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State highways to have rest centres
Acquisition of land for industrial centre approved
Power supply in Leh erratic
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Duthan villagers without power since December 14
Panel names 4 for SMVDU V-C post
Citizens Services mechanism launched
Chief Secy reviews preparation of RFD
District Sports Councils not enough: Assn
‘Aware poor about welfare schemes’
Dept-wise pattern for misconducts sought
District Football Club, Udhampur, Mussa Club script wins
Easy wins for GDC Mendhar, GCET in cricket tournament
KCC script win in T20 cricket
IED defused on Jammu-Poonch highway
Expedite work: EC
SRS expresses concern on rape cases
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State highways to have rest centres
Jammu, January 9 The wayside amenities or rest centres for drivers would be set up on the Jammu-Srinagar and Batote-Doda-Kishtwar National Highways where the drivers can rest for some time and refresh themselves for their journey. In this connection, the Traffic and Transport Departments along with representatives of Beacon organisation and the National Highway Authority of India would conduct a joint inspection on January 17 to identify spots to provide amenities on the twin National Highways. At a high-level meeting of the officers of Traffic police, police, Beacon organisation and other departments concerned with the Minister for Transport, Qamar Ali Akhhoon was convened to take stock of the situation on the national highways in the state. These wayside rest centres for the drivers would have all kinds of facilities, including big halls with beds/ kitchen/ washing rooms besides other amenities. The Beacon authorities have started replacing the damaged crash barriers near the trouble spots of Khoni Nallah and Panthal on the Ramban-Banihal stretch, the most accident-prone area on the Jammu - Srinagar National Highway. It was also informed in the meeting that big signboards and signals are also being put up on vital points along the highway. The Minister asked the National Highway Authority of India and Beacon authorities to take pre-emptive measures by keeping men and machinery ready to meet any exigencies in the backdrop of fresh snowfall in the coming days. The Minister has asked the enforcement agencies to involve people and transport operators in the measures to be taken to reduce the accidents on these roads in 2013. Help on the roadside
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Acquisition of land for industrial centre approved
Jammu, January 9 The nod was given after the later assured the committee that the 125-kanal land belonging to the refugees would be kept out of the purview of the acquisition proceedings and the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of IGC would be modified. The Revenue and Industries Department provided the information before the committee during a visit of the Industrial Growth Centre, Samba, on
December 13. The committee was informed that the land belonging to 18 refugees adding to 125 kanals in Karandi and Ram Nagar villages within the proposed acquisition process. land for industrial growth centre
The House Committee of the Legislative Council constituted to look into the problems in the land acquisition process for the Industrial Growth Centre, Samba, Phase III, has asked the Industries and Revenue Departments to go ahead with the process |
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Power supply in Leh erratic
Leh, January 9 Power Development Department Executive Engineer RS Rashpal said, “Overloading of power has forced the authorities to make power curtailment in many residential colonies of the town.” He said due to snag in the Governor hunting machine of Nimo-Basgo Hydel Power Project, the power to Leh town and its adjacent villages was supplied from Choglamsar diesel
generator sets, which could supply only 5 MW power against the demand of 9 MW. One unit of 15MW of the 45 MW Nimo-Basgo NHPC Hydro power project was started on a trial basis on December 14 on the eve of Ladakhi Losar (New Year). Rashpal said experts of the BHEL, who came from Delhi, were checking technical problems. Ever since the NHPC Nimo-Basgo Power Project was started on trial, people got power at an average of ten hours daily instead of five and half hours.
Moreover, over five-hour of the power supply was from the diesel generator and that too for only for lighting purposes. The banned heavy voltage electrical gadgets like heater and boilers are openly used by the people after the NHPC Nimo-Basgo Power Project started on the trial basis. Deputy Commissioner Tsering Aangchuk
said, “The second unit 15 MW of the NHPC Nimo-Basgo project will be completed in next
15-20 days and will pave the way to improve the power situation.” |
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Duthan villagers without power since December 14
Batote, January 9 The villagers got electricity supply on July 1, 2012. “Only 32 houses of our village got electricity supply on July 1 last year but have been without power since the snowfall on December 14,” said Jagdish Khajuria. “One of the staff members of the department had told us that the coil of the 25-KVA transformer got damaged and asked us to bring some villagers who would carry it to Ramban for repair,” he added. Out of the 105 families of the Duthan village, 73 families still do not have power supply. “While inaugurating the 25-KVA transformer on July1, I had suggested to the department to engage the junior staff members on casual basis to take care of the power supply installed under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojna (RGGY) in such remote areas, but the same went unheeded thus making the poor villagers to suffer in this bone-chilling cold weather,” said MLA, Ramban, Ashok Kumar. “I was not aware about it. I will speak to the authorities in this regard,” he added. Superintendent Engineer SC Meena, said since the transformer is under guarantee so it would be replaced by the agency concerned soon. |
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Nano cars may soon run as cabs in Jammu, Srinagar
Jammu, January 9 Officials said though the department had not given its consent to run the service but it has asked private parties to submit detailed proposals on how they intend to implement the strict rules laid down by the government. “We have received applications for permission to use Nano cars in commercial segments within the jurisdiction of Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) and Jammu Development Authority (JDA) as mini taxis on tariff as charged by autorickshaws. The same will be studied before granting permission,” a Transport Department official said. As per the notification issued by the Transport Department, before considering the matter the applicants should have provision of parking lots to operate the service. Under this scheme, the operators will be provided separate phone numbers and the tourists or commuters can ask for taxi service. The service will have a city-based permit and can be availed to go anywhere within the municipal limits. “Each vehicle will have a GPS system to track the location of the taxis and payment can be made
as per the meter reading to avoid excess billing. Each operator needs to
create own parking space and other facilities,” said an official. The state government had decided to ply radio taxis in the two cities. However, few have been made operational in Srinagar but Jammu does not have a cab service. As per the specification of the scheme, every motor cab at the time of induction shall be preferably brand new or else not more than two-years old. “The vehicle must be equipped with temperature-control devices such as air conditioning and heating and maintained in proper working order at all times. The government also intends to provide the operators options of white, red and black colours to chose for the taxies. |
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Panel names 4 for SMVDU V-C post
Jammu, January 9 Dr SS Bloeria, Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Jammu, was the head of the search committee. Other members were Vice-Chancellor of the JP Institute of Information Technology (JPIIT), Noida, Dr SC Saxena, and a senior Professor from the IIT Kanpur. “Four senior Professors of Jammu University had applied for the post. The CVs were routed through the Registrar of the University. Out of the four, only one has been short-listed. The other three Professors in the panel are from different prestigious institutions of the country,” sources said. The Governor, who is also the Chancellor of the SMVDU, had asked the Convener of the Search Committee to find an eminent scientist or academician of international repute for the post of Vice-Chancellor. Search for emminence
The Governor, who is also the Chancellor of the SMVDU, had asked the Convener of the Search Committee to find an eminent scientist or academician of international repute for the post of V-C |
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Citizens Services mechanism launched
Jammu, January 9 The system also provides the facility to the department to create a data bank about births and deaths, building permissions, accrual based accounting and status of court cases. It also provides facility to maintain personal management and administrative module and e-tendering for development works. |
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Chief Secy reviews preparation of RFD
Jammu, January 9 Chairing the periodic Committee meeting of secretaries, the Chief Secretary said the RFD will shift the focus from process orientation to result orientation and provide an objective and fair basis to evaluate the overall performance of each department at the end of the financial year. The Results Framework Document will function as a performance assessment and management system aimed at judging the performance and service delivery of government departments. The department will be judged on the basis of timely completion of works, outcome of schemes, quality of work done and status of benefits of projects actually accruing to people and other success indicators. Chief Secretary also reviewed the progress of Jammu and Kashmir
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District Sports Councils not enough: Assn
Jammu, January 9 The decision in this regard was taken by the sports council at its 52nd meeting held in April 2011 under the chairmanship of Chief Minister (president, sports council) and the deliberations took place in the 128th meeting of the standing committee which was held in July last year. “What is the logic behind constituting the District Sports Council in ten districts of the state when the authorities concerned have failed to fully operationalise the district sports bodies,” sources in the sports council said. “Out of the 48 affiliated associations, only a few have constituted their bodies in every district of the state while rest of the associations are still struggling to constitute them,” sources said. District Sports Councils were constituted in 10 districts of the state. These included Anantnag (Islamabad), Budgam, Baramulla, Kupwara, Pulwama, Doda, Kathua, Poonch, Rajouri and Udhampur. Sources said even those associations, who have constituted the district sports bodies, have yet to conduct elections to nominate new office bearers as the term of present office bearers have expired since long. “Another decision that was taken in the meeting relating to financial powers up to the extent of Rs 1 lakh per annum for the district sports councils looks to be a mere announcement because the incharge managers at the MA stadium, which is the main activity centre for sportspersons, are getting a meagre 5,000 to spent on repair and other necessary works then how it could be possible that the councils would be entitled to such amount,” the sources maintained. Meanwhile, the J&K State Sports Council has put the entire blame on the sports associations for not taking initiatives to constitute district units. MS Baba, chief sports officer, J&K State Sports Council, told The Tribune “It is a serious issue and the sports council is fully aware of it. The department has asked the sports associations to constitute district body its level best to convince the associations to constitute district body but of no avail,” Baba said. |
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Governor emphasises on ethical values to establish harmonious society
Jammu, January 9 The Governor, as the chief guest, was addressing the valedictory session of the two-day seminar on ‘Unity in Diversity’, being organised by the Ramakrishna Mission, Jammu, as part of the 150th Birthday celebrations of Swami Vivekananda, at the police auditorium, Gulshan Ground, here today. The Governor observed that Swami Vivekananda was not only an eminent Indian but one of the most outstanding thinkers and philosophers, who had a visionary view of the universe. He said India, with more than 5,000 years of recorded history, was one of the best example of Unity in Diversity, where people from various religions and faiths, various languages, have lived together for centuries. He said this spirit had to be rediscovered and strengthened. Referring to the various major components of the philosophy of Swami Vivekananda, the Governor said character building and the restoration of ethical values were very important. Referring to the recent heinous gang-rape incident in Delhi, he stressed the importance of concerted efforts being made to reinvigorate moral and ethical values in the society. Swami Paratmananda, secretary, Ramakrishna Mission, Srinagar, gave a resume of the sub-themes and deliberations of the working sessions of the two-day seminar. Dr SS Bloeria, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Central University, Jammu, in his welcome address, gave details of the activities of the Jammu Mission and those planned for the future. He also dwelt on the salient features of Swami Vivekananda’s philosophy. The function commenced with the invocation and concluded with the group prayer by the monks of the Ramakrishna Order. |
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Employees’ protest enters second day
Jammu, January 9 The employees are demanding enhancement of retirement age to 60 years, a policy on regularisation of daily wagers and removal of pay anomalies. Reports said thousands of employees across J&K held demonstrations at all the district headquarters and presented memorandum to the Deputy Commissioners concerned regarding the non-implementation of the agreement on their demands. Meanwhile, work in almost all the government offices remained paralysed on Wednesday as the employees did not attend their offices. Reports from various parts of the region revealed that the employees suspended their work in almost all the districts in response to the strike call given by the JCC. JCC senior leader Abdul Qayoom Wani threatened that the option of indefinite strike would be considered if their demands were not met. Another JCC leader, Khursheed Alam said two major rallies had been planned in Jammu and Srinagar on January 10. Enhancement in the retirement age is one of the key demand of amalgam of nearly 50 unions of the government employees, which had negotiated with the sub-committee on number of issues, including removal of pay anomalies, conversion of the cost of living allowance (COLA) into dearness allowance (DA) and regularisation of daily wagers. Apart from clearing pay commission arrears, employees are demanding removal of pay anomalies in cleric’s grades, extension of retirement age by two years and increase in the House Rent Allowance (HRA) to equal that of the Central employees. |
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‘Aware poor about welfare schemes’
Jammu, January 9 The minister was addressing a gathering after distributing the National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) cheques and hearing aids among the beneficiaries at a public grievances redressal camp held at Gandhi Nagar, here today. Bhalla said the state government was committed to provide all assistance to the beneficiaries under the SWD schemes like NFBS, Indira Gandhi old age, widow and disabled pensions, hearing aids, tricycle to physically challenged persons, pre-matric, post-matric minority, SC, OBC and physically handicapped scholarships. He called upon the beneficiaries to avail the
benefits of such schemes by completing required formalities. The minister said, “The people with disabilities also have a desire to live productive lives and also to make their own individual contributions to society and we should provide them every possible opportunity to do so.” Bhalla said the students between 11-18 years of age group belonging to the poor and backward classes would be given
counselling so that they could participate in competitive exams under the newly introduced scheme
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Dept-wise pattern for misconducts sought
Jammu, January 9 The Chief Secretary today took a review of the functioning and performance of the state vigilance organisation in a meeting which was attended by the vigilance commissioner SVO, principal secretary to the Chief Minister, secretary, general administrative department (GAD) and other officers. The department wise status of corruption cases was discussed and the performance of SVO, on such parameters as the number of preliminary enquiries pending, number of FIRs registered, number of pending cases in courts and the conviction rate in the courts, was reviewed. It was informed by the SVO that a total of 507 cases were pending in various courts of anti-corruption in the state, whereas 131 investigation cases were pending till date. In about 60 cases, the accused officials were held guilty in the last seven years. The Chief Secretary laid emphasis on streamlining the process of vigilance clearances and the pace and manner of the departmental enquiries being conducted by various departments. Various proposals for effective conduct of departmental enquiries were also discussed and GAD was asked to issue the instructions separately. |
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District Football Club, Udhampur, Mussa Club script wins
Jammu, January 9 In the first match, the DFC, Udhampur, got the better of the DFC, Kathua, via sudden-death in a nerve-wrecking contest. Earlier, both the teams managed to score a goal each in the stipulated time. Sunny Lakhanpuria of the DFC, Kathua, drew first blood in the very first minute of the match to give his team early lead but that did not last long. Naman Kumar of the DFC, Udhampur, scored an equaliser in the 33rd minute to make it 1-1. After both teams failed to score in the second half, the winner was then decided through sudden death. The DFC, Udhampur, held their nerves and emerged victorious by 11-10. In another match, Mussa Club had the last laugh against the DFC Samba by a solitary goal in an interesting contest. After the goalless first half, Ajay of the Mussa Club scored the all
important goal in the 50th minute. The match was officiated by the panel of experts, including Kaushal Kumar, David Massi, Saudhagar Mattoo, Vivian, Kamal, Harmanjeet Singh and Mohinder Kalsi. Tomorrow, Young Heroes would face NGR while Jammu Sports (A) will take on Young Star at the same venue. |
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Easy wins for GDC Mendhar, GCET in cricket tournament
Jammu, January 9 In the first match, GDC, Mendhar, beat GGM Science College by 14 runs. Batting first, GDC, Mendhar, scored 120 for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Motien Khan (26), Saddam Hussain (17), Wahid Nazir (16) and Ajay Ahmad (14) were the notable contributors. For GGM Science College, Vishal Raina and Varun Chowdhary grabbed three and one wicket, respectively. In reply, GGM Science College was out for 106 runs in their allotted quota of overs. Amir Hussain played a gutsy knock of 30 runs. For GDC, Mendhar, Irfan Maroor took two wickets while Motien Khan, Ajaz Ahmad and Saddam Hussain shared a wicket apiece. The match was officiated by Suresh Singh, Vijay Dogra and Manu Khajuria. In another match, GCET toppled Trikuta College by five wickets. Trikuta College accumulated 124 runs for the loss of eight wickets. Amritpal Singh and Sahil Bharti were the main scorers with 36 and 30 runs, respectively. For GCET, Rahul scalped two wickets whereas Sanjeev and Fazan snared a wicket each. In reply, GCET did the needful for the loss of five wickets in 19.2 overs. Gagan played a match winning knock of 44 runs while Kuldeep and Sanjeev scored 18 and 24 runs, respectively. |
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KCC script win in T20 cricket
Jammu, January 9 Skipper Naresh fiery knock of 65 runs off 35 balls contained as many as seven delectable hits to the fence. For the RCC, Dheeraj was the wrecker-in-chief with a five-wicket haul. Chasing 157 runs to win, the RCC batsmen had difficulties in negotiating with disciplined line and length of the KCC bowlers. The RCC eventually was skittled out for 151 runs in 19.2 overs. For the KCC, Raghav, Sumit, Pankaj and Vicky shared two wickets apiece. Naresh was adjudged man of the match. |
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Book fair thrown open
Jammu, January 9 Dev Lata, director, School Education was also present on the occasion along with other senior officials of the department. A total of 32 book sellers and publishers are participating in the fair wherein books were displayed for the benefit of students. The School Education Department has also deputed its experts to recommend the books to the students for their benefit. The book fair is open for the general public at the above said venue between 10 am to 4 pm. |
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IED defused on Jammu-Poonch highway
Rajouri, January 9 Traffic on the highway was stopped as the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) diffused the bomb. |
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Expedite work: EC
Jammu, January 9 The committee, which met under the chairmanship of MLA Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan here today, discussed and reviewed the physical and financial achievements of the PDD. |
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SRS expresses concern on rape cases
Jammu, January 9 Mahajan said the western culture has penetrated deep into Indian culture and has made it to distort the world’s oldest and civilised Indian culture. Mahajan demanded that programmes like ‘Big Boss’ and ‘Laughter challenge’ on the small screen should be banned in view of their non-sense and
vulgar posture. He also appealed to the film industry to make movies keeping the Indian culture in high esteem and ignore Western posture. |
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