number of visiting Kanwarias on the rise
Pauri: The disaster experienced last month in Uttarakhand doesn’t seem to have affected the enthusiasm of Kanwarias, 50,000 of whom have visited the Neelkanth Mahadev temple in Yamkeshwar block of Pauri district by Thursday. The number of Kanwarias is said to be increasing by the day though it is still less compared to the last year. From this year, the authorities have started registering the visitors at four points. A valid photo ID card is needed for the registration. On Thursday 9980 Kanwarias were registered with the maximum- 7304 being registered at Chunargad point. District Magistrate Chandresh Kumar said that S.D.M Kotdwar and Yamkeshwar has been deputed in the Neelkanth Shravan Mela and instructed all concern officer and revenue department employees deputed in mela to maintain the facilities of devotees and directed to keep eyes in the arrangement of drinking water, transportation, electricity supply and food.
Commissioner SEEKS ClEAring of debris
Pauri: Garhwal Commissioner Subardhan could not visit the disaster affected Takhna and Sonali village located about five kilometres from Karnprayag on Thursday. A cloudburst and incessant rains on Wednesday had killed two persons while one was missing in Takhna village while 12 homes were destroyed
in Sonali village. Subardhan talked to the Border Roads Organisation commandant and instructed that boulders and debris be cleared from the road. He also talked to travelers stranded on both sides of the blockage and assured them the road would be cleared by the BRO.
CHEQUES handed over to cm FOR DISASTER-HIT
Dehradun: Representatives of several organisations met the Chief Minister, Vijay Bahuguna, at the Secretariat on Thursday and handed over cheques amounting to Rs 49.90 lakhs for the disaster relief fund.The Uttarakhand Head of HDFC Mutual Find, Dehradun, Prashant Sharma, presented a cheque of Rs 30 lakhs to the Chief Minister, while the General Manager of Titan, Subba Rao Shetty, gave a cheque of Rs 15 lakhs. The others who contributed to the relief fund were President of the Gorkhali Sudhar Sabha,
Bhagwan Singh Chettri, who handed over a cheque of Rs 3.10 lakhs, while Principal of Constancia School, lt Col AK Pundir (Retd) contributed a cheque of Rs 1 lakh. President of the ‘Uttarakhand Vishwavidyalay, Mahavidyalay Parishad’ Dr Satya Narayan Sachan gave an amount of Rs 80,000 for the disaster victims. The CM expressed his gratitude to all for their support at this time of crisis in the State.
OFFICIAlS, STAFF DONATE ONE day’S salary
Dehradun: To help the victims of Uttarakhand’s natural disaster, the officials and staff members of the Information and Public Relation Department have contributed one day of their salary. An amount of Rs 70,000 was collected and a draft was made in the favour of the Chief Minister’s disaster relief fund. The draft was presented to the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Dr .SS Sandhu.
DM-incharge assumeS additional charge
Dehradun: Newly appointed DM-incharge assumed additional charge.Thereafter he interacted with district officers and sought information about loss of lives and properties due to incessant rain and floods in the district. He also inquired about persons from Dehradun missing in the disaster and directed them to conduct physical verification of the missing persons' reportsso that monetary relief can be given to their families. His priorities would be to provide compensation to the affected persons and restore the damaged roads and schools on priority basis.
He said that public grievances will be addressed on priority basis and will give emphasis in maintaining law and order in the district.