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Uttarakhand excels in health, GDP

Shishir Prashant Business Standard / New Delhi/ Dehradun August 12, 2011 After excelling in the gross domestic product (GDP) growth, Uttarakhand is yet again on the top of the chart according to the annual health survey (AHS). Bageshwar, the hilly district of Uttarakhand, has reported…

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The Motor Traffic Rumble

By Rajiv Rawat Over the past few weeks, the issue of traffic congestion and road accidents has taken centre stage, not only in Dehradun where the crisis is severe, but also throughout the state where an alarming number of buses have slipped off the roads…

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Op-Ed: Gandagi

By Rajiv Rawat Garhwal Post, November 23, 2006 State Formation Day, the CII “Uttaranchal” Fair, and the Uttarakhand Mahotsav have come and gone from the desert scrub of the once lush Parade and Rangers’ Grounds. The glossy pamphlets and display tables of the various state…

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UKD protests revisions to BPL list

Dehradun (July 10): The UKD staged a sit-in in front of Dehradun SDM’s residence and promised to gherao the chief minister to protest extensive omissions in newly revised BPL lists. These omissions as well as the transcription of the list into roman characters threatens to…

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ANI (2005.9.8): Poor condition of Uttaranchal's health care centers

Uttaranchal September 08, 2005 3:29:35 PM IST Health services in many of the hill districts of Uttaranchal are in poor condition. With no medicines or proper treatment facilities available in public health centers despite government’s proclaimed policy initiatives, the situation is far from being satisfactory.…

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ANI (2004.10.04): Sweepers strike turns Dehradun into a waste dump

Dehradun, October 04, 2004 3:41:51 PM IST (ANI) Sweepers in Dehradun have been on strike for the past 10 days. leaving the capital of Uttaranchal without an effective waste disposal system. So hazardous has the situation become, that the state administration has ordered the state…

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Drunkards Beware

Just eight months ago in Dhari, a village in Pithoragarh, Uttaranchal, liquor had made life hell for women. There were drunken brawls; women would be abused in front of their wailing children. But today, according to a Civil Society report, men here do not dare…

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The Sahayog affair

By Rajeev Dhavan The Hindu, May 19, 2000 SAHAYOG IS an organisation working on `AIDS’ education in the Kumaon Hills of Uttar Pradesh. In September 1999, it published a pamphlet called `AIDS aur Hum’ (AIDS and us) which described sexual acts explicitly. It also portrayed,…

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