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Water woes
Streetlights to be installed on city’s outskirts
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Doctors’ ‘negligence’ claims man’s life
FIR lodged against hospital staff over expired injections
Jewellers call off strike
JPPF to celebrate Accession Day on Oct 26
Nurse refuses to perform duty, inquiry ordered
National pay policy sought
DIET holds training programme
J&K Police sports meet begins today
Majithiya's poignant play staged
Daily wagers to protest tomorrow
Himanshu lifts all-India chess championship
DC XI beat GOC XI by 9 runs
YGCC win inaugural tie
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Water woes
Jammu, April 8 BR Dogra, Chief Engineer, PHE, told The Tribune that the two major reasons for engaging water tankers were mushrooming of new colonies and erratic power supply during the summers. He said, “Jammu is among the most rapidly growing cities and after every six months you can find some new habitations in the city outskirts. To cover up the new habitations has always been a challenge for us but we use tanker service to supply water for household use in these areas. Our focus always remains in dealing with the scarcity of water.” Dogra added, “Erratic power supply and unscheduled cuts add big hurdles in our smooth functioning. There exists no gravity pulling in for the city due to geographical conditions and we are mostly dependent on water lifting system, for which power supply is an indispensable component. A power cut of two hours or more creates chaos in our working, which results in public wrath.” As per official records, 81 water tankers belonging to the PHE department and 42 tankers of private agencies have been engaged for providing water facilities in the region. Around Rs 332 lakh were spent on the tanker service during the year 2011-12. Sources said this amount would increase considerably this year. The PHE officials said to provide safe drinking water to the people, three centrally sponsored schemes were active in the state, which included Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP), Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNUNRM) and Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT). y As many as 81 water tankers belonging to the PHE department and 42 of private agencies have been engaged for providing water in the region. Around ~332 lakh were spent on the tanker service during 2011-12
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Streetlights to be installed on city’s outskirts
Jammu, April 8 Bhalla was addressing a public meeting at Bithandi. He said focused attention was being paid by the government to uplift the socio-economic condition of the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and other backward sections of the society in every corner of the state by providing all basic amenities to them in their respective colonies. Regarding upgradation of Bathindi main road, including the entire link roads, Bhalla said the government has earmarked Rs 1.60 crore for this purpose. He added that the blacktopping and other allied works, including renovation of surface and deep drains, would be started soon after completing the tendering formalities. The minister asked the PDD to prepare estimates for the installation of streetlights on the main chowks of Bathindi and submit the same so that he could release the funds for the same out of his CDF.
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Doctors’ ‘negligence’ claims man’s life
Jammu, April 8 The protesters kept the body of the deceased, along with stretcher, in the middle of the road and blamed the hospital authorities for giving ‘improper treatment’ to the patient that led to his death. The hospital authorities, however, constituted a three-member panel to look into the allegations. The panel has been directed to submit its report within two weeks. The protesters, who raised slogans against the hospital authorities, alleged that the patient, identified as Mohan Lal (55), who was suffering from thyroid disorders, was admitted twice to the hospital, but he was given ‘improper treatment’ by the doctors on duty. They said the patient’s health was good till yesterday evening and he died all of a sudden after he was administered medicine to cure thyroid disorders this morning. “Initially, he was admitted to the hospital on April 2 and was discharged after two days’ treatment. As he (Mohan) again complained of some complications, we then readmitted him on April 5. He was undergoing treatment in the hospital since then, but his health started deteriorating after he took some medicine on an empty stomach this morning,” said Sanjeev Kumar, one of the relatives. He further said the doctors on duty gave ‘overdose of medicine’ to the patient on an empty stomach and he collapsed all of a sudden. Demanding immediate suspension of the doctors on duty, they urged the administration to take serious note of the re-occurrence of these incidents in the hospital. A team of the police led by SHO Police Station, Bakshi Nagar, rushed to the spot and tried to pacify the protesters. Angry family members and relatives also had heated arguments with police personnel after the latter requested them not to disrupt the traffic. Meanwhile, the GMCH authorities, comprising officiating principal Dr Aniece Choudhary and Medical Superintendent Manoj Chalotra, visited the protesting family members and agreed to their demand to conduct an inquiry into the incident. On the assurance of the GMCH principal, the protesters lifted the body from the road and opened it for traffic. Later, Dr Aniece Choudhary, in the presence of the family members and relatives of the deceased, constituted a three-member committee to look into the allegations. The panel comprised Dr Ghanshyam Dev, Dr JP Singh and Dr Sandhya Arora. |
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FIR lodged against hospital staff over expired injections
Jammu, April 8 Sources told The Tribune that a group of attendants reportedly objected to such injections and medicine in the hospital and made a verbal complaint with the higher-ups. “The hospital authorities didn’t bother. Some of the injections had expiry date of January 1, 2012 and were being still administered to the children in ward number 14,” a source said. Upset over the “indifferent attitude” of the hospital authorities, the attendants staged a protest inside the hospital and demanded action against the hospital staff for using “expired injections.” The protestors also lodged a written complaint against the hospital staff with the City Police Station. Acting on the complaint of the attendants, the police registered an open FIR against the “guilty officials”. Deputy Superintendent SMGS Hospital, Dr Dara Singh, said the attendants had made a “verbal complaint” but he rubbished the charges that expired medicine and injections were being used in the hospital. “We usually destroy the expired drugs and injections immediately,” he said. The officiating principal, Dr Aniece Choudhary, however, feigned ignorance about the registration of a case against the hospital staff. “We didn’t receive any written complaint. Unless somebody comes with a written complaint, how can we initiate action?” the principal said.
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Jewellers call off strike
Jammu, April 8 Addressing a press conference, Swarnkar Sangh Jammu Province (SSJP) provincial president Raj Kumar Babbar said they had opened up their shops after the assurance of Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi that the decision to impose taxes on gold would be reconsidered. “They have assured us that the imposition of fresh taxes on the import of gold will be looked into so that interest of swarnkars is not hit. We hope that the government fulfils its promise and we do not have to protest again,” Babbar said. He said the sangh is concerned about the problems faced by the people ahead of the marriage season, but if fresh taxes are imposed on gold, it will also affect the common man. The gold sellers and traders had started a nationwide agitation on March 17 against the decision of government to impose excise duty of 1 per cent on unbranded jewellery and 4 per cent import duty on gold. The call for strike was given by the All-India Sarafa Association (AISA). “Imposition of fresh taxes will further make gold out of reach of people and increase the cost of jewellery. We will oppose this tooth and nail,” said Vijay Verma, secretary, AISA. The sangh said they had also submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to take up the issue with the Centre. Ram Kapoor, secretary of the association, said during December, there was 1 per cent increase in taxes and now 2 per cent increase in taxes during the Budget announcement is a matter of concern. Those who were present in the press conference included Ajay Vaid, Arun Sethi, Ashok Suri, Rajesh Talla, Vijay Verma, Jagdesh Sehdev and Joginder Verma.
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JPPF to celebrate Accession Day on Oct 26
Jammu, April 8 This was disclosed here today by the JPPF working committee on the occasion of honouring ceremony, wherein the forum commemorated various dignitaries who had contributed to achievement of the forum’s aims and objectives. JPPF members stressed that they had actively participated and extended support on the issues concerning Dogra certificates, recruitment policies and home guards. They said the JPPF is trying to work as a bridge between the people of the Jammu and the state government. The members alleged, “We are aware of
the fact that most of the jobs in government departments are being snatched from the youth of our region and given to the youth of other provinces. Such practices cause restlessness amongst the Jammu youth. Migration of the educated youth from the province to other parts of the country for jobs is a matter of concern for the
JPPF.”
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Nurse refuses to perform duty, inquiry ordered
Jammu, April 8 According to the report, Raj Kumari refused to execute the treatment orders prescribed by Dr Sourab, PG, Surgery, giving the excuse of her duty hours. The doctor filed a written complaint against the staff nurse. The committee formed by the hospital administration constitutes of Reva Gupta, administrator, associated hospitals, Jammu, Dr Anil K. Dhar, assistant professor, Medicine, Dr Abdul Ghani, assistant professor, orthopedics, Dr Wasiq Rasool, Deputy Medical Superintendent and Santosh Salathia, Matron. The committee would submit its report within a week’s time. |
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National pay policy sought
Jammu, April 8 Shastri said his organisation had already sent three separate memorandums to the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister and the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission. Pleading the cause of daily wagers in various government departments, NMC chief also demanded the regularisation of the services of daily wagers working in the Rural Development Department (RDD) and other departments, who have completed seven years of service in their respective departments. He emphasised for issuing immediate orders for the regularisation of eligible daily wagers in the state. Describing the Chief Minister as a seasoned politician and an outstanding administrator, Shastri expressed full confidence in the present government. He also demanded pension benefits to the employees of PSUs and regularisation of the services of motivators working in the watershed project at Akhnoor.
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DIET holds training programme
Jammu, April 8 The first phase of the programme was inaugurated by Director, School Education, Jammu, GA Qureshi. He interacted with the participants and asked them to utilise the information gained during the programme in uplifting the standard of education. Joint Director, Training and Principal, SIE, Jammu, AC Aima, and CEO, Jammu, Natha Ram Dhingra, were also present.
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J&K Police sports meet begins today
Jammu, April 8 Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda while briefing the media said a total of six zones of the J&K Police will compete in the four-day long sporting event to be held at five different venues - Gulshan Ground, District Police Lines, Jammu, Jammu University, CTC Sunjwan and Gazetted Officers Mess, Jammu. He said K. Rajendra, ADGP (Armed/Law and Order) is the organising secretary of the tournament. He said the J&K police was focusing on providing all technical and logistics support to youth and sports lovers of the state. He added that the J&K police had excelled in sports at the state, national and international level, besides organising regular sports activities under civic action programmes in every nook and corner of the state for better police-public relations. While lauding the achievements of sportspersons of the J&K police, DGP Khoda said boxing teams of both men and women had secured two silver and four bronze medals in the recently concluded 60th All-India Police Wrestling Cluster held in New Delhi. In reply to a question, he said there was no proposal regarding building up of an exclusive sports team of the J&K Police but did not rule out the possibility of building a cricket team of the J&K police. “We are planning to prepare a cricket team of the J&K police and we have some players in the department who had represented the state team in Ranji trophies and other national and domestic tournaments and that will definitely help in our efforts,” he added. Meanwhile, all matches in the sports meet will be conducted on a knock-out basis as per rules and regulations laid down by the All-India Sports Control Board. The participating zones in the tournament include Armed, Intelsect CID/Telecom/Crime/Traffic/Security/SSG/Railways, SDRF/ CD/HGDs Zone, Jammu, Kashmir and Training. |
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Majithiya's poignant play staged
Jammu, April 8 In the play, Dilbagh Singh is worried as he cannot find a suitable match for his blind daughter. In the desperation, he decides to marry his daughter, Harcharan Kaur, with murderer Lal Singh. Dilbagh does not tell Lal that Harcharan is blind. After the wedding, when Lal gets to know the truth, he fumes with anger. He feels deceived and decides to kill Dilbagh in a fit of rage. He narrates the story to his friend Kashmir Singh, who tries to pacify him but fails. Harcharan also tries to counsel Dilbagh that he should accept the circumstances as the course of nature and forgive her father. When he reaches Dilbagh’s house, Harcharan’s words start haunting him. He gets emotional and restrains from committing the crime and to everyone’s surprise, comes back home. Balwinder Singh played the role of Lal with full zeal and Sajra Qadir as Harcharan was also impressive. Others who supported the play included Ashwani Bali as the narrator, Atin Tikka as Kashmir Singh and Mohd Yaseen as Dilbagh Singh. Neeraj Kant executed the lights and Sachin Saini operated the music. Sumeet Sharma was coordinator of the event and also did the presentations.
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Daily wagers to protest tomorrow
Jammu, April 8 The leaders of the forum decided to organise a one-day protest on April 10 to express their resentment against the attitude of the government towards the daily wagers. Addressing mediapersons, the leaders demanded immediate regularisation of all daily wagers who had completed seven years of service in any department and fixation of daily wages at Rs 250 per day to remove disparity among the workers. |
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Himanshu lifts all-India chess championship
Jammu, April 8 Himanshu dictated terms against all his opponents by displaying brilliant chess skills. He fetched 8 points from as many games in the championship. Ajit Singh of J&K had to settle for second slot with a total of 6 points, while Atul Kumar (J&K), Nandan (Assam) and Sumit Grover (J&K) finished joint third. Ravi Sharma of J&K managed to fetch 5 points, whereas Khalid Amin from Kashmir had to contend with 4.5 points. Vishwajeet Bhardwaj (Assam), Nishi Mahalaxmi Iyer (West Bengal) and Ayush Patnaik (Madhya Pradesh) clinched 4.5 points each. Meanwhile, Vilakshan Mehta of J&K was declared the best player in the U-10 age group. Vikhyat Mehta and Akriti Kotwal were adjudged best players in the U-15 age group, whereas Shivender Singh Chib was declared the best J&K player. The awards were given by Ravinder Kumar, father of late Ramit, Atul Kumar Gupta and Baldev Sharma. The tournament was organised by the All-J&K Chess Association. Officials of the association said the J&K State Championship is likely to be conducted in the first week of May.
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DC XI beat GOC XI by 9 runs
Rajouri, April 8 Before the commencement of the match, GOC Maj Gen KH Singh and Rajouri Deputy Commissioner Soughat Biswas were introduced to both the teams. DC XI team won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 133 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target of 134 runs, GOC XI made only 124 and lost the game. Riaz Malik was declared the man of the mach for scoring 56 runs with five sixes and two fours. Speaking on the occasion GOC KH Singh appreciated both the teams for displaying true sportsman spirit in the gentleman’s game. The Rajouri Deputy Commissioner also congratulated both the teams for showing excellent cricket. The match was played to pay tributes to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the liberation of Rajouri.
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YGCC win inaugural tie
Jammu, April 8 Batting first after winning the toss, YGCC accumulated 144 runs in 17.3 overs losing 5 wickets in the process. Rattandeep Sharma was the top scorer with 46 runs, including 6 boundaries. Pushpinder Singh contributed 34 runs studded with 5 boundaries. Vishnu, Sourav and Kunal took 2 wickets apiece. For JCCC, Arif, Suresh and Shantanu fetched a wicket each. Chasing 145 runs to win, JCCC got off to a flying start but the dismissal of Arif, who played a gritty knock of 56 runs, changed the complexion of the game. The team finally managed to score 106 runs in 16.3 overs and lost the match by 38 runs. No other batsman could cross the double figure mark. Sannat and Pavit Singh bowled tidy spells and took 4 and 3 wickets, respectively. Yudhamanyu, Raghav and Shivam scalped one wicket apiece. Rattandeep Sharma of YGCC was declared man of the match, which was officiated by Shashi Pal, Rajinder Singh and Naresh. |
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