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450 disabled in Haridwar given life assisting equipment

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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thavar Chand Gehlot distributed life assisting equipment to 450 disabled in  Haridwar district as part of Rashtriya Vayoshree Yojna of Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment at a function held at Rishikul ground in Haridwar.

Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said, “Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi is clear in his thoughts that the government belongs to those people who are economically and socially weak. The constitution of India gives priority to disabled and economically poor.”   In the last four years, 50 times more camps were held which benefitted the deserving people. CM directed the district administration to make people aware about the welfare schemes run for disabled and other welfare schemes run by the central as well as the state governments so that maximum number of people could be benefitted.

The Chief Minister said that anybody can lodge complaint on toll free number 1905.

Union minister Mr. Thavar Chand Gehlot said, “in the last four years, equipment worth Rs.600 crore have been distributed amongst 11 lakh Divyangs of the country and 70,000 camps have been organized for them.”

He said that Rashtriya Vayoshree Yojna was started last year in which 260 districts of the country have been chosen. Under this scheme, a total of 43,000 old disabled  have been given equipment as per their requirement. More than 80 per cent of the disabled have been provided with motorized tri-cycles. T

The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment provides disabled with wheel chairs, tri-cycles, crutches, hearing aids, spectacles, laptop to students and smart phone. It has been decided to provide equipment worth Rs.7000 to each deserving person. The government is also providing grant for the treatment of children who are deaf and dumb.

48 hours weather alert sounded in Uttarakhand

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Dehradun, three days after a thunder squall swept through the hill-state, weather Gods have once again decided to bring Uttarakhand to a dripping halt on the 5th and 6th of June, following which the State Meteorological Center has issued a fresh warning of thunderstorm and squall in Dehradun, Pauri, Nainital and Udhamsingh Nagar Districts.

According to the Indian Met Department: “There are chances of an impending hailstorm, squall on Tuesday and Wednesday which will effect Dehradun, Pauri, Nainital and Udhamsingh Nagar Districts with wind velocity of upto 70-80 kilometer per/hour.”

In the past few days, rising mercury saw hill areas such as Rudraprayag touch 33 degrees, Gopeshwar at 32 and Uttarakashi at 31 degrees, while Haridwar was at a  sweltering  37-38 degree. “Thunderstorms will be seen in the plains of five districts. Other places will receive light to moderate rainfall,” said Bikram Singh, Director, Met Centre.

Giving priority to the upcoming weather alert sounded by the Metrological Department on 5th and 6th of June, the State Administration is working on war footing to ensure that no untoward incident takes place, giving strict orders:

  • NO vehicles, except emergency such as 108 will ply on hilly-roads from 8:00 pm to morning 5:00 a.m.
  • There will be complete ban on tourists travelling in the interiors of Garhwal region in the face of inclement rain.
  • Officials of Disaster Management have been kept on high alert.
  • NH, PWD, ADB, BRO, WB have been given instructions to open road blocks, land slips if and when they occur.
  • All Revenue Officials and Village Development Officers not to leave their area and be on duty.
  • Officials and workers not to switch off mobiles.
  • Schools to ensure safety and security of its students.

As the saying goes, ‘Caution is better than cure,‘ and this seems to be the leitmotif of Uttarakhand Government who seems to have learnt its bitter lesson from the 2013 Kedarnath Disaster, and is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that all remains well.

DIT bags first prize at the “Solar energy vehicle competition”

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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat met Devansh Gupta and Vartik Shrivastava of DIT University at his official residence. The Chief Minister congratulated these DIT students for receiving the first prize for making a car run on solar energy and electricity in the national “Solar energy vehicle competition” held at Gwalior recently.

On the occasion, the Chief Minister said, “there is immense potential to work in the field of solar energy and power energy. State government is promoting new entrepreneurs under it’s start up policy, and paying special attention to ‘Start up India’ and Stand Up India” to promote entrepreneurship at the grass root level.”

“Innovation in business was getting importance and new technical experiments and business ideas could bring a big difference in the lives of the people,” he added.

A 17 member team of DIT University led by Devansh Gupta participated in the Gwalior competition and went on to win six prizes under different categories.

The highlights of the “Zero Emission Hybrid Solar Electric Car” are:

  • The energy source of the vehicle will never deplete
  • It is free of noise and air pollution

 

 

Radio Collars to track Swamp deers within Rajaji

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Following the success of radio collars on tracking swamp deers in Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, in Assam, the same procedure is now being replicated within the Rajaji Tiger National Park on its swamp deer population.

These radio collars have been found successful in keeping a check on the population of many wild animals such as Deers and Elephants as well.

A few months ago, radio collars were mounted on Asiatic Elephants within Rajaji  Park that has aided in studying the habitat and progress of the pachyderms. Radio Collars are non-evasive and hence very safe and useful in tracking animals in the wild.

Range Officer Pradeep Uniyal said, “In 2005 the park just had 35 swamp deers but at present we have over 300.” A population on the rise which needs to be monitored closely.

The collars are being mounted on the swamp deers by a team of Scientists from the Wild Life Institute, Dehradun using Drive-Net method at the Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve.

The new technology is being considered as a right step toward conservation and preservation of the swamp deers, which are also a major tourist attraction in the park.

Wildlife Scientist Dr. Bivashpandav appraised the media saying, “These radio collars are the best technology that we have today to tract wildlife and are completely safe to be used on animals in the wild.”

The forgotten Kipling Road in Mussoorie

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If you were to walk or drive near Bala Hisar, along what was the old bridle path to Rajpur, you find that the old stretch of Kipling Road, above Barlowganj looks like a war zone.  What was  essentially a lifeline, or an escape route to decongest traffic on the main roads in the summer months has been effectively cut off. In an ill-timed move, the only alternative escape route from Mussoorie is now a pile of mountain debris.

This stretch of road comes with glorious history. Long before Wynberg Allen School came into existence in 1888, above this stony crag was in 1840, home to Amir Dost Mohammed of Afghanistan, who after his surrender during the First Anglo-Afghan War was whisked away to the hills. For those twenty-four months, the seven-mile bridle path from Rajpur bristled with troops,up until the time, two years later, in 1842 when he was restored to the throne of Kabul.

Today, on the same spot stands Allen School’s Bahuguna Memorial Hall. It commemorates the memory of their alumni: two brothers, both valiant Army Officers, Harsh and Jai Bahuguna who perished on two separate ascents to Everest.

That this road had to be widened in undeniable, but it has been closed nigh close to three months. It would surely be in the fitness of things if all the clutter on the road was cleared at the earliest. Just a few rounds of a sturdy JCB is what it will take to restore this lifeline to Landour, Barlowganj and Jharipani once again and help ease off some of the infamous traffic jams for which Mussoorie has made onto  the headlines of all media houses.

Freak Storm: Boon and Bane to Uttarakhand

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Last evening’s squall that lashed through the hill-state of Uttarakhand was seen both as a blessing as it helped in putting off raging forest fires plaguing the forests for the past 15 weeks, but then, the squall also brought in its wake a bane to hill-folks who especially lived in the interiors of Garhwal.

Tehri and Pauri districts witnessed incessant rainfall which within hours washed away three  animal shelters and turned lush-terrace farms into overflowing slush flowing into homes and shelter but fortunately there was no loss to life registered anywhere in the hill-state.

High wind, thunder, rain and hail swept through the hill-state bringing down temperatures, putting off the growing inferno which lapped up acres of green cover of Uttarakhand but also in its wake left behind landslides, road-blocks, overflowing canals and naals washing away animal shelters.

A few hours of heavy rainfall in the interiors of Garhwal region saw landslides and road-blocks riddling the hill-state bringing traffic on the roads to a stand-still for a few hours. Badri-kedar as well as Gangotri route along with Karnaprayag and Nainital highway, Chopta road were blocked due to minor landslips for a couple of hours. Uprooted trees and fallen electric poles plunged many areas in Dehradun District into darkness, abrupting traffic flow as well.

Director, State Met Department Vikram Singh  had already sounded an alert for yesterday’s freak storm and today talking to Newspost he updated saying, “As compared to yesterday, the weather today shall remain clear, though the possibility of a storm is there, but it wont be as strong as yesterday. We might have inclement weather from 5-6 June onwards.“

The storm was seen as a welcome break for the plains of Uttarakhand which had been simmering with temperatures close to 41 degrees and rising. The temperature in the State Capital Dehradun fell 5 degrees within a few hours of rain and high winds, which will be the trend over the next few days.

Registration for International Yoga Day begins today

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After Delhi, Chandigarh and Lucknow, Dehradun has been selected as the venue for hosting International Yoga Day. Preparations for the function to be held at from 6 am to 8 am on June 21 has started. Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh held a meeting in this regard at Secretariat.

The representatives of Patanjali Yogapeeth, Dev Sanskriti University, Art of Living, Parmarath Niketan, Bharat Swabhiman Trust, Lions Club, Ayurveda University, Institute of Water Conservation, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Wildlife Institute, Bharat Scouts and Guides, Ordnance Factory, Sanskrit University, Brahmakumaris, NIVH, BSNL, Army, ITBP and other organisations were invited to participate in the meeting.

Chief Secretary said, “the function is being held to make people aware about yoga, more and more people should participate to make the programme a success.” He appealed to Institutes asking them to send their yoga instructors for 15 days of free Yoga training, and also for institutes and organisations to appoint nodal officers for the event.

Secretary Ayush R.K. Sudhanshu informed everyone, “Ayush ministry of the union government and Ayush Department of Uttarakhand government are jointly organizing the event. He said that any suggestions regarding the programme can be sent on email- ID-[email protected].”  The online and offline registration for the event will start from today i.e. 2nd June, Saturday. Arrangements have been made to provide 15 days free Yoga training at Haridwar and Dehradun.

Shahid and Shradhha Kapoor begin filming in Dehradun

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Shahid Kapoor and Shradhha Kapoor are back in Dehradun to complete the shoot of “Batti Gul, Meter Chaalu.” A day long sequence of the film were shot on location at the Bread factory situated in Patelnagar. Hundreds of fans poured on to the streets to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars.

From being a mere backdrop, the hill-state is fast becoming a part of the script for big Bollywood banners with film-units making a beeline to its exotic, picturesque locations.  Prior shifting base to Dehradun, the film unit shot extensively in and around Tehri in the month of March.

If sources are to be believed, then Shahid Kapoor plays the role of the owner of a bread-factory in the day long sequence shoot which shows factory workers carrying boxes of bread in and out of the store. ‘Batti Gul, Meter Chaalu’ was also shot on location at the Vasant Vihar Electricity Office but Shahid and Shraddha Kapoor weren’t part of the sequence.

Today, the film unit moved to Devprayag for the remaining shoot of the film. ‘Batti Gul, Meter Chaalu,’ is being Directed by Shree Narayan Singh and is due to be released by the end of this year.

Dehradun bids farewell to its hero

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Dehradun, Uttarakhand’s first Kirti Chakra awardee Retired Lt. Colonel Inder Singh Rawat left for his heavenly abode yesterday at the ripe age of 104. A resident of Dehradun, Race Course since his retirement in 1970, Lt. Col Rawat was a name to reckon with.

Lt. Col Rawat was born on 30th January 1915, in Bageli in Pauri District, to a humble family. Despite limited provisions, the young lad went to a primary school 4 kms away from his village. In the year 1934 he passed his Metric and joined Garhwal Rifles  as a cadet in Landsdowne.  After completing his rigorous recruit training, Inder Singh Rawat went on to complete his further education at the Army Education School, Belgaon. In 1944 he passed out as a young officer of the Indian Army from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun .

Inder Singh Rawat fought the 1947-48 Indo-Pak war, and post-war joined the Assam Rifles on deputation. In 1957, Rawat was decorated with the Kirti Chakra by the country’s first President Dr. Rajendra Prasad for squashing the Naga Uprising in Nagaland.

In the year 1962, he was given the command of the first battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and then the 2nd Battalion of the ITBP was raised in Gwaldham under his watchful eyes and able command.

After giving 37 years to the service of the Nation, Lt. Col Rawat retired in 1970 making Dehradun his home. Hundreds of people poured onto the streets of Dehradun to pay homage to this valiant hero as the news of Lt. Col Rawat passing away spread.

Today Indra Singh Rawat leaves behind his two sons, both Brigadiers in the Indian Army,  Rajendra Rawat and Commander Harendar Singh Rawat along with his three daughters Amba, Rajeshwari and Vijaylakshmi.

The 11th Garhwal Rifles Battalion bid farewell with the last salute to one of their own sons with state honours.

BJP retains Tharali in Uttarakhand

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Bhartiya Janta Party has managed to retain the Uttarakhand Tharali bypoll seat. In what was being seen as a direct fight between BJP’s Munni Devi and Congress candidate Jeetram, the former finished a nail biting end led to an easy win with a margin of over 1900 against her closest contender Congress’s Prof Jeetram.

The Tharali seat was seen as hot-seat for the two leading political parties, with the BJP wooing its voters by highlighting the achievements of the Trivendra Singh Rawat run government and the Congress close at it heals counter-attacking their claims.

The Tharali seat was left vacant after the passing away of BJP’s Tharali MLA Maganlal. Munni Devi, wife of late Maganlal was chosen as a BJP candidate for the seat and 2017 candidate for Congress Professor Jeetram was a repeat candidate this time around too.

Both political parties had marathon rallies by Senior leaders for this much-coveted seat, including the Chief Minister and his Cabinet as well as former Chief Minister Harish Rawat and senior Congress leaders gathering support for Jeetram. A total of 53,048 voters voted on 28th May to decide the fate of the contestants.

With counting over, and BJP retaining the seat, this win will definitely give that much awaited shot in the arm to the Trivendra Singh Rawat led government and also to the Centre which can take some consolation after a dismissal performance in by-poll results from other States.

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