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Hello Jammu News at 5:48:00 PM 0

Dehradun, Jul 26: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has honoured Asia junior badminton champion Lakshya Sen by presenting him with a cheque of Rs 5.53 lakh at a felicitation ceremony held at the chief minister's residence here.

At the event held yesterday, Rawat also presented Kuhoo Garg, who won the Lagos International Badminton Classics, with a cheque of Rs 2 lakh.

"The children of Uttarakhand grow up in the lap of nature and are therefore strong. They also have the spirit to excel in whichever field they choose. The success of Lakshya Sen and Kuhoo Garg is a victory of our youth who are showing promise in every sports," the chief minister said.

Sen said his efforts would be directed towards bringing glory to his country and state in the future. Since Garg is in Russia nowadays, the cash award was received by her parents.

On Sunday, Lakshya became only the third Indian shuttler to win the Asia Junior Championships after late Gautam Thakkar (1965) and Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu (2012). He defeated the reigning world junior champion, Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand, in straight games at the finals in Jakarta, Indonesia.

On the same day, Kuhoo Garg and Ria Mukherjee had won the women's doubles title in the Lagos International badminton tournament in Nigeria. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 2:45:00 PM 0

Dehradun, Jun 29: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has ordered the arrest and suspension of a primary school principal after she allegedly used abusive language in front of the CM here.

Government sources said that the principal was briefly detained and suspended.

The incident happened yesterday at the 'Janata Darbar' of the chief minister here when the principal of a government school in Nagaon area of Uttarkashi district made a transfer request.

According to government release, principal Uttara Bahuguna "showed disrespect and used abusive language during the Janata Darbar. She was told to put forward her request in a decent manner but she kept on misbehaving.

Bahuguna had requested the CM that she be transferred from the remote location. Her claim was that she has been posted in remote locations for the last 25 years and she now wanted to live with her children.

On being asked by Rawat if she had given any undertaking while securing the job, Bahuguna shot back that she had not stated "she will live in forest through out her life".

On this the chief minister lost his cool and asked her to put forward her request in decent manner but she kept on "showing disrespect", the release said.

The woman said that her husband had died and she did not want to leave her children as "orphans in Dehradun".

"My condition is such that neither can I leave my children alone nor my job," Bahuguna said.

After the incident, Rawat said that request for transfers must not be brought to a platform meant for hearing public grievances. All transfers of government employees will be done under the state's Transfer Act, he said. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 7:06:00 PM 0
Dehradun, Jun 23 : As tour operators of Uttarakhand struggle to come to terms with a recent court order banning water sports in the state, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat today assured them of protecting their interests, even as all district magistrates were asked to implement the ban in their areas.

"All aspects of the high court order regarding the ban on adventure tourism activities are being studied. The next step will be taken after that. The interests of entrepreneurs associated with the trade will be protected," he said in a statement here.

Rawat also directed the tourism secretary to look into all legal options available in the case and take appropriate action.

He said effective steps were being taken by the state government to promote adventure tourism, "which is crucial to tourism in Uttarakhand".

Keeping in view the interests of the people involved in the trade, the chief minister said Uttarakhand Rafting, Kayaking Manual has been framed, adding that manuals for paragliding and other adventure tourism activities would be prepared soon.

He said a comprehensive policy would be prepared to further promote the industry so that it strengthened the economy of the state.

Meanwhile, Tourism Secretary Dilip Jawalkar today wrote to all district magistrates, asking them to strictly implement the high court order in their respective areas.

The Uttarakhand High Court, had on June 18, put a ban on white water river rafting, other water sports and paragliding across the state till a transparent policy was framed by the state government on adventure sports, giving the latter two weeks' time for the purpose.

Devendra Rawat, former president of Rafting Association of Uttarakhand, said the ban would affect 40,000 people associated with the trade.

A total of 281 companies are associated with the rafting trade, which together own 600 rafts and transact business worth over Rs 20 crore every season. The season lasts nine months from October to June, he said.



With the ban coming at the peak of the season, there will be heavy losses, he said.

Vaibhav Kala, director, Aquaterra Adventures said majority of outfits cannot be penalised for the errors of a few.

"Rafting is currently being regulated under a Rafting Act passed by the Uttarakhand government. There is a technical and regulatory committee that grants permits and proper rafting rules are framed to ensure compliance," he said.

"Regulation, of course, has been a challenge, but that needs to be checked stringently by the authorities concerned. Majority of outfits cannot be penalised for the errors of a few," Kala said, adding that "rhetorical judgements" like this would harm the country's travel industry.

Kala said the state needs to weed out outfits that do not meet the global benchmark. "We will lose many bookings in the last week. The industry losses for a week should be around Rs 4-5 crore," he said. PTI
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