DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2016 (PAGE 3)

India emerging as global power: DyCMExcelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, June 18:Deputy Chief Minister, Dr.Nirmal Singh, today said thatIndia is emerging as a globalpower and now the onus lieson the scholars and intellectu-als to contribute their bit aswell so that the vision of ourcountry gets the requisiteintellectual push and thrust.

The Deputy Chief Ministerwas speaking on the conclu-sion of five-day seminar inconnection with millenniumcelebrations of AcharyaAbhinav Gupt, KashmiriScholar in which many schol-ars participated.

Dr. Singh said the contribu-tion of this world renownedscholar is immense in field ofaesthetics and other relatedsubjects and we should ensurethat it is preserved, propagat-ed, so that the younger genera-tion derives inspiration fromit. He said that our State hasproduced scholars and saintsof repute whose teachings arestill being taught andresearched in various coun-tries globally

Emphasizing that Indiancivilization is based on thesimilar principle of bondage

and amity as people belongingto different faiths co-existpeacefully in India, he saidthat the concept of tolerancehas been taught by us to theworld as people from differentregions of the world havecome to live here without feel-ing any sense of insecurity Hesaid secularism is the core phi-losophy of India and followersof every religion have freedomto practice their religion andculture.

The Deputy Chief Ministersaid people of the Statebelieve in tolerance and arepeace loving. He said somestray untoward incidents arehandiwork of mischievous ele-ments, who want to vitiatepeaceful atmosphere here. Heemphasized the scholars pres-ent in the seminar to take withthem message of peace fromhere.

On the occasion, Advisor

to Chief Minister, Prof.Amitabh Mattoo lauded thecontribution of AcharyaAbhinavgupt contribution andsaid that it is immense in everyfield and the need of the houris to ensure its propagation, sothat it becomes known to allespecially the younger genera-tion and budding researchersand scholars.

MLC, Surinder Ambardaralso spoke on the occasion andhighlighted the contribution ofthis scholar.

The scholars who partici-pated in the seminar includedDr Kailash, Dr SM Mishra, DrS S Toshkhani , Dr HMMishra, Dr KN Sharma, MRGeorge, Dr Kartar Chand andDr BN Koul.

Later, the Dy CM andAdvisor gave certificates andmementos to the participatingscholars.

Vote Congress, vote secularism: Raj BabbarMir asks people to puncture RSS-PDP balloon

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ANANTNAG, June 18:Blaming PDP BJP Coalition for

failing to respect the urges of thepeople, JKPCC chief G A Mirtoday cautioned the people ofAnantnag that supporting PDPamounts to strengthening RSSwhile MP Raj Babbar said thatvote for Congress party meansvote for secularism.

They were addressing series ofelection rallies at Mir Danter,Kehribal etc in Anantnag onSaturday.

G A Mir said that PDP- BJPCoalition secured votes on certainissues, but what happened after theelection results, is known to every-one and people would never for-

give PDP BJP for the betrayal andtheir deceitful planks. He felt con-fident that both PDP and BJP will

be wiped out from the State due totheir anti-people and wrong poli-cies.

Cautioning the people aboutthe politics of exploitation andopportunism by PDP- BJP, PCCchief reminded the people aboutthe tall claims by PDP during 2014elections and the so called sloganto keep BJP out of power. He saiddespite being opposite to eachother with great ideological differ-ences, both PDP and BJP formedthe Government by not caringabout the wish of their electorates.

PCC chief said that Anantnagbye elections is a golden opportu-nity for the people to defeat RSS

backed PDP, as it is the PDPwhich has facilitated RSS estab-lishment in the State by sacrificingits principles for the sake of com-ing into power. He told the peopleto puncture the RSS PDP balloonby voting against PDP candidate.Mir said people must keep it inmind that it is not only PDP, butRSS and BJP contesting the elec-tions in order to secure votes fortheir joint candidate MehboobaMufti.

Addressing the rallies, seniorAICC leader and MP Raj Babbartermed the Congress party as aninstrument of service to the peo-ple. He said Congress partybelieves in serving the people andnever compromised on its princi-ples for anything.

Mentioning that vote forCongress party is vote for secular-ism, he appealed the people tostrengthen Congress, as this partyalone has the ability to serve peo-

ple. He said Congress believes instrengthening the people fromgrass root level and assured thatthe party shall remain committedto the causing of serving people.

Among others, who addressedthe rallies, included secretaryAICC Moin-ul-Haq MLA, MLCGhulam Nabi Monga, MLA HajiAb. Rashid Dar, vice presidents,MLA Mohd Amin Bhat, generalsecretary and candidate HilalAhmad Shah and other party func-tionaries.

Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh giving certificate toa scholar at Srinagar on Saturday.

Union Textile Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar duringinauguration of solarised community centre at Korzok in Leh onSaturday.

Union Minister inaugurates infraunder Pashmina Promotion Prog

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LEH, June 18: UnionMinister of State for Textiles,Santosh Kumar Gangwar todayinaugurated shelter shed withguard rooms at Samad andsolarised community centre atKorzok constructed underPashmina PromotionProgramme.

He also handed over thekeys of guard rooms to thebeneficiaries at Korzok andinteracted with local nomads.At Samad, the villagers sub-mitted a memorandum to theMinister demanding moreguard rooms, adequate medi-cines and cattle feed consider-ing long winter period andincreased funds to providebasic facilities.

The Minister was accompa-nied by Jaswant Singh Bishnoi,Chairman Central WoolDevelopment, Joint SecretaryCWDB, Geeta Narayan, CEC,LAHDC Dr Sonam Dawa, MPLadakh Thupstan Chhewang,EC Works, Dorjey Mutup, ECSheep Husbandry, MumtaazHussain and CouncilorKorzok, Gurmet Dorjey.

Addressing the gathering,Gangwar said, "our endeavouris to fulfill the commitmentmade by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to the people ofLadakh during his visit to Lehto promote and upgradePashmina production in theregion", adding "constructionof guard rooms, communitycentres and free distribution of500 tents are a part of it".

"The Textile Ministry isconcerned about providing allkind of facilities as per need todevelop pasture lands, bringdown flocks death count, gen-erate employment through skilldevelopment trainings, provideadequate cattle feed, fodderand medicines to ensure fur-ther upgradation in Pashminaproduction", the Minister said,adding "Ladakh produces thebest quality Pashmina in theworld and we are fully com-mitted to create a unique iden-tity for nomadic region ofChangthang by ensuringimproved facilities for localPashmina producers".

MP Thupstan Chhewangsaid that P-3 is an effort of

Central Government to ensureeconomic growth of thenomadic population but it isnot a full-fledged developmentscheme. He, however, hopedthat further upgraded schemeswill be launched soon in theregion.

CEC LAHDC, Dr SonamDawa stressed on the need forpasture development schemeconsidering the inadequatepasture land in comparison thetotal population of livestockwith 5 to 6 months of grazingperiod. He also requested forlarge scale fodder banks forwinter stocking which he saidis a major reason for deaths oflivestock in winters.

VC Jamia Millia Islamiacalls on Governor

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SRINAGAR, June 18: Prof.Talat Ahmad,Vice-ChancellorJamia Millia Islamia (JMI), calledon Governor N.N. Vohra at the RajBhavan here today.

Prof. Ahmad and the Governordiscussed several important proj-ects and certain areas which needhigh attention for strengtheningresearch work in institutions ofhigher learning in J&K.

In this context it is to berecalled that the Institute ofKashmir Studies (IKS) in theUniversity of Kashmir has alreadyestablished a very strong link withJamia Millia Islamia under whichstudents of IKS study for a semes-ter at the JMI.

Fourth Tawi bridge closed for vehicular traffic Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, June 18: Due toimmediate repairs and constructionof protection bund the fourth Tawibridge at Bhagwati Nagar has beenclosed for vehicular traffic fromtoday.

All the traffic which was other-

wise moving via Tawi bridge fromcanal has been diverted via Jewelresulting into huge traffic jam atcanal road to Jewel during the day.

When contacted the ChiefEngineer, PWD Alok Mengi saidthat the bridge has been closed dueto repair work by Jammu KashmirProjects Constructing Corporation

(JKPCC) and after the repair workis complete the bridge will bethrown open to traffic.

MD JKPCC, Dalip Thussoosaid that the bridge was closed forvehicular traffic as a precautionarymeasure as protection work isgoing on.

He said it will take 15 to 20

days in completing the protectionwork and efforts will be made torestore the bridge for vehiculartraffic before Monsoon sets in.

He said the protection work ofthe bridge has become necessary asits embankments were damagedduring 2014 floods.

Fourth Tawi bridge which was closed to vehicular traffic onSaturday for undertaking repair works by JKPCC.

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MP Raj Babbar addressing a rally of Congress workers inAnantnag on Saturday.

Chief Secretary, B R Sharma chairing SLAC meeting inSrinagar on Saturday.

Rs 471 cr AIP under Swachh BharatMission-Gramin approved

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SRINAGAR, June 18: TheState Level Apex Committee(SLAC) headed by ChiefSecretary, B R Sharma, todayapproved the AnnualImplementation Plan (AIP) ofRs 471 crore for the year 2016-17, under the Swachh BharatMission-Gramin.

Finance CommissionerPlanning Development &Monitoring Department, B BVyas, Commissioner SecretaryHousing & Urban Development,Hirdesh Kumar, Secretary PHE,Sanjeev Verma, Secretary RuralDevelopment Khurshid AhmadShah and other senior officerswere also present in the meeting.

The proposal for the year2016-17 includes constructionof 3 lakh Individual HouseholdLatrines (IHHL), 638Community Sanitary Complex(CSC) and 319 Solid and Liquid

Waste Management (SLWM)Plants. As many as 4 CSCs andone SLWM are proposed to beconstructed in each block.

As per the baseline survey-2012, in rural J&K, there is aneed to construct over 10.78lakh IHHLs, out of which 2.5lakh households have been cov-ered under the mission so far.

The road map framed byRural Sanitation Department formaking J&K Open DefecationFree (ODF) by October 2, 2019targets construction of 3 lakhtoilets in 2016-17, 3 lakh in2017-18 and 2.3 lakh in 2018-19.

Prime Minister launched theSwachh Bharat Mission onOctober 2, 2014. The Mission iscoordinated through UnionMinistry of Drinking Water andSanitation (MDWS). The aim isto achieve Swachh Bharat by2019, as a fitting tribute to the150th Birth Anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi, by improvingthe levels of cleanliness in ruralareas through Solid and LiquidWaste Management activitiesand making Gram PanchayatsOpen Defecation Free (ODF).