Tag: Pithoragarh

  • Indian construction workers pelted with stones on Indo-Nepal border in Uttarakhand

    Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: Indian labourers working along the Indo-Nepal border in Dharchula were allegedly pelted with stones by Nepalese nationals leaving at least one person injured and damaging several machineries.  

    The attack is the 11th such incident of stone pelting by Nepalese nationals over the last two months from across the border against Indian workers engaged in the construction of a safety wall along the Kali river.

    The attack comes a day after a joint inspection and talks between officials from both countries.

    Enraged by the incident, India has threatened to stop the movement of vehicles from the Nepal side of the border.

    In order to protect Dharchula town and surrounding villages, the Indian side is working to build embankments on the banks of the kali river. The construction of the embankment is being hampered by stone pelting from Nepal. On Friday evening, stones were once again hurled from Nepal in Ghatkhola.

    Nepalis threw stones at labourers constructing embankments at Ghatkhola in Dharchula, breaking window panes of two dumpers, two tipper trucks and JCBs. Dumper driver Danveer Sawant was also injured in the stone pelting. The construction of the embankment has been affected by the incident.  There is tremendous anger among the Indian people due to these repeated incidents.

    Pithoragarh District Magistrate Reena Joshi told The New Indian Express, “A joint survey has been conducted by both sides as a precautionary measure on the incident.  A meeting of high-level officials will also be called in the near future.”

    Joshi added, “the report sought by the Ministry of External Affairs regarding this incident has also been conveyed to them about the actual situation.”

    Earlier, another labourer was also injured in a similar stone-pelting incident. Indian traders had closed the ‘Jhula’ bridge in protest against this incident. In view of the tension, officials of the two countries had said to resolve the problem by meeting in mutual coordination.

    Nepal’s CDO also came to India and took stock of the situation. A day earlier on Thursday, engineers from Nepal also conducted an on-site inspection along with the local administration. Despite this, there is resentment among Indians due to stone pelting from Nepal.

    BJP district vice-president Mahendra Budiyal said, “The Nepal administration is repeatedly failing to stop stone-pelting incidents. This is affecting the construction work of the embankment being built to protect Dharchula. If Nepal does not take punitive action along with banning the activities of anarchists,the International Jhula Bridge will be closed.”

    DEHRADUN: Indian labourers working along the Indo-Nepal border in Dharchula were allegedly pelted with stones by Nepalese nationals leaving at least one person injured and damaging several machineries.  

    The attack is the 11th such incident of stone pelting by Nepalese nationals over the last two months from across the border against Indian workers engaged in the construction of a safety wall along the Kali river.

    The attack comes a day after a joint inspection and talks between officials from both countries.

    Enraged by the incident, India has threatened to stop the movement of vehicles from the Nepal side of the border.

    In order to protect Dharchula town and surrounding villages, the Indian side is working to build embankments on the banks of the kali river. The construction of the embankment is being hampered by stone pelting from Nepal. On Friday evening, stones were once again hurled from Nepal in Ghatkhola.

    Nepalis threw stones at labourers constructing embankments at Ghatkhola in Dharchula, breaking window panes of two dumpers, two tipper trucks and JCBs. Dumper driver Danveer Sawant was also injured in the stone pelting. The construction of the embankment has been affected by the incident.  There is tremendous anger among the Indian people due to these repeated incidents.

    Pithoragarh District Magistrate Reena Joshi told The New Indian Express, “A joint survey has been conducted by both sides as a precautionary measure on the incident.  A meeting of high-level officials will also be called in the near future.”

    Joshi added, “the report sought by the Ministry of External Affairs regarding this incident has also been conveyed to them about the actual situation.”

    Earlier, another labourer was also injured in a similar stone-pelting incident. Indian traders had closed the ‘Jhula’ bridge in protest against this incident. In view of the tension, officials of the two countries had said to resolve the problem by meeting in mutual coordination.

    Nepal’s CDO also came to India and took stock of the situation. A day earlier on Thursday, engineers from Nepal also conducted an on-site inspection along with the local administration. Despite this, there is resentment among Indians due to stone pelting from Nepal.

    BJP district vice-president Mahendra Budiyal said, “The Nepal administration is repeatedly failing to stop stone-pelting incidents. This is affecting the construction work of the embankment being built to protect Dharchula. If Nepal does not take punitive action along with banning the activities of anarchists,
    the International Jhula Bridge will be closed.”

  • Nepalese citizens entering India through Pithoragarh to be tested for COVID at border

    By PTI
    PITHORAGARH: Nepalese citizens entering India through the three main border bridges in the district will now have to undergo a rapid antigen test on arrival before they are allowed to proceed further, a senior official said on Friday.

    “We took the decision after the corona negative reports carried by some of the Nepalese migrants from their country were found to be fake,” Pithoragarh’s Chief Medical Officer HC Pant said.

    Nepalese citizens were allowed to enter India through the border bridges at Jhoolaghat, Dharchula and Jauljibi last month if they carried along with them a negative corona test report issued by medical authorities in Nepal.

    “However, when some of the corona test reports shown by the Nepalese citizens at the border were found to be fake, we decided to conduct our own rapid antigen tests on every incoming Nepalese migrant, before permitting them on Indian soil,” Pant said.

  • Leopard kills 10-year-old boy in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh 

    By PTI
    PITHORAGARH (Uttarakhand): A 10-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in a village in this district, a forest official said on Wednesday.

    The boy was returning to home along with his sister from a shop in Latrari village on Tuesday evening when he was attacked by the leopard from behind, Pithoragarh Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Vinay Bhargav said.

    As his sister cried for help, the leopard fled, leaving the boy behind after dragging him for a few metres, he said.

    The boy was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.

  • Case against Delhi-based firm for providing used, defective medical equipment to PHC in Uttarakhand

    By ANI
    PITHORAGARH: A case against a Delhi-based firm namely S K Enterprises has been registered by the Chief Medical Officer, Dr H C Pant of Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand for allegedly providing defective and used medical equipment including surgical gloves and syringes, said Prabhat Kumar, SHO, Dharchula police station.

    The case was registered under Disaster Management Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Dharchula police station on Sunday, the SHO told ANI.

    “A case has been registered against S K Enterprises, based in Delhi under sections 420, 409, 51B of the IPC and also under the Disaster Management Act. We have seized the gloves and other medical equipment provided to the hospital. Further investigations are underway,” said Prabhat Kumar.

    As many as 2,300 gloves have been seized by the police.

    The District Magistrate (DM) of Pithoragarh, Anand Swaroop, had directed the Chief Medical Officer on Wednesday to register an FIR. After the matter came to DM’s attention, he reached the Community Health Center, Dharchula where the supplies were sent to investigate the issue.

    “I got a new packet of gloves opened in front of me and the officers informed me that they are used gloves. I myself saw that those used gloves came out of a new and sealed packets. This is a big negligence,” the DM had told ANI earlier.