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Govt clears reconstruction of 150 buildings in poor condition
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ueens’ get grand
welcome in Doon Dehradun, May 31 
Twin sisters Tashi and Nungshi, who successfully scaled Mount Everest on May 19, today received a grand welcome on their return to Jakhan Johri residence in
Dehradun. These 20-year-old twins are the youngest among the women climbers ever to conquer Mount Everest.Twin sisters Tashi and Nungshi at their residence in Dehradun. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
49 cadets of ACC wing given degrees at IMA
Meritorious cadets felicitated at RIMC graduation ceremony
Indoor exhibition begins at IMA
Youth told to give up chewing tobacco, smoking cigarettes
Volunteers participate in a march taken out on No Tobacco Day in Dehradun on Friday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
RLEK chief flays forest officials for ''running parallel govt''
CS directs depts to provide info about their work on websites
Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar at a meeting in Dehradun on Friday.
DM tells officials to complete pending work
Truck operators submit memo to SSP
Dena Bank enters final of cricket tournament
A batsman in action during a match in the 31st All-India Uttarakhand Gold Cup Cricket Tournament in Dehradun on Friday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
Man commits suicide
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Tribune Impact The structures are situated in Landour Bazaar of Mussoorie Residents in other areas seek similar relaxation of rules Ajay Ramola
Mussoorie, May 31 The state government has directed the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority to relax the guidelines, thus paving the way for the reconstruction of around 150 dilapidated buildings situated at Landour Bazaar in Mussoorie. The residents of the area have welcomed the move and said that they had been waiting for this day since the past several years as they were living in the grip of fear of these buildings collapsing any moment. “Now we can rebuild our buildings after this government order without any hindrance,” said Ravinder, a resident of Landour Bazaar. The local ward member, Beena Panwar, has also thanked the government for acceding to the genuine demand of the residents and this order will not only save lives of many but also give Landour Bazaar a pleasing look. Otherwise it looks like a haunted territory. The Executive Engineer of Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority, Shyam Mohan Sharma, has also said that MDDA had received directions from the government to grant relaxation to the owners of dilapidated buildings at Landour Bazaar and now people concerned should come up and benefit from the GO passed by the state government. However, this relaxation has been provided for only 150 dilapidated buildings at Landour Bazaar and not other buildings in the town, much to the ire of the residents who do not fall in it's ambit but have buildings in shattered condition here. Rajeev, one of the residents who also has a dilapidated building in Camel's Back Road, said that the other buildings, also in similar condition, should be provided same relaxation as they were living under dangerous circumstances with fear of their buildings caving in at any given moment. Many residents are planning to move court for ''dual standards'' being adopted towards their buildings by the state government. The Tribune had highlighted the issue of dilapidated buildings, extensively citing the Disaster Management and Mitigation Centre report in which it was clearly revealed that around 600 buildings were vulnerable to even the mildest earthquake. Of the surveyed structures, the oldest building was constructed around 1836.
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Everest ‘queens’ get grand
welcome in Doon
Dehradun, May 31 The twin sisters looked visibly relaxed on reaching home after a long and arduous expedition to Himalayas. They, accompanied by their parents Col Virendra Malik and Anju, reached Uttarakhand from Kathmandu via Banbasa. The two said they felt a sense of accomplishment capturing the highest mountain peak of the world. ''It has been our dream and certainly getting that fulfilled brings a sense of big satisfaction,'' said Tashi, one of the sisters. Recalling their expedition, the sisters disclosed that they spent nearly an hour at the summit. ''After reaching the summit, we unfurled the National Flag and experienced a sense of pride in doing so,'' said Nungshi. ''Being on top of the world was certainly an experience that cannot be expressed in words,'' Tashi added. The twin sisters were all praise for their Pakistani colleague Shamina Beg. Shamina, too, conquered Mount Everest along with the twin sisters. ''Certainly we found a new friend in Shamina. She all along the expedition was very cordial and friendly,'' said Tashi, who hopes that their friendship with Shamina will go long way in bringing two nations together. The twin sisters now want to spend some time with their family members in Dehradun before planning to conquer other peaks across the globe.
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49 cadets of ACC wing given degrees at IMA
Dehradun, May 31 Among 49 cadets, 26 were from science stream and 23 from humanities stream. These degrees were conferred on the cadets by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The ceremony was presided over by Lt Gen Manvender Singh, AVSM, VSM, Commandant, Indian Military Academy. The Army Cadet College trains the selected personnel from the ranks of the three services found suitable to be commissioned into the Indian Army. After three years of academic training at the ACC, the graduated course will hereafter join the Indian Military Academy for one year pre-commission military training. Head of the Academic Department, while presenting the college report, highlighted the high standards and admirable academic performance shown by the cadets of the graduating course. Lt Gen Manvendra Singh, Commandant, Indian Military Academy, in his convocation address, congratulated the graduates and said, "As you have performed well during your training at the Army Cadet Wing, you need to continue with added zeal during your training at the IMA. You must make an endeavour to continue to be pro-active, thus proving to one and all that you are not only as good as, but even better than your peers in all spheres. You must take pride and draw strength from the background and difficulties from which you have risen because of your own hard work, ability and dedication. Knowledge knows no end, it only has a beginning." The Commandant said, "I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that former cadets have done us proud over the years by winning the highest gallantry awards - the Param Vir Chakra and the Ashok Chakra." Later, he gave away medals to the award winners. The award winners are as follows:- 1. COAS Medals (a) Gold Medal : Bhawani Singh Rathore (b) Silver Medal : Rahul Singh (c) Bronze Medal : Ravi Prakash Pathak 2. Commandant's Silver Medals. (a) First in Service Subjects : Vinod Kapri (b) First in Humanities Stream : Ravinder Kumar (c) First in Science Stream : Bhawani Singh Rathore On this occasion, Lt Gen Manvender Singh, AVSM, VSM, also awarded the Commandant's Banner to Nubra Company. The banner is awarded to the company which excels in various competitions like sports, academics, camps, debates and discipline. At the end, the Commandant complimented the HAD, the Battalion Commander and the faculty members for their diligent efforts in moulding the cadets into potential officers. He also congratulated all parents and spouses and extended his felicitations to the future GCs too.
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Meritorious cadets felicitated at RIMC graduation ceremony
Dehradun, May 31 The individual awards given to the cadets were: Col DH Parab Trophy for the most helpful cadet, Cadet Section Commander Avinash Chhetry. Cadet Best in Attitude, Cadet Mayank Dhama; GOC UB Area Trophy for Cadet Best in Leadership, Cadet Captain Ligang Kobing; The Wavell Sword: Cadet Section Commander Ravi Pathak. The most coveted of all awards, the Sword of Honour, presented by Air Chief Marshal NC Suri, former Chief of Air Staff, Cadet Captain Ligang Kobing. Air Marshal DC Kumaria felt nostalgic while addressing the audience. He recounted tales of the days when he was in the college. He spoke about the changes that could be seen in the college and how the focus was today more on academics than on sports, something which was not there during his time. He was accompanied by Air Vice Marshal MH Suresh and Air Vice Marshal Hari Kumar. Lt Gen Manvender Singh, Commandant, IMA, was also present. Col HS Bainsla, SM , Commandant, RIMC, presented the vote of thanks to all the dignitaries present there and thanking them for taking out time from their busy schedules and being there to encourage the cadets into performing well in future.
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Indoor exhibition begins at IMA
Dehradun, May 31 The arts, photography and computer clubs of the IMA displayed their exhibits. z Photo on P 2
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Youth told to give up chewing tobacco, smoking cigarettes
Dehradun, May 31 The minister said that the youth today are at a risk of falling prey to life-threatening diseases if they take to smoking. ''Under the Control of Tobacco Products Act, smoking in public places has been banned in the state and the government departments have been asked to impose the provision of no-tobacco zones forcefully,'' he said while speaking today. The DG, Health, said that every year 9 lakh Indians died due after falling prey to tobacco-related diseases. He also highlighted the harmful effects of second-hand smoking. ''The second-hand smokers or passive smokers are also at risk if they come in contact with smokers at public places. For this reason the smokers have to be aware that not only are they risking their lives by smoking but also putting at risk others who do not smoke.'' On the other hand, CMO, RP, Bhatt said that tobacco had several harmful ingredients including nicotine, tar, benzene, cadmium and other elements. As such chewing of tobacco should be avoided, and a souvenir was also released on the occasion. Today as part of a campaign, stickers proclaiming no smoking were plastered on vehicles, and an awareness march was undertaken by schoolchildren.
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RLEK chief flays forest officials for ''running parallel govt''
Dehradun, May 31 Kaushal said that Forest Department had argued that the helicopters’ clatter disturbed the wildlife of those areas, but asked why helicopters carrying ministers, VIPs and officials did not disturb the wildlife. He further said that the forest officials were themselves asking the state government to provide them a helicopter to fight forest fires in the state. “Another glaring example of the parallel government being run is considering the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 and also looking at the manifesto of the Congress Party for restoring the traditional rights of the Van Gujjars, the Principal Secretary, S. Ramaswamy, looking after the Forest Department passed the order, via order no. 952/X-2-13 8(44) 2001 that the Van Gujjars residing in Mohand area (subject to the condition that if they have not been allotted land) should be allowed to exercise their traditional rights.
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CS directs depts to provide info about their work on websites
Dehradun, May 31 He also said that the number of services provided under the Right to Service Act must be increased .He said information about the E-district project should also be provided. The Chief Secretary said that to bring transparency in the working of the government, it was necessary that all departments should provide information about their work on their websites. It may be recalled that regarding this, a government order was issued in December 2011. In this government order, it was said that information about construction work up to Rs 25 lakh, advertisements about giving contracts, land allotment ,promotion in cadres ,description of direct recruitment ,domicile certificates and caste certificates, PP mode projects etc be uploaded on the website. This government order also said that the services provided should be expanded. By June 15, all departments will have to inform which services they can add. Till now, the E-district project is a pilot project operating in Pauri Garhwal district. It now has to be implemented in all districts. National Informatics Centre (NIC) has prepared a software for this project. By June 15, information about this project will also have to be given. The Chief Secretary has asked for a list of the departments which are not logging in to the Samadhan Portal, which was created for solving peoples’ problems online. Present at the meeting were Principal Secretary, Agriculture, Om Prakash, Principal Secretary, IT, Radha Raturi, Secretary, Education, Manisha Panwar, Secretary, Suraaj, SS Rawat, Secretary, Revenue, Bhaskaranand, Additional Secretary, Vinod Sharma, Ajay Pradyot, Usha Shukla ,RC Aggarwal, MC Upreti , RC Lohani , Amit Negi and RN Raman.
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DM tells officials to complete pending work
Dehradun, May 31 of such files to his office every day. Purushottam had carried out the same experiment few months ago with Dehradun tehsil when the employees were made to finish all the pending files related to ‘mutation’ within three days. The employees were provided refreshments in terms of tea/food by the district administration. However, women employees were exempted to sit for work at night time.
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Truck operators submit memo to SSP
Dehradun, May 31 He straightway accused the Police Department, saying that the department in connivance with quarrying mafias was involved in the operations of illegal quarrying.
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Dena Bank enters final of cricket tournament
Dehradun, May 31 Batting first after winning the toss, Dena Bank team helped by two centuries from Awijit Singh and Chetan Bisht piled up 284 runs for seven wickets in 40 overs. Awijit Singh scored 100 runs, his back-to-back century, while Chetan Bisht scored 115 runs. Javed Anwar claimed three wickets for 30 runs, Bharat Veer two for 77 and Sunil Dagar two for 55 runs. In reply, Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) team was bundled out for 122 all out in 24.1 overs to lose the match by 162 runs. Himanshu was the top scorer with 33 runs. Shivlay Swal took five wickets for 13 runs to run through the LDA innings.
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government, finally taking cognisance of the report published in The Tribune under the headline “Disaster waiting to happen”, through a government order (GO) has given clearance for the reconstruction of around 150 buildings of Landour Bazaar that are in a state of dilapidation.
On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day today, the Uttarakhand Health Minister today implored the people to give up chewing of tobacco and smoking of cigarettes.
Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar reviewed “Suraaj evam bhrashtachar unmoolan” (Good governance and corruption eradication) programme at a meeting here today and issued instructions that required information by all departments should be uploaded on the website by June 15.
Dena Bank entered the final of the 31st All India Uttarakhand Gold Cup Cricket Tournament by defeating Lucknow Development Authority
(LDA) in the first semi-final by 162 runs played at Rangers' College ground here today.