City page for Jan 21

WEATHER

Forecast (Jan 21): Weather will be mainly dry in plains, low, middle and high hills

Temperatures

Shimla: 13.1 (max) 5.4 (min) Degrees Celsius Sunrise: 07:19 am, sunset: 5: 47 pm

Dharamshala: 16. 6 (max), 4.4 (min) Degrees Celsius

Manali: 12.8 (max), 0.4 (min) Degrees Celsius

Readers Say

Garbage dumped on river banks (Pic)

There are heaps of garbage dumped on the banks of the Parbati river at Manikaran in Kullu district. Manikaran is a famous tourist place, where a large number of foreign and domestic tourists visit round the year. The dumping of garbage on the river bank, besides being an eyesore, is a threat to the ecology. The district administration should ask the local civic body to make adequate arrangements for proper disposal of garbage at suitable place instead of dumping it on the river side. — Manoj Agarwal, tourist

Check narcotic products sale

There is a need to check the sale and use of narcotic products at Kufri. It’s not uncommon to see even young children and adults selling such stuff to tourists. If ignored, it could lead to major issues in the future for the entire area. -Madan Chauhan, Shimla

Education Notes

Nauni varsity student wins laurels (Pic)

Anirudh Sood, a final year student of BSc (Hons) Horticulture, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, won the ‘Best Verbal Communication’ prize for English debate at the 14th National Conference and Inter-University Debate Competition (online). It was organised by the GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. The students from various universities debated on whether ‘The current economic policy of the country is efficient to empower the youth for development of a self-reliant nation’. Four students from the university had taken part in the Hindi and English debate competition. Vice-Chancellor Dr Parvinder Kaushal congratulated Anirudh for bringing laurels to the university.

Artists’ exploration programme (Pic)

An Artists Exploration Programme, the brainchild of Delhi’s young theatre director Amit Tiwari, was organised in Tirthan Valley of Kullu on January 6-14 with 14 artists from eight states participating in it. The artists came from Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The programme was organised in association with the Create Room for Artists and was designed and conducted by programme director Amit Tiwari. It incorporated different forms of visual and performing arts to help the artists grow and have better understanding of art. The art forms included theatre, dance, clowning, mime, clay modelling, yoga and meditation, puppet, poetry and storytelling, film-making.

Counselling for B.Ed from today

The second round of online counselling for B.Ed will be held on January 21-22. The third round will be held from January 30 to February 2. The aspirants could call on 82196-06155 or 82194-32382 in case they face any problems regarding the counselling.