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Jhelum encroachers face FIRs
Residential houses along the Jhelum. Photo:
Yawar Kabli
Urban sprawl eats up agricultural land in Kashmir
valley
State will invite Tendulkar to felicitate him, says minister
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Gani Memorial Club lift T20 trophy
Members of the Gani Memorial Cricket Club pose with the trophy in Srinagar on Monday.
A Tribune photograph
Centre sanctions 2,400 sub-health units under NRHM
Committee reviews Haj arrangements
29 banquet halls fail to create parking space
Cars parked on a road due to lack of parking space in a commercial area in Jammu.
Tribune photo: Anand Sharma
JU organises medical camp for schoolchildren, wards of staff
Sham calls for strategy to improve groundwater table
Power grid signs pact with SJVN
Bus rams into boundary wall, damages 5 bikes
A policeman looks at a motorcycle, which was crushed by a bus after it rammed into a boundary wall near Meridian Palace in Jammu on Monday. Tribune photo: Anand Sharma
State-level sports competitions get underway at University of Jammu
2,400 sub-health units sanctioned under NRHM Conference on brand
promotion held at SKICC
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Jhelum encroachers face FIRs
Srinagar, November 18 The report has also admitted that the bed level of the river at various stretches has lowered due to sand dredging from the river by the encroachers. However, the department admits that the real problem being faced due to vanishing of this major water body has been its decreasing tendency to accommodate discharge due to precipitation. For the encroachers, however, the problem lies with the rehabilitation, especially those who have built houses along the Jhelum tributaries and flood channels particularly those in Rakh-i- Aarat. “We have been living alongside the riverbanks for many years now. Our hutments are there since many years and we derive our living from fishing in the Jhelum. By vandalising our homes, we will be deprived of our livelihoods as well as houses. While the state government seems to be serious about rehabilitating the Dal dwellers who will be asked to vacate, for Jhelum dwellers no such policy exists,” said Ghulam Hassan, a resident alongside the Jhelum in Haba Kadal area of downtown Srinagar. The report says that the State Irrigation and Flood Control Department has also launched a Flood Management Programme to check the imminent threat of floods. In this regard, the state department has also submitted a comprehensive integrated Flood Management Project of the Jhelum costing Rs 2,200 crore to the Union Ministry of Water Resources, which is awaiting nod from the Central Government. However, the Central Government has approved an immediate intervention flood project at an estimated cost of Rs 98 crore to improve the flood spills and channels along tributaries. “The project ‘Flood Threat’ of the river which involves urgent work undertaken to restore its glory is under execution and completed to the extent of 75 per cent. The reservations raised by the Central Government regarding the comprehensive Integrated Flood Management Project would be replied by the state department so that a mega project is approved by the state government, to launch the much needed flood management on the Jhelum river and its tributaries,” the report said. Checking floods
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Urban sprawl eats up agricultural land in Kashmir
valley
Srinagar, November 18 According to the J&K Economic Survey report 2012-2013, 70 per cent of the population in J&K is directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. The provisions of the J&K Land Revenue Act 1996 (1939 AD) prohibit the conversion of paddy or vegetable lands and floating fields into any other use. To check violations, officials of the Revenue Department said they had been taking the required action. “If there is any violation, we are taking a necessary action and if anyone comes to us with a complaint, we do act,” said Farooq Ahmad Shah, Deputy Commissioner, Revenue Department, Srinagar. While the state government has enough laws to counter the phenomenon, the unregulated and unplanned swallowing of agricultural land for commercial purposes continues unabated. In addition to the Revenue Department, various implementing and monitoring agencies, including the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and the Srinagar Development Authority (SDA), have failed to curb the illegal constructions taking place on the agricultural land. In the outskirts of Srinagar city — once a boundless area of marshy land — a sprawling stretch of posh residential colonies, housing valley’s prominent and influential functionaries, have cropped up in recent years. Hyderpora, Bemina, Pirbagh, Sanatnagar, Rawalpora, Narbal, Zainakoot are some examples of the massive conversion scenario, the Valley has witnessed since early 2000s. Mushtaq Ahmed, Director, Agriculture Department, said there were specific departments to check the land conversion. “The Agriculture Department is not the authority for it, we are only meant for agricultural production. We can only inform other departments,” he said. The J&K economy has undergone a precarious shift from a steady agrarian economy in mid-decades of the 20th century to a consumerist service-based economy. Still to act
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State will invite Tendulkar to felicitate him, says minister
Jammu, November 18 The minister announced this on the sidelines of a signature campaign, "Big salute to the God of Cricket - Sachin Tendulkar", function organised by 92.7 Big FM at the University of Jammu here. The Jammu Bureau office of The Tribune was the media partner of this event that witnessed an overwhelming response as sports lovers, including the dignitaries, signed the graffiti wall placed near university fountain paying rich tributes to the batting maestro, who called it quit recently after playing his 200th Test match at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. "Right now it is not possible for us to invite the great batsman because of his already busy schedule due to engagements with his family, relatives and close friends, whom he missed badly during his glittering career," Taj said. "We all know that Tendulkar's first love was cricket and he displayed it during his long illustrious international career that won him accolades from around the world," the minister added. Later, the minister also felicitated former Ranji cricketers of the state, namely Ashwani Gupta, Kanwaljeet Singh, Surinder Singh Bagal and Dhruv Mahajan. Ranjeet Kalra, JKCA official and Hilal Rather, promoter of cricket in the state, were also felicitated. Prof Mohan Paul Singh Ishar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Jammu, was the guest of honour. Syed Mujtaba Ali, Jaffery, station head of 92.7 Big FM, and Vikrant Sharma, programming manager, were also present.
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Gani Memorial Club lift T20 trophy
Srinagar, November 18 Gani Memorial Cricket club chased the target comfortably in 19th over with the loss of three wickets. Rouf Bisati of Gani Memorial Cricket Club was declared the man of the match . The winning team was given a glittering cup and a cash prize of Rs 51,000 while the runners up were given a cash prize of Rs 31,000. All the participating teams were given a cricket kit as a token of appreciation. Manzoor Ahmad Wadoo of SSP Srinagar XI was adjudged as the best batsman and the man of the series for scoring 226 runs and bagging four wickets in the tournament. He was awarded a cash prize of Rs 10,000. Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Prasad was the chief guest on the occasion who distributed the awards while the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir Zone, AG Mir, spoke at the post-match ceremony. Mir said it was heartening to watch budding players and congratulated all the participating teams. The IGP said 18 teams from the Srinagar district participated in the tournament. The tournament was organised by the JK Police. The prize-distribution
function was attended by ADGP S P Vaid, ADGP PL Gupta, IGP Arun Choudary, IG, CRPF, Nalin Prabhat,
IG, CRPF, PK Singh, DIG, south Kashmir, Vijay Kumar and DIG, north Kashmir, JP Singh.
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Centre sanctions 2,400 sub-health units under NRHM
Srinagar, November 18 The minister was also informed that 1,26,67,293 laboratory investigations had been conducted, besides 81,513 ECG and 1,34,684 UGC and 26,618 X-rays, during the same period. "It was given out that 33,668 deliveries have been conducted by the health institutions. Besides 21,449 major and 1,15,294 minor operations were also conducted in the health institutions throughout the Kashmir valley and subsequently, revenue of Rs 6.19 crore was also realised," an The minister also reviewed the medicare facilities being provided
to the patients under the NRHM. The meeting was attended by Gazanfar Hussain, secretary, Health Department and Yashpal Sharma, Mission Director, NRHM, among others.
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Committee reviews Haj arrangements
Srinagar, November 18 An official statement said the representatives of J&K State Haj Committee on the occasion put forth their suggestions for improving the facilities being made available to the Haj pilgrims in the state. The committee asked for enhancing fund allocation to meet the administrative expenses of the committee on account of processing, handling and supporting charges which the committee maintain is the only permanent source of income for the State Haj Committee, the statement added. The committee also sought recognition for Khudam-ul-Haj, who are being deputed for guidance of pilgrims, from the staff of Indian Haj Mission. The committee also recommended transportation and telephone allowance for the Khudam who have to incur huge amount on transportation and telephone during the course of their duty. It also suggested deputation of female Khudam to cater to female pilgrims. The chairman, High Powered Committee, Justice (Retd) Bilal Nazki while addressing the meeting said since Jammu and Kashmir was the largest contributor to the Indian Haj contingent, the State Hajj Committee’s suggestions and recommendations would go a long way in redressing the complaints of the pilgrims.
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29 banquet halls fail to create parking space
Jammu, November 18 However, some of them had approached the high court, which had stayed the order with directions that banquet halls should fulfil required norms, including creating parking spaces. Under SRO-64, dated February, 2010, and amended in the new master plan, for the construction of new halls a minimum of 16 kanal land is required, which should have only 30 per cent covered area. Space for the parking of minimum of 100 cars should be kept and the hall should be well-ventilated. "Some owners are using the high court stay order as a shield to continue violation. We are bounded by the law, but no new illegal construction is being allowed now," said a official source. Marriage season is worst when it comes to traffic jams. In the absence of parking facilities, roads get clogged due to wrong parking of vehicles outside the banquet halls. Municipal Commissioner Kiran Wattal said, "A final warning has been issued to these hall owners and the corporation will again approach the high court so that action could be taken against them." There are nearly 114 banquet halls in Jammu, mostly used for marriage and other social functions, but most of them do not have the required infrastructure, particularly parking area and fire-fighting equipment. Not only this, even some of the private offices and banks running in different parts of the city also does not have parking space and most of the people park their vehicles on the roads.
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JU organises medical camp for schoolchildren, wards of staff
Jammu, November 18 Inaugurating the camp, Lida Singh
Isher, first lady on the campus, congratulated the staff of the health centre and hailed them for taking the initiative of organising a medical and dental check-up
camp. Isher also directed the Medical Officer to organise more such camps for children with special needs, and also at orphanage and old-age homes. Dr GS
Saini, Head of the Department of Paediatrics, SMGS Hospital, Dr Poonam
Sethi, Medical Officer, and Dr Gautam Sharma, dental surgeon, University of Jammu, examined the patients at the health
centre. More than 80 students of the school and wards of university employees took advantage of the health camp. Dr Saini advised the parents and children to inculcate the habit of regularly washing their hands and maintaining general hygiene. He said good hygiene should be taught at school and at home. Dr Gautam Sharma gave a demonstration to the children about proper brushing methods and how to take care of their teeth at an early age. He advised children not to eat sticky substances like chocolates and candies and avoid pizzas and soft drinks. Professor Neelam
Saraf, Dean, Academic Affairs, Professor Rajni Dingra, Head, Home Science Department, and other staff members were present.
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Sham calls for strategy to improve groundwater table
Jammu, November 18 He stressed the need for stepping up of the awareness campaign for the judicious use of water in the state. Chairing a monthly meeting of reviewing the performance of the PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Department in Jammu division here today, the minister expressed satisfaction on the implementation of various decisions taken in previous meetings to improve the overall functioning of the department. The minister laid stress on the strict implementation of sustainability programme, which was aimed at conserving the existing PHE schemes for a longer period. He directed the engineers to take all possible steps to improve the efficacy of schemes so that they serve their purpose and stressed the need for improving the work culture at the grass root level to provide better services to the people. He directed officials for framing Village Sanitation Committees (VSCs) at the earliest to make them accountable for regulating the water supply in the rural areas.
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Power grid signs pact with SJVN
Jammu, November 18 The agreement was signed by KR
Suri, General Manager (O&M), on behalf of the power grid and Romesh Kumar
Kapoor, General Manager (C&SO) on behalf of SJVN Limited in the presence of senior executives from both
organisations. As per the agreement, SJNV Limited had applied to the power grid for the connection of the 412-MW Rampur
HEP, Kullu District, in Himachal Pradesh and use of the its transmission system to transmit electricity to and from Rampur through the inter-state transmission system. The power grid gave its consent to transmit electricity as well as real-time data to and from the connection point at the Rampur HEP Generation Switchyard connected through LILO of
Nathpa-Jhakri-Nalagarh.
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Bus rams into boundary wall, damages 5 bikes
Jammu, November 18 Eyewitnesses said the driver of the bus lost control over the vehicle following the brake failure near Meridian Palace. "The driver failed to control the speeding vehicle and rammed into the boundary wall. Four bikes parked alongside the wall were badly damaged. The incident led to panic in the area as shopkeepers and workshop owners in the vicinity rushed to the spot," they said. The police rushed to the spot and registered a case.
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State-level sports competitions get underway at University of Jammu
Jammu, November 18 Ved Parkash, Deputy Director, Youth Services and Sports, declared the tournament open in the presence of other senior officials of the department. Some competitions of boys were held today and others will be held tomorrow. The competitions of girls will be held on November 22 and 23. The events of 100-m race, 500-m race, 1,500-m race, relay race, long jump, high jump, triple jump, etc, were held on the inaugural day. Speaking on the occasion, the Deputy Director lauded the spirit of athletes and advised them to work hard to prove their worth at higher levels.
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2,400 sub-health units sanctioned under NRHM Srinagar, November 18 He said this while chairing a review meeting of officials of the Health Department. The officials informed the minister that the health institutions of the Valley had treated 58,67,293 OPD patients, while 3,14,220 IPD patients were treated till October 2013. The minister was also informed that 1,26,67,293 laboratory investigations had been conducted, besides 81,513 ECG and 1,34,684 UGC and 26,618 X-rays, during the same period. "It was given out that 33,668 deliveries have been conducted by the health institutions. Besides 21,449 major and 1,15,294 minor operations were also conducted in the health institutions throughout the Valley and subsequently, revenue of Rs 6.19 crore was also realised," an official statement said.
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The Department of Irrigation and Flood Control will act tough against the encroachers on the banks of Srinagar’s lifeline river, the Jhelum.
Srinagar, November 18
Jammu, November 18
Pedestrians and two-wheeler riders had a narrow escape here this afternoon after the brakes of a
Jammu-Kathua route bus failed near Meridian Palace at the Shankulta crossing.
The bus, however, rammed into a boundary wall and caused extensive damaged to four bikes parked alongside the wall.
