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March 11, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Hurriyat stand on elections anti-people: Gilani No early poll in J&K, says poll panel chief
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Jawan, two civilians killed Same officials take fresh DNA samples Death rate up among migrants in camps Jammu markets flooded with “nadru”
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Hurriyat stand on elections anti-people: Gilani New Delhi, March 10 “The decision is anti-people and anti-rights act,’’ Dr Gilani, who is the Secretary General of Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights, said in a statement here. “The 23-party conglomerate by deciding to keep away from the state Assembly elections is violating a basic human right under the pretext of self-determination...’’ “The Hurriyat leadership has failed on the principle of mature judgement and enlightened conscience with its series of errors...They have failed to yield to a constitutional discipline and made a scant and half-hearted effort to seek guidance from its wisdom,’’ Dr Gilani said. “By refusing to take part in the poll process and advocating such a belief, the Hurriyat leadership is walking the path of ignorance,’’ he said “Even the United Nations resolutions say that periodic and genuine elections are necessary and indispensable element of sustained efforts to protect the rights and the interests of the governed.’’ He said there was no reason to attune any bad faith to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s promise of “free and fair’’ elections in Jammu and Kashmir, which he made on Independence Day last year. “Mr Vajpayee described Kashmiryat as a fine example of the Sarva Dharma Samabhava (secularism)...At least he is one person who acknowledges the pain and agony of the people,’’ Dr Gilani said.
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No early poll in J&K, says poll panel chief Srinagar, March 10 “The elections are still way ahead”, he said after holding extensive meetings with leaders of different political parties and government officials here yesterday. He was joined by the Election Commissioner, Mr B.P. Tandon. The Chief Election Officer of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr Pramod Jain, and the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Mr Parvez Dewan, were also present, an official spokesman said here. Mr Lyngdoh said he did not want to hold early elections in the state adding his priority was to hold good elections. He, however, declined to disclose the possible dates and said there was still time for this. He said no date could be suitable to everybody but the election schedule would be formulated after consulting all political parties. He assured free and fair elections, saying that these would be “good, fair and even-handed”. He said it was the duty of the Election Commission to instill confidence among the people and political parties about the fairness of elections. “We want to demonstrate to the people that we mean to hold good elections”, he said. Mr Lyngdoh said he held useful discussions with political parties and government officials. He said the commission was clear in its mind about the credible solutions to the problems posed before it. About steps to be taken for ensuring free and fair elections, Mr Lyngdoh said the electoral rolls would be made as accurate as possible. The rolls would be compared with panchayat rolls and electronic voting machines would be used in the next elections. He said he had received some complaints about the present electoral rolls as being illegible not having been updated for many years. The panchayat rolls, he said, were legible and the latest. |
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Jawan, two civilians killed Srinagar, March 10 Official sources said militants ambushed an Army convoy at Pattan on the Srinagar-Uri road this morning, resulting in the on-the-spot death of a havaldar and injuries to two others. Militants, however, managed to escape after the attack, sources said. Militants also attacked another security force party at Check-Seer in the same area today. The security forces also retaliated and in the shootout, two civilians lost their life. JAMMU: The security forces foiled a major plan of a group of foreign mercenaries to carry out large-scale subversive violence by killing three terrorists in the Gursai police station area in Poonch district today. Large quantities of arms, ammunition and explosives were seized from the slain militants. According to the police, the seizures included over 100 kg of RDX. Meanwhile, Pakistani troops today fired heavily on civilian areas at Arnia along the International Border in Jammu division, killing a villager and wounding another, official sources said. |
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Same officials take fresh DNA samples Srinagar, March 10 Zahoor Dalal was one of the five persons gunned down by security forces for their alleged involvement in the massacre of 35 Sikhs in Chattisinghpora village of Anantnag district on March 21, 2000.
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Death rate up among migrants in camps Jammu, March 10 The survey, conducted here on three dwellings in migrant camps at Muthi Phase-I and II, found 30 cases of asthma, 46 cases of heart ailments, 98 cases of neurotic disorders, 105 cases of diabetic, 80 cases of blood pressure and 208 cases of depression. The survey by the National Service Scheme (NSS) also found 250 deaths as against 93 births in these camps during 2001-02. It said the inmates of the camps had lost much more than their homes and properties, including their very own identity. The people in the age group of 50 to 70 years, who belong to middle class in the camps, were found having a feeling of marginalisation and a sense of depressing mental stagnation. The younger generation, the survey said, had a simmering discontent against the administrative indifference and a feeling that nobody was listening to them. It said the camp housed people having educational qualifications from class X to the masters level and even technically qualified young men and women. But, lack of work had led to a feeling of alienation and made them an easy victim of drug menace, the survey said, adding some youngsters were in need of help from de-addiction and psychiatric centres. Accommodation was yet another vital problem in the camps. Living in ghetto-like conditions, these migrants do feel a kind of cultural suffocation and deprivation. Stress has caused premature ageing and manifold problems, it said, adding that an alarming growth was found in diseases like diabetes and hyper-tension and many suffered from depression. The only silver lining in this survey, according to a report, is the "desire and the will" of all inmates to go back to the valley. “It is this hope that may help them in reverting back this process of cultural erosion and help in maintaining their identity in exile, no matter how difficult it may be,” the report said.
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Jammu markets flooded with “nadru” Jammu, March 10 Come Shivaratri the demand for “nadru” touches the sky. The prices, too, soar like vapour. This is what one has been witnessing here for the past two days as Kashmiri migrants have begun making preparations for the annual Shivaratri festival. Though the local market has remained flooded with “nadrus” from the plains, especially from Amritsar, one finds pandits scrambling in vegetable markets for a pack of Kashmiri “nadrus”. Truckloads of the stuff from the Dal Lake is brought from Srinagar by the vendors. A week ago one pack of the ‘nadru’ from Dal Lake would sell between Rs 40 and Rs 50. Its prices soared to Rs 100 since yesterday. The nadrus from the plains were being sold at Rs 30 a kg till two days ago. Its prices today ranged between Rs 50 and Rs 60 a kg. Shivaratri has resulted in the inflation in the prices of fish too. Several hundred Kashmiri Pandit families have to prepare fish as part of the Shivaratri ritual. Another item, without which the Shivaratri celebration is incomplete, is the consumption and distribution of dry walnut. Walnuts are soaked in earthen pitchers for a couple of days of puja and later these are distributed as prasada among friends and relatives. Those with married daughters have to buy walnuts between 15 kg and 25 kg which they have to send to the in-laws of their daughters. Hence, no surprise if the walnut prices have soared from Rs 60 to Rs 90 a kg within the last two days. If not anything else, the 12-year stay of displaced Kashmiri families in Jammu has led to a major revolution in vegetables and milk production. Cheese which was not available for four summer months is now in the market throughout the year. One could get curd only in the early morning hours but it is now available throughout the day. In the summer months, one would have to bank on three to four vegetables but during the past five years the knol-khol, saag, nadru, brinjal are available for more than 10 out of 12 months. Gradually the people of Jammu, too, have developed a taste for food stuffs eaten by Kashmiris. |
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