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Industry to develop economic,employment future of UT

ISHA SHARMA

It is worth welcome that new industrial area is

being developed but it would have been

appreciating if existing industrial area should

have given all the facilities which it lacks.

Industrialists are not able to prove their metal in

national or local market due to certain facilities

not available to them. Though they are trying

hard to fight with problems at their own but gov-

ernment has a duty to enable industrialists to

generate employment by getting their ambit of

business wider with every passing year but it is

not happening properly. However, Jammu and

Kashmir administration has identified over

57,000 acres of land for setting up industrial

estates for prospective entrepreneurs, officials

said. While 15,000 acres of land have been iden-

tified in Kashmir valley, 42,500 acres of land

have been identified in Jammu region, they said.

K K Sharma, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor

chaired a high-level meeting and directed offi-

cers to make suitable and sufficient land avail-

able for setting up new industrial estates for the

prospective entrepreneurs. Sharma underlined

the need for taking necessary measures for iden-

tification of land for setting up industrial estates

so that it can be provided to the entrepreneurs,

who are willing to set up industries.

"Development of more industrial estates will go

a long way in boosting the industrial scenario in

J-K, generate employment opportunities and

contribute to the local economy," he said.

Elaborating further, Divisional Commissioner

Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan said the process

of identification of the land has already been

started and a large chunk of land has been made

available in Kashmir. He said roughly 1.20 lakh

Kanal (15,000 acres) of land has been identified

and the deputy commissioners have been asked

to speed-up the process of acquiring it.

Divisional Commissioner Jammu Sanjeev Verma

said that deputy commissioners have been

directed to constitute teams for identification of

land. He informed the meeting that roughly 3.40

lakh Kanal (42,500 acres) land has been identi-

fied in different districts of Jammu division.

4 Pvt Sec shiftedGY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, DEC. 12

In the interest ofa d m i n i s t r a t i o nGovernment OrderNo.177-JK(GAD) of 2019Dated:12-12-2019 transferof four private secretaries.Mr. Sofi Hanief Ahmad,Private Secretary, await-ing orders of adjustment,is posted as PrivateSecretary withAdministrative Secretary,Animal and SheepHusbandry Department.Mr. G.M.Khan, PrivateSecretary, presently post-ed with AdministrativeSecretary, Department ofDisaster

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GY CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, DEC. 12

Army chief GeneralBipinRawat said thateffective measures arebeing taken to foil theinfiltration attempts onLine of Control (LoC). Headded that anti-militancyoperations in hinterlandwill be continued till neu-tralization of last surviv-ing militant.

According to ,, GeneralBipinRawat while speak-ing tough against the infil-

tration attempts by mili-tants from across the bor-der, said that effectivemeasures are being taken

to contain cross borderterrorism. "Army is usingits every effort to

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GY CORRESPONDENT

SRINAGAR, DEC. 12

Division Bench ofJammu & Kashmir HighCourt Srinagar Wing com-prising Justice AliMohammad Magrey andJustice Dhiraj SinghThakur took serious noteof casual approach ofGovt for constitution ofC o n s u m e rCommiss ion/Dis t r i c tCounsumer Forums,granted one last opportu-nity of one week to therespondents to finalize theissue and report compli-ance by submitting therequisite notifications vis-a-vis reconstitution of theConsumer Commissions/District consumer forums.

DB further directedfailing submitting of req-uisite notifications vis-a-vis reconstitution of theConsumer Commissions/District consumer forums,the Secretary to theGovernment, ConsumerAffairs & PublicDistribution Departmentand the Secretary to theGovernment, Law, Justiceand Parliamentary AffairsDepartment, shall appearin person on the next dateof hearing.

When the PIL came-upfor hearing, DivisionBench comprising JusticeAli Mohammad Magreyand Justice Dhiraj SinghThakur observed that onconsideration of the mat-

ter, in terms of orderdated 13th November,2019, the Chief Secretariesof the Union Territory ofJammu & Kashmir andthe Union Territory ofLadakh were asked toapprise the Court aboutthe steps taken for provid-ing the State ConsumerCommissions and DistrictConsumer Forums, forboth the UnionTerritories, so that thepending complaints/appeals are considered fordecision. The requisiteinformation had to besubmitted within oneweek. Subsequent thereto,the matter came up forconsideration on

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Terming theCitizenship AmendmentBill (CAB) passed byParliament unconstitu-tional, senior Congressleader Ghulam Nabi Azadsaid on Thursday that theentire northeast is "burn-ing" in protest against thelegislation, and what is

happening in the region isa repeat of what hap-pened in Jammu andKashmir. The Leader ofOpposition in Rajya Sabhasaid the Congress hasbeen trying to highlightthat the bill "violated"constitutional provisionsand the government was"suppressing" the voice ofpeople from the northeast.

Asked about PrimeMinister Narendra Modi'sassurance earlier in theday to the people ofAssam, the epicentre ofthe anti-CAB protests,that their culture andrights would not be affect-ed, Azad said assurancesdon't really matter whenpeople are being "killed"."By imposing Section 144(restricting assembly offour or more people), cur-few and ordering lathi-charge, and not allowingpeople to speak out, youare killing them. Do assur-ances really matter there-after? It is same as whathas happened with thepeople of Jammu

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GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 12

In a significant ordernailing two Senior IASOfficers (FormerDivisional CommissionerJammu SudhanshuPandey and FormerDeputy CommissionerJammu Hirdesh KumarSingh) and middle rungRevenue Officers and offi-cers of JammuDevelopment Authority,the Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu Y.P.Bourney has rejected theclosure/final report sub-mitted by Anti-Corruption BureauJammu arising out of FIRNo.06/2014 with regardto the State land measur-ing 05 Kanals and 02

Marlas bearing KhasraNo.781 situated at VillageDeeli (Marble Market),Tehsil and District Jammuwith directions to the SSPACB Jammu to furtherinvestigate in light of theobservations made in theorder and also to widenthe scope of investigationfor including within itsambit all encroachmentsby anybody and every-body whosoever unfazedby their status or position.

After hearingAdvocate Sheikh ShakeelAhmed appearing for thecomplainant andAdditional/Special PP forthe State/ACB, theSpecial Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu whilerejecting the closure

report, came down heavi-ly upon two senior IASOfficers and observed thatfrom the perusal of therecords produced by ACBit is clear that these offi-cers/officials acted in uni-son for bestowing theland in question to thebeneficiary as largesse.These state of affairs,clearly demonstrate thatabuse of the official posi-tions by these officers/officials for favouring thebeneficiary is writ at large.It is baffling to notice thatsuch being the factualposition how a clean chitwas given to the thenDivisional CommissionerJammu SudhanshuPandey (IAS) andAssistant Commissioner

Rajinder Singh by the erst-while VigilanceOrganization (now ACB).It is equally disturbingthat sanction for prosecu-tion of two more i.e.Hirdesh Kumar Singh(IAS) the then DeputyCommissioner Jammuand Anwar Sadotra thethen Patwari was deniedin an open bid to savethem that too by theauthority which was notcompetent to do so onflimsy grounds as if allthese officers/officialswere kids having nounderstanding of whatwas natural fallout oftheir actions and, there-fore, this final report forclosure of the case

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GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 12

Lieutenant Governor,Girish Chandra Murmureviewed the functioning

of Agriculture,Horticulture and otherallied sectors in a meetingtoday here at the

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GY CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI, DEC. 12

Pakistan resorted tounprovoked ceasefire vio-lation along the Line ofContro (LoC) in Shahpur,Kirni and Qasba sectors ofPoonch district in Jammuand Kashmir onThursday. The PakistaniArmy initiated an unpro-voked firing of small armsand shelling with mortarsalong the LoC at around11.40 am.

The Indian Army isretaliating befittingly tothe unprovoked firing byPakistan.

In its nefariousattempts to disrupt peacein the Kashmir valley,

Pakistan has violatedceasefire over 2,500 timesfrom January toNovember 15, 2019, in theborder areas of J&K alongthe LoC. Pakistani Armycontinues to make civil-ians their targets even asthe Indian Army has val-orously countered theirevery attempt to ensueunrest in the valley.

There has also been asurge in ceasefire viola-tions by Pakistan since theNarendra Modi-led NDAgovernment at the Centredecide to abrogate Article370 in J&K, ending theerstwhile state's specialstatus.

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Lt. Governor reviews functioning ofAgriculture, Horticulture, allied sectors

Emphasizes on tapping huge potential of horticulture sectorIncrease fleet, frequency of

JKRTC Buses for the convenienceof general public: Lt. Governor

Directs for health checkups of Drivers/Conductors; creation ofscrap yards for disposal of phased out vehicles

JAMMU, DEC 12: Lieutenant Governor, GirishChandra Murmu today directed the TransportDepartment to increase the fleet as well as the frequen-cy of Jammu and Kashmir Road TransportCorporation buses for the convenience of the generalpublic across Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Lt. Governor passed these directions whilereviewing the functioning of Transport Department ina meeting here at the Civil Secretariat.

Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Sh. ArunKumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance; Sh.Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to the LieutenantGovernor; Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon,

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Lt. Governor inauguratesASSOCHAM’s J&K office

JAMMU, DEC 12: Lieutenant Governor, GirishChandra Murmu inaugurated the Jammu andKashmir Office of ASSOCHAM- AssociatedChambers of Commerce and Industry of India heretoday. During the inaugural function held at RadissonBlu Hotel, the Lt. Governor also held an interactivesession with various industrialists and media fraterni-ty. The Lt. Governor said that the present dispensationis making several head ways towards attractinginvestments to the Union Territory of Jammu andKashmir. He observed that through the upcomingGlobal Investors’ Summit, best sectors of J&K will beshowcased to the world to open up the flow of invest-ments to the Union Territory. The government isspeeding up the development of various sectors and isalso seeking private investments to make the Industrysector more vibrant, he added. While answering

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SC defers Art-370hearing till

January 21stGY CORRESPONDENT

SRINAGAR, DEC. 12

After hearing bunch ofpetitions challenging theconstitutional validity ofthe Centre's decision toabrogate Article 370 and35A, the five-memberbench of Supreme Courton Thursday deferred thehearing till 21st January,2020.

According to ,, a five-member bench headed byJustice N V RamanaofSupreme Court deferredthe hearings on bunch ofpleas that challenged theconstitutional validity ofNew Delhi's decision toabrogate Article 370 and35A.

As per reports,Advocate

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The Supreme Court onThursday (December 12)dismissed all 18 reviewpetitions challenging theverdict in RamJ a n a m b h o o m i - B a b r iMasjid case. The five-

judge Constitution benchheaded by Chief JusticeSA Bobde and comprisingJustices DY Chandrachud,Ashok Bhushan, SANazeer, and SanjeevKhanna heard the peti-tions today.

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LeT militantsurrenders

before policein Pulwama

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 12

A Lashkar-e-Taibamilitant surrenderedbefore police in Pulwamadistrict on Thursday, offi-cials said.

The militant surren-dered before a seniorpolice officer inAwantipora area of thedistrict, they said.

According to the offi-cials, the youth had joinedthe militant group

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People cooperating in restoringnormalcy: Gen BipinRawat

Anti-militancy ops remains continued; Youth abandonedunlawful activities post abrogation of Article 370

Supreme Court dismisses all reviewpetitions in Ayodhya verdict

Pakistan resorts to ceasefire violation alongLoC in J&K's Poonch, Indian Army retaliates

Northeast burning, it's a repeat of J&K: Azad BSF, police launch‘joint search ops’to sanitize areas

along IB in SambaGY CORRESPONDENTSAMBA, DEC. 12

The BSF and policehave launched a jointsearch operation to sani-tize areas along theInternational border (IB)in Samba district ofJammu and Kashmir, asenior police officer saidon Thursday.

“We have launched ajoint operation along theIB to conduct searchesalong forward areas inSamba district today(Thursday),”

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Closure Report by ACB in Roshini LandScam involving two IAS Officers

ACB Court rejects final report and directs SSP ACB to further investigate the scam

Widening of SCDRC and DCFSubmit reconstitution of SCC/ DCF, failing which theSecretary CAPD and Law, Justice and Parliamentary

Affairs Department, shall appear in person: DB

Retired IAS OfficerShafiq Ahmed Raina

Appointed AsChairman J&K BOPEEGY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, DEC. 12

In exercise of the pow-ers conferred by sub-sec-tion (1) of Section 4 readwith Section 6 of theJammu and KashmirBoard of ProfessionalEntrance ExaminationAct, 2002, and in superses-sion of all previous notifi-cations issued on the sub-ject, the Government here-by appoint Mr. ShafiqAhmed Raina, IAS(Retired) as Chairman,Jammu and KashmirBoard of

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GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC 12

C o m m i s s i o n e rSecretary, Forest,Environment andEcology, Manoj KumarDwivedi today reviewedthe progress on depart-mental projects taken upunder central schemesand current year CAPEXbudget, here at a highlevel meeting.

Threadbare discus-sions were held regard-ing utilization of CAPEXbudget (2019-20) funds,implementation ofCentrally SponsoredSchemes (CSSs) andother pending works ofthe Forest departmentand allied wings.

While reviewingthe expenditure underCAPEX budget 2019-20,the CommissionerSecretary asked forspeeding up the processof utilization of the fundsto complete all the proj-ects by the year end. Hefurther stressed uponspeeding up the ongoingworks under centrallysponsored schemes andrevalidation of the APOs.

Taking work wisereview, he stressed uponthe concerned authoritiesto complete already

taken up 160 works onpriority.

Meanwhile, Dwivedistressed upon theCAMPA authorities togear up their efforts forearly completion of theworks and meeting theset targets in accordanceto the guidelines of thescheme. He also soughtreport on audit objec-tions and reconciliationof accounts from head of

the departments.The meeting was

attended by PrincipalChief Conservator Forest

(PCCF), JK, Dr MohitGera; Director, Social

Forestry, B SiddharathKumar; Director,Finance, ForestDepartment, R S Bali;Director, Soil and WaterConservation, P K Singh;Director, FPF, A M Sagar;Director, SFRI, OmPrakash; Chief Warden,Wildlife ProtectionDepartment, Suresh KGupta and Director andIRD, Forest, ParvaizHandoo.

GY BUREAU

GANDERBAL, DEC 12

District DevelopmentC o m m i s s i o n e r ,Ganderbal, Hashmat AliKhan, today chaired ameeting to review thefunctioning of RuralDevelopment Departmentand progress made underthe flagship programmesincluding MGNREGA,14th FC, SBM, B2V,Rurban Mission, Aadhaarlinked Payment, BADP2019-20 and BADP Tribal.

The meeting wasattended by ADDCGanderbal, ADC,Ganderbal, beside othersenior officers, CPO,Assistant CommissionerDevelopment (ACD),Executive Engineer REW,

District Panchayat Officer,Block DevelopmentOfficers and other con-cerned.

The DDC reviewedBlock and Panchayat-wiseperformance made undervarious schemes and setthe timelines for comple-tion of all pending works,while directions werepassed to expedite thepace of developmentalworks.

The DDC also tookstock of physical andfinancial achievementsmade under SBM, MGN-REGA and 14th FC. TheDDC stressed on improv-ing performance underthe key schemes. Hedirected BDOs to com-

plete all pending estima-tion of works in phase 3rdunder 14th FC, so that theadministrative approvalof these works is grantedand payment releasedunder SBM.

The DDC furtherdirected the BDOs and

executing agencies toaccelerate the pace ofwork in their respectiveareas by adopting innova-tive methods for effectiveimplementation ofschemes and involve peo-ple in the developmentalprocess.

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GY BUREAU

BUDGAM, DEC 12District Development

Commissioner, Budgam,

Tariq Hussain Ganaie today

said that Kanihama village in

Budgam is being developed

as Handloom Village.

It was revealed by the

DDC while chairing a meet-

ing of officers which was con-

vened to review the formula-

tion of action plan and work

distribution for the project.

Among others, the meet-

ing was attended by JD

Planning, DD Tourism, AD

Handicrafts, AD Handloom,

BDO SK Pora, Executive

Engineers of PDD, PHE,

R&B and other concerned.

The DDC said that the

Ministry of Textiles has

approved the development of

Kanihama as Handloom

Village for being traditional

seat of Pashmina and Kani

shawl weaving. He said that

the village is convenient and

suitable place for having

around 250 Handloom weav-

er households besides being

home to 500 Crewel and

Sozni artisans, famous for

their embroidery works.

At the outset, DDC exhort-

ed upon officers of concerned

departments including RDD,

R&B, PHE, PDD, Tourism

and Irrigation. He asked for

submission of work estimates

by 24th December. The DDC

said that development of

Kanihama as Handloom

Village will not only promote

the craft and boost economy

of the area but will also

become sought after tourist

attraction. He said that all

facilities including looms,

handlooms and handicrafts

showrooms besides training

in latest designs will be avail-

able in the village.

The works to be carried

out under the project will

include repair and construc-

tion of inner village roads,

drinking water and toilet facil-

ities, construction of 30 work-

sheds, 20 looms, parks, dis-

play of publicity hoarding

boards, signage, installation

of solar and street lights,

beautification of surroundings

and creation of tourist attrac-

tion points. craft demo will

also be organised in the vil-

lage.

Later, the DDC chaired

another meeting to review the

functioning of Self Help

Groups in the district.

Stressing on the strengthening

of SHGs, he directed the con-

cerned to ensure implementa-

tion of 30% works quota allot-

ment to these groups.

Kanihama to be developed asHandloom Village: DC Budgam

GY BUREAU

ANANTNAG, DEC 12

The Department ofICDS Anantnag organ-ized two day awarenesscum training programmeon Incremental LearningApproach (ILA) underPoshan Abhiyan atAnantnag.

The programme wasattended by the CDPOsof Anantnag & Kulgamdistricts, Supervisors,Health Educators andNursing Staff of variousHealth Institutions oftwin districts.

On the occasion, the

Dy. Director ICDS,Bilqees Jan informed theparticipants about theobjective of conductingthe programme on ILA.She said that the partici-pants will be impartednecessary training onPoshan Abhiyan for ado-lescent Girls, lactatingmothers, infants, mal-nutritious children, lowweight and anaemicpatients. She emphasizedupon the CDPOs to con-duct such programmes atblock level on regularbasis.

The Resource Persons

from Poshan Abhiyaninformed the partici-pants about variousmethodologies to caterthese problems. Theyasked the NodalAgencies of ICDS toimpart necessary train-ing and awareness to thefield functionaries ofAanganwandi centres.They also stressed uponthe health educators andother field functionariesto coordinate with theICDS department in con-ducting regular healthcheck-ups and immu-nization.

Incremental Learning Approach:awareness-cum -training

programme held in Anantnag

BANDIPORA, DEC 12:Deputy CommissionerBandipora ShahbazAhmad Mirza onThursday distributedAgriculture tools for thecommunity use atPanchayat level inBandipora district

Speaking on the occa-sion, DC Bandipora saidthat the Government iskeen to give flip to theagriculture sector to dou-ble the income of the

farmers in next few years.He said for the purposeefforts are being made touse modern farming tech-niques to improve thecrop production. He saidthe scientists are regularlyinteracting with the farm-ers and making themaware about modernfarming techniquesbesides providing highyield seeds.

While interacting withthe Panchayat representa-

tives, DC urged them toinform the farmers aboutseveral schemes rolled outfor the farmers. He saidthe Government is imple-menting Crop InsuranceScheme to boost the agri-culture sector. On theoccasion, the DDCBandipora handed over 54thrushers, 60 agriculturetool kits, 2 power tillersand 2 irrigation pump setsto the Sarpanchs for thecommunity use in their

respective Panchayats.Speaking on the occasion,Chief Agriculture OfficerFarooq Ahmad Dandoosaid that the departmenthas assisted the farmers inestablishing 51 Mushroomunits in the district. He saidthat the department regu-larly conducted awarenessprograms in eachPanchayat to acquaint thefarmers about modernfarming techniques.

On the occasion, the

District HorticultureOfficer said the depart-ment distributed 300 toolkits among orchardists. Hefurther said that toimprove the produce, thedepartment is going to dis-tribute high quality fruitplants including HighDensity Apple and walnutplants among theorchardists besides givenboost to the mushroomand apiculture industry inthe district.

Special cultural programme

organised at Shopian

SHOPIAN, DEC 12: The District Information Centre,Shopian today organised a special cultural programmeat Ziyarat Shareef Hazrat Syed Bahouddin Gunj BakshSimnani (RA), at Arhama.

The programme was presented by G M Dar and hisparty. Large numbers of devotees and prominent citi-zens were present on the occasion.

PMEGP interviews on23rd, 24th Dec in KulgamKULGAM, DEC 12: According to the General ManagerDistrict Industries Centre Kulgam, the interviews of theapplicants who have applied for financial assistanceunder PMEGP in the district through DIC, KVIB andKVIC have been informed that their interviews will beheld on 23rd and 24th of December at Mini-Secretariat,Kulgam.

DIP No:DIP/J-10577/19,Date: Dec 12, 2019

DC Bandipora hands over 54 paddy thrushers, 2 irrigation pumpsets, 2 power tillers to Sarpanchs for community use in Villages

GY BUREAU

KULGAM, DEC 12

: Reviewing the prepa-rations for Census 2021, ameeting chaired byDistrict DevelopmentCommissioner Kulgam inwhich AD Census Govt.of India, Mr. SanjeevKumar, AssistantCommissioner Revenue,Tehsildars and EO's ofMunicipal Committeeswere present, was heldhere today.

All field functionarieswere directed to updatethe information regardingfinalization of maps andvillage boundaries withintwo days. The meetingalso discussed other cen-sus operation relatedissues.

Census 2021: DC Kulgam reviews preparations

BARAMULLA, DEC 12: District DevelopmentCommissioner Baramulla Dr G N Itoo today said thatabout 25000 persons availed internet facility fromInternet Facilitation Centre, established in DC officeBaramulla.

He said that the facilitation centre was established inthe month of August for different stakeholders includ-ing students, contractors and employees.

The DDC said that 15000 students availed the facili-ty for online form submission for NEET, Scholarships,academic and competitive examinations. He furtherinformed that 3500 persons of business community,3000 departmental employees and other stakeholdershave availed the internet facility from the establishedfacilitation centre.

Meanwhile, the DDC informed that out of the total50 computer sets in 05 computer labs, 30 computer setshave been exclusively kept for the students so that theycan avail the facility in a hassle-free manner.

25000 Persons AvailedInternet Facility in

Baramulla: DDC

DDC Reviews RDD Sector at Ganderbal

Dwivedi reviews progress on Forest depttprojects taken up under CSSs, CAPEX budget

42 kgs poppy straw recoveredby district police Reasi

ROHIT SHARMAREASI DEC 12: In the continuous drive of tighteningthe noose of drug mafia Reasi police today achieved amajor success in recovery of 42 Kgs Poppy Straw. PoliceParty of Police Post Talwara under the leadership ofI/C PP Talwara was on patrolling duty at Talli Morh.During patrolling they intercepted a truck No. JK02S0939 near Check Post Kans Khasan which was on itsway towards Reasi from Talli Morh side. On seeing thePolice Party the driver of said Truck ran away from thespot leaving behind the Truck. During the search of thevehicle 42 kg poppy straw was recovered which wasconcealed in the vehicle (in 39 packets). Lateron, thedriver was identified as Mohd Yonus @Puttu S/0 Ab.Rashid R/0 Kans khansan Tehsil & District Reasi. Inthis regard, Case FIR no. 202/19 U/S 8/15 NDPS Actstands registered in Police Station Reasi against theaccused driver Mohd Yonus @Puttu S/0 Ab. RashidR/0 Kans khansan and investigation started. The wholeoperation was conducted under the supervision of Insp.Ashwani Sharma SHO Reasi, Sh. Vaseem HamdaniDy.SP Hqrs Reasi and Sh.Shiv Kumar ChouhanAddl.SP Reasi and overall supervision of Smt. RashmiWazir-JKPS SSP Reasi.

ROHIT SHARMAREASI, DEC 12: DeputyCommissioner InduKanwal Chib today inau-gurated a 2-day scienceexhibition at DistrictInstitute of Educationand Trainings heretoday. Students from 43government schools ofthe district presented sci-entific models and chartsat the exhibition.

The DC upon witness-ing the exhibition calledupon the teachers toinculcate scientific tem-per in students to helpthem generate innova-

tive ideas. Appreciatingthe successful conduct of

the exhibition, the DCalso suggested that more

such exhibitions beorganised at variouszonal levels of the dis-trict.

Appreciating the sci-entific acumen of somestudents, the DC askedthem to work further intheir area of interest andassured them that suit-able assistance would beprovided by the adminis-tration in furthering theirscientific projects. Shealso asked the studentsto create working proto-types of their projects attheir respective schoolswith assistance of thedistrict administration.

DC Indu Kanwal Chibalso spoke on MenstrualHealth Management andsaid that 91 governmentschools across the dis-trict have already beenprovided with sanitarypad vending machinesand incinerators, andmore would be providedsubsequently. She alsoappreciated the role ofPrincipal DIET in organ-ising the event.

Those present at theexhibition also includedChief Education Officerin addition to teachingstaff, students and stafffrom DIET Reasi amongothers.


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BANDIPORA, DEC 12

Department of SocialWelfare on Thursdayorganised a seminar inconnection with theInternational DisabilityDay in collaboration withDistrict administrationBandipora.

Additional DeputyCommissioner BandiporaZahoor Ahmad Mirwhile speaking on theoccasion stressed on theneed to create conduciveatmosphere for the spe-cially-abled person sothat they can live a nor-mal life.

He said during thecurrent year the depart-ment of social welfaredistributed 15 wheelchairs, 13 Scooties, 20hearing aids, 30 crèchesand 45 sticks. He furthersaid that the departmentis also providing month-

ly pension of Rupees59.55 lakh to 5955 regis-tered persons with dis-abilities.

Referring to the acces-sibility facilities in gov-ernment buildings, hesaid there is a SupremeCourt ruling that propermeasures should betaken for convenience ofpersons with disabilities.He said measures arebeing taken to make thelife easy for such personsand rehabilitate them in aproper way. He informedthat Social WelfareDepartment has severalprogrammes underpipeline at block andTehsil level for personswith disabilities.

District Social WelfareOfficer Bandipora AltafHussain on the occasionsaid the department is cur-rently enrolling pendingcases for grant of pension

to the 1922 new cases ofdisability.

During the seminar, thepersons with special abili-ties interacted with theofficers and raised severalissues faced by themincluding relocation ofCMO office from 2nd floorto ground floor in mini-secretariat, construction oframps in left out govern-ment buildings, relocationof Tehsil Social Welfareoffices at easily assessableareas and grant of fellow-ships and aid to the stu-dents with special abili-ties. Deputy ChiefEducation OfficerBandipora GhulamMohammad Sheikh,Tehsildar HeadquartersMubashir Saleem Nazki,Tehsildar BandiporaRouf Iqbal and other sen-ior officers of the districtwere also present on theoccasion.

DSWO organises interaction with specially-abled persons in Bandipora

15 wheel chairs, 13 Scooties, 20Hearing Aids, 30 crèches, 45 smartcanes distributed: ADC Bandipora

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JAMMU, DEC 12

A two-day workshopon Intellectual PropertyRights (IPR) organised bythe Jammu and KashmirE n t r e p r e n e u r s h i pDevelopment Institute(JKEDI) in collaborationwith Cell for IPRPromotion andManagement (CIPAM)concluded here onThursday.

The workshop themed'Intellectual PropertyRights - FosteringInnovation Ecosystem inJ&K' was aimed to createawareness about theimportance of IPRs andother related initiativesof the Government ofIndia (GoI) in this direc-tion. The workshop washeld at JKEDI BariBrahmna campus,Jammu from December11-12, 2019.

CIPAM is a profes-sional body under theaegis of Department ofIndustrial Policy and

Promotion, Ministry ofCommerce and

Industries, GoI.Shubam Istrewal and

Simran Sachdev were theresource persons fromCIPAM for the 2-dayworkshop. Technical ses-sions were conductedduring the two-dayworkshop apart fromvarious sessions on dif-ferent aspects of IP regis-tration, government ini-tiatives: IPR regime andCIPAM, fostering anecosystem of IPR in J&Kand session on IPR Cellsand Technology TransferOffices (TTOs).

The programme wasattended by facultymembers of various uni-versities and colleges ofJammu region and facul-ty of JKEDI.

Speaking on the vale-dictory function of the 2-day event, DirectorJKEDI, Tufail Matto saidthat more such work-shops shall be conductedby the institute in future."We are hopeful thatJKEDI will become a hubfor IPR related activities,"he said.

JKEDI workshop on IntellectualProperty Rights concludes at Jammu

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ANANTNAG, DEC 12

District DevelopmentCommissioner Anantnag,Khalid Jahangir todayconvened a meeting ofofficer to review the func-tioning of NRLM Schemein the district.

Block Manager NRLMpresent a comprehensivePower Point Presentationinforming the meetingabout implementation ofthe NRLM Scheme includ-ing the coverage status ofhouseholds, villageorganisations, Self HelpGroup revolving fund,

rotation of money, settingcommunity protocols,financial and physicalprogress, bank linkagestatus and social securityschemes.

The meeting wasinformed that savingsworth Rs 482.28 lacs havebeen made till date bySHGS, besides, 1923 SHGshave availed credit link-age from banks availing aloan of Rs. 1829 lacs.

It was given out that23407 bank accounts ofSHG members have beenopened and 120 Villageorganisations out of 357

have been made self -sus-tainable. In addition,27172 households havebeen covered under thescheme of 323 villages.

Speaking on the occa-sion, the DDC stressedupon the NRLM func-tionaries to work in coor-dination with concerneddepartments and banks toachieve 100 percent cover-age under the schemebesides involving the PRIsand other field functionar-ies of concerned depart-ments to disseminateinformation about thescheme.

He asked for incen-tivising best performingSHGs and added that thescheme has a great poten-tial to strengthen the eco-nomic condition of therural folk, therefore, spe-cial efforts needs to bedone to achieve the tar-gets.

ACD, CAO, CHO,CAHO, Dy. Sericulture,District Sheep HusbandryOfficer, AD Handicrafts&handlooms, LDM J&KBank, District coordinatorJKEDI and Block man-agers of NRLM attendedthe meeting.

DDC Anantnag reviews functioning of NRLM Scheme DC Reasi inaugurates 2-day science exhibition at DIET

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JAMMU, DEC 12Financial

Commissioner, Finance,Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta,today convened a meetingto discuss proposal ofSchool Education depart-ment seeking engagementof Quality Council of India(QCI) for further improv-ing the education qualityin government schools.

The meeting wasattended byCommissioner SecretarySchool Education, SaritaChauhan; CEO, QCI andsenior Advisor of theassessment agency besidesother senior officers of thedepartment.

FinancialCommissioner discussedwith the QCI membersabout the parameters on

which the Council assessesthe schools. He suggestedthe QCI visiting team totake into consideration thediversity of geographyand academic calendar ofJ&K while doing assess-ment.

Dr. Mehta directed theofficers of the educationdepartment to have anobjective assessment of theproposal.

C o m m i s s i o n e rSecretary informed themeeting that the projectwould help in improvingthe school processes andbuild capacity of thedepartment by creating ateam of internal assessors.She apprised that after thebaseline assessment, anaction plan will be framedby the assessment agencyand the same would be

used to structure interven-tions to upgrade the teach-ing-learning processes.The outcome of the inter-vention will be assessedafter fixed intervals onadopted benchmarks.

The assessment agencywould provide pool ofexternal assessors to guidethe internal ones from timeto time. It would alsodevelop IT based tools tocontinuously evaluate andmonitor the performanceof teachers and studentsand generate an analysisreport, the meeting wasinformed.

The members of QCIinformed the meeting thatthe agency has alreadyimplemented similar kindof projects in the schoolsunder New DelhiMunicipal Corporationand MunicipalCorporation of GreaterMumbai besides othergovernment schools inDelhi and Orissa.

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JAMMU, DEC 12

Principal Secretary,Transport Department,Dr Asgar Hassan Samoontoday chaired a highlevel meeting of seniorofficers of TransportDepartment and trafficauthorities to review theworking of Road Safetywing of the department.

Threadbare dis-cussions were held onimplementation of roadsafety measures and lat-est road safety technolo-gies on highways androads of union territory

of Jammu and Kashmirwith the aim of reducingroad accidents.

SSP, Jammu, MohanLal Kaith; SSP, TrafficJammu City, JoginderSingh; AdditionalSecretary, RSL, RameshK Bhat; SpecialSecretary, Rahul Sharma,SE, Tech, Ravi Raina;ARTOs from JammuDivision besides RT, ETI,ENVIRONTECH PrivateLimited, Banav Rawaland Chirag Meghaniwere present in the meet-ing.

ARTOs and Trafficauthorities from KashmirDivision also highlightedthe issues regardingimplementation of roadsafety measures inKashmir region through

video conferencing. Theybriefed the PrincipalSecretary about the stepsbeing taken up for properimplementation of safetymeasures by the authori-ties.

Dr. Samoon asked theconcerned authorities totake necessary steps toprovide awareness andtraining to the drivers ofcommercial vehicles andstudents to curb the men-ace of rash driving.

Principal Secretaryasked the concernedauthorities to follow upthe guidelines regardingtraffic rules and soughtsuggestions about effec-tive implementation ofroad safety measures tohelp and save the pre-cious lives.

Dr Samoon reviews implementationof road safety measures

FC reviews proposal regardingquality improvement in JK schools

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SAMBA, DEC 12:Horticulture DepartmentSamba organized one dayFarmers Awareness Campat village Chack Chhataka(Nandpur), BlockRamgarh District Sambaunder CAPEX budget2019-20. On the occasion,Chief Horticulture Officer

Samba Anil Kumar Gorkainformed the gathering indetail about the develop-mental activities of the CSSand CAPEX of theDepartment and gavethrust on them to get bene-fits of these schemes espe-cially on plantation of newgardens, rejuvenation ofold orchards, farm mecha-

nization, creation of irriga-tion sources, organic farm-ing, protected cultivation& INM/IPM.

Chairman of BlockDevelopment CouncilRamgarh DarshanSingh,more than 250 farm-ers from the adjoining pan-chayats, scientist fromKVK Samba, representa-

tives from the lineDepartments likeAgriculture, AnimalHusbandry, SheepHusbandry, Fisheries,Development OfficerViajypur, Samba,Ghagwal, PRIs, officersand staff members of theconcerned departmentattended the camp.

Horticulture Department Samba organizesone day Farmers Awareness Camp

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RAJOURI, DEC 12

DistrictAdministration Rajourihas set up an InternetFacilitation Centre at OldHospital Complex tofacilitate the students ofdistrict Rajouri in fillingtheir examination formsand online studies.

While Speaking aboutthe establishment of theinternet facilitation cen-tre, DeputyCommissioner RajouriMohammad Nazir Sheikhsaid that this facility willhelp the students in fill-ing/submitting theironline forms and down-load of the admit cardsbesides availing the bene-fit of online studies.

He also informed that20 number of computerssystems have been estab-lished at the centre for theconvenience of the stu-dents and the timing ofthe facilitation centreshall be 9:00 AM to 6:00PM. Four computerknowing officials havealso been deployed inInternet FacilitationCentre for extendingevery possible help to thestudents. DSWO shallmonitor the functioningof Internet FacilitationCentre. DistrictAdministration has alsoset up 10 facilitation cen-tres for schools of 15Zones to facilitate regis-tration of Middle andPrimary school on NSP.

District Administration estab-lishes Internet Facilitation

Centre at Old Hospital Rajouri

District Administration Doda organisesa cycle rally for promotion of BBBP

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DODA, DEC 12

District Development Commissioner Doda, Dr Sagar DDoifode today led the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao cyclerally along with ADC Doda Kishori Lal Sharma whichcommenced from old bus stand Doda city via Tondwahto Ganpat bridge, covering a distance of 6 km. The rally was flagged off by SSP Doda Mumtaz Ahmedalong with ACR Doda with an aim to create awarenessamong the people to save and educate the girl child,besides to promote fit India and fit Doda movementacross the district especially among the youth.Addressing the gathering, the DDC said in view tospread and promote the message of this national initia-tive in each and every corner of the district especiallyamong the youth, this cycle rally has been organisedunder which girls and boys of different age groups hasparticipated. Along with others, senior Officers of thedistrict and police administration were present on theoccasion.

Golden Yug JAMMU, FRIDAY, 13, DECEMBER , 2019OPINION 4

Government should come

out with an advisory that

those elements involving

in inciting of voilance by their

statements should be thrown

behind bars that is only way

where certain Pakistan agents in

political circles would desist from

poking nose in India’s internal

matters. However, Union Ministry

of Information and Broadcasting

has issued an advisory to private

satellite TV channels to be particu-

larly cautious about airing content

that is likely to incite violence, pro-

mote "anti-national attitudes" and

contain anything affecting the

integrity of the nation. The advi-

sory was issued after some TV

channels beamed footage of vio-

lent protests in the Northeast

against the Citizenship

(Amendment) Bill that was passed

by Parliament on Wednesday. On

various occasions in the past, the

ministry has issued advisories for

private satellite TV channels to

broadcast content strictly in adher-

ence to the programme and adver-

tising codes as prescribed in the

Cable Television Networks

(Regulation) Act, 1995, and the

rules framed thereafter, it said.

The advisory reiterated that all TV

channels are advised to be particu-

larly cautious with regard to any

content that is likely to encourage

or incite violence, contains any-

thing against maintenance of law

and order or promotes "anti-

national attitudes". It also cau-

tioned against content having any-

thing affecting the integrity of the

nation. The advisory asked the

channels to ensure that no such

content, which is violative of these

codes, is telecast. "All private satel-

lite TV channels are requested to

ensure strict compliance with the

above," the advisory read.

However, Centre accused the

Congress of instigating violence in

the Northeast after the Citizenship

(Amendment) Bill was passed by

Parliament. During Zero Hour,

Adhir Chowdhury of the Congress

raised the issue of violence in parts

of the Northeast, saying the entire

region was in flames barring a few

places. Parliamentary Affairs

Minister Pralhad Joshi hit back,

saying Congress was instigating

violence in the region and the gov-

ernment condemns it. After

Joshi's remarks, Congress mem-

bers walked out of the proceed-

ings.

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The rapid expansion ofdigital penetration inIndia brings with it theneed to strengthen cyber-security. The criticalnature of the myriadcyber threats that Indiafaces was underscored bythe recent breach at theKudankulam nuclearpower plant and theIndian Space ResearchOrganisation. These werejust two of the 1,852cyber-attacks that are esti-mated to have hit entitiesin India every minute in2019. Symantec’s 2019Internet Security ThreatReport ranks India secondon the list of countriesaffected by targetedattack groups between2016 and 2018.

It’s clear that India facesexpanded and morepotent cyber threats.Given this fact, the newnational cybersecuritypolicy, set to beannounced early nextyear, should improve onthe shortcomings of theprevious policy of 2013.The most significant ofthese were the absence ofclear, measurable targets,failure to set standards forthe private sector and lim-ited focus on internationalcollaboration.

In many ways, the

broad thrust of the 2013policy was on point. Itargued for the need tobuild a “secure andresilient cyberspace,”given the significance ofthe IT sector to fostergrowth while leading tosocial transformation andinclusion. This called forcreating a “secure com-puting environment andadequate trust and confi-dence in electronic trans-actions, software, servic-es, devices and net-works”. Since then, cer-tain steps have been takento operationalise the poli-cy. These include theestablishment of theNational Cyber SecurityCoordination Centre andCyber Swachhta Kendraalong with announce-ments to set up sectoraland state CERTs andexpand the number ofstandardisation, testingand quality certificationtesting facilities.However, much moreneeds to be done and thattoo at a faster pace.

While it is no one’sargument that statecapacity can be augment-ed overnight, setting cleartargets can help driveaction towards an identi-fied goal. Moreover, thelack of these in the 2013policy means that it isextremely difficult todayto assess whether the pol-

icy had the desiredimpact. Five-year plansare well-written docu-ments, whether or notyou agree with the goalsthey outline for the nationor even if the five-yearapproach is right at all.

The most quantifiableitem on the agenda for the2013 cybersecurity policywas the objective to createa workforce of 500,000professionals skilled incybersecurity in the nextfive years through capaci-ty building, skill develop-ment, and training. Theobjective set a numberthat one can look at fiveyears from then and see ifthey exceeded or fell shortof expectations. And thedata in this regard issobering. For instance, in2018, IBM estimated thatIndia was home to nearly100,000 trained cyberse-curity professionals.What’s further alarmingis that it estimated thetotal number needed atnearly three million. The2020 policy must, there-fore, not just identify cleartargets but also identifythe ways and meansthrough which that targetshould be met.

Almost everything elsein the 2013 document wasfairly ambiguous. It con-tained repeated refer-ences to adopt and adhereto global standards for

cybersecurity. However,there was no clarity onwhat specific standardsshould be followed andhow long industry shouldtake to adopt them.

This brings us to thesecond shortcoming. Thepolicy at the time washoping to balance a trade-off between encouraginginnovation while ensur-ing that basic standardsfor security and hygienewere met. When it comesto the private sector, itrepeatedly used wordssuch as “encourage”,“enable” and “promote”,being careful to not makeanything mandatory.Even when it did man-date something, say glob-al best practices for cyber-security to critical infra-structure, it is hard to sayhow it planned to declarethe mandate a success or afailure. This is again a pit-fall that the 2020 policymust avoid. The policymust establish or identifystandards that the indus-try should adopt within afixed timeframe. Also,there is a need for thegovernment to engagewith the private sector,particularly when itcomes to sharing skillsand expertise.

Finally, when it comesto international collabora-tion, the 2013 policyargued for developing

bilateral and multilateralrelationships in the areaof cybersecurity withother countries and toenhance national andglobal cooperationamong security agencies,CERTs, defence agenciesand forces, law enforce-ment agencies and thejudicial systems. Sincethen, India has enteredinto a bunch of cyberse-curity-related MoUs.However, there is anurgent need to set intoplace domestic frame-works, say for instancewith regard to data pro-tection, which will enablebroader global collabora-tion and participation inrule setting.Unfortunately, this hasnot been happening. Forinstance, India was not asignatory to the Budapestconvention which wouldhave allowed for easieraccess to data for lawenforcement. It also didnot enter into an execu-tive agreement under theUS-initiated CLOUD Act.On a related note, thegovernment also did notsign the Osaka Track, aplurilateral data sharingagreement proposed atthe 2019 G20 Summit.These are important dia-logues that India must bepart of if it needs to builda resilient and thrivingcyber ecosystem.

2020 cybersecurity policy has to enable global collaboration

Mera Khata Bhagya Vidhatameaning - my bank account, the cre-ator of the good fortune. With thisslogan, honourable Prime Ministerlaunched Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana (PMJDY) on 28th August2014 to attach each and every Indiancitizen to the bank account for thepurpose of saving money safely.Since coming to power, the Modigovernment has made manyreforms to strengthen the economiccondition of the country and for thedevelopment of the country. Ourcountry , under the aegies of Mr.Narendra Modi, the honorable PMModi is witnessing dynamic trans-formation in recent times.He hadannounced about the scheme on15th of August in 2014 whileaddressing the nation at Red Forthowever launched two weeks later.It aims to expand and make afford-able access to financial services suchas bank accounts, remittances, cred-it, insurance and pensions. Run bythe Department of FinancialServices, Ministry of Finance, underthis scheme 15 million bankaccounts were opened on the inau-guration day itself. By June 27, 2018,over 318 million bank accountswere opened and over ?792 billionwere deposited under the scheme.

Under PMJDY, the dearth of finan-cial literacy is poised to be neutral-ized once and for all. Just like themove of demonetization thatclamped down the black moneymobility in the economy from theroot, PMJDY has rightly targeted to

grant at least one bank account toevery household, free debit cardthat would come with a facility ofaccident insurance of Rs. 1 lakh,mobile banking, internet bankingand channeling all possible benefitsof the Central Government to theaccount beneficiaries. It is a nationalmission for financial inclusion withan objective of providing one bankaccount for each individual.

Since taking over the governanceof the nation in 2014, the BharatiyaJanata Party has made severalefforts towards the cause of Indiancitizens, specially for those whobelong to the lower economic stra-ta. According to this scheme,around one crore bank accountswere to be opened on the first dayof launch. Money saving scheme is

very necessary to make an end leveldevelopment in the India which canbe started and achieved by makingpeople living in the rural areasmore couscous about their saving.India is a country that is still count-ed among developing countries due

to the backwardness of people liv-ing in deceptive areas. Due toimproper education, inequality,social discrimination and manysocial issues, the rate of people liv-ing below the poverty line in Indiais high.

Many programmes have beenimplemented to make this scheme asuccessful scheme. Around 60,000enrolment camps has been set up inthe rural areas to draw people'smind, explain them about theprocesses and benefits of openingbank account as well as make themaware about the importance of bankaccounts. However, still there is notmuch awareness of these beneficialgovernment schemes in the coun-try. It is very necessary to increasethe awareness among people about

the money saving habit so that theycan be independent and grow someconfidence to do something betterin the future. Through the savedmoney they can help themselves intheir bad days without the need ofother. When each and every Indian

people have their own bankaccount they can better understandthe importance of money saving.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojanais a welfare scheme for all and itwould prove to be a mile-stone inthe progress of the country. It isalso recognised by the GuinnessBook of World Records for the mostbank accounts opened in one day.PMJDY policy is also an astoundingexample in front of all developingeconomy in the global podiumwhich would teach and inspirethem to move in the same lines aswell. PMJDY is fully operational inIndia. Today it has been beneficialfor all and has encouraged savinghabits among masses which willincrease economic growth andreduce poverty.

PM Modi's Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana's success

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC 12

J&K Bank today con-doled the sad demise oftwo of its officers namelySudhir Kashkari, whowas Assistant VicePresident posted atMumbai and Mir Sameer– who was an AssociateExecutive posted atBusiness UnitDuderhama inGanderbal. SudhirKashkari was diagnosedwith a life threateningailment and was under-going treatment at a hos-pital in Mumbai wherehe breathed his last yes-terday, while as MirSameer died suddenlyon Tuesday evening.

On behalf of the J&KBank family, the bank’sPresident HRDMohammad MaqboolLone expressed pro-found condolences on

the demise of both theseofficers besides solidari-ty with the bereavedfamilies.

“We feel deeply sad-dened to know about thedemise of our colleagueSudhir Kashkari (AVP),who had battled the lifethreatening ailment withfortitude and grace. Hewas a capable officer anda disciplined executivewho distinguished him-self through his dili-gence and gooddemeanour. We areequally pained to learnabout the untimelydeath of our very youngcolleague Mir Sameer(AE), who was as good ahuman being as an excel-lent human resource. Wepray to the Almighty togive strength to thebereaved families to bearthe loss. Though thevoid created by theirdeparture cannot befilled but we, as a bank,shall fulfil all the requi-site obligations towardstheir surviving familieson a priority basis”, saidthe President addingthat all the members ofthe J&K Bank Familystand by the bereavedfamilies of both thedeparted officers.

Expressing satisfac-tion over the spirit ofvoluntarism displayedby bank staff in Mumbai,Mohammad MaqboolLone said, “In case ofSudhir Kashkari, themembers of the staffposted at Mumbai haveexhibited exemplaryspirit of caring and kin-ship by standing firmlyby their ailing colleagueand his family till last.”

“Even many of ouremployees voluntarilymade blood donationsfor the suffering col-league. In this kind ofadversity, demonstra-tion of such humane val-ues by these colleaguesis so heart-warming thatwe take pride in beingpart of this caring J&KBank Family”, he added.

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC 12

Castigating Congressfor playing extremely neg-ative role in the passage ofCitizenship (Amendment)Bill in Parliament, J&K BJP

General Secretary YudhvirSethi on Thursday statedthat Congress party in itsdesperation to remain rele-vant has gone two stepsahead of Pakistan inopposing government on

the aforesaid issue.Reiterating Union govern-ment’s stance thatCongress has instigatedviolence in several parts ofthe country over the Bill,he said that despite gettingexposed on all fronts the‘bygone’ party is still notmending its ways and isnot leaving any chance todivide people in the nameof religion. Earlier hecongratulated PrimeMinister Narendra Modiand Union Home MinisterAmit Shah for the passageof the Citizenship(Amendment) Bill inParliament and termed it a‘herculean job’, whichaccording to him no otherleader could have accom-plished. In a statementissued here on Thursday,Sethi said that all shouldrise above their politicalcompulsions and welcomethe Bill. He said the standof BJP has always been thata Hindu who comes toIndia because of persecu-tion in another countrycannot be termed as anintruder, but a refugee.

Sethi dubbed it as a"courageous step" andthanked the BJP-led centralgovernment, the primeminister and the Homeminister for taking the

courageous initiative."When the country was

partitioned, there was ademand for division onreligious grounds.However, India did nothave any such idea offorming a 'religious coun-try'. But, the country waspartitioned over this issueand the leaders then hadaccepted it," he said,adding that if partition hadnot taken place on reli-gious grounds, then manyincidents thereafter wouldnot have happened.

"Subsequently, Pakistanand Bangladesh declaredthemselves as Islamicstates and there weredoubts then about whatplace the minorities resid-ing there will get...becauseas per the agreement, itwas said that the minori-ties will not face any injus-tice," said Sethi.

Unfortunately, this didnot happen and theHindus residing there inlarge numbers "becametarget of persecution", hesaid.

Looking at the censusconducted from time-to-time, the number ofHindus residing inAfghanistan, Pakistan andBangladesh came downdrastically, he said.

"The question ariseswhere these people went,and it comes to fore thatmany of them came toIndia," he said adding thatthe Hindus persecuted inthese countries had noother place to go thanIndia, where they couldlive a life of respect andsecurity and hence, theykept coming to India.

"However, due to lackof provisions in the law,these people weredeprived of the citizenshipof India for many years.There was a huge need thatthese persecuted peoplemay not be called as'intruders', but termed asrefugees, and this was out-standing for a quite sometime," Sethi said.

"There is a need forthese refugees to have arespectable life and com-mon rights in our country.But, a lot of time passedand these refugees had towait," Sethi said addingthat Congress is raisinghue and cry out of propor-tion.

“Rather, the presentgovernment has taken avery good step and theminority communitiesfrom Pakistan, Bangladeshand Afghanistan will get arespectable place in India.



Continuing the drive toprovide better develop-ment as well as basicamenities to the people ofGeneral Public of Jammu,Mayor Jammu MunicipalCorporation ChanderMohan Gupta today on12-12-2019 conductedintensive tour of wardNo.29 Shakti NagarJammu alongwith Sh.Surinder ChowdharyCouncilor of the ward andStarted construction workof Green walkway alongwith canal side at ShaktiNagar with an estimatecost of Rupees five lakhonly. This was the longpending demands of theinhabitants of that area.Sh. Ayodhya GuptaSenior BJP leader Sh.Karan Sharma & other

prominent citizens as wellas concerned contractorwas present who wasdirected to finish the saidwalkway on merits to pro-vide eco friendly atmos-phere for the public ofShakti Nagar. Later,Mayor also conductedtour of Ward No.47 Bahufort area alongwith Smt.Sharda Devi Coucillor ofthe Ward and started theconstruction work oflanes & drains at KachaTalab Bahu Fort on thedemands of Public. Thesaid work will be com-pleted at the estimate costof Rupees seventeen lakhby Jammu MunicipalCorporation. Sh. VinayGupta District PresidentBJP, Sh. Vivek Ji, Sh.Anuradha Charak, andother BJP leaders & inhab-itants of ward No.47

accompanied the Mayorduring the tour. Mayordirected the AEE JMC Sh.Anil Gupta & otherEngineering wing staff ofJMC to expedite the con-struction work with quali-ty material & up to thesatisfaction of public ofthe ward and appeal tothe general public to co-operate with JammuMunicipal Corporation tothe ongoing developmentworks in all the wards ofJammu city. He commit-ted that the most of resi-dents residing in BahuFort area are of BPL fami-lies and special assistancein terms of developmentactivities, street lights, aswell as other facilities willbe provided to them onpriority basis so that theycan live there with dignity& pride.

Mayor Starts Developmentworks in Jammu City

"LOCALSUFFER"

GY CORRESPONDENTMANDI, DEC 12

People of Chikriban areaof tehsil mandi today holdpress confrence againstthe lack of basic facilitiesin the Shrine Hazrat Peerpastoni (RA) at chikriban.

The Shrine of hazratpeer pastoni( RA) ofchikriban area of tehsilmandi is without powerfor the last 1 months asthe transformer lyingdefunct.People of the areawho are facing lot of diffi-culties due to no light,

Meanwhile Urs pakcomming round the cor-ner, the devotties werefacing difficulities, and a

number of times they metwith the concernedauthority but all in vain.

The local residentYaseen Shah said thatPDD officers have notgiven proper attention totheir problem and they

are being forced to blockthe roads and others, and150 houses are currentlyliving in the dark, Yasinsaid"

They appealed to theChief Engineer PDDPoonch to issue suitable

instructions to the con-cerned officers at Mandito immediately replacethe burnt transformerbefore urse pak and pro-vide light to the Shrine ofchikriban as soon as earli-est.

25 KV Transformer defunct, Chikribanshrine without power for 1 month.


Sunil Dimple welcomefor Citizens AmendmentBill passed in parliament.Dimple demands minorityStatus for the Hindus ofJammu Kashmi. Dimpledemands to deportRohangyas andBangladeshis and out-siders immediately fromJammu Kashmir UT.MHA has not issued anydirectives to the JammuKashmir Govt for ousterof Rohangiya. SunilDimple president Jammuwest assembly movementwith other leaders onJanipur High court roadhold “Welcomed rally forthe citizens amendmentsbill (CAB) passed in theparliament of India.

He demanded for thedeportation of Rohangyas,Bangladeshis. Addressingthe welcome Rally SunilDimple demanded thatMinority Status to Hindusof J&K should be extend-

ed. Dimple demandedGovt of India to LiberatePOK GILGIT,BALTISTAN fromPakistan and brings all theHindus from other coun-tries who are committingreligious conversions,rapes in Pakistan,Afghanistan, Mamynar,Bangladesh and from

other countries. He threat-ened to intensify the agita-tion if government fails indeporting Rohangyas,Bangladeshis from theJKUT and as the GOI haveno policy on their ouster.

He warned Pakistanand Imran Khan to stopcease fire violation andarrest Hafeez Sayeed,

Slahudin, Azahar Masoodand stop terrorists trainingcamps on Pak Soil. Theothers who addressed theprotest are Manjiet Anad,Rajinder Verma, ChuniLal Bhat, Sachin Soi,Arjun, Sham Saroop, Omparkash Sharma SatpalKohli, Jagdish Magotra,Shiv, and many others.

Dimple welcomes passing of CAB J&K Bank condoles saddemise of its two officers


As CitizenshipAmendment Bill (CAB)passed in Lok Sabha andsubsequently in RajyaSabha, Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) celebrated thepassage of bill at variousplaces in the UnionTerritory of Jammu &Kashmir.

BJP workers gatheredat various places in largenumbers and distributedsweets, while also burst-ing firecrackers to expresstheir joy and satisfaction.

BJP District JammuWest, led by its PresidentMunish Khajuria celebrat-ed the occasion at theparty office, KachiChawni, Jammu. BJP StateVice-President Parmod

Kapahi, JMC MayorChander Mohan Gupta,BJP State SecretariesSanjay Baru & Praduman

Singh, Parbhat Singh,Munish Sharma, ParneeshMahajan, AyodhyaGupta, Karan Sharma,Mandal PresidentsKeshav Chopra & RaveshMengi, SurinderChoudhary, SurinderSharma, Sunita Gupta, Dr.Akshay, Suneet Raina,Dinesh Gupta, JeetAngral, Urvashi Mahajan,Sanjita Dogra, SudeshSharma, NeelamNargotra, Munish Guptaand others were presenton the occasion.

BJP District Jammu ledby its President VinayGupta celebrated the pas-sage of bills with the dis-tribution of sweets atparty headquarter,Trikuta Nagar. Party StateSpokesperson Balbir RamRattan, State OfficeSecretary Tilak Raj Gupta,State Press Secretary Dr.

Pardeep Mahotra, StateLibrary InchargeKulbhushan Mohtra,Ankuash Gupta, LuckyPuri, Bharat BhushanSharma, Rekha Mahajan,Renu Nanda, Raj RaniJamwal and others werepresent on the occasion.

BJP State OtherBackward Classes (OBC)Morcha led by its StateGeneral Secretary BrahamJyot celebrated the occa-sion by organizing a'Halwa' distribution pro-gram at MishriwalaChowk, Jammu. FormerCabinet Minister BaliBhagat, District PresidentJammu Rural RajinderSingh Chib, Karan Singh,Jagdish Pandey, VedParkash (Mandal presi-dent), Mandal Vice-President Jeet Raj, AnitaLangeh, K.L Sharma,Chunni lal, Lucky Verma,

Gopal Verma, VickyChalgotra, ShamsherPrajapati, Vishu Rajput,Ravi Bhagat, KewalKrishan, Vikas Gupta(Shallu Shah) were presentat the event.

BJP Displaced KashmirDistrict led by its DistrictPresident T N Bhat alongwith Mandal PresidentJagti Roop Krishan, DollyRaina, T K Dhar, MaharajKrishan, Raja Ji Ganju,Shivam Ji Kailum, BabluGosani, Ashok Bali, allbooth Presidents and resi-dents of Jagti MigrantCamp celebrated the pas-sage of important bills atJagti.

Enthusiastic BJPactivists hailed the passageof bill and termed it asanother milestone forPrime Minister NarendraModi led government atthe Centre. They said thatModi government is com-mitted to those who werevictim of past governmentsand circumstances. Theysaid that nobody must feelleft alone in the BJP gov-ernment. They termed thebills as the savior of thosewho were victimized at thehands of hostile govern-ments in our neighbour-hood. This bill is againstnobody and is in the bestinterests of the Nation andthe humanity. Commonpublic also joined the cele-brations. People were veryhappy by the event andsaid that this Citizenshipbill is another historic steptaken by Modi Govt.

BJP celebrates passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB)


Congress is unable to reconcile to the fact thatBharatiya Janata Party is fulfilling all the promises itmade to the people thus cementing the trust the peoplehave posed in the Party. “There is a visible differencebetween how the governments functioned during theCongress regime and now with people willing to ques-tion the inability of Congress to take hard decisions innational interest despite the fact that it ruled for solong,” said Brig Anil Gupta, Spokesperson of the Party.Congress believed only in appeasement and vote bankpolitics with the national interest being secondary whileturning a blind eye to the burning issues facing thenation.

Reacting to the protest march taken out by localCongress leaders against CAB, Brig Gupta asked if any-body could deny that the partition of India took placeon religious lines and could only take place afterCongress agreed to the division of the nation. It werethe personal ambitions of two individuals namelyNehru and Jinnah that led to the worst human holo-caust recorded in the history, asserted Brig Gupta.Jinnah used the idea of partition as a bargaining chipbut Nehru’s arrogant refusal to meet him halfway drovehim to extremes is well documented in the history ofpartition claimed Brig Gupta. It is an irony of historythat Congress then rejected the very idea of power-shar-ing with the Muslim League leading to the partition buttoday shares power with Muslim League in Kerala andIUML is also member of Congress led UPA. “Amit Shahis not distorting history but Congress leaders seem to beignorant of history or they are feigning to be ignorant”,retorted Brig Gupta.

Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) provides for fast-tracking of citizenship to the refugees belonging to sixidentified minorities in the three theocratic states neigh-bouring India namely Islamic Republics of Pakistan,Bangladesh and Afghanistan who had entered India till31 December, 2014. The Bill has nothing to do withexisting Indian citizens belonging to any religion andhence cannot be termed against the idea of India or dis-criminatory as claimed by the Congress, clarified BrigGupta. By objecting to the Bill, Congress is suggestingthat Rohingyas and Bangladeshi illegal immigrantsshould also be given Indian citizenship. “It is once againunfortunate that Congress is eyeing the vote bank at thecost of national security.

Rohingyas were the first to demand the creation ofan Islamic State (caliph) in Arakans in 1947 much beforethe ISIS came into being. Rohingyas are not allowed toenter Malaysia and other Muslim countries andBangladesh has designated them as a security threat butCongress wants them also to be brought under thepurview of CAB by accusing it of weakening the unityand harmony in the Country.

Terming the statement of Rahul Gandhi that “CABwould lead to ethnic cleansing of the North East” asmost ridiculous and damaging statement as far as theunity and harmony in the Country is concerned, BrigGupta said, “When CAB is not applicable to inner LinePermit states and the areas covered under SixthSchedule, how can a sensible person even think of theway Rahul Gandhi has tried to twist the facts and pro-voked the people of NE? Rahul Gandhi’s statement is asheer misuse of the freedom of expression.”

Congress protest against CAB isan act of desperation: Brig Gupta

Cong two steps ahead of Pak in opposing Govt on CAB: Sethi



The decade old demandof the people of Ladakhwho were feeling political-ly, culturally and economi-cally discriminated by theKashmir centric govern-ments was fulfilled by theModi government throughthe bold decision of reor-ganisation of the erstwhileJ&K state into two UnionTerritories namely Ladakh& J&K. The people ofLadakh were overjoyedbecause it allowed them tobecome master of theirown destinies with afuture full of promises saidSocial Worker &Educationalist PraneeshMahajan, noted socialactivist and educationist.“I am pained to note thatrather than reaping thebenefits of becoming a UT,a new narrative is beingcreated to disturb peaceand tranquility in Ladakhthrough politically moti-vated propaganda in theform of demand for appli-cability of Sixth Schedule,”rued Mahajan.

Sixth Schedule is a pro-vision in the Constitutionof India specially meant

for the tribal population ofthe four North Easternstates of Assam,Meghalaya, Tripura andMizoram. It makes specialprovisions in terms of gov-ernance, powers of presi-dent and the governor,type of local bodies, alter-nate judicial mechanisms,financial powers, etc. exer-cised through autonomouscouncils. “Sixth Schedulehence is not meant forLadakh since it caters foronly specified states of theNE and not even the entireNE. Moreover, Ladakhalready enjoys these pow-ers in form of the twoAutonomous Hill AreaDevelopment Councils,”clarified Mahajan. TheseHill Councils were recent-ly empowered by grantingthem more financial andadministrative powers.The grass root administra-tion is further strength-ened by the Panchayatsand urban bodies whichhave been further empow-ered with applicability of73rd& 74th Amendmentsafter becoming the UT,emphasized PraneeshMahajan.

The bonanza of advan-

tages which the people ofLadakh will enjoy afterbecoming UT is notdigestible to those whowere always opposed to itbecoming a UT. They donot want Ladakh to devel-op as a self-reliant regionwith its unique culture andidentity and become aglobal tourist destination.Through agitations anddisturbances, attempt isbeing made to discouragetourists and delay variousdevelopmental projects,asserted Praneesh.

Ladakh has been madea UT to protect its uniquecultural, religious and eco-nomic interests. Article370 was being used to sub-jugate the people ofLadakh and now that ithas been removed, thesame vested powers aretrying to raise their uglyhead by creating a riftbetween the peace lovingLadakhis by provokingthem through false narra-tives. I appeal to the peo-ple of Ladakh to not to fallprey to the evil designs ofsuch forces and work unit-edly for a better and devel-oped Ladakh, saidMahajan.

Demand for Sixth Schedule is politicallymotivated: Parneesh Mahajan


On the directions ofDeputy CommissionerJammu Sushma Chauhan,Rajesh Kumar BaruTehsildar Jammu Westretrieved 39 Kanals ofState Land worth Rs 23Crores as per stamp dutyrates in a prime location inVillage Gole of TehsilJammu West DistrictJammu.

Deputy CommissionerJammu has categoricallydirected all Sub-DivisionalMagistrates andTehsildars during revenueofficers meetings to makelists of all such illegalencroachers who haveencroached upon State,Kahcharai & CommonLand and evict them afterfollowing due proceduresand laws. Taking cog-nizance of the directions,Rajesh Baru TehsildarJammu West directedfield staff to prepare listsof all such encroacherswho have encroachedupon State Kahcharai and

Common Land by illegalmeans. Naib TehsildarGole after perusal ofrespective spots and rele-vant revenue records hasreported that nearly 16assamis have encrochedupon 39 Kanals state landSarkar Makbooja Sarkarnear SoS School by raisingpacca structures over it.

Tehsildar Jammu Westin exercise of Powers vest-ed in him under Section133 of Land Revenue Act,

Svt.1996 and based on therecommendatios of fieldstaff and after providingdue opportunity of beingheard to all illegal occu-pants within the provi-sions of the Land RevenueAct issued order for evic-tion of all encroachersfrom State Land measur-ing 39 kanals in VillageGole worth crores ofrupees and retrieved thesame on spot by demolish-ing all pacca structure

raised over it.The demolition drive

was carried out by RajeshBaru Tehsildar NaibTehsildar Gole VijayKumar GQ Kewal KumarPatwari Farooq AhmadLambardar andChowkidar under theoverall supervision ofVijay Sharma ACRJammu.

Tehsildar furtherinstructed field staff toremain vigilant and act

tough against all illegalencroachers in respectiveareas of their jurisdiction.

Pertinent to mentionhere that Rajesh BaruTehsildar Jammu Westduring his tenure asTehsildar Thakrakote andPouni in district Reasi act-ing tough against the ille-gal encroachers hasretrieved nearly 31784Kanals of State Land 487Kanals of kahcharai landand 40 Kanals of commonland. He has also con-tributed more than tenlakhs rupees towardsIndian Red Cross SocietyJammu and District RedCross Society Reasi forwhich he has been felici-tated twice at Raj BhawanJammu by then Governorof Jammu and Kashmirand has also been recom-mended by then respectiveDeputy Commissionersfor State Award twice andonce for Chief Minister'sGold Medal for HonestyIntegrity and MeritoriousServices in RevenueDepartment.

Tehsildar retrieved 39 Kanals prime stateland worth Rs. 23 Crores in Jammu West

Retrieved 31823 Kanals in last 5 years.


Pointing towards thestatement made by UnionMoS Home Mr. KishanReddy in the Lok Sabhayesterday that there wasno proposal for enactingDomicile Law for protect-ing lands and jobs of J&KUT, Mr. Harsh Dev SinghChairman-JKNPP & for-mer Minister said that ithas once again exposedthe lies and deceptive pol-itics of local BJP.

Mr. Singh said thatwhile State unit of BJPhad been making tallclaims of central govt.proposing a DomicileLaw to allay apprehen-sions of J&K people los-ing their lands and jobs tooutsides post Article 370abrogation, but the replymade by the UnionMinister yesterday dur-ing question hour inParliament has spilled thebeans thereby falsifyingits claims. The reply hadfurther stated that theParliament had onlyextended the central lawsto the UT of J&K through

the Reorganization Actand the amendments withregard to land laws, jobsetc. did not figure any-where in the itinerary ofthe Union Govt. He saidthat the Union Minister’sclarification was an eye-opener for the gulliblemasses of J&K who wereinvariably made tobelieve the false rhetoricof State BJP leaders.Calling upon the peopleof J&K particularly theyouth to join hands tosafeguard their uniqueculture, history, jobs andlands, Mr. Singh said thatNPP would launch a vig-orous campaign for pro-tecting such distinctiverights of its people.

He said that the peoplesurely stood for completeintegration of the Statewith Indian Union but atthe same time wantedsocial security in terms ofprotection of the interestsof educated youth besidessafety of their lands formbeing usurped byunscrupulous outsiderswhich, he regretted, hadfailed to fund a favour

with the govt. He saidthat there were wide-spread apprehensions ofun-influential and poorpeople being divested oftheir lands by govt. aswell as by powerful landmafia from outside theState with State & CentralGovt. failing to addressthe concerns of the peo-ple. He said that farmersland could be expropriat-ed by well connectedmafia by force andauthority and throughdistress sales which needsto be addressed by thegovt. through appropriatelegislation which howeverhad been declined byCentral Govt. The mostsensitive issue is that ofemployment of educatedyouth of the State whichhas created alarmamongst unemploymenteducated class after thepassage of theReorganization Act, saidthe NPP Chairman. “Theeducated youth had beenovertaken by a feeling ofinsecurity and uncertain-ty. The withdrawal of thecover of special status to

the State without enactingnecessary legislation tosafeguard the interests oflocal youth had led to sim-mering discontent amongunemployed educatedyouth. With the unem-ployment rate alreadyhaving assumed alarmingproportions in the State,the opening of doors foroutside youth in J&K’s jobmarket could prove coun-terproductive divestingthe local youth of evenotherwise negligibleemployment avenues”,observed Singh. Mr.Harsh Dev Singh said thatNPP would vociferouslyagitate the concerns of theeducated youth and fightfor safeguarding theirinterests in the new set up.He said that PanthersParty had already submit-ted a memorandum toPrime Minister in NewDelhi to personally inter-vene for enactment ofsuitable law so as to pro-tect the lands of poorfarmers besides safe-guarding the rights oflocal youth in the State’semployment.

State BJP cheated people over Domicile LawNPP to fight for safeguarding

jobs, lands of locals: Harsh

Art 370 misused to allow girl-childmarriage: Rajesh Gupta

JAMMU, DEC 12: National Democratic Party IndianNDPI J&K UT President Rajesh Gupta while addressingworkers meeting at party headquarters Jammu saidhere today that Article 370 was misused to allow girl-child marriage and infact, it was used to violate thehuman rights of the children and students in general.

Rajesh Gupta said, those who have been the biggestvotaries of Article 370 were actually the biggest abusersof the same Article and they used it, by their own con-venience, whenever it suited them from time to time.He said, nowhere in the world, any section of the socie-ty would object to Child Marriage Act being imple-mented but it was not allowed in Jammu, Kashmir andLadakh, simply because the powers-that-be intended toappease a certain section of people or a certain commu-nity or a certain vote bank. This, thus, left the option toallow a man entering into wedlock with a child girl-child without being held guilty for this, he added.Similarly, the Dowry Act was not implemented inJammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, said Gupta andadded that this led to the dominance of patriarchal cul-ture. About 35-A, he said, everybody is well aware ofhow the daughters were deprived of their family prop-erty rights. With the abrogation of Article 370 and newadministrative arrangement having been introduced,NDPI Chief said, the Triple Talaq Law enacted by theModi Government also becomes applicable in Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh which would have, in all probabil-ity, been resisted by the erstwhile Governments. As faras youth and students are concerned, he said, the Rightto Education has also become applicable to Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh now. Not only this, said RajeshGupta , Article 370, instead of promoting education,deprived youth of quality education in higher institu-tions and led to their exodus because of lack of appro-priate faculty. On the contrary, he said, the psychologi-cal isolation, resulting from this Constitutional aberra-tion, drove the youth away from their studies andpushed them to take up arms and terrorism.


A two-day workshopon "orientation and bestpractices" for ProjectImplementing Agencies(PIAs) organised byHimayat in collaborationwith NABARDConsultancy Services(NABCONS) concludedhere today.

The workshop wasattended by over 100 rep-resentatives from differ-ent PIAs.

The Secretary toGovernment, Departmentof Rural Development &Panchayati Raj, J&K,Sheetal Nanda, was chiefguest at the concludingfunction. Chief OperatingOfficer, Himayat, Kapil

Sharma, CGM, NABARD,Bala Chandran and otherofficers were also present.

The workshop, whichbegan on December 11,2019, aimed at sharingviews, best practices andexperiences on importantissues of mobilisation,counselling, training,placement and retentionof candidates espoused bythe PIAs to achieve thebest results.

Delineating the pur-pose of the workshop, theSecretary stated, "It pro-vided a great opportunityto learn from each otherby sharing the best prac-tices among eachother."She further askedthe PIAs to "impart besttraining to all the candi-

dates so that they can beproductive for themselvesand for the society aswell."

Chief OperatingOfficer, Himayat, KapilSharma expressed grati-tude to all the participantsrepresenting variousProject ImplementingAgencies, for attendingthe workshop.

The workshop alsoprovided platform to sev-eral candidates, who havebeen placed by the PIAsafter getting suitable andquality training fromthese agencies. Theseyoungsters, hailing fromremote and nondescriptvillages of Jammu andKashmir, thanked theDepartment for providing

them training, employ-ment, dignity and anopportunity to stand ontheir own feet.

During the workshop,the Secretary also releaseda booklet titled "Bugle:Sounding Success" whichcaptures the inspiringjourney of the candidatessuccessfully trained andplaced in the corporatesector.

Himayat is a SkillD e v e l o p m e n t - c u m -Placement programme forunemployed youth espe-cially school and collegedrop-outs, in Jammu andKashmir. The focus is onplacements of youth com-mensurate with the levelof education and aspira-tion of youth.

2-Day 'orientation and best practices'workshop on Himayat concludes at Jammu


Organisation likeAkashvani Jammu hasalways remained in theforefront of preservingand furthering age old tra-ditional values and richculture of the region. Inanother attempt. All IndiaRadio Jammu organizedLai Ded Memorial Lectureon the topic "LAL DEDSAMRITI VYAKHYAN"before the invited audi-ence on 12th December2019 at Abhinav Theatre .The lecture was deliveredby renowned Hindi poet,author and politicalactivist Dr. Agnishekhar.Renowned SanskritScholar Prof. Dr. VedKumari Ghai, Padmshriwas the Chief Guestwhereas famous PoliticalAnalyst and ColumnistProf. Dr. Kashi NathPandita J Padmshri andEminent Dogri writer,Poet, Broadcaster Dr.Jitendra Udhampuri,Padmshri were the Guestof Honour.

The Event was inaugu-rated with lighting of theceremonial lamp by theChief Guest and other

dignitaries on stage. Sh.Rajesh Kumar, Head ofOffice, All India RadioJammu, welcomed thehonoured speaker andesteemed guests. Theoccasion started with briefintroduction on theimportance and objectiveof today's programme bySh. Kanwal KrishanLidhoo, ProgrammeExecutive AIR Jammu.

During course of thelecture, the expert speakerDr. Agnishekhar elaborat-ed on the background andhistory that how Lai Ded,the 14th century Poet bornat present day Pampore,and her mystic musingscontinue to have deep

impact on the psyche ofKashmiris. An ardentShaiva Philospher com-posed "Vakhs" (SanskritVakya) giving expressionto already existing richShaiva Philosphy ofKashmir, so as to make itaccessible to commonKashmiri. Certain hithertoknown aspects about LaiDed which have not seenthe light of the day werealso highlighted. NainaSaproo Trisal presented"Lai Vakhs" and their 18century SanskritTranslation by Pt. BhaskarRajanak, in her melodiousvoice in such a manner thateveryone was forced togive her a splendid ovation

once she finished her per-formance. Accompanistswho performed alongwere Sami Feroz(Harmonium), RakeshAnand (Flute), PurshottamLai (Tabla) and SunilSharma (Synth). Prominentpersonalities besides peo-ple from all walks of lifeattended the jam packedevent and appreciated theefforts of radio in preserv-ing and encouraging therich cultural, historical andliterary heritage of theregion.

Vote of thanks was pre-sented by Ms. Renu Raina,Programme Head, AIRJammu whereas Ms.Madhvi Sharma, Sr.Announcer ably conductedthe proceedings of theunforgettable event. Theevent was co-ordinated bySh. Kanwal KrishanLidhoo Incharge Kashmiri/ Urdu Progs., AIRJalmmu. Technical supportwas extended by Sh.J.L.Bhat and Sh. RavinderSingh, Engineers, AIRJammu. Third in the seriesduring the current year,the Lecture was held underSpecial Programming forAIR Stations in J&K.

Air Jammu organized "Lal Pep memorial lecture"


G.D. Goenka PublicSchool, governed by OmPrakash Bansal CharitableTrust conducted ReportWriting for class 11 on thetopic “Adverse Effects ofIndustrialisation/Overpopulation” and PosterMaking for class 9 on thetopic “SaveEnvironment/ Plight ofPlanet Earth.” The stu-dents of class ninthdesigned innovative andmind boggling postersforcing each one to taxtheir brain and ponderupon the ways in whichthey are ruining theirplanet and providing foodfor thought by citing theways to stop and securetheir beloved planetEARTH. The drawingsand depictions were sobizarre that all had openjaws as to what they haveconverted their land intoShocking, heart-rendingdepiction forced one tothink about the damage

done. All the childrenencompassed brilliantideas and sights to makeour planet a better place.Colorful posters were aneye opener, stating: Stop,look and rethink beforedoing more damage.Report writing was veryenthusiastically taken upby the children as they allwanted to write about theill deeds by the humanrace to its survivor iePlanet Earth. Collateraldamage done and meas-ures which require to beadopted to bring it back tolush greenery were allpenned down by the chil-dren. All in all these activ-ities acted as a bitterpotion for all of us andgave us a message: ‘wakeup before it is too late!’The Principal RajeshRathore beamed at thejosh of the children andappreciated their effortsto save the planet earthfrom major damage thanwhat has already beendone.

G.D.Goenka conductsReport Writing &

Poster Making



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Sarovar Hotels Pvt.Ltd. announces the open-ing of second hotel inJammu & Kashmir withViraj Sarovar Portico,marking the group’s foot-print in Jammu and itsgrowing presence in thestate. Viraj SarovarPortico complementsSarovar’s existing hotelRK Sarovar Portico,Srinagar.

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Sarovar Hotels is partof Paris headquarteredLouvre Hotels Group, amajor player in the globalhospitality industry, witha portfolio that nowincludes 2,500 hotels in 52countries. It has a fullhotel offering, spanning 1star to 5 stars, with theLouvre Hotels Group’shistoric brands ( GoldenTulip, Royal Tulip, TulipInn, Première Classe,Kyriad, Campanile), the 3brands of the Sarovar net-work in India, LouvreHotels Group is a sub-sidiary of Jin JiangInternational HoldingsCo., Ltd., the 2nd largesthospitality group in theworld.

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The CitizenshipAmendment Bill, 2019passed by Lok Sabha onMonday and Rajya Sabhaon Wednesday, proposesto accord citizenship toillegal Hindu, Sikh,Buddhist, Jains, Parsisand Christian migrantsfrom Pakistan,Bangladesh andAfghanistan. It, naturally,implies that migrants,who identify themselveswith any group or com-munity other than thosementioned above, fromthese countries won't beeligible for citizenship.The bill also relaxes theprovisions for"Citizenship by naturali-sation".

The workers ofDOGRA FRONT & SHIVSENA under the leader-ship of President MrASHOK GUPTA cele-brates the passing ofCitizenship AmendmentBill in Jammu city by dis-tributing sweets anddancing on the beatingdrums as this bill safe-guards the diminishingminority’s of our border-ing nations.

Mr Gupta cited thatpartition between India

and Pakistan on religiouslines in 1947, the NDAgovernment has arguedthat millions of citizens ofundivided India belong-ing to various faiths werestaying in Pakistan andBangladesh from 1947."The constitutions ofPakistan, Afghanistan andBangladesh provide for aspecific state religion. As aresult, many personsbelonging to Hindu, Sikh,Buddhist, Jain, Parsi andChristian communitieshave faced persecution ongrounds of religion inthose countries. Some ofthem also have fearsabout such persecution in

their day-to-day lifewhere right to practice,profess and propagatetheir religion has beenobstructed and restricted.Many such persons havefled to India to seek shel-ter and continued to stayin India even if their trav-el documents haveexpired or they haveincomplete or no docu-ments," the Bill states.

C i t i z e n s h i pAmendment Bill does notautomatically conferIndian citizenship toBengali Hindus. It is justan enabling legislation forpersons belonging to sixminority communities of

Afghanistan, Pakistan andBangladesh. CitizenshipAmendment Bill does notdilute the sanctity of theAssam Accord as far asthe cut-off date of March24, 1971, stipulated fordetection/deportation ofillegal immigrants is con-cerned.

C i t i z e n s h i pAmendment Bill is not andiscriminatory againstMuslims. Any foreigner of

any religion from anycountry can apply forIndian citizenship ifhe/she is eligible to do soas per the existing provi-sions of the CitizenshipAct, 1955. The CitizenshipAmendment Bill does notchange these provisions atall. It only enablesmigrants of six minoritycommunities from threecountries to apply forIndian citizenship if theymeet the given criteria.

At last Mr Gupta saidthat there have somepolitical organisationswho have been claimingthemselves as HinduHriday Samrat but forthere petty political gainsthey just gave up thereideology and walked outof the Rajya sabha whenthe time came for the vot-ing on the bill.

The party people whowere present at the time ofprotest were Ashu,Nikku, Bantu, Abhishek,Naresh, Vijay, Anita andvarious others were pres-ent.

DFSS activists celebrates thepassing of Citizenship

Amendment Bill in Parliment

NEW DELHI:Categorically emphasiz-ing that Northeast inci-dents are confined to fewdistricts, mostly in UpperAssam and Tripura, andwill settle soon, UnionMinister for Developmentof North Eastern Region(DoNER) Dr JitendraSingh cautioned heretoday that Congress willnot be allowed to fish inthe troubled waters ofBrahmaputra. At the sametime, there has been noincident involving majorviolence, he said.Speaking at theParliament, Dr JitendraSingh accused Congressof trying its best to pro-voke people, particularlyyouth, by spreading falserumors and misinforma-tion about the contents ofCitizenship AmendmentBill (CAB). He said,Congress has lost its massbase in Northeast andState after State has votedfor the BJP, which has ledto grave frustration in theCongress camp and theyare desperately trying invain to revive their for-

tunes. Describing the peo-ple of Northeast as "ourown people", Dr JitendraSingh said, let us not for-get that the same peoplehave voted in huge num-bers for the BJP and theyhave the trust and faith inthe BJP leadership led byPrime Minister NarendraModi. Everything willsmoothly come back tonormal when the misgiv-ings regarding the Bill arecleared and disclosed thatBJP MPs and other electedrepresentatives are con-stantly in touch with theirpeople. Referring to thecontents of the Bill, DrJitendra Singh said, it wasprepared by HomeMinister Amit Shah with

due diligence and judi-ciousness, and the con-cerns which were notaddressed in the earlierversion of the Bill broughtin the last session of theLok Sabha have also been

addressed now. The safe-guards provided to vari-ous States will not onlysecure the interests of thecommon man but wouldalso ensure adequateopportunities andavenues for the youth, hesaid. In reply to a ques-tion in the Rajya Sabha,Dr Jitendra Singh deniedthe observation that theprocedures related toRight to Information(RTI) were cumbersomeand insisted that, on thecontrary, in keeping withthe Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's commit-ment to bring in more and

more transparency andcitizen-centricity in gov-ernance, the proceduresrelated to RTI have beenmuch more simplifiedand made much moreeasier. Enumerating sev-eral steps taken by theDoPT in the last fiveyears, Dr Jitendra Singhmade a special mention ofthe RTI portal whichenables any citizen to filean RTI from any part ofthe world and at any timeof the day or night. Inaddition, definite timelinehas been fixed for dispos-al of the RTI appeals, hesaid.

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JAMMU, DEC 12

- One day Kala Utsav

2019, a UT level competi-

tion aimed to promote

regional art forms, was

organized by School

Education Department

(SED) at Teacher Bhawan

here today.

The programme is part

of central governments

Kala Utsav initiative

launched in 2015 with an

objective to promote

regional art forms as a

component of art in edu-

cation at school level.

Students from govern-

ment schools of both

Kashmir as well as Jammu

divisions participated in

the programme and gave

various performances

depicting local music

forms, dance forms,

instrumental music and

visual art in the form of

paintings.

Four teams in the cate-

gories of Visual Art, Vocal

Music, Instrumental

music and Dance from the

UT of J&K have been

selected for participation

in the National Level Kala

Utsav scheduled to be

held in the first week of

January 2020 at Bhopal.

Mayor JMC, Chander

Mohan Gupta; Project

Director Samagra

Shiksha, Dr. Arun Manha;

State Coordinators, Chief

Education officers of vari-

ous districts, students and

teachers participated in

the programme.

School Education Deptt organisesKala Utsav 2019 at Jammu

4 teams selected to participate inNational Level Kala Utsav

Northeast incidents confined to few districts,will settle soon: Dr Jitendra Singh

JAMMU, DEC 12: The police have arrestedfour alleged drug peddlers after recoveringcannabis and heroin from them in separatecases in Udhampur, Jammu and Reasi dis-tricts of Jammu and Kashmir, police officialssaid on Thursday. A police party intercepteda vehicle on the Katra road at Nangal area inReasi district on Wednesday night andrecovered 1.36 kgs of cannabis, they said.Two people, identified as Talib Hussain andMohmmad Younis, were arrested and a case

registered against them, they said. In anoth-er incident, another person namedMohmmad Ramzan was arrested from theSallian Talab area in Udhampur city after180 grams of heroin was recovered from hispossession, they said. The police also arrest-ed Mohmmad Javed from the GreaterKailash area of Jammu city and recovered 55grams of heroin on Wednesday night, theysaid. A case has been registered against theaccused.

4 drug peddlers arrested inUdhampur, Jammu and Reasi


GY BUREAU

POONCH, DEC 12

District DevelopmentCommissioner PoonchRahul Yadav today inau-gurated one day ScienceExhibition organised atDistrict IndustrialEducation and Training(DIET) center in whichstudents from around 60schools participated.

Principal DIET Gulzar

Choudhary, head mas-ters, teachers and staffmembers of differenteducational institutionswere present on the occa-sion.

The DDC inspected allthe models displayed bythe students on varioustopics including waterconservation, flood con-trol system, pollution andits effects, modern tech-

nology, digital India andothers.

Appreciating theefforts of students andteachers, DDC motivatedthe DIET to organizemore exhibitions to bringout the innovative andpractical ideas. Later,CEO Jagjit Singh distrib-uted the prizes to thewinner of the ScienceExhibition for best model.

DC Poonch inauguratesScience Exhibition at DIET

GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC 12

JK ST/SC/OBC

Development Board

Corporation Limited

organized awareness

camp at HSS Chandak.

District Manager Noor

Ahmed Bhatti along with

concerned officers,

Sarpanchs and Panchs of

the area were present

during the awareness

camp. During the aware-

ness camp, the speakers

gave detailed knowledge

about different schemes

of the corporation for the

economic and social

upliftment of SC/ ST and

OBC community. District

Manager explained in

detail about the schemes

regarding loan for trans-

port, small business and

allied activities to increase

the income of the target

groups. Participants also

enquired regarding the

loan schemes.

JK ST/SC/OBC Development BoardCorporation Limited organizesawareness camp at Chandak

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DODA, DEC 12

District DevelopmentCommissioner Doda DrSagar D Doifode todayvisited the districtemployment and counsel-ing centre to review thepreparation of conduct offree classes of DC batch2020 being provided tothe aspiring and eligiblecandidates of civil servic-es of the district Doda.

The district administra-tion in collaboration withemployment office isgoing to start the classesfrom 14th of December atDistrict employment andcounseling centre for allthe shortlisted candidatesof DC batch 2020.

Speaking on the occa-sion, DDC said for thefirst time district adminis-tration has taken this ini-

tiative, under which freecoaching will be providedto the aspiring candidatesof civil services of the dis-trict. He informed that 117candidates applied underthe initiative and 50 can-didates were shortlistedthrough the screening testconducted on the UPSCpattern. He also said thatthe experienced guest fac-ulty has been called uponfrom Delhi and Pune toimpart the lectures alongwith the senior officers ofthe district administrationto the selected candidates,besides he will also deliv-er the lectures to the stu-dents on the alternatedays.

Moreover, readingroom facilities, internetaccess, heating system etcwill be provided to the eli-gible candidates.

DDC Doda reviews the preparation of conduct offree civil services coaching of DC batch 2020

GY BUREAU

RAMBAN, DEC 12

Education departmentin collaboration withDistrict AdministrationRamban today conducteda special enrollment drivein various schools of Subdivision Banihal to ensure100 % retention of chil-dren in schools.

The drive was held atGovernment HigherSecondary SchoolTethar, High SchoolNowgam, Upper PrimarySchool Nowgam, UpperPrimary SchoolKhairkoot, Upper PrimarySchool Dannar and manyother schools.

Posters and banners

were displayed at variouspublic places highlightingthe academic and infra-structural achievementsin Government schools.

Identification andenrollment of drop outstudents was also taken inhand and stress was laidon schools as peace zonesfor learning.

Education department holdsenrollment drive in Banihal

District Level Task Force Committeereviews PMEGP loan cases

GY BUREAU

BUDGAM, DEC 12

A District Level Task Force Committee today conveneda meeting to review PMEGP loan cases from DIC, KVIC& KVIB. A total of 86 cases were taken up in the meet-ing out of which 62 cases were approved amounting toloan of Rs. 466.98 lakhs.

The meeting was attended by Additional DistrictDevelopment Commissioner Tanveer Iqbal Malik,General Manager, DIC Namrita Dogra Director RSETIJeeta Dhar, representatives from the Banks and othersenior officers of the concerned departments.

The PMEGP scheme is being implemented throughState KVIC Directorates, State Khadi and VillageIndustries Boards (KVIBs), District Industries Centres(DICs) and banks. The maximum cost of theproject/unit admissible in manufacturing sector is Rs.25 lakhs and in the Service sector, it is Rs.10 lakhs. Thegeneral category male candidates are eligible for 15%subsidy in urban area and for 25% subsidy in rural area.Special category candidates (including SC/ ST/ OBC/Minorities/Women, Ex-servicemen, Physically handi-capped, Hill and Border areas, etc.) are eligible for 25%subsidy in urban areas and 35% subsidy in rural areas.

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JAMMU, DEC 12

A g r i c u l t u r eDepartment organized afunction to pay tributesto Bawa Jitto at KrishiBhawan, Talab Tillo,Jammu.

The programme isorganized every yearjointly by the AgricultureOfficers Association, All J& K AgricultureEmployees Association,Drivers Union and staffof the Directorate ofAgriculture.

Director Agriculture,Inder Jeet recalled BabaJitto's supreme sacrifice

for the farming commu-nity. He said that all of usshould get inspirationfrom his life and work tocontribute for the better-ment of farming commu-nity.

Deputy Director(Central), Jammu,Ravinder ThaplooAssistant Director LawEnforcement, Jammu, A.H. Salaria, FarmManagement Specialist,Deepak Kumar, SCA(I&P), Sandeep Dogra,Uttam Sharma,President, All J & KAgriculture EmployeesAssociation Jammu,

members of Driver Unionand many other officersof the department partic-ipated in the programme.

It is pertinent to men-tion that, Shri Bawa Jitto(Baba Jit Mal Dev jiMaharaj) - was a leg-endary saint farmer ofthe area who made hissupreme sacrifice about650 years ago for rightsand justice of the farm-ers.

A special adorationand worship was per-formed on the occasionwhich was followed bydistribution of prasadand bhandara.

Agriculture Departmentpays tribute to Bawa Jitto

GY BUREAU

KATHUA, DEC 12

District DevelopmentCommissioner, O PBhagat today reviewedthe physical and financialprogress of the develop-ment works under BorderArea DevelopmentProgramme (BADP) in thedistrict.

DDC inquired aboutthe physical status of theongoing works, numberof schemes completedduring the current finan-cial year as well as theheadway achieved so faron the works underprogress.

Deliberate discussionswere also held on theAnnual Action Plan forthe current financial year.

The DDC directed theofficers to make all outefforts to ensure satisfac-tory provision of basicamenities to the people ofthe border areas and togear up their men andmachinery for completingthe works well within in

the stipulated period oftime.

Works under RuralD e v e l o p m e n tDepartment, PHE, PWD,Irrigation and FloodControl were all discussedin detail for three blocksof Kathua, Hiranagar andBarnoti under BADP.

He directed the officersto utilize the money judi-ciously for creating public

assets in the border vil-lages for benefit of thepeople further addingthat disputes if any can bebrought into the notice ofDistrict Administration sothat they can be resolvedappropriately.

Among others ACD,Sukhpal Singh, CPO,Uttam Singh, BDOs andEngineers were present inthe meeting.

DDC Kathua reviews progress ofdevelopment works under BADP

GY BUREAU

DODA, DEC 12

District DevelopmentCommissioner Doda, DrSagar D Doifode todayvisited Pul Doda-Beoliroad project Pul Doda-Beoli road project andtook physical appraisal ofthe ongoing mega roadproject.

ACR Doda KaiserAhmed Bhawani alongwith Tehsildar Doda,XENPWD, EO MC Doda, AEEPWD, JE besides otherofficials accompanied the

DDC during the visit.While reviewing the

ongoing work, the DDCask the executing agen-

cies to construct thisambitious road project

keeping in view all thesafety and convenienceparameters of the com-muters. He directed themto complete the stretch of100 metres from Ganpatturn towards Pul Doda inall aspects within the timeperiod of 15 days posi-tively.

Moreover, he alsodirected them to completethe work of this roadunder phase I within thefixed timeline, besidestook the appraisal of bot-tlenecks on the road.

Farmers` exposuretour flagged off

KATHUA, DEC 12: Additional Deputy CommissionerKathua, Ghanshyam Singh today flagged off twogroups of 80 farmers from different villages of districtKathua district on an Inter-state exposure visit from DCOffice.

While interacting with the farmers, ADC said thatthe Exposure Visit has been organized with specificobjective of sensitizing the farmers with organic farm-ing, modern production technology and managementprocedures besides post harvest and agriculture mar-keting.

He asked the farmers to get acquainted with the lat-est interventions and adopt them at their farms to dou-ble their income by 2022. He further called upon thefarmers to keenly learn from such visits and get benefit-ted by implementing those technologies in their fields.

During the five days exposure visit, the group offarmers will visit Centre for Excellence of Vegetables,Kartarpur, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana,Forest Research Institute, Dehradoon and RemoteSensing Institute, Dehradoon.

On the occasion it was apprised that farmers willlearn about latest innovations and techniques inOrganic Farming, Protected Cultivation, IntegratedFarming, Drip Irrigation, Doubling Farm Income, ValueAddition and use of Improved Agriculture Machinery.

Earlier, The ADC also chaired a meeting of DistrictAdvisory Committee on Pre-Conception and Pre-NatalDiagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) Act.

ADC asked the committee to take necessary action incase of complaints filed against diagnostic centres fornon-compliance of the Act and public notices to beissued for general awareness that may desist peoplefrom visiting these centres for sex determination of thefoetus.

Variation of rates in diagnostic centres and aware-ness under BBBP campaign regarding Child Sex Ratiowere also discussed threadbare in the meeting.

ASP, Ramnish Gupta, CMO, Dr. Ashok Choudhary,CAO, Arun Gupta, DAO, Sanjeev Rai Gupta, districtcommittee members and other concerned were presenton the occasion.

DDC Doda visits Pul Doda-Beoli road project


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UDHAMPUR, DEC 12

District DevelopmentC o m m i s s i o n e r ,Udhampur Dr. PiyushSingla today convened ameeting with officers ofdifferent departments toreview the progress ofroads, buildings, bridgesand other ongoing devel-opmental works of differ-ent departments undertaken by R&B underDistrict Plan, State plan,CRF, NABARD andLanguishing projects inthe District.

Executive EngineerPWD, Ajay Kumar Rajugave scheme wisePowerPoint presentationof ongoing projects likeroads, buildings andbridges in Health,Education, AnimalHusbandry, SheepHusbandry, Fisheries,Agriculture andHorticulture sector.

Threadbare discus-sions were held on vari-ous Centrally sponsored& State Schemes underDistrict Capex Budget2019-20 regarding status

of tendering, allotments,bills drawn for the workdone claims of theapproved works, timelinefor completion, StateCapex Budget/NABARDschemes 2019-20, status ofCRF schemes and statusof work of others depart-ments, approved lan-guishing projects, statusof languishing project andtimelines for their com-pletion,

While reviewing thescheme wise progress ofvarious departmentsDDC asked the PWD

departments to expeditethe process of ongoingdevelopmental projectsand complete these proj-ects within given timeframe.

DDC directed the con-cerned officers to takeeffective steps for timelycompletion of these proj-ects on a mission modefor maximum results onthe ground.

Chief EducationOfficer was directed toconduct field visits andsubmit status of construc-tion progress of ongoing

works of educationdepartment.

DDC Udhampurstressed upon all the con-cerned Officers to gear upthe process for comple-tion of targets and utiliza-tion of 100 % funds wellbefore the end of financial2019-20. He asked theExecutive Engineer ofPWD to executive work incoordination with otherline departments forexpediting the construc-tion of roads and build-ings on fast track. DDCexpressed concern overdelay in various workswhich leads to cost escala-tion.

Among others,Additional DistrictD e v e l o p m e n tCommissioner AshokKumar, Chief PlanningOfficer Rajeev Bhushan,Chief Horticulture OfficerBrij Vallabh Gupta andother officers of differentdepartments were presentin the meeting.

DDC reviews progress of developmental projects at Udhampur

GY BUREAU

SRINAGAR, DEC 12

District LevelEnvironment Committee(DLEC) which met underthe chairmanship ofDistrict DevelopmentCommissioner, Srinagar,Dr Shahid IqbalChoudhary finalised theDistrict Environment Planinvolving a host of activi-ties to be taken up differ-ent departments duringnext one year.

DDC Dr Shahid IqbalChoudhary who had writ-ten to departments andmembers of DLEC forsubmission of sub-plans

reviewed the detailedplans submitted by mem-bers of committee andstakeholder departments/ organisations.

The annual aimed atimproving overall param-eters of environment inthe district includes wide-spread plantation initia-tives, measures to curbuse of plastic/ polythene,improving the disposal ofsolid waste and hospitalwaste, community partici-pation and mass aware-ness, strengthening GreenClubs, soil and moistureconservation, water con-servation, measuresaimed at curbing air andwater pollution and griev-ance redressal mecha-nism. Detailed presenta-tions were made bydepartments of Health,Industries, Forests, SPCB,LAWDA, Education,Planning & Development,Revenue, RuralD e v e l o p m e n t ,Panchayats, Transportand Srinagar Smart CityLtd regarding various ini-tiatives for environmentalconservation and improv-ing parameters.

The Chairman DLECscrutinized the sub-planswhich here deliberatedupon by the committee indetails and suggestedmeasures were includedfor finalisation of plan.The chairman also tookserious note of non-sub-mission of plan frommunicipal authorities anddirected for immediateaction. He appreciated theHealth and Forestsdepartment for workingout a professional and

outcome-based environ-ment plan including sec-toral interventions pro-posed.

The Srinagar SmartCity Ltd has been entrust-ed for coordination toconvene regular meetings,assist departments forimprovising plans andimplementation of vari-ous activities. AddlDeputy Commissioner,Member-Secretary DLECmade a detailed presenta-tion of plans receivedwhile Jt Director Planningdeliberated upon thefinancial componentbeing provided to depart-ments for effective imple-mentation of the DistrictEnvironment Plan.

It is pertinent to men-tion that National GreenTribunal has laid downdetailed guidelines forsteps required to be takenfor improvement in envi-ronment and fixedresponsibility for specificdepartments. The DistrictLevel EnvironmentCommittee constituted bythe Government will meettwice a month for concur-rent evaluation of stepstaken and effective inter-sectoral coordination toachieve the targets.

Chairman DLEC alsoasked to issue a publicnotice inviting volunteers,professionals and interest-ed citizens to join handsfor taking steps toimprove the local envi-ronment and taking partin activities planned bythe departments. He alsostressed on documenta-tion of traditional knowl-edge on this front.

DDC chairs District LevelEnvironment Committee meeting1st District Environment Plan finalized

GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, DEC 12

A deputation of work-ing photo-journalistsunder the banner of Printand Electronic MediaAssociation (PEMA) onThursday called on mem-bers of Press Council ofIndia (PCI) to highlighttheir demands.

Balwinder Singh head-ed three members Sub-Committee of PressCouncil of India (PCI)was also given memoran-dum of demands of thephoto-journalists by thedeputation led by senioraccredited photo-journal-ist Afzal Shah.

Shah is the presidentof Print and ElectronicMedia in Jammu, Jammuand Kashmir, UnionTerritory. The PCI mem-bers had come to Jammuto hear problems of thephoto-journalists.

The deputationdemanded to ensurewage board implementa-tion in Jammu andKashmir for journalistwelfare, provident funds,EFP should be ensuredand same should be paidto the accredited journal-ists, provide free medicalfacilities in all theGovernment and privatehospitals and free med-ical tests and otherdemands.

“After the scrapping ofspecial status, we are fac-ing problem in preform-ing our daily jobs as ajournalist in the fieldsbecause of internet ban inJammu and Kashmir,”said Amit Bharadwaj toldthe Sub-Committee.

Amit responded whenthe Sub-Committee mem-bers specifically askedthe media persons abouttheir problems after thescrapping of special sta-tus from UT of J&K.

“The growth of portalsin Jammu where newsphoto-journalists find ithard to do work on theground, and often, theportal operators allegedlymisbehave with eachother. It leads to embar-rassing situation for theworking situation,” MirImran, Photo-Journalistraised issue while inter-acted with the Sub-Committee of PressCouncil of India.

They responded that“We are working on the

social media (regardingportals) since this prob-lem is being faced acrossthe country.”

Imran further raisedissue of pension schemefor the accredited photo-journalists in Jammu andKashmir since they workin troubled situationmost of the time andthere is always a risk totheir lives while preform-ing official duties in thefields like encounterswith militants of securityforces and bordershelling by Pakistan.

Giving reference ofvarious states, the sub-committee suggestedphoto-journalist deputa-tion that “The file shouldbe submitted in con-

cerned InformationDepartment so that UTadministration can take adecision on this.”

“We take risk on ourlives while coveringencounters and bordershelling. We should beprovided bullet proofjackets and helmets,”Pradeep Bakshi fromDainik Jagran said duringinteraction.

To his demand, theofficers of InformationDepartment, Jammu andKashmir Government,responded that they willlook into the issue withthe concerned depart-ment to fulfill thedemands, though theconcerned media compa-ny where the photo-jour-

nalists do work usuallyprovide the body protec-tion gears.

“Arms-band so thatthe media persons cover-ing any conflict orencounter or shelling onborder should be easilyidentified,” was raised bydeputation.

In sensitive UnionTerritory of Jammu andKashmir, Imran said that“People can be seen using‘Press’ on their vehiclesdespite the fact they arenot actual journalists.”

On this, the informationdepartment officials toldthe photo-journalists dep-utation they will issue apress-strikers batch orsomething to establish thathe/she is a journalist. The

issue of booking rooms inGovernment accommoda-tions across the countrywill also be looked into,assured the InformationDepartment officials.

Senior accreditedphoto-journalist and presi-dent of Print-ElectronicAssociation Media, AfzalShah demanded healthand life insurance of thephoto-journalists whileinteracting the Sub-Committee of PressCouncil of India.

Inderjeet Singh, photo-journalist from TheTribune raised issue aboutimportance of accreditedidentity card, anddemanded to issue ‘pressstickers’ for accreditedjournalists.

The photo-journalistalso demanded the welfarefunds should be generatedby the information depart-ment so that the mediamen can be providedfinancial help, Singhdemanded during interac-tion.

The deputationincludes Afzal Shah fromDaily Udaan, Mir Imranfrom Greater Kashmir,Amit Bharadwaj fromTimes Now, ParveenSharma from ANI,Inderjeet Singh from TheTribune, Pardeep Bakshifrom Dainik Jagran, SevaRam from Shree Times,Surjeet Singh from AjeetSamachar, Naresh Bhagatfrom Early Times, MohitSharma from PunjabKesari, Rajeev Bakshifrom News 18 India,Chand Dogra from News18-Urdu, Neeraj Kumarfrom Aaj Tak and others.

Photo-journalists deputation meets Press Council of India in JammuInternet ban in J&K effects working of journalists in J&K, photo-journalists tell PCI members


While speaking on theEve of Birthday celebra-tion of Sh.Sharad Pawarthe StatePresident/Convener J&KKamal Gupta said he ispersonally thankful toSh.Sharad PawarNational President NCP,Praful patel NationalGeneral Secretary NCP,Dheeraj Sharma NYCNational President andMurli Manhor PandeyNational Gen.Secv.NYCfor giving him theresponsibility of partypresidentship in J&K.

He said that he will tryhis best to do justice withthe party to the best ofhis capacity and abilityand come to the bestexpectations of the NCPparty.

The colourful birthdayof veteran,people friend-ly and matured politicianNCP chief Sharad pawarwas celebrated at PressClub Jammu along withits party activists withzeal and zest under thechairmanship of KamalGupta,the party presi-dent.

He added that all theparty activists of NCP

feel privileged to cele-brate the birthday of apious,matured and peo-ple friendly leader likeSharad pawar who is aperson with highvirtues,vision and lowprofile.

Kamal Gupta addedthat Sharad Pawar hasalways urge in him towork for the poor,devel-opment of the country

which is core agend.He is always con-

cerned with the burningissues of farmers andunemployed youth.

He is always on toesfor redressal of the griev-ances and genuinedemands of the people ofIndia. Sweets were dis-tributed on the occasionand all the participantswished happy and long

life to Sh.Sharad Pawar aperfect human beingwith a secular character.

Speaking on the occa-sion RS BilloweriaJKKaul,Bharat Kumarwished all the best toSharad Pawar. KamalGupta thanked the mediapersons for their cooper-ation and coverage andsaid the role of media isneed of the hour.

NCP J&K unit celebrated birthday of Sharad Pawar

GY CORRESPONDENTSAMBA DEC 12

M.K Ajatshatru Singh

along with Rajkumar

Ranvijay Singh, both

Trustees of Dharmarth Trust

visited ancient Rani Temple,

Village Arjai in Samba dis-

trict. Addressing gathering of

locals and devotees,

Ajatshatru said that

Dharmarth Trust is doing

yeoman's job in maintaining

the temples and shrines

falling under its realms. He

said despite the fact that the

temple on the bank of River

Basantar was constructed

during the rule of Maharaja

Gulab Singh, its sheen has

been preserved. "The struc-

ture of the temple is entirely

different from the other tem-

ples of Samba District. We

will further look into the pos-

sibilities of making it popu-

lar among those coming

from far off places besides

ensuring more facilities for

locals. Idols of various Deity

will be installed in the tem-

ple premises", he said and

gave directions for con-

structing boundary wall of

the temple and providing

other basic amenities. He

emphasised that all the afore-

said works will be completed

before the upcoming

Shivratri Festival. He said

that during the installation

ceremony, the people of

Samba district will be invit-

ed. Earlier, Ajatshatru Singh

along with Rajkumar

Ranvijay Singh took a round

of the temple premises and

reviewed various aspects and

requirements. Chairman

Municipal Committee

Samba, who was also pres-

ent, assured the Trustees of

Dharmarth Trust for con-

structing culvert for the facil-

itation of people visiting

temple on daily basis.

Secretary Dharmarth Trust,

Dr Sat Pal, Additional

Secretary and Raghuvir

Singh (Chicku) were also

present.

Dharmarth Trust doing yeoman's job inmaintaining temples, shrines: Ajatshatru

Army conducts ''swachhatapakhwaada'' at akhnoor

JAMMU, DEC 12; In

an initiative to spread

awareness and moti-

vate locals to adopt

cleanliness measures

in their routine life,

Army organized a

cleanliness drive as

part of the

Government initiative "Swachhata Pakhwada" at

Akhnoor District.

The aim of this "Swachhata Pakhwada'' was to use

this opportunity for adopting sanitation as a way of life.

All personnel actively participated in collecting plastic

waste, sweeping and sprucing up the surroundings. As

part of the campaign the troops undertook cleanliness

drive in and around the deployment areas thereby

exhibiting a sense of social responsibility towards the

area and setting an example for the local population.

Golden Yug JAMMU, FRIDAY, 13, DECEMBER , 2019NATIONAL 10

NEW DELHI: The HRDMinistry has called for a'foolproof' system to pre-vent the recurrence ofissues like the ongoingstandoff between the JNUadministration and stu-dents over the hostel feehike, according to offi-cials.

The ministry has alsoasked the university tosympathetically considerand give a relaxation oftwo weeks to make up forthe lost academic period.

The Jawaharlal NehruUniversity students boy-cotted exams on Thursdayover the hostel fee hikeissue, but students of theSchool of Sanskrit andIndic Studies (SSIS)appeared for their papers.

"The ministry hasemphasised that not onlyshall the campus return tonormalcy but a foolproofsystem shall be put inplace for non-recurrenceof such issues in thefuture," a senior HRDMinistry official said.

"We have stressed inour meetings with all thestakeholders in JNU thatthey should adopt a flexi-ble approach in order tofind a satisfactory solutionand end the confronta-tionist situation prevail-ing in the campus sincethe last month or more,"the official said.

The HRD Ministry helda series of talks with theuniversity administrationand the students' union

and offered to removeservice and utilitycharges.

The institution hasbeen seeing protests forover a month over thehostel fee hike issue andeven though the universi-ty has twice offered par-tial rollbacks, the studentshave refused to acceptthem.

The ministry lastmonth set up a three-member committee to rec-ommend ways to restorenormalcy in JNU andmediate between studentsand university adminis-tration.

The panel has submit-ted its report but the min-istry is yet to take a call onit.

The ministry last weekasked the high-poweredcommittee to compare thehostel fee structure ofJNU, after the second roll-back, with other centraluniversities.

HRD Minister RameshPokhriyal 'Nishank'informed the Lok Sabhaon Monday the govern-ment has not directed anycentral university toincrease fees.

His comment came ona day the police lathi-charged JNU studentswhen they tried to marchto the Rashtrapati Bhavanto meet the president andurge him to ensure thehike in hostel fee is com-pletely rolled back.

JNU fee-hike: 'Need a fool-proof systemfor non recurrence of issues,' says HRD

No one can take away yourrights, no need to worry: PM

assures NE on CABNEW DELHI: Amidprotests in Northeast overC i t i z e n s h i p(Amendment) Bill, PrimeMinister Narendra Modion Thursday assured thecitizens that they havenothing to worry about.

Taking to Twitter, hesaid: “I want to assure mybrothers and sisters ofAssam that they have

nothing to worry after the passing of Citizenship(Amendment) Bill 2019. I want to assure them-no onecan take away your rights, unique identity and beauti-ful culture. It will continue to flourish and grow.""TheCentral Government and I are totally committed to con-stitutionally safeguard the political, linguistic, culturaland land rights of the Assamese people as per the spir-it of Clause 6," he added.

ASSAM: At least twopersons died due to bul-let injuries on Thursdayafter police opened fireon protesters in Assam'sGuwahati, officials said.

An official of theGauhati Medical Collegeand Hospital told PTIthat one person was"brought dead" andanother succumbed toinjuries while undergo-ing treatment.

The official, however,could not give theirnames, saying that "theywere brought unidenti-fied".

The state has been onedge as thousands of

angry protesters came outon streets defying curfew,

thumbing their nose atArmy contingents staging

flag marches, and clashingwith police across cities.

2 die in Guwahati as police open fireon citizenship bill protestors: report

NEW DELHI: The TiharJail in Delhi has askedUttar Pradesh to providetwo hangmen on shortnotice, amid reports thatfour men convicted in theNirbhaya rape-and-mur-der case may be executedsoon.

Uttar Pradesh'sAdditional DirectorGeneral (Prisons) AnandKumar told reporters onThursday that the depart-ment is ready to providethe hangmen.

"There are no hangmenwith the Tihar Jail admin-istration for those whowere awarded capitalpunishment and are notleft with any constitution-al and legal remedy,"Kumar said.

"As they were awarethat we have two hang-men in UP, they asked usto provide them whenev-er needed on shortnotice," the ADG (Prisons)added.

The prisons depart-ment had received arequest in this regardfrom the Tihar adminis-tration through fax onDecember 9.

The letter, however,makes no mention of theconvicts to be hanged butstates there may berequirements.

The letter, according to

sources, mentioned thatsome convicts in the jailwere awarded capitalpunishment and theirlegal and constitutionalremedies had beenexhausted.

Six people were con-victed for brutally rapingand murdering a 23-year-old paramedical studentin a moving bus while shewas on her way backhome on December 16,2012.

She died from herinjuries but the brutalgang rape sparked anationwide fury that ledto a new legislation todeal with such heinouscrimes.

Of the six people con-victed in the case, one wasa minor, who was sent to arehabilitation centre, andanother, Ram Singh, com-mitted suicide in the TiharJail.

The remaining fourconvicts in the Nirbhayacase -- Pawan Gupta,Akshay Thakur, MukeshSingh and Vinay Sharma -- are on death row for twoyears. The UP prisonadministration has twohangmen on its rolls, onein Lucknow and anotherin Meerut.

The four convicts in theNirbhaya rape case arealso slated to appear

before a Delhi court onThursday through videoconferencing due to secu-rity reasons and a threatto their lives.

The court is currentlyhearing a petition filed bythe parents of the victimseeking the execution ofall the convicts to be expe-dited.

On November 29,Additional Sessions JudgeSatish Kumar Arora hadissued a production war-rant to the convicts andasked them to appearbefore the court onDecember 13 i.e. tomor-row.

The court had alsoasked them to apprise itabout the status related totheir mercy, and curativepetition. Advocate SeemaKushwaha, the counsel ofNitbhaya's parents,sought issuance of deathwarrant against themwithout any delay.

One of the convicts,Vinay, moved a mercypetition last month buthas now sought to with-draw it.

Meanwhile, anotherconvict, Akshay, movedthe Supreme Court earlierthis week seeking reviewof its verdict. The apexcourt had confirmed capi-tal punishment for thefour men in 2017.

Nirbhaya rape case: Tihar jail asksUP for 2 hangmen amid speculation

Happy that Shiv Sena did notvote in favour of Citizenship

Bill: P ChidambaramNEW DELHI: The Congress was happy that the Shiv

Sena did not vote in favour of the Citizenship

(Amendment) Bill, senior party leader P Chidambaram

said on Wednesday. The Shiv Sena abstained from vot-

ing on the contentious citizenship bill in Rajya Sabha as

the government did not give satisfactory answers to

queries raised by the party, its Upper House member

Anil Desai said.

The Shiv Sena, which voted in favour of the contro-

versial Bill in Lok Sabha, opposed it in Rajya Sabha, say-

ing the draft law should have been debated on the basis

of "humanity not religion".

Asked about the change in Sena's stand,

Chidambaram said, "We are certainly happy that the

Shiv Sena did not vote in favour of the Bill".

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to

provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants

from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, was

passed by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Lok Sabha

cleared the Bill on Monday.

RANCHI: As voting endsfor the third of the five-phased Assembly elec-tions in Jharkhand, anestimated voter turnout of62.03 per cent was record-ed till 5 pm on Thursday,according to the ElectionCommission of India(ECI).

The voting for 12 of 17Assembly seats concludedat 3 pm while polling forthe remaining constituen-cies, including Ranchi,

Kanke, and Hatia, contin-ued till 5 pm.

While the highestpolling was recorded inthe Silli constituency with76.98 per cent voters cast-ing their votes, the lowestpolling was for the Ranchiseat with just 49.1 per centvotes being polled till 5pm.

The third phase ofpolling will decide thefate of legislators in 17seats out of the total 81

Assembly constituencies.A total of 309 candi-

dates, including 32women, are contestingfrom 17 Assembly seats.

The constituencies,including two reservedfor SC candidates and oneST candidate, in whichvoting is being held, arespread over eight districtsin the state.

The Assembly electionsin Jharkhand became amulti-cornered fight with

the All JharkhandStudents Union (AJSU)breaking off from BJP tofight the elections on itsown and other regionalparties such as JVMamong others already inthe competition.

Congress, RashtriyaJanata Dal (RJD) andJharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM) have entered into acoalition to defeat BJP,which is seeking to returnto power under the

incumbent Chief MinisterRaghubar Das.

The first phase of theelection in the state tookplace on November 30while the second roundwas held on December 7.

The fourth phase willbe conducted onDecember 16, and the fifthand last phase onDecember 20.

The counting of voteswill take place onDecember 23.

Polling for third phase ends in Jharkhand,62.03 pc voter turnout till 5 pm

NEW DELHI: BangladeshForeign Minister A KAbdul Momen has can-celled his three-day visitto India beginningThursday over the situa-tion arising out of the pas-

sage of the controversialCitizenship (Amendment)Bill in Parliament, diplo-matic sources said.

According to an earlieradvisory issued by theMinistry of External

Affairs, Momen wasscheduled to arrive hereat 5:20 pm on Thursday.

The BangladeshForeign Minister has can-celled his trip to Indiaover prevailing situationfollowing passage of theBill, sources said.

There have been mas-sive protests in Assamand several northeasternstates against the pro-posed legislation whichseeks to provide citizen-ship to non-Muslim perse-cuted religious minoritiesfrom Bangladesh,Pakistan and Afghanistan.

B'desh Foreign Minister cancels2-day India visit amid

Citizenship Bill protests

Complete trial in rape and POCSO caseswithin 6 months: Centre to high courts

NEW DELHI: In the wake of Unnao and Hyderabadrape and murder cases that shook the entire nation, theCentre has taken a pathbreaking decision. Law MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad has written to the Chief Justices ofall High Courts in the country directing them to com-plete the trial in all the cases of rape and those regis-tered under the provisions of Protection of Childrenfrom Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act within six months.

The Law Minister has further directed the chief min-isters of all the states to finish the probe into such caseswithin two months.

Prasad further informed that as many as 1,023 fast-track courts will be set up across the country to conductthe trials in a speedy and efficient manner. Currently,there are 700 fast-track courts set up in India. The totalnumber of fast-track courts will reach 1,723 with theaddition.

The decision comes in the aftermath of the brutalrape and murder of Unnao and Hyderabad victimwhich sent shockwaves throughout the country, lead-ing to angry protests and increasing demand for quickjustice.

A 23-year-old gang-rape victim was set ablaze byfive men, including two of her rapists, on December 5while she was going to Raebareli for a hearing of therape case which she had filed against the perpetrators ofthe crime. The woman died late on December 6 atSafdarjung Hospital after suffering from 90 per centburns.

Before the victim was cremated, her sister had saidthat the family of the victim will not cremate the 23-year-old woman's mortal remains until Uttar PradeshChief Minister Yogi Adityanath visits them. The sisterof the victim said that CM Yogi must visit them andgive an immediate decision.

In another horrific case, a woman, in her mid-20s,was allegedly raped by four men on November 27. Theylater set her on fire and dumped her body in the out-skirts of the city. Her badly burnt body was recovered aday later by the police, after which the investigationbegan, leading to the arrest of the four accused. Thegangrape and murder case of the doctor had outragedthe nation leading to massive protests in several citiesdemanding justice to the victim and stringent punish-ment to the accused.

NEW DELHI : Hoursafter Bangladesh ForeignMinister AK AbdulMomen cancelled hisscheduled visit to India,Ministry of ExternalAffairs (MEA) spokesper-son Raveesh Kumar onThursday asserted thespeculation that thisdevelopment is connectedwith the passage of theCitizenship AmendmentBill (CAB), 2019 is unwar-ranted. He stated thatBangladesh had alreadyinformed India of thepostponement ofMomen's visit as his pro-gramme had changed onaccount of domestic issuespertaining to the com-memoration of the‘Victory Day’ inBangladesh on December16.

Momen cancelled hisvisit to New Delhi, sched-uled from December 12-14, amid violent protestsin several parts of Indiaover the CAB. He statedthat in the wake of'increasing demand athome' he had to cancel thevisit, news agency ANIquoted him as speaking.He further said that hewill attend the next meet-ing in January 2020,adding that the DG willattend this event.

"The Bangladesh sidehas already informed us ofthe postponement of thevisit of Foreign MinisterMomen which was earlier

scheduled from December12-14, 2019 including forthe Sixth Indian OceanDialogue in New Delhi.The Bangladesh side hasconveyed that theMinister has changed hisprogramme on account ofdomestic issues pertainingto the commemoration ofthe ‘Victory Day’ inBangladesh on December16. Any speculation thatthis development is con-nected with legislationadopted by Parliamentyesterday regarding theCitizenship AmendmentBill is unwarranted,"added Kumar.

On Momen's commenton the CAB, Kumar said,"There seems to be someconfusion. We'veexplained that religiouspersecution is not happen-ing under the present gov-ernment. Migrants whohave sought refuge inIndia from Bangladeshhave faced persecutionand abuse on religiousgrounds during the mili-tary rule and also duringthe previous governmentsin Bangladesh. We have

also acknowledged andwe are aware that thepresent government inBangladesh has taken sev-eral steps to address theconcerns of minorities liv-ing there as per theirConstitutional provi-sions."

The MEA spokesper-son added the specificcomments made by UnionHome Minister Amit Shahon the role ofBangabandhu and theactions taken by the pres-ent government inBangladesh under the lead-ership of PM SheikhHasina. Kumar quotedShah as saying, “Sir, as longas Sheikh Mujibur Rahmanwas leading Bangladesh,everything worked verywell. But once his govern-ment went, minoritiesbegan to be oppressed. Ican tell you that a largenumber of BangladeshiHindus had to come here toseek refuge. Sir, the currentgovernment in Bangladeshis also taking care of reli-gious minorities. It is mak-ing arrangements also forreligious minorities, but

there has been a long peri-od in the past in between,during which people cameto India on account of reli-gious persecution. This Billis only to give citizenship tothose people who came atthat time.”

Reacting to PakistanPrime Minister ImranKhan's remarks on the Bill,he said, "Don't think weneed to respond to everystatement of Pakistan PM.All his statements areunwarranted, he shouldrather pay attention to thecondition of minorities inPakistan than comment oninternal matters of India."

Speaking on the 2+2ministerial dialoguebetween India and the US,he said that it will be heldon December 18, 2019, inWashington DC, the US.Union Defence MinisterRajnath Singh and UnionForeign Minister SJaishankar will lead theIndian delegation. Theywill meet their US counter-parts for a comprehensivereview of the foreign policy,defence and security issuesin India-US relations.

On reports of the sum-mit between PrimeMinister Narendra Modiand his Japanese counter-part Shinzo Abe, onDecember 15-16, be shift-ed out of Guwahati(Assam) and Imphal(Manipur), Kumar said,"We have no update toshare right now."

Connecting CAB's passage with cancellation ofBangladesh Minister's India visit unwarranted: MEA

Delhi air quality worsens to'severe' category, AQI falls to 407

NEW DELHI: The overall air quality in Delhi fell to 'severe'

category on Thursday (December 12) with air quality index

(AQI) crossing 400 in several parts of the national capital.

According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting

And Research (SAFAR), the overall AQI in Delhi docked at

407 at 7 AM. In Pusa, the AQI docked at 388 (very poor),

while it was 385, 431, 395, 438, 404, 488 at Lodhi Road,

Delhi University, Airport, Mathura Road, Ayanagar and

Chandni Chowk. The air quality also deteriorated in National

Capital Region on Thursday with AQI remaining in the

'severe' category in Noida as it recorded an AQI of 429. In

Gurugram, the AQI was registered at 395 in the 'very poor'

category.SAFAR has advised 'Sensitive Groups' to reduce

prolonged or heavy exertion. People are advised to take more

breaks and do less intense activities. It is advisable for the

asthmatics to keep medicines ready if symptoms of coughing

or shortness of breath occur. "Heart patients, see the doctor, if

get palpitations, shortness of breath, or unusual fatigue," it

stated in its advisory.

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Lt. Governor reviews...Civil Secretariat.

Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Sh. Arun

Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance; Sh.

Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant

Governor; Sh. Manzoor Ahmad Lone, Secretary,

Agriculture and Horticulture Department and

Directors- Agriculture, Horticulture, CAD, Horticulture

Planning and Marketing attended the meeting

Secretary, Agriculture and Horticulture Department;

Manzoor Ahmad Lone gave a detailed briefing about

the progress, achievements and future plans in the

Horticulture and Agriculture departments.

The Lt. Governor observed that horticulture and

other allied sectors have immense potential to generate

huge employment avenues and directed for mobilizing

available resources in this regard. He stressed on the

need for taking reformative measures for the develop-

ment and expansion of these sectors.

Stressing on promoting sustainable agriculture, the

Lt. Governor asked the officers to put in extra efforts for

making agriculture a sustainable and remunerative eco-

nomic activity for farmers. He also laid emphasis on

improving productivity and production of horticulture

and agriculture crops to make the sectors more vibrant.

The Lt. Governor directed the officers to work out a

plan to prepare 4 crore root stock for 10,000 Ha of land

for developing high density apple orchards and set a

timeline of 3 years for the same. He underscored the

importance of increasing productivity in the

Horticulture sector, which has the potential to yield

three times the income currently being generated.

To make the fruit mandis more vibrant, the Lt.

Governor directed the officers to explore the possibility

of converting the fruit mandis into entities under Sec.8

of the Companies Act. He also directed the officers to

establish new fruit processing units which will increase

the returns to growers and enhance employment. The

Lt. Governor asked the officers to come up with the

proper plan for sprinkle and drip irrigation for the areas

with no or limited irrigation sources. He also directed

them to complete all the ongoing projects within the

stipulated time. During the meeting, it was informed

that Apple produce from J&K contributes a huge 83.50

% ( 20.9 LMTs) to the National produce while the con-

tribution of Walnut and Almond is 92.69% ( 2.72 LMTs)

and 93.63 % (0.103 LMTs), respectively. The chair was

informed that a total of 25 Controlled Atmosphere (CA)

stores with storage capacity of 1,17,284 MTs have come

up in private sector and 447 Nurseries have been estab-

lished including 138 in public sector. It was further

informed that that 17 fruit and vegetable markets com-

prising of 3 terminal, 2 satellite and 2 apni mandis are

functional in J&K. While reviewing the Agriculture pro-

duction department, the chair was informed that the

agriculture sector has a total gross cultivated area of

12.28 Lac Ha with 11.93 lac farm operating families. The

meeting was briefed about the Crop wise area, produc-

tion and productivity under agriculture. The meeting

also reviewed the progress made under Mission for

Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) and

Prime Minister's Development Package (PMDP) for

restoration of damaged area and development of

Horticulture in J&K.

Increase fleet,..Principal Secretary, Transport Department and Sh.

Owais Ahmed, Transport Commissioner attended the

meeting.

Emphasizing on efficient and effective operations,

the Lt. Governor directed the officers to ensure opti-

mum utilization of the existing fleet of buses. He

observed that a rational deployment and notification of

the scheduling of operational vehicles along with routes

is prerequisite to improve transport connectivity.

The Lt. Governor directed the officers to identify

hungry routes and increase the frequency and number

of vehicles plying on such routes to meet the demands

of the people. He also asked the department to devise a

comprehensive plan for the creation of scrap yards for

disposal of outdated and phased out vehicles.

Stressing on the importance of road safety, the Lt.

Governor entrusted upon all the stake holders to take

effective measures in order to reduce the rate of traffic

related accidents with special focus on hilly areas.

The Lt. Governor further directed the officers to

organize health camps for conducting regular health

checkups of drivers and conductors of all JKRTC and

other commercial vehicles. He further instructed them

to keep a strict vigil to ensure that all vehicle owners

must have third party vehicle insurance.

The Lt. Governor also enquired about the frequency

of eco friendly public transportation plying on the

routes of Jammu and Srinagar cities.

The meeting was informed that there are total 643

operative vehicles including 389 buses and 319 trucks in

the existing fleet position of J&K Road Transport

Corporation. The chair was also briefed about the recent

initiative of Transport Department for the procurement

of 40-Buses for Srinagar and Jammu cities and 36 Buses

for hilly, accident prone areas.

Lt. Governor ...a query on employment creation, the Lt. Governor said

that a robust employment policy, which also includes

self employment, is in the offing to boost the employ-

ment generation in J&K.

On startups, the Lt. Governor said that the

Government is developing optimum IT infrastructure

across J&K to render requisite support to the startup

businesses. President, ASSOCHAM, B.K Goenka also

committed that an IT Summit shall be held by the

ASSOCHAM in near future.

The Lt. Governor further said that a comprehensive

plan is underway to develop J&K into a medical

tourism destination.

Supreme Court...Justice Khanna is the only judge who was not a part

of the five-judge Constitution bench that had delivered

the Ayodhya verdict on November 9. Khanna has

replaced the former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

Earlier, speculations were that if the apex court

decides to go for an open court hearing, then it will hear

the arguments of all parties heard again.Notably, 18 petitions were filed in the Supreme

Court challenging its historic decision and on Monday(December 10) a group of 40 social workers also filedthe review plea challenging the SC verdict in theAyodhya case. Among the social workers are HarshMander, Nandini Sundar, and Pravat Pattnaik.

On November 9, the SC had delivered its verdict inAyodhya case directing that the disputed 2.27 acres ofthe land in the holy town in favour of the temple, whileruling that 5-acres of land should be given to SunniWaqf Board an alternative site for building a mosque.

People cooperating ...deescalate infiltration bids across borders and effec-

tive measures are being taken to foil infiltrators nefari-ous designs", Gen Rawat said while talking to an inter-national media.

Rawat said, "Not only on the borders but also in thehinterland, army is dealingprofessionally to stop theinfiltration bids and militant activitiesand adding "Anti-militancy ops will be taken to its logical end till last mil-itant is alive".

He said post abrogation of Article 370 has changedJ&K scenario and now situation is entirely different."After scrapping of Article 370, youth of the Valley haveexpressed their disinterest in joining militant ranks",adding "The borders stands calm since August 5".

Army Chief said terrorism is lethal for every nationand for its eradication stringent measures need to betaken. "Terrorism is lethal not only for India but for theentire world and time has come to bruise it with collec-tive efforts and stringent measures in this regard areneeded to be taken", Rawat said.

Hinting towards Pakistan, Rawat said the country isfighting proxy war by neighboring country since threedecades who is continuously indulged in pushing mili-tants into the boundaries of Jammu and Kashmir.

Lauding the role of security agencies in curbing mil-itancy in J&K, Rawat said "Army, Police, CRPF andother security agencies are jointly fighting against mili-tancy and peace has been achieved only with the collec-tive efforts of security agencies".

Rawat said, as far as the situation in J&K is con-cerned, there is complete normalcy. He added, securityagencies have controlled the growth of militant activi-ties and have succeeded in neutralizing militant leader-ship of various groups in the Valley.

Army chief also said, "Though the neighboring coun-try is repeatedly providing logistic and military supportto militants while pushing them into J&K howeverefforts are being made from Army to foil such nefariousdesigns". He said Pakistan is continuously resorting toceasefire violations at LoC and IB but their efforts won'tget succeed.

When asked about the youth of Valley, Rawat saidafter Article 370 was scrapped youth of the Valley haveexpressed dissatisfaction towards militancy and unlaw-ful activities and now theyare showing interest in tak-ing part in educational activities in order to shine at var-ious competitive exams.

"After Abrogation of Article 370 youth of the Valleyare utilizing their skills to make future bright and haveabandoned the path of violence. From couple of monthsabout dozen of youth who had joined militant ranks,have returned to their families and Army will positive-ly take helpful measures for their well-being and reha-bilitation", Gen Rawat said.

Appealing youth to shun the path of violence, Armychief added "Those who wish to eschew path of vio-lence would be given every chance to live a happy,peaceful and prosperous life".

He said, the situation in J&K has started resumingand people are fully cooperating in resumption of nor-mal and peaceful life.

4 Pvt Sec...Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and

Reconstruction is transferred and Posted as Private

Secretary with Administrative Department of Food,

Civil Supplies and Consumers Affairs.. Mr. Shakoor

Ahmad, Private Secretary, awaiting orders of adjust-

ment, is posted as Private Secretary with

Administrative Secretary, Labour and Employment

Department. Mr. Masroof Sultan Guroo, Private

Secretary, presently posted with Administrative

Secretary, Department of Food, Civil Supplies and

Consumers Affairs is transferred and posted with

Administrative Secretary, Department of Disaster

Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction.

Retired IAS Officer...Entrance Examination for a period of two years or

until he attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.

Vide Gad Notification No: S.o 31 Dated: 12-12-19 The

Government further directs that he shall be entitled to

the salary drawn by him at the time of his retirement on

superannuation reduced by pension and commuted

portion of pension, if any. He shall also be entitled to

the DA & other allowances and leave as admissible to

Indian Administrative Service officers of an equivalent

rank.

Pakistan resorts ...More than 350 ceasefire violations took place in

October 2019, which were the highest in the 10 months

of 2019, the Indian Army said. The other time when

Pakistan-initiated ceasefire violation crossed the 300-

mark was in August 2019, when India revoked Article

370.

Pakistan has been violating ceasefire almost every

day for the past three months in the districts of

Hiranagar, Akhnoor, Sundarbani, Nowshera, Rajouri,

Mendhar, Poonch, Uri and Kupwara.

LeT militant ..on November 24 this year but decided to return to

the mainstream following appeals by his family.

Northeast burning,...and Kashmir. What is happening in the northeastern

states is a repeat of what has happened in J&K," he toldreporters here. "The entire northeast is burning," hesaid. "There is not even a single state in the northeastwhich is not burning. We wanted to say this. And thegovernment's claim that they have given some conces-sion to the northeast is wrong as it has not given anyconcessions." He said the situation in the entire countryis very bad, be it the central or southern part, or evenDelhi. "And there is a lot of voice raised against thisbill." "Almost 80-90 per cent of the people are againstthis bill. They (the govt) have got this bill passed on thebasis of numbers," he claimed. He said every religionand caste is equal. "So you cannot make any law on thebasis of a particular religion. This law is being made forone particular religion. What we are saying is it isagainst the Constitution and thus is unconstitutional."He also made a demand that the land of tribals be pro-tected in Leh and Kargil under the 6th Schedule."Normally, the land of tribals in northeast is protected.But, the land of scheduled tribes is not protected in Leh,Kargil and Ladakh," he said.

BSF, police...SSP Samba, Shakti Pathak, told reporters here.

This is being done to enhance the security setupalong the IB due to the threat posed by Pakistani troops.

The five-km area along the IB was searched and san-itized, Pathak said, adding that all border areas will besanitized as part of the operation.

Closure Report ...cannot be accepted being against the facts and cir-

cumstances established during the course of the investi-gation.

The Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu furtherissued directions to SSP ACB Jammu that the role of theofficers/officials of the JDA be also looked into for theirdeliberate acts of omissions and commissions to takecharge of the land immediately after it was ordered tobe transferred to JDA by the Government and takingfurther steps to protect and preserve the same from theon-slot of encroachers and land sharks and also to rec-ommend appropriate action against those who havealready raised constructions of residential and commer-cial nature over the land encroached for re-claiming/recovering the costs thereof by imposingexemplary penalties. The Court looking into the publicinterest involved in the matter further directed thatgiven the delay that has already occurred, it is expectedthat the process is completed at the earliest without fur-ther loss of time so that the whole exercise does notbecome a casualty during the process itself.

The Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu whilecoming down heavily on the final report furtherobserved that it was and should have been very wellknown to all the officers and officials involved that allState lands within the municipal limits of twin cities ofJammu and Srinagar already stood transferred toJammu/Srinagar Development Authorities by order ofthe Government. Though much of the desired, as isexpected from the ACB, the Premier InvestigatingAgency of the State, is left out yet whatever has beendone was sufficient to reveal prima facie the involve-ment of the accused named in the instant case and thematerial on record clearly shows that it was very wellknown to these officers that no entry of being in occu-pation of land in question existing in the revenuerecords favouring the beneficiary which was a pre-con-dition for entertaining the claim for regularization. NoAks Tatima of the land in question was prepared whichwas another basic requirement and the possession onspot was to be verified there-from only. Instead, DastiKhakas was prepared by the Patwari concerned twicewithin a week's time which also differed in everyrespect. The Deputy Commissioner not only acceptedthe reports but also noted unequivocally that TatimaShajra was attached to the application, ignored to men-tion about the entry in the Girdawari register and aboveall certified that the case was examined in his office andthat applicant fulfilled the necessary conditions for reg-ularization of land in his favour under commercial cat-egory. The Price Determination Committee headed bySudhanshu Pandey (IAS) the then DivisionalCommissioner Jammu ignored all these illegalities andwent on to determine the price straightway in an arbi-trary manner without assigning any reason as to howthey had arrived at and found the rate of the land inquestion to be just and reasonable.

The Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu alsopassed strictures against the casual approach of the offi-cers of JDA by observing that the officers of JDA alsotook no effective steps other than addressing a few com-munications here and there to gain control of such a bigchunk of land of immense commercial value for the rea-sons which are more than obvious. Rather, their stupen-dous silence even after having full knowledge of the sit-uation and market value of the land and also its suscep-tibility to encroachments points towards theirs beingthe beneficiaries in some way of this GREAT OFFICIALLOOT. The Court observed further that the final reportof ACB states very candidly that officials of the RevenueDepartment had been avoiding the demarcation of theland since there was a deep rooted nexus betweenpolice, bureaucrats, politicians, businessman, mediapersons etc. and in fact two police pickets establishedover the land in question for its protection, wereremoved and within no time two banquet halls wereraised illegally thereon within no time under the nameand styles of JAMMU PLAZA and JK RESORTS.However it is not clarified who raised those banquethalls. It has been added that residential houses of big-wigs including Mr. Raman Bhalla Ex-Revenue Minister,Subash Choudhary, Om Parkash Ex-MLA, Mr.Choudhary Retired SP, Mr. Mirza DySP, MohanMeakin Proprietor of Anchor Firm etc were existingover the land in question.

With these observations the Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu Y.P. Bourney returned the final/clo-sure report arising out of FIR No.06/2014 and directedSSP ACB Jammu to further investigate in the light of theobservations made hereinabove.

SC defers Art-...Dinesh Dividesh who was representing the plea filed

by veteran Journalist Prem Shankar Jha argued that theway Article 370 and 35A was scrapped was against theArticle of 368 of the Constitution. He told the court thatNew Delhi while abrogating the Article 370 took oppo-sition parties into custody which was against the princi-ples of democracy. However after hearing the argu-ments, the court decided to listen the petitions nextmonth and deferred the hearings till January 21st.Earlier senior advocate RajuRamachandran who repre-sents bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal, soughtits judicial reversal from a five-judge constitution. "Onlyjudicial reversal is possible in this case. Now we areseeking the court to reverse it", he told the bench head-ed by Justice N V Ramana.

Widening of...20th November, 2019, when the respondents had

sought and were granted further two weeks' time tofinalize the issue.

Today when the matter was taken up for considera-tion, both the counsels appearing for the respondentssought further time to report compliance.

DB further observed that ordinarily, the courthas no difficulty in granting time to the respondents,but the respondents need to realize the importance ofthe issue involved in the matter and take extraordinarysteps required for regulation of the cases which werepending before the State Consumer Commission andDistrict Consumer Forums involving directly the publicinterest.

DB observed that delay in finalizing the issueof constituting the Consumer Protection Commissions/Forums to the consumers whose complaints andappeals are pending and consigned to records becauseof the abolition of the erstwhile ConsumerCommissions/ Forums, is required to be addressed inright earnest. Needless to mention that in view of theimportance of the matter qua the non-availability of theConsumer Commissions/ District Consumer Forums tothe litigants, the court had only granted weeks' time tothe respondents to report the action taken vide orderdated 13.11.2019. The Government counsel apprised thecourt that the decision in the matter is in pipeline aswould the communication bearing No.FCS&CA/Legal/44/2019 dated 19th November, 2019,addressed to the Government Counsel by theAdditional Secretary to the Government, Department ofFood, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, referred to bythe counsel, suggested and accordingly the Court grant-ed further time to the respondents hoping that on thenext date the respondents will come up with a notifica-tion in respect of reconstitution of the ConsumerCommissions/ District consumer forums, but the hopeturned into despair on the failure of respondents toshow any progress on the expected lines. The delay inthe matter is only adding to the sufferings of the liti-gants and granted last opportunity to file requisite noti-fication.

Welfare for wards ofmartyred, deceased

police personnel DGP grants scholarship of over Rs 3.5 lakh

Jammu, Dec 12: Continuing its endeavor to provide finan-

cial assistance to the wards of martyr police personnel and

the wards of deceased police personnel, Director General of

Police, Shri Dilbag Singh today sanctioned Rupees 3.75

lakh in favour of 37 such wards under two different orders

of Police Headquarters.

Under police headquarters’ order number 4762, a schol-

arship of Rupees 2, 66,000 has been sanctioned in favour of

22 wards of martyred police personnel, pursuing education

in different classes. Under this order Rupees 12 thousand

each has been sanctioned in favour of two wards of mar-

tyred police personnel, pursuing Masters in professional

degree courses, Rupees 10 thousand each have been sanc-

tioned in favour of fifteen such ward studying in different

classes from 11th to graduation and Rupees six thousand

each has been sanctioned in favour of six wards of martyred

police personnel studying in from class 7th to 10th.

Similarly, Rupees 2400 each has been sanctioned in favour

of four such wards who are under study in lower primary

classes.

Under order number 4761 of 2019, a scholarship of

Rupees 1.15 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of the

wards of deceased police personnel who died while in serv-

ice due to natural/ accidental deaths. Under this order,

Rupees five thousand each has been sanctioned in favour of

15 wards of deceased police personnel, pursuing education

in different classes from primary to graduation.

The amount has been sanctioned out of Central Police

welfare Fund and Central Police Education Fund for the

academic year 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. The scholarships

are granted every year for the school going children of

police martyrs, deceased police personnel to provide them

assistance in pursuing education.

Gangyal police arrestedone drug peddler and

recovered 15 gm heroin.JAMMU, DEC 12: police party of P/S Gangyal /PP

Greater Kailash during Naka checking at Greater Kaliash

Intercepted one person who was coming from Fowera

chowk to Greater Kaliash Chowk on greyish Black scooty

without number. On Questioning the said Person disclosed

his name as Mandeep Singh @ Mannu S/O Jaswant Singh

R/O Karan Bagh Gadigarh.After frisking15 gm Heroine

like Substance and Rs 20,000 cash was recovered from

Possession of said Person.The police has taken cognizance

and registered case FIR No 143/2019 8/21/22/NDPS ACT.

It is pertinent to mention that the said person is absconding

in case FIR No.386/19 U/S 8/21/22/29 NDPS Act of P/S

Nagrota and his arrest was made by IC P.P Greater Kaliash

S.I Rohit Gandhi and SHO Gangyal Insp. Sunil Singh

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On the instructions ofCommissioner, JammuMunicipal CorporationJammu and under thesupervision of JointC o m m i s s i o n e r(Administration), theEnforcement staff sealedone shop of SubashGupta R/O RehariColony near BabyCaterer Jammu, for fixingiron shutter withoutobtaining proper permis-sion from JammuMunicipal Corporationof under section 8 (1) ofJ&K Control of BuildingOperation Act, 1988 asthe said structures was converted from residential to commercial without the permission of

Jammu MunicipalCorporation and causingnuisance, traffic hazardin the vicinity and muchinconvenience to the gen-eral public residing in thearea who have com-plained against the same.

The Jammu MunicipalCorporation appeals tothe General Public torefrain from making ille-gal constructions and getbuilding plans whethercommercial / residentialapproved from JammuMunicipal Corporationotherwise action asadmissible under rulesleading to demolition /sealing of the buildingwill be taken.

JMC seals another structure at Gandhi Nagar

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC 12

The Srinagar admin-istration has sanctionedone lac rupees as imme-diate relief in favour ofeach of the familiesaffected in last night'sfire incident resultingfrom short-circuit at AbiKarpora near Dalgate'sNehru Park area here.

Each of the twelve

families affected in theunfortunate incidentwere also provided arti-cles of essential useincluding mattresses andblankets. Completekitchen sets also madepart of the relief itemsprovided to each of theaffected families.

D e p u t yCommissioner SrinagarDr Shahid Iqbal

Choudhary who autho-rised relief in favour ofthe victims visited thearea early Thursdaymorning to take first-hand assessment of dam-ages due to the fire inci-dent.

Speaking on the occa-sion he said further assis-tance and relief as possi-ble will be provided tothe affected families.

He complimented theefforts of the Police teamled by SDPO P. D. Nityaand personnel of theCRPF battalion in thearea. Fire & EmergencyServices was also compli-mented for its efforts.

Dr Shahid said thedistrict administrationhas already initiated theprocess of furtherstrengthening the fire

emergency response sys-tem in the area andassured of its setting upat the earliest.

The locals hailed theefforts of the administra-tion for swift action fol-lowing breaking out ofthe fire and quick pro-cessing of relief in favourof the affected families.

JD Planning Srinagar,JD Fire & EmergencyServices, TehsildarKhanyar among otherconcerned officersaccompanied the DC onthe occasion.

Twelve structureswere gutted in the fireincident. Police andCRPF were the firstresponders with theF&ES department press-ing machinery intoaction soon upon receiv-ing information aboutthe incident.

Fire incident near Nehru Park: One lac rupees each sanctioned as immediate relief in favour of victim families

DC Srinagar visits site of incident to assess damages; assures of furtherstrengthening fire emergency response apparatus in Dal area

Super-50: formsubmission dateextended: DSEKSRINAGAR, DEC 12:

Directorate of School

Education Kashmir has

extended date for submis-

sion of forms for Super-50

free coaching programme

for students appearing for

NEET and JEE examina-

tions.

The students are

informed that the date for

submission of forms have

been extended upto 20th

December at already des-

ignated registration cen-

tres. The written test will

now be held on 25th

December while as regu-

lar class work will com-

mence from 1st January.

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JAMMU, DEC 12

Principal SecretaryTourism, Navin KumarChoudhary today direct-ed for fast tracking theproposed tourism proj-ects around Ranjit SagarLake.

The PrincipalSecretary was speakingat a meeting convenedhere to review the func-tioning of Bani-BasohliDevelopment Authority(BBDA) and Lakhanpur-Sarthal DevelopmentAuthority (LSDA).

D.C. Kathua, OmPrakash Bhagat; DirectorTourism Jammu DeepikaSharma; Chief ExecutiveOfficer, (CEO) BBDANagendra Singh Jamwal;Director Finance, LateefPoshwal and DirectorPlanning, P.S. Kakrooattended the meeting.

Principal Secretarydirected the tourismdepartment authoritiesto sort out the issue ofjurisdiction of the areafalling in J&K territory tofacilitate the formulationof DPRs for destinationdevelopment projectsunder PMDP-II around

the Dam.Navin stressed on the

utilisation of fundsunder CAPEX andPMDP-I for tourisminfrastructure develop-ment around the RanjitSagar Lake. He alsodirected to explore thepossibility of developinginfrastructure for laserlight show and waterfront development ofRanjit Sagar Lake fromAtul Setu to Purthubeach.

The PrincipalSecretary emphasized onpublicity and promotionof the destinationsaround the Lake by put-ting up attractive sig-nages at main crossings.

Referring to the his-toric building in the area,the Principal Secretarydirected for establishinga museum cum exhibi-tion centre for Basohlipaintings at the iconicbuilding. He furtherdirected the CEO, BBDAto submit a conceptpaper for developmentof Siyara area as aParagliding hub.

Later, the PrincipalSecretary also reviewed

functioning of theL a k h a n p u r - S a r t h a lDevelopment Authority.

He exhorted the offi-cers to encourage homestays, eco camping at thetourist destinations ofLSDA and identify landfor establishment ofHelipads at Dhagger,Duggan, Machedi, BalaSundri, which could beutilized not only fortourism arrivals but alsofor rescue during emer-gencies. He asked theDirector Tourism toexplore the possibility ofstarting Aero SportsAcademy in the area.

Principal Secretaryasked the CEO LSDA toinitiate the process forintroducing paddleBoats in UJJ Barrageinvolving the unem-ployed local youths.

Meanwhile, thePrincipal Secretary laide-foundation stone forWater Sport Centre atRanjit Sagar Dam inpresence of SecretaryYouth Services andSports, Sarmad Hafeezand Secretary SportsCouncil Dr. NaseemJavid Choudhary.

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JAMMU, DEC 12

Advisor to LieutenantGovernor, KK Sharmatoday said that the plural-istic ethos of Jammu andKashmir is a long and liv-ing example which canact as a beacon for gener-ations to come all over theworld.

The Advisor wasspeaking at a functionorganized by FunkarCultural Organizationand J&K Cultural Councilto release a book titled'Hope in Despair (Storiesof Courage in Kashmir)'written by SunandaNehru Ganju.

Vice ChancellorJammu University, ManojKumar Dhar, prominentwriters, intellectuals andacademicians were pres-

ent on the occasion.The Advisor said that

the recorded history ofKashmir is replete withthe examples of saintsand seers who havethrough their writingsand preaching been theicons of mutual brother-hood and pluralistic val-ues. While referring to therich Reshi Order of theValley, the Advisor said

"Teachings of these greatpeople have stood the testof time and they are morerelevant in today's con-text and the onus is nowon us to ensure theirpropagation so that anera of peace prevailsglobally."

The Advisor, whilecomplimenting theauthor for bringing forththe stories of the people

who have contributedimmensely in catalyzingthe socio-educational andcultural circles of theValley, hoped that moreauthors and researcherswould carry forward thework and come up withdifferent books on relatedthemes.

Vice ChancellorJammu University, ProfManoj Dhar also spoke

on the occasion and com-plimented the author forcoming up with theresearch oriented litera-ture.

President JKCS, GRHasrat Gadda, also spokeon the occasion and pre-sented a brief about thebook.

Pran Pandita, read acomprehensive paperabout the contents of thebook.

Later, the Advisor meta deputation of LaghuUdyog Bharti led by itspresent Rajinder Guptawho projected severalissues related to mediumand small industries inJ&K.

The Advisor assuredthe deputation that theissues projected would belooked into for redressal.

Pluralistic ethos of Jammu Kashmir to be a beacon for generations to come: Advisor Sharma

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JAMMU, DEC 12

The Sub-Committeeof Press Council of India(PCI) today interactedwith several video andphoto journalists ofJammu in the office ofDepartment ofInformation and PublicRelations.

The three member

PCI team is headed byBalwinder SinghJammu, co-convener ofthe team and KamalNain Narang and SyedRaza Hussain Rizvi asits members.

The journalists dis-cussed various issuespertaining to their workwith the visiting team,besides briefing them

about the overall work-ing scenario of videoand photo journalists inthe region.

The visitingteams assured full coop-eration to the workingjournalists and pledgedthat all their genuineissues will be highlight-ed at appropriateforums.

PCI team meets JammuVideo, Photo Journalists

Navin Choudhary seeks fast trackingof tourism projects at Rajit Sagar

Reviews functioning of BBDA, LSDA


Police came into action afterthe Snaching gang becameactive in Gandhi Nagar andadjoining areas. On Thursday,SHO Gandhi Nagar helda meet-ing with the traders at WareHouse/Nehru Market and seektheir cooperation. During themeeting, SHO Gandhi Nagar,Gurnam Chaudhary,appealedtraders to cooperate with thepolice to curb the incidents ofsnatching, saying that the policeis capable of dealing with suchincidents and if the traders alsocooperate in it, then such crimi-nals will soon will be behindbars.In this meeting, held in theoffice of the Traders FederationWare House-Nehru Market, theSHO appealed to the traders to

install CCTV cameras in theirshops and said that this helps alot in crime prevention. He saidthat if any suspicious movementis noticed in the area then thepolice should be informedimmediately. Appealing to thetraders to be sensitive towards

the activities of their area, theSHO said that the police can doa better job only with the coop-eration of the public.On thisoccasion, Federation GeneralSecretary Deepak Gupta raisedseveral issues regarding securi-ty arrangements in front of the

police officer. Gupta said thatWare House-Nehru Market is awhole sale market where tradeof lakhs of rupees take place,but there is no provision forsecurity of traders here.Demanding deployment ofpolicemen in the area andincreased patrolling in theevening, Gupta said that thereare many sensitive areas includ-ing parking lot where policepersonnel should be deployedor regular patrols so that sus-pects can be caught. During themeeting, the issue of daily trafficjams on Ware House Main Roadwas also raised.On this occasionSr. Vice President of FederationDheeraj Gupta, Vc.PresidentMunish Mahajan, SecretaryAbhimanyu Gupta and CashierVishal Gupta were also present.

Police Seeks cooperation to deal with the snaching

Traffic Police Jammu issue noticesto violators at residential address

JAMMU, DEC 12: Traffic Police Jammu issued

notices to the violators of traffic rules at their resi-

dential address to ensure effective traffic manage-

ment on the roads of Jammu City. Traffic Police put

all possible efforts to take action against visible traf-

fic violations especially against the wrongly parked

vehicles by way of towing, use of wheel clumps,

issuance of Court Compound Challan as well as

pasting of wrong parking sticker challan on the

screen of the Vehicle. It was observed that most of

the violators became defaulters so traffic police initi-

ated the process to serve notice at the residential

address of the violator before submitting the challan

into the Court. It was further informed that if the vio-

lator will not get the sticker disposed- off within the

stipulated time, such vehicle will be towed/seized

from the respective residences with the help of SHO's

of concerned Police Stations besides will approach

to RTO concerned for cancellation of the R/C,D/L of

the concerned violator.

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