Tag: Haridwar

Haridwar: Mazar, temple demolished in anti-encroachment drive

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Haridwar: In an anti-encroachment drive, the Haridwar district administration in Uttarakhand on Saturday demolished a ‘mazar’ and a temple allegedly built illegally on roads here, officials said.
The mazar at Aryanagar was more than three decades old while the Hanuman temple built under a flyover at Singhdwar on the Haridwar-Delhi highway was nearly 50 years old, sources said.
Two days ago, the administration demolished mazars built illegally at two places.

Deputy Collector Puran Singh Rana said that this action is being taken constitutionally on the orders of the Supreme Court and the High Court.
He said that the law and order situation is normal at present and no one would be allowed to take law into their hands.
Describing the actions as fair, Rana said that illegal encroachments on government properties would be demolished irrespective of the community those belong to.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 7, 2023
SC/ST scholarship scam: ED attaches Haridwar property of educational trust

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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said that they have attached an immovable property worth Rs 5.06 crore situated in Haridwar, belonging to Aarti Charitable Educational Trust which runs Amrit Group of Colleges, Roorkee, in the case of SC/ST scholarship scam.
The total attachment in this case till date is Rs 12.13 crore.
The ED initiated the investigation under PMLA based on the FIR registered by Haridwar police.

During the course of investigation, it was learnt that Amrit Group of Colleges, Roorkee had fraudulently received huge amount of scholarships in the name of SC/ST students from Social Welfare Department, Haridwar for the period 2011-12 to 2016-2017.
“It was established that the institution had made false claims to obtain scholarship under SC/ST scholarship scheme which have been embezzled, siphoned off by Amrit Group of Colleges, Roorkee and caused huge financial loss to the public exchequer with wrongful gain to themselves,” an ED official said.
Investigation under PMLA revealed that this ill-gotten money was further diverted to either the personal bank accounts of the trustees of Aarti Charitable Educational Trust or to other accounts of the college, utilised for the expenses of the trust and withdrawn in cash.
Further, property worth Rs 1.45 Crore in the nature of land situated in Haridwar district belonging to Wali Gram Udhyog Vikas Sansthan, Roorkee which runs Techword Wali Gram Udhyog Vikas Sansthan, Group of Institutions, Roorkee and another property worth Rs 5.62 crore in nature of land and building situated in Haridwar district belonging to Seth Bimal Prasad Jain Educational Trust which runs Phonics Group of Institutions, Roorkee have also been attached.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 28, 2023
Chardham Yatra to be conducted from 2 places in Rishikesh, 1 in Haridwar

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Rishikesh: The Chardham Yatra in Uttarakhand this year will be conducted from two places in Rishikesh and one in Haridwar, and a fleet of 1,300-1,700 buses will be available to devotees visiting the Himalayan shrines, an official said on Saturday.
Dehradun’s Divisional Transport Officer Sunil Sharma made the announcement after a meeting with transporters on the Chardham Yatra.
He said the pilgrimage will be operated from three places: the Interstate Bus Terminal and the ARTO office here and Pant Island in Haridwar.
The Chardham Yatra will begin on April 22 with the opening of the gates of the Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines.
Sharma said a huge fleet of approximately 1,300 buses would be available for the Chardham and the Sri Hemkund Sahib Yatras. If Haridwar buses are also included, the number would reach close to 1,700, he added.
Sharma informed that the fare per person for Chardham pilgrimage will be decided by the state transport authority.
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March 25, 2023