City page for Nov 11

WEATHER

Forecast (November 11): Weather will be dry in plains and low hills, middle and high hills

Temperatures:

Shimla: 19.7 (max) 9.8 (min) Degrees Celsius Sunrise: 6:45 am, sunset: 5:26 pm

Dharamshala: 20.0 (max), 10.2 (min) Degrees Celsius

Manali: 18.6 (max), 2.6 (min) Degrees Celsius

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Readers Say

Rain shelter at Narola of no use

A rain shelter constructed by the PWD subdivision, Baldwara, on the Jahu-Ghumarwin National Expressway at Narola in Mandi district won’t be of much use to people. Instead of constructing it on the bifurcation point of the Narola-Khalin-Barin link road, it has been built 50 metre away from the bifurcation point, where people go to catch buses. People continue to stand in the scorching sun, cold and rain in the open because buses halt only at the bifurcation point. The PWD must take remedial steps.

Jagdish Chand, Narola

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Water ATMs non-functional

During the stint of the previous Congress government, water ATMs were installed at some places in Dharamsala. However, some of these have not functioned even for a single day. A water ATM near the technical education board of the state has been lying closed for more than three years now. If the IPH authorities did not want to make it functional, it should not have wasted public money on purchasing them.

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Educational Notes

Don’t make teachers scapegoat: HGCTA

The Himachal Government College Teachers’ Association (HGCTA) on Tuesday condemned the order of the SDM, Sarkaghat, seeking explanation from the principals of Government Senior Secondary School, Sarkaghat, and Government Senior Secondary School. Bhaderwar, about how a majority of their school staff contracted Covid. The administration, in its order, said laxity on part of the school administration while observing the standard operating procedures could be responsible for the same. The association said it was not possible to follow social distancing in educational institutions. The government was taking wrong decisions and making teachers and principals a scapegoat, it alleged.

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ABVP hails action against VCs

The ABVP has welcomed the action against the vice-chancellors of private universities in the state. ABVP’s Rahul Rana said they had been raising their voice against the irregularities in the private universities for many years and the action was a result of its long protest. The ABVP, he said, had been saying that the reason behind irregularities in private universities was the appointment of unqualified people at high posts in violation of the UGC guidelines in this regard.

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SFI gives memo to Pathania

The ABVP and the SFI submitted a memorandum to Forest Minister Rakesh Pathania about the difficulties being faced by students in colleges in Chamba district. Besides demanding the restoration of the SCA elections, they apprised the minister about several other problems being faced by the students. While the ABVP demanded starting PG courses in Chamba college, the SFI demanded filling of vacant posts of teachers.

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Online activities for DAV students (Pic)

DAV, Manali, organised online activities for classes III to XII on Saturday. Principal RS Rana appreciated the efforts of the students, and encouraged them to keep participating in the forthcoming events as well.