>Advises officers to implement best practices of good governance
>Asks them to serve people in transparent manner
Precious Kashmir News
Jammu, Nov 9: As the Darbar Move Offices resumed their full functioning at the Winter Capital, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today visited the Civil Secretariat, Jammu and received the ceremonial Guard of Honour.
The Lt Governor arrived at the Civil Secretariat where he was warmly received by Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar and Baseer Khan, Advisors to the Lt Governor; BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Dilbag Singh, DGP; Administrative Secretaries, representatives of various employees’ unions, and a large number of officers and employees of the Civil Secretariat.

Setting the agenda of development straight, the Lt Governor laid specific thrust on important public issues like saturation of beneficiary-oriented schemes; speeding up the coverage under the JK Health Scheme; reaching out to the people with all the basic amenities; completion of PMDP- Iconic and languishing projects; prompt redressal of public grievances; on ground effective implementation of youth outreach activities among other issues.
“Good Governance should be the touchstone of the administrative processes at all levels”. Block Diwas is now a regular feature for decentralization of district-level grievance redressal system, said the Lt Governor.
Restore people’s faith by simplifying and speeding up the processes of Government Services and timely execution of developmental programmes, implement best practices of good governance and serve people with accountable, transparent, and responsible governance, he added.
The Lt Governor directed the senior officers present during the meeting to ensure that free and fair DDC elections are held across the Union Territory.
Terming effective public delivery service & grievance redressal mechanisms as cornerstones of people-centric governance, the Lt Governor advised the officers to stay well versed with the issues of the people; avoid unnecessary delays and ensure speedy redressal of public issues and grievances. He also stressed upon the proper maintenance of records and files.

He stressed upon the need to provide sustained handholding and giving a determined push to key sectors like Agriculture and allied services, Industries, Tourism and Sports for achieving better results on the ground.
The Lt Governor also reviewed the arrangements being made for the smooth functioning of move offices and further enquired about the facilities being made available at the Government accommodations allotted to the moving employees. He asked the officers to ensure the strict adherence of the COVID related SOPs and advisories in the Civil Secretariat.
Stressing on zero tolerance for corruption, he advised the Administrative Secretaries and Heads of Departments to keep a close vigil on the functioning of their respective departments and take requisite measures to improve their departments’ working. Work at grassroots-level and reach out to the people to address their genuine concerns, he added.
The Lt Governor also asked the concerned officers to be quick and responsive in their efforts during the times of medical emergencies and while rendering critical help in any contingent situation to minimize the difficulties of common people.
In view of the ensuing winter season, the Lt Governor reviewed the preparations and stressed on ensuring proper availability of power and water supply, availability of public utilities like ration, medicines, maintenance of all necessary stocks including dry ration; availability of transformers and other basic amenities and essential supplies, especially in snowbound and far-flung areas.

Later, the Lt Governor went around various sections and complexes of the Civil Secretariat and asked about the well-being of the officers and staff members. He also took stock of the working in the offices of various departments.
Atal Dulloo, Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department; Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Lt Governor; Administrative Secretaries; Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Deputy Commissioner Jammu, IGP Jammu and other senior officers were present on the occasion.

Jammu, Nov 9: Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP on Monday announced the list enlisting names of the candidates for the first phase of upcoming District Development Council Elections here at party headquarters.
J&K BJP President Ravinder Raina made the announcement for the names of party leaders who are entrusted with the party’s mandate after marathon meetings held with all the senior party leaders.
In the first list of candidates, BJP announced 35 candidates for DDC elections in Jammu region, whereas 37 DDC candidates for Kashmir have been announced.
Total names for 72 seats were declared on Monday.
Union MoS Dr Jitendra Singh, National Secretary Dr Narinder Singh, former BJP president and Dy CM Dr Nirmal Singh among others were present in the meeting.

‘Will fight on own party symbols’
Jammu, Nov 9: Chairman of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration and President National Conference, Dr Farooq Abdullah on Monday revealed that parties under the banner of PAGD shall contest polls on their own symbols but there will be only one candidate of alliance in each segment.
“Polls have been announced in a hurry and we do not have a common symbol. Candidates will contest polls on symbols of their parties,” he told reporters. Only one joint candidate will be fielded from each constituency and the candidate will be having the symbol of the party of his association.”
The NC president accused BJP of using different tactics to pressurize media houses to run a campaign in their favour.
He also welcomed the election of new president in America and hoped that new US President will rectify all the wrong acts of Donald Trump.
Dr Farooq also hit hard at BJP leaders for calling him anti—national, “He as well as PAGD is anti-BJP but not anti-India. Those calling me anti -Indian should remember that it was Dr Farooq who represented India in Geneva as well as in UN and then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee appreciated this,” he added.

Precious Kashmir News
Srinagar, Nov 9: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday said patients who have recovered from COVID-19 infection persist with symptoms weeks to months after recovery and they continue to experience symptoms even after beating the infection.

DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement here Monday evening said many recovered COVID-19 patients come back to us with a wide array of lingering symptoms like fatigue, body aches, tiredness, lethargy, headache, shortness of breath, cough, chills or sweats.
“Some patients complain of memory loss, difficulty in concentration and sleep disturbances,” DAK President said adding “Simple physical activities like getting out of bed, grooming, preparing simple meals and showering are exhausting for some.”
He said weeks to months after recovery, many patients come back to us saying they still do not feel well enough to return to work. Patient report that it has become harder for them to get back to regular activity like exercising.
Dr Nisar said the persistence of symptoms is seen in all age groups, but they are particularly reported by elderly and those with underlying medical conditions. “While these lasting symptoms are more seen in severe cases, many people with mild illness also complain of these symptoms,” he added.
“Similar trend has been noticed at other places where doctors are witnessing recovered patients coming back with lingering symptoms months after the acute phase of illness”, he said, adding more worrying pattern which we are seeing in some recovered patients is scarring of lungs after they recover.

“Such complication can cause fibrosis leading to permanent damage to lungs”, Dr Nisar said adding the imaging tests taken months after recovery from COVID-19 have shown lasting damage to the heart muscle even in people who had only mild disease.
“COVID-19 virus is behaving differently from other viruses. Normally in a viral infection you bounce back within 10 days. But Covid-19 has long-lasting effects,” said Dr Nisar
“There is an urgent need to set up post-COVID clinics at Kashmir hospitals to address the issue of persisting symptoms which is now called as post-COVID syndrome,” he added.