power outage on aug 11 & 12: UPCl
Dehradun: As some essential works would be done at the power sub-stations in the State capital, the residents of some places would face power outages for some hours on August 11 and August 12. An Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited (UPCl) official informed that some necessary works are being conducted from time to time at the power sub-stations to ensure better power supply. In Dehradun city, some essential works would be completed at 11 KV MDDA feeder of 33 KV sub-station Sahastradhara and local residents of this areas- Chandar Road, Curzon Road, Dalanwala, Raipur Road, Nai Basti, RR Colony, Vijay Nagar, Vikas lok, Karanpur and some other paces would face power-cut partially or completely between 11 am and 3 pm on August 11 and August 12. The people to be affected have been requested to co-operate with UPCl to have the essential works completed to ensure uninterrupted power supply in the coming days, said UPCl spokesperson/ chief engineer SK Singh on Wednesday.
UPCl MD conducts surprise inspections
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited Managing Director BCK Mishra conducted surprise inspections of several power sub-stations in Rudrapur, Danpur, Navoday, Bajpur and Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district on Wednesday and gave necessary instructions to the department officers to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the consumers. He met some consumers too and had their problems fixed through the officers concerned. Mishra also directed the officers to make seating arrangements and provide potable drinking water for the consumers who come to pay the electricity bills. He conducted surprise inspection at distribution transformers at Kashipur and Rudrapur and directed the officers to fix the shortcomings observed during the inspection at the earliest.
Earlier on Tuesday, Mishra had met some Kumaon- based industrialists and discussed with them about their problems. With power cut problem figuring prominently during the discussion, he had decided to inspect the power stations to see things himself on Wednesday.
Min visits disaster-affected areas of Kotdwar
PAURI: Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister and Pauri district in-charge Yashpal Arya visited the disaster- affected areas of Kotdwar on Wednesday and met the victims of the heavy rain. He assured them that the maximum assistance would be provided to the victims. Notably, the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and a cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat who is also the Kotdwar MlA had visited the rain-affected areas a few days ago. Six persons have so far perished in the rain-related incidents in Kotdwar.
4th Interschool Mother Isabel Debate organised
Dehradun: The fourth Interschool Mother Isabel Debate was organised by Convent of Jesus and Mary (CJM) school here on Wednesday with students of 14 schools including The Doon School, RIMC, St George’s College, Welham Boys and Girls and St Joseph’s Academy participating in an exchange of arguments.
The debates were conducted in two rounds. The preliminary round and the final round were held in the Oxford format and the Modified Parliamentary formats respectively. The topic for the debate was Ethnonationalism and Protectionism is destroying global political economic and social order with teams from The Doon School, St. Joseph’s, CJM and St. Thomas participating in the final round.
Diksha Bhanot of CJM and Savinay Sharma of St Joseph’s Academy were declared the Best and the Second Best speakers respectively with Ayndri Uniyal from CJM being the third best speaker. SJA was adjudged the first runners up team while the rolling trophy was bagged by CJM.
Addressing the gathering, the principal of CJM, sister Greta, encouraged and appreciated the efforts of all the students and impressed upon the relevance of the art of debating in today’s world.