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It’s Tawi terror in Jammu Jammu, July 7 The Tawi river, which flows through the city, has touched the danger mark. The Chenab and Ujh rivers were also flowing above the red mark. Normal life has been thrown out of gear, particularly in the Jammu, Udhampur, Doda and Kathua districts where the rivers and nullahs are in spate. Several trains have been cancelled and flights are also affected. The Amarnath pilgramage was suspended today and no vehicles were allowed to proceed towards Srinagar. IAF helicopters rescued 25 trapped persons at Billawar in the Kathua district and 14 from an Island in the Tawi here. At least seven houses were submerged in the Tawi waters, while two temples were also under the water. About 500 vehilces were stranded at various places on the Jammu-Srinagar highway that has been closed due to landslides between Ramban and Banihal. The water level in the Chenab is alarmingly rising in the Doda district. Reports said a number of low-lying villages in the Pargwal area were submerged and the Army personnel were engaged in rescuing the marooned people. A spokesman of the Army said 70 persons had been rescued in the Kalian village in the Ranbirsinghpura sector. The standing crops were
submerged under 4-ft of water. Eight motorboats had been deployed by the Army at Makwal and Badiyal Brahmanan. Meanwhile floods in the Chenab washed away a small bridge and a road to Baglihar dam project, official sources said today. A 50-metres bridge and 200-metres of road to the dam in the Chanderkote area of Doda district was washed away in the wee hours, they said, adding that the Chenab was flowing six metres above the danger level at the dam site. Over 200 labourers were evacuated from the low-lying areas of dam site last night, the sources said, adding that the situation there has become “very serious”. “Although, the dam has 105 metre-side concrete base, river banks are weak to withstand the increasing water pressure,” they said. The water level of the Chenab at Pul Doda was 834 metres and 772 metres at the Ramban dam site, they said. A diversion tunnel number-2 at the dam site has collapsed and a 105-mtrs steel bridge has been washed away in the swirling waters over the last two days. The district authorities started evacuating over 1,200 persons from Pul Doda village this morning and activated an early warning system following the red alert sounded yesterday, Ramban, SSP, Gareeb Dass said. |
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Two Amarnath
pilgrims die
Srinagar, July 7 Sham Lal of Pathankot suffered a heart attack at the base camp of Baltal after paying obesiance at the 3,880 metre high cave shrine of Amarnath, the sources said. They said another pilgrim Ram Krishan of Lucknow died due to heart failure at Sangam near the cave while returning to Baltal after offering prayers. Prem Kumar of Delhi and Ouni Lal of Gujarat died at Baltal on June 23, the sources said. The sources said seven pilgrims were undergoing treatment at hospitals here for various ailments. While four of them complained of high altitude related problems, three others slipped from the hillock and sustained injuries. — PTI |
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PDP leader shot dead in Anantnag
Srinagar, July 7 PDP leader Mohammad Ashraf Ganai, a resident of Seer Hamdan Mattan under Aishmuqam police station in South Kashmir district of Anantnag, was kidnapped by gunmen from his house last night. His bullet-riddled body was recovered by the police from Rakhi Chandripora village in the same area today, he said. A militant was killed by the troops of the 19 Rashtriya Rifles in Palnar forests of the frontier Kupwara district early today. The slain militant was identified as Altaf Hussain of Kalaroos. Some arms and ammunition were also seized from him. The police also recovered the body of Sartaj Ahmed Wani at Vessu village, Qazigund in South Kashmir last evening. The body of 10-year-old Abdul Hamid Rather, who had gone missing after leaving for school from home yesterday, was recovered from paddy fields at Khajipora, Khan Sahib in Central Kashmir district of Badgam today. His body was found in a mutilated condition. An encounter ensued between the militants and the security forces at Keliam-Kulgam in South Kashmir district of Anantnag this afternoon during which two ultras were killed, the spokesman said. A report from Jammu, quoting Senior Superintendent of Police (Reasi-Mahore) J.L. Sharma, said a highly decomposed body of a nomad was recovered from a natural cave at Pariana near Reasi in Udhampur district today. The body was packed in a bag, he said, adding the locals identified the dead as Khan Mohammad (55) of Bhallar in Mahore. Meanwhile, security forces seized two AK rifles, 11 magazines, 8 Chinese grenades, two pouches and two Kashmiri coats from a lane at the Red Cross Road near Maisuma here, the sources said. The seizure followed a militant bid on Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Public Health Engineering and Irrigation Syed Bashir Ahmed at Badshah Chowk near here last evening. Security forces also busted a hideout at Thand Kotranka in Rajouri district of the Jammu region and seized four UBGL grenades, 31 pika rounds, one wireless set and one AK magazine. Security forces and the police in a joint operation also seized one missile, 10 RPG rounds, one UGGL, two kg RDX, one Chinese grenade, one remote control of IED, five metre copper wire and four electric detonators at Chamar Tappar under Bhaderwah police station in Doda district of the Jammu region.
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Teachers
lathicharged; ten injured
Srinagar, July 7 The Rehbar-e-Taleem teachers had taken out a protest rally from Sher-i-Kashmir Park to the Civil Secretariat to highlight their problems and demand regularisation of services. However, when the protesters reached near the headquarters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and started shouting slogans, the police used batons and fired tear gas to disperse them. At least 10 teachers, including a few women, were injured in the cane-charge. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir CPM secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, in a statement, demanded regularisation of the services of those Rehbar-e-Taleem teachers who have completed five-year term. He also urged the state government to enhance the wages of the teachers from Rs 1,500 to Rs 3,000 as already approved by the Finance Department. Mr Tarigami criticised the state government for adopting delaying tactics in implementing the decisions taken regarding the teachers.
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Temple opened after 15 years
Devsar (South Kashmir), July 7 Over 2,000 Kashmiri Pandit migrants have visited this 600-year-old temple complex, popularly known as “Khunbarian Mata”, located in the highly militancy-prone Devsar forests of Anantnag district this year. “I have come here after a gap of 16 years to ring the bells of the historic temple dedicated to Goddess Parvati,” said state government engineer R.K. Pandita, who, along with his wife and two daughters, came all the way from Jammu to seek the blessings of the goddess. Pandita, who left the place along with over 3,00,000 Kashmiri Pandits during the emergence of Pak-sponsored militancy in Jammu and Kashmir in 1989, is among 70,000 migrants who have visited different temples, including the Kheerbhawani, Shankeracharaya, Shailputri, Zeethyar Parbut, Nagbal and Durga Nag shrines, during their seven-day stay in the valley. Another 65-year-old Kashmiri Pandit, Ragunath Bhat, who started with darshan of the famous Rogniya Bagwati at the Kheerbhawani temple at Tulmullah, has sought the blessings at Shankeracharya, Durga Nag, Zalaji, Hari Parbhat, Nagbal and Tripve shrines. The gates of 167 ancient temples were locked during the rise of militancy in 1989-90. Of these, 47 temples were either burnt or destroyed during militancy period. Rest of the temples were renovated or taken care of by the security forces who in most of the places in the valley set up camps and posts in these temples. Pandits could not visit the temple in such a large numbers as they did during this year, said a senior Army officer who was also instrumental in getting the repairs of the Tripur Sundari Temple. Northern Command Chief Lieut-Gen Hari Prasad, during his early posting as head of armed division, “Kiloforce”, then a Major-General, had several gutted temples, including the famous Shailputri temple (Devi Bal) in Baramula, rebuilt.
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Constable rewarded for saving minister’s life
Srinagar, July 7 Jammu and Kashmir Police constable Noor Mohammad was also given cash prize of Rs one lakh for protecting the minister, an official spokesman said. The Minister’s car was fired at by militants near the Budshah Chowk here yesterday while he was returning from the Civil Secretariat. Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who also holds the Home portfolio, said constable Noor Mohammad has been awarded with one rank promotion to the selection grade and a cash prize of Rs one lakh for the courage and commendable sense of duty shown by him. The constable received serious wounds while fighting the militants. He was later shifted to a hospital. Another Constable, Javed Ahmad, has also been commended for his courage and commitment to duty during the attack. Inspector-General of Police, Kashmir Range, Javed Makhdoomi has issued a letter of appreciation to him, the spokesman said. Meanwhile, Additional SP Zakir Hussain and constable Bedi Singh have also earned commendation for valour exhibited during an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast at Sopore on July 3. — UNI |
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