Additional district magistrate injured in accident
Dehradun: In a road accident, Pithoragarh additional district magistrate Prashant Arya was injured on early Tuesday morning.
As an animal came up before the car which was heading for Pithoragarh from Munsiyari the driver lost control to save it, resulting in the car tumbling in a gorge at Gochar, 50 kms away from Pithoragarh city.
The driver and the orderly were injured too.The injured were air-lifted to Haldwani through chopper.ADM was being treated at private hospital while the driver and orderly were admitted in Dr Susheela Tiwari Government Hospital, it is learnt.
Dehradun lad awarded Delhi Achievers Award 2015
Dehradun: Dehradun lad Anurag Chauhan presently undergoing higher education in Delhi, was among those awarded the Delhi Achievers Award 2015 by Aaj Ki Delhi magazine. Anurag was felicitated for social work and establishing Humans for Humanity voluntary organisation.
Anurag, who is presently pursuing bachelors degree in social work at at private university in Noida said that the award had encouraged him to further pursue his efforts in the sphere of social service. He said that Humans For Humanity is focusing on women sanitation and hygiene, informal education and tuition to tackle illiteracy.
The organisation shall also facilitate vocational classes for students who are less privileged in society and the ones who cannot reach out to the school, he said. The organisation is also working on civic sanitation and promoting Indian culture and heritage, added Anurag.