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US envoy meets CM, offers help in education, IT, health
Post monsoon, power generation plummets
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Needed not the rhetoric, but steps for rehab, say disaster victims
Leopard kills girl near CM’s house
Rs 75 cr released for Gairsain Vidhan Sabha bhavan
10% DA hike for govt staff
Students apprised of bad effects of drugs, smoking
Eleven Star thrash Gorkha Boys 7-2
Defence badminton: Sridhar in semis
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US envoy meets CM, offers help in education, IT, health
Dehradun, October 24 She expressed her desire to provide help to the needy in the fields of education, IT, health, tourism and rehabilitation. She also discussed the possibilities of developing an early warning system in the state to receive correct information well within time. Expressing his gratitude to the American Ambassador, the Chief Minister said the environment of the Himalayas had affected the entire world. The US Ambassador said efforts should be made at the international level to safeguard the environment of the Himalayas. Bahuguna said the state had suffered major losses in the natural disaster, including the loss of tourism. He, however, said the situation was slowly becoming normal. He said that all the tourist destinations in the state were safe and the tourists could visit the
state without fear. Bahuguna said his government had planned to safeguard the state from further disasters. As many as 200 landslide-prone zones have been identified and cable car planned for such areas. He further said that 400 disaster-affected villages had been provided with 27,000 solar lights and a sum of Rs 300 crore had been distributed among the disaster-affected people. Present on the occasion were Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary Rakesh Sharma and Principal Secretary to the CM Dr
SS Sandhu.
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Post monsoon, power generation plummets
Dehradun October 24 Senior official of Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited Rajesh Nautiyal said, "With the end of the monsoon, water flow from hills or mountains in rivers has reduced, affecting power generation in hydropower houses in the state. However, this year the situation is better than the last year due to the extended monsoon season. Last year, power generation on October 24 was recorded as 10 MU. He said the situation would worsen in the coming winter months when water would be converted into snow. Besides this, the UP government has closed Ram Ganga, an irrigation and hydroelectric multipurpose project of 198 MW situated on the river upstream of Kalagarh in Pauri Garhwal. Uttar Pradesh retains control over the project and utilises water generation only for irrigation purpose and stops the same during the monsoon. This directly affects Uttarakhand which generates power from this project. Nautiyal said the power house was likely to become operational in the first week of November, so the overall tally of generation could improve as well. Two hydropower projects, Tiloth of 90 MW and Khatima of 41.4 MW, are also not running to their full capacity these days, as they are partly closed due to the ongoing process of renovation, modernisation and upgrade (RMU). Nautiyal said, "Machines in power houses are old. They are being upgraded and repaired using modern techniques. Instead of purchasing new machines, this process is quite cost effective. Tiloth and Khatima are undergoing RMU. The 9.3 MW Mohammadpur project and the 20.4 MW Pathari project have successfully gone through the RMU process. During winter months when power generation is low, the time is utilised to speed up the RMU process, so that power houses are in a good condition to give their best output during the peak season.
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Gang busted in Haridwar; 11 motorcycles recovered
Haridwar October 24 Those arrested are Vikas Kumar, a resident of Indra Colony, Civil Lines, Muzaffarnagar; Yavvar Abbas, Mohalla Mustar, Thana Mirapur, Muzzafarnagar; and Deepak Singh, Basadhi village, Purkaji, Muzzafarnagar, all from Uttar Pradesh. When interrogated, they confessed that they were involved in several cases of motor cycle thefts. The gang also used to prepare fake RCs. "Vikas has been to jail earlier also in connection with some minor criminal case,” said Swarup. Superintendent of City Police Surjeet Singh Pawar said all the motorcycles recovered are of Hero Splendour brand. Those arrested said it was quite easy to unlock this type of motorcycle with one single duplicate master key. Meanwhile, SSP, Haridwar, Rajeev Swarup took monthly meeting of police officials and personnel at the Police Lines. He directed the officials to look into the complaints of police personnel. Swarup laid emphasis on the early resolution of long-pending criminal cases. “Don’t restrict yourself to just paper work action. Police need to act on ground so that more and more cases are solved and public’s confidence is retained. The cases related to commercial goods and vehicles should be solved on a priority basis," he said.
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Needed not the rhetoric, but steps for rehab, say disaster victims
Pithoragarh, October 24 According to a source close to the district administration, over 600 families, who lost their houses in the disaster that hit the region on June 18, are still living either in tents or government buildings. “These families have been promised by district administration and the government representatives that arrangements would be made to resettle them to new places as their houses were washed away completely. But nothing has been done in this direction despite the lapse of four months,” said Rudra Singh Panda, a local leader from Madkot. The Chief Minister had, during his stay in Dharchula, announced that the government would give grants to the victims who will construct their houses at the land managed by them. But if the land would not be managed by them, they would be given pre-fabricated huts having space equal of two rooms and other amenities. “As most of the victims want pucca houses, they have refused to take pre-fabricated huts.” said a district administration representative. What is most alarming is the victims losing their livelihood and the source of sustenance. The tribal women, who used to spin wool these days to prepare woollens to be sold in the fairs like Jauljibi Thal and Uttarayani during the winter months, are without work and sitting idle in their camps. “What these women need is equipment to prepare woollens and raw wool as they have lost not only their houses but also their sheep and spinning and knitting equipment by which they used to earn during the winter months.” said Leela Bangyal, a social worker at Jauljibi. “Our need is not mere land to construct pucca houses for living but the terrain to rear sheep, equipment to prepare woollens and pastures to graze our animal herds as it is animal rearing which has been sustaining us from centuries.” said Leela, a woman social worker hailing from Darma valley but settled at Jauljibi. Officials at the district disaster management office said they had found pieces of land at the Charchum and Bangapani areas of Madkot to settle the victims of Darma valley but they refused to shift there. “Those ousted want to be resettled near their native houses so that they could resort to their traditional economic routine of weaving and knitting of woollens,” said RS Rana, district disaster management office. The sources said the Chief Minister’s visit could only create just hope for the poor families. The Chief Minister had announced that every possible step will be taken to make land available to these victims to resettle them. “What the Chief Minister announced we have been listening from district administration officials and the local MLA. But concrete steps are yet to be taken towards the genuine resettlement of the ousted villagers,” said
Leela.
teething troubles
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Leopard kills girl near CM’s house
Dehradun, October 24 The leopard pounced upon the girl while her companions managed to flee. The villagers later recovered the girl’s badly mutilated body. Later a post-mortem was conducted at Doon Hospital. The Chandmari-Malsi-Rajpur region in Dehradun has witnessed leopard attacks in the past also. The region has a thick green cover and is close to forests. It also has undulated terrain making it an ideal place for man-eater leopards to hide and attack people.
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Rs 75 cr released for Gairsain Vidhan Sabha bhavan
Dehradun, October 24 The work is expected to start by November 25. The Department of Finance has also released Rs 85 crore for the construction of the building of another Vidhan Sabha Bhavan at Raipur (Dehradun).
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10% DA hike for govt staff
Dehradun, October 24 Those employees whose salaries have been revised from January 1, 2006, will also get the increased
DA from July 1. With 10 per cent increase, the employees will now get 90 per cent DA of their basic salary.
It will benefit a large number of state government employees.
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Cricket will not be same without Sachin: Harbhajan
Dehradun, October 24 He said cricket would not be same without Sachin Tendulkar, who took the game to new heights through his batting performances in his 24 years of cricket career. Film actor and former model Rahul Dev also accompanied Harbhajan Singh during the inauguration ceremony. The ace bowler along with other guests planted trees at the site and participated in the puja. Harbhajan Singh later unveiled the broacher of the housing project at Touchwood School. He was welcomed with cheer and applause by the school students. On a special request by the students, Harbhajan enthralled everyone by his dance moves on "Gangnam Style". He candidly answered all the questions asked by
the students. On a question asked by a girl student about Harbhajan's plan for marriage, he answered with a smile that he had come to Dehradun to buy a flat for himself and to search his future wife. On a question asked about how Sachin Tendulkar was as a teammate, Harbhajan said, "Everyone knows that he is a great player, but very few people know that he is a humble man with great heart and I have learnt from him that one should remain grounded no matter how big you achieve in life." Tushar Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, GTM group, reflected the key highlights of the project during the ceremony.
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'Mussoorie hills blessed with rich bird life'
Mussoorie, October 24 During the camp, the students and teachers trekked down to Magra village, Binog Mountain Quail Wildlife Sanctuary. They saw birds like Kaleej Pheasant, Great Barbet, Himalayan Woodpecker, Grey Treepie and Greater Yellownape. The group descended from the Cosy Nook down the Landour’s forest north face to Kolti village. They returned via grasslands and pine forests on Flag Hill to Jabarkhet, and then back to Landour. They also spotted birds like Fork Tail, Brown Dipper and Crested Kingfisher. The students were enchanted after seeing a Black Bear. The camp was held by the Joint Bird Club called Jolmo Tibetan Bird Club. It was started by two Tibetan schools with the support of a Mussoorie-based NGO, the Winterline Nature Trust at the Cosy Nook Estate in Landour. Dr Malvika Onial of the Wildlife Institute of India, Sarvesh Wahie and Prashant Nawani, volunteered on behalf of the Winterline Nature Trust to lead the bird walks among other naturalists. Dr Malvika Onial said since British times, ornithologists had known that the Mussoorie hills were blessed with rich bird life. In fact, the late Dr Salim Ali, father of the Indian Ornithology, rated the Mussoorie forests as one of his favourite places for birding in India. She said there were many reasons for the amazing bird life in Mussoorie. Among these were the sharp rise in altitude from the Doon, the clean fresh water streams, and thick forests. "Another fact is the proximity to Tibet which is hardly 120 km away, a distance that birds can cover in a few hours. In winter, millions of birds arrive in India. Many stay locally for few days, and others spend the entire winters here," she added, “There are many bird experts in the area who are willing to share their knowledge via bird camps. We at the Winterline are pleased to help the experts and have been doing it for many years. But, the Forest Department and other NGOs must take initiative as well. For instance, the Winterline has made the camp site free-of-cost to schools,”said Shantanu Sarkar, a trustee of the Winterline Nature Trust. Sarkar said with such bio-wealth in the forests around Mussoorie, the authorities should declare all the forests in the hill town as a wildlife
sanctuary.
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Students apprised of bad effects of drugs, smoking
Dehradun, October 24 Two boys from The Doon School Farhan Ansari and Vishal along with Nijaat members Saurabh, Jasmine and Ravi conducted a workshop and shared their individual experiences. The project works on three principles: Creating and spreading awareness through presentations at various public places and government schools; performing short plays and skits to spread the message to rural and slum-dwellers in a more engaging manner; and individual interactive sessions with the affected people to help and encourage them to seek treatment at rehabilitation centres. The workshop concluded with an informative interactive session, which instilled awareness among the students.
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FCI Delhi enter finals
Dehradun, October 24 Both the teams looked equal from the beginning and played aggressive football match with attacking each other's goal post on number of occasion. Sumit from FCI converted one pass into a goal and took his team into the finals of the tournament. The second semifinal match would be played on Friday between Union Bank, Mumbai, and Titanium FC, Kerela.
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Eleven Star thrash Gorkha Boys 7-2
Dehradun, October 24 In the second match of the day, Doon Star Football Club secured a 2-0 win over Khalanga Boys with Sharukh scoring the first goal in the 8th minute and Kailesh making it 2-0 in the 20th minute of the match. No match would be played from October 25-27 due to the start of village games at the PRD ground.
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Defence badminton: Sridhar in semis
Dehradun, October 24 In the men's singles quarterfinals, D Sridhar from the CDA, Secunderabad, defeated Ruchir Mittal from the CFA (Factories), Jabalpur, 19-21, 24-22, 21-10. While in the men’s doubles event, Panger, Accounts Officer, and Ganesh Rai from the CDA, Guwahati, defeated Rama Krishna and T. Ramamurthy from the CDA, Secunderabad, 21-19,
22-20. In the women's doubles, Anju Bhatnagar and Brahm Sila from the CDA, Meerut, defeated the pair of Achala V. Dumasia and Priyanka Acharya from the PCDA (SC), Pune, 17-21, 21-12, 22-20. In the women's singles semifinals, Chitra from the CDA (R&D,) Bangaluru, defeated Rachna Mange from the CDA (Training), NADFM, Pune, 21-14, 21-5.
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‘Youthopia’ 2013 kicks off in style
Dehradun October 24 After this, the focus shifted to various cultural and technical events which included Robo wars, Code Hunt, M-Factor and folk solo and group
performances. With Diwali as the theme of the competition named Best of Waste, the students created beautiful handmade show items.
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