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Alaknanda Ashok & BS Mankoti part of Badminton Association of India

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Tania Saili
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Good news for sports in Uttarakhand. Two of its stalwart figures in the sport of Badminton, Mrs. Alaknanda Ashok has been chosen as Vice President of Badminton Association of India and Mr. B.S. Mankoti who at present holds the office of Secretary of Uttarakhand Badminton Association have made it to the EC committee of BAI at their annual meet held in Goa, today.

Speaking exclusively to Newspost, BS Mankoti stated that he was humbled by the decision adding, “we are in a better position to promote players in our home-state and as well in the national circuit, so it a great honour which brings greater responsibility not only for the State but for the Nation as well.“

An elated Alaknanda Kumar added how they could use this opportunity to better the facilities and exposure to budding players as well as, “we have exceptional players on the State but they lack international exposure, we would like to assist them in that and also try and work on arranging coaches to hold camps in the State and motivate budding players so that we can put them on the national and international platform.“

‘Mera gaon-swachh gaon’ a mission to clean ones surrounding

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Lucky Singh
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Chamoli, After the successful completion of cleanliness drive in his ancestral village Kandar, under the banner of ‘Mera gaon -swachh gaon’ engineer-turned-social activist Bhuwan Singh Rawat, has now crossed borders to Dewali Bagad. Being the god-fearing person that he is, Bhuwan first paid his respects to a temple dedicated to Lord Shiv in the village and then started his mission of cleaning up village Dewali with its inhabitants.

Bringing alive the motto “mera gaon-swachh gaon,” villagers of Dewali took the cleanliness pledge. Two hours, two days in a month villagers would come out to ensure their village was clean and hygienic.

The mission was flagged off by a traditional dance, followed with much fanfare that attracted many a people to join the cleanliness drive.

Bhuwan Singh states, “We have to give up the habit of looking at the State government for everything, we have to serve our village, our state and our country.” Women, children and youth poured out onto the narrow bylanes of the village to partake in this unique service.  Every household sent off a woman, child or youth to assist the team in making their village clutter  and garbage free. ‘Mera gaon, swachh gaon’ eco-friendly dustbins dotted the clean lanes Dewali ensuring that all the rubbish collected was well disposed off.

Prior to this, “Mera gaon swachh gaon”  was limited to village Kandari, where one person from every household would partake to clean their village every first and third sunday of the month.

Under the mission, while cleanliness is of utmost priority, eco-friendly dustbins are placed throughout the village so that garbage is disposed of properly. Specific lanes are highlighted by bleaching powder guiding locals and tourists to these eco-friendly dustbins.

“Mera gaon swachh gaon” goes a long way to show that, we the people, dont have to wait for the State administration to wake up from its deep slumber to aid and assist in keeping our environment clean. Passionate people like Bhuwan Singh Rawat and his unique initiative will go a long way to ensure that our hills and its villages remain clean and litter-free for years to come.

5-day Film Appreciation Course in Nainital from 11th April

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In keeping with its mission to spread film literacy and promote better understanding of cinema, Film and Television Institute of India, Pune is conducting a 5-day Film Appreciation course in Nainital,Uttarakhand.

The Course is being held in association with Nainital-based Himalayan Society for Art, Culture, Education, Environment and Film Development (HIMACEEF) promoted by film makers and academicians Rajesh Shah (Cinematography,1992,FTII) and Shalini Shah.

Beginning April 11th, participants will be presented several streams of ideas about Cinema across 5 days. The main elements will be, basic concepts about Film medium, selected topics in the history of cinema, how films are made, kinds of films, experimental, animation etc, selected topics in Film styles, short film analysis and general screenings.

Subhamoy Sengupta and Bela Negi, both FTII alumnus, are the Course Directors.

“Film Appreciation course is always a challenge of sorts. The participants come from various disciplines, varied age groups and different professional interests. What’s common though is love for cinema,” Bhupendra Kainthola, Director FTII said.

Subhamoy Sengupta says,“The important objective of the Course is the presentation of a consistent framework of thinking about Cinema. Although this is not a film making course and there won’t be practical exercises, some fundamental aesthetic issues of film practice like direction, editing, screen writing will be touched upon to facilitate better understanding of film language.”

FTII has so far conducted short-duration Film Appreciation courses in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Amravati, IIT Bombay, IIT Roorkee, Srinagar, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hardwar and Srinagar (Uttarakhand).

Chief Minister Mobile App to the rescue

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Tehri, Old and differently-abled Anandi Uniyal of Bhetudi village in Chamba Development Block of Tehri district used the CM mobile app to resolve her water connection problem.  Anandi Uniyal mentioned her problem to her Municipal Cuncil Urmila Maher Silkoti about how she had to walk to collect drinking water from the village water source despite her infirmity, who in turn uploaded her problem via Chief Minister’s mobile app. Following which, the Managing Director of Uttarakhand Peyjal Nigam was directed to take immediate action.

The M.D. instructed the Executive Engineer, New Tehri to immediately install a new water connection at the residence of Anandi Uniyal, which was then provided on March 31, 2018, by the Executive Engineer PayJal Nigam), New Tehri, under Sarjyula Pumping Scheme.

Reacting to this Anandi Uniyal said, “I have been running around to get the connection for some time now, but the initiative taken by Urmila Mehar solved the problem within days. The Chief Minister’s app is proving to be very beneficial for poor and destitute people.“

Nepalese PM Oli to be awarded Doctorate

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The Prime Minister of Nepal, KP. Sharma Oli will be reaching Pantnagar on April 08, 2018.  G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology will present honorary doctorate to Prime Minister of Nepal. 

Besides, the Prime Minister of Nepal will also observe seed production, organic cultivation and integrated agricultural system of the university. Uttarakhand Chief secretary Utpal Kumar Singh, held a meeting regarding the preparations for the visit of the Nepalese Prime Minister at the Secretariat on Monday.

The Chief Secretary instructed the officials to keep  all arrangements, including reception, transport, power availability, road, medical, cavalcade plan, dias plan and security up to the mark during the visit of the Nepalese PM.

The meeting was attended by DGP Anil Kumar Raturi, Principal Secretary Home  Anand Bardhan, Secretary Governor  Ravinath Raman, Secretary Information Dr. Pankaj Kumar Pandey, Commissioner Kumaon Chandrashekhar Bhatt, ADG Ashok Kumar and others.

CM Rawat met representatives of apparel export promotion council

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Dehradun, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat met the representatives of the Apparel (Textile) Export Promotion Council, Government of India at the secretariat on Monday. He emphasized on promoting the textile industry in the state as well as focus on greater job creation in the region. He further said that the state government plans to encourage such small industries in the interiors  and increase per capita income in the hilly regions of the State. He said that small units of textile industry can be established in such areas.

A MoU between the Uttarakhand Government and the Apparel Training and Designing Center (ATDC) for Kashipur Fashion Design Center was agreed upon and will be  signed soon. The skill development department will conduct several programmes for developing skills as per the requirement of the textile industry in the design center.

Apparel (textile) Export Promotion Council members also discussed establishing garment . The Chief Minister instructed officers to examine all things necessary for the establishment of Apparel (textiles) units in the state.

Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary Manisha Panwar, Secretary Amit Negi, Saujanya, Dr. Pankaj Kumar Pandey AEPC and ATDC chairman HKL Magu, ATDC General Manager Gopal Krishan Bhasin, AEPC additional Secretary General V. Anil Kumar, industry director  Sudhir Nautiyal were present.

Water scarcity stares the fire brigade department in the face of fire

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Mussoorie, a raging fire at a house close to the Central School for Tibetans, in Happy Valley area of Mussoorie last afternoon has highlighted the problem of water paucity in the hill-station.

Once a home to four families, the house was completely gutted within hours. Fortunately there was no loss to life as the inhabitants of the house were out for their daily work.

Rakesh Tyagi, leading fireman at the site stated, “Prima facie it looks like a short circuit that caused the fire. For the past eight days we have had no water available for which we made several complaints to the Water Department. We managed three water tankers, but we got ready assistance from Lal Bahadur Shastri National Administration of Academy  who assisted us by giving eight water tankers to douse the fire, which took us close to three hours.“

Mussoorie’s Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan, Assistant Engineer, S.Rawat  maintains that there have been no shortage of water supply to Mussoorie’s lone fire station. “They have a direct water connection and get water twice a day, possibly their reservoir was depleted which caused this shortage. “

That said, the fact remains that while the existing water supply to the hill-station is  7.67 MLD, tourist season demand peaks to 14.5 MLD which is provided by the already-depleting twenty odd springs and brooklets in and around Mussoorie.

Ban on use of plastic and thermacol articles during chardham yatra

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Lucky Singh
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During the upcoming Chardham yatra, the State government will work to ensure the ban on the use of plastic and thermacol articles.

Garhwal Commissioner and Uttarakhand Tourism Secretary Dilip Jawalkar said, “the onus will be on the district administration to ensure the ban on plastic in the state is fully enforced. There has been a plastic ban in place  but it has come to light that the pilgrims continue to use such articles. Maybe, they are not aware of the ban. We will ensure that  notices are put in place that are frequented by the pilgrims and tourists.”

Jawalkar said that the district administration would have to ensure that their districts too followed the guidelines and there was no violation. To undertake the Chardham yatra pilgrims cover Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi and Dehradun. Besides the ban on plastic, the Uttarakhand government has also launched an anti-encroachment drive in places of pilgrimage so that the roads become spacious and there were no jams. “Anti-encroachment drive is on in Yamnotri and we hope that shopkeepers will voluntarily take up the exercise,” Jawalkar added.

Angaar: Youngsters to return to Mussoorie its past glory

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Tania Saili
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THE OLD ORDER CHANGES YIELDING PLACE TO NEW..And that is exactly what is happening in the hill-station of Mussoorie. After years of witnessing their hometown going to the dogs quite literally, a group of likeminded youngsters have joined hands and mind to be the change they want to see in Mussoorie.

A growing group of 700 members within a few months of being created by admin Sudhanshu Rawat, a resident of Mussoorie, ANGAAR has since then become a think-tank and do-tank. These young, energetic and determined lot have taken things into their own hands and are doing what many would either ignore, politicians would encash and many would rather look the other way.

In his late twenties, Sudhanshu speaks for all when he says, “For years and now generations we have been hearing about the grand-old days of Mussoorie and how its gone from bad to worse. This is a group which has decided to dedicate their talent, the social media and our determination in making sure that we will ourselves will do our bit in making their hometown return to its glorious past.”

ANGAAR as the group is titled, clearly screams ‘NO POLITICS JUST WORK’ is not to be taken lightly. This group of passionate members is growing in number and strength with each passing day. There are no leaders here. Everyone works with the single-minded goal of making their hometown a better, safer, brighter and cleaner place.

With lots of ideas and plans discussed to and fro, the group has made its presence felt with Traffic Awareness Rally, Cleanliness Drive, Beautification Drive done along with Stambh, and are promising new changes in the future as well.

‘How long will we blame our politicians and their politics and be mute witness to the degradation of our hill-town?’ is the liet-motif on which the group works upon and  perhaps its time this ANGAAR or flame spreads like a forest-fire and becomes the change we all want to see.

Highways, the new runways for Airpower

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Wg Cdr (Retd) Praful Bakshi
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When the military strategists explained the term National Air Power as the sum total of all the flying assets of a nation, they perhaps overlooked the use of highways as runways for military use brought together in aid of defence of the country.

The use of highways as airstrips for take off and landing of military or civil aircraft, has been in practice since the First World War and right upto now.

Sweden showed the world how their state-of-the-art roads, surrounded by thick foliage could be used to land planes, and there after a number of countries have adopted this technique including Singapore and Pakistan.

So when the IAF demonstrated this by landing a Fighter and a Transport Aircraft on Lucknow-Agra highway on Oct 24 2017 it brought a strategically important aspect to the forefront. Fighter aircrafts like SU-30 s and Mirages, along with Transport aircraft like the C130s highlighted the fact that in absence of real runways, our highways too could be  used for safe take off and landings.

India has a vast border over land and sea running close to 10,000 Kms with security threat from all sides. There is a distinct possibility of Pakistan and China opening a combined front. This vast military requirement will call for round the clock air force to provide a strike air-craft to destroy important targets in the enemy zone and tactical battle area.

However the most important point out here is that our own airfields would be under constant military attack which would lead to a certain amount of damage to these assets and hence making these unavailable for our fighter jets to use.

Operating combat aircraft from highways would also require maintenance teams, refuelling and rearming teams, fuel dumps and ammo dumps if required. The present government has earmarked a large number of Highways all around the country, like in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and plenty more to be kept ready by State governments if and when required.

Today, there are close to 36 abandoned air fields like in Salua , Dudh kundi , Chakulia , Dalbhum garh, Amardard Panagarh, Chai basa etc, between Kolkatta to Kharagpur right upto Jamshedpur which could possibly put to good use if need arises.

The most outstanding aspect of this exercise is not only cooperation between the three services using common resources, but also a complete civil-military cooperation keeping in view the safety and security of the nation, which is the need of the hour.

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