4 Wednesday June 21, 2017 DISTRICTS FMPHWs take out rally...
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Wednesday June 21, 2017 4 DISTRICTS DISCLAIMER “STATE TIMES” does not take responsibility for the contents of the advertisements (Display/Classified) carried in this newspaper. The paper does not endorse the same. Readers are requested to verify the contents on their own before acting there upon.” Police solves theft cases; one arrested, Rs 80,000 recovered STATE TIMES NEWS DODA: Police on Tuesday solved three burglary cases including one of ATM within hours by arrest- ing the thief and recov- ering the money. According to a report, during the intervening night of 19th -20th June, 2017, some bur- glars broke open the shutters of two shops and one ATM in Doda town. The burglars succeeded in decamping with Rs 80,000 from the shop but was reportedly unable to open the locker of the ATM. The two shops belong to to Yawer Zaffer Batt and Riaz Ahmed Thoker located near District Library Doda. After registering a case vide FIR No 134/2017 under sec- tion 457/380 RPC at Police Station Doda, a team under the supervision of SHO Doda, Inspector Raghubir Singh, imme- diately started investigation and within no time, police man- aged to get some solid clues and on the basis of same, a sus- pect was arrested who after some resistance confessed of committing the crime and money was recovered from him. The accused from whom the recovery was made has been identified as Jaffer Hussain son of Abdul Hameed Mir Resident of Beoli, Doda. LMD books 16 defaulters STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: A team of Legal Metrology Department, Udhampur led by Assistant Controller, Anita Sharma con- ducted surprise market inspection here this morning. During the inspection, various commercial establishments including Kiryana shops, fruit/vegetable stalls, hardware stores, gold smith shops, gas agencies and petrol pumps were inspected by the team. Sixteen traders were booked on- spot and a fine of Rs.23,000 was realised from the default- ers. Speaking on the occasion, the Assistant Controller appealed the consumers to remain vigilant and check rates, date of packing and complete address of the manufacturer during shopping. She also directed the traders not to indulge in any unfair trade practice. Teenager’s body found in Nallah STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: A body of a teenager was found lying in mys- terious circumstances in Latti Nallha in Tehsil Chenani in District Udhampur. According to a report, a body of a teenager boy was found lying in mysterious circumstances in Latti Nallah in Tehsil Chenani district Udhampur. At wee hours some passerby after seeing the dead informed the local police who shifted it to nearby PHC where doctors declared him brought dead. Victim was identified as 15 years Balbir Singh son of Kunj Lal resident of Latti locality. Police handed over the body to the family members of victim after conducting autopsy and registered a case under section 174 Cr.PC for investigation. Biker knocked to death by truck STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: A biker was knocked to death by a speeding truck on Dhar Road near Karkai in Udhampur on Tuesday. According to a report, a motorcycle (DL3SDE-0440) was hit by a speeding truck on Dhar Road near Karkai resulting in biker getting critically injured and was shifted to nearby PHC from where on seeing his serious condition was further referred to Batra Hospital Jammu where he succumbed to injuries. Police handed over the body to family members of the victim after conducting autopsy and registered a case for investigation. The victim was identified as Sarperrt Dixit son of Om Parksh resident of New Delhi. 3 factory workers receive burn injuries STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: Three workers of Battal Ballian factory received burn injuries while they were engaged in factory work in Udhampur on Tuesday. According to a report, three workers of Battal Ballain fac- tory in Udhampur were suddenly engulfed in flames as fire broke out due to short circuit. They all received fatal burn injuries and were shifted to District Hospital Udhampur, from where they were further referred to GMC Jammu on being serious. The injured were identified as 36 years Ram Charan son of Rattan Lal and 33 years Mohd Aslam son of Mani both residents of village Chak and Rattan Kumar son of Madan Lal resident of Thnnu in Udhampur. Udhampur Police has registered a case for investigation. Man arrested with 46 pouches of liquor STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: A man was arrested on Tuesday for carrying 46 pouches of illicit liquor at Samba. According to a report, a party of Police Station Samba headed by Inspector Yashpal Singh Jamwal arrested one person namely Ganesh Kumar son of Kunj Lal resident of Ward No. 10 Samba who is working as SPO in Samba Police and recovered 46 nips of illicit liquor from his possession. A case vide FIR No. 127/17 under section 48-A Excise Act was registered in Police Station Samba and investigation in going on. Four bovines rescued, smuggler held STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Police on Tuesday foiled a bovine smuggling bid by rescuing four bovines and arresting a smuggler. According to a report, during a surprise Naka laid by Iftkhar Ahmed SDPO Thanamandi assisted by Inspector Karan Chalotra at Thanamandi, four bovines were rescued from the clutches of a bovine smuggler namely Liaqat Hussain resident of Darhal. Vehicle used in transportation of these bovines was also seized. A case vide FIR No 67 under section 188, 3/PC Act was registered against the smuggler at Police Station Thanamandi . Three injured in accident STATE TIMES NEWS AKHNOOR: Three persons got injured on Tuesday when a car hit a scooty at Akhnoor. According to a report, one car (PB 06M 5006) hit a Scooty (JK 02DL 0799) near BSF Campus Akhnoor (Karani) resulting in three persons receiving serious injuries. They were referred to Government Medical College Hospital Jammu after first aid. The injured were identified as Sukhvinder Singh (30) son of Shamasher Singh resident of Bale- Da-Bagh Akhnoor, Surinder Kumar (29) son of Bakari Lal resident of Jadh and Sanjeev (23) son of Puran Chand res- ident of Devi Pur Akhnoor. Police has registered a case and launched the investigation. STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: The Female Multipurpose Health Workers (FMPHWs) who are protesting for the last more than one month throughout Jammu province, took out a rally at Samba on Tuesday. A large number of health workers supported by para- medical staff from the entire Samba District took out a protest rally which started from District Hospital Samba and after passing through main Bazaar Samba reached Main Chowk Samba on NH 1 where they raised anti government slo- gans. JKMEF Distt Samba President Kuldeep Dabgotra and Female Multipurpose Health Workers Association Distt Samba President Kamla Devi addressed the protesting employees and alleged government for vio- lating their fundamental rights. They said that if gov- ernment does not address their grievances for which they are protesting peaceful- ly for the last more than 37 days they will intensify their protest and all the employees will go on complete strike. ReT and RReT teachers along with their Distt President Satish Dutta and Provincial President of JKGTF Rahul Sambyal and PHE employees under the leadership of Surinder Singh Distt President and Kulbhushan Singh General Secretary of PHE Employees Association also participated in the rally. Those who addressed the rally include Chanchal Singh JKMEF Block Samba President, Kuldeep Chalotra President Block Ramgarh, Yash Paul President DH Samba, Sunil Bandral Cashier Distt Samba, Nisha Devi, Parveen Verma and Rakesh Sharma Organising Secretary Distt Samba. FMPHWs take out rally against government Health employees taking out protest rally at Samba. STATE TIMES NEWS THANAMANDI: District Administration, Rajouri organised a public grievance redressal and awareness camp on Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS), Public Service Guarantee Act (PSGA) and Right to Information (RTI) Act apart from welfare schemes for stu- dents, women, children, mili- tancy affected and destitute. District Development Commissioner Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, AC Defence Abdul Qayoom, SDM Thanamandi Afzal Mirza, CMO Dr Suresh, DSWO Dr Abdul Khabir, ExEn of PHE, PWD, PMGSY, Mechanical, EM&RE, and district and sec- toral officers attended the pro- ceedings. More than 30 people from Thanamandi shared their views on the schemes and expressed gratitude to district administration for a wide- spread public outreach process. Departmental resource per- sons and district officers pre- sented details of Centrally Sponsored Schemes and wel- fare schemes launched by State Government which included NOAPS, Widow Pension, Aasra, MIDH, NFBS, PMKSY, SBM, MGNREGA, JKEDI schemes and a number of schemes related to farming sectors like horticulture, agriculture, seri- culture, fisheries, animal and sheep husbandry. Departments also presented a detailed resume of achieve- ments under the scheme in dis- trict and schedule of various awareness and enrolment camps being organised. DDC asked the departments to formulate village and pan- chayat wise development plan under various sectors and asked for convergence plan to promote horticulture in the region. He stressed on mass movement and concerted efforts for promoting educa- tion in the area, adding that education and awareness will lead to actual empowerment of masses. He thanked the people for overwhelming response to camps organised for providing services covered under PSGA and informed that such a series of camps will continue in July as well. So fare more than 5,500 certificates have been issued in ongoing 112 camps notified for this month. Awareness on Centrally sponsored schemes organised DDC Shahid Iqbal Choudhary speaking during the camp. STATE TIMES NEWS BISHNAH: A meeting of Dogra Sadar Sabha, Tehsil Bishnah was held at Bishnah town wherein besides office bearers and members of Tehsil Bishnah large number of other prominent people from all the area including Sarpanchs, Panchs, Numberdars, Chowkidars and youths attended. Gulchain Singh Charak, President Dogra Sadar Sabha, was the Chief Guest on the ocassion. The crucial problems being faced by the public of the area were discussed which include non-availability of water for irrigation purpose up to the tail end as no proper desilting has been carried out in the canal and distributaries of the area and due to the non-avail- ability of electricity all the pump sets and irrigation tube wells have also become totally non-functional which has cre- ated a drought like situation. The people living near the Indo-Pak border are worst affected due to the heavy shelling from across the bor- der and nothing is being done for extending the required help from the government. Almost all the main roads, link roads, lanes and drains are in dilapidated condition which has created numerous problems for whole public in general and school going chil- dren in particular. There is total mal-functioning of edu- cational institutions because of the insufficient staff and the accommodation for the students especially the Government Degree College Bishnah which is in quite bad shape. Fasal Bhima Yojna be immediately implemented in the whole area especially in the border belt so that farm- ers are saved from starving, proper financial assistance be provided to the farmers whose crops have been destroyed due to the recent hail storm and proper accom- modation and other facilities be provided for the Degree College Bishnah. Speakers appealed to G. S Charak to take up these issues with the concerned authorities at the earliest oth- erwise they will be compelled to start strong protest against the government in whole of the Tehsil. Charak assured them that their genuine demands will be taken up with Central and State Governments and if it failed to act then government should get ready to face pub- lic wrath. Prem Sagar Gupta, Gambhir Dev Singh, Dr O. P Saini, Dr Raghubir Singh, Madan Lal Bhagat, Sub. Waryam Chand, Mater Balwant Saini, Capt. Gurbachan Singh, Prem Singh Saini, Dr S. K Digra, Rakesh Dogra, Mehar Singh, Sohan Singh, Rattan Lal and Onkar Singh were present in the meeting. Dogra Sadar Sabha discusses people's issues President DSS, Gulchain Singh Charak speaking during the public meeting at Bishnah. STATE TIMES NEWS NOWSHERA: In the wake of ensuing International Yoga Day on 21st June, 2017, various social activists and the local youths took out an awareness rally in this connection on Tuesday. The rally was taken out from Arya Mandir Nowshera which passed through Jhangar Chowk, Main Chowk, and other places. They informed the people about the importance and benefits of yoga in the mod- ern times. They asked the people to join the celebration of International Yoga Day which is being celebrated in Thakurdwara Khoohwala on 21st June, 2017. Yoga awareness rally taken out Locals taking out awareness rally at Nowshera. STATE TIMES NEWS VIJAYPUR: In order to pro- mote cashless transaction in all the canteens/jawan's mess, PTTI Vijaypur in col- laboration with J&K Bank Branch Vijaypur installed swipe machines (POS) at wet canteen and jawan's mess. Ashok Kumar, SSP while inaugurating the swipe machines said that one has already been installed in dry canteen and now the wet can- teen and jawan's mess have also been covered. He further said that by installing these POS Machines PTTI Vijaypur has fully turned on cashless transaction mode. SSP Ashok Kumar also stressed upon the officers staff members/trainees to make a habit of using digital mode of money transaction. SSP Ashok was accompa- nied by V.K Jamwal Vice- Principal, karanjit Singh Dy.SP Outdoor, R.S. Jamwal Dy.SP R and D- Tech, Yogesh Bamba Dy.SP Indoor, Riaz Ahmed Sr. Prosecuting Officer, Hemanshu Mahajan Inspector (PO), Rajesh Rana Inspector Reserve and Inspr. Ramesh Kataria. PTTI Vijaypur turns to cashless transaction mode SSP, Ashok Kumar inaugurating the swipe machines at PTTI Vijaypur. STATE TIMES NEWS SUCHETGARH: Department of Agriculture Sub Div R S Pura under the direction of Director of Agriculture Jammu H.K Razdhan, guidance of Chief Agri Officer Jammu R.L Bhagat conducted farmers training programme under Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) in cluster vil- lage at Koretana Khurd. A large number of farmers took part in the progamme. SDAO RS Pura Farooq Bhat while addressing the farmers made them aware regarding the importance of Dainch and Vermicompost. Arun Jaral JAEO spoke about the benefits of Panchgavya/ Beejomrit/Jeevamrit and use of curd, butter milk for the management of insect/ pest and disease besides use of mustard cake for the control of weed in transplanted rice. Vote of thanks was presented by AEO RS Pura D D Bhagat. Others who were present include JAEOS Kuldeep Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Anshu Gupta besides Vaeas Surinder Singh, Kuldeep Chohan and Navneet. Farmers imparted training on organic farming An agriculture official addressing the farmers at the camp. STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: District Development Commissioner, Ravinder Kumar on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the pace of developmental works and implementation of welfare schemes in the dis- trict. Discussion was held on status of development proj- ects, their stage-wise progress, issues involved thereto and system of super- vision and monitoring by the field officers. The DDC directed the officers to accel- erate developmental tempo in the district and ensure all targeted developmental proj- ects are completed within stipulated time. He also directed officers to ensure field visit to check quality of work and remove bottle- necks, if any. Earlier, DDC had feedback from various departments regarding physical and financial status of develop- mental works in the district. The DDC also asked the offi- cers to submit physical and financial progress of ongoing development works on monthly basis so that any type of inordinate delay in the completion of the project do not occur. The meeting was attended by officers and officials from Planning, RDD, Health, Education, Power, R&B, ICDS, Social Welfare and police. DDC reviews development works STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: Deputy Commissioner, Sheetal Nanda, on Tuesday chaired a meeting to finalise arrangements being put in place for smooth conduct of Amrnathji Yatra 2017. The meeting was attended by Additional District Development Commissioner, Vivek Sharma, SSP, Anil Magotra, Additional Deputy Commissioner, T S Sharma, Sub Divisional Magistrates, District Information Officer, Tehsildars, Block Development Officers, other officers from dif- ferent departments and several eminent personalities of the dis- trict. The Yatra Officer, SDM Vijaypur will be assisted by the designated nodal officers- Tehsildars of Ghaggawal, Samba, Vijaypur and Bari Brahmana for facilitating the arrangements and conduct of two month long yatra. The Deputy Commissioner directed installation of Langar sites with adequate facilities of drinking water, electricity, sani- tation, fire tenders, medical aid and proper parking spaces to provide hassle free travel to pil- grims who will be visiting the Valley based Shrine from all parts of the country. Chief Medical Officer was directed to ensure round the clock medical facilities with spe- cial arrangements for emer- gency medical aid An enforce- ment committee comprising officers from Legal Metrology and Food Safety departments along with concerned TSO was constituted for strict checking of rates, quality and quantity of eatables, perishables and con- sumables especially at the mar- kets en route Amarnath Yatra. Sheetal Nanda appealed the civil society for extending coop- eration to the administration for smooth conduct of this annual religious Yatra. She emphasised maintaining highest standards of cleanliness and sanitation for cleaner and greener district to motivate the pilgrims for under- taking consecutive visits to Samba for tourism, recreational and cultural purposes. Preparations for Amarnath Yatra finalised DIC organises quiz competition STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: District Information Centre (DIC) organised quiz competi- tion in Government Middle School Shanog on Tuesday. In the competition, a total of 14 students, seven each in team A and B, participated. Finally, the team 'B' comprising students Afreen Kouser, Parveen Akhtar, Biddu Kumari, Sonika Kumari, Nazia Kouser, Azmat Koser and Mudassar Ahmed won the competition by 13 points. On the occasion, Balwant Singh Head Master of the host School was the Chief Guest who enlightened the students on the importance of such competitions to broaden their general knowledge. Meanwhile, a cultural pro- gramme by local artists was also organised on the occasion. Later, a debate on the topic women empower- ment was held in the insti- tution in which seven stu- dents took part and expressed their views besides were awarded cer- tificates. STATE TIMES NEWS DODA: A special enrolment drive to enroll left out electors with focus on first time electors in the age group of 18-21 years with respect to 1st January 2017 as the qualifying date shall be conducted from 1st to 31st July, 2017. In this regard, a meeting was convened here today under the chairmanship ship of Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Tariq Hussain Naik, which was attended by ACD Akhtar Qazi, CMO Wajid Ali Najar, Tehsildar Doda Nasir Ali Natnoo, Nodal officer SVEEP, Muneeb Umar besides other district officers of various departments. During the meeting, the offi- cers were asked to raise aware- ness among the people about the process of electoral purifica- tion and special enrolment drive which is going to start on 1st July through camps, seminars and other modes of communica- tion. CEO and principals of various colleges were asked to inform the students about the process as the focus is on citizens in young age group from 18-21 years. Besides, the Social Welfare and Health Department was asked to involve grass root level workers like ASHA for educating the people in the villages about the subject. Meanwhile, the ACR directed ARTO to install SVEEP pam- phlets and posters on all the commercial vehicles. Similarly, other departments were instructed to organise aware- ness camps at various places during the whole month to encourage people for enrolment process. Layer, all the departments were directed to submit their action taken report and a list of proposed events to election cell Doda for further planning. Special enrolment drive from July 1
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Police solves theft cases; onearrested, Rs 80,000 recovered
STATE TIMES NEWSDODA: Police on Tuesday solved three burglary casesincluding one of ATMwithin hours by arrest-ing the thief and recov-ering the money.
According to a report,during the interveningnight of 19th -20thJune, 2017, some bur-glars broke open theshutters of two shopsand one ATM in Dodatown. The burglarssucceeded in decamping with Rs 80,000 from the shop butwas reportedly unable to open the locker of the ATM. Thetwo shops belong to to Yawer Zaffer Batt and Riaz AhmedThoker located near District Library Doda.
After registering a case vide FIR No 134/2017 under sec-tion 457/380 RPC at Police Station Doda, a team under thesupervision of SHO Doda, Inspector Raghubir Singh, imme-diately started investigation and within no time, police man-aged to get some solid clues and on the basis of same, a sus-pect was arrested who after some resistance confessed ofcommitting the crime and money was recovered from him.
The accused from whom the recovery was made has beenidentified as Jaffer Hussain son of Abdul Hameed MirResident of Beoli, Doda.
LMD books 16 defaultersSTATE TIMES NEWS
UDHAMPUR: A team of Legal Metrology Department,Udhampur led by Assistant Controller, Anita Sharma con-ducted surprise market inspection here this morning.
During the inspection, various commercial establishmentsincluding Kiryana shops, fruit/vegetable stalls, hardwarestores, gold smith shops, gas agencies and petrol pumpswere inspected by the team. Sixteen traders were booked on-spot and a fine of Rs.23,000 was realised from the default-ers.
Speaking on the occasion, the Assistant Controllerappealed the consumers to remain vigilant and check rates,date of packing and complete address of the manufacturerduring shopping. She also directed the traders not to indulgein any unfair trade practice.
Teenager’s body found in NallahSTATE TIMES NEWS
UDHAMPUR: A body of a teenager was found lying in mys-terious circumstances in Latti Nallha in Tehsil Chenani inDistrict Udhampur.
According to a report, a body of a teenager boy was foundlying in mysterious circumstances in Latti Nallah in TehsilChenani district Udhampur. At wee hours some passerbyafter seeing the dead informed the local police who shifted itto nearby PHC where doctors declared him brought dead.Victim was identified as 15 years Balbir Singh son of KunjLal resident of Latti locality. Police handed over the body tothe family members of victim after conducting autopsy andregistered a case under section 174 Cr.PC for investigation.
Biker knocked to death by truck STATE TIMES NEWS
UDHAMPUR: A biker was knocked to death by a speedingtruck on Dhar Road near Karkai in Udhampur on Tuesday.
According to a report, a motorcycle (DL3SDE-0440) washit by a speeding truck on Dhar Road near Karkai resultingin biker getting critically injured and was shifted to nearbyPHC from where on seeing his serious condition was furtherreferred to Batra Hospital Jammu where he succumbed toinjuries. Police handed over the body to family members ofthe victim after conducting autopsy and registered a case forinvestigation. The victim was identified as Sarperrt Dixitson of Om Parksh resident of New Delhi.
3 factory workers receive burn injuries STATE TIMES NEWS
UDHAMPUR: Three workers of Battal Ballian factoryreceived burn injuries while they were engaged in factorywork in Udhampur on Tuesday.
According to a report, three workers of Battal Ballain fac-tory in Udhampur were suddenly engulfed in flames as firebroke out due to short circuit. They all received fatal burninjuries and were shifted to District Hospital Udhampur,from where they were further referred to GMC Jammu onbeing serious. The injured were identified as 36 years RamCharan son of Rattan Lal and 33 years Mohd Aslam son ofMani both residents of village Chak and Rattan Kumar sonof Madan Lal resident of Thnnu in Udhampur. UdhampurPolice has registered a case for investigation.
Man arrested with 46 pouches of liquorSTATE TIMES NEWS
SAMBA: A man was arrested on Tuesday for carrying 46pouches of illicit liquor at Samba.
According to a report, a party of Police Station Sambaheaded by Inspector Yashpal Singh Jamwal arrested oneperson namely Ganesh Kumar son of Kunj Lal resident ofWard No. 10 Samba who is working as SPO in Samba Policeand recovered 46 nips of illicit liquor from his possession. Acase vide FIR No. 127/17 under section 48-A Excise Act wasregistered in Police Station Samba and investigation ingoing on.
Four bovines rescued, smuggler held STATE TIMES NEWS
RAJOURI: Police on Tuesday foiled a bovine smuggling bidby rescuing four bovines and arresting a smuggler.
According to a report, during a surprise Naka laid byIftkhar Ahmed SDPO Thanamandi assisted by InspectorKaran Chalotra at Thanamandi, four bovines were rescuedfrom the clutches of a bovine smuggler namely LiaqatHussain resident of Darhal. Vehicle used in transportationof these bovines was also seized. A case vide FIR No 67under section 188, 3/PC Act was registered against thesmuggler at Police Station Thanamandi .
Three injured in accident STATE TIMES NEWS
AKHNOOR: Three persons got injured on Tuesday when acar hit a scooty at Akhnoor.According to a report, one car (PB06M 5006) hit a Scooty (JK 02DL0799) near BSF Campus Akhnoor(Karani) resulting in three personsreceiving serious injuries. They werereferred to Government MedicalCollege Hospital Jammu after firstaid. The injured were identified asSukhvinder Singh (30) son ofShamasher Singh resident of Bale-Da-Bagh Akhnoor, Surinder Kumar (29) son of Bakari Lalresident of Jadh and Sanjeev (23) son of Puran Chand res-ident of Devi Pur Akhnoor. Police has registered a case andlaunched the investigation.
STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: The FemaleMultipurpose HealthWorkers (FMPHWs) whoare protesting for the lastmore than one monththroughout Jammuprovince, took out a rally atSamba on Tuesday.
A large number of healthworkers supported by para-medical staff from the entireSamba District took out aprotest rally which startedfrom District HospitalSamba and after passingthrough main BazaarSamba reached Main ChowkSamba on NH 1 where theyraised anti government slo-gans. JKMEF Distt SambaPresident Kuldeep Dabgotraand Female MultipurposeHealth Workers AssociationDistt Samba PresidentKamla Devi addressed theprotesting employees andalleged government for vio-lating their fundamentalrights. They said that if gov-ernment does not address
their grievances for whichthey are protesting peaceful-ly for the last more than 37days they will intensify theirprotest and all the employeeswill go on complete strike.
ReT and RReT teachersalong with their DisttPresident Satish Dutta andProvincial President ofJKGTF Rahul Sambyal andPHE employees under theleadership of SurinderSingh Distt President andKulbhushan Singh General
Secretary of PHEEmployees Association alsoparticipated in the rally.Those who addressed therally include ChanchalSingh JKMEF BlockSamba President, KuldeepChalotra President BlockRamgarh, Yash PaulPresident DH Samba, SunilBandral Cashier DisttSamba, Nisha Devi, ParveenVerma and Rakesh SharmaOrganising Secretary DisttSamba.
FMPHWs take out rallyagainst government
Health employees taking out protest rally at Samba.
STATE TIMES NEWS THANAMANDI: DistrictAdministration, Rajouriorganised a public grievanceredressal and awareness campon Centrally SponsoredSchemes (CSS), PublicService Guarantee Act(PSGA) and Right toInformation (RTI) Act apartfrom welfare schemes for stu-dents, women, children, mili-tancy affected and destitute.
District DevelopmentCommissioner Dr ShahidIqbal Choudhary, AC DefenceAbdul Qayoom, SDMThanamandi Afzal Mirza,CMO Dr Suresh, DSWO DrAbdul Khabir, ExEn of PHE,PWD, PMGSY, Mechanical,EM&RE, and district and sec-toral officers attended the pro-ceedings. More than 30 peoplefrom Thanamandi sharedtheir views on the schemes andexpressed gratitude to districtadministration for a wide-spread public outreachprocess.
Departmental resource per-
sons and district officers pre-sented details of CentrallySponsored Schemes and wel-fare schemes launched byState Government whichincluded NOAPS, WidowPension, Aasra, MIDH,NFBS, PMKSY, SBM,MGNREGA, JKEDI schemesand a number of schemesrelated to farming sectors likehorticulture, agriculture, seri-culture, fisheries, animal andsheep husbandry.Departments also presented adetailed resume of achieve-ments under the scheme in dis-trict and schedule of variousawareness and enrolmentcamps being organised.
DDC asked the departments
to formulate village and pan-chayat wise development planunder various sectors andasked for convergence plan topromote horticulture in theregion. He stressed on massmovement and concertedefforts for promoting educa-tion in the area, adding thateducation and awareness willlead to actual empowerment ofmasses. He thanked the peoplefor overwhelming response tocamps organised for providingservices covered under PSGAand informed that such aseries of camps will continue inJuly as well. So fare more than5,500 certificates have beenissued in ongoing 112 campsnotified for this month.
Awareness on Centrally sponsored schemes organised
DDC Shahid Iqbal Choudhary speaking during the camp.
STATE TIMES NEWS BISHNAH: A meeting ofDogra Sadar Sabha, TehsilBishnah was held at Bishnahtown wherein besides officebearers and members ofTehsil Bishnah large numberof other prominent peoplefrom all the area includingSarpanchs, Panchs,Numberdars, Chowkidarsand youths attended.Gulchain Singh Charak,President Dogra SadarSabha, was the Chief Gueston the ocassion.
The crucial problems beingfaced by the public of the areawere discussed which includenon-availability of water forirrigation purpose up to thetail end as no proper desiltinghas been carried out in thecanal and distributaries of thearea and due to the non-avail-ability of electricity all thepump sets and irrigation tubewells have also become totallynon-functional which has cre-
ated a drought like situation.The people living near theIndo-Pak border are worstaffected due to the heavyshelling from across the bor-der and nothing is being donefor extending the requiredhelp from the government.Almost all the main roads,link roads, lanes and drainsare in dilapidated conditionwhich has created numerousproblems for whole public ingeneral and school going chil-dren in particular. There istotal mal-functioning of edu-
cational institutions becauseof the insufficient staff andthe accommodation for thestudents especially theGovernment Degree CollegeBishnah which is in quite badshape. Fasal Bhima Yojna beimmediately implemented inthe whole area especially inthe border belt so that farm-ers are saved from starving,proper financial assistancebe provided to the farmerswhose crops have beendestroyed due to the recenthail storm and proper accom-
modation and other facilitiesbe provided for the DegreeCollege Bishnah.
Speakers appealed to G. SCharak to take up theseissues with the concernedauthorities at the earliest oth-erwise they will be compelledto start strong protest againstthe government in whole ofthe Tehsil.
Charak assured them thattheir genuine demands will betaken up with Central andState Governments and if itfailed to act then governmentshould get ready to face pub-lic wrath. Prem Sagar Gupta,Gambhir Dev Singh, Dr O. PSaini, Dr Raghubir Singh,Madan Lal Bhagat, Sub.Waryam Chand, MaterBalwant Saini, Capt.Gurbachan Singh, PremSingh Saini, Dr S. K Digra,Rakesh Dogra, Mehar Singh,Sohan Singh, Rattan Lal andOnkar Singh were present inthe meeting.
Dogra Sadar Sabha discusses people's issues
President DSS, Gulchain Singh Charak speaking during the public meeting at Bishnah.
STATE TIMES NEWSNOWSHERA: In the wakeof ensuing InternationalYoga Day on 21st June,2017, various social activistsand the local youths took outan awareness rally in thisconnection on Tuesday.
The rally was taken outfrom Arya Mandir Nowsherawhich passed through
Jhangar Chowk, MainChowk, and other places.They informed the peopleabout the importance andbenefits of yoga in the mod-ern times. They asked thepeople to join the celebrationof International Yoga Daywhich is being celebrated inThakurdwara Khoohwala on21st June, 2017.
Yoga awareness rallytaken out
Locals taking out awareness rally at Nowshera.
STATE TIMES NEWS VIJAYPUR: In order to pro-mote cashless transaction inall the canteens/jawan'smess, PTTI Vijaypur in col-laboration with J&K BankBranch Vijaypur installedswipe machines (POS) at wetcanteen and jawan's mess.Ashok Kumar, SSP whileinaugurating the swipemachines said that one hasalready been installed in drycanteen and now the wet can-teen and jawan's mess havealso been covered. He furthersaid that by installing thesePOS Machines PTTIVijaypur has fully turned oncashless transaction mode.SSP Ashok Kumar alsostressed upon the officersstaff members/trainees to
make a habit of using digitalmode of money transaction.
SSP Ashok was accompa-nied by V.K Jamwal Vice-Principal, karanjit SinghDy.SP Outdoor, R.S.Jamwal Dy.SP R and D-
Tech, Yogesh Bamba Dy.SPIndoor, Riaz Ahmed Sr.Prosecuting Officer,Hemanshu MahajanInspector (PO), RajeshRana Inspector Reserve andInspr. Ramesh Kataria.
PTTI Vijaypur turns to cashlesstransaction mode
SSP, Ashok Kumar inaugurating the swipemachines at PTTI Vijaypur.
STATE TIMES NEWSS U C H E T G A R H :Department of AgricultureSub Div R S Pura under thedirection of Director ofAgriculture Jammu H.KRazdhan, guidance of ChiefAgri Officer Jammu R.LBhagat conducted farmerstraining programme underParticipatory GuaranteeSystem (PGS) in cluster vil-lage at Koretana Khurd. Alarge number of farmers tookpart in the progamme.SDAO RS Pura Farooq Bhatwhile addressing the farmersmade them aware regardingthe importance of Dainchand Vermicompost. ArunJaral JAEO spoke about thebenefits of Panchgavya/Beejomrit/Jeevamrit and use
of curd, butter milk for themanagement of insect/ pestand disease besides use ofmustard cake for the controlof weed in transplanted rice.Vote of thanks was presentedby AEO RS Pura D D
Bhagat.Others who were present
include JAEOS KuldeepSingh, Gurdeep Singh,Anshu Gupta besides VaeasSurinder Singh, KuldeepChohan and Navneet.
Farmers imparted training onorganic farming
An agriculture official addressing the farmers at the camp.
STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: DistrictDevelopment Commissioner,Ravinder Kumar on Tuesdaychaired a meeting to reviewthe pace of developmentalworks and implementation ofwelfare schemes in the dis-trict. Discussion was held onstatus of development proj-ects, their stage-wiseprogress, issues involvedthereto and system of super-vision and monitoring by thefield officers. The DDCdirected the officers to accel-erate developmental tempoin the district and ensure alltargeted developmental proj-ects are completed withinstipulated time. He alsodirected officers to ensure
field visit to check quality ofwork and remove bottle-necks, if any.
Earlier, DDC had feedbackfrom various departmentsregarding physical andfinancial status of develop-mental works in the district.The DDC also asked the offi-cers to submit physical andfinancial progress of ongoingdevelopment works onmonthly basis so that anytype of inordinate delay inthe completion of the projectdo not occur.
The meeting was attendedby officers and officials fromPlanning, RDD, Health,Education, Power, R&B,ICDS, Social Welfare andpolice.
DDC reviews development works
STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: DeputyCommissioner, Sheetal Nanda,on Tuesday chaired a meeting tofinalise arrangements being putin place for smooth conduct ofAmrnathji Yatra 2017.
The meeting was attended byAdditional DistrictDevelopment Commissioner,Vivek Sharma, SSP, AnilMagotra, Additional DeputyCommissioner, T S Sharma,Sub Divisional Magistrates,District Information Officer,Tehsildars, Block DevelopmentOfficers, other officers from dif-ferent departments and severaleminent personalities of the dis-trict. The Yatra Officer, SDMVijaypur will be assisted by the
designated nodal officers-Tehsildars of Ghaggawal,Samba, Vijaypur and BariBrahmana for facilitating thearrangements and conduct oftwo month long yatra.
The Deputy Commissionerdirected installation of Langarsites with adequate facilities ofdrinking water, electricity, sani-tation, fire tenders, medical aidand proper parking spaces toprovide hassle free travel to pil-grims who will be visiting theValley based Shrine from allparts of the country.
Chief Medical Officer wasdirected to ensure round theclock medical facilities with spe-cial arrangements for emer-gency medical aid An enforce-
ment committee comprisingofficers from Legal Metrologyand Food Safety departmentsalong with concerned TSO wasconstituted for strict checking ofrates, quality and quantity ofeatables, perishables and con-sumables especially at the mar-kets en route Amarnath Yatra.Sheetal Nanda appealed thecivil society for extending coop-eration to the administration forsmooth conduct of this annualreligious Yatra. She emphasisedmaintaining highest standardsof cleanliness and sanitation forcleaner and greener district tomotivate the pilgrims for under-taking consecutive visits toSamba for tourism, recreationaland cultural purposes.
Preparations for Amarnath Yatra finalised DIC organises quizcompetition
STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: DistrictInformation Centre (DIC)organised quiz competi-tion in GovernmentMiddle School Shanog onTuesday.
In the competition, atotal of 14 students, seveneach in team A and B,participated.
Finally, the team 'B'comprising studentsAfreen Kouser, ParveenAkhtar, Biddu Kumari,Sonika Kumari, NaziaKouser, Azmat Koser andMudassar Ahmed won thecompetition by 13 points.
On the occasion,Balwant Singh HeadMaster of the host Schoolwas the Chief Guest whoenlightened the studentson the importance of suchcompetitions to broadentheir general knowledge.Meanwhile, a cultural pro-gramme by local artistswas also organised on theoccasion.
Later, a debate on thetopic women empower-ment was held in the insti-tution in which seven stu-dents took part andexpressed their viewsbesides were awarded cer-tificates.
STATE TIMES NEWS DODA: A special enrolmentdrive to enroll left out electorswith focus on first time electorsin the age group of 18-21 yearswith respect to 1st January2017 as the qualifying date shallbe conducted from 1st to 31stJuly, 2017.
In this regard, a meeting wasconvened here today under thechairmanship ship of AssistantCommissioner Revenue, TariqHussain Naik, which was
attended by ACD Akhtar Qazi,CMO Wajid Ali Najar, TehsildarDoda Nasir Ali Natnoo, Nodalofficer SVEEP, Muneeb Umarbesides other district officers ofvarious departments.
During the meeting, the offi-cers were asked to raise aware-ness among the people aboutthe process of electoral purifica-tion and special enrolment drivewhich is going to start on 1stJuly through camps, seminarsand other modes of communica-
tion.CEO and principals of various
colleges were asked to informthe students about the processas the focus is on citizens inyoung age group from 18-21years. Besides, the SocialWelfare and HealthDepartment was asked toinvolve grass root level workerslike ASHA for educating thepeople in the villages about thesubject.
Meanwhile, the ACR directed
ARTO to install SVEEP pam-phlets and posters on all thecommercial vehicles. Similarly,other departments wereinstructed to organise aware-ness camps at various placesduring the whole month toencourage people for enrolmentprocess.
Layer, all the departmentswere directed to submit theiraction taken report and a list ofproposed events to election cellDoda for further planning.
Special enrolment drive from July 1
