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DMC to impose service tax on Central govt institutions
Goa govt to adopt flood-hit villages of Rudraprayag
Jubilation at Yogpeeth over stay on arrest of Ramdev's brother
With number of cases nearing 1,000, DM launches anti-dengue drive
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Ahead of Diwali, fire dept launches sensitisation drive
Contractor commits suicide
Chandrabani defeat Cant Blue in nail-biting finish
Ensure quality in road construction work, says Planning Minister
Kasiga school gets new director
Top radiologists attend workshop
Winter games nearing but Garhwal nigam yet to do homework
Man arrested with illicit liquor
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DMC to impose service tax on Central govt institutions
Dehradun October 28
However, till date the DMC administration never thought of utilising the provision. That too when the corporation is hard pressed for revenue and looks at state government even for minor development works. The directive with regard to service charge has been given by Urban Development Minister, Preetam Singh Panwar. Mukhya Nagar Adhikari, Ashok Kumar said, "First we will check out the available list of the Central government institutions or departments in the city. Then notices will be served on them with regard to service tax. Thereafter, we will obtain documents related to the area of the premises from them as service tax is estimated to be 9 per cent of the total cost of the land." He said the DMC would go ahead cautiously as small negligence could lead to litigation. Mishra said the DMC would wait for the objections to be raised by the institutions in response to notice served to them. The Corporation would then satisfy their queries. After procuring the documents, service charge would be imposed on the institutions. He said they would not waste time in getting complete information about the total number of such institutions that existing in the city. Gradually, other institutions and departments would also be taken in the ambit as well. The Corporation expects to earn revenue in crores with the implementation of the provision of service tax.
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Goa govt to adopt flood-hit villages of Rudraprayag
Dehradun, October 28 He said the nature of the work would depend on the guidelines issued by the Government of Uttarakhand for states and organisations keen to adopt the
devastated villages. "We will be interested in contributing in the areas such as construction of houses, relaying of damaged water pipes, building schools, etc," said Semwal. The guidelines specify that the rehabilitation of specially displaced groups like widows and orphans may be taken into account while constructing programmes. Already around eight Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) with total contribution of Rs 25 crore would take part in the implementation of the reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in Uttarakhand under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). A core committee comprising six members and presided over by Shyam Agarwal, secretary of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), would oversee the programmes. Monitoring would be undertaken through a third party.
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Jubilation at Yogpeeth over stay on arrest of Ramdev's brother
Haridwar October 28 Divya Pharmacy management in a statement said that Ram Bharat along with his security guards had been wrongly framed, alleging a conspiracy behind all this. They also alleged theft to the tune of Rs 20-30 lakhs committed by Nitin Tyagi two years back from Divya Pharmacy, where he used to work as a driver. SK Tijariwala, a spokesperson for Patanjali Yogpeeth, said they had full faith in legal process of the country and justice will Meanwhile, additional police protection has been provided to Nitin Tyagi by Haridwar police after his family expressed fear to his life and pressure from some unknown persons to take the case back. Tyagi had alleged illegal confinement for four days at Divya Yog Pharmacy. Cirlce Officer Kankhal Chandramohan Negi said that they were awaiting the copy of the Nainital High court order and then would act accordingly in this case. A case was filed against Ram Bharat along with his security guards on the complaint of Som Dutt, grandfather of Nitin Tyagi, by Haridwar police under sections 365 (kidnapping), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement) and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) as per Indian Penal Code at Kankhal police station.
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With number of cases nearing 1,000, DM launches anti-dengue drive
Haridwar, October 28 Nidhi chaired a meeting of all departments concerned, including the Health Department and the Municipal Corporation, today to ensure that proper measures were taken to check dengue from spreading further. The meeting was attended by representatives of all departments, social organisations, NGOs and educational institutions. She directed the Health Department and the Municipal Corporation to take adequate measures to generate awareness so that the breeding of dengue and its spread could be stopped. “We need to focus on three aspects: Large scale dissemination of information about preventive measures, source reduction of dengue larvae and actual curative measures when symptoms of dengue surface. Though dengue patients were reported from Haridwar every year in the last one decade, the casualties had been the highest this year. Hence, we need to envisage a plan that covers next year also,” said Nidhi. The District Magistrate also announced that as dengue patients were going to other places for treatment, particularly Dehradun, efforts were being made to set up a specialised blood platelets unit on a vacant plot to provide blood bank facilities in Haridwar. Blood platelets reduce drastically to below 25,000 mark due to dengue. Nidhi also announced a round-the-clock dengue helpline No. 01334-223999, which would later be made toll free. Director General, Health, GC Joshi said focus should be on killing the larvae at the initial stage itself and women should also be included in the mass awareness drive. Mukhya Nagar Adhikari of the Municipal Corporation Vipra Trivedi spoke about various measures taken by the civic body in the past four months to contain the spread of dengue. Vipra said besides fogging, mass cleaning of stagnating water and drains, help from students and volunteers was being taken in generating awareness about the disease. “We have bifurcated Haridwar city into four sectors and four nodal officers are doing special monitoring there daily,” she added.
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Ahead of Diwali, fire dept launches sensitisation drive
Dehradun, October 28 Though the district administration has decided to allow firecracker shops in the open only, chances of any mishap during the festival cannot be ruled out. In a bid to ensure incident-free Diwali this year, the Fire Department officials have chalked out a fire-safety plan. They have asked shopkeepers to adhere to fire safety norms to avoid any untoward incident. Both permanent and temporary shopkeepers have been asked to keep fire extinguishers and sand buckets near their shops. Fire Officer Harish Giri said, “Shopkeepers have been directed to ensure firecracker stalls are not beneath a high-tension wire and wiring to light bulb on stalls is of good quality and without breakage.” He said, “It is mandatory to keep a minimum 200 litres of water near cracker shops and that area should be a no-smoking zone.” Officials of the Fire Department have met shopkeepers, who put cracker stalls twice in the last fortnight, to discuss safety measures. More such meetings are in the offing. Fire officials will also inspect safety measures adopted by every shopkeeper in the next couple of days.
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Dehradun October 28 The deceased, Virendra Verma, lived at DL Road along with his family. On Sunday night he reportedly reached home fully drunk and had an argument with his family members over his drinking habit. He got angry and rushed towards his room and locked it from inside. The family members tried to open the door, but after breaking the door open, they found him hanging from a ceiling fan. He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared brought dead. — TNS
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Chandrabani defeat Cant Blue in nail-biting finish
Dehradun, October 28 Players of both the teams seemed well determined to win the match and gave their best score goals. Laxman from Chandrabani took advantage and made the first goal of the match in the 6th minute. With in 10 minutes, Aman from Chandrabani football club scored goal for his team in the 17th minute and helped his team ahead of Cant Blue with two goals. Later, Akhil from Cant Blue scored a goal in the 23rd minute of the match. Retaliating in the same style, Chandrabani’s Rishabh netted third goal for his team in the 26th minute of the match. After trailing by 3-1 score and defeat looked almost evident, Anshul from Cant Blue scored a majestic goal after dribbling more than four opposition players in the 32nd minute of the match. With constant attacks, Arya equalised the score in the 69th minute of the match. The normal duration of the match ended in a 3-3 draw and the match ended up as a tie between the two teams. Meanwhile, during the tiebreaker, Chandrabani won the match by a close margin of 7-6 score in its favour. Two matches will be played in the tournament on Tuesday with Wills Youth football club locking horns with Exodus football club and Garhwal Sporting will play against Khukri Eleven football club.
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Ensure quality in road construction work, says Planning Minister
Dehradun, October 28 He also gave another road construction project to the
MDDA.
He said his first priority was to develop the city.
“I have got several development works done. The most important was the construction of the road in my constituency, Dharampur. I will continue to get roads constructed on the priority basis,” he added. He also directed the MDDA officials to complete the construction work of the road within the given time limit and also to ensure quality of works. He made it clear that he would not compromise with the quality. He cautioned that he would not tolerate any negligence in the construction work and ensured that in case of any complaint, he would take strict action against the concerned officer. Several MDDA officials, public representatives and local people were also present.
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Kasiga school gets new director
Dehradun, October 28 Derek is a firm believer in ‘systems engineering’, where children mirror a stimulating and engaging cosmos of learning or are in danger of being buried in the arid wasteland of traditional transaction. He is all set to roll out a strategic three-year school development plan, which will upgrade and modernise all verticals within the school. Educated at St Stephen's College, Delhi, and London University, Derek wants to engineer a paradigm shift at Kasiga based on a decade of experience at the transnational Williamson Magor Education Trust. He wants to initiate a dialogue with parents of schoolchildren on a relevant and meaningful education. He believes that the primary focus of contemporary education must be to equip young minds with skills for successful living in the 21st century. He said, “What really matters for today’s youth is not the power to recall mere facts and figures, but the ability to innovate, invent and create something of lasting value in their lifetimes.” He will also lead a discussion on subjects such as parental education, new-age mentoring, life-skill counselling, specialisation in sport and cultural pursuit, with a focus on a ‘school that learns’.
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Top radiologists attend workshop
Dehradun, October 28 Dr A Jaina, in charge, MRI unit, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, explained in detail about the clinical applications of MRI and the reasons for its increasing needs. Dr RK Gupta, Director, radiology, Fortis Hospital, Gurgaon, detailed about the numerous modern research work on MRI being conducted worldwide. Dr Lalendra Upreti from Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, laid emphasis on the significance of MRI report in the treatment of liver related diseases. Dr Rajeev Azad, head, Radiology Department, Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, said in the current scenario, evidence-based treatment was more prevalent in medical science. He said it was a challenge for the doctors to diagnose disease on time. He said in such a situation, the significance of laboratory and radiology became utmost important. Mantri Prasad Naithani, Education Minister, Uttarakhand, inaugurated the programme. Prof NK Singh, principal, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Prof VA Bourai, principal, SGRR PG College, V.K. Nautiyal, coordinator, Shri Darbar Sahib, Dr Vinay Rai, medical superintendent, Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, doctors of the Radiology Department and staff members were also present on the occasion.
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Winter games nearing but Garhwal nigam yet to do homework
Dehradun, October 28 The chairlift is lying damaged and the ropeway from Joshimath to Auli is yet to be completed. The snow-maker machine is non-functional. A 400-m artificial lake, which is used to churn artificial snow, is marshy. A 10-km water pipeline from Boda Tal to this lake continues to be perforated. Electricity poles are not functioning properly and the main power transmission line has developed faults. Managing Director, GMVN, Rajesh Kumar said: " Recently, the GMVN received a fund of Rs 11 crore for the repair work. Four agencies, including Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited and Uttar Pradesh Rajkiya Nirman Nigam, have been shortlisted for the same. I am aware of the fact that there are so many pending works that needed to be completed at the earliest. I am sure we will be able to finish the work on time." Shiv Penuli, a snow skiing expert, said, "The repair work should have started long ago. I am afraid that the GMVN will not be able to complete the work on time." He said the reputation of the state was at stake. The event is significant for the GMVN, as officials are pinning their hopes on it to earn revenue. During the South Asian Winter Games held at Auli two years ago, the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board had shared the revenue with the GMVN. However, this time, the GMVN is organising the event alone.
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Man arrested with illicit liquor
Dehradun, October 28 The police said Bhagwan was the supplier of illicit liquor in the area. A case was registered against him under various sections of the Excise Act. He was sent to jail after being produced in the court today.
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With the number of dengue patients nearing the 1,000 mark, District Magistrate, Haridwar, Nidhi Pandey has taken over the control of the dengue awareness campaign.
