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Centre orders probe into illegal quarrying
16 killed in Uttarakhand bus accident
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Rawat calls for hassle-free yatra
Industry to help J&K flood victims: FICCI
UKD’s ‘Uttarakhand bachao’ awareness campaign soon
Teachers threaten to intensify stir
Rangard grants Rs 8 lakh for Kempty school
88 SMOs promoted
Indian Public, Doon Valley to clash in finals
New Blossoms School wins inter-school quiz
Chamoli lift U-17 girls’ volleyball trophy
Emphatic win for Akranta Football Club
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Centre orders probe into illegal quarrying
Haridwar, September 13 Swami Shivanand, founder of the Matra Sadan Ashram, yesterday said the Nainital High Court on May 26, 2011, had ordered that owing to environment reasons, stone crushers, schools, colleges and hospitals should not be allowed near the Ganga. The high court had directed the Haridwar district administration to ensure violators were brought to book. Swami Shivanand said despite the high court directive, the Haridwar administration failed to initiate any action and hundreds of stone crushers continued operations in the prohibited areas. The Union Environment Ministry took cognisance of a letter written by him and ordered a probe into illegal quarrying going on unabated on the Ganga riverbed, he added. The Swami said the Union Environment Ministry had directed its regional office in Lucknow to submit a detailed report in 15 days. Also, saints of the Matra Sadan ashram should be apprised of the development. Matra Sadan inmates had earlier provided a detailed report to the Environment Ministry on irregularities and large scale illegal quarrying going on in Haridwar district. Swami Dayanand said representatives of Matra Sadan would accompany the team to be headed by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Lucknow, during the investigation.
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16 killed in Uttarakhand bus accident Dehradun, September 13 The bus (UK-07 TC 0702), which left for Srinagar in the early hours, met with the accident around 11.30 am when the driver lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a turn near Juyalgarh. Deputy Inspector General of Police (Garhwal Range) Amit Sinha visited the scene and monitored relief and rescue operations. The condition of five of those injured was stated to be serious. Three of the seriously injured were airlifted to Dehradun for treatment, while the rest were being treated at a Srinagar hospital. Uttarakhand Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi and CM Harish Rawat have expressed grief at the loss of life. The Chief Minister has announced Rs 1 lakh each for the families of those killed and Rs 50,000 for the seriously injured.
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Noble cause of immersing ashes of unknown persons
Haridwar, September 13 Activists of the Shri Devothan Sewa Samiti collected the ashes of 5,775 persons from the cremation grounds in New Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) this year. According to the coordinator of the samiti, they had immersed the ashes of 97,462 persons in the Ganga in Haridwar in the past 13 years. Today, the samiti held a procession comprising five tableaux, three buses, 30 four-wheelers and 400 volunteers that started from the Nishkam Sewa Ashram, Bhoopatwala, and passed through various areas of the city carrying pots containing the ashes of 5,775 unknown persons. The samiti activists offered one tonne of milk to the Ganga and performed other rituals while immersing the ashes at Sati Kund at Kankhal. Mange Ram Garg, national president of the Dharmyatra Mahasangh, and Kashi Nath, working executive president of the organisation, said it was a noble work to immerse the ashes of unknown people in the Ganga to bring peace to the departed souls. Mahant Surendra Nath Avdhoot, president of the Vishwa Hindu Mahasangh, Deepak Aggarwal, president of the Siddh Data Manav Sewa Samiti, Veer Ramnath, spokesperson of the Hindu Mahasabha, Ram Krishan Lohiya, president of the Gagipur Samshan Ghat Sudhar Samiti, Chaudhary Pratap Singh Mothshra, president of the Anyay Daman Samiti, have been extending support to this social initiative of the Shri Devothan Sewa Samiti. “For about three weeks our volunteers collected ashes from 326 cremation grounds in New Delhi and the NCR. It is a noble cause and our activists and other people are ready to contribute to this initiative,” said Anil Narendra, president of the Devothan Samiti. Local people, teerth purohits, seers, pundits and the traders fraternity praised the efforts of the Devothan Samiti members. Rameshwar, a pundit at Haripur
Kalan, said collecting and immersing the ashes of unknown people in the Ganga was a noble work that brings peace to the departed soul.
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Rawat calls for hassle-free yatra
Dehradun, September 13 Rawat said financial constraints would not be a barrier in improving infrastructure along the yatra route. Addressing a gathering at a felicitation ceremony held to mark successful completion of the three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jaat Yatra, the Chief Minister applauded the efforts of different government departments to conduct a smooth yatra, that concluded on September 6. He said the state government was working round-the-clock for improving infrastructure in the state’’s upper reaches. Rawat stressed on positive publicity of tourist destinations in the state. He said the state government was working intensely to develop alternate trekking routes in the state’’s upper reaches. Rawat applauded the efforts of the district administration, police department, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Public Works Department (PWD) , state medical department, health and family welfare, Indo-Tibetan Border Police etc to conduct the yatra, and felicitated employees for their contribution. Expressing concern over natural calamities, Rawat said strict instructions had been given to officials of different government departments to expedite development activities. He said funds had already been released to rebuild damaged infrastructure like road and potable water pipelines in the higher areas of the state. Rawat released first-day postal cover on Nanda Devi Raj Jaat Yatra during the function. He said the state government was committed to enhancing basic amenities along the yatra route. He said the state government was working to restore tourism which had been affected adversely in the last year’’s natural disaster. Members of Braham Kamal Sanskriti Samiti presented a skit on Nanda Devi Raj Yatra during the function. Tourism Minister Dinesh Dhanai, Badrinath MLA Rajendra Bhandari, Nanda Devi Raj Jaat Yatra Samiti chairperson Dr Rakesh Kunwar, Ansuya Prasad Maikhuri, Bhuwan Nautiyal and others were present.
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Industry to help J&K flood victims: FICCI
Dehradun, September 13 FICCI’s corporate social responsibility head Dr KK Upadhyay, who was in Dehradun to review the rehabilitation work linked to the last year’s disaster in Uttarakhand, said the industry had always been involved in the rehabilitation of people, which came at a later stage. He said the industry would rise to the occasion and help in rebuilding J&K. Updhayaya said the FICCI had always been in the forefront in extending a helping hand, be it the Gujarat earthquake, tsunami or the Jammu and Kashmir earthquake some years ago. “The industry is in distress as many of the employees in Srinagar have become victims to the floods. The industry has a little role in the relief operations as it is not equipped to undertake such missions. Thus, it can only play an important role in the rehabilitation process, which it will certainly do,” he said He also referred to the rehabilitatin efforts in Uttarakhand and added that FICCI members were contributing generously. He said houses were being constructed in the disaster-hit districts of Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh, Tehri and Uttarkashi. As many as 16 firms have contributed towards the rehabilitation process in Uttarakhand, he added. He said nearly 16,000 companies across the country had already pledged to spend 2 per cent of their total profit on corporate social responsibility initiatives in three years. NSUI seeks donation
Activists of National Students Union of India took out a rally on Thursday and collected funds for Kashmir floods victims. The activists urged residents to donate generously for victims. They gathered at Rajeev Bhawan today and took out a rally that moved through Clock Tower, Connaught Place, Paltan Bazar, Mahawar Bazar, Chief Post Office and adjoining areas. Addressing the gathering, former NSUI president Sangram Singh Pundir appealed to locals to donate generously for Kashmir food victims. He said it was the duty of responsible citizens to help those residents who are facing the brunt of natural calamities. Relief aid pours in
Haridwar: Residents are contributing to the aid for the flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir. Congress activists at the Birla Ganga ghat paid tributes to those who died in the floods in Jammu and Kashmir recently. They hoped that normalcy would return to the state soon. Sanjay Chopra, chairperson of the Agricultural Production Committee, Jwalapur, said the whole country was united when Uttarakhand was devastated by the natural disaster in June last year. Now, it was the time to show solidarity with the affected people of Jammu and Kashmir by providing assistance to them. Pt Sumit Tiwari urged the parliamentarians to contribute their one-month salary to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.
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UKD’s ‘Uttarakhand bachao’ awareness campaign soon
Dehradun, September 13 This includes giving permanent capital status to Gairsain, curb on rising migration from hills to plain areas and check on corruption in the state. He said the awareness campaign would be carried out in two phases. “While the first phase
in Kumaon will be from September 25 to October 1, the second phase will be held from October 10 to 16 in Garhwal division,” Airy pointed out. Besides, a protest march to the Chief Minister’s residence in Dehradun will take place on November 21 on the very same issues. Airy said former MLA Pushpesh Tripathy would be the convener for Kumaon division while Pankaj Vyas would be the convener for Garhwal division for the campaign.
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Mock fire drill organised at KVFRI
Dehradun, September 13 The team led by K Shah along with other members sensitised students on controlling fire. One of the team members Manish Prasad gave comprehensive information about the fire equipment for extinguishing different kinds of fire. Students were given information on how to control
fire. KVFRI Principal Dr Charu Sharma said this information was essential for students. Vice-Principal SK Joshi, NK Kala and other faculty members were present on the occasion.
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Teachers threaten to intensify stir
Dehradun, September 13 The agitated primary teachers gathered at the State Education Department Directorate and raised anti-department slogans. The agitators said the memorandum highlighting their demands was submitted many times to officials, but the department was yet to take effective steps to address their grievances. The agitated teachers said timely promotion, pay anomaly, leave etc. are a few pending demands.
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students’ council elections
Dehradun, September 13 The voter turnout of over 22 per cent today was lower compared to 30 per cent last year. According to the college management, 4,015 valid votes were polled. The total number of votes in the college was 17,800. At DAV PG College, the voting began at 8:30 am and continued till 3 pm. The counting of votes would be held on coming Monday and the results would be declared by the evening. Twenty-one candidates were in the fray for six posts, including of president, in the students’ union council. The police was present in strength amid a possibility of clashes between different student groups, especially after a controversy over alleged distribution of fake identity cards before the election. The college was divided in three zones, which were manned by a circle officer. Two companies of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and 180 constables were deployed in the college. Notably, the union election was scheduled to take place on September 10 but was deferred after the NSUI accused the ABVP of distributing fake identity cards among the students to ensure the victory of its candidates. The college management postponed the election and later decided to hold it on September 13 and the counting of votes on September 15.
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Rangard grants Rs 8 lakh for Kempty school
Mussoorie, September 13 The members of the parent teachers association also presented a three-point memorandum and demanded the restart of the construction work on the school building that had been delayed due to paucity of funds for past several years. The president of the association, Mukesh Panwar, said the UP Nirman Nigam was assigned the task of constructing the additional building block of the school at Kempty several years ago but the project was left midway much to the disgust of the parents and the teachers alike. “The students are forced to study in the verandah of the existing school, making it difficult for them to concentrate on their studies, especially during the monsoon,” lamented Panwar. The MLA assured the members of the PTA that he would take up the matter with the Education Minister. — TNS
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88 SMOs promoted
Dehradun, September 13 About 77 senior medical officers were promoted to the post of the Joint Director after the DPC meeting in July but due to incomplete ACRs several other officers were left out. The government was forced to hold a fresh DPC meeting. |
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Indian Public, Doon Valley to clash in finals
Dehradun, September 13 In the first semifinal match, The Indian Public School defeated The Doon School 1-0 with Ashwani scoring the only goal of the match in the 42nd minute. On other hand, Doon Valley Public School defeated Woodstock School 3-2 score. For Doon Valley Public School, Harish, Birander and Kapil scored the goals while Pukar and Sterling scored one goal each for Woodstock School. St Joseph Academy clinch football title
Hosts St Joseph Academy won the Senior Football Tournament defeating Moravian Institute in the final match played at St Joseph Academy soccer playground here today. The first half of the match saw no goals, but in the second half, Moravian Institute’s Renpeishang scored the first goal. St Joseph Academy, however, had a brilliant comeback after Deveng Joshi and Migmar scored a goal each and led their team to victory. The chief guest on the occasion was Brother Benedict.
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New Blossoms School wins inter-school quiz
Dehradun, September 13 The Indian Academy got the second position and Sidharth Public School stood third. The quiz saw active participation of students from classes VI to VIII. Quiz master A P Wahi effectively conducted the quiz. During the quiz, the questions were presented with projected audio/visual clues to the teams on various topics like nature and environment, country profile (important places), everyday science, sports and games (only identification), basic history and geography, science, entertainment (Bollywood/Hollywood), and awards and recognitions. Students also faced a ‘’Rapid Fire Round’’ wherein each team was asked multiple questions.
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Wynberg Allen win basketball tourney
Dehradun, September 13 The final match was a close encounter and Wynberg Allen won it at the end by 2 points. Manogya of Wynberg Allen with 12 points was the top scorer.
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Chamoli lift U-17 girls’ volleyball trophy
Dehradun, September 13 Chamoli won the final match 20-25, 25-15, 25-21. In the U-17 boys final match, Sports College defeated Dehradun by 25-11, 25-10 score while in the U-14 boys’ category, Sports College again defeated Dehradun in the final match by 25-8 and 25-19. Sports College also won the U-19 boys final after trouncing Dehradun in the final match by 25-22 and 25-19.
— TNS
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Emphatic win for Akranta Football Club
Dehradun, September 13 For Akranta, Ravi scored the goal in the 33rd minute while Amit and Akash scored a goal each in the 34th and 67th minutes, respectively. On the other hand, Aparesh from Balaji Boys scored one goal for his team in the 60th minute.
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