Jammu admin organizes C-DYTE Border Youth Festival-2021

Jammu: The district administration Tuesday organized C-DYTE Border Youth Festival-2021 at BSF Ground Paloura. Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, was the chief guest on the occasion.

Divisional Commissioner, Raghav Langer, ADGP, Jammu, Mukesh Singh, IG, BSF DK Boora, DIG BSF Sudhir Kumar Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Anshul Garg besides senior district officers from concerned departments were present during the event.

Meanwhile, C-DYTE athletic meet, job fair and placement drive, awareness camp for government schemes and distribution of sanction letters among 10 beneficiaries under Be-rozgar se Swarozgar scheme were also the part of the event.

While speaking on the occasion, Chief Secretary said that a nation with the highest number of youth in the world can become a global leader in every field as the youth with their innovative ideas can be the catalyst for change.

Chief Secretary motivated the young generation to participate in sports and extracurricular activities and stressed on the need to create bigger platforms for young sportsmen to display their talent. He said that J&K administration is committed to channelize energy of youth in a positive direction by generating enhanced opportunities for them, whether it is sports, studies, self-employment, entrepreneurship etc.

He appreciated the efforts of district administration Jammu and other concerned departments for organizing the Festival to provide a platform to young and budding talent from rural areas of the district. He also visited the stalls of departmental exhibitions established during the job fair.

Earlier, Deputy Commissioner, Anshul Garg, apprised the Chief Secretary that Centre for District Youth Training and Empowerment C-DYTE, Jammu, is one of the initiatives of Jammu administration in collaboration with Department of Mission Youth towards empowerment of young minds by providing them trainings at their door steps.

He said that C-DYTE was started with an aim to equip the district youth, who desire to get entry into the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Paramilitary and Indian Defence Forces with necessary physical and mental skills thereby facilitating their recruitment into the armed forces. It also encourage activities like sports and recreation, drug de-addiction drives, facility of libraries, reading rooms, career counselling sessions, Yoga and meditation classes.

Deputy Commissioner informed that 9 centres  of C-DYTE covering all the youth of border areas have been opened on pilot basis at Arnia, Suchetgarh, Phalain Mandal, Marh, Pargwal, Khour, Akhnoor, Samwan and Kharaballi in which 630 trainees (70 each centre) are getting training.

On the occasion, folk artist Rumalo Ram and party mesmerised the audience with their stunning performance on “Geetru”.

C-DYTE Suchetgarh was adjudged as overall champion of C-DYTE athletic meet-2021.

Budgam, Chadoora grids to be augmented, Waterwani, Ratithan stations to be commissioned

Srinagar: Principal Secretary, Power Development and Information Departments, Rohit Kansal, Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the functioning of Power Development Department (PDD) of Budgam district.

He took a first-hand appraisal of all ongoing central and UT level projects in the district, besides reviewing the winter preparedness, languishing projects and other projects under CAPEX budget of the district.

The Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Shahbaz Mirza welcomed the Principal Secretary and briefed him on the power situation of the district. This was followed by a detailed presentation on the power scenario.

The Principal Secretary was briefed that the 50 MVA Nowbugh Chadoora grid station which had been languishing for nearly a decade was completed this year. As a result, major relief had been provided to Nagam, Charar e Sharief and other areas by way of reduction in curtailment hours.

Kansal said in order to provide further relief to the people, the 10 MVA Waterwani receiving station should be completed and commissioned by the 15th of December. He also directed the officers for the augmentation of Budgam grid station to be done next year and removal of all other bottlenecks for improving the power sector in the district.

He said that considering that power supply has been enhanced significantly in most of the Budgam district a reasonable and fair curtailment schedule has to be properly framed and strictly adhered to.

He sought details from the officers about the unscheduled power cuts and disturbed power supply and directed them to strictly ensure that no unscheduled cuts were imposed and in case of any exigency adequate information should be shared with the consumers.

He pointed out that people acknowledge the genuine difficulties of the department provided details are shared with the consumers openly and transparently. He also directed the concerned officers to seek regular feedback from the public and make redressal of genuine grievances, which come through different media, a regular feature.

While reviewing the position of AT&C losses and revenue generation, the Principal Secretary regretted that the position of losses and revenue collection remained a matter of serious concern.

He observed that reduction of losses and uninterrupted supply were two sides of the same coin and if losses were brought down below 20%, the KPDCL would be in a position to supply uninterrupted power. Conversely, if illegal power usage and theft continued unabated, the position of the department to supply power would be severely constrained.

Kansal also sought a detailed list of all the feeders which suffer more than 80 percent losses and directed the field staff to take immediate remedial action.

He also took serious note of the use of crude heating devices which were not only illegal but also a safety hazard. He asked the DC Budgam Shahbaz Mirza to provide all possible support to the department in carrying out intensive drives to seize crude heaters besides seeking support from the public in this regard. He also appealed to the public to make judicious use of power and desist from illegal use of power.

Later the Principal Secretary also visited the Nowbug grid station and reviewed its functioning. He reviewed the progress in the work of further augmentation of the grid by way of addition of 50 MVA capacity and directed that the work should be expedited and completed in the current financial year.

Among others the meeting was attended by Managing Director Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited Basharat Qayoom, Secretary (Tech) Bashir Ahmad Dar, Chief Engineer KPDCL Aijaz Ahmed, Chief Engineer projects Javed Dar, Chief Engineer Transmission Hashmat Qazi and Superintending Engineers, Executive engineers of different wings besides other field staff.

Convenes special meeting on preparedness for its containment, stresses on widespread campaigning of SOPs

Srinagar: In view of the spread of new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, in different countries of the world, Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Tuesday chaired a special meeting of officers to formulate the strategy for containment measures in Kashmir division.

The meeting was attended by MD, NHM; DC Budgam; ADC Srinagar; Director Health Services Kashmir, Director Airports, Principal, GMC Srinagar, CMO Srinagar, CMO Budgam, Incharge DCCRK,  SSO/ Epidemiologist Kashmir and other public health specialists of DCCRK.

In view of government advisory, the meeting decided that mandatory RTPCR test of all international passengers should be conducted at Srinagar Airport irrespective of travelers previous negative report or fully vaccination status.

Besides, it was further decided that if RTPCR report turns negative, the passenger shall be kept under home quarantine for 1st week and again retested on 8th day of home Quarantine or whenever traveler develops symptoms of ILI during the course of Quarantine; if the report of RTPCR comes negative he/she will self monitor for one more week at strict home Quarantine.

However, if first test of an international traveler comes out positive then the person will be shifted to DRDO hospital Khunmoh and the testing sample shall be sent for whole genome sequencing to know whether they are infected by new Covid-19 variant of Omicron or any other strain.

At the outset, MD NHM Kashmir Yaseen Chowdary gave a Power Point Presentation where he shared the information about the presence of new Covid variant in some countries and travel related cases in other nations.

It was informed that B.1.1.529 new variant is possibly 500% competitively more infectious and has rapidly spread in South Africa, Some European Countries, and Some Asian countries also. Besides, it was also informed that WHO guidance note mentions that current RTPCR test continues to be effective in detecting the new variant.

The DCCR Kashmir also gave the plan for strengthening surveillance of international passengers, enhanced testing, monitoring of hot spots, ensuring augmentation of health infrastructure, prompt dispatch of genome sequencing and other actions.

Div Com stressed on widespread campaigning of Do’s and Don’ts, IEC for Confidence Building and Fear Mitigation especially IEC materials with messaging and information in local language for ASHAs, ANMs and other stakeholders.

He also directed to strengthen the call centre for monitoring of suspected cases under home quarantine, besides once again starting Capacity Building of clinicians and paramedical health workers, Refresher Trainings on PSAs, ventilator experts, clinical management, Operationalise the real-time dashboards for tracking available health infrastructure and oxygen status and other important information in view of the threat of this new variant.

New Delhi: A discussion on the Covid-19 situation would be held in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said.

The discussions will include the situation regarding the new Covid variant that has been reported. The debate would be held under Rule 193 which is for discussion on a matter of urgent public importance.

The threat of another surge of COVID-19 led by Omicron is looming large over some countries where cases of the new variant have been detected.

Panic around the new variant is continuing to mount as the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned that the variant poses a very high global risk on the basis of early studies. The global health agency has also warned that the variant could lead to surges in cases having severe consequences.

Earlier in the day, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that so far, no cases of Omicron has been reported in India. He also assured that the diagnostic and health infrastructure of the country is equipped enough to tackle any emergency situation.

Meanwhile, the Union Health Ministry has updated international travel guidelines in light of multiple countries reporting cases of Omicron. The Centre has said that all travellers coming from countries categorised as ‘at risk’ would have to undergo a mandatory COVID-19 test at the airport regardless of their vaccination status. This test would be conducted in addition to India’s requirement of an RT-PCR test within 72 hours before travelling.

Apart from this, airports would also need to conduct random COVID-19 tests on 5 per cent of the travellers coming from countries that have not been classified as ‘at risk’. (UNI)

Kishtwar: The district administration Kishtwar Tuesday ordered an inquiry against the Chief Education Officer ‘for issuing transfer orders of teachers on the day of his retirement.’

Acting on the complaint of general public against Chief Education Officer Kishtwar regarding issuance of transfer order of teachers on the day of his retirement and subsequent directions by Principal Secretary to School Education Department, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kishtwar, Ashok Sharma ordered the inquiry against the Chief Education Officer Kishtwar and put him under suspension till further orders.

As per the order issued by the DC, Additional Deputy Commissioner has been asked to conduct the inquiry into the matter and submit the report in fifteen days.

The transfer orders issued by the outgoing CEO Kishtwar have also been kept in abeyance till further orders.

Jammu: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Health and Medical Education, Vivek Bharadwaj, Tuesday unveiled the online module for Grant of Retail, Wholesale and Manufacturing Drug License with formal launch of its URL https://statedrugs.gov.in in the public domain.

Additional Chief Secretary said that with the launch of this digital system Jammu and Kashmir has become the first UT in the country to adopt this module for all types of regulatory clearances in an endeavor to secure ease of doing business.

The National Drug Authority of the Country viz Central  Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), New Delhi, in collaboration with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Noida, has designed and developed a PAN India Portal under the banner “Online National Drug Licensing System (ONDLS)” for all States and UTs which shall extend to all regulatory clearances  related to Manufacturing, Blood Centers, Retail Sale  and Wholesale under the provisions of Chapter IV of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.

All the stakeholders seeking regulatory clearances under the provisions of Chapter IV of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Drugs Rules, 1945 there under are now impressed upon to logon to the URL https://statedrugs.gov.in for submission of applications through the said online module w.e.f 30th November, 2021.