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Health dept sounds
dengue alert
1,000 cases settled under RTI: CICn Says the Act is administratively weak but legally strong in
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Akshay claims Jr district snooker title
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Government Middle School for Girls, Thriat, in Rajouri. A Tribune photograph
ASCOMS logs win in football meet
Players in action during the Inter-College Football Championship at the University of Jammu. Tribune photo: Anand Sharma
Tribune impact
JKP topples Syed Tajuddin team
Two killed, 3 hurt in mishaps
16.95 lakh pilgrims visit Shiv Khori shrine
BJP forms national panel on tribal welfare
Artificial scarcity of LPG being created: AJHLA
BJP leaders expresses concern over violations on International Border
Senior NC leader Ajay Sadhotra bereaved
Volleyball tourney gets under way
One rank, one pension scheme sought
Players in action during the ongoing Sub-Junior National Handball Championship in Srinagar on Monday. A Tribune photograph
PHE daily wagers protest in Reasi
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Health dept sounds
dengue alert
Jammu, October 8 Officials said that no case has so far been detected in the region but samples of nearly 60 patients have been sent to laboratories in the last two months. Guidelines have been issued to district health centers to create isolated wards. Owing to changes in weather, there is a greater probability of increase in malaria patients in the Jammu region. Officials said there were certain vulnerable pockets such as Gandhi Nagar, Rajiv Nagar, Talab Tillo, Qasim Nagar and Bhagwati Nagar in Jammu city. These localities are being constantly monitored to detect places which are potential breeding grounds of mosquitoes. Symptoms of dengue are severe and continuous pain in abdomen, bleeding from nose, mouth and gums or skins bruising, frequent vomiting with or without blood, excessive thirst, pale cold skin, restlessness, sleepiness and black stool. Bleeding generally takes place three or four days after one contacts fever. It is more dangerous among children. “Special
teams have been constituted by the department to create awareness among
people and detect dengue cases, if any, so that timely help could be
provided in case of any emergency. Door-to-door campaign has also been
started in venerable areas,” said Dr Kuldeep Kesar, malariologist. Dr Kesar said to deal with any potential threat, requisite medicines and equipment have been arranged at various health institutions. Experts say the major carriers of the disease are visitors, especially from outside the state. The stagnant water also gives rise to mosquito that causes dengue. “Many
people go out of the state for work and when they return, they carry
pathogen with them. Identifying them and providing assistance is a major
challenge,” said a health official. People in many areas of the state are still unaware of as to how the disease spreads and the measures to prevent it. The health department said it was going to hold awareness campaign on the disease. THREAT AND ITS
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1,000 cases settled under RTI: CICn Says the Act is administratively weak but legally strong in
state
Poonch, October 8 He said the Information Commission wanted to implement the Act in letter and spirit but with the limited number of members and without the required staff it was unable to do so. He said the state government was committed to create 17 posts in the Commission against the demand for 70 posts but even after a gap of one-and-half-year, no appointment was made. The civil society members raised questions about procedural delay and denial by the government members to provide information on time. Earlier, to review the implementation on the mechanism of the RTI Act 2005, a meeting of all district officers was held at the Deputy Commissioner’s Conference Hall
here. GR Sofi spoke about the important features of the RTI Act and called upon the Public Information Officer’s
(PIO) to implement the Act effectively for the welfare of the society. He clarified that seeking information by any citizen should not be treated as a complaint by the public authority. He said it was the public authority that had implemented the RTI Act to maintain transparency and accountability in the working system of the government agencies and added that even the public authority was empowered to seek information under the Act. Briefing the role of the public authority under the Act, he said the PIOs were the important functionaries of the RTI
Act. Sofi said it was the duty of every PIO to provide information within 30 days from the date of filling the application. He said if the information was not provided within the specific time, the applicant had the right to approach the commission. The commission will take action against the erring official, he said. He also stressed upon the PIOs to get complete knowledge about the RTI Act and provide information strictly under the guidelines of the Act. Various Sections and Clauses of the Act were also discussed in the meeting. The Chief Information Commissioner replied to the queries regarding the RTI Act raised by the
PIOs. GR Sofi said, “Under the RTI Act, 18,000 applications had been received across the state so far. Out of these 1,000 cases were settled and 200 to 300 applications were being received every month in the state. He said awareness programmes were also held at the district headquarter and block headquarters to make people aware about the RTI Act.”
Poonch DDC Ajeet Kumar Sahu, ADC Jatinder Singh, ADDC Anwar Hussain and SSP Poonch Shamsheer Hussain were also present. |
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Akshay claims Jr district snooker title
Jammu, October 8 Akshay notched up a thrilling 3-2 win. Akshay lost the inaugural frame by 59-66 but recovered well to equalise the lead in the second by frame margin of 48-27. Just when Akshay got into his groove, Sanjay stunned him in the third frame with a fine 67-32 win. After
Akshay, it was Sanjay who lost his momentum that eventually cost him the frame. He lost the frame by a margin of 28-60. In the decider, Akshay had no difficulty in dispatching Sanjay by 76-58 to bag the top
honours. In senior billiards title clash, Sohail Khalid got the better of Ishan Chowdhary by 3-0. Sohail clinched the first set by 100-63 and then followed it up with another thumping win in the next by 100-19. He also took the third set with a convincing margin of 100-43. Meanwhile, the prize distribution ceremony of the tournament would be held along with the valedictory function of the state championship, slated to begin soon. The final matches were officiated by Surjit Singh Baloria and Rakesh Sharma. Earlier, Kanav Manawa produced a major upset by defeating Rohit Sodhi in the summit showdown to clinch the junior billiards title. The final match proved to be a real cliffhanger as both cuiests played outstandingly throughout the match in a bid to emerge triumphant. Kanav eventually clinched the title with 2-1 frames. Earlier, Kanav Manawa got off to a fine start by winning the inaugural frame by 50-37. Rohit Sodhi responded well by pocketing the next frame by 50-42 to equalise the lead. In the decider, Cueist Kanav Manawa kept his cool and did not allow his rival to stage any comeback. He took the frame by a thin margin of 50-49 to bag the top
honours. Meanwhile, Sohail Khalid and Ishan Chowdhary toppled their respective opponents in their semifinal matches of the senior billiards to set up the title clash. In the first semifinal, Sohail Khalid got the better of Ishuk Chowdhary by straight 3-0 frames. Sohail pocketed the opening frame by 100-44 and then went on to win the next with a frame margin of 100-36.
Ishuk Chowdhary used all this tricks to bounce back but could not succeed in his attempts. He lost the decider by 58-100. In the second semifinal, Ishan Chowdhary drubbed Assem Ghai by 3-0 frames (100-73, 100-39 100-96). The final of the junior snooker will be played tomorrow between Akshay Kumar and Sanjay Sharma. |
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Girls school in Thriat running without toilets, drinking water
Rajouri, October 8 If one pays a visit to the school, you will hardly find any benches, drinking water or sanitation facilities and playing field on its premises. Despite this all, the school boasts of having a strength of 145 students and seven teachers. Though the school has been named as Girls Middle School, male students are being enrolled here. Sources said there were about 30 male students enrolled in school, of whom five students study in Class VI, three in Class VII and 12 Class VIII. Not only this, students have to walk miles at a stretch to fetch drinking water for themselves and their teachers and girls are forced to go in open field to attend the natural
call. Radhika, a Class VII student, has to walk five miles to reach the school every day. She said, “At times, it becomes very difficult for us to go to the fields to ease ourselves as the school has no proper toilet facilities. We need to walk miles to fetch water from springs or roadside hand-pumps.” “The school is being run with five rooms. One room has been converted into office while other four rooms have to be used for classes. It becomes difficult, especially during the rains, to adjust eight classes in just four rooms,” Radhika
said. Rashmi, another student, said, “Primary classes are running in the open and mid-day meal is cooked on wooden fuel as the school does not have gas cylinder.” The school does not even have a proper storeroom to keep the material related to mid-day meal and hence a classroom is being used for this.
Makhan Lal Sharma, Chief Education Officer, Rajouri, said, “I will take the matter seriously and try to find out whether the zonal education officer has made any mistake.” There are 1,649 schools in Rajouri district of which over 1140 schools are running without toilet facilities, sources said. As many as 231 schools do not have their own buildings and hence are being run at rented accommodations. |
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ASCOMS logs win in football meet
Jammu, October 8 ASCOMS opened its account through Viven Pal Singh in the second minute and followed up with another one in the fifth minute. GDC, Kathua, was clueless against the ASCOMS team which played like a well-knit unit throughout the contest. Shahil Rafir scored the third goal in the ninth minute while fourth goal was scored by Taanvir Shafi in the 15th minute. The fifth, sixth and seventh goals were scored by Syed Shahaan to seal the essay. In the second match, Model Institute of Education and Technology (MIET) got walkover Degree College, Poonch. Mahant Bichitar Singh (MBS) college had a last laugh against GDC, Kathua, by 2-1 in a keen contest. Both the goals were scored by Gagan Sambyal while Sunny scored the only goal for GDC, Kathua. In the other matches played, Government College of Engineering and Technology (GCET) toppled GDC, Paloura, whereas Trikuta College emerged victorious in the fifth match. The matches were officiated by Gagan Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Pardeep Katoch, Vijay Kumar and Harman Jeet Singh. Prof NK Tripathi, Dean Students Welfare, University of Jammu was the chief guest in the inaugural function while Prof Dhian Singh Bhau, director, Directorate of Sports and Physical Education was the guest of honour. Ramesh Sharma, Narayani Jamwal, Jai Bharat, Raj Kumar and Dr Brij Baloria were also present. |
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PDD wakes up, makes safety gears compulsory
Sumit Hakhoo
Jammu, October 8 Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE-M&RE), Neeraj Sharma, while clarifying the policy said the safety equipment had been issued to all the workers and the department would launch an inquiry as to why workers were not distributed in some areas. Sharma said the directions had been passed to all the field engineers to ensure that the workers use proper gear while working on high tension transmission lines and high quality ropes were also provided to them. “Our priority is always to provide best quality gadgets to our staff and proper guidelines have been issued to all the officers. However, at times the workers engaged by the department themselves do not follow the rules,” said a PDD spokesperson. There is Janta Insurance scheme for daily wagers who are working with the department, especially those engaged in maintenance of power infrastructure, the spokesman added. Over 100 workers have reportedly died performing duty while 185 workers have been left handicapped in the state due to absence of proper safety kits in the past 15 years. In many states, workers are provided with necessary safety equipments such as helmets, special ropes and cranes for maintenance work.
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JKP topples Syed Tajuddin team
Jammu, October 8 Manzoor drew first blood in the 24th minute to give his team early lead. Syed Tajuddin team had their chance to equalise the lead but just could not capitalise on it.
Manzoor, on the other hand, slammed another goal in the 40th minute to make it 2-0 for the
JKP. The JKP continued to dominate the proceedings without facing any major threat from their opponents. Ramez scored his first and team’s third goal in the 46th minute. Rayees then brought further humiliation for the Syed Tajuddin team by scoring the fourth goal in the 48th minute. Earlier, in the first match, Young Lal Chowk thrashed J&K Bank B by a solitary goal. The goal was scored by Rayees in the 60th minute. In another match, J&K PDC B had a last laugh against Young Iqbal by 4-0. The goal scorers were
Danan, Rahul Kumar, Amarjeet Singh and Aqib. In last match of the day, Food and Supplies prevailed upon Solina A by 5-0 goals. Imran netted the first goal in the 22nd minute while Yaseen scored the second goal in the 39th minute. Ajaz scored the third goal in the 46th minute while fourth and fifth goals were scored by Aishan and Himayu in the 57th and 70th minute respectively.
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Railway employees stage protest against FDI in pension schemes
Jammu, October 8 Shouting slogans against the UPA government at the Centre, the employees blocked the Panama Chowk-Narwal road for half-an-hour and demanded immediate scrapping of the new pension schemes. Later, the protesting employees also held a demonstration outside the office of the Divisional Traffic Manager (DTM), Jammu, and urged him to take up their demands with the higher authorities. “The sole objective of the protest march was to convey our resentment against the new pension schemes announced by the Central government wherein it had allowed FDI in pensions. The recent move was aimed at ruining the future prospects of lakhs of employees,” Vijay Singh, Northern Railway Men’s Union, Jammu, said. The new pension schemes have resulted in widespread disenchantment among affected employees and the government is forcing them to resort to agitation, he added. |
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Students showcase talent at skit contest
Jammu, October 8 The skit ‘Khilone Wali’ presented by the team from Government Women College (GWC), Gandhi Nagar, Jammu was adjudged as first while ‘Sheshnaag Da Bhaar’ staged by GWC, Parade, and the ‘Kamdev.Com’ by Trikuta College of Computer Science and Management Studies, Jammu, was adjudged as second and third respectively. The best actor award was bagged by Ansh from the Trikuta College of Computer Science and Management Studies, Jammu, for his acting in ‘Kamdev.Com’ as Kamdev while Suneedhi from GWC, Parade, was adjudged as best actress for playing the characters of ‘Chobdar’ and ‘Gyani’ in ‘Sheshnaag Da Bhaar’. The certificates of merit in acting were awarded to Sanyam Pandoh from KC Law College for acting in ‘Lutere’, Arpana Kapoor from GWC, Parade, in ‘Sheshnaag Da Bhaar’, Mehr-un-Nsia and Abisha Khajuira both from GWC, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu for their acting in ‘Khilone Wali’, Neeha Chodhary from GGM Science College, Jammu, for acting in ‘TRP’ and Shallu Rajput from Trikuta Degree College, Jammu for her acting in ‘Peela Bhoot’. The participating teams included GDC, Samba, Kathua, GGM Science College, Jammu, Model Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jammu, KC Law College, Jammu, Department of Home Science, University of Jammu, Government Degree College, Ramnanagar, MBS College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu and Trikuta Degree College, Jammu. |
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Two killed, 3 hurt in mishaps
Jammu, October 8 Police said that two persons sustained critical injuries when their motorcycle was hit by a speeding vehicle near Beli nullah on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur district. They were rushed to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Jammu, where the doctors pronounced one of them as brought dead. The deceased was identified as Bishan Dass, a resident of Chenani. The injured Bittu of Chenani was admitted to the GMCH, Jammu, where his condition was stated to be out of danger. In another road accident, a 47-year-old man was knocked to death by a speeding vehicle at the Vijaypur chowk on the national highway. The deceased was identified as Avtar Singh of Pekhari, Vijaypur in Samba district. The police said the deceased was crossing the road when he was hit by a speeding load carrier. The driver of the vehicle, identified as Vishal Sharma of Kathua, was arrested. In yet another accident, a 45-year-old woman and her son got critically injured when the motorcycle they were riding in was hit by an unknown vehicle at Mishriwala. The injured, identified as Sushma Devi and her son, Chetan Sharma, were shifted to the GMCH, Jammu.
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16.95 lakh pilgrims visit Shiv Khori shrine
Reasi, October 8 Reasi Deputy Commissioner Nirmal Sharma who is also the vice-chairman of the Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board (SSKSB) revealed this here today at Reasi. She said the tile work on 3-km-long track from Ransoo village, the base camp of the shrine cave, has been completed and the helipad project at cave shrine and cable car from Ransoo to Bhawan is in elementary stages. The SSKSB is also making all out efforts to provide more infrastructural facilities to the pilgrims at the base camp and at the cave site and number of development works have been initiated in this regard, the DC said. At present, an average 7,000 pilgrims visit the cave shrine to pay obeisance at the cave shrine every day. This shrine is emerging as the second largest pilgrimage destination in Reasi district after Shri Mata Vaishni Devi cave shrine. Sources said other pilgrim destinations such as Aghar Jitto, Nav Mata, Danser Baba, Dera Baba, Siar Baba, Kakala Mata temple, Mahadev temple, Chenana Devta Salal, Zirat Jandi Morh and Zirah Simle Choa are also witnessing heavy rush of devotees these days. |
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BJP forms national panel on tribal welfare
Jammu, October 8 “The party at the national level has constituted a committee to study the constitutional rights and welfare schemes for the tribals of Jammu and Kashmir,” said BJP ST Morcha national president and Member of Parliament, Fagan Singh Kulastrey, here. The BJP leader, who interacted with members of the ST community, including Gujjars and Bakerwals, at the party headquarters here, said, “It is indeed unfortunate that the tribals of this border state suffer enormous deprivations and are leading miserable lives.” He further said no one was concerned about the need to provide these people with elementary facilities like potable water, electricity and some medical facilities. “Although they constitute a good voting percentage in about a dozen Assembly constituencies, still no one has ever thought about them and hence political reservation for them is imperative to upgrade their quality of life,” Kulastrey said. |
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Artificial scarcity of LPG being created: AJHLA
Jammu, October 8 The association alleged that even the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department was not doing anything to solve the problems of people, especially those associated with hotel industry. AJHLA president Inderjeet Khajuria said that unavailability of non-subsidised cylinders was a great cause of concern among various catering houses. The association claimed that cylinders were being refilled in black and charged Rs 500 to 800 extra per cylinder over the price fixed by oil companies, he said. Khajuria alleged that a 19-kg LPG cylinder which was earlier refilled at Rs 1,575 has lately been increased to Rs 1,735 by the companies but the same is being sold by the distributors in Jammu at rates between Rs 2,500 to 3,000, he claimed.
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BJP leaders expresses concern over violations on International Border
Jammu, October 8 The team comprised BJP national executive member Nirmal Singh, BJP Seema Vikas Committee convener Ranjit Singh and co-convener Sanjeev Sharma. While interacting with the villagers, Nirmal Singh said the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre and NC-Congress coalition in the state was continuing their past policy of appeasement and accommodating separatists and the anti-national forces. “The people of state along the border are not only affected by arm smuggling and infiltration by the anti-national elements but also have to deal with the problems arising out of their distinct geographical situation and social economic condition,” Singh said. |
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Senior NC leader Ajay Sadhotra bereaved
Jammu, October 8 Minister for Industries and Commerce Surjeet Singh
Slathia, advisor to the Chief Minister, Devender Singh Rana, Higher Education Minister Abdul Gani
Malik, veteran leader and former Union Minister Chaman Lal Gupta and other prominent persons also attended the cremation. Minister of State for Cooperatives Manohar Lal Sharma, legislators Abdul Majeed
Wani, Jahangir Hussain Mir, Subhash Chander Gupta, Naresh Kumar Gupta, Mohammad Amin
Bhat, Waqar Rasool, Ashok Kumar Baghat, Krishan Chander Baghat, Ali Mohammad
Bhat, Haji Abdul Rasheed Dar besides the senior congress leader Channi Singh were present on the occasion. |
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Volleyball tourney gets under way
Jammu, October 8 The championship, which is being organised by the Volleyball Association of
Udhampur, was declared open by Kuldeep Khajuria, Station House Officer,
Udhampur. A total of 12 teams are participating in the men’s section while five teams in the women’s section. In the men’s section, PG College Udhampur defeated KV 1 Udhampur in straight sets by 25-13, 25-18, Tikri Volleyball Club thrashed Malhar Club by 25-13, 25-18 whereas Chirgai Club lost to Chenani Club by 11-25, 8-25 and Chenani Club lost to City Volleyball Club by 22-25, 18-25. The matches in the girls’ section would be played tomorrow. The matches were officiated by Ashok Kumar, Amit Sharma, Manik
Nargotra, Kuldeep Kumar, Shashi Sharma and Sanjeev Verma. |
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One rank, one pension scheme sought
Jammu, October 8 A large number of retired personnel gathered at the Panama Chowk, Jammu, and marched towards the office of Divisional Commissioner where they handed over a memorandum. They impressed upon the Divisional Commissioner to convey their long pending demands through administration to the Central government, especially the one rank pension, enhancement of medical allowance from Rs 300 to Rs 10,000 per month, extension of the ECHS facilities instead of CGHS medical facilities into the non-beneficiaries of the medical allowance. General secretary Darshan Kumar, while addressing the rally, accused the Central government of maintaining silence and stressed upon the government to address the anomaly in the pension structure of pre-2006 retirees, who were suffering the most. |
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Second win for state U-15 handball team
Jammu, October 8 The event is being being organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Handball Association at the Sher-i-Kashmir Indoor Sports Complex and Bakshi Stadium, Srinagar. The J&K team rode on a brilliant performance by Happy who scored as many as seven goals in the match to help his team beat Uttar Pradesh by a margin of 19-18. In the other matches of sub-junior boys section, Gujarat defeated Punjab by 26-24, Odisha beat Tamil Nadu 27-24, Bihar beat Assam 31-19, Andhra Pradesh beat MP 20-19, UP beat MHA 19-17, Delhi beat Assam 21-05 and Rajastan beat Gujarat 19-16. In mini girls’ section, Delhi defeated Odisha by 30-17, Kerala defeated Andhra Pradesh 18-10 and Assam defeated Gujarat by 26-9. |
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PHE daily wagers protest in Reasi
Reasi, October 8 Hundreds of daily wagers boycotted their work and staged demonstration in front of the PHE sub-division office demanding release of their pending wages for the past 12 months. “Due to inordinate delay in the payment of our wages, we are on the verge of starvation. We had apprised senior PHE officers of the matter but they failed to come to our rescue,” one of the protesters said. “In the past few months, I had to borrow money from a relative to pay my children’s school fees. I have been exhausted of all my financial resources and have no money now to finance my children’s education,” Krishan Kumar, a daily wager said. — OC
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