Qazigund: A speedy CRPF vehicle collided with a private car, resulting to the injuries to two tourists from Madhya Pradesh. The accident occurred in South Kashmir’s Qazigund area.
Police sources told Kashmir News Trust that there was a collision between a CRPF vehicle and Alto car (JK02-7003) in Qazigund. Two tourists from Madhya Pradesh on way to Jammu in the private car sustained injuries.
The injured tourists were shifted to hospital for treatment. Police sources identified the injured tourists as Harshid Divedi and Nana Divedi.
In yet another incident in the same area, a truck (JK02D-9508) hit a CRPF bunker with full force. Though, no Forces personnel inside the bunker were wounded, but the driver of the truck whom police identified as Jogindar Singh sustained injuries and shifted to hospital for treatment. (KNT)
Three persons including 2 tourists injured in 2 accidents
Dilapidated roads irk Rambagh residents
Srinagar : Residents of Zamzam Bund area of Rambagh are up in arms against Roads and Buildings (R&B) department for failing to repair dilapidated link roads in their locality.
Expressing dismay over the dilapidated condition of link roads in their locality people said from last nine months they have not seen anyone there.
Ateeq Bashir, a resident said last year, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) constructed a drain but the road was not repaired and was left abandoned.
He said although drains were completed but roads in the lane were not macasmised again by the authorities
“We approached R&B department many times, but there was not any response from them,” Bashir said.
He also said during emergencies we have to take alternative routes to reach on the main road,” he said.
Residents said despite being close to commercial hub Lal Chowk, the link roads in the colony are pathetic and craving for attention.
Another resident Ghulam Nabi said that during rains the potholes and ditches remain filled with mud and water.
“Some employees of R&B department started the repairing process but after some time they went absconding,” he said.
Residents demanded that the link roads in the colony should be repaired as soon as possible so that they cannot suffer anymore.
“Government spends crores for macadamization of roads. But there is nothing for us. The lanes have not been for the past six years,” they said.
The group said that condition of the road never improved due to the lackadaisical attitude of the concerned authorities.
Last year, one of lane was repaired as that belongs influencial government employee while other lanes were not repaired.
An official at Chief R&B said that said roads in the colony will be macadamized.
“Currently department os focusing more on ‘worst-hit’ roads this year, adding that all link roads in the colony will be repaired and macadamized,” the official said.(JKNS).
Residents demand repairment of Palpora Kangan bridge
Srinagar: The residents of Palpora area of Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district expressed resentment on Tuesday against the authorities for failing to repair the bridge.
As per residents from the past several years, the bridge connecting Palpora with Kangan is in dilpidated condition with officials unmoved.
Suituated over the Nallah Sind, the bridge acts as a lifeline for various near by areas.
Zeeshan Ahmad Mir, a local said that repeated pleas to adminstration to repair the bride, but things have remained unchanged on ground.
He said not only the locals are facing inconvenience but it has become the death trap from the people of adjacent areas.
Another resident Hilal Ahmad Rather said district administration had failed to upgrade the infrastructure of the bridge, leaving the residents to face the difficulties.
“Before few year Rural Development Department (RDD) has assured that it would be construed but nothing changed,”he said.
As per Rather, Government is spending crores of rupees on development schemes but their area has been neglected over the years.
The residents appealed Luitenent Governor Girish Chandra Murmu led adminstration and RDD officials to look into the issue, so that they can sigh of relief.
Admin unmoved as encrouchment goes unbatted at Malkhah graveyard
Srinagar : District administration Srinagar has failed to end illegal encrouchment in Malkhah graveyard.
As per the locals, graveyard has been encouraged over the years and admin is acting mute spectator over the issue.
Mohammad Yaqoob, a local told JKNS that both district administration and J&K waqf board is acting a mute spectator on the issue.
“Over the years the officials of waqf board has not carried a single encrouchment drive in the area, so that land could be retrieved,” he said.
Mohammad Aslam, a local said the officails of waqf board in hand in glue with encrouchers and admin had failed to retrieve the land over the years.
“The land in the graveyard has been reduced few dozen kanals ,which is the eyewash as it was spread over hundreds of Kanals,” he said.
People appealed Luitenent Governor Girish Chandra Murmuru led adminstration and Waqf board chairman to resolve the matter as soon possible.
Declare results of UG courses, students to cluster university
Srinagar : Scrores of students on Tuesday expressed resentment against the Cluster University of Kashmir for failing to declare results of UG courses.
They said they are facing issue related to declaration of result for backlog students who are persuing their bachelors in B.A, B.SC, B.Com
Semesters and were enrolled in 2017.
Ateef Bhat a local said that examination were in month of July 2019 and similarly 3rd sem examination were conducted in the month of November 2019.
“If the results would not declare on time, the students would miss the Kashmir University entrance test for Post Graduation courses,”
The students appealed Vice Chancellor Cluster University of Kashmir to declare results as soon as possible so that students would not put at the stake.(JKNS)
3 years, JKSSB fails to release selection list of candidates under PM package 2017
Srinagar : Scrores of job aspirants appeal Tuesday expressed resentment against the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) for failing to release final list of candidates under PM package 2017
They said three years have passed but JKSSB seems in a no mood to release the final list of the candidates.
Mohan Dhar, aspirant from Kupwara told JKNS the posts were advertised for Junior Assistants under the Prime Minister’s Employment package for Kashmiri Migrants in 2017 vide notification No.04 of 2017 but selection list of qualified candidates had not been released.
He said they have already followed the procure for verification, typing test and Document verification but things have remained unchanged on ground.
Another aspirant, Sahil Raina said they are suffering badly from last 3 years and nobody is listening their pleas.
“If the JKSSB fails to release the list of the candidates, they would stage protest in both Srinagar and Jammu, ” he said.
The candidates appealed Luitenent Governor led administration to resolve the matter on fast track basis.
Delegations of J&K Joint Churches Fellowship & All J&K Diploma Engineers Association call on the Lt Governor
JAMMU: A delegation of Jammu and Kashmir Joint Churches Fellowship Jammu today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu here at the Raj Bhavan.
The delegation led by its President, Rev. Shaukat Peter apprised the Lt Governor about various welfare issues of Christian Community including allotment of land for developing colony, jobs, reservation in appointment of members of the Community in J&K UT Minority Commission, provision of Quota on the analogy applicable to Social Caste Category at Centre, representation in JMC etc.
Meanwhile, a delegation of All J&K Diploma Engineers Association called on the Lt Governor and projected their concerning issues and demands pertaining to Career Progression Scheme for removing the stagnation of Diploma Engineers, removal of additional qualifying bar at the level of AEE and Executive Engineer, filling of vacant posts at the level of AE, AEE and Executive Engineer in all the engineering wings.
The Lt Governor gave a patient hearing to the issues and demands projected by the members of the delegations and assured them to address their genuine concerns for their early redressal. He observed that the Government is working towards the welfare of every section of the society which is a prerequisite to ensuring the holistic development of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Advisor Bhatnagar reviews progress on major H&ME projects across J&K
JAMMU : Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, today reviewed progress on major projects of Health & Medical Education (H&ME) Department being executed by various agencies under Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) here today.
The meeting was attended by Financial Commissioner H&ME, Atal Dulloo; Managing Director Jammu & Kashmir Police Housing Corporation (JKPHC), M.S Salaria; Managing Director Jammu & Kashmir Housing Board (JKHB) Arvind Kotwal; Director Coordination New Medical Colleges Dr Yashpal Sharma; Director Health Services Jammu Dr Renu Sharma; Principal GMC Jammu, Dr Sunanda Raina; Chief Engineer R&B Jammu, Des Raj; senior officers of H&ME department and officers of executing agencies while as Director Health Services, Kashmir, Dr Samir Mattoo; representatives of new Medical Colleges of Anantnag, Baramulla, Doda, Rajouri and Kathua participated through video conferencing.
During the meeting, detailed discussion was held on status of works on all major projects that have been undertaken by these executing agencies and stress was given on expeditious completion of these vital works. The projects included New Medical Colleges at Anantnag, Baramulla, Doda, Kathua and Rajouri, DH Shopian, SDH Sopore, Trauma Hospital Bijbehara, 100 bedded IPD Block at Kot Bhalwal Jammu, Nursing Colleges at Anantnag, Sopore and Kishtwar, MCH Kulgam, PHC Khag, Drug Ware House at Baramulla, Drug Ware House at Kathua, Additional boys hostel at GMC Jammu, 100 bedded Additional Block at DH Kishtwar and few others.
Officers from JKPHC and JKPCC apprised the Advisor of the status of projects undertaken by them informing that works are going on in full swing and will be completed within the set time frame.
Addressing the officers, the Advisor stressed upon them to gear up their men and machinery so that the progress on works can be speeded up and desired results are achieved on ground. He asked them to speed up the works and focus on removing all the bottlenecks that are hindering the pace of works. He also directed the executing agencies to personally visit the sites of projects for effective monitoring.
Advisor Bhatnagar asked the concerned officers to submit the progress report regarding the status of works done on all the projects on regular basis so that all these projects can be completed in time.
Union Joint Secy reviews progress on Computerized Registration System in J&K
JAMMU: Union Joint Secretary Land Records (LR) Department of Land Revenue Rural Development, Hukum Singh Meena today reviewed the progress of computerized registration system in J&K.
The meeting was attended by Additional Commissioner Revenue, Nazir Ahmad Baba, Additional Inspector General of Registration Jammu, Rashpal Singh; Regional Director Survey and Land Records, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad; Registrar of Jammu, Consultant JAK LARMA, Tarsem Chand, Scientists besides senior officials also attended the meeting.
Chairing the meeting, the Union Joint Secretary stressed upon organizing training programs for capacity building of Revenue staff.
In this regard, Joint Secretary asked the participants to take the upcoming training program as an opportunity to learn, update and familiarise themselves with modern techniques in the field.
Pertinently, from 24 to 26 February 2020 the registration department, in collaboration with Software Development Unit, Pune, is conducting a workshop for sensitization of registrars of Jammu division and same will be done in Kashmir division also.
Joint Secretary directed all officials to expedite work on construction of Registrar and Sub-Registrar offices besides undertaking necessary infrastructure repair and renovation works. He asked for up-dation of all facilities and record rooms, so that officials do not face any difficulty in the process of registration of documents.
He further asked the that the registration process shall be integrated and interconnected with revenue offices for automated mutation after rolling out computerized system of registration in JK with ongoing project Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP). He asked the officials to study the Registration Act carefully and familiarize themselves with its rules and regulations. He also asked them to scrutinize the documents thoroughly, so that there should be no mistake while conducting registrations.
In the meeting, it was informed that the government intends to step up efforts for rolling out the Computerized Registration System and its integration with the ongoing project DILRMP in J&K. It was also informed that Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited Organization has been appointed as Central Record Keeping Agency for computerized stamp duty administration system.
Div Com Jammu reviews developmental scenario in Kathua
KATHUA: Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today reviewed the progress of development works and schemes in this border district, here at a meeting of district heads of line departments
At the outset, District Development Commissioner, O P Bhagat gave detailed presentation of ongoing projects of PHE, PWD, PDD, Health, PMGSY, Forest, Sports, Agriculture, Horticulture sectors etc, besides Capex budget achievements.
After reviewing the project wise status of the works under execution by various departments, the Div Com directed the Executive Engineer of Works department to blacklist and terminate the non performing contractors. He further directed to remove inter departmental disputes during project execution.
He also inquired about the water supply schemes in the district and asked the Engineers of PHE department to work and plan in advance to resolve water crisis during upcoming summer season.
Status of major road projects including quantity of macdamization and bridges was also inquired by the Div Com.
He directed the PHE department to identify sites in rain fed area of the district for developing huge water reservoir structures and mini check dams to mitigate the problem of drinking water and irrigation.
He also asked the concerned Engineers to repair defunct Hand Pumps as they will also help in reducing problem in water stressed areas of the district, especially during peak summer season.
To increase farmers’ income and to facilitate them in selling their agricultural produce, Verma asked the Agriculture department to open sufficient number of procurement centers across the district.
Later, the Div Com also visited the camp organized by the revenue department to discuss the progress achieved in distributing relief to the West Pakistan Refugee families.
He directed all the revenue officers to facilitate the WPR families in completing their formalities for claiming the compensation amount.
Earlier, the Div Com also interacted with the Panchs, Sarpanchs and BDC chairpersons of Kathua, Nagri and Hiranagar area and listened to their issues.
The issues projected were mainly related to drinking water, irrigation facilities, repair of roads, utility shifting, realignment of Ujh Barrage, augmentation of PHE and PDD infra, clearing NREGA and PMAY liabilities.
He directed the CPO to draw a calendar for organizing Gram Sabhas across the district in which Engineers of PHE and Irrigation department will listen to problems of the villagers and try to redress the same on the spot. The overall activity will be directly monitored by the DDC, he directed.
He further directed the SE, PHE to go for rationalization of PHE staff so that they can be held accountable for their job and rendering their services to the people.
He also flagged off a batch of farmers on 3 day exposure tour to Palampur in Himachal Pradesh.
SSP, Dr. Shailendar Mishra, ADC, Atul Gupta, HoDs of various departments and District Officers were present during the meeting.
