cattle herder swept away in gaula river
lalkuan: A Van Gujjar identified as Mohammed Yasin was reported to have been swept away in the Gaula river while trying to herd cattle across to the bank on Thursday evening. The police and rescue team reached the incident spot near Devrampur Gate after being informed by the locals. The locals were also assisting in the search but there was no trace of the man till the time of this report being filed.
‘Harela’ celebrated in UPES campuses
Dehradun: ‘Harela’ – the traditional festival of worshiping nature was celebrated in the Bidholi and Kandoli campus of the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) on Thursday. The senior functionaries of the university planted 50 saplings on the day.
Speaking on this occasion, Director Media Affairs Arun Dhand said that UPES also relates this festival to protect the environment specially the forest and greenery within and outside its campus.
The university chancellor SJ Chopra led other senior officials of the university in the tree plantation drive. Harela’, is a festival of the Uttarakhand region, means the ‘Day of Green’ in its literal sense and is celebrated to mark the advent of monsoon and the beginning of the sowing season.
bus rammed into tree, 16 hurt
Dehradun: Sixteen passengers were injured when the bus they were sitting in rammed into a roadside tree at Premnagar, Dehradun on Thursday. They were travelling to Selaqui from ISBT.
50 electric poles swept away in heavy rainfalls
Dehradun: Around 50 electricity poles were swept away following heavy rain that lashed Dehradun on Thursday/Wednesday, resulting in the snap of power supply at various colonies of the provisional State capital. Power supply was adversely affected due to blast at Dhamawala-lakhibagh feeder, UPCl sources said.