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Alert sounded as Ganga water level rises in Haridwar
No transportation on 76 of 125 closed roads
Two teachers face action
for corporal punishment
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Student drowns in waterfall
Policemen involved in the rescue operation at a Sahastradhara resort where a tourst was drowned in Dehradun on Sunday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
Cong men to attend workshop
GMVN devising ways to deal with losses after disaster
Man killed by wife’s paramour
Compulsory registration of Kanwariyas welcomed
‘Happiness’ art to help rebuild state
In a span of 10 days, 35 artists have got together to display their artworks, centred around the theme "happiness", for a fundraising exhibition to rebuild Uttarakhand. The exhibition, "A Brand New Day," begins today at the Indian August gallery in Noida and will continue till August 5. It is curated by Ravi Dhingra who admits there is no link between the photographs and artworks on display and the Uttarakhand tragedy.
CSIR-IIP distributes relief material
Tashi Namagyal Academy win soccer tournament
Paytm donates RS 20 lakh
Asian, Kasiga schools win matches
Ramayana sermon
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Alert sounded as Ganga water level rises in Haridwar
Haridwar July 21 Due to the spate in the Ganga, an alert has been announced in the areas along the river, particularly in the flood-prone affected areas of the Bairagi camp, Neel Dhara, Lakshar, Khanpur, Raiyasi, Sherpur Bela, Maharajpur Khurd. The administrative team is on high alert. High alert has been announced in the catchment areas where incidents of land cutting are being reported owing to a heavy flow in the river. Both the East Ganga and North Ganga canals are brimming with water, which is utilised in the plains by farmers for irrigation. The disaster management team has also been put on alert. The Jal Police personnel, who have been deployed in the flood-affected areas are also monitoring the flood-prone embankments. Haridwar district disaster management officer Naresh Chaudhari said they were keeping a tab on the situation. Despite the Ganga Canal falling in Uttarakhand, it is operated by the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department due to an unresolved property dispute between the two neighbouring states. Subdivisional officer of the UP Irrigation Department Virendra Singh said more than 10,000-cusecs of water was being released in the upper Ganga canal and a similar amount was being released in Northern Ganga canal. A major portion of the water flow at the VIP ghat barrage is also diverted towards Neel Dhara to make sure that the devotees don't have problem in taking bathe at Har-Ki-Pauri and adjacent ghats. This is also being done owing to heavy accumulation of silt, mud and trees that are coming from upper reaches of Garhwal Himalayas.
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No transportation on 76 of 125 closed roads
Pithoragarh, July 21 Kumaon Commissioner RK Sudhanshu was told by the chief engineer of the department at a review meeting here yesterday. "Keeping the pace of work at low speed, we have ordered the chief engineer of Public Works Department to camp in Dharchula till the routes are restored. The engineers of the Asian Development Bank are also aiding in the efforts and are camping in Munsiyari," said Kumaon Commissioner RK Sudhanshu. As many as 11 labourers have been deputed in Munsiyari and 86 in Dharchula sub division to open the routes to Darma and Johar valleys as soon as possible. Kumaon Commissioner RK Sudhanshu also reviewed the ration situation in disaster affected areas of the district and ordered the district level officers to make sure that every affected family gets free ration quota allocated by the government. "We have distributed quota ration to 3,190 families and 5,910 packets in different flood-affected locations of Jauljibi Dharchula and Munsiyari," said Dr Neeraj Khairwal, District Magistrate of Pithoragarh.
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Two teachers face action
for corporal punishment
Dehradun, July 21 The aggrieved students submitted a CD as a proof to the SCRPC. Chairman of the commission Ajay Setia examined the CD and later ordered disciplinary action against the two teachers. “The panel has ordered a department inquiry against the two teachers under Section 17 (2) of the RTE Act. It has asked the SDM of the area to present a report within 15 days,” said Setia.
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Student drowns in waterfall
Dehradun, July 21 The services of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel have been sought to retrieve the body.
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Cong men to attend workshop
Dehradun, July 21 The workshop is aimed to streamline the Congress campaign for the Lok- Sabha elections. — TNS
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GMVN devising ways to deal with losses after disaster
Dehradun, July 21 General Manager, GMVN, HD Pandey said, “last year, we earned a revenue of Rs 37 crore. This year we assessed it to go up to Rs 40 crore. But due to disaster happening in the initial stages of the peak season itself, the revenue generation remained at Rs 5.25 crore. With this amount, we have not been able to pay salaries to all our employees this month. So we have demanded that the state government should compensate our losses by paying salaries to our staff for the next 7-8 months and also help us with financial assistance of Rs 77 crore.'' He said, GMVN had devised plans to start earning some revenue in the near future. ''As some of our rest houses which were earning profits in affected regions have badly been affected, so we are focusing on harnessing other resources as well to woo tourists. Rafting will be started by September 15. Yoga competitions will be held throughout the state. Winter skiing games will be held at Auli. Exciting programmes such as Doon Darshan and Mussoorie Darshan will be held for sightseeing to these destinations. Central agencies and mountain divisions will be taken for trekking and other adventure activities. Beside this, GMVN is also venturing outside the state by providing a fleet of its 40 small and big vehicles to take tourists to other destinations such as Vaishno Devi shrine, Vridavan, Mathura, Jaipur etc and other LTC tours,'' he added. The nigam was also offering heavy discounts on its rest houses. Pandey said a fear psychosis had gripped the tourists across the nation that the entire Uttarakhand was in danger of a disaster, which was not true. The entire plain area and even hills such as Mussoorie, Nainital, Dhanolti etc are completely safe. ''In order to make something of this lean season, we have slashed our tariff rates in all rest houses by 25 pc. The managers have been given discretionary power to further cut down rates by 30 pc in special cases,'' he added.
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Man killed by wife’s paramour
Dehradun, July 21 The victim had injury marks on his neck which clearly indicated the police that it was a case of
murder. Initially, Bala tried to dodge the police but later broke admitting that she was in love with Rajesh Kumar, a Telpura resident, who killed her husband Umesh by strangulating his throat. Neighbourers also informed the police that Rajesh was a frequent visitor to victim's house and was in relationship with Bala. The police has arrested Bala and is now in search of Rajesh Kumar.
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Compulsory registration of Kanwariyas welcomed
Haridwar, July 21 In fact a socio-religious outfit, Teerth Maryada Raksha Samiti, had been vying for compulsory registration of Lord Shiva devotees, popularly known as Kanwariyas. Members of this outfit had also staged a protest and sent memorandums to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and Haridwar District Magistrate Nidhi Pandey in this regard. A special puja was offered at Gangeshwar Maha Deo Shivalingam at Alaknanda ghat here today by the samiti and local people, thanking the government for taking this step. Chief of the Teerth Raksha Maryada Samiti Sanjay Chopra said that in view of last month’s Char Dham natural fury, names and whereabouts of thousands of pilgrims could not be known ,owing to non-registration of Char Dham-Hemkund Sahib-bound pilgrims. “Kanwar fair in Uttarakhand , whose major centre is Haridwar, is a mega one too with 1 crore Kanwariyas coming to fetch holy Ganga jal. With registration process, the administration will have data about the number of Kanwariyas and their residential address proofs, too,'' said Chopra. Dharamshala Raksha Samiti chief Mahesh Gaud and Mahant Madhukant Giri also lauded the government's decision as positive and a right one ,which will pave way for a better organised pilgrimage. Founder of Teerth Maryada Raksha Samiti Chandraprakash Sharma said that registration on the lines of Shri Amarnath Yatra, revered shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi, and Tirupati Balaji, was necessary for Kanwar fair, too. Among others who offered rituals and thanked the state government and district administration were Sunil Arora, Bhoopendra Rajput, Atish Verma, Chotella Sharma, Mohan Lal, Jay Singh Bisht, Sumit Tiwari, Rajeev Parashar, Asim Joshi, Dharampal Kashyap and Mahendra Saini.
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‘Happiness’ art to help rebuild state
New Delhi, July 21 "This exhibition is a way of extending support to rebuild the state. There is a lot of damage done and as an artist I felt we, too, need to contribute," Dhingra told IANS. "As word about this idea spread, I received overwhelming response from various artists. This shows how everyone in this country wants to contribute," he added. Last month's Himalayan Tsunami killed hundreds of people and thousands went missing. While houses were uprooted, bridges and roads were destroyed or washed away by landslides and gushing rivers. Dhingra knew there was very little time to do something for Uttarakhand. Hence, the brief given to all the artists was to display happy, feel-good photographs and paintings. There is a glimpse of nature through mountains, flowers and wildlife along with expressions of joy on the faces of people, dancing on the streets. One artist, Moushumee K Jha's three photographs - all showing women in different moods - will be on display. The money collected will go to a non-profit organisation, Goonj, undertaking relief operation in the affected regions of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.--- IANS
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CSIR-IIP distributes relief material
Mussoorie, July 21 The team distributed relief materials to the 52 affected families in Parodi and 29 families in Papra and 18 familes in Dugaad village. The affected villagers were provided with utensils, rain-coats, flour, rice, cereals, candles, slippers and water filters. 40 affected families in Thatyur block also received the relief materials. The relief work was spearheaded by CSIR Director General Prof Sameer K Brahmchari and IIP Dr MO Garg who was coordinating with the CSIR labs around the country and the state administration, for better disaster management. The IIP nodal officer for the relief work Dr DC Pandey, members Vikram Rawat, Rajendar Butola, Navin Maurya, Hemant Tivari, Shiv Singh Rawat, Pradeep Bhandari assisted in the distribution of the relief materials. The villagers thanked for the much needed relief provided to them by the relief team.
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Tashi Namagyal Academy win soccer tournament
Dehradun, July 21
Amit Bharadwaj of Birla Public School, Pilani, was adjudged the highest scorer of the tournament. Tendong Leptcha from Tashi Namagyal Academy was declared the best striker whereas Chewang Namgyal also from Tashi Namagyal Academy was announced the most valuable player of the tournament.
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Paytm donates RS 20 lakh
Dehradun, July 21 General Manager Ajay Shekhar Sharma, handed over the amount to Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, here today. Paytm through its special initiative asked people to contribute towards the flood victims. As many as 10,245 people donated Rs10 lakh and Paytm matched the amount by adding the same and donated Rs 20 lakh. "We thank people who came forward to donate toward the cause. At Paytm we always believe that in times like this people should always come forward, as even a small amount makes a huge difference," said
Sharma.
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Asian, Kasiga schools win matches
Dehradun, July 21
The match was decided with a tie-breaker after two teams were goalless at the end of the stipulated time. In the second match, Kasiga School defeated The Indian Academy 5-0.
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Ramayana sermon
Rishikesh, July 21 Mahamandaleshwar Swami Asaganand Saraswati ji Maharaj will preside over the religious function. Swami Chinmayanand ji Saraswati will also attend the religious function.
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Owing to heavy rains in various parts of the Garhwal division, the water level in the holy river Ganga has increased in
Haridwar.
A Kashmiri student was killed at Sahastradhara picnic spot when he was swept away in the waters.
A 12-member group of Kashmiri students belonging to Kupwara who are undertaking higher studies at Selaqui Institution in Dehradun went for a picnic at Sahastradhara waterfall today.
With the registration of Kanwariyas being made compulsory for this year’s Shravan Kanwar pilgrimage, the step will surely pave way for an organised yatra in the state.
As more than 1 crore Kanwariya’s had reached Haridwar-Rishikesh and upper reaches of Garhwal Himalayas last year, in view of the large number of pilgrims at Char Dham getting killed in last month's natural fury, need of registration of Kanwariyas was being felt.
