The sacred portals of the Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath will be thrown open for devotees on May 9. The gates of the famed temple dedicated to Lord Shiva will be opened at 5.35 am on May 9, Badrinath-Kedarnath Mandir Samiti official Harish Gaud said. The date and timing for the opening of the famed temple was announced at Omkareshwar temple, ...
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Heavy snowfall hampers reconstruction work at Kedarnath
The reconstruction work at Uttarakhand’s Kedarpuri has been suspended for the next 10 days due to heavy snowfall at the Himalayan shrine, a senior official said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been closely monitoring the reconstruction work at the famed temple which was hit by flash floods in 2013. Nearly 7-8 feet thick layer of snow has accumulated ...
Read More »State transforms 71.64 hectare land fertile
DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat held a review meeting with District Level Officers in Rudraprayag District Office Auditorium. In the meeting, it was informed by the Department of Agriculture that 71.64 hectares of unfertile lying under the 17 Model villages in the district is being transformed into fertile land. Under the same model village, works of plantation ...
Read More »7 labour died during Rudraprayag-Gaurikund road construction
DAINIK NATION BUREAU At least seven labourers were killed, three others injured while another is missing in a landslide near the construction site of the Char Dham all-weather road in Rudraprayag district on Friday, the police said. Taking cognizance on it, additional chief secretray Omprakash has asked their official to conduct safety audit of the all weather road, wherever roads ...
Read More »CS expresses displeasure over kedarnath reconstruction work
DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Secretary has expressed displeasure while reviewing on the spot kedarnath reconstruction work. He found less number of labourers deployed for the safety works at Saraswati river given to Jindal group and found the work slow. He asked them to expedite the construction work till next inspection. He also asked the DDMA to construct adequate number of ...
Read More »BJP wins election through toss
DAINIK NATION BUREAU Believe it or not but this is true that BJP candidate wins election by winning toss only. It has been noticed that Rudraprayag municipality BJP candidate and independent candidate earn similar vote i.e. 150 each. Seeing this tie up election commission has decided the result through toss. Toss happened between BJP candidate Uma Devi and Independent candidate ...
Read More »CS reviews ongoing construction works
DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh visited Kedarnath Dham and reviewed the under construction works of replica, pathways, ‘Uddav kund’ and other works on Sunday. He gave necessary instructions to the concerned officials to complete the works on time. On this occasion, Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh instructed the irrigation department to complete the work by October 31. ...
Read More »Portals of Kedarnath to close on Nov 9
World’s famous Kedarnath temple will be closed for the winter on 9th November at 8:30AM on the occasion of Bhaiyadooj festival. However, the date of closure of Second Kedar Madhyameshwar and third Kedar Tungnath Dham will be fixed on October 19 at the Vijayshashtami festival. With this, Shri Badri-Kedar Temple Committee has started preparations in Omkareshwar Dham located at Ukhimath. ...
Read More »Police search operation of human skeleton
DAINIK NATION BUREAU The police has relaunched an search operation of human skeleton, who had been missing since disaster 2013, in adjoining areas of Kedarnath on Friday. This time they have constituted five IPS member team, who will conduct search operation in different areas of Kedarnath It is being conducted in accordance with an order state High Court passed in ...
Read More »CS reviews ongoing work at kedarnath
DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh and Tourism Secretary Dilip Jawalkar reached Kedarnath Dham by helicopter and inspected replica, pathways, ‘Uddav Kund’ and other works and gave necessary instructions to the departmental officers and asked them to complete the work on time. Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh instructed the irrigation department to complete the work by October 31. ...
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