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Now, just email to be heard by MC
Power shutdown on May 30, June 1
JU hostel mess boys, cooks joins employees’
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43 govt schools told to explain poor Class X results
Four arrested with illicit liquor
Cleanliness drive held at Tattapani
HPCC, SCC script wins in cricket tourney
Judo Assn elects its office-bearers
Jammu excel in football tourney
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Now, just email to be heard by MC
Jammu, May 29 The complaint cell started in 2009 was shut down just few months as officials had failed to use the service started the municipal website www.jmc.nic.in http://www.jmc.nic.in. The area of responsibility of the corporation has increased manifold since its establishment. It has drawn flak for failing to deal with public grievances related to sanitation and other related activities. Before its formation in 2005, there were 23 Wards under the JMC but as the city expanded, the government decided to create 48 new wards covering the newly established colonies which came up over the past two decades taking the number of wards under the JMC to 71. “People can use these email addresses to approach us with their problems and we will take prompt action. We are trying to use modern technology to become a more people-friendly organisation,” said Vinod Sharma, Municipal Health Officer. Government indecision over holding Municipal elections, development activities in city have suffered much over past three years since the corporation was dissolved. Even day-to-day problems remain unresolved in the absence of elected head of the wards. “The municipal corporations and committees completed their tenure in April 2010 and since then, the government has delayed holding of elections to these local bodies. It has affected the development of wards as there are no representatives,” said Avinash Choudhary, a resident. Website of the corporation was launched in 2005 and it was proposed to create a modern grievance cell within the corporation for people to register their complaints but it has failed to function so far. |
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Power shutdown on May 30, June 1
Jammu, May 29 On May 30, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) office, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Vasihavi Dham and Sarawati Dham, parts of Trikuta Nagar, Sector 5, 5-A, 6,7,8,9 and several areas of Sector 4 of Trikuta Nagar will face power shutdown from 6 am to 11 am. Electricity supply will also be affected in Sector 4, 5, 7 & 7 of Channi Himmat and Deeli, Sector 1, 3, Police Colony Channi Himmat on May 31. PHE tubewells, VIP installations, parts of Nanak Nagar, DD, BB/DC, Block Gandhi Nagar Valmiki Colony, AC Block, VIP installation government quarters A Block, Gandhinagar, fed from various 11-KV feeders will remain affected from 6 am to 11 am on June 1. “The shutdown is subject to fair weather conditions and it has become necessary as repair work is routine,” said a PDD official. The unscheduled power cuts coupled with frequent tripping of the transmission lines amid soaring mercury have compounded the misery of the people, who are up in arms against the state government
for its alleged “discriminatory” attitude towards the region. Technical shutdowns are regular during summer months notifying the repairing practice either at the 132 KV or at the 33 KV stations, despite repairs being carried out by the department; residents have to face long power cuts and night outages. |
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JU hostel mess boys, cooks joins employees’
strike
Jammu, May 29 Sources said the high-level committee, constituted by Vice-Chancellor Professor Mohan Paul Singh Ishar, had invited the representatives of striking employees for the second round of talks this evening and sought more time to resolve the issues but the talks failed. “The committee comprising Registrar Professor Manoj K Dhar, Controller of Examinations Professor Keshav Sharma and former Registrar Professor Naresh Padha held a dialogue with the representatives of the striking employees who refused to budge from their stance and made it clear that they would continue their agitation till the varsity administration fulfills their demands,” sources said. Yesterday, the first round of talks between the representatives of the employees and the administration remained inconclusive. However, the situation became worse on the campus after the mess boys and cooks of all hostels struck work in support of non-gazetted employees' strike which entered the 16th consecutive day today. The students and the scholars staying in hostels were forced to take food outside the campus, while sanitary conditions deteriorated further as safai karamcharis continued on strike. Krishan Chand, president, Jammu University Non-Gazetted and Casual Workers Association, said the Vice-Chancellor had appealed to the mess boys and the cooks not to go on strike and run canteens and hostel messes so that students don’t face any hardships. “Mess boys and cooks have been on strike since last evening and they have decided to give two days to the authorities to resolve the issues of non-gazetted employees failing which they would go on strike again,” Chand said. Over 700 non-gazetted employees comprising Class IV and casual workers had been protesting in support of their demands. Talks fail again
A committee, constituted by V-C Mohan Paul Singh Ishar, held the second round of talks on Wednesday evening with the employee representatives and sought more time to resolve the issues but the talks failed. |
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Demanding development of Patnitop, villagers threaten to block NH-44
Batote, May 29 The villagers of Chakwa, Pachoat and Karla panchayats, surrounding Patnitop, led by their sarpanches Jagdish Chand Anthal, Prakash Singh and Pooran Chand, respectively, besides president, Taxi Union, Patnitop, Mohan Singh , have been protesting against the callous attitude of the state government in developing this famous hill resort of Jammu province. Resenting the selective demolition of kiosks by a multi-department joint team, led by the DSP, Gyan Chand Sharma allegedly at the behest of the CEO,
Patnitop Development Authority (PDA), Dr RK Kesar, at Padora in Patnitop on May 23, they took
out a ‘mashaal jaloos’ (torch procession) against the PDA and the police the same night. The next day all kiosk owners and local taxi drivers had struck work and blocked the traffic on the NH-44 for about half an hour before sitting on a dharna in front of a private barrier at the entrance of Patnitop meadow near the highway and disallowed the visitors inside. On Monday also they had demonstrated against the CEO, PDA, Forest and the Tourism Ministers for the ill-maintenance and unavailability of basic
facilities for the tourists at Patnitop. “Being one of the biggest and united vote bank in J&K, this pampered lot by the state government
has been a parasite for us and the Patnitop,” alleged Prakash Singh, Sarpanch, Pachoat. They have been alleging that despite causing nuisance for touirts, environmental degradation, sharing their livelihood and damaging public utilities like gravity water pipelines, the nomads are allowed to live in their shanty tents along with their animals in and around Patnitop every year. “Although it is not in my knowledge, yet in case they block the highway and create any breach of peace, they would be dealt with under the law,” said SP, Ramban, Anil Magotra. |
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NGO seeks CBI probe into girl’s death
Jammu, May 29 She was admitted to the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital where she breathed her last on May 26. NGO director Deepika Singh Rajawat told mediapersons today that the police was hand-in-glove with the advocate Surinder Singh and was trying to hush up the case. “The advocate and his family have taken away parents of the deceased and no one knows what has happened to them. It is believed that the girl was a Muslim but was cremated,” alleged
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43 govt schools told to explain poor Class X results
Rajouri, May 29 The newly-appointed Principal, DIET, Rajouri Pardeep Sharma said he had served explanatory notices on 43 government schools of Rajouri district for their poor show in recently declared matriculation results. We have also demanded a subject-wise list of staff members in all schools, subject-wise list of teachers and timetables to analyse the working of the schools to find out how and why they failed to achieve good results.
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Four arrested with illicit liquor
Rajouri, May 29 The excise team destroyed four illegal distilleries and seized 520 kilogram Lahan and 150 liters of country liquor. The accused are Sushma Devi, Raj Kumar, Vipan Kumar and Babli Devi, all residents of Argi
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Old hospital land encroached upon, turned into tempo stand
Rajouri, May 29 At the entrance of the building where doctors and paramedical staffers of District Hospital, Rajouri, used to park their vehicles at their off time or during night time, but ironically it looks like railway station creating big nuisance for TB patients and employees posted there. There is no place left for parking of vehicles belonging to doctors or any other hospital employee and they are forced to park their vehicles somewhere outside the old hospital complex. When contacted Additional District Development Commissioner, Rajouri Matloob Khan assured immediate action against those who are running the stand. Khan has assured that nobody would be allowed to use government property for personal benefits and this tempo stand will be shifted somewhere else with immediate effect. District mass media officer Sadiq Khan says that it is the gross negligence of hospital administrational and district administration that the government property is being misused by some influential businessmen. |
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Cleanliness drive held at Tattapani
Rajouri, May 29 The place is thronged by thousands of tourists in the winter season and is a major source of revenue for the local people. It was seen in the last winter that the place was left in a very shabby state, littered with plastic, tetra packs and other refuge by the tourists, making the place unhygienic. In this campaign 117 students from various schools of Kalakote and adjoining region participated. The cleanliness campaign was aimed at creating awareness not only amongst the students, but also to local people and cleaning the famous hot water spring at Tattapani which remains dirty. The event was attended by principals of schools, Om Prakash, sarpanch Tattapani and other prominent citizens. The Army, therefore, made an endeavor to improve this famous tourist place. The students, local people and the Army simultaneously cleaned the hot water spring and adjoining areas of Tattapani. The Army also put up posters on flex with messages of cleanliness and donated big dustbins for waste disposal. Speaking on the occasion, sarpanch of the Tatapani said the cleanliness drive initiated by the Army would now be kept alive by the locals. Anil Gujral, Principal, Higher Secondary School, Sialsui said it was an eye opener campaign and made the elders realise the importance of cleanliness through the children. The locals asked the District Administration to assign two safai karmacharis and construction of proper drainage system for keeping the area clean in the future. |
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Educational tour
Batote, May 29 The tour is being organised by the 23 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) Battalion at Nachlana, Banihal of CIU (Delta) under the aegis of Army Goodwill School Arnora, Doda. After a briefing by the CO, 23 RR(Rajput) on the role of Army in J&K, at Nachlana, the group visited the Higher Secondary School and the Primary Health Centre at Khari where they had the first hand knowledge of the standard of the education and the health facilities being provided by the government. They played a friendly volleyball match with the locals at Trenna in the evening after visiting the under-construction railway tunnel at Mundakbas, Railway Station at Arpinchala and interacted with the engineers of the Indian Railways Construction Company today. According to an Army press release, tomorrow they would visit the Company Operation Base and the Arpinchala village and they would interact with the locals, sarpanches, students and the surrendered terrorists there. Before their night halt at Arpinchala they would visit the Akash Post and Unit lines for seeing the display of weapons. A day before leaving for the Kashmir valley on May 30, they would visit the just completed South Asia’s longest railway tunnel in Banihal. After their night stay at Udhampur on May 26, each of them were gifted a souvenir by the Commander, 11 Sector,RR, Brig AK Singh from where they were taken to the Baghlihar Dam at
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HPCC, SCC script wins in cricket tourney
Jammu, May 29 Earlier, batting first after winning the toss, ICC Banihal accumulated 217 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Zahid Mir was the top scorer with 38 runs while Jaleel and Irfan contributed 34 and 32 runs, respectively. For HPCC, Sajjad was the most successful bowler with three wickets, while Farooq chipped in with one wicket. In reply, HPCC Jammu rode on an excellent unbeaten knocks by Farooq (64) and Ikhlaq (56) to overhaul the target in 16.5 overs losing five wickets in the process. For ICC Banihal, Jaleel took two wickets, while Irfan took one. Farooq of HPCC, Jammu, was declared man of the match for his all-round performance. In another match, SCC Ghat registered a nine-wicket win over KCC in a low-scoring affair. Electing to bat first after winning the toss, KCC managed to garner paltry 78 runs for the loss of five wickets in their allotted quota of 20 overs. Raj Yadav was the main scorer with 17 runs, while Sumit contributed 15 runs. For SCC Ghat, Waseem, was the chief destroyer with a two-wicket haul. In reply, SCC Ghat did the needful as Shaboo played a match winning knock of 53 runs. The team lost only a single wicket while chasing the modest target. For KCC, Sumit took the lone wicket. Shaboo of SCC Ghat was adjudged man of the match. The match was officiated by Dharmesh Bhardwaj and Sanjay Singh as umpires while Rinku Badoria was the scorer. |
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MHAC Nagbani School boxers bag medals
Jammu, May 29 Students of the school fetched a gold and three silver medals in different weight categories. Priyanshu Bhalwal defeated Yuvraj of BSF School, Paloura, by 8-1 in the final to clinch the gold medal. He also finished second against Gurjot Singh of BSF School, Paloura by
1-3 points. Vishwajeet Singh of Nagbani School clinched silver medal in U-14 age group. He played against Sourav Singh of BSF, Paloura, in the final and lost by 1-3 points. Sanchit Singh Chib of Nagbani School had to be contended with the silver medal in the U-14 age group. He lost to opponent from BSF School, Paloura, by 1-4 points. Principal Alok Betab had congratulated the medal winners. |
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Judo Assn elects its office-bearers
Jammu, May 29 Kuldeep Singh Jamwal and RC Thakur were elected as the working president and senior vice-president, respectively. Dr Ashutosh Sharma
and GM Wani (Kashmir) were elected as vice-presidents. Vikas Gupta was elected as general secretary while Sharat Chander as treasurer. Varinder Dogra and Gowhar Khan were
elected as resident and organising secretary, while Shiv Kumar and Abdul Hamid Khan as joint secretaries. Dr Sandeep Singh and Suraj Bhan Singh were elected as chairman, Medical Commission and Technical Committee, respectively. Executive members of the association included Romesh Mahajan, Dr Nirmolak Singh, Sunil Sharma, Madan Mohan, Baldev Raj, Suraj Sharma, Rameshwar Singh Jamwal, Raj Kumar, Ravi Gupta, Manzoor Ahmed, Umar Hamza and Dev Raj. |
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250 examined at medical camp organised in Reasi
Katra, May 29 The camp was inaugurated jointly by Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary and bank’s zonal head Gurucharan Singh. J&K Bank, Reasi, cluster head, Vibhakar Khajuria, Reasi, branch head RK Baloria and senior doctors from District Hospital, Reasi, bank officials and senior citizens of the area were present at the inaugural function. Despite heavy downpour, more than 250 patients from Reasi and its adjoining villages attended the camp for getting free counselling and consultations from specialist doctors of the District Hospital, Reasi. The doctors examined patients suffering from various diseases like hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis and other problems related to heart, kidneys, skin, bones and eyes. Speaking at the camp, the zonal head said the bank would continue to care for and serve every section of the society through financial intervention, credit counselling, CSR initiatives, and any other permissible activity so that people of the state are able to share the benefits of financial empowerment and economic well-being. He gave a detailed overview of various CSR initiatives being taken by the bank and assured the audience of more such camps in the zone. Locals have urged upon the bank management to conduct such camps in future as well, “We are highly thankful to the J&K Bank for conducting a free medical camp in the remote area. We hope that the bank would continue with these gestures in the future and bring super-specialist doctors to this far-flung area for the benefit of general public,” said a senior citizen of area. |
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Jammu excel in football tourney
Jammu, May 29 In Subroto Mukherjee U-14 final, Jodhamal Public School, Jammu, had the last laugh against National Academy Higher Secondary School, Udhampur, by 2-0. The goal scorers were Milan Pandita and Areyan Katal. In the U-17 final, KC International School, Jammu, thrashed Delhi Public School, Rajbagh (Kathua), by 3-0 via a tie-breaker. The goals were scored by Ajay Lakha, Anubhav and Sidharth. Meanwhile, in the inter-district U-14 final, Jammu toppled Kathua by 4-0. The goals were scored by Himanshu, Aryan, Amandeep and Wardan. Jammu again defeated the same opponent by 2-0 in the U-17 final to bag the top honours. The goal scorers were Parvinder Pal Singh and Manav Gupta. Ved Parkash, deputy director, Youth Services and Sports, distributed trophies, medals and certificates among the winner and runner-up teams. |
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