Thursday July 6, 20174 DISTRICTS

STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: To create awareness among the peopleespecially students regarding the importanceand role of social media, District InformationCentre Reasi organised a debate competitionon the topic 'Relevance of Social Media in ourSociety' at Government Higher secondarySchool Dharmari here today.

Principal of the School Ashok Raina wasChief Guest whereas lecturers Nazakat Ali andPuran Chand and Master Balwant Singhacted as judges in the competition. The vote of

thanks was given by lecturer Riaz Ahmed.Shubam Thakur was adjudged got first prize

while Mohd Mustafeez and Sabina Khalidsecured second and third position in the debatecompetition. As many as, 10 students partici-pated in the Debate competition and expressedtheir ideas and views on the topic. Later, a col-orful cultural programme was also presentedby local artists and students which mesmerizedthe audience on the occasion. Finally, com-mendation certificates and trophies were dis-tributed among the participants.

Debate on ‘Relevance of Social Mediain our Society’ held

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: Dr. RajbirSingh, Director,ICAR-AgriculturalT e c h n o l o g yA p p l i c a t i o nResearch Institute( ICAR-ATARI) ,Zone-I Ludhianawho is administer-ing the KrishiVigyan Kendras ofNorth Zone includingJammu and Kashmir hasbeen conferred with Swami

Sahajanand SaraswatiScientist ICAR Award for

the year 2016 forhis outstandingcontribution inmobilising farm-ing communityand creatingmass awarenessc a m p a i g nagainst residueburning and

scaling up the farmerfriendly climate resilienttechnologies in villages of

northern India includingthe State of Jammu andKashmir.

The ICAR award consistsof Rs 1 lakh in cash and acitation and is conferred toa scientist for outstandingcontribution in agricultur-al extension. The awardwill be presented duringICAR Foundation Dayfunction which is sched-uled to be held on 16thJuly 2017 at NASCComplex, New Delhi.

Rajbir Singh conferred Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Award

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: There is no watersupply in Ward No. 9 forthe last nine days despitestall claims of the PHEDeptt. The situation isvery critical because peo-ple have not an iota ofwater.

On the one hand scorch-ing sun and intermittentrains are making their lifecrippled and on the otherthey have no water todrink leave alone washingand bathing purposes.

"This thing is makingour life difficult. Withoutwater how can we sustain"lamented local residents ofthat ward. "We have talkedso many times with the

authorities but all in vain.Whenever we go in largenumbers they give us sup-ply on that day but afterthat they are back to theirroutine.

If this thing is notsolved then we have noother option but to comeon the roads" warned theresidents of Ward No. 9.

In this context when con-tacted AEE of PHEDeptt. gave the routinereply that the motor ofthat particular unit is outof order and he has sent itfor repairs and wheneverit is fixed he will providewater to Ward No. 9Samba.

Ward No 9 Samba without water

STATE TIMES NEWSRAJOURI/POONCH: Thesecond phase of orienta-tion cum training pro-gramme for pilgrims ofHaj-2017 was organisedby district administrationRajouri in collaborationwith J and K State HajCommittee at DakBungalow Rajouri onWednesday.

A total of 124 aspiringHajis participated in thetraining which wasimparted by experts fromHaj committee besidesresource persons from thedistrict.

ADC, Mumtaz AliChowdhary was ChiefGuest on the occasion whocongratulated theprospective Hajis andassured them all supportfrom the district adminis-tration to make their pil-

grimage smooth and has-sle free.

During the orientationsession, lectures weredelivered on Mansik-e-Hajand Ziarat-e-MadinaMunawara besides givingother important instruc-tions. Booklets having Hajrelated information werealso distributed among theHajis.

Meanwhile, A trainingprogramme for Hajis washeld in Poonch under thechairmanship ofAdditional DeputyCommissioner Poonch.Under the training pro-gramme necessaryinstruction and skills wereimparted to 106 Hajiswho arrived here fromacross the PoonchDistrict in a one daytraining program today atcommunity hall Poonch.

Administration imparts Haj training

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: ManavUtthan Sewa Samiti(MUSS) unit Udhampurorganised ameditation/yoga camp inUdhampur in whichbesides meditation, chil-dren performed Yog Asans,chanted devotional songsand participated in paint-ing competition.

The camp was organisedunder the guidance ofMahatma Samta Bai. Incamp besides spiritualactivities children per-formed in different activi-ties in Maa RajrajeshwariAshram Udhampur. Campwas organised by Samiti

wherein more than 75 chil-dren actively participatedto gain spiritual knowl-edgeable in moral activitiesin the premises of theAshram. Parents of the

children appreciated theefforts of Samiti for organ-ising as such knowledge-able camp and expresstheir gratitude for thismega camp.

MUSS organises meditation, yoga camp STATE TIMES NEWS

MENDHAR: The three-daylong celebrations of Urs ofChhote Shah Peer Badshah inTehsil Mendhar concluded onWednesday.

The celebration commencedin the historical Ziarat ofChhote Shah in the SakhiMaidan of border Tehsil ofMendhar on Monday in whichthousands of devotees of allwalks of life from whole of theState and even from outside ofthe State participated, paidtheir obeisance and obtainedthe blessings of Chhote ShahBadshah.The programme wasorganised by the ZiaratManagement Committee incoordination with the Auqaf

Committee and the adminis-tration. It is said that theZiarat of Chhote Shah PeerBadshah is amongst the bigZiarats of the State.Prominent among those pres-

ent included SDM MendharRahul Yadav, TehsildarShahzad Khan and SDPORiaz Tantray.

On this occasion Langar wasalso organised for the devotees.

Urs of Chhote Shah Peer Badshah celebrated

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: After adminis-trating the Swachata pledgeand conducting interactivesession on cleanliness withsenior officers, employees andunion representatives, acleanliness drive was startedfrom the famous OM MehtaLane of Kishtwar town joint-ly by P.K Langer - GM,NHPC Ltd and SandeepWazir, SSP, District Kishtwar.On this occasion SureshKumar - Chief Engineer, Dr.Nisha Sharma - CMO, A.K.Jha - Commandant CISFand other officers of NHPCLtd. were also present.

The initiative taken byDulhasti Power Station, dur-ing currentSwachhataPakhwada, havebeen appreciated by SandeepWazir. SSP District Kishtwarand GM Dulahsti Power

Station both actively partici-pated in the cleanliness ofaforesaid lane. Inspired bythe efforts of these officials,

employees of NHPC Ltd. andCISF jawans cleaned thelane. Their contribution innation building is appreciable.

GM Dulhasti, SSP join cleanliness drive

STATE TIMES NEWSDODA: District Election Officer Doda in col-laboration with Nodal officer SVEEP organisedan electoral awareness programme at GirlsHSS Doda on Wednesday.AssistantCommissioner Revenue Doda, Tariq HussainNaik was chief guest on the occasion. DistrictEducation Planning Officer Abdul Latief,Assistant Director Employment (NodalOfficer) SVEEP Muneeb Umar, PrincipalGHSS Doda alongwith staff, officials of electionstaff Doda and large number of students partic-ipated in the special camp.

Speaking on the occasion Tariq Naik reiterat-

ed that a special drive to enrol left out electorsis going on in the district which will focus on theyoung citizen specially in the age group of 18-21 years w.e.t 1st January 2017 as qualifyingdate. He said that the process of electoral purifi-cation has started and shall continue till 31st ofthis month and people who are desirous of anychange in electoral rolls can approach concernedBLOs. Various speakers including school chil-dren and staff threw light on the topic and amessage was passed encouraging people to par-ticipate in the process to make the drive success-ful. Moreover form No. 6 was also distributedamong the students.

Awareness on SVEEP imparted

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: DirectorRDD, Jammu RavinderKumar Bhat held a meetingwith the officers of RuralDevelopment Departmentto review the progress ofongoing developmentalworks here today.

During the meeting, thedirector reviewed the statusof Aadhaar seeding and jobcard verification in the dis-trict. Detailed discussionswere held on various issueslike Geo-tagging, Focus

area plan 2016-17,Convergence Plan 2016-17and implementation ofschemes like SwachhBharat Mission, PMAY,IAY etc.

The meeting also dis-cussed in detail the statusof ODF, Polythene Free sta-tus, 14th FC scheme anddetails of own source rev-enue. The director tookstock of various achieve-ments registered by thedepartment in the districtunder MGNREGA includ-

ing construction of bridges,CFC buildings, CFC-cum-Training Centers, flood pro-tection, tractor roads etc.He also reviewed the statusof pending Court cases. Hedirected the concerned offi-cers to expedite the pace ofongoing works and ensureadherence to quality norms

The meeting was attend-ed by ACD Om Prakash,DPO Sandeep Seointra,BDOs and other staff ofRural DevelopmentDepartment.

Director RDD reviews progress ofongoing developmental works

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: A meeting of Jammu KashmirGovernment Teachers Forum was held atBoys Hr Sec School Samba under the chair-manship of Satish Dutta State President ofJKGTF in which Provincial PresidentRahul Sambyal, Distt President JKGTFSamba Surjeet Singh, Distt PresidentFemale Wing Roopa Sambyal and StateCoordinator Rakesh Verma along with alarge number of teachers participated.

Many issues of teaching community werediscussed in the meeting which include fromentering the service record of the teachers touneven distribution of grant of RReTs.

In his address Surjeet Singh said,"Teaching community is already on the vergeof starvation as there is no salary for RReTs,Head Teachers under SSA for the last six

months adding in his last meeting with theDSEJ the issue of the post facto permissionof the teaching community was solved butfull implementation has to been done by con-cerned authorities.

Roopa Sambyal said, "Women are very shyand that's why they suffer most in the officesfor the redressal of their problems and it isher duty as Distt President to get their workdone. She said they should come forward fortheir rights."

All the teachers in the meeting unanimous-ly agreed to the policies and programmes ofJKGTF and resolved full faith in it. Thosewho were present on the occasion includedManjeet Singh, Madan Singh, RinkuSharma, Ganesh Kumar, Reeta Devi,Kanata Devi, Babli Kumari and SohanSharma Raj Singh.

Teachers hold meet, highlight issues

STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: Village Kotla is

adopted by Bharatiya Vikas

Parishad (BVP) for develop-

ment as model village.

Chairman Prantiya Samagra

Gram Project Implementation

Committee Ved Parkash

Sharma, and accompanied by

S.N Sharma, Chief Advisor,

Jagdish Chander Sharma and

Gopal Sharma, Technical

Convenor, Shiv Ram Sharma

visited the village.

Rajesh Baru (Tehsildar),

President, Shree Shiv Khori

Shrine Gramin Branch Kotla

and Jagdish Sharma, Distt

Coordinator BVP briefed the

committee regarding civil

works to be taken up in the vil-

lage as per guidelines of proj-

ect and held comprehensive

tour of entire village. It was

decided to develop pond of his-

toric Bheem Goda of Pandava

period and restoring religious

sanctity of this historical pond

besides construction of

bathing, washing and cattle

Ghat. Much focus will be given

on better sanitation of the vil-

lage. A Village Co-ordination

and Monitoring Committee

for implementation of said

project was also formed.

Public interaction meeting

was also held in which

Tehsildar, Pouni, Naib

Tehsildar Ransoo, Local

Sarpanch besides members of

BVP were also present and

villagers offered rousing wel-

come to delegation of BVP.

Prominent among those who

were present on this occasion

were Karan Singh, Om

Parkash, Ram Rattan, Paras

Ram, Shabir Hussain, Shobin

Chander, Bhushan Khajan

Singh, Amit Parveen, Ashok

Kumar, Ravinder Rattan

Singh, Des Raj Bhushan,

Bodh Raj and Ravi.

BVP to develop Kotla as model village

STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: To finalise allnecessary arrangements forthe smooth conduct of forth-coming Budha AmarnathAnnual Yatra to MandiBudha Amarnath , DeputyCommissioner Poonch, TariqAhamad Zargar onWednesday convened a meet-ing of concerned district offi-cers, trustees of BudhaAmarnath Shrine, prominentcitizens, Muslim religiousclerics and social activists atconference hall of DC's officePoonch.

The Deputy Commissionerat the outset enquired andtook detail review of deci-sions taken in last meetingregarding the necessaryarrangements which are tobe made for smooth conductof ten days long Yatra com-mencing from 28 July thisyears. Apart from makingfoolproof security arrange-ments and maintaining com-munal harmony , issues per-taining to availability ofessentials services like unin-terrupted power supply ,

drinking water facilities,availability of LPG cylindersbesides medicare facilities,sanitation and accommoda-tion were discussed at themeeting.

The Deputy Commissionerdirected the officers to makeelaborate arrangements forreception of the pilgrims. Heasked SSP Poonch to makeliaison with other securityagencies and hold separatemeeting with them if neces-sary for tight securityarrangements enroute fromBimer Gali (BG) to BudhaAmarnath, Mandi. The con-cerned officers were directedto redress others issues likeaccommodation and trafficregulation for smooth move-ment of the Yatris.

Tariq Zargar also instruct-ed the EO, MunicipalCouncil to maintain cleanli-ness and lightening facilitiesat Langar sites and aroundthe places where Yatris willstay so that they do not faceany inconvenience. The Fireand Emergency Departmentwas also directed to set up

fire tenders at all the haltingstations enroute the HolyShrine. Health authoritieswere asked to establish med-ical camps near the Shrineand also keep standby ambu-lances at strategic locations.Instructions were passed tothe BRO authorities to expe-dite the resurfacing and formaintenance of damagedroad stretches .

It was decided in the meet-ing that under the overallsupervision of the DeputyCommissioner, a Yatra offi-cer to be nominated soonshall coordinate with otherconcerned agencies anddepartments and supervisenecessary arrangements atHoly Shrine BudhaAmarnath . It was also decid-ed a committee of officersand prominent citizens willbe constituted to coordinateand facilitate smooth con-duct of Yatra.

Senior Superintendent ofPolice, Rajiv Panday,Additional DeputyCommissioner S.Gurvinderjeet Singh, ASPM.A Mir, SDMs Surnkoteand Mendhar, ACD Poonch,Krishan Singh, principals ofconcerned educational insti-tutions, defence officers,District Health Officer,ARTO, besides ExecutiveEngineers of PWD, PDD,BRO, BSF were present.

Budha Amarnath Yatra on July 28,arrangements put in place

BVP members during visit to village Kotla.

Devotees paying obeisance at Ziarat in Mendhar. Children performing Yog Asans during the camp.

DC Tariq Ahamad Zargar chairing a meeting at Poonch.

A resident showing emptybuckets.

GM, NHPC, P.K Langer along with SSP Sandeep Wazir conducting cleanliness drive at Kishtwar.

Eight injured as taxi skids-offSTATE TIMES NEWS

DODA: Eight persons were injured when the sumo in whichthey were traveling in met with an accident near Daraie vil-lage in Bhalessa area of District Doda on Gandoh -ChenwariLink Road, on Wednesday afternoon.

According to police sources, a Tata Sumo (JK 06 - 6296)on its way from Gandoh to village Chenwari, skidded off theroad and fell into a gorge at Daraie resulting in injuries toeight persons.

SDPO Gandoh Sunny Gupta said that after getting infor-mation, police team rushed to the spot and along with localsstarted rescue operation and shifted all the injured persons toSub District Hospital Gandoh, where they are responding tothe treatment, when reports last came in. "A case in thisregard has been registered at Police Station Gandoh andinvestigation started," Gupta added.

The injured have been identified as Neesha daughter ofOm Singh resident of Chenwari Bhalesa, Mohd Ismail son ofAlla Detha Gujar resident of Chenweri Bhalesa, ReshmaBagum wife of Mohd Yakoob resident of Kansar Bhalesa,Mohd Yakoob son of Mohd Ismail resident of Chassar Bhalesa,Sakeena Bagum wife of Mohd Ismail resident of ChanserRajpura, Bimla Devi wife of Chain Singh resident of JotataBhalesa, Vijay Kumar son of Shaben Lal resident of JatotaBhalesa and Megha Manhas daughter of Anil Kumar residentof Jotota Bhalesa.

One held in fake driving licence racketSTATE TIMES NEWS

POONCH: Police on Wednesday busted a fake driving licenceracket and arrested a shopkeeper at Poonch.

As per the details, a party of Police Station Poonch headedby DySp Hqtrs Shaheed Naeem on a specific informationraided a computer shop at Bus Stand Poonch and apprehend-ed the owner of the shop identified as Yaser Irfan son of AbdulKhaliq resident of Nabna at present staying at Bus StandPoonch and recovered fake driving licences and other drivingrelated documents from his possession.

A FIR No 95/2017 case under section 420, 467, 468 RPCwas registered at Police Station Poonch against the owner ofthe computer shop for possessing and preparing fake travelrelated documents.

The investigation of the case has been taken up and somemore arrests and recoveries of fake driving licences and trav-el related documents are expected.

Woman arrested with illicit liquorSTATE TIMES NEWS

DODA: Police on Wednesday arrested a woman and recovered5 litres of illicit (Desi) liquor from her house.

As per the details, on a specific information a party of PoliceStation Doda headed by SHO Doda Inspector Ragubir Singhraided the house of Lalita Devi wife of Angrez Singh residentof Sherkhand Bhagwah, recovered five litres of Illicit (Desi)liquor and seized the still and other apparatus used for distil-lation of the beverage from the house accused woman.

A case vide FIR No 142/2017 under section 48-E ExciseAct. was registered at Police Station Doda, accused womanhas been arrested and further investigation is going on.

Woman's body found STATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: An unidentified body of a young woman wasfound in bushes at village Paldai during wee hours in TehsilMajlata in mysterious circumstances.

According to a report, Majlata Police recovered a body of anunidentified woman lying at village Paldai in Tehsil Majlata ofdistrict Udhampur, shifted it to PHC Majlata and kept inmortuary for identification. However Majlata Police regis-tered a case and launched the investigation under 174 Cr. PC.for investigation.

5 bovines rescued, smuggler nabbedSTATE TIMES NEWS

DODA: Police foiled a bovine smuggling bid by rescuing fivebovines and arresting a smuggler at Doda.

As per the details, a party of Police Station Doda headed bySHO Doda Inspector Ragubir Singh laid a Naka at ChaliMorh Domail Bhagwah, arrested one bovine smuggler name-ly Mohd Hussain son of Mohd Ibrahim Gujjar resident ofManjmi Dessa at present staying at Sisarwal Bhagwah andrescued five bovines from his clutches.

A case vide FIR No. 141 /2017 under section 188 RPC wasregistered against him at Police Station Doda.

Old woman knocked down to death STATE TIMES NEWS

DODA: An old-age woman was crushed to death by a speed-ing scooty at Sanai, Bhalla area of District Doda onWednesday. According to reports, A speeding scooty (with-out registration number) hit an old-age woman at Sanie, areaof Bhalla Tehsil. After getting information police immediate-ly rushed to the spot and shifted the woman to nearby hospi-tal where doctors declared her as brought dead.

The deceased has been identified as Thakri Devi (65) wifeof Prithvi Raj resident of Sanie Bhalla. Police registered acase in this regard and also seized the vehicle. However driv-er/owner of the scooter fled from the spot.

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30 youth impartedwelding training STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: A two-weeklong welding course wasorganised by the army atNachlana from 20th Juneto 5th July 2017 underSadhbhavana initiative.About 30 young menattended the course, honedtheir skills and benefittedout of it. During thecourse, training on theoret-ical as well as practicalaspects of welding wasimparted to them by quali-fied technicians andinstructors. The partici-pants were also providedwith certificates which willact as a value addition intheir overall educationalprofile. The successful com-pletion of the course hasopened up self -employmentopportunities and broughtconfidence in these men.