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STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: District adminis-tration has initiated a projectfor construction of buildingsfor 100 schools in districtfunctioning without buildingand often facing closure dueto bad weather. In an attemptto provide enabling atmos-phere for education in remoteand hilly areas 100 schoolswill be constructed in sixmonths under convergence ofvarious schemes of differentdepartments.

A District LevelCoordination Committeeheaded by the DDC and com-prising of officers fromDepartments of Education,Rural Development, Revenue,PHE and Panchayats hasbeen constituted for weeklymonitoring of progress andresolving local issue for con-struction. SDMs will super-vise construction which isbeing done through Rural

Development Department.Education Department hassponsored 45-50per centfunding for the project whileremaining funds are beingprovided under convergenceof various schemes. These100 schools will be construct-ed at an estimated cost of Rs9 Cr against required fundingof Rs 12 Cr out of whichEducation Department willprovide Rs 4.53 Cr.

The zone wise schools select-ed for construction of build-ings include three in RajnagarZone, 10 in Thanamandi,four in Kalakote, 20 inKoteranka, five in Moughla,

three in Doongi, 14 in Darhal,three in Dandesar, nine inManjakote, one in Nowshera,one in Lower Hathal, nine inPeeri, nine in Baljarallan andnine in Khwas Zone. Theseschools have a total enrolmentof 3,181 during current yearand construction of buildingsthe enrolment, especially ofgirl students is expected tonearly double.

In entire district there are163 schools without buildingout of which 100 selected forconstruction of buildingsinclude 40 located in RajouriConstituency, 40 in DarhalConstituency, 14 in Kalakote

constituency and six inNowshera Constituency.Schools with enrollment of 20and above out of 163 build-ing-less schools have beenselected for the project to pro-vide buildings this fiscalunder convergence ofschemes. An independentinter-departmental engineer-ing team will inspect schoolsfor quality of construction.Remaining 63 schools withenrollment below 20 and with-out school buildings will betaken up during second phaseof project.

The meeting to launch theproject was attended byAsstt CommissionerDevelopment, CEO, SDMsof Koteranka,Thanamandi, Kalakote,Nowshera and Sunderbani,XEn REW, Tehsildars,BDOs, AEEs, ZEOs,ZEPOs, AEs and engineer-ing staff of REW.

100 open-sky schools to get buildings

DDC Shahid Iqbal Choudhary chairing a meeting at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS DODA: BJP held workshopof Alpvistaraks (Short TermWhole Timers) led by StateGeneral Secretary (Org.)Ashok Koul along with StateGeneral Secretary PawanKhajuria, Senior LeaderSom Raj Khajuria, VipanSharma and DistrictPresident Manjeet Razdanat Town Hall, Doda.

While addressing theactivists in the workshop,Ashok Koul said that it isreally positive developmentto see so many activistsoffering their time voluntari-ly as whole timers for thegrowth and development ofparty. He said that it reallyneeds a lot of effort and willto devote all the timetowards the service of socie-ty, although they have toshun all the worldly leisurefor this development andhave to traverse the road of

righteousness during theperiod. He said that thistype of commitment could bewitnessed only in the cadreof BJP who has kept the tra-dition of Nation First sincethe first day of its inceptionas a political outfit. He alsoexplained the ethics andprinciples to be maintainedby Vistaraks during theircourse of stay in theirrespective areas and sharedhis valuable life experiencesduring his interaction with

the volunteers.Pawan Khajuria, while

addressing the workshop,said that the main role ofthe Vistaraks will be tospread the ideology of theparty to common pubic tostrengthen the base of partyin the State as well as totake the pro-poor peoplefriendly schemes of theNarendra Modi led NDAGovernment at Centre.Manjeet Razdaan also spokeon the occasion.

BJP holds workshop of Alpvistaraks

BJP General Secretary (Org.) Ashok Koul speaking at the event.

Two youth founddead in Nallah STATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Majaltapolice on Monday recov-ered two bodies of localyouths from a Nallah inmysterious circumstances.

According to a report,Majalta Police recoveredtwo bodies of local youthslying in mysterious cir-cumstances in a Nallahand shifted to PHCMajalta.

Bodies were identified asthose of Vicky Kumar sonof Khajoor Chand resi-dent of village PlaterTehsil Majalta and RakeshKumar son of Jabroo Ramresident of Mansar.

Both the bodies werehanded over to familymembers of victims afterconducting autopsy.Majalta Police has regis-tered case for investiga-tion.

STATE TIMES NEWS BANI: On completion of threeyears in the office by the NDAGovernment at Centre, theDirectorate of Field Publicity,Ministry of Information andBroadcasting, Govt. of India,Jammu and Kashmir Regionhas launched an intensiveawareness campaign onSpecial Outreach Programmesbeing launched by the NDAGovernment during last threeyears tenure for the upliftmentand betterment of the masses.The awareness campaign onthe SOPs has been launchedby various Field PublicityUnits of DFP in seven identi-fied districts of Jammu andLadakh region.

In this connection, FieldPublicity Unit Kathua in closecoordination and cooperationwith Song and DramaDivision of Ministry of I andB, Education, ICDS, RuralSanitation, RuralDevelopment Department,Agriculture Department,Health Department and

Hindustan PetroleumCooperation Ltd, organised atwo days long intensive aware-ness programme on SpecialOutreach Programmes, Phase- I, at Government HigherSecondary School, Bani SubDistrict of Kathua District.

The programme waspresided over by Ajeet Singh,SDM, Bani. AssistantProfessor, Sunal Sharma,Incharge Principal, Govt.Degree College, Bani andMohd Hafiz Sheikh, Principalof the host Institution were theChief Guest and Guest of

Honour on the occasionrespectively.

The programme was attend-ed by a large number of audi-ence that includes; students ofall the educational institutionsof Bani township, professors,teachers, Anganwadi workersand helpers, ASHA workersand FMMPHW of HealthDepartment, EX Panchs,Sarpanchs, prominent vil-lagers besides local people ofthe area from all walks of thelife.

During the awareness pro-gramme, experts from various

nodal departments of the StateGovernment were made avail-able by the organisers for mak-ing the audience fully awareabout BBBP, SBA, FinancialInclusion Schemes, PMUjwalla Yojana, PM FasalBima Yojana and variousother public welfare schemesand programmes of the NDAGovernment. Experts fromHealth, RuralD e v e l o p m e n t / R u r a lSanitation, AgricultureDepartments and HindustanPetroleum Ltd delivered keynote addresses on the themesrespectively and providedthreadbare information aboutvarious aspects, provisions andbenefits of these national pub-lic welfare schemes and pro-grammes to the audience.

N. Gulshan Raina, PublicityOfficer, DFP urged upon theaudience to avail maximumbenefits of such national publicwelfare schemes which aredirectly linked with the upliftof socio economic condition ofthe masses in general and

weaker sections of the societyin particular.

A grand awareness rally onthe above themes was alsoorganised after the pro-gramme which was aimed at todisseminate the message ofawareness among of thesenational programmes amongthose how could not attend theawareness programme due tosome personal reasons.

Meanwhile Directorate ofField Publicity, Ministry ofInformation andBroadcasting, Government ofIndia, Udhampur unit in closecoordination with EducationDepartment, Tehsil adminis-tration and ShitoRyu KarateSchool of J and K organised aspecial interactive programmeat Government HigherSecondary School, Latti. Theprogramme was organisedunder the chairmanship of Dr.Maqbool Hussain MalikPrincipal of the Institutewhereas Ashok Kumar GuptaNaib Tehsildar Latti was theChief Guest.

DFP organises awareness camp on special outreach programmes

Students taking out awareness rally at Bani.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATRA: GRP police per-sonnel on Monday restoreda minor girl to her parentswhich was lost at KatraRailway Station.

According to a report,GRP police personneldeployed on RailwayStation Katra found aminor girl child without herguardian at the platform.On this a thorough searchwas carried out at theRailway Station Katra inorder to trace out the par-ents/guardian of the saidgirl child. SHO PoliceStation GRP KatraInspector Narinder Singhunder the supervision ofRanjit Singh Sambyal, SSPRailways Katra put all theefforts by way of announce-ments at Railway StationKatra as well as RailwayStation Jammu for havinga clue of the parents of thechild. The territorial police

of Katra was also contactedand informed accordinglyso as to trace out theguardian/parents of thebaby. The GRP personnelaccompanying the trainswere also directed to identi-fy the parents of the childin the running trains. Dueto the professionalapproach and timely actiontaken by the SHO PoliceStation GRP Katra, theparents of the child weretraced who were travellingin the train after leavingbehind there two years oldminor girl child at theRailway Station Katrainadvertently. They wereadvised to come back atPolice Station GRP Katrato take their child along. Onthe arrival of guardian ofthe child namely RajKumar father of Ruhi (age2 year) resident ofGhaziabad, the minor girlchild was handed to him.

GRP restores minorgirl to parents

Special voter enrolmentdrive from July 1

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: A one monthspecial enrolment drive shallstart in Kishtwar from 1st Julyto enroll the left out voters.

Speaking in a meeting heldhere today in this regard,District DevelopmentCommissioner, who is alsoDistrict Election Officer, GNBalwan, conveyed that as perthe direction of ElectionCommission of India, a specialdrive to enroll left out electorswith focus on first time votersin the age group of 18-21 yearsshall start from 1st to 31 July,2017.

District Election Officerurged upon all the political par-ties for appointment of BoothLevel Agents (BLA s) for allpolling stations to assist theBooth Level Officers (BLOs)during special drive. He furtherdiscussed the aims and objec-tives of special drive with polit-ical parties. ADC Kishori LalSharma, ACR besides repre-sentatives of all political partiesattended the meeting.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: 619th ParkashDiwas of Sant Kabir was cel-ebrated in Kathua onMonday with religious fer-vour and gaiety in Sant KabirTemple premises located nearDistt. Sports Stadium.

F.C Bhagat, President AllJ and K Sant Kabir Sabhawas the Chief Guest whereasDr. Bharat Bhushan,Additional DeputyCommissioner Kathua wasthe Guest of Honour on theoccasion. Prof. Gharu Ram

Bhagat, Ex. MLA R S Pura,Babu Ram Bhagat PresidentSant Kabir Sabha KathuaDistrict, P.R Chauhan,Chairman Sant Kabir SabhaKathua, Er. Tilak RajBhagat, Retd. ChiefEngineer, Dr. Hardayal,Orthopedic Surgeon, D.CSagotra, Retd. Distt. andSessions Judge and VimlaBhagat, Propertier ,VimalGas Agency Kathua wereamong the prominent per-sons present on the occasion.

Floral tributes were paid to

revered Sant Kabir by allthose present on the occasion.Then students and otherspeakers spoke about the lifeand teachings of Sant KabirDass.

Later the distinguishedguests honoured studentswho had excelled in recentexaminations conducted by Jand K BOSE and CBSE.These students were present-ed cash award and memen-toes by Sharda Devi ofKathua under the aegis ofCharan Singh BhagatMemorial Trust.

Organisers also honouredF.C. Bhagat, President All Jand K Sant Kabir Sabha, Dr.Bharat Bhushan ADCKathua, Prof. Gharu RamBhagat, Ex. MLA R.S Pura ,Sharda Devi and P.RChouhan by presenting themwith shawls. Babu RamBhagat, President KathuaKabir Sabha presented votesof thanks.

Parkash Diwas of Sant Kabir celebrated

Dignitaries paying floral tributes to Sant Kabir at Kathua. STATE TIMES NEWS

VIJAYPUR: In order toensure communal harmonyand to promote police fraterni-ty, Ashok Kumar, SSPPrincipal PTTI Vijaypur andstaff hosted an Iftar Party forMuslim employees bothstaff/trainees at PTTIVijaypur on Monday. The IftarParty was followed by BaraKhana in which all the policeofficers/officials/staff andtrainees participated.

While speaking on the occa-sion Ashok Kumar conveyedhis best wishes to Muslim

brothers. SSP was accompa-nied by V.K Jamwal SP VicePrincipal PTTI Vijaypur,Mukesh Kumar Dy. SP Admn-Security, Karanjit SinghDy.SP Outdoor, R.S. JamwalDy SP R and D-Tech, YogeshBamba Sr. PO Dy.SP Indoor,Riaz Ahmed Sr. ProsecutingOfficer PIO PTTI Vijaypur,Hemanshu MahajanProsecuting Officer, InspectorReserve Rajesh Rana,Inspector Puran Singh CDI,Inspr. Khushwant Singh,Inspr. Ramesh Kataria andInspr. Charanjit Singh.

PTTI Vijaypur hosts Iftar Party

PTTI officials and others at Iftar party.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: To create aware-ness regarding celebration ofInternational Yoga Day on21st June, DistrictAdministration Kathua todayorganised 'Run For Yoga'- ARun for Fun activity empha-sising good attitude andsportsmanship besides sensi-tising the populace andensuring mass participationon International Yoga Day.

DC Kathua, RameshKumar who was the ChiefGuest on the occasion flaggedoff the event in which peoplefrom all age groups partici-pated. Youth, volunteers ofvarious NGOs, members ofPatanjali Yogpeeth, Art ofLiving, religious institutionsand Nehru Yuva Kendra par-

ticipated in the event.Certificates were also given tothe participants who complet-ed the Run for Yoga whichbegan from Ram LeelaGround and culminated atSports stadium.

ADMO Kathua, conveyedthanks to the district admin-istration for encouraging the

youth to participate in Runfor Yoga event.

ADC Kathua, Dr. BharatBhushan DYSSO, SubashChander DistrictCoordinator NYK Som Duttand other district officers andPatanjali Yog Kapoor Singhand Vishal Malagar werepresent during the event.

District Admn organises ‘Run For Yoga’

DC Ramesh Kumar flagging off rally at Kathua.

STATE TIMES NEWSR S PURA : In compli-ance with the directions ofJammu and Kashmir HighCourt Jammu, the team ofsenior officers of the admin-istration reached Wetland tocarry out demarcation of theland.

SDM RS Pura SushilKumar, TehsildarSuchetgarh Savita Chouhan,SP Headquarter R.SKotwal, District ForestOfficer Amit Sharma along-with police team andPatwaris reached the spotand carried out the demarca-tion of 97 Kanals of Talab

land.The villagers on this occa-

sion held a protest againstsuch an action by the team ofadministration. The protest-ers asked the team to stopsuch an action failing whichthey will again hold protesttomorrow.

SP Headquarter asked thevillagers that the demarca-tion is being carried out onthe directions of High Courtin the presence of MagistrateIst Class and that theyshould not object to thisaction. Meanwhile a largenumber of police force hasbeen deputed on the task.

Complying HC order, Admnreaches wetland for demarcation

Youth commitssuicide

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: A youthcommitted suicide by con-suming some poisonous sub-stance in his house inUdhampur.

According to a report,Kuldeep Singh son of GopalSingh resident of JakhaniUdhampur took some poi-sonous substance in hishouse to end his life. Victimwas shifted to DistrictHospital Udhampur wheredoctors declared himbrought dead. Police handedover the body to his familymembers after conductingautopsy and registered acase for investigation.

STATE TIMES NEWS BUDHAL: A symposium onthe topic 'Importance ofRamadan in CreatingCommunal Harmony andNational Integration' wasorganised by the CollegeCultural Committee of GDCBudhal. About 150 studentsattended the symposium.Apart from this, Liyqat Aliand Zahid Mir, ex-students ofthe college were also there.Ten students participated andexpressed their views on thesaid topic. Qasid Malikbagged the first position, whileAbida Kouser and KaranjeetSingh secured second positionand third position was jointlysecured by Ranju Devi, Mohd

Arif and Sajjad Malik. All thestaff members of the collegewere present in the function.The Principal of the CollegeDr. Y.P Kundal presided over

the function. Liyqat Ali con-ducted the proceedings of thefunction while Avtar Singh,HoD Urdu presented formalvote of thanks.

Symposium on importance of Ramzan conducted

GDC faculty along with participants at Budhal.

STATE TIMES NEWS MISHRIWALLA: Depa-rtment of Agriculture, SubDiv Marh Zone Mishriwalla

under the direction ofDirector of AgricultureJammu H.K Razdhan, guid-ance of CAO Jammu R.L

Bhagat and supervision ofAEO Mishriwalla RajeshVerma made aware the farm-ers for the adoption ofimproved agronomic practicesin maize hybrid. Arun JaralJAEO of AgricultureDepartment asked the farm-ers to come forward for adop-tion of new innovative andimproved agronomic prac-tices. Stress was laid onorganic farming by using milkproducts like cow dung /cowurine/curd /milk for preparingorganic growth promoter /biofuncides and bio pesticides.Special focus was emphasisedon line sowing in maize andline transplanting in paddy.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: A delegation ofJammu and KashmirGeneral Line TeachersForum on Monday called onCEO Kathua under theleadership of StatePresident Neeraj Sharmaand expressed gratitude toCEO Kathua for his deci-sion for improvement ofquality education by send-ing back more than 100RReTs who managed theirposting on general lineteacher post from theirschool specific engage-ments. "This step of CEOKathua will bring smile onthe faces of those unem-ployed educated youth whohave the dream of doing

something for building ofnation by opting the careeras teacher and also newlyappointed general lineteachers who are servingfor away from their nativeplaces for the last three tofour years".

The meeting was attend-ed by the core group mem-bers of province namelyVivek (Distt. PresidentUdhampur), Shivnandan(Distt. President Kathua),other members Munish,Amit, Sarwan, Sushil,Kamal, Sandeep,Kulchander, Jatinder,Navneet, Ravinder andmany other general lineteachers were also presentthere.

Farmers asked to adopt improved agronomicpractices in maize hybrid

An agriculture official giving demonstration during the camp.

General line teachers hail CEO

STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: DistrictInformation Centre (DIC)organised debate on thetopic Girl Child Educationbesides presenting a cultur-al programme on Monday.

Head Master of hostSchool Dhyan Singh wasthe Chief Guest on the occa-sion while Shanker Singh,retired teacher and a promi-nent social worker was theGuest of Honour.

Speaking on the occasion,the Head Master appreciat-ed the initiative of DistrictInformation Center inorganising debate and cul-ture programme in remotestschool of Tehsil Thuroo. Hesaid such programmes cer-tainly provide exposure tothe students and developconfidence in them.

A total of 20 students ofhost school and GovernmentMiddle School Dadar took

part in the debate competi-tion and put forth theirviews on role of educationfor girls in the present eraand the steps required to betaken by the society inencouraging girls towardseducation.

Meanwhile, a cultural pro-gramme by Pawan Singhand party, students andother local artists of thearea was also organised onthe occasion in which Dogri,

Punjabi and Hindi songitems spellbound the audi-ence.

In the debate competition,Ambika Soni of class 9thbagged first position, SoniThakur and Sunil Singhboth of 10th standard gotsecond and third positionrespectively.

Later, prizes and certifi-cates were distributedamong the participants andlocal artists.

Debate on 'Girl Child Education' held