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  • Char Dham Yatra: ‘Students, wildlife hit by chopper pilgrimage in Uttarakhand’, say consultants

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    DEHRADUN: Choppers flying pilgrims on a tour of 4 holy web sites (Char Dham Yatra) of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath is having an opposed have an effect on on school children and the environment, declare consultants.

    The helicopters make higher than 25 journeys an hour between Kedarghati and Kedarnath. Experts say these chopper journeys are often not good for the wildlife and likewise for the Himalayas. They recalled the 2013 cloudburst centered on Uttarakhand which introduced on devastating floods and landslides.

    Situated at an altitude of 11,750 toes above sea stage, Kedarnath Dham is surrounded by hills on three sides. 

    This pilgrim season, seven aviation corporations are involved in ferrying passengers to Kedarnath. The Kedarghati to Kedarnath route is kind of a two-sided V-shaped slender valley, which is inclined.

    Prof Rakesh Kumar Maikhuri, head of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Central University, instructed The New Indian Express that children’s education and environment are adversely affected due to the choppers flying beneath the prescribed customary altitude in Kedarghati. The DGCA norms prescribe that flights should be operated above 600 meters from the underside, say experiences.

    Prof Maikhuri, who studied the have an effect on of helicopter flights in Sirsi, Ravigram and Rampur villages talked about “The roar of the helicopter distracts the animals. This affects their milking volume process due to changes in their behaviour”.

    “Being a native of the area, I also found in my study that the sound of the choppers has changed the behaviour of pets in villages within a one-kilometre radius of the helipad. Other wild animals including horses and deer living in the wildlife area between Rambada and Kedarnath are disturbed by the sound. This was confirmed by the ‘stool samples’ of wild animals in the investigation. The government was warned thereafter in this regard, but no action has been taken”, Maikhuri talked about.

    “During the study, we sought the views of children, parents and teachers of schools in that area, which showed that chopper flights have had a very adverse impact on the academic environment as well,” he added.

    Prof Maikhuri talked about that between 2005 and 2012, he had launched a report on the helicopters being operated for Kedarnath, by which he clearly recognized, “Helicopters flying in Kedarnath are causing problems to the people even in the populated area of Kedarghati.”

    “Environmentalist Jagat Singh ‘Junglee’ talked about the carbon {{that a}} helicopter emits all through its flight has a big impact on the environment. The distance from Kedarnath to Chaurabari Tal is solely 4 km, whereas the air distance is kind of fast. In such a situation, the have an effect on of the loud sound of the helicopter inside the glacier house cannot be dominated out.

    DEHRADUN: Choppers flying pilgrims on a tour of 4 holy web sites (Char Dham Yatra) of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath is having an opposed have an effect on on school children and the environment, declare consultants.

    The helicopters make higher than 25 journeys an hour between Kedarghati and Kedarnath. Experts say these chopper journeys are often not good for the wildlife and likewise for the Himalayas. They recalled the 2013 cloudburst centered on Uttarakhand which introduced on devastating floods and landslides.

    Situated at an altitude of 11,750 toes above sea stage, Kedarnath Dham is surrounded by hills on three sides. googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    This pilgrim season, seven aviation corporations are involved in ferrying passengers to Kedarnath. The Kedarghati to Kedarnath route is kind of a two-sided V-shaped slender valley, which is inclined.

    Prof Rakesh Kumar Maikhuri, head of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Central University, instructed The New Indian Express that children’s education and environment are adversely affected due to the choppers flying beneath the prescribed customary altitude in Kedarghati. The DGCA norms prescribe that flights should be operated above 600 meters from the underside, say experiences.

    Prof Maikhuri, who studied the have an effect on of helicopter flights in Sirsi, Ravigram and Rampur villages talked about “The roar of the helicopter distracts the animals. This affects their milking volume process due to changes in their behaviour”.

    “Being a native of the area, I also found in my study that the sound of the choppers has changed the behaviour of pets in villages within a one-kilometre radius of the helipad. Other wild animals including horses and deer living in the wildlife area between Rambada and Kedarnath are disturbed by the sound. This was confirmed by the ‘stool samples’ of wild animals in the investigation. The government was warned thereafter in this regard, but no action has been taken”, Maikhuri talked about.

    “During the study, we sought the views of children, parents and teachers of schools in that area, which showed that chopper flights have had a very adverse impact on the academic environment as well,” he added.

    Prof Maikhuri talked about that between 2005 and 2012, he had launched a report on the helicopters being operated for Kedarnath, by which he clearly recognized, “Helicopters flying in Kedarnath are causing problems to the people even in the populated area of Kedarghati.”

    “Environmentalist Jagat Singh ‘Junglee’ talked about the carbon {{that a}} helicopter emits all through its flight has a big impact on the environment. The distance from Kedarnath to Chaurabari Tal is solely 4 km, whereas the air distance is kind of fast. In such a situation, the have an effect on of the loud sound of the helicopter inside the glacier house cannot be dominated out.

  • Uttrakhand’s historic Tungnath temple to be declared a nationwide monument

    Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: Tungnath temple, the third of the 5 Panchkedars of Uttarakhand, will in all probability be declared a nationwide monument. 

    Priests of Badri Kedar Temple Committee have welcomed the federal authorities’s selection.

    “The central government issued a notification on March 27, declaring the ancient temple of Tungnath as a monument of national importance,” Devraj Singh Rautela, the officer accountable for the Archaeological Survey of India, instructed The New Indian Express. 

    Tungnath Temple is situated at an altitude of 12800 ft.

    Located in Rudraprayag district, Tungnath Temple is the one historic ‘Shivalaya’ of its selection positioned on the best stage above sea diploma in Asia. “For a long time, the Archaeological Survey of India has been trying to declare Tungnath as a national heritage, for which the Archaeological Survey of India has finally sought opinions and objections from the public on being declared a national monument”, Routela added.

    Welcoming the central authorities’s switch, the Tungnath temple’s Head Acharya Ram Prasad Maithani instructed The New Indian Express, “Undoubtedly, with the adoption of Tungnath by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), its presence will definitely get a platform to propagate and spread the mythological temple on the world stage”.

    Acharya Maithani moreover acknowledged, “Though the state government backtracked from its decision to form a Devasthanam Board in the past years, this initiative of the Archaeological Survey of India will definitely give a unique identity to the look of the Tungnath temple in the country and abroad”.

    Highlighting the importance of this legendary temple situated amidst snow-capped surrounding hills, Acharya Maithani instructed this newspaper, “Tungnath Temple is actually associated with the Panchkedar temples which were built by the Pandavas. It is believed, “The Pandavas had been advised by sage Vyasa Rishi, that their sin of killing their cousin Kauravas all through the warfare of Mahabharata can solely be forgiven within the occasion that they worship Lord Shiva”. Facts moreover say that Lord Rama meditated on the Chandrashila peak spherical Tungnath.

    DEHRADUN: Tungnath temple, the third of the 5 Panchkedars of Uttarakhand, will in all probability be declared a nationwide monument. 

    Priests of Badri Kedar Temple Committee have welcomed the federal authorities’s selection.

    “The central government issued a notification on March 27, declaring the ancient temple of Tungnath as a monument of national importance,” Devraj Singh Rautela, the officer accountable for the Archaeological Survey of India, instructed The New Indian Express. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Tungnath Temple is situated at an altitude of 12800 ft.

    Located in Rudraprayag district, Tungnath Temple is the one historic ‘Shivalaya’ of its selection positioned on the best stage above sea diploma in Asia. “For a long time, the Archaeological Survey of India has been trying to declare Tungnath as a national heritage, for which the Archaeological Survey of India has finally sought opinions and objections from the public on being declared a national monument”, Routela added.

    Welcoming the central authorities’s switch, the Tungnath temple’s Head Acharya Ram Prasad Maithani instructed The New Indian Express, “Undoubtedly, with the adoption of Tungnath by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), its presence will definitely get a platform to propagate and spread the mythological temple on the world stage”.

    Acharya Maithani moreover acknowledged, “Though the state government backtracked from its decision to form a Devasthanam Board in the past years, this initiative of the Archaeological Survey of India will definitely give a unique identity to the look of the Tungnath temple in the country and abroad”.

    Highlighting the importance of this legendary temple situated amidst snow-capped surrounding hills, Acharya Maithani instructed this newspaper, “Tungnath Temple is actually associated with the Panchkedar temples which were built by the Pandavas. It is believed, “The Pandavas had been advised by sage Vyasa Rishi, that their sin of killing their cousin Kauravas all through the warfare of Mahabharata can solely be forgiven within the occasion that they worship Lord Shiva”. Facts moreover say that Lord Rama meditated on the Chandrashila peak spherical Tungnath.

  • Uttarakhand Finance Minister, aides booked for beating up man in road-rage case

    Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Finance Minister Prem Chand Agarwal and his aides along with the gunner Vinod Rana had been booked on Wednesday for allegedly beating up an individual in a road-rage case in Rishikesh, police talked about.

    The minister, his gunner, and a few others had been seen beating up an individual in a video that has gone viral.

    In the video, Agarwal might very effectively be seen standing near his car on the roadside and talking to a resident of Shivaji Nagar, Surendra Singh Negi. Suddenly, the minister might very effectively be seen slapping the resident. The minister’s gunner Vinod Rana and a few others shortly joined in beating up the particular person.

    Taking crucial discover of the incident, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami summoned the minister and ordered the DGP to conduct a very good and clear inquiry.

    Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Dalip Singh Kanwar instructed The New Indian Express, “Two persons named Surendra Singh Negi and Dhirendra Singh Prajapati have been named as accused on a complaint lodged by the minister’s gunner.” Similarly, the minister and a few others have been named as accused on a criticism lodged by Surendra Singh Negi.

    Meanwhile, the opposition Congress celebration staff took to the streets terming the incident as a “direct attack of power on the common man”. The Congress staff staged protests all through the state and burnt effigies of the finance minister, elevating slogans in the direction of him.

    BJP state president Mahendra Bhatt strongly condemned the incident involving the cabinet minister Premchand Agarwal. He moreover anticipated public representatives to “behave in a restrained manner” in public places.

    Congress state spokesperson Garima Dasauni moreover slammed Agarwal over the incident, saying, “Those who are responsible for law and order in the state, when they are violating the law by beating common people, how will there be rule of law in the state”.

    DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Finance Minister Prem Chand Agarwal and his aides along with the gunner Vinod Rana had been booked on Wednesday for allegedly beating up an individual in a road-rage case in Rishikesh, police talked about.

    The minister, his gunner, and a few others had been seen beating up an individual in a video that has gone viral.

    In the video, Agarwal might very effectively be seen standing near his car on the roadside and talking to a resident of Shivaji Nagar, Surendra Singh Negi. Suddenly, the minister might very effectively be seen slapping the resident. The minister’s gunner Vinod Rana and a few others shortly joined in beating up the particular person.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Taking crucial discover of the incident, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami summoned the minister and ordered the DGP to conduct a very good and clear inquiry.

    Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Dalip Singh Kanwar instructed The New Indian Express, “Two persons named Surendra Singh Negi and Dhirendra Singh Prajapati have been named as accused on a complaint lodged by the minister’s gunner.” Similarly, the minister and a few others have been named as accused on a criticism lodged by Surendra Singh Negi.

    Meanwhile, the opposition Congress celebration staff took to the streets terming the incident as a “direct attack of power on the common man”. The Congress staff staged protests all through the state and burnt effigies of the finance minister, elevating slogans in the direction of him.

    BJP state president Mahendra Bhatt strongly condemned the incident involving the cabinet minister Premchand Agarwal. He moreover anticipated public representatives to “behave in a restrained manner” in public places.

    Congress state spokesperson Garima Dasauni moreover slammed Agarwal over the incident, saying, “Those who are responsible for law and order in the state, when they are violating the law by beating common people, how will there be rule of law in the state”.

  • Dhami govt steps up drive to raze spiritual web sites in Uttarakhand’s forest areas

    Express News Service

    DEHRADUN:  The demolition of illegal ‘mazars’, temples, gurudwaras and completely different spiritual places on forest land has intensified.

    Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had simply these days taken extreme concentrate on the fast-growing custom of land encroachment patterns beneath the guise of Mazar-Jehad, following which the forest division has started the work of eradicating all such illegal buildings constructed throughout the reserved forest house.

    Dhami had simply these days appointed chief conservator of forests Parag Madhukar Dhakate as a result of the nodal officer whereas intensifying movement in the direction of alleged ‘mazar jehad’ and ‘land jehad’ on forest land. Dhakate had given per week’s time to DFOs to find out and take away illegal ‘mazars’ of their areas.

    Four such illegal mazars have been demolished throughout the Ramnagar forest division adjoining Corbett Tiger Reserve.

    Speaking to this newspaper, Chief Conservator of Forests Dr Parag Madhukar Dhakate acknowledged, “Information is still being collected about the number of illegal religious sites in the forest areas of the state.”

    DEHRADUN:  The demolition of illegal ‘mazars’, temples, gurudwaras and completely different spiritual places on forest land has intensified.

    Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had simply these days taken extreme concentrate on the fast-growing custom of land encroachment patterns beneath the guise of Mazar-Jehad, following which the forest division has started the work of eradicating all such illegal buildings constructed throughout the reserved forest house.

    Dhami had simply these days appointed chief conservator of forests Parag Madhukar Dhakate as a result of the nodal officer whereas intensifying movement in the direction of alleged ‘mazar jehad’ and ‘land jehad’ on forest land. Dhakate had given per week’s time to DFOs to find out and take away illegal ‘mazars’ of their areas.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Four such illegal mazars have been demolished throughout the Ramnagar forest division adjoining Corbett Tiger Reserve.

    Speaking to this newspaper, Chief Conservator of Forests Dr Parag Madhukar Dhakate acknowledged, “Information is still being collected about the number of illegal religious sites in the forest areas of the state.”

  • U’khand police devise digital scheme to ease web site guests congestion

    Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: The police in Uttarakhand have decided to try the “OYO app booking style” parking to dispose of web site guests congestion. 

    Accordingly, the police joined palms with the ‘Park Plus Mobile Application’ and provided the model new app to 400 small, enormous, paid, and unpaid parking tons throughout the metropolis.

    Speaking to The New Indian Express regarding the scheme devised by Director General of Police Ashok Kumar, Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Akshay Konde outlined that car homeowners not have to stress about whether or not or not they get a parking place. Now they’re going to e-book parking with one click on on. The new app will info the actual individual to the parking lot with the help of GPS.

    “Due to the acute parking problem in the city, there is traffic congestion every day. Hence, the decision to adopt the digital solution”, talked about Konde.

    The police declare this new web site guests experiment will ease web site guests congestion and likewise generate a provide of employment for people.

    Akshay Konde talked about this new service will make parking less complicated for automotive homeowners in Dehradun. The number of vehicles being unnecessarily parked on the routes will get diminished. “Our effort is to make the roads of Dehradun safe and smart”, he talked about.

    Superintendent of Police, Akshay Konde moreover educated that retailers have welcomed the selection to assemble parking facility throughout the earlier tehsil of Dehradun. It can accommodate 650 vehicles. Congress Traders Cell president Sunil Kumar Banga, Shekhar Kapur, Ram Kapoor, Ajit Singh have moreover welcomed the model new system utilized by the police.

    DEHRADUN: The police in Uttarakhand have decided to try the “OYO app booking style” parking to dispose of web site guests congestion. 

    Accordingly, the police joined palms with the ‘Park Plus Mobile Application’ and provided the model new app to 400 small, enormous, paid, and unpaid parking tons throughout the metropolis.

    Speaking to The New Indian Express regarding the scheme devised by Director General of Police Ashok Kumar, Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Akshay Konde outlined that car homeowners not have to stress about whether or not or not they get a parking place. Now they’re going to e-book parking with one click on on. The new app will info the actual individual to the parking lot with the help of GPS.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “Due to the acute parking problem in the city, there is traffic congestion every day. Hence, the decision to adopt the digital solution”, talked about Konde.

    The police declare this new web site guests experiment will ease web site guests congestion and likewise generate a provide of employment for people.

    Akshay Konde talked about this new service will make parking less complicated for automotive homeowners in Dehradun. The number of vehicles being unnecessarily parked on the routes will get diminished. “Our effort is to make the roads of Dehradun safe and smart”, he talked about.

    Superintendent of Police, Akshay Konde moreover educated that retailers have welcomed the selection to assemble parking facility throughout the earlier tehsil of Dehradun. It can accommodate 650 vehicles. Congress Traders Cell president Sunil Kumar Banga, Shekhar Kapur, Ram Kapoor, Ajit Singh have moreover welcomed the model new system utilized by the police.

  • Anti-encroachment drive: Uttarakhand govt modifications tack after discovering temples on forest land

    Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand authorities has been compelled to give up the anti-encroachment drive after a survey revealed that temples had been moreover constructed on forest land.

    A preliminary survey carried out by the forest division revealed that historic temples identical to the well-known Mansa Devi temple in Haridwar and Garjia Devi in Ramnagar had been moreover constructed on the encroached land belonging to the forest division.

    “The government has been forced to stall its anti-encroachment drive as several famous temples built before 1980 stand on forest land. It was in 1983 that the Rajaji National Park came into existence. The forest law was made stringent after that,” official sources said.

    The authorities had deliberate to remove all encroachments on forest land. But subsequent surveys revealed that other than ‘Mazars’ (Muslim shrines), many historic temples moreover stand on the forest land. 

    About 37000 sq. kilometers of forest house is found to have been encroached.

    Now, the forest division has decided in direction of demolishing spiritual places constructed sooner than 1980 in reserved forest areas. This was agreed upon in a gathering chaired by Dr Parag Madhukar Dhakate, who was made the nodal officer on the orders of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Vinod Singhal, on the forest headquarters on Friday.

    Dhakate, who’s the Chief Conservator of Forests has sought a report of such web sites inside three days of issuing varieties to all DFOs to remove spiritual places constructed by encroaching on forest division land. For this, inside the type given to the authorities, opinions have been sought regarding the temple, mosque, Mazar, graveyard, gurudwara, and church.

    The officers had been moreover directed to ship footage and GPS areas of the encroachment to know when the encroachment took place. Directions had been moreover given to take punitive movement beneath the Indian Forest Act in direction of encroachers in such circumstances. According to the nodal officer, “Action is being taken to remove encroachments from forest land on the instructions of the Chief Minister. Information about the religious places shifted has been sought from various departments”.

    Rajaji Tiger Reserve Director Saket Badola, who attended the meeting almost, instructed this reporter, “The work of marking the encroachment is being completed very scientifically and technically, so the movement shall be taken after the information are revealed with full transparency.

    DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand authorities has been compelled to give up the anti-encroachment drive after a survey revealed that temples had been moreover constructed on forest land.

    A preliminary survey carried out by the forest division revealed that historic temples identical to the well-known Mansa Devi temple in Haridwar and Garjia Devi in Ramnagar had been moreover constructed on the encroached land belonging to the forest division.

    “The government has been forced to stall its anti-encroachment drive as several famous temples built before 1980 stand on forest land. It was in 1983 that the Rajaji National Park came into existence. The forest law was made stringent after that,” official sources said.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The authorities had deliberate to remove all encroachments on forest land. But subsequent surveys revealed that other than ‘Mazars’ (Muslim shrines), many historic temples moreover stand on the forest land. 

    About 37000 sq. kilometers of forest house is found to have been encroached.

    Now, the forest division has decided in direction of demolishing spiritual places constructed sooner than 1980 in reserved forest areas. This was agreed upon in a gathering chaired by Dr Parag Madhukar Dhakate, who was made the nodal officer on the orders of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Vinod Singhal, on the forest headquarters on Friday.

    Dhakate, who’s the Chief Conservator of Forests has sought a report of such web sites inside three days of issuing varieties to all DFOs to remove spiritual places constructed by encroaching on forest division land. For this, inside the type given to the authorities, opinions have been sought regarding the temple, mosque, Mazar, graveyard, gurudwara, and church.

    The officers had been moreover directed to ship footage and GPS areas of the encroachment to know when the encroachment took place. Directions had been moreover given to take punitive movement beneath the Indian Forest Act in direction of encroachers in such circumstances. According to the nodal officer, “Action is being taken to remove encroachments from forest land on the instructions of the Chief Minister. Information about the religious places shifted has been sought from various departments”.

    Rajaji Tiger Reserve Director Saket Badola, who attended the meeting almost, instructed this reporter, “The work of marking the encroachment is being completed very scientifically and technically, so the movement shall be taken after the information are revealed with full transparency.

  • Security beefed up at Yogi Adityanath’s native village in Uttarakhand after Atiq Ahmed murder

    Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: Security has been beefed up for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s family members in Uttarakhand’s Panchur village following the murder of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed on April 15.

    Ahmed, in the direction of whom over 160 authorized cases had been registered beneath diverse sections, had supporters associated to him in Uttarakhand as successfully.

    According to data acquired, patrolling and police vigil has been elevated in Panchur village of Yamkeshwar block of Pauri district of the state. Apart from this, instructions have moreover been given to tighten the protection of VIPs or VVIPs of every kind of security lessons throughout the state.

    ALSO READ | ‘They had been a threat to UP earlier, now UP is a threat to them’: CM Yogi on gangsters in state

    Senior Superintendent of Police in Pauri Shweta Choubey suggested The New Indian Express, “Special vigilance is being taken for the safety of family members of UP CM Yogi Adityanath. Yamkeshwar police station police have been asked to conduct special patrolling and security surveillance in his village. Besides, a police circle officer from Srinagar has also been asked to monitor security in UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s village.”

    CM Yogi’s 85-year-old mother Savitri Devi and a variety of different family members reside in Panchur village. Yogi Adityanath’s father handed away in April 2020 and due to the COVID-19 epidemic, he could not go to his ancestral dwelling for the time being. He visited the village in May 2022 and stayed with the family in a single day, one factor he hadn’t accomplished in 30 years.

    DEHRADUN: Security has been beefed up for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s family members in Uttarakhand’s Panchur village following the murder of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed on April 15.

    Ahmed, in the direction of whom over 160 authorized cases had been registered beneath diverse sections, had supporters associated to him in Uttarakhand as successfully.

    According to data acquired, patrolling and police vigil has been elevated in Panchur village of Yamkeshwar block of Pauri district of the state. Apart from this, instructions have moreover been given to tighten the protection of VIPs or VVIPs of every kind of security lessons throughout the state.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    ALSO READ | ‘They had been a threat to UP earlier, now UP is a threat to them’: CM Yogi on gangsters in state

    Senior Superintendent of Police in Pauri Shweta Choubey suggested The New Indian Express, “Special vigilance is being taken for the safety of family members of UP CM Yogi Adityanath. Yamkeshwar police station police have been asked to conduct special patrolling and security surveillance in his village. Besides, a police circle officer from Srinagar has also been asked to monitor security in UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s village.”

    CM Yogi’s 85-year-old mother Savitri Devi and a variety of different family members reside in Panchur village. Yogi Adityanath’s father handed away in April 2020 and due to the COVID-19 epidemic, he could not go to his ancestral dwelling for the time being. He visited the village in May 2022 and stayed with the family in a single day, one factor he hadn’t accomplished in 30 years.

  • Top courtroom ends tug-of-war: Singhal once more as U’khand head of forest stress, nevertheless due to retire shortly

    Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: In Uttarakhand, now’s the season of forest fires. However, throughout the forest division, the battle of egos has gained priority over battling the fireplace.

    The fight for the submit of division chief, which was embroiled in a courtroom battle, has come to an end on Wednesday.

    The High Court ordered the eradicating of Vinod Singhal from the submit of head of forest stress (HoFF) 15 days previously. However, he is once more as HoFF armed with a Supreme Court order.

    Rajiv Bhartari, who modified him, has been despatched once more to the submit of chairman of the Biodiversity Board.

    Speaking to The New Indian Express, state Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal talked about, “It was a better and amicable solution under which this path was chosen with coordination of the court order and the executive”. Whereas every Vinod Singhal and Rajiv Bhartri refused to speak one thing on the current ‘tug of battle.’

    Interestingly, every the senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) 1986 batch Rajiv Bhartari and 1987 batch Vinod Singhal are due to retire by the tip of this month.

    On the order of the High Court, Rajiv Bhartari took value as state forest chief on April 4, altering Vinod Singhal, no matter Mahavir Jayanti being a gazetted trip.  Upset with the High Court order, Vinod Singhal approached the Supreme Court and obtained an enormous discount on Monday in direction of the High Court’s decision. The apex courtroom has ordered to revive the established order.

    Amid speculation over who will retire as HoFF, with a whole of 11 days left and solely eight working days left, the federal authorities lastly succeeded in pacifying the two ‘giant foresters’, and an amicable reply was reached that every IFS officers would get the benefit of the PCCF submit.

    On Monday, Rajiv Bhartari disposed of his common functioning as chief conservator of forests (HOF). After the Supreme Court dominated in Singhal’s favour, it was believed that Vinod Kumar Singhal would take over the chair as soon as extra on Tuesday after getting instructions from the federal authorities, nevertheless this did not happen and on Wednesday, the federal authorities duly completed the proceedings of giving value to Singhal.

    It is also recalled that the State authorities had reshuffled the heads of the two departments on November 25, 2021. Rajiv Bhartari was transferred from the submit of Principal Conservator of Forests to the submit of Chairman of Biodiversity Board. In his place, Vinod Kumar Singhal was appointed principal conservator of forests. Since then, the fight between the two forest officers over the HOFF chair has continued.
     

    DEHRADUN: In Uttarakhand, now’s the season of forest fires. However, throughout the forest division, the battle of egos has gained priority over battling the fireplace.

    The fight for the submit of division chief, which was embroiled in a courtroom battle, has come to an end on Wednesday.

    The High Court ordered the eradicating of Vinod Singhal from the submit of head of forest stress (HoFF) 15 days previously. However, he is once more as HoFF armed with a Supreme Court order.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Rajiv Bhartari, who modified him, has been despatched once more to the submit of chairman of the Biodiversity Board.

    Speaking to The New Indian Express, state Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal talked about, “It was a better and amicable solution under which this path was chosen with coordination of the court order and the executive”. Whereas every Vinod Singhal and Rajiv Bhartri refused to speak one thing on the current ‘tug of battle.’

    Interestingly, every the senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) 1986 batch Rajiv Bhartari and 1987 batch Vinod Singhal are due to retire by the tip of this month.

    On the order of the High Court, Rajiv Bhartari took value as state forest chief on April 4, altering Vinod Singhal, no matter Mahavir Jayanti being a gazetted trip.  Upset with the High Court order, Vinod Singhal approached the Supreme Court and obtained an enormous discount on Monday in direction of the High Court’s decision. The apex courtroom has ordered to revive the established order.

    Amid speculation over who will retire as HoFF, with a whole of 11 days left and solely eight working days left, the federal authorities lastly succeeded in pacifying the two ‘giant foresters’, and an amicable reply was reached that every IFS officers would get the benefit of the PCCF submit.

    On Monday, Rajiv Bhartari disposed of his common functioning as chief conservator of forests (HOF). After the Supreme Court dominated in Singhal’s favour, it was believed that Vinod Kumar Singhal would take over the chair as soon as extra on Tuesday after getting instructions from the federal authorities, nevertheless this did not happen and on Wednesday, the federal authorities duly completed the proceedings of giving value to Singhal.

    It is also recalled that the State authorities had reshuffled the heads of the two departments on November 25, 2021. Rajiv Bhartari was transferred from the submit of Principal Conservator of Forests to the submit of Chairman of Biodiversity Board. In his place, Vinod Kumar Singhal was appointed principal conservator of forests. Since then, the fight between the two forest officers over the HOFF chair has continued.
     

  • Traffic violators to mandatorily watch two-hour film on consciousness, after paying high-quality in Uttarakhand

    Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand Police, which is struggling with the ever-worsening web site guests draw back inside the state, has lastly decided to implement a singular punishment in opposition to web site guests rule violators after it seen that no matter implementing a model new system every month, no environment friendly decision is being found to beat the difficulty of web site guests jams.

    Hereafter, anybody that breaks the positioning guests pointers should spend two hours with the police after paying the high-quality.

    The web site guests rule violators will not be going to be in ‘police custody’ nevertheless should mandatorily watch a film depicting consciousness of web site guests info in the midst of the 2 hours which shall be screened by the positioning guests police. 

    Speaking to The New Indian Express Director Traffic IG Mukhtar Mohsin said, “We felt that it was high time we introduced some innovative and inspiring steps, so Uttarakhand Police has brought this corrective penalty for traffic violators”.

    Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Akshay Prahlad Konde knowledgeable this every day, “Under the Motor Vehicles Act, there is a provision that we educate traffic rule violators through films and other road signs, in this context, this step has been taken in which violators will be shown a 2-hour motivational film”.

    “Sonu Nigam and Udit Narayan have sung songs in this film made on road safety awareness.” SP Akshay Prahlad Konde added, “The Supreme Court has given instructions to all states for this”.

    “If someone breaks the traffic rules, he will not be able to get rid of it by just paying a fine. Those violating traffic rules will be taught the right lesson by the police so that people understand the seriousness of the rules and reduce the ever-increasing complaints,” he added.

    The film shall be screened solely for ‘rash drivers and stunt drivers’ on the RTO. The film, based on road safety, was screened on the film college on Friday. The film presents many examples of road consciousness. Along with this, the outcomes of the violation of pointers on their and others’ lives have moreover been narrated by means of songs.

    SP (Traffic) Konde said, “After the counselling of the film, a counselling session will be conducted for traffic rule violators in large-sized halls at three locations in the capital – Police Line, Doon Film Studio and Traffic Office”.

    DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand Police, which is struggling with the ever-worsening web site guests draw back inside the state, has lastly decided to implement a singular punishment in opposition to web site guests rule violators after it seen that no matter implementing a model new system every month, no environment friendly decision is being found to beat the difficulty of web site guests jams.

    Hereafter, anybody that breaks the positioning guests pointers should spend two hours with the police after paying the high-quality.

    The web site guests rule violators will not be going to be in ‘police custody’ nevertheless should mandatorily watch a film depicting consciousness of web site guests info in the midst of the 2 hours which shall be screened by the positioning guests police. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Speaking to The New Indian Express Director Traffic IG Mukhtar Mohsin said, “We felt that it was high time we introduced some innovative and inspiring steps, so Uttarakhand Police has brought this corrective penalty for traffic violators”.

    Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Akshay Prahlad Konde knowledgeable this every day, “Under the Motor Vehicles Act, there is a provision that we educate traffic rule violators through films and other road signs, in this context, this step has been taken in which violators will be shown a 2-hour motivational film”.

    “Sonu Nigam and Udit Narayan have sung songs in this film made on road safety awareness.” SP Akshay Prahlad Konde added, “The Supreme Court has given instructions to all states for this”.

    “If someone breaks the traffic rules, he will not be able to get rid of it by just paying a fine. Those violating traffic rules will be taught the right lesson by the police so that people understand the seriousness of the rules and reduce the ever-increasing complaints,” he added.

    The film shall be screened solely for ‘rash drivers and stunt drivers’ on the RTO. The film, based on road safety, was screened on the film college on Friday. The film presents many examples of road consciousness. Along with this, the outcomes of the violation of pointers on their and others’ lives have moreover been narrated by means of songs.

    SP (Traffic) Konde said, “After the counselling of the film, a counselling session will be conducted for traffic rule violators in large-sized halls at three locations in the capital – Police Line, Doon Film Studio and Traffic Office”.

  • Uttarakhand: 3 vacationers from Ghaziabad killed as car falls into gorge near Kalsi

    By Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: A car fell proper right into a gorge proper right here killing three of us Saturday morning. The accident occurred near Kalsi, 43 km from district Dehradun police talked about.  

    Three of the 4 riders inside the car have been killed inside the accident. An injured particular person was rescued by a workforce of police and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF). 

    The injured, acknowledged to be one Gyanendra from Ghaziabad has been admitted to Vikasnagar Hospital for remedy.  

    According to information acquired from the SDRF police, “At around 6:45 am on Saturday morning, a car fell into a 200-meter deep ditch near Chapanu, 14 km ahead of Kalsi. Upon receiving information, the police force from Kalsi police station immediately reached the spot and started relief and rescue work”. 

    The deceased have been acknowledged as Rishabh Jain (27), a resident of Panchavati Colony in Ghaziabad, Suraj Kashyap (27), a resident of Ghaziabad, and Gudiya (40), a resident of Delhi’s Chota Bazar Sahadara.

    DEHRADUN: A car fell proper right into a gorge proper right here killing three of us Saturday morning. The accident occurred near Kalsi, 43 km from district Dehradun police talked about.  

    Three of the 4 riders inside the car have been killed inside the accident. An injured particular person was rescued by a workforce of police and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF). 

    The injured, acknowledged to be one Gyanendra from Ghaziabad has been admitted to Vikasnagar Hospital for remedy.  googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    According to information acquired from the SDRF police, “At around 6:45 am on Saturday morning, a car fell into a 200-meter deep ditch near Chapanu, 14 km ahead of Kalsi. Upon receiving information, the police force from Kalsi police station immediately reached the spot and started relief and rescue work”. 

    The deceased have been acknowledged as Rishabh Jain (27), a resident of Panchavati Colony in Ghaziabad, Suraj Kashyap (27), a resident of Ghaziabad, and Gudiya (40), a resident of Delhi’s Chota Bazar Sahadara.