DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013 (PAGE 5) Bhalla reviews progress Slathia inaugurates on ongoing projects Apna Panchayat Ghar Excelsior Correspondent modern facilities like illumina- Excelsior Correspondent ed during the current year. tion, seating, drinking water Spelling out achievements of JAMMU, Aug 18: Minister JAMMU, Aug 18: MLA, the Government in different besides toilet facilities. Vijaypur and former Minister, S. for Housing, Horticulture and Referring to measures fields, the MLA said that the Culture Raman Bhalla today S. Slathia, today inaugurated Jammu and Kashmir has wit- being taken up to create better newly constructed Apna chaired a high level meeting of lanes and drains in slum nessed tremendous development officers of Jammu Municipal Panchayat Ghar at Salmeri in during the last four years and basties, the Minister informed Vijaypur constituency which has Corporation (JMC), Jammu Government has released Rs. several other projects are in the Development Authority (JDA), been constructed at the cost of pipeline. He also gave credit to Arun Jaitley with BJP spokespersons at National Media 11 crore for this purpose. He Rs.25 lakh by Rural Housing Department (HD) and asked the Commissioner JMC the people who always support- Workshop organized by the party at New Delhi. Urban Environmental Development Department. ed the Government in its Minister for Tourism Ghulam Ahmad Mir presenting trophy to further intensify sanitation Addressing the gathering, during a function at SKICC on Sunday. Engineering Department, drive in slum basties to ensure endeavors to take the state (UEED) to review progress on Slathia said that Coalition towards new dimensions of Be aggressive but decent, a healthy and hygienic envi- Government headed by Chief ongoing projects in the city of ronment. In this regard, he progress and prosperity. Mir for conservation of scenic temples. Minister, Omar Abdullah, was Slathia appealed the people asked the officers to call the committed to provide all basic Jaitley tells BJP spokespersons Commissioner/Secretary tenders so that the works could to play their role in maintaining beauty, natural resources of State Housing and Urban be started. He directed them to Excelsior Correspondent Abhimanyu, Vijay Sonkar Shastri, Development Department Jeet Balbir Punj, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Excelsior Correspondent in the tourism sector so that immediately start the construc- NEW DELHI, Aug 18: Leader Lal Gupta, Vice-Chairman, tion work of cremation ground Nalin Kohli and Pinky Anand. socio-economic conditions of JDA, Satesh Nehru, of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, In his address, Jaitley SRINAGAR, Aug 18: the people is made better, and waiting shed at Sidhra. Arun Jaitley has advised BJP Highlighting the significance of Commissioner JMC, K L Mr. Bhalla directed the con- expressed satisfaction at the man- besides employment avenues are Khajuria, Managing Director spokespersons to be aggressive but ner in which the Bharatiya Janata tourism and education sectors generated. He said that Chief cerned to start mecademisation maintain decency and decorum for the overall development and HD, Kiran Wattal, Secretary work on Trikuta Nagar, Gandhi Party spokespersons had tackled Minister Omar Abdullah is keen HD, Rampaul Sharma besides while countering the opposition Congress charges against Gujarat prosperity of the State, Minister for creation and up-gradation of Nagar, Nai Basti and Channi during television debates and press for Tourism, Ghulam Ahmad other senior officers from Himmat roads including inter- Chief Minister Narendra Modi tourism infrastructure for provi- JMC, JDA, HD, UEED and interactions. He also advised them after his Independence Day Mir said that nature has sion of better facilities to the nal links immediately after the to avoid giving a TV byte or press bestowed us with the enormous Town Drainage attended the rainy season. He also asked to speech. tourists visiting the State. meeting. reaction if they are not fully pre- Jaitley said Union Minister beauty of tourist destinations Among others, prepare estimates for construc- pared or don’t know the party line and paramount natural Addressing the meeting, tion and renovation of washed Ghulam Nabi Azad had used Commissioner Secretary, Mr. Bhalla asked the Vice on the issue. derogatory words against Modi resources, saying that it is away damaged culverts of Jaitley was addressing a Agriculture Dr. Asgar Samoon, Chairman JDA to visit the which should be countered responsibility of one and all of Trikuta Nagar, Nanak Nagar National Media Workshop organ- Chairman, Pollution Control warehouse and inspect the strongly but decently. us to contribute for their conser- and Sanjay Nagar and submit ized by the party for its spokesper- Board, Vinod Ranjan, ADGP, dilapidated condition of the The BJP has also demanded vation and sustenance. He said the same for funding. He said sons, media panelists and media Armed, S.M Sahai, IGP Traffic, shops so that need based reno- that Azad should take back his tourism has pivotal role in the Government has released Rs. cells. Munir Ahmad Khan, vation could be started at the MLA SS Slathia inaugurating Apna Panchayat Ghar at words immediately and also ten- economic development of the Commissioner Commercial 1.50 crore for speedy moderni- The work shop was moderated der an apology for his remarks. State and peace is prerequisite earliest. sation of nallahs in Bathindi, Salmeri in Vijaypur on Sunday. by BJP National Media Cell Taxes, Kifayat Hussain Rizvi, The Minister asked the con- Jaitley said there is a need to for it. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Sunjwan, Channi Himmat and amenities in remote and far-off Incharge Shrikant Sharma and take on the Congress in a more The Minister was addressing cerned authorities to call ten- its adjoining areas. Mr. Bhalla age old tradition of brotherhood attended by the Party’s leading Farooq Ahmad Shah, Director ders for development of recre- pockets like road connectivity, and communal harmony. He aggressive fashion. He asked the at a function organized to launch Tourism, Talat Parvez, S.P said that the Government has power and water supply, national spokespersons and author- spokespersons to be better pre- ational park. He said cautioned the people against the ized national TV panelists includ- Hattrick Public School and pre- Traffic, Hasseb-ul-Rehman, formulated a comprehensive medicare, education etc. He said pared to sound more convincing. Government is committed to unscrupulous elements adding ing Prakash Javadekar ,Shah launch ceremony of Hattrick eminent educationists, traders, plan under PHE, PDD, R&B, that efforts are being made to He underlined the need for develop all the open spaces on that they have no agenda to pres- Nawaz Hussain, Nirmala Resort at SKICC here today. hoteliers, senior citizens, parents Education, ERA and Health make implementation of devel- setting the agenda in the media modern lines by creating walk- ent before the people and are Sitharaman, Meenakshi Lekhi, Dr Legislators, Nasir Aslam and large number of students sectors to meet the develop- opment and welfare schemes and public debates and not follow Wani and Shamima Firdous ways and recreational parks mental aspirations of people of resorting to politics of deceit and Sudhanshu Trivedi, Captain besides, Chairman Chowdary there. more effective and result orient- lie. the one set by the Congress. were also present on the occa- Group, Chowdary Showkat the State. He assured the peo- sion. Regarding modernisation ple that all their genuine Ahmad, staff and members of of parking slot near Radio JSM criticises CM for his The Minister underscored Advisory Board of Hattrick demands and development PDP for starting rescue, relief the need of quality education, Station, Bhalla asked the JMC needs would be fulfilled in a Public School were also present to immediately start the project saying that the teachers should on the occasion. phased manner. He urged them remark on isolation of Kashmiris work with passion for imparting and develop the place with to extend their whole hearted operations on war footing Excelsior Correspondent that Kashmiri leaders have always quality education and must cooperation to the Government Excelsior Correspondent recent rains, which have rendered pursued communal and regional inculcate moral and spiritual Many areas facing power, water crisis for progress and prosperity of JAMMU, Aug 18: Jammu scores of people homeless. Due to politics and tried to divide the peo- values among the students. He the State. State Morcha has strongly con- Excelsior Correspondent and other riverines like Devak, JAMMU, Aug 18: Criticizing incessant rains huge chunk of agri- ple of the State. “They always dis- said the students also have to Meanwhile, Mr Bhalla demned Chief Minister Omar Naj, Pini, Pabhar, Maggar and the State Government for adopting culture land has washed away in criminated against Jammu and acquaint with modern trends and KATHUA, Aug 18: Many reviewed arrangements for 11- Abdullah for his criticism of nation- many other nallahs. Due to this lackluster approach to provide floods, he added. Ladakh regions in all the matters methods of education so that areas of Billawar, Bani, Kathua, day long Shree Ganesh Utsav al leaders over showing alleged the water supply to many villages immediate relief to the people and treated the people of these they are able to compete at Hiranagar and parts of Samba are celebration which will com- Singh said that relief and reha- duplicity in their approach towards and even the towns has been dis- affected by rains, People’s bilitation operation should be start- regions as their subservient or sec- national and international levels facing acute shortage of drinking mence on September 09, 2013 Democratic Party (PDP) today issue like Kishtwar and isolation of rupted. The PHE pipes have also ed on war-footing. He said that ond class citizens. The result is the and made contributions for water and electricity due to heavy at Parade ground here. emphasised on the need of starting Kashmiris. washed away at several places those whose houses collapsed in wide ranging divide among the nation building. rains and floods for the last one A Yagna will be performed rescue and relief operations on war “Whether it was deliberate on due to rains and flash floods. The the rains should be immediately people of all three regions of the Referring to tourism sector, week. which will continue upto footing because thousands of peo- his part or not, requires a probe? general public is facing acute provided shelter at safer places. He State and demand of trifurcation of Mr. Mir said that Government Reports received from differ- shortage of drinking water and September 18, 2013. ple have been affected due to the What makes him to tell lie to the has taken various initiatives for ent areas said that in view of the Chairman Bharatiya Vedic asked the Government to direct all leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, the State,” the JSM meet explained. the PHE tankers are unable to rains. Reiterating its demand of pro- providing support and assis- floods in rivers and nallahs during Sansthan Acharya Sanjay PDP observed that hundreds the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) Sushma Swarj that Army has been meet the demand. viding adequate compensation to tance to the investors through a rain in last 4-5 days, a large num- Shastri, informed that all the and hundreds of people have of Jammu province to constitute called and the situation is quite Again, due to rains and floods special cells in their respective the affected families in Kishtwar single window system in the ber of dug and tube wells have besides land- slides many electric necessary arrangements for the become homeless due to rains and under control in the mid of that day, offices to monitor relief operations. violence, the JSM warned that any tourism sector and urged upon suffered extensive damage along poles and towers besides trans- celebration have been put in floods but nothing has been done said Varinder Gupta while chairing MLA Darhal and senior leader a meeting of JSM, here today. attempt to abolish Village Defense the venture capitalists to invest rivers Basantar, Tarnah, Ujh, Ravi formers have been damaged. place including 'Ganesh Murti'. so far to provide relief to these peo- of PDP Choudhary Zulfikar said “The reality is that Kashmiri Committees or weeken them shall This has also hit the power supply The Murti will be brought to ple. that most of the roads in twin bor- leadership is itself responsible for be suicidal for the security in the far and several PHE pumping sta- Parade Ground on September General secretary of PDP, der districts of Poonch and Rajouri the isolation of Kashmiris from the flung areas. tions are also turned non-func- 11, 2013 for its Sathapana fol- Thakur Balbir Singh today asked national mainstream for their own Those who attended the meet- tional. A senior PDD official in lowed by various programmes the State Government to immedi- have been washed away in floods vested interests. They are in the ing, included H B Khajuria, Nathu the district said that it will take at like Ganesh Puran Katha by ately constitute special teams to and rains. habit of provoking the people of Ram Gupta, Devender Singh least a week to restore damaged Swami Shree Shree 1008 assess the loss and release some Zulfikar asked the State Valley against the Centre and blam- Jamwal, Chandra Uday Sharma, B power infrastructure in most of Vedant Achariya Swami Ashra immediate relief to the victims. Government to immediately ing New Delhi even for their own M Kohli, R C Gupta, Vishav the area and immediate funds are Nand Giri Maharaj (Hardwar In a statement issued here depute the teams of officers to failures and omissions,” he said. Bhandu Gupta, Uttam Chand and needed for the purpose. Waley), Bhajans, Kirtans and today, Singh said that Kathua dis- restore communication with cut off reciting of vedic mantras. trict was worst affected in the areas. The JSM leader further alleged Shashank Chaudhary.