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Field survey done to check land status for Coke plant
Admn geared up for mega snan at Haridwar today
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Delimitation proposal of DMC under government consideration
Begin work on Lohia Nagar burial ground: Mayor
Tourism development Act terms ready: Secy
Governor, CM extend Buddha Purnima greetings
Teen Clinic lying idle
Stress laid on importance of medicinal plants in state
DM orders removal of encroachments from proposed park
Students hold anti-polythene rally in Mussoorie
9-member panel favours cricket 0stadium in Doon
Central Warehousing Corp win cricket match
LDA, UNIDO Infrastructure in cricket
tourney semis
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Field survey done to check land status for Coke plant
Dehradun, May 24 Chharba Gram Pradhan Rumi Ram Jaiswal confirmed that forest officials today visited the village and even surveyed the land apart from interacting with villagers. Rumi Ram said forest authorities have asked them to submit a documentary proof for the status of land, which they will be submitting on Monday. He yet again asserted that it was the villagers who developed the land now being given to Coca Cola plant as green belt by planting over 50,000 trees. Citizens for Green Doon, an NGO working for conservation of greenery in Dehradun, had some days back filed a complaint with the state Forest Department seeking a survey of land earmarked for the coke bottling plant. In its letter submitted to forest authorities, Nitin Pandey, Chief Coordinator of Citizens for Green Doon, cited that in ''T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad versus Union of India and others case on December 3, 201,'' under similar circumstances, the apex court judgment had pointed out the land in question would come under the category of "deemed forests" and, therefore, falls under the Forest Conservation Act, and thus to carry out any non-forest activity in the area, permission of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests would be required. ''Thus in the wake of the apex court judgment, I urge the state government to re-consider it's decision to allot land for Coca Cola plant,'' Pandey observed. Beverages giant Coca Cola has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Uttarakhand government for setting up a Rs 600 crore plant at Chharba village in Vikasnagar. The company has assured jobs for the locals. But the Chharba villagers joined by several non- government organisations and Opposition parties have from the beginning been opposing the Coca Cola plant tooth and nail. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, too, subsequently had to assure that the final go-ahead for the plant will be given after it was confirmed that it would not have any adverse impact on the local environment.
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Admn geared up for mega snan at Haridwar today
Haridwar, May 24 A meeting of District Magistrate Nidhi Pandey, Senior Superintendent of Haridwar Police Arun Mohan Joshi and mela police in charge Dr Kiran Lal Shah in this regard was held in the Town Hall today. Nidhi Pandey said that police personnel and administrative officers should cooperate with and help the elderly and children at the Ganga ghats. About the upcoming Kanwar mela, Pandey said Haridwar had a special place in the world and managing millions of devotees needed patience. Joshi said the help of Provincial Armed Constabulary was also being taken for the festive bath and a special traffic plan has been earmarked to ensure the smooth movement of vehicles on the highway. Shah, who has been designated as the mela police chief, said a Bomb disposal squad, cavalry squad, aqua diver squad, sniffer squad and firefighters had been assigned duties. He said round-the-clock monitoring of the mela at the Ganga ghats and other important places would done from City Control Room towers via CCTV cameras.
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Delimitation proposal of DMC under government consideration
Dehradun, May 24 Mayor Vinod Chamoli said, “I have sent the proposal to the state government. Now, it is up to the government to take the final call on it. It was on the direction of the Secretary, Urban Development, that the DMC had prepared the proposal with regard to the delimitation of the corporation territory in the wake of the civic bodies’ election. A list of 38 villages was prepared but later Raipur was also added to it on December 5 last year.” But Planning Minister Dinesh Aggarwal opposed the inclusion of six villages falling in his constituency in the list and hence these villages were excluded. Thereafter, only 32 villages were in the final proposal sent to the state government on December 12 last year. Chamoli said the villages situated on the city border had undergone massive urbanisation and transformed into almost urban areas. But since these villages did not come under the domain of the DMC, the residents were not getting the facilities of road, drainage, streetlights and sanitation. “The residents of these villages are also not getting the benefit of proposals regarding drinking water and sewerage undertaken by Asian Development Bank and the Jawaharlal Nehru National Ubran Renewal Mission because these schemes could only be approved under the DMC,” he added. The Mayor said, on the other hand, it is inappropriate that any development scheme in a village was approved on the basis of its population. “There is no scheme for sanitation or disposal of garbage in these villages. People there are not getting basic facilities owing to which unbalanced development is taking place there,” he added. He sai the state government must consider these aspects while reviewing his proposal.
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Begin work on Lohia Nagar burial ground: Mayor
Dehradun, May 24 He gave direction to his staff to begin development work at burial grounds of Lohia Nagar. Chamoli said a sum of Rs 61.29 lakh would be spent from the resources of Dehradun Municipal Corporation to build a surrounding wall, connection road to the bypass and a small bridge. He said he would soon visit the burial grounds of Chandan Nagar. He said; “Since Chandan Nagar burial grounds are no longer viable to be used, DMC would provide sufficient land filling in the area to make it useful as burial ground.” Chamoli recently demanded land and funds of Rs 1 crore for each of the three burial grounds at Azad Colony bypass, Chuna Bhatta near Adhdoiwala and Sattowali Ghati on Kanwali Road for Muslim community. He also placed similar proposals for burial grounds for Hindu children at Sahastardhara Road, Dharampur, Rajpur and one in the area between Subhash Nagar to Ballupur. AMNA Sadia Khan who is also Chief Excutive Officer of Uttarakhand Wakf Board said: “The burial grounds at Kolkatta are worth aping as these are neat and clean with facilities such as a small park and sitting arrangements.” She however rued that a matter of sanctioning Rs 20 lakh for erecting a wall around a burial ground at Ram Nagar became contentious among the members of Uttarakhand Wakf Board.
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Tourism development Act terms ready: Secy
Dehradun, May 24 Additional Secretary, Tourism, Amit Negi said the department would bring out the notification and recruit staff in this regard. He explained several tourism related activities in the section of allied activities as delineated under the Act. The infrastructural facilities comprise roads, water, sewerage, guest houses, hotels, motels, shops, electricity, parking space, parks, recreation, sports grounds, natural spots, disposal of waste etc. He said the other activities that would find a special place in the Act included spear-fishing, net-fishing, horse-riding, go-karting, archery, paragliding, parasailing, kayaking, bungy-jumping, scuba-diving, rafting and trekking. Negi said the features of the master plan include the landscape sketch, utilisation of water resources for adventure activities, entertainment through cultural fairs and festivals, serene beauty of the scenic places and places for comfort and rejuvenation such as those related to spa, yoga, spirituality etc.
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Governor, CM extend Buddha Purnima greetings
Dehradun, May 24 In his message on the eve of the auspicious occasion, the Governor said, “Let us imbibe the teachings of Lord Buddha to create a just, peaceful and contented society.” He said the teachings of ahimsa, compassion and universal brotherhood given by Lord Buddha are very relevant in today's world. The Chief minister in his message also greeted the people on Buddha Purnima.
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Teen Clinic lying idle
Dehradun, May 24 Realising the need to provide appropriate counseling to the teenagers in the age group between 10 and 19 years, the hospital authorities set up the clinic that was to function every Friday. It had a dedicated counsellor to provide counselling and referral service to adolescents on Friday. Instead of providing a full-time counsellor as a short-term measure, the then CMS entrusted the task to the counsellor running the Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC). Initially the clinic attracted a lot of teenagers who were otherwise shy to approach their teachers and parents. ''The clinic proved useful as teenagers were counselled on a variety of problems. During the examination, we even advised teenagers on the ways to keep fit by keeping stress at bay. Further, our psychologist also counselled them,'' said KC Pant, nodal officer for the clinic. But mid-way with changing heads of the hospital, the clinic soon was forgotten. When the counsellor of ICTC clinic was entrusted with the job of counselling the teenagers, it was decided to pay him Rs 500 per sitting. In the beginning the hospital honoured the payment but soon these became infrequent and since early 2013 the payment was not made to the counsellor. ''After the clinic began attracting sizeable population, the Doon Hospital authorities should have made it full time but they made things difficult for the counsellor by not paying him the honorarium. He was already giving extra time but without proper monetary compensation, it would have been hard for the counsellor to continue with the counselling. The result is the clinic has become non-functional,'' said a senior doctor. Similar clinics were to be set up at other district hospitals but the fate of the clinic at Dehradun has stopped the Department of Health from replicating it.
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Stress laid on importance of medicinal plants in state
Dehradun, May 24 Initiating the deliberations, the Head Scientist of the Centre for Aromatic Plants (CAP), Selaqui, Dehradun, Dr Nripendra Chauhan, spoke at length about the potential of aromatic plants. He said wild animals did not eat the aromatic plants. They could grow even in less water and poor soil conditions and this was their biggest advantage. He said agriculture was failing due to poor soil, lack of water and attack of wild animals and because of this the cultivation of aromatic plants had tremendous scope. Chauhan said CAP had introduced the scientific method for growing aromatic plants in hilly areas as well as in barren land. He said crops like damask gulab and lemon grass fetched good prices and CAP was giving the minimum support price to the farmers for these crops. Channel Mountain Communication Managing Director Jaiprakash Panwar said Uttarakhand, as a hill state, had an edge over the plains as medicinal plants growing in mountains have more efficacy and medicinal properties. “Making Uttarakhand herbal will go a long way in conserving medicinal plants diversity and curbing migration of youth by generating livelihood opportunities”, Panwar said. J P Maithani from Agaaz, an NGO, said the cultivation of medicinal plants should benefit farmers economically. He also stressed on the creation of a database of the local medicinal plants. He appreciated the CEE for its role in creating awareness amongst several stakeholders on issues related to the conservation of medicinal plants, like their overharvesting from wild, unsustainable collection, demand in market and potential for cultivation. He said all the farmers should be trained and taught the scientific collection and methods of production of the medicinal plants. “Uttarakhand has a great scope for the cultivation of aromatic plants,” Maithani added. As many as 25 people attended today’s event. A film, 'Herbal Healers of the Himalaya' was also screened on the occasion.
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DM orders removal of encroachments from proposed park
Dehradun May 24 The land was earlier marked as agrarian, but in the master plan, the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) changed its land use to public park. MDDA officials apprised the DM that this land measuring 250m by 200m and found ideal for building a park. Residents of the area have complained that some influential people had encroached upon the land. They appealed to the DM to remove these encroachments. The District Magistrate directed the officials to measure the land once again as per the master plan. He said those who built illegal constructions or sheds on this land should be served notice and action taken against them.
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Students hold anti-polythene rally in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, May 25 Former MLA, Mussoorie Jot Singh Gunsola flagged off the march at Survey ground. The students raised slogans in support of the cause and appealed to the shopkeepers to abstain from using polythene bags that were detrimental to the environment. Stickers of ‘Save Mussoorie’ were also distributed on the occasion. Municipal Corporation president Manmohan Singh Mall spoke to the students at the culmination of the rally at Gandhi Chowk. He said from June 1 the ban would be implemented strictly and anyone found using polythene bags would be penalised. Mall said an NGO had been assigned the task of implementing a solid waste management project under which garbage would be segregated and collected at source for better recycling. The MC president said the council would also provide dustbins to schools for segregating garbage at the source. President of Save Mussoorie Alliance Sunil Panwar said it was imperative to save the town from the menace of polythene bags and the rally was organised keeping this in view.
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9-member panel favours cricket 0stadium in Doon
Dehradun, May 24 The stadium is being built in Raipur, Dehradun, with the help of the ONGC. Its foundation was laid on November 15 last year. The meeting discussed design consultants for the stadium, its budget, investments etc. A nine-member executive committee will be constituted for the project .The chairman of the committee will be the Secretary (Sports) and the CEO will be the member secretary. The CEO will be appointed from the open market. Four members of the state government and four from the ONGC will be part of the committee. The government has made the Sports Secretary, Sports Director, Additional Secretary (finance) and DM, Dehradun, the members of the committee. The ONGC said its four members would be nominated soon. It was decided that the governing body would monitor the ice-skating rink, the cricket stadium and all other facilities. Soon, the services of the project management committee would be taken and a detailed project report will be made by July-end. The CM said with the stadium becoming operational, Dehradun would make its place on the international sports map. Besides cricket, other sports would also be encouraged at the stadium. It would be a platform for the sportspersons of the state. He said international matches besides the IPL and Ranji tournaments would be held at the stadium.
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Central Warehousing Corp win cricket match
Dehradun, May 24 In the first match, the CWC, Delhi defeated the NER, Lucknow, by three wickets. Batting first after winning the toss, the NER, Lucknow, scored 204 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 40 overs. Agha Shahid scored 76 not out while Deepak Yadav scored 42 runs. Gagan Sodhi took four wickets for 54 runs. In reply, the CWC team scored 209 for seven wickets and won the match by three wickets. Prateek scored 76 runs while Karan Negi scored 39 runs. Agha Shahid, Amit Kanojia and Rishad took two wickets each. In the second match, the UNIDO, Delhi, defeated the RP Academy, Delhi, by 93 runs. Batting first, the UNIDO team scored 224 runs for the loss of five wickets in 30 overs. Rohit Sharma scored 68 runs and Arun Chaprana contributed 60 runs. Ajit Ranjan took two wickets for 50 runs. In reply, the RP Academy, Delhi, was all out for 132 runs in 23.1 overs and it lost the match by 93 runs. Akash Sudan scored 26 runs. Rahul Dagar and Shahbaz took two wickets each.
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LDA, UNIDO Infrastructure in cricket
tourney semis
Dehradun, May 24 LDA defeated DASCB, New Delhi team, by four wickets. Batting first after winning the toss, DASCB team scored 277 for five wickets in 40 overs. Deepak Shilamakar made 92 unbeaten runs while Shalabh Srivastava scored 80 runs. Bharatveer took three wickets for 60 runs. ILDA scored 278 runs for six wickets in 38.4 overs to win the match. Himanshu scored 86 unbeaten runs while Javed Ansari scored 62 runs and Mohd Faiz 41. Tarun Sharma took three wickets for 53 runs. In the second match, UNIDO Infrastructure, Delhi, beat Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), New Delhi, by eight wickets. Helped by a century by Sultan Ansari who scored 105 runs and Amit Beru who scored 60 runs, CWC team scored 225 for seven wickets in 35 overs. Arun Chaprana took two wickets for 53 runs. UNIDO scored 227 for only two wickets to win the match by eight wickets. A century by Praveen Chandila who scored 111 runs and Gaurav Chitkara with 88 runs laid the path for the victory. Karan Negi took two wickets for 23 runs.
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