to come forward and help in maintaining the biodiversity of the FRI campus. Prof SP Singh from FRI Deemed University delivered a lecture on the topic, "Biodiversity- Ecosystem Function and Ecosystem Services". He said biodiversity was a product of the ecosystem and both were inter-related.
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Biodiversity Day celebrated
Dehradun, May 22
Dr Arun Kumar, director of the institute, made the participants aware about the basic knowledge of biodiversity. Dr Sas Biswas, professor scientist of the institute, delivered a lecture on biodiversity and the utility of water in our life. Dr KP Tripathi, convener of the programme and head of Botany Department, expressed his gratitude to all participants and members for holding the programme. Several other programmes, including a collage making competition and a power point presentation, were also organized. Sahil Sharma was declared the winner in both categories.
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Pant elected chairman of Zila Bhesaj Sangh
Pithoragarh, May 22 According to election officer designate Brijesh Singh, while Pant got seven votes, Pandey received four votes in the district body election. The sangh caters to farmers who are involved in herbs cultivation for their living. “Besides the post of chairman, the BJP also won the post of the vice-chairman. Gopal Singh from the party was elected vice-chairman of the sangh,” said the election officer. He addedthat the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) also won all the three posts of state representatives of the Zila Bhesaj Sangh.
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All-India Gold Cup Cricket
tournament Tribune News Service
Dehradun, May 22 In the first match, the HPCA won by 8 wickets against the RPCA, Delhi. Batting first, the RPCA scored a total of 274 runs at a loss of 5 wickets. Batting next, the HPCA easily reached the target score, losing just 2 wickets in the process, thereby ensuring itself an 8-wicket win. In the second match, CWC, New Delhi, won by 21 runs against UPCA, Kanpur. Batting first, CWC scored 215 runs in the allotted overs. Chasing the target, the UPCA team was all out at a score of 194 runs. In the third match of the day, UNIDO, New Delhi, won by 6 wickets against Luknow Development Authority (LDA). Batting first, LDA scored a total of 179 runs. Chasing, UNIDO easily got to the target score, losing just 4 wickets in the process.
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