-Scroll.in Champawat district authorities claimed that norms were flouted while appointing Sunita Devi. A Dalit woman has been sacked after her appointment as the cook in a government school in Uttarakhand’s Champawat district triggered a boycott of mid-day meals by upper caste students, PTI reported on Thursday. District authorities claimed that norms were flouted while appointing Sunita Devi. Government Inter College, Sukhidhang, Principal Prem Singh did not get Devi’s appointment cleared by higher...
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At Uttarakhand School, Students Refuse to Eat Mid-Day Meals Cooked by Dalit Woman -Yogesh Kumar
-TheWire.in Sunita now fears losing her job as the parents of the school children allege that her appointment was in violation of norms, which the authorities deny. Dehradun: On November 25, Sunita, a Dalit woman, secured a job as Bhojan Mata, a cook, at a local government school in Sukhidhang village of the Champawat district, Uttarakhand. Even though the monthly salary paid to her is a meagre Rs 3,000 a month, the...
More »Is Uttarakhand abusing disaster management laws to allow rampant riverbed mining? -Mukta Joshi
-Newslaundry.com The state’s River Training Policy appears designed to allow near unfettered mining of sand and boulders by private contractors, bypassing green clearance and scientific assessment. In November 2020, a few months before floods ravaged Uttarakhand, the deputy collector of Purnagiri in Tanakpur district announced an open auction of tenders to desilt the riverbed in Champawat’s villages. Tenders for government work usually seek the lowest bidder, the contractor willing to do the job...
More »Death toll in rain-related incidents in Uttarakhand rises to 14
-PTI Many rivers in spate Dehradun: The death toll due to heavy rains in Uttarakhand rose to 14 on Saturday, while about ten rivers and rivulets were in spate across the State. Vehicle traffic was disrupted on several routes due to landslides. At least 15 people are still missing since Friday yesterday morning in Pithoragarh and Chamoli districts. The Met department has warned of heavy rains in isolated places in the State, especially in...
More »Eviction drive turns deadly, tribal falls victim-Pheroze L Vincent
-The Hindu BHATTIDHANA (M.P.): On July 28, a task force threw out around 70 Gond adivasis from a nursery of fruit trees in a reserve forest in Madhya Pradesh Gond adivasis wiped the wrinkled face of the late Bishan Dhurve with turmeric water, washing away the bits of coagulated blood on his forehead. The wound, his son Dikchand said, was inflicted by the Forest Department, which evicted around 70 tribal people who...
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