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Sports council may announce fee concession for trainees
Demanding regularisation, 1,000 safai karamcharis threaten to suspend work
Ahead of Amarnath yatra, work at Yatri Niwas in full swing
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Consumer body discusses power situation with officials
Strike by cooks a boon for Jammu varsity hostelers
Seeking relief, Talwara migrants stage protest
Mir for efforts to ensure adequate power supply
World Environment Day observed
Youth plant saplings to mark World Environment Day in Green Belt Park , Jammu, on Wednesday. Tribune Photo: Inderjeet Singh
LG outlet inaugurated at Narwal
MLA sanctions Rs 10 lakh for Deputy
Commissioner camp office at Katra
Police-public meet held at Udhampur
Games body honours Ashok with Lifetime Achievement Award
PWD minister Abdul Wani inaugurates flyover foot bridge
Army organises debate competition
J&K eves bag bronze medal
Simula XI topple Young Club in cricket tourney
PCCB script win in Gufran T20 tourney
One held with illicit liquor
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Sports council may announce fee concession for trainees
Jammu, June 5 Sources said the parents of sportspersons had expressed displeasure over the hike in registration fee and remained adamant not to pay the new fee besides putting pressure on the authorities to roll back the decision. Sources added that as a result, Taj Mohi-ud-Din, Minister for Youth Services and Sports, who is also the vice-president of the autonomous sports body, had convened a meeting with the office-bearers and held threadbare discussion on this issue. The sources said though it was decided in the meeting that no concession in registration fee would be provided to the trainees of above 21 years age group, there was a general view that if the concession was given, trainees of other age groups and their parents might oppose the move. “Though the official announcement is yet to be made by the authorities, it is likely that concession in registration fee will be given to the trainees in all age groups in the better interest of all,” a sports council official said. “In fact when the minister convened a meeting, it was obvious that he was particular about the smooth functioning of the department. The way things were going after the hike in the registration fee of players, it was imperative to take an unanimous but balanced decision,” he added. “For example, if the registration fee of above 21 years age group is Rs 1,800 as per the recent hike and the authorities announce a decision to reduce it, then it will be around Rs 600 to 700,” he said. The sources added that a suggestion was also mooted in the meeting where it was mentioned that outstanding sportspersons, who had brought laurels to the state in different disciplines, should be provide coaching free of cost. |
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Demanding regularisation, 1,000 safai karamcharis threaten to suspend work
Jammu, June 5 They are being paid Rs 3,900, while they were promised Rs 4,500. They are regularly holding protests against contractors and the corporation, which has stopped the recruitment of permanent safai karamcharis due to fund crunch and state subject issue, as many of the workers are non-state subjects. Sources said the corporation had decided to continue its earlier practice of giving contract to NGOs to keep the city clean. “We are facing a major fraud as contractors with the support of municipal staff do not pay us the promised salary and humiliate us whenever the issue is raised,” said Vijay Sood, one of the workers. “Hundreds of people are working to maintain sanitation in the city, but no consideration is given to solve our issues. So many posts are vacant and the process should be started to fill them,” said Parvez, another sanitation worker. Apart from regularisation, workers are demanding better working conditions, keeping in view the rising workload and contact with highly contaminated garbage and other materials. They said work pressure on them was high as compared to daily wages being provided to them. Before the formation of the JMC in 2005, there were 23 wards, but as the city had expanded, the government decided to create 48 new wards covering the newly established colonies, which came up during the past two decades. Now there are 71 municipal wards under the municipal limits. Jammu generates nearly 350 tonnes of garbage daily and it is expected that there will be tremendous increase in the solid waste generation in the next decade keeping in view the growing population. |
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Ahead of Amarnath yatra, work at Yatri Niwas in full swing
Jammu, June 5 Besides, security points, health check-up points and other pilgrimage-related preparations will be completed within a week. Men are on the job to give new colour to walls and new floor tiles are being put in place to make the Yatri Niwas livable for pilgrims coming from other parts of the country. “The renovation work will be completed within five to seven days and roads leading to the Yatri Niwas have been re-laid. Keeping in view the security, points have been identified and everything will be put in place within a few days,” said Ajit Kumar Sahu, Deputy Commissioner, Jammu. The annual Amarnath Yatra will commence on June 28 and will end on August 21 on the eve of Rakhsha Bandhan. Every year lakhs of pilgrims from other parts of the country reach Jammu to start their journey towards the Amarnath cave. Most of the pilgrims reach the Yatri Niwas, Jammu, to get pilgrimage-related information and even to stay there. Sadhus have already started reaching Jammu and in a few days, the Yatri Niwas will be thrown open for them. This year, getting health certificate is a must for pilgrims before the start of the pilgrimage and in its absence, nobody will be allowed to move forward. This step was taken after the directions of the Supreme Court last year when more than 100 pilgrims were killed during the Yatra. “People without health certificates will not be registered and this time a group of specialised doctors will have to give this certificate to pilgrims,” Sahu said, adding that no on-the-spot registration would be done this year. The registration of pilgrims is being done online and through bank counters established in various parts of the country. No unregistered pilgrim will be allowed to take part in the pilgrimage. “In case of any slots available, the registration will be done at the Yatri Niwas and beyond that, no registration will be done,” the Deputy Commissioner added. |
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Consumer body discusses power situation with officials
Jammu, June 5 Association members met PDD Development Commissioner Asgar Ali, Chief Engineer Sehnaz Goni, Gurcharan Singh, SE, Jammu, and Executive Engineers of the M&RE Divisions to discuss the problems being faced by the people due to frequent power cuts. Seeking reasons for the lapse on the part of the PDD to improve the existing under-capacity supply and distribution system, CWA members expressed concern, particularly when the funds for improvement were already available. “It was explained that non-utilisation of available funds was due to poor response of the tender enquiry floated for the work under the R-APDRP by the PDD and non-finalisation of the engagement of the consultants to be engaged,” the members said. Problems of heavy T&D losses, power shortage, theft and 100 per cent metering
were also discussed. Regarding the demand of starting area-wise 24-hours helpline to attend to the public complaints, it was explained that work of creating data centres would be taken up soon. The Commissioner, PDD, also made it clear that strict monitoring of energy had been started and all the substations would be metered this year and the department should be able to identify loss-prone areas and the priority for improvement and augmentation would be given to the areas which show lesser losses. |
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Strike by cooks a boon for Jammu varsity hostelers
Jammu, June 5 For this, the hostelers were being charged as per their “day-to-day” hostel canteens’ expenses while the remaining cost of the food was being borne by the university. There were seven hostels, including three girls’ hostels on the Jammu University campus, for meritorious students and those belonging to far-off places. While students staying in boys’ hostels were allowed to take food from outside the campus, the hostelers in three girls’ hostels viz Priyadarshni hostel, Chanderbagha hostel and Sarojni Naidu hostel were being served three meals a day either in packed form or being provided through reputed caterers. Sources said around 300 students and scholars staying in girls’ hostels had registered a strong protest last week when cooks and mess boys went on a strike in support of non-gazetted employees. “Hostelers from girls’ hostels had staged a protest at night last week after they were deprived of food due to strike of mess boys and cooks. Top officials of the university administration had rushed to the hostels and pacified the agitating students by arranging packed food from a reputed restaurant in the Gandhi Nagar area,” the sources said. The mess boys and the cooks, after suspending their strike on May 31, again went on strike from June 3 putting the university authorities in a quandary. “The university administration constituted a committee to deal with the situation arising out of the strike of cooks and mess boys. The committee has engaged some contractors or caterers who have been supplying three meals a day to girls staying in hostels,” Professor Ramnika Jalali, provost (girls) hostels, Jammu University said. He said all the necessary measures had been taken to ensure proper food
facilities to the students and scholars staying in the hostels. Rakesh Chib, president, Jammu University Research Scholars Executive Association, said it was the duty of the university authorities to arrange food for students and scholars staying in hostels in view of the non-gazetted employees’ strike. “Why should students suffer for the ongoing tussle between the university administration and the employees, It is good that they have been arranging food for the students from outside in the wake of strike of cooks and mess boys,” Chib said. Over 700 non-gazetted employees comprising Class- IV and casual workers had been protesting in support of their demands, which include removal of pay anomalies, regularisation of causal workers and reduction in the period of conducting test for promotion of Class-IV employees from five years to three years, for the last 25 days. Delectable cuisine
For the food, the hostelers are being charged as per their day-to-day hostel canteens’ expenses while the remaining cost of the food is being borne by the university. The hostelers in three girls’ hostels are being served three meals a day either in packed form or being provided through reputed caterers |
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Seeking relief, Talwara migrants stage protest
Katra, June 5 The migrants assembled in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, and raised slogans against the government. They alleged that they were denied justice while relief to Kashmiri migrants had been revised a number of times till date. “A contempt application was referred by the Supreme Court to the Chief Justice of the J&K High Court in this regard in 2008, in which it was directed to release the relief within three months. However, still it is pending,” they said. "Every migrant of Kashmir has been allotted land and house, but Jammu migrants are ignored by the state government, which speaks about the volume of discrimination with the Jammu region,” said Balwan Singh, a protester.
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Mir for efforts to ensure adequate power supply
Jammu, June 5 “Due to unprecedented climatic conditions and scorching heat, the service providing departments will have to put in extra efforts in maintaining supply line so that the difficulties of the people are solved,” Mir said while reviewing the supply position of essentials and other services at a high-level meeting in the summer secretariat. He is currently in charge of the summer secretariat for the ongoing week at Jammu. He exhorted the chief engineers of the Power Development Department and the Public Health
Engi-neering to re-energise their helplines for taking cognisance of the problems being faced by the people. He acknowledged the pressure on power supply keeping in view the growing demand of consumers and asked the engineers to ensure the best possible availability and adhering to the schedule. On irrigation facilities, the minister told the Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control, to gear up field agencies for meeting the requirements of the farming community. |
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World Environment Day observed
Rajouri, June 5 The day is an annual event, aimed to be the biggest and most widely-celebrated global day for positive environmental action. This year’s theme of the day was ‘Think.Eat.Save’, signifying the need to reduce food waste at the global level. The function was chaired by Prof GH Dar, Fellow, Mahatma Gandhi Chair at the CBS. Prof IA Hamal, Vice-Chancellor, BGSBU, congratulated the centre for celebrating the day and emphasised that the society should take prompt steps to save the environment. He said the present generations should save the environment for the future generations and people should not run away from this responsibility. Dr Susheel Verma, associate professor, talked about the importance of the day and asked the students and scholars to take due care of the environment. The daylong activities included theme-based poster and collage-making competitions and display of an informative film on historical background of the day and its importance. After this, there was a general discussion and debate on the changing environment, in which all the participants put forth their view points on the need to preserve the environment. Dr AA Shah, associate professor, said environment was deteriorating at a fast pace, which can have far-reaching consequences in continuation of life on the planet and as such we needed to protect and properly manage the environment. He further emphasised that the degraded ecosystem be revived and protected for sustenance of life. In his concluding remarks, Prof GH Dar emphasised on generating information and awareness about the role of environment in the sustenance of biodiversity on the planet. He stressed that without healthy environment there could be no healthy living organisms. To save the environment and make it sustain, it was necessary to reduce the rampant wastage of food. We need to devise better, environment-friendly and cost-effective technologies for long and effective preservation of food, so as to be able to feed the hungry millions, he said. Prof Dar also touched upon other ramifications of our worsening environment, such as biodiversity loss, climate change, deforestation, floods and droughts, scarcity of water, etc. College organises rally
Jammu: Vimal Muni College of Education, Ramgarh Samba, today celebrated World Environment Day by organising a rally. The rally was flagged off by the chairperson of the college, Anu Gupta and principal, Dr SD Gupta. The rally commenced from the college premises and passed through the main market of Ramgarh and raised slogans to make the general public aware about the importance of environment in day-to-day life. All staff members also accompanied the students during the rally. Dr SD Gupta appreciated and thanked the students and staff members for |
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LG outlet inaugurated at Narwal
Jammu, June 5 Sharma congratulated the LG Electronics and the owner of the outlet SL Sharma for taking a lead in providing service to people. He also praised LG electronics for their efforts to provide latest technology and designs loaded with the latest features to the customers. Owner of Mohan Electronics assured that quality products, backed up with quality services, shall be provided to the customers. Deepak Lekhy, branch manager, LG said “it has been our endeavour to create a store that would not only stand out, but also showcase the values of LG brand. Our retail strategy is to be where our customers are, instead of being present in the conventional electronics markets”. “We truly appreciate the trust of customers in Jammu towards LG brand, we are aware that customers are expecting a lot from our brand and with our new product offerings and this massive brand shoppe our customers would experience the best in class shopping experience”, he added. Adarsh Gupta , area manager was also present on the occasion. |
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MLA sanctions Rs 10 lakh for Deputy
Commissioner camp office at Katra
Katra, June 5 Reasi DC Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary had formulated a proposal for construction and establishment of three camp offices at Mahore, Arnas and Katra for taking administration to local level and for better service delivery. Accordingly, a proposal was mooted before the government for sanction of funds. However, keeping in view the urgency of public grievance redressal, the DC proposed all the MLAs, MLCs and MPs for supporting the institutional proposal for early establishment of camp office. Appreciating the efforts and proposal submitted by the DC, Sharma placed Rs 10 lakh at the disposal of DC under CDF for establishment of camp office. Sharma had called upon the DC for better coordination between various departments in Katra, owing to the ever-increasing development and expansion, which would be realised through establishment of the camp office. He further appreciated the visible change in the administrative set up and vibrancy with which grievances were being redressed. Sharma further hoped that public delivery system would see huge improvement once the DC office was established n Katra. He also extended every support to the DC for various initiatives taken by him recently for development in the area, including establishment of Kendrya Vidyalya, SRTC depot, library, solid waste management and infrastructure. Terming the upcoming public service delivery centre at Reasi as a model for state, he said it would be a great relief for the people and also asked for opening the same in Katra and Pouni.
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Police-public meet held at Udhampur
Jammu, June 5 A number of prominent citizens of the area, including sarpanches, panches, numberdars, chowkidars, social workers, ex-servicemen and women participated in the meet. People highlighted various demands before Udhampur SSP Benam Tosh, which included stern legal action against expeditious settling of cases of widow pensions and old-age pensions, posting of lady officials at police station Majalta, a water-lifting project for Majalta to meet the acute shortage of water, frequent power cuts and much more. Tosh assured people that sincere efforts would be made to curb heinous crimes like murder, dacoity, rape, theft, abetment to suicide, attempt to murder, kidnapping etc and people-friendly policing would be the priority of police in the district so as to bridge the gap between police and public. —TNS
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Games body honours Ashok with Lifetime Achievement Award
Jammu, June 5 Presently Director Sports, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), Kumar received the award from the Minister for Kumar said “such honours provide me with more strength and encouragement to not stop and work for the sportspersons of the country, with focus on Jammu and Kashmir”. |
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PWD minister Abdul Wani inaugurates flyover foot bridge
Batote, June 5 Wani said with the construction of the foot bridge, the lives of the pedestrians would no longer be in danger at this most accident-prone spot in the Ramban market. The bridge, constructed at a cost of Rs 43.82 lakh, was constructed by the PWD (R&B) division of Ramban. He then inaugurated an approach link road to the Government Degree College at Karol in Ramban. This 1-km road, linking the highway with the newly established college, was constructed at a cost of Rs 160 lakh by the PWD, (R&B) Division, Ramban, under STF scheme. Wani said under the guidance and stewardship of Sonia Gandhi, PM Dr Manmohan Singh at the centre and CM Omar Abdullah, the coalition government in J&K had been making all endeavours to develop the remote and rural areas of the state by connecting them with the district headquarters or highways to expedite their development. He also met the deputations there. Late in the evening, Wani held an INC party workers meeting at Maitra and then an officers meeting at the district mini secretariat at Maitra, Ramban.
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Army organises debate competition
Bhaderwah, June 5 Participants expressed their views both for and against the motion with ideas covering a wide spectrum of contentious issues pertaining to the subject. —TNS
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35th National Football Championship Tribune News Service
Jammu, June 5 In all 13 teams took part in the championship. After losing to Haryana in the semifinal, J&K played against Bihar for the third place. The match ended in a goalless draw. Haryana clinched the championship by beating Rajasthan 4-3 via a tie breaker.
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Simula XI topple Young Club in cricket tourney
Jammu, June 5 Batting first, Young Cricket Club garnered 93 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Ritesh was the top scorer with 44 runs in 54 balls with the help of five boundaries. Vikram and Shamsher of Simula XI shared two wickets apiece while Sameer took one wicket. In reply, Simula XI overhauled the target in 9.4 overs with six wickets intact. Atul played a match-winning knock of 31 runs studded with seven boundaries whereas Shashi remained unbeaten at 30. Mohit of Young Cricket Club was the pick of the bowlers with two scalps. Shashi of Simula XI was declared man of the match. Sadiq Hussain Malik and JD Singh were the umpires of the match while Ajay Sharma was the scorer. Dr Karan Nayyar was the physio-therapist. Tomorrow, Jammu Cricket Club will lock horns against Laxmi Cricket Club at the same venue.
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PCCB script win in Gufran T20 tourney
Jammu, June 5 Batting first after winning the toss, PCCB accumulated 143 runs for the loss of seven wickets. Jag Mohan was the top scorer with 47 runs while Sudash contributed 33 runs. From ARCCD, Javeed and Nadeem grabbed three and one wicket respectively. In reply, ARCCD could not chase the target and managed only 124 runs, losing six wickets in the process. Nadeem was the top scorer with 71 runs followed by Anil who contributed 14 runs. From PCCB, Javeed and Nadeem snared three and one wicket respectively. Bilal Ahmed was declared man of the match for his all-round performance. The match was officiated by BCCI Ranji Trophy umpires Subhash Mathur and Ifroz Rather while Shahid Pampori was the scorer.
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One held with illicit liquor
Rajouri, June 5 Acting on specific information that some persons were indulging in illegal sale of liquor in Bhakhar area falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Dharamsaal, the police conducted a raid on the shop and recovered 73 pouches containing illicit liquor. —OC |
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Criticising the government for adopting a “delay tactics” in implementing high court orders regarding payment of relief to Jammu migrants, Talwara migrants today staged a protest under the banner of the Talwara Migrant Action Committee.
To celebrate World Environment Day and promote the theme ‘Think, Eat, Save’, a function was held at the Centre for Biodiversity Studies of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University
(BGSBU), Rajouri. Scholars pledged to launch a campaign for saving the environment.
