Category: Dehradun

Development work should not be limited to papers, it should be visible on the ground: Dhami

The Chief Minister reviewed the game changer schemes of the Forest and Energy Department

More effective efforts should be made to conserve forests and increase revenue from forest wealth
Special attention should be given to the modernization of the guest house of the Forest Department: Chief Minister
Dehradun. Along with the conservation of forests, more effective efforts should be made to increase revenue from forest wealth. Special attention should be paid to the modernization of the guest house of the Forest Department. More possibilities should be explored for work in the field of herbs, cultivation and marketing. Effective measures should be taken to reduce human-wildlife conflict. Special attention should be paid to forest fire management, biodiversity conservation and eco-tourism. These instructions were given by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to the officials during the review of the game changer schemes of the Forest Department in the Secretariat on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister said that along with better use of forest wealth, direct and indirect employment should be promoted. In view of summer, a strategy should be made with an effective action plan to prevent forest fire. It should be ensured that such efforts are not limited to papers only, but are visible on the ground. To prevent incidents of human-wildlife conflict, the best practices of other states should be studied and a better action plan should be made for this in the state.

It was informed in the meeting that under eco tourism, special attention is being given to the development of eco camping infrastructure, restoration of old forest rest houses, various activities for local youth such as training of nature guides and capacity development programs. A website dedicated to eco tourism will be created. Till now, the eco tourism sector operating in various areas has generated an income of about Rs 5 crore to local youth, Rs 17 crore from gypsy operation and Rs 30 lakh to self-help groups.

Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal, Infrastructure Monitoring Council Vice President Vishwas Dabur, Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan, Principal Secretary R.K. Sudhanshu, R. Meenakshi Sundaram, Chief Forest Conservator Dr. Dhananjay Mohan, Additional Secretary Ranjana Rajguru, Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Managing Director Sandeep Singhal, UPCL Managing Director Anil Kumar, Pitkul Managing Director PC Dhyani and related officials were present in the meeting.

Work should be done rapidly towards increasing energy production in the state

Dehradun. During the review of the Energy Department, the Chief Minister also directed that work should be done rapidly towards increasing energy production in the state. Special attention should be given to small hydro power projects. He said that the main concept of Uttarakhand state was energy and tourism state.

The work of undergrounding of power lines in urban areas should be completed before the onset of rainy season. The work of covering government buildings with solar roof top should be completed soon. An effective action plan should be made to use the assets of UJVNL, UPCL which are not in use.

It was informed in the meeting that as per the revised hydropower policy in 2023, 8 projects of total 160.80 MW have been approved under one time amnesty. These projects will be completed by 2030 at a cost of 1790 crores. Along with this, 6 projects of 121 MW have been approved. UGVNL will start the work of 03 pump storages from 2028 and complete it in 2031. These three pump storages costing around 5660 crores include Ichhari, Lakhwar-Vyasi and Vyasi-Katapathar projects.

Six journalists will get financial assistance of Rs 30 lakh

Journalist Welfare Fund Committee recommended

The Journalist Welfare Fund Committee has recommended financial assistance of Rs 30 lakh to six journalists. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who is also the chairman of the committee, will approve this recommendation. 11 cases came before the committee for consideration for the Journalist Welfare Fund.

In the cases of financial assistance, financial assistance has also been recommended to the family of journalist Manjul Singh Majila, who died last month. In the committee meeting held on Monday under the chairmanship of Director General of Information Banshidhar Tiwari, records were found incomplete in the remaining five cases.

The DG Information directed that the District Information Officer should complete the documents related to the application by giving one more chance in the remaining cases. A committee meeting was held for the Chief Minister Journalist Samman Pension Scheme. One case was placed before the committee in the meeting.

No decision was taken in the case due to lack of necessary records. Non-official members of Journalist Welfare Fund Committee, journalist representative BD Sharma, Dr. DD Mittal, Nisha Rastogi, Dinesh Joshi along with Additional Director of Information Department, Ashish Kumar Tripathi and Joint Director KS Chauhan were present in the meeting.

Dhami government will give the gift of Eid kit to the people of Muslim community

The state government will give the gift of Eid kit to the people of economically weaker Muslim community on Eid. This kit, which will be given as a gift, will include clothes, milk, dry fruits, sugar, vermicelli and rice. Uttarakhand Waqf Board Chairman Shadab Shams said, this decision has been taken in the online meeting of the board.

According to the Chairman of the Waqf Board, clothes will be given in the kit for mothers, sisters and daughters. The CEO has been instructed in this regard. It has been decided that this kit will be made available by all the Waqf committees. Committees which do not have adequate arrangements for this. Large committees will cooperate with those committees for this. The office of the Waqf Board can also be contacted for this.

It was also decided in the board meeting of the Uttarakhand Waqf Board that a large number of people are living in Waqf properties at very low rent. These people will now be charged rent on the basis of circle rate. At the same time, action will also be taken against illegal occupants. The government will soon nominate two members in the Waqf Tribunal to take action against them. MLAs Shahzad, Raumstef Ali, Manavvar Hasan, Ziya Naqvi etc. were present in the meeting.

According to Uttarakhand Waqf Board President Shadab Shams, hundreds of acres of Waqf Board land is being encroached. A complaint will be filed in the Land Fraud Committee to take action against such people. At the same time, there is illegal encroachment in Sahastradhara Crossing Azad Nagar Colony. Which will be removed and apartments, schools and hospitals will be built for the economically weaker people at this place.

UCC: If marriage happened after 2010, then registration has to be done, otherwise a fine will be imposed, know the whole process

If your marriage happened after 26 March 2010, then it has to be registered. Those who have already registered will not need to register again. The special thing is that those who do not register within six months of the implementation of the law will be fined Rs 10,000. Those who give wrong facts in the registration will be fined Rs 25,000. It has been clarified in the UCC that if the man or woman getting married is a resident of the state, then their registration will be mandatory.

Marriages that are not registered till 26 March 2010 (Uttarakhand Compulsory Marriage Registration Act) will have to be registered within six months after the implementation of UCC. Those who are already registered will have to submit a declaration in the Sub Registrar Office within six months of the implementation of the law. Couples before 2010 can get themselves registered if they want, but they should not have more than one spouse. The age criterion should be fulfilled.

After the implementation of UCC, the husband and wife will fill a form together. They will present it to the sub-registrar within 60 days from the date of marriage. The condition is that one of the two should reside in the state. Similarly, there will be formalities for couples before 2010.

The government will appoint sub-registrar, registrar, registrar general

Under UCC, the state government will appoint a secretary level officer as the registrar general (general registrar). After this, officers up to the sub-district magistrate level will be appointed as registrars and sub-registrars for the areas.

Age of 21 years for men, 18 years for women

It has been provided in UCC that marriage will take place only when the minimum age of the man is 21 years and the minimum age of the woman is 18 years.

Fine of 10 to 25 thousand rupees

Any person who deliberately does not get the marriage registered after getting married or neglects it, the sub-registrar can impose a fine of 10 thousand on him. The person who presents wrong facts in the registration or submits forged documents can be jailed for three months and fined Rs 25,000 or both. The sub-registrar who does not take action within 15 days on the registration process or discontinuation can also be fined up to Rs 25,000.

The sub-registrar can also take cognizance himself

If a marriage takes place and is not registered, the sub-registrar can take cognizance of it himself. He will send a notice on which a memorandum will have to be submitted within 30 days. Failure to do so will result in a fine of Rs 25,000. No marriage will be invalid for not getting it registered.

BJP wants to break the Constitution: Mehmood Pracha

Will not let the federal structure of the country be destroyed at any cost: Siddiqui

Dehradun (Syed Suhail) On Monday, the Assembly was gheraoed by the “Numainda Group of Uttarakhand” against the UCC being brought by the Uttarakhand government. On this occasion, Supreme Court Advocate Mehmood Pracha said that the Uniform Civil Code Bill proposed by the government is full of flaws, which we strongly oppose. The Uttarakhand government wants to break the Constitution written by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, which has been made keeping in mind the religious and social traditions and systems of the country, which will not be accepted by any member of the society. The effect of this law will affect all the people of the society and will create divisions in the houses. In all the religions, the system of giving share in property to the daughters according to the religious traditions was going on for centuries, which did not have any legal form, the mother could do it as per her convenience. The father handed over his rights to the girl. Giving legal form to 50 per cent stake in UCC will lead to disintegration of the social fabric. An example of this is the way in which sons-in-law generally view the in-laws’ property. Due to its legal nature, many things will create disputes and divorce cases will come up in the state. From this point of view, this law will not be favorable to any society and religion.
Yakub Siddiqui, convenor of Numainda Group Uttarakhand, said that in the same state, there is polyandry system among the people of tribal community and open marriage is prevalent among Tharu-Boxer, from this point of view it is not justified to bring a particular community within the ambit of the law. Muslim women are given four months time for Iddat, there are many religious and social aspects of it which need to be studied in depth. To say that this is oppression on women is consistently wrong and devoid of logic. Justice Ranjana Desai Committee organized camps regarding this law in all the districts of Uttarakhand in which suggestions were sought. More than 2 lakh forms were received by the committee in which 172000 forms mentioned the non-enactment of this law and its shortcomings. to be done. Despite this, the committee gave consent to the Chief Minister to make a law, which was approved by the Cabinet. This law is being made on double standards which we protested on the streets and this protest will continue. We will not allow the federal structure of the country to be ruined at any cost.
On this occasion, Karunakar, who became the national president of Buddhist Schedule Tribe, city Mufti Salim Ahmed Qasmi, Hina Parveen, former president of Bar Council of Uttarakhand Razia Baig, Latafat Hussain, Pradhan Abdul Aziz, Municipal Corporation Councilor Mukeem Ahmed, Councilor Ilyas Ansari, Asif Qureshi, Rafi Ahmed, Arshad Ali, Salim Khan, Irshad Ali etc. were mainly present.