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Experts against Budget session in March
Students opt for readymade projects
Mulla tea stall favourite among doctors, engineers
For generations, serving palate of non-vegetarians
Jammu Diary
Nagrota Sainik School creates history
Water, power shortage hits Goswami Mohalla
Majalata residents feel neglected by govt
Jagti Township
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Darbar moves to ‘city of protests’
Jammu, November 10 Although paradoxical, yet every year when Darbar moves to the capital city here, various organisations of unemployed youth of different associations and serving employees belonging to various departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs) intensify their agitations in a bid to get heard by those at the helm of affairs. Consequently, the JKP faces a tough time grappling with protestors and policing also takes a beating to some extent. While the Darbar Move offices opened here yesterday, a huge posse of police and CRPF personnel laid a virtual siege, especially of routes leading to the civil secretariat, obviously to keep agitators at bay. The siege at certain vantage points would remain a regular feature for the next six months till the Darbar moves back to the summer capital. Already grappling with militancy, the understaffed JKP certainly finds the going tough because agitating organisations give a fillip to their protests, said a senior police officer. No doubt, the shifting of Darbar Move offices put a burden on the police, but men in the counter-insurgency wing like Special Operations Group (SOG) handle their job without any hiccups, he said. However, local policing certainly takes a beating to some extent as focus shifts to the security of VIPs and VVIPs, he said, but added that requisite personnel from the CRPF and the Jammu and Kashmir Armoured Police (JKAP) is also deployed in Jammu for these six months to make the job easy. Jammu district having a population of around 18 lakh has approximately 3,700 police personnel and officers to maintain the law and order and provide security to ministers, bureaucrats and politicians, official sources said. Former DGP MM Khajooria, however, described the additional burden on police as part of the routine. “Being a regular feature (shifting of the Darbar), the police mobilises its requisite strength and of course, certain precautionary measures are initiated to ensure hassle-free movement of ministers and officials,” said Khajooria. Section 144 CrPC is imposed in the vicinity of the civil secretariat, banning the assembly of more than four persons and similarly additional forces like Punjab Police, CRPF and JKAP are mobilised for the purpose, he added. In the recent past, the winter capital has been witnessing continuous protests by employees of the loss-making State Road Transport Corporation, home guards, ITI-trained diploma holders, unemployed degree/diploma engineers, employees of the Public Health Engineering, anganwari workers and a couple of student bodies. If sources are to be believed, the state today has more than 40,000 unemployed youth, including 11,000 doctors, engineers, agricultural and forestry graduates. The sources said the Jammu province, comprising of 10 districts has 5,179 unemployed engineers with 4,419 in Jammu district alone while their counterparts in the Kashmir valley are nearly 3,000. Unfortunately, the winter capital has gained a dubious distinction of a city of protests where unemployed youth frequently take to streets asking for jobs and where employees and their families keep on demanding salaries for their survival. Not oblivious to the problems, most of the times the cash-strapped government here comes out with an excuse of empty coffers vis-à-vis a crippled economy.
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Overloaded passenger vehicles
Jammu, November 10 The authorities were recently instructed by the Minister for Transport to cancel the permit of the vehicles that resort to overloading. The traffic police authorities for the first few days tightened the noose over the violators, but the menace has again begun in the city. “You get on to any of the minibus or Matador of any route, you will find that these vehicles are jam packed and the law-enforcing agencies seemed to have turned a blind eye towards the problem,” said Mohit Kumar, a local commuter. Though the traffic police authorities maintain that they conduct surprise nakas to check the overloading of these vehicles, the commuters blame that the overloading of these vehicles is going on unabated. The traffic police had instructed the minibus operators to keep the doors of the vehicle closed so as to check the menace, but passengers could be seen hanging outside these doors. JS Manhas, regional transport officer, said: “To check the menace of overloading in all types of vehicles, including passengers and heavy vehicles, we are conducting surprise checks”. He said: “The department in the first two instances penalises the law violator and if the violation continues for the third time, strict action is taken which includes the cancellation of the permit or even the vehicle is impounded”. When asked to comment on the overloading of minibuses and Matadors operating in the city, Manhas said: “The traffic management in the city is mostly looked after by the Traffic Police Department which assists the RTO Department in penalising the law violators”. “There are complaints of overloading from some of the routes, including Sidra, Shivnagar. We conduct surprise checks there. The traffic police also assists us by sending punched licences and we cancel those licences,” Manhas said. Parminder Singh, SSP Traffic, Jammu, said: “We recently held a meeting with the minibus operators in which we asked them to avoid overloading. We also told them that overloading will not be tolerated at any cost and the law violators will be penalised as per the norms”.
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Experts against Budget session in March
Jammu, November 10 “We have researched into it and found that there was no benefit of holding the Budget session in January, hence it would be held in the month of March,” Omar said. However given the environmental conditions of the state, the experts say that holding of Budget session during the month of January was a wiser decision rather than holding the same during the month of March. Prof AN Sadhu,former head of the department of economics of the University of Jammu believes that the session in January is a better option as allocation of money for work would have been done by March.” He says the benefits of the Budget by the time of the current financial year would clear the picture for the next year. “The longer period would have increased the work efficiency,” asserts Sadhu. Speaking to The Tribune, former Finance Minister, who had introduced
the process of holding the Budget session in the month of March, Tariq Hameed Qarra said,”The comparative study between the both can be done during the year end.” He said if the Budget session was held in March, the year end would show over spending. He said the new system introduced by him during his tenure as state’s Finance Minister was a well thought out process that was introduced after discussion and expert opinions. “It was not a decision that was taken overnight, we held rounds of meetings with experts, economists and people who know the environment of the state. After that the formula was devised,” Qarra said. He said the system was adopted for three years and it gave good results. “Now let’s wait for the complete analysis of both the decisions (holding the Budget session in January and in March). However, in the state more payments in the month of March means less spending during the working time,” he said. |
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Students opt for readymade projects
Jammu, November 10 The rising trend of purchasing ready-made projects and models by students from bookshops is not bothering either the school and college authorities or the parents. A majority of the students of geography, medical and non-medical subjects purchase these ready-made projects and models from the markets. Placards selling the projects are openly displayed at such shops. “A large number of students demand for projects and models on electricity, planets, environment and different themes of medical and non-medical subjects,” said a bookseller at the Moti Bazaar. A majority of the booksellers in the Moti Bazaar Market and some of the booksellers in Jewel Chowk are famous for making attractive projects and models quickly. Selling ready-made project reports have become a profitable business which is bound to ruin young generation. “Our business of selling projects picks up when examination date sheets are announced. We make projects and models on demand. The price for a project starts from Rs 120 and the price of a model starts from Rs 250. The price goes up according to the size and the material used in the project or model,” said a bookseller at Jewel Chowk. He added: “We make a project or a model within one or two days on demand. It is a business for us. Why should we not do it? Students come to us. We don’t go to them”. “Making a model or a project is a time-consuming process. Ready-made projects and models are easily available in the market and almost all medical and non-medical students of our college purchase such projects and models from the market,” said a college student. “Preparing a project ourselves will enhance our knowledge, but due to lengthy theoretical subjects we cannot afford to waste our time in making projects and models during the examinations,” said a student of class XII. A teacher of a private school said: “Mostly students purchase ready-made models and projects from the market for winning the first prize or getting good marks in the examinations. Our efforts to make them understand how to prepare a project or a model go in vain. We cannot put a ban on a shopkeeper for selling ready-made projects or models because it is his business. But united efforts of teachers and parents can prevent students from purchasing these projects or models from the market”. Prof Sham Lal Sharma, principal of Government Gandhi Memorial Science College, said: “This trend needs to be discouraged by all educational institutions. Though this trend is limited to the schools only and not in the colleges, students should not go for it”. He added that students should apply their own creativity skills for making a model or a project.
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Tickling taste buds While the popularity of McDonalds, Pizza Huts and other eating joints is on the rise, there are many traditional foot outlets that touch emotional chord with jammuites and still appeal to their palate. If you want to savour the traditional food prepared in desi ghee, Mohan Vaishno Dhaba could be a suitable place to indulge into binge eating. Established since pre-Independence at Pucca Danga area of the old city, this small eating joint has its own set of regular customers. The dhaba gives a traditional look, with smoke billowing out of woods burning in its “traditional chullah”. At this joint there no LPG stoves, as the owners think that the food cooked on chullah enhances its taste and quality. And, here lies the success mantra of this eatery, which is appreciated by the foodies. Though situated in a crowded place with little sitting capacity, it is quite popular for its stuff, especially “yellow daal” and “moongi ki daal”. Foodies throng this place and are ready to wait for long time for their turn. Mohan Singh, owner of the dhaba, gives credit to his cook and helpers, who have been working from the past 30 years. City’s Raghunath Bazaar is the most sought after place, both for Jammuites and the pilgrims from outside the state. Though the bazaar has best of shops and showrooms, Sardar Di Hatti stands out. After a tiring shopping session, one can taste mouthwatering “chana kulcha” and spicy “kachaloo chaat”. A queue of food lovers can always be spotted at this time-honoured shop, which was established in 1940s, even before Independence. The reason behind the popularity of the shop is only the proprietor, Harbhajan Singh and his two sons, who prepare food themselves without any help. They believe in maintaining the taste that ones taste buds have got used to. Everyone can’t afford to go at a restaurant every evening. For those, the roadside vendors at Apsara Road in Gandhi Nagar are providing the quality food and taste and that too at very lucrative prices. In the evening scores of vehicles can be witnessed lined up around them. The place is famous for Chinese food and “Kaladi Kulcha”made from a special stuff like cheese. Besides this, there are “rehris” selling allu tikki, gol gappas and chaat right in front of the major restaurants. While some visit the place for taste, some utilise it to hang out with friends. Some customers even enjoy roadside birthday parties with their mates here. If you want to enjoy the early morning delicious halwa then visit Chowk Chabutra in Pucca Danga. It’s not a restaurant, not even a shop but a hand-driven cart from where you can have it. My journalistic instinct prompted me to ask people about the reason for the popularity of halwa. “Eat, and you will get the answer,” said one of the regular visitors of this cart. I had it and can still feel the taste and aroma of the halwa rich in in desi ghee.
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Modern eatries youngsters’ choice
Jammu, November 10 How one can forget KC Residency that offers the best of the chocolate fudge in the town and Hari Niwas for its serene location that overlooks the Tawi. The emergences of new eating hubs in the past few months are synonymous with the chitchat corners for friends, lovers and young couples alike. If you are not averse to crowded places, Nathu in the Auqaf Market, Amritsari Naan Walla on the BC Road and Pahalwan’s shop at the Gole Market in Gandhi Nagar could be the best place to indulge into binge eating. Though Amritsari Naan Walla offers only butter naan and channa as well as rajmaa-rice with butter-milk to foodies, Nathu and Pahalwaan offer a myriad of recipes easy on pocket. Not so long ago, there were only a few restaurants, but over the years the scenario has undergone a sea change. The second floor at City Square Shopping Mall houses several food joints like Dominos, Yo-China, Bikano, Moti Mahal and Barista. Just a week ago, Spice Food Joint, along with CCD, has opened joints on the BC Road opposite women’s college and St. Mary Convent School. Those who are fond of Punjabi food, Moti Mahal is the right place. Here they can relish all sorts of saucy chuttnies and achaars (pickles) with traditional food. Looking for Chinese like momos, manchurian, chopsy, chowmeins, Yo-China is the most hospitable place whereas Bikano is quite economical. You can have all sorts of snacks over here. CCD outlets at the Residency Road and Bahu Plaza are as much liked for their soft drinks as for cozy sitting arrangements. If you want to have the chill of ice tea, Nescafe outlets at Bahu Plaza, Shalimar Chowk and University of Jammu are the apt places. Sagar Ratna on the Residency Road has a variety of South Indian dishes like dosa, masala-rava, uttapam and bada sambar. However, the people feel: “Mc Donald’s should open its food chain in Jammu as they provide better and easy meal rich in taste and quality”. “When I feel hungry, I go to Sagar Ratna for heavy lunch or dinner, and for brunch, I prefer Smokin Joe’s or Pizza Hut. I like to chitchat with friends with snacks and soft drink at Bikano,” opine students at Smokin Joe’s.
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Mulla tea stall favourite among doctors, engineers
Jammu, November 10 Although a number of fast food restaurants serving Chinese, Continental and South Indian food have been opened in the city of temples, for a majority of Jammuities, between the age group of 35 to 80, there is nothing like a cup of tea with butter toast at Mulla Tea Stall. Located in the heart of the historical Raghunath Bazaar, butter toast of Mulla Tea Stall is very popular in Jammu, especially in the walled city where the people have an emotional attachment with this stall which was opened before 1947. “Exact date of the opening of this stall is not known to us, but it is confirmed that this stall was opened much before 1947,” said Baldev Khullar, president of the Raghunath Bazaar Bussinessmen Association. During the 150th anniversary of the Bazaar in 2005, Mulla Tea Stall was one of the attractions of the people. Khullar pointed out that every type of food was available in the Bazaar, but butter toast of Mulla Tea Stall was still a priority for all shopkeepers and traders. With the passage of time, many new items have been introduced in the menu of this decade-old tea stall, but butter toast is the most favourite item of the customers. “Since 1966, I have been eating butter toast of Mulla Tea Stall,” disclosed Bhupinder Singh Slathia, former president of the Jammu Bar Association. Slathia, who is also ex-additional advocate general, prefers to spend some time at this stall since his college days. Slathia observes that nothing has been changed since 1966 as far as Mulla Tea Stall is concerned. Recalling his college days, Slathia told that in late 60s, it was a fashion among college-going students to have butter toast and a cup of tea at this stall. Butter toast is available in almost every restaurant of the city, but the taste of butter toast available in Mulla Tea Stall is entirely different. Instead of applying toaster, butter toast at the stall is prepared on coal through a traditional style. The popularity of butter toast available in this stall can be gauged from the fact that customers are usually seen standing outside the shop waiting for their turn to get a seat during the peak hours. “Sometimes we have to wait for more than an hour for our turn to enter the stall,” said Ravinder Verma, a veteran engineer, who is a regular visitor to this stall since 1970. It is all due to the delicious butter toast that this stall has become a meeting point for engineers, doctors, writers and advocates. In the evening hours, one can see groups of doctors, engineers and advocates sitting separately enjoying butter toast with a cup of tea. Writers and other literary persons mostly occupy one corner of this stall. While as butter toast of Mulla Tea Stall attracts the customers, ‘malaidar’ tea served in Ashoka Cafetaria in front of the Telephone Exchange Kacchi Chowki is another choice of the customers. In the morning, people from different parts of the city reach this tea stall to enjoy ‘malaidar’ tea.
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For generations, serving palate of non-vegetarians
Jammu, November 10 Sham also expired a few years ago and passed on the legacy to his son Vijay Mehra, who has a degree in engineering but opted to look after the dhaba. “Tandoori chicken, butter chicken, mutton including roganjosh, yakhni and kabab appeal to the our customers most,”says Mehra. Not only the customers from across the city visit us but the tourists who come to Jammu prefer to have their meals at this dhaba, he says, adding, “Vegetarians prefer our lachay dar paratha, which is also very famous,” Mehra said. Every evening there is a maddening rush, which speaks volume about the quality of food served at the dhaba. Another place which is gourmands’ paradise is the Paras Ram di Hatti, established in 1940 by Paras Ram. The place is being also looked after by the third generation of the family. “The dhaba was started by my grandfather in a modest manner, charging only Rs 1.50 per person per month, but now the rates have increased” said Sorav, another grandson of Paras Ram. He said family members look after the place and the preparation of all the diets is traditional and nothing has changed with the passage of time. “The family members themselves cook the food and the preparation is also traditional, though with the passage of time new varieties have also been added, but it is the traditional aroma and flavor that drives people to our shop,” said Ram Das son of Paras Ram. Another famous place for chicken lovers is Manthal, a place situated on the Jammu-Udhampur highway, people prefer to eat desi chicken here, which is being served at seven to eight shops in the area. For people who like to eat fish they find a delight at Gol market in Gandhi Nagar, where a large number of stalls sell different types of fishes, “People like boneless tandoori fish the most, they also prefer the fried one, said Raju who works at Sahil fish corner.
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Jammu Diary Tawi, the lifeline of Jammu, has dried up. With the onset of the winter, glaciers in the state stop melting. With no rain having poured due to western disturbances, the river has got no water to feed itself. Though its dried state is common in late December or January, November is an unusual month for its dried-up state. It is just a trickle now. The river along Jammu city presents an ugly picture. Poodles of water here and there make it look like ponds interspersed in between. (See picture) Blame it on
the West
On the western border we have Pakistan and Uncle Sam as well. So whatever wrong happens in the country right from internal security, misadventures at the western border and weather disturbances-blame it on the west. The other day when a scribe contacted a weatherman to know about the delay in arrival of the winter vis-à-vis an increase in the duration of the summer in the Jammu region, the latter attributed the cause to western disturbances (WD) without elucidating “WD”. May sound weird but prompt came a wild thought into the scribe’s mind that all ills plaguing the country come from the West. A crude shock for lovebirds
The ban on pre-paid mobile connections has come as a rude shock for “lovebirds” of the region who used to enjoy various lucrative packages for couples offered by the telecom companies. To jack up the subscriber base of such “lovebirds” various companies had offered schemes such as ‘Jodi’ pre-paid connection, but now with the ban in place these Jodis would have to shed extra money to chitchat with each other. “Earlier, I used to give a missed call to my friend and he used to call me, but now I don’t think I would be able to do it as I won’t be able to afford a post-paid connection,” said a college girl. Wake up, doctor
Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was taken aback when he spotted a doctor dozing off among the audience at Shahidi Diwas function in Kathua recently. Azad asked the doctor to wake up, making the audience break into laughter. He woke up but was thoroughly embarrassed at the unsolicited attention. It seems the poor chap was tired of working overnight at his job besides making arrangements for the Health Minister’s visit. Big relief for
residents
Finally, pedestrians and vehicle operators in the city have heaved a sigh of relief as the authorities concerned have started levelling the "badly ravaged" roads in the city. The authorities concerned, accused of being indifferent to inconvenience of public all through the execution of its construction plans, have suddenly accelerated its construction work in an organised manner. The metalling of the dug-up roads are being seen to be a pleasant “nazrana” to appease the “royal Darbar” which is scheduled to start functioning in the winter capital soon. After having inhaled dusty air for the past six months, “Aam aadmi” was desperately gasping for clean air. Therefore, the Darbar move has come as a whiff of fresh air to Jammuites. (Contributed by |
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Nagrota Sainik School creates history
Nagrota, November 10 This year, 18 students of the school have been selected for the 122nd course of the NDA while one student opted for the Naval Academy. “This is a great achievement for the school since its inception in 1970. It is for the first time that such a large number of students have been selected for the NDA,” Capt Ajay Kumar, principal of the school, said. Inaugurated on August 22, 1970, by the then Defence Minister Jagjivan Ram, the school has been instrumental in training and sending a large number of students to join the armed forces. The school was awarded the Rakhsa Mantri trophy by the Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju at Sainik School principals’ conference in Bhubaneswar. “Now, our aim is to break our own record. We are anxiously waiting for the UPSC results as many of our students have appeared for the examination,” said headmaster of the school Lt Col Krishan Yadav. As a gesture towards the selected students, the school would be reimbursing the tuition fee of 19 students for classes XI and XII. The achievement has also motivated other students who want to follow the footsteps of their seniors in joining the armed forces. “We would also like to serve the country and make our school proud,” said a student, adding, ”I have been working hard to get selected for the NDA”. “The maximum number of students who were selected for the NDA are from the Jammu region,” said the principal. Apart from the trophy and a certificate, the school also got a cash prize of Rs 50,000 from the Minister of State for Defence.
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Water, power shortage hits Goswami Mohalla
Jammu, November 10 The village is situated around 15 km away from Jammu city and is landlocked by beautiful hills. The residents of the mohalla are facing an acute shortage of potable water, which has made their lives miserable. Though tap connections are provided to the villagers by the PHE Department, they remain dry for days together. The villagers blame that the mainline connection which has been provided to them by the department from a water reservoir is at a low height due to which the water does not maintain enough pressure to reach the village and the taps remain dry. “The taps usually remain dry and water comes once in a week. The flow of water is also very slow,” said Ratna, a resident of the village. Krishan Giri Goswami, 75, an ex-serviceman and the head of the village, said: “After a lot of struggle by the villagers, the government laid a stone for a water tank three years ago, but it has not been constructed so far”. In the absence of proper water supply in the area, the residents fetch water from a well, which is situated at a distance of about half km down the slope from the mohalla. Its water also does not seem fit for human consumption. Describing the problem that women of the village face everyday while fetching potable water, Kamla Rani, a resident of the village, said: “We do not get sufficient time to take rest. Besides working at home and fields, we have to fetch water from the well three or four times a day which is an exhausting exercise”. The villagers have also been provided with a tube well by the Rural Development Department, but that, too, is defunct for the past more than a week as reported by the villagers. Irregular and low-voltage power supply to the village has added more to their discomforts. “The electricity plays hide and seek with us. We are provided with single-phase power supply which is good for nothing. It’s better, if no power is provided in the village. We will then arrange kerosene or gas lamps,” said Pankaj Gosawmi, a youth of the village. A link road, which was constructed for the village a couple of years ago, has been washed away by floods at many points. Pedestrians and two-wheelers have to face a lot of problems due to the poor condition of the road. Ruing about the pathetic condition of the road, Pankaj Goswami, a resident of the village, said: “A majority of the villagers have agricultural land outside the village and they have to face a lot of hardships while moving on the road”. He added: “During the monsoon season, the problem gets compounded as the water stagnates on the road and hinders the frequent movement of the villagers”.
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Majalata residents feel neglected by govt
Udhampur, November 10 The residents of Majalata were expecting that during the DDB meeting, decision on the opening of a degree college would be taken, but their expectations were not fulfilled. For the past two years, residents of the tehsil have been agitating for opening of the degree college as this area is the centre point between Jammu, Udhampur and Kathua districts. Opening of a degree college would provide relief to students of more than 12 higher secondary schools located adjoining Majalata. The residents criticised the Chief Minster for doing injustice and discrimination with the hilly areas. They accused that least attention had been paid to the burning issues confronting the people of Majalata. They expressed surprise that not even a single word was uttered about the demand of a degree college and an ITI at the tehsil. They further demanded that there was a dire need for special package for the tehsil so as to operationalise newly upgraded Majalta tehsil in a most effective and target-oriented way. While pointing towards the local problems, the residents regretted that no action plan for dealing with the shortage of staff and infrastructure in various schools and poor condition of the link roads had been prepared. The demands of a sub-district hospital in Majalta and an accidental hospital at the Dhar Road, Manwal, and a CHC at Basantgarh have been let down. People of Basantgarh were anxious to know about the fate of development of Basantgarh Niabat and sanctioning of a fresh Niabat at Dudu, already recommended by the Wazir Commission. Similarly, takeover of the Chountara Mata, Pingla Mata, Bihana Choun Mata Shrines under the Shrine Board by the virtue of legislation to be promulgated by the state Assembly was also burning demands of the local people. Allegedly let down by the government, the residents have decided to come on streets to get their demands fulfilled.
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Jagti Township
Jammu, November 10 Officials were left groping for words when the minister took them to task in full public view for the delay during his visit to the township last week. The minister's visit has raised the hopes of an early completion of the construction work and the subsequent allotment of two-room tenements to Kashmiri Pandits. "The Central government has sanctioned a huge amount for the upcoming township and the delay is only resulting into cost escalation. The Home Minister's visit has generated some hope that the authorities might expedite the work,” said Rekha Bhat, a resident of Muthi camp. JL Zutshi, a resident of Mishriwala camp, said, "Now, we might get rid of camp life which is full of hardships. I hope for early completion of work". The Jagti Township being constructed under the Prime Minister's Rehabilitation Package for Kashmiri migrants living in various migrant camps is most likely to breach its deadline of December 2009 with the authorities claiming that the project would be completed by May 2010. Around 1,600 flats are being constructed in the first phase. The township would have 176 blocks and each block would have 24 flats of 495 sq ft each. As many as 40 parks would be developed over 200 kanals as part of beautification of the township. Among the other infrastructure being created at the township include two schools, a 40-bed hospital, a commercial complex, three community halls, an old-age home and a bus terminal. “The project is being delayed repeatedly. We are anxiously waiting for the allotment of quarters since long,” said Jai Krishan Bhat, a resident of Purkoo migrant camp. The delay is being attributed to the Amarnath land row which is said to have affected the project. “Due to various reasons including two-month long Amar Nath land row, the construction work of the project has got affected", said Vinod Koul, relief commissioner. The commissioner assured that all the construction work would be completed by May 2010. Expressing similar views, Ravinder Kaul, executive engineer in charge of the project said, "The entire project of 4,218 flats is likely to be completed by May 2010."
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With the seat of power (Darbar) shifting to the winter capital here for the next six months, the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) has geared up to deal with possible agitations by various organisations.
Jammu, November 10
Teachers scold students who get their homework done from their parents, but in the blatant violation of these ethics, shopkeepers are openly selling models and projects of school and graduate classes. The models devised by educationists to enable practical knowledge of a subject to students stand defeated as youngsters buy these projects instead of making them.
Jammu, November 10
Tawi, the lifeline of Jammu, has dried up. With the onset of the winter, glaciers in the state stop melting. With no rain having poured due to western disturbances, the river has got no water to feed itself. Though its dried state is common in late December or January, November is an unusual month for its dried-up state. It is just a trickle now. The river along Jammu city presents an ugly picture.
