Thursday July 20, 20174 DISTRICTSFather, son injured as car

skids into gorge STATE TIMES NEWS

BHADARWAH: Father, son got injured when a vehicle theywere travelling in skidded off the road near Nashri on Batote-Ramban National Highway on Wednesday evening.

According to reports, A Nano car on its way to Nashri fromBatote on reaching near Nashri area 6 Km from Batote onRamban- Batote highway fell into 40 feet deep gorge result-ing 2 persons got injured. It was reported that the driver hadlost control over the vehicle while negotiating a sharp curve.

After coming to know about the incident, police along withlocals rescued both from the gorge and shifted them toEmergency Hospital Batote.

The injured have been identified as Kaka Ram (42) son ofMansa Ram and his 15 year old son Sahil residents ofBhagote in village Batote area. Later, both the injured wereshifted to GMCH Jammu for further treatment. A case hasbeen registered in this regard

Youth's body found from TawiSTATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Police on Wednesday recovered a body of ayouth from Tawi near village Mathlow at Chenani inUdhampur.

According to a report, Chenani Police recovered a body ofyouth lying in mysterious circumstances in Tawi near villageMathlow at Chenani in Udhampur and shifted it to Sub-District Hospital Chenani where doctors declared himbrought dead. The deceased was identified as 22 yearsShakeen son of Darshan Kumar resident of village PattanGarh in Chenani.

Police handed over the body to his family members afterconducting autopsy and registered a case under section 174Cr.PC for investigation.

Two nabbed with poppy straw, Charas STATE TIMES NEWS

VIJAYPUR/SAMBA: Police on Wednesday arrested two per-sons and recovered 900 gm poppy straw and 18 gm Charasfrom their possession.

According to a report, Vijaypur Police on an informationarrested one Ram Dass (60) son of Sawan Mal resident ofJakh Tehsil Vijaypur and Distt Samba and recovered 450 gmpoppy straw from his possession. A case vide FIRNo.99/2017 under section 8/15 NDPS Act was registeredagainst him at Police Station Vijaypur. The operation wascarried by the team of Police Station Vijaypur led by SHOInsp. Suraj Pathania.

Meanwhile in another incident, a party of Police StationSamba during Naka checking at Mansar Morh intercepted atruck (HP68/1953) and recovered about 450gm poppy strawand 18gm Charas from the possession of driver namelyVikram Singh alias Vicky son of Daleep Singh. A case videFIR No 151/17 under section 8/15 NDPS Act was registeredagainst him at Police Station Samba.

10 bovines rescued, 2 smugglers nabbed STATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Police on Saturday arrested two bovinesmugglers and rescued the 10 bovines from their possession.

According to a report, a party headed by In-Charge PolicePost Tikri laid a Naka near Tikri and intercepted a Truck(JK02A-4071). During checking, 10 bovines were foundloaded in the truck which were rescued and the driver name-ly Mohd. Rafiq son of Gulam Rasool resident of Reasi withhis helper (conductor) namely Amnek Singh son of HarnekSingh resident of W.No. 3, RS Pura Jammu were arrested. Acase vide FIR No. 111/2017 was registered against them atPolice Station Rehambal under relevant sections of law.

2 women killed in land slideSTATE TIMES NEWS

RAMNAGAR: Two women who went to collect their cattlefrom meadow were buried under a land slide and killed whilereturning home.

The woman identified as Bimlo Devi (32) wife of Bodh Rajand Kailasho Devi (38) wife of Shallo Ram both residents ofTrelam, Ramnagar met their misfortune on reaching KauaBase Camp of Mata Pingla Devi, when suddenly they gotburied under debris of land slide and died late in the eveningtoday.

Body of Smt Bimlo Devi was recovered while the body ofother woman could not be retrieved from the debris in theabsence of a JCB till receipt of the last reports. The SHOSanjay Raina who reached the spot said that bodies will haveto be shifted to Sub District Hospital Ramnagar for autopsy.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: In a major drivelaunched by district admin-istration, Rajouri againstillegal power connectionsand power theft a fine of Rs2,44,086 was imposed in 73inspections conducted onvarious feeders in five subdi-visions. In last four days atotal fine of Rs 7,36,634 hasbeen imposed in such cases.Four FIRs have also beenregistered in cases of illegalusage of power in Rajouri-IIDivision.

District DevelopmentCommissioner, launched thedrive of Power DevelopmentDepartment assisted by con-cerned ExecutiveMagistrates and Police earli-er this week for disconnec-tion of illegal connections asa relief to genuine powerconsumers and rationalisa-tion of power supply in dis-

trict.In all 461 inspections have

been conducted and Rs 7.36lakh fine imposed. Today afine of Rs 92,880 wasimposed in Sunderbani, Rs69,573 in Rajouri-II, Rs53,633 in Rajouri-I, Rs17,000 in Koteranka and Rs11,000 in Nowshera.Pertinently, Rs 2.04 lakhfine was imposed inKalakote yesterday. Highestfine of Rs 3.64 lakh hasbeen imposed in Rajouri-IIdivision.

As an outcome of this drivea total of 199 connectionsinvolving Rs 173.55 KWload were regularised. Thedrive has led to increase inrevenue of power depart-ment and removal of illegalconnections as a relief toregular customers payingpower tariff regularly. Morethan 12 welding connections

operating illegally were alsodisconnected.

The drive against illegalpower connections has nowbeen initiated in each feederwhere teams of powerdepartment have beendeputed for taking actionagainst such instances andinitiating legal proceedings.

Earlier, DDC Dr Shahidreviewed the progress in ameeting attended bySuperintending EngineerEM and RE, XEn EMREand also with SDMs andTehsildars. Revenue officershave been directed to identi-fy illegal connections furtherin collaboration with powerdepartment. The drive isaimed at eliminating the ille-gal power load to reduceunscheduled power cuts.Meanwhile seven damagedtransformers were replacedin the district today.

Power theft: Rs 7.36 lakh fineimposed, 4 FIRs registered STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: DeputyCommissioner Rajouri, Dr.Shahid Iqbal Choudhary onWednesday visited reliefcamps set up for bordermigrants and also took stockof the obtaining situation invillages along the Line ofControl (LoC) that are affect-ed by cross LoC shelling.

The DC enquired about thewelfare of migrants andreviewed facilities being pro-vided to them by the districtadministration. It was saidthat the district administra-tion has established specialrelief camps for the peopleevacuated from habitationsalong the Line of Control(LoC) following heavy cross-border shelling in the arearecently.

Pertinently, the districtadministration and police hadyesterday launched a majorrescue operation and rescued217 students and around 15teachers from three schools in

Nowshera Sub-division dur-ing the shelling.

More than 150 studentswere shifted to camps whileother students were handedover to their parents.

On the occasion while brief-ing the media persons aboutrescue and relief measures atthe relief camp set up inGovernment Middle SchoolBawali , the DC said that the

district administration incoordination with otherdepartments, is providingproper accommodation, food,cooking facility, drinkingwater, sanitation, first aid andother basic amenities in therelief camps, adding that offi-cers and officials from variousdepartments have beendeployed to ensure facilities atrelief camps.

LoC shelling: DC oversees relief measures

Deputy Commissioner , Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary takingstock of facilities provided to border migrants at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Indian Army onWednesday paid last tributes toSepoy Jasprit Singh, who wasmartyred on the Line ofControl (LoC) on July 18,2017 while responding valiant-ly to unprovoked firing byPakistan at the Line of Control(LoC). Wreath laying ceremonywas organised at Rajouri wherewreaths were layed on behalf of

GOC-in-C NorthernCommand, GOC 16 Corps andall ranks by GOC 25 Division.

The mortal remains of thesoldier were then sent to hisnative village for performingthe last rites. Sepoy JaspreetSingh was a native of villageTalwandi Naliyan, TehsilDharamkot, District Moga,Punjab and is survived by hisparents.

Martyr Sepoy Jasprit Singh givenfarewell with full military honours

GOC 16 Corps paying homage to Martyr Jasprit Singh.

STATE TIMES NEWS R.S PURA: MLA R.S Pura,Dr. Gagan Bhagat onWednesday laid foundationstone of community hall atShiv Nagar, Purana Pind,Ward No.12, R S Pura.Speaking on the occasion, thelegislator informed that thesaid developmental work wasa long pending demand of thepeople of the area and nearly

four decades old. He said theCoalition Government is com-mitted to create better infra-structural facilities in everynook and corner of the Stateunder a well-knit developmentprogramme. He further saidthat government was commit-ted to create better facilities tothe people in capital cities ofthe State.

He said the government has

devised a well-knit strategy toupgrade facilities underAMRUT Plan. Bhagat whileaddressing a gathering main-tained that the multipurposecommunity hall would be com-pleted at an estimated cost ofRs. 24 lakh. He asked theengineers to construct two-rooms in big size on the avail-able site for its use during cel-ebration of marriage as well asother social functions. Thelegislator directed the REW togear up their men andmachinery in completing theproject within stipulated timeframe.

Earlier, Dr.Gagan Bhagatalso started construction workof slab over Nallah in W No. 9EO R S Pura Nanak Singh,SHO R.S Pura GurmeetSingh, BDO R S Pura, AEE,AE, JE (REW), concernedofficers, BJP MandalPradhan R S Pura Natharam,BJP City President InderSudan, Sr.VHP LeaderHemraj Khajuria, Member ofthe Shiv Mandir DharmikSamiti and local public werealso present on the occasion.

Coalition committed to create betterinfrastructural facilities: Gagan

MLA Gagan Bhagat laying foundation of community hall.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: DistrictAdministration, Rajourilaunched a major anti-encroachment drive forremoval of illegal encroach-ments along PWD road inwhich 5KM road length wascleared from illegal struc-tures on Kheora-ChoudharyNar Road.

A joint team of Revenue,PWD, Police with assistancefrom CRPF launched theanti-encroachment driveearly morning yesterday toremove structures construct-ed in violation of J and KPrevention of RibbonDevelopment Act. Theencroachments which hadreduced the driving spaceover a period of many yearswere removed using heavymachinery.

Three government officials

belonging to Education andIrrigation Departmentsinvolved in triggering anti-administration protest werealso identified and directionsissued to concerned districtofficers for initiating proceed-ings against them. A strongcontingent of police andCRPF was deployed in wake

of protest organised byencroachers.

More than 200 structuresincluding extension of shops,sun-shades, kiosks, sheds andmore than 500 steps con-structed on acquired land ofPWD were removed by ateam comprising TehsildarRajouri, AEE PWD and

SHO Rajouri along with fieldofficials of the department.Construction material worthlakhs of rupees dumped onroad surface was also seizedand confiscated. Nearly 22Kanals of State land wasretrieved from encroacherswhich was acquired by PWDfor construction of road.

Deputy CommissionerRajouri had earlier directedthe Superintending Engineerand Commander 31 BRTF toexercise powers of ChiefEngineer under Prevention ofRibbon Development Act toremove all kinds of encroach-ments from various roadswhich has often led to trafficcongestion. The drive againstillegal encroachments onRajouri-Thanamandi Road isalso being started which willbe followed by resurfacing oflast 7KM road this season.

Anti-encroachment drive: 22 Kanals of State land retrieved

A JCB clearing encroachment at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS DODA: Expressing itsresentment over the nonrelease of their pendingsalaries, the Chenab ValleyNational Health MissionEmployees Association madean appeal to the State Govtand concerned authoritiesfor instant release of allpending salaries of itsemployees working underdifferent schemes like NCD,RBSK, IDSP etc withoutany delay.

In a press statement, SrLeader of the AssociationFaizan A Tramboo said thatsince April 2017, the con-cerned authorities havefailed in releasing the pend-ing salaries of NHM

Employees of J and K due towhich they are facingimmense hardships.

"For the past three-fourmonths, we have not receivedour salary as we have noother source of income as aresult of which our familiesparticularly school goingchildren have been sufferingbadly", said Sr Employee DrHamid Parray who is alsothe President of ChenabValley Doctors Association.

Another Sr Employee DrNasir Masood said that itswe people who run the Govton the ground and it is byour efforts that the Govt isable to accomplish its agen-da of development but ourservices have never been

acknowledge by the higherauthorities.

The CVNHMEA alsomade an appeal to the com-mittee members constitutedby Commissioner Secretary(Health and MedicalEducation Deptt J and K)vide Govt Order No 151HME of 2017 Dated March15, 2017 which indicatesAdditional Secretary Healthand Medical Education,Director Health ServicesKashmir, Director HealthServices Jammu andMission Director NHM Jand K to look in to their sub-mitted file and furnish itsreport to State Govt in atime bound manner for fur-ther course of action.

NHM employees demand timely release of salaries

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: A plantationdrive was started at SPSPolice Training SchoolKathua with the motive toplant more than 500plants in area whichincludes fruits, ornamen-tal and seasonal plants toincrease the greenery inand around the institute.The plantation drive wasinaugurated by RanjitKanwar, SSP PrincipalSPS PTS Kathua. Whilespeaking on the occasionPrincipal PTS Kathuaelaborated the importanceof plantation and its pro-tection. He also highlight-ed the importance of treesin human life and exhortedupon the officers/offi-cials/trainees to inculcatethe habit of planting trees.The plantation drive isbeing carried out by thecollective efforts of

staff/trainees of PTSKathua. On the first dayof the plantation drivesaplings of various fruitplants i.e. Lithci, loquat,guava, mango and lemonwere planted.

Besides, Gurmeet Singh,Dy.SP. (Admn.), Inspr.Sanjeev Kumar, Inspr.Rajesh Singh, SI JagjeetSingh, SI Ajay Kumar, SISunil Kumar, SI KulbirSingh, SI(M) HardeepKour, SI(M) MahinderSingh, SI(M) Ramesh Lal,SI (S) Darshan Kumar,Lower Subordinate staffand trainees are activelyparticipating in the plan-tation drive.

Ranjit Kanwar, SSPPrincipal SPS PTSKathua also told that theplantation drive will con-tinue during the monsoonseason.

SPS Police Training Schoolconducts plantation drive

Ranjit Kanwar, SSPPrincipal SPS PTS Kathua

planting a sapling.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: The DistrictDevelopment Commissioner,Kathua on Wednesdaychaired a meeting to reviewthe power scenario in the dis-trict at DC Office complex.Issues related to availabilityof power supply, voltage drop,unscheduled cuts were dis-cussed with the officers ofPDD.

At the outset DDC Kathuaconstituted a dedicatedVigilance and MonitoringCommittee for inspectionwhich comprises ofMagistrate, Police Officer andPDD officers along with field

staff to conduct drives againstthe illegal connections. Thedrive will be a regular affairwhich aims to keep a check onun-registered electricity con-nections resulting in overloadand loss of State exchequer.The meeting also identifiedthe vulnerable areas reportedwith maximum gap betweenconsumption of power andrevenue in turn. He called forstarting the drives from vul-nerable areas to other areasacross the district.

Purposing on converting un-registered connections to reg-istered, DDC called for pro-viding on spot provision of

new connections to the con-sumers during the drives.

During the meeting districtadministration devised out adaily reporting mechanismunder which AEEs to updatethe data of such drives ondaily basis. The data willreflect disconnections, newconnections, collections andother information related tothe drive.

While talking tough onpower theft, DDC directedthe officers to fix the responsi-bility upon the team compris-ing of AEE, JE and linemanconcerned in wake of any un-registered connection/ re-con-

nection after the drive. Hecalled for proper monitoringand tracking of differenttypes of irregularities/caseslike direct tapping, additionalload usage, non-sanction util-isation of load, running underdisconnection, tamperedmeter etc to check the menaceof power theft.

The DDC asked the PDDfunctionaries to work withdedication and devotion todeliver best possible servicesto the people. He appealedpeople to get their power con-nection registered with speci-fied usage to reduce the riskof transformer breakdown.

Teams constituted to check theft, un-registered power connections

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Pearl Club to conductsinging contest

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: In order toboost the hidden talent of thelocal youths, Pearl Club is goingto organise singing contest inUdhampur. For audition entryaspirants between age group 18-35 years shall be allowed to par-ticipate on regular basis and clubhas fixed entry fee of Rs 500.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: The DistrictDevelopment CommissionerSamba, Sheetal Nanda onWednesday reviewed progressunder Capex budget andCentrally Sponsored Schemesduring first quarter of FY2017-18. ADDC VivekSharma, ACD Sushil KumarAttri , DSEO K.K Khajuria,XEns , BDOs and district offi-cers were present at the meet-ing.

The DDC stressed on thirdparty monitoring of projectsand asked officials to ensurethat requisite agencies areinvolved in each phase of proj-ect. She directed CEO Sambato make sure that paymentsdue under Mid Day MealScheme are made regularlyand wages of support staff arenot held back. She asked RuralDevelopment Departmentofficials to disburse paymentof works in proportion to theirexecution and do not wait tillcompletion of the project. Shealso directed BDOs to correct-

ly project data pertaining tophysical and financial comple-tion of projects. The depart-ments have reported 39 percent target achievement dur-ing the first quarter.

Earlier in a meeting, districtlevel coordination committeefor centrally sponsored scheme''mission for IntegratedDevelopment of Horticulture(MIDH)" approved the actionplan for Horticulture sectorunder centrally sponsoredscheme for the financial year2017-2018 for an outlay of Rs.57.17 lakh. The productionand productivity improvementof fruit crops, up gradation ofnursery gardens, rejuvenationof old and senile horticultureplantation, creation of watersources, etc. are the majorcomponents of mission beingtaken up during current yearin horticulture sector. TheDDC impressed upon ChiefHorticulture Officer, C.LSharma to achieve targets intotal in the best interest of thefarming community.

Rs 57.17 lakh horticultureplan for Samba approved

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: Indian Cultural Forum inits continuous endeavour to uplift litera-ture, music, folk, theater, art and culturalheritage of the nation organised a musicalcum literary programme Choupaal at vil-lage Laati Dhoona District Udhampurunder heritage series on Wednesday.

Akhtar Hussain Sarpanch Laati was theChief Guest where as Bishan Dass NaibTehsildar Duddu presided over the pro-gramme. Amir Chand Rudiyal a local poetfrom Basantgarh recited his three poemswhich were appreciated by one and all.

Deepak Aarsi a reputed poet of the Statepresented his Urdu poetry and mesmerisedthe audience. Suraj Rattan Bakshi pre-sented his poetry in Punjabi and Dogri,Susheel Begana a prominent Dogri Poetrecited his poetry which was appreciatedby one and all. Dr. Dushyant Kumar sangfew Ghazals for the audience, KuldeepGupta recited is Urdu poetry while ShamSajan presented two Urdu Ghazals.

The prominent persons who attended theChoupaal include Jagdish Sagar, AbdulWahid Malik, Yasir Mehmood, Bhim Sen,Davinder Gupta, Raj Kumar, Mulkh Raj

and Pawan Kumar.Earlier Sham Sajan Founder President

of Indian Cultural Forum in his welcomeaddress highlighted the policies and activi-ties of the forum. Sarpanch AkhtarHussain requested Indian Cultural Forumto organise a programme on largest scalein the month of November with the prom-ise that he will fully cooperate to make it agrand success. Pradeep Khanna a reputedcomperer anchored the programme in hisunique entertaining style. Deepak AarsiGeneral Secretary of Indian CulturalForum presented vote of thanks.

Indian Cultural Forum organises Choupaal Session on GST awareness held STATE TIMES NEWS

KISHTWAR: The district administration under the chairmanshipof DDC Ghulam Nabi Balwan organised awareness cum interactivesession on Goods and Services Tax, on Wednesday. SSP KishtwarSandeep Wazir, CPO Yasir Balwan, ACD Garbhi Rashied Dar,Tehsildar Kishtwar Irshad Butt besides traders, contractors andDDOs of various departments attended the camp. Nodal OfficerPawan Parihar, CEO Kishtwar Development Authority andresource person, Shrawan Kumar, Inspector Commercial Taxes andMaster Trainer GST briefed the participants about new GSTmodel, it's rules and regulations, impact on tax structures, registra-tion including migration into new GST regime which is in place inthe State from July 8, 2017. DDC requested the Commercial TaxesDepartment to organise more such camps at different places in thedistrict for awareness among the business community.