Ajay Bhatt, Lok Sabha MP from Nainital constituency. (File Photo/ANI)
BJP MP urges Uttarakhand CM to review decision of including Almora district in Gairsain administrative division ANI | Updated: Mar 07, 2021 14:13 IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ajay Bhatt on Sunday urged Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat to review the decision of including Almora district in the newly created Gairsain administrative division.
This comes days after the Chief Minister declared the Gairsain town in Chamoli district as a new administrative division of the state.
The government announced that the Gairsain division would be comprised of four hill districts, including Almora and Bageshwar (both in Kumaon region) and Rudrapyarag and Chamoli (in Garhwal region).
Uttarakhand Raj Bhawan to host Basantotsav on March 13-14 ANI | Updated: Feb 25, 2021 23:11 IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 25 (ANI): Uttarakhand s annual flower festival Basantotsav will be held at the Raj Bhawan here on March 13-14.
According to a statement issued by the Uttarakhand s Governor House, the decision of organising the flower festival was taken at a meeting chaired by Governor Baby Rani Maurya on Thursday. The Raj Bhawan gates will be opened at 11 am on March 13 for the general public to visit the flower exhibition after its inauguration by the governor at 9 am, the statement read.
A postal cover featuring some plant, tree or flower unique to Uttarakhand will also be launched on the occasion.
Officials said 204 people are missing including 25-35 persons stuck inside the Tapovan tunnel. Uttarakhand disaster: Rescue teams at Tapovan tunnel | Photo Credit: ANI
Chamoli: The death toll in the Uttarakhand glacier burst has risen to 35 while 204 people are still missing, the state government said on Thursday.
The rescue work at Tapovan tunnel resumed as drilling operation started at 2:00 AM to peep into the tunnel 12 to 13 meters below, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) said. However, operations have now been temporarily suspended after a drilling machine broke down.
Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar said: We were undertaking rescue operation in the big tunnel to remove debris till yesterday. We have also started drilling in a smaller diameter tunnel to see what is inside. But it has been suspended temporarily as the machine broke down.