RTO TO lAUNCH DRIVE AGAINST POllUTING VEHIClES
Dehradun: The Regional Transport Office (RTO) of Dehradun is gearing itself to launch a drive against polluting vehicles in the State capital. The Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO) RP Rathore said that the department would constitute many teams for an extensive drive against pollution emitting vehicles. He said that the teams of the department would be very strict on owners of such vehicles and penalties would be slapped on the erring persons. The number of pollution emitting vehicles of the Doon valley is estimated to be in the thousands. Though the department conducts regular checks these are basically for name sake only. The laxity of RTO in conducting a large scale exercise to check such vehicles is reflecting in the polluted environment of once clean and green Doon valley.
four-wheeler issue: team MEETS nishank
Dehradun: On the issue of barring four wheelers from using the Rest Camp road from the Railway station by the Railway authorities, a delegation led by Rest Camp councillor Raj Kumar Kakkar and Mahesh Pandey met the Member of Parliament from Haridwar lok Sabha constituency and former Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal ‘Nishank’ on Monday. The delegation informed him that the four wheelers are slated to be barred from plying on the Railway station - Rest Camp road by the railways due to which the residents of Dharampur, Race Course and Rest Camp areas of the city will face problems. In addition to this the traffic load on the already busy Prince Chowk will also increase if this plan it implemented. The delegation demanded that the Railways should be asked to reconsider its decision to prevent inconvenience of the public in the State capital.
Observer holds meet with district officers
Dehradun: In order to complete Doiwala Assembly bypolls peacefully, Election Commission of India’s appointed Observer Om Prakash Bakoria chaired a meeting with district officers who have been deputed on election duty on Monday and directed them to execute their assigned duty with transparency, honesty and without fear. Dehradun district magistrate Chandresh Kumar Yadav said that a control room has been established and it has been working 24x7 for this purpose. One can register election related complaints on telephone number 0135-2695888 and necessary steps will be taken by the officers concerned. The DM will preside over a meeting with nodal officers at 6 pm daily to review the days’ work and next days’ proposed works with them.
fire due to blast in closed storage at raipur
Dehradun: A fire erupted due to blast in an old and closed storage of Narendra and Company in Raipur on Sunday night. The fire was extinguished after about half an hour of efforts by the firemen and no casualty was reported, said Dehradun Fire Station Officer Shiv Prasad Mamgai. Mamgai said that the fire service was informed about the blaze in closed storage, near ladpur, Raipur at around 9 pm. With the deployment of three fire tenders, fire was controlled in half an hour and no casualty was reported. He outrightly rejected that there were any explosive materials in the storage stating that only waste material was found there.