Ntpc gives Tents, utensils to disaster victims
Joshimath: As part of the NTPC Tapovan Vishnugad hydro power project’s rehabilitation and resettlement activities, the disaster affected scheduled caste families of Ravigram were presented utensils and tent material for community use. The NTPC Tapovan Vishnugad and lata Tapovan projects general manager Tribhuwan Nath Srivastav met a delegation of the affected people on the occasion. At a simple programme organised at the corporation’s Kagbhushandi office, Srivastav said that apart from electricity generation, the corporation also aims to facilitate community development works in the villages affected by its projects. The community is now responsible to maintain the items donated and ensure their intended use, he said while adding that community dining was part of Indian culture as it encourages mutual understanding and social unity. Additional general managers (Project) AK Srivastav and AK Nigam, additional general manager (Planning and System) VK Awasthi, deputy general managers (Rehabilitation and Resettlement) HN Singh and VS Bhandari were also among those present on the occasion along with the villagers.
cii forms Special task force for relief work
Dehradun: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has formed a special task force to provide relief in the disaster affected parts of Uttarakhand. After communicating with various government agencies, Army, NGOs and Disaster Management Cell, an interim assessment of the situation has been done and relief and rehabilitation operations in the affected areas have been planned by CII. The CII director general Chandrajit Banerjee said that the damage caused to the mountain state by the cloud bursts, floods and landslides is massive and it will take a long time to “rebuild Uttarakhand”. CII would lend its full support for the same. “CII has been coordinating with the State Government and district administration of the impacted areas to channelise CII Foundation's efforts towards providing immediate relief and rehabilitation support,”added Banerjee. A CII team is already camping in Rudraprayag district, which is the most affected area. CII has identified three clusters for relief and rehabilitation purposes - the Agastyamuni - Tilawara cluster (Rudraprayag), Guptkashi cluster (Rudraprayag) and Pindar Valley (Chamoli). The confederation would initially start its relief and rehabilitation work in the Agastyamuni - Tilawara cluster which includes eight villages with more than 500 houses /families. CII would set up camps next week to provide temporary shelters, water purifiers, solar lanterns, blankets, torches and warm clothing here.
Man shoots self, family members
Dehradun: Due to failure in marital relation, Mohkampur resident and wedding point owner Ravi Verma shot himself after shooting his wife Meghna and father in law Rajendra Singh. The incident took place on Tuesday night when Meghna refused to return to her estranged husband Verma, said Nehru Colony police station in-charge Abul Kalam on Wednesday. Seriously injured Meghna and Singh were admitted in CMI hospital and their condition is said to be out of danger. According to him, both had married in court but due to failure in marital relation, Meghna was living with her father for the last many months. Recently she had reported to the city magistrate that she did not want to live with her husband.