THE HIMALAYAN MAIL Q JAMMU Q FRIDAY Q JUNE 18, 2021 JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 Dharmarth Trust celebrates 200th Raj Advisor Bhatnagar reviews progress on Tilak Divas of Maharaja Gulab Singh implementation of NEP-2020 in HED the great king was not only mented in cohesion with the warrior and able admin- HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS School Education depart- istrator but also a secular JAMMU, JUNE 17 ment. person as there was com- The Advisor asked the plete freedom of worship Advisor to Lieutenant members of the Committee during his regime. He said Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhat- to utilise their academic ex- that Maharaja Gulab Singh nagar today chaired a high pertise and other available never forgot his roots and level meeting of the Task resources so that the goals was approachable by his Force to review the progress of the policy can be met and ‘Praja’. on smooth implementation translated on the ground. “The Maharaja abolished of National Education Pol- Administrative Secretary, the system of bonded labour icy-2020 in Higher Educa- HED Sushma Chauhan tion Department (HED) at Education (to integrate Hu- Jammu and NIT Srinagar in gave detailed presentation and also banned Sati Pratha manities and Arts with Sci- collaborating with the Gov- and female infanticide. He Civil Secretariat here. highlighting the delibera- Vice Chancellors of Uni- ence Technology, Engineer- ernment Degree colleges for tions and comments re- re-organised the industry in versity of Kashmir, Univer- ing and Mathematics), research and training pro- ceived from members of Kashmir valley and intro- Reimagining Vocational grammes in times ahead. function to mark the 200th organized with distin- sity of Jammu, Central Uni- NEP Task Force. duced a new law providing Education and Catalysing The Advisor delved upon HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS anniversary of coronation of guished dignitaries visiting versity of Kashmir, Central During the course of pre- relief to the workers besides Quality Academic Research all the participants that reg- JAMMU, JUNE 17 the great Maharaja at the the site from different parts University of Jammu, sentation, the Secretary in- rationalizing the system of through JK UT Research ular review meetingsshall bank of River Chenab viz. of the country. BGSBU, SMVDU, Cluster formed about the steps ini- taxation”, Gandotra main- Foundation. be held to assess the The contribution of Jia Pota Ghat, following Dr (Pt) Shiv Raina, Chair- University Srinagar, Cluster tiated by the Higher tained, adding that the con- Speaking during the progress in the implemen- founder of the erstwhile SOPs stipulated by the gov- man J&K Dharmarth Trust University Jammu, Education Department for tributions made by the meeting, Advisor Bhatnagar tation of NEP which is cru- State of Jammu and Kash- ernment for keeping at bay Advisory Committee; Advo- SKUAST Jammu,SKUAST implementation of NEP in founder of Dogra dynasty maintained that the NEP- cial to remodelling the HEIs mir Maharaja Gulab Singh the COVID-19 virus. cate Rameshwar Singh Kashmir, Secretary the UT of J&K. She also said are immaculate and re- 2020 aims at the develop- in order to achieve good is unimaginably significant On June 17, 1822, Ma- Jamwal, Member Advisory HED,Director IIM Jammu, that the HED has initiated markable which make peo- ment of Higher Education thoughtful and well because unlike other rulers haraja Ranjit Singh adminis- Committee; Secretary Director IIT Jammu, Direc- steps for the formation of ple of J&K to feel proud and in all aspects like innova- rounded and creative indi- who changed boundaries of tered the coronation of Ma- Dharmarth Trust Dr Gopal tor NIT, Srinagar, other Research consortium at tion, research advance- viduals. He asked the partic- the country from within, haraja Gulab Singh, who Parthasarthi, Additional contented. members of the Task Force Jammu and Srinagar and ments and other related ipants to utilise the existing this great monarch ex- then became the first King Secretary Sh Varinder Singh While paying tributes to besides Principals of vari- Higher Institute Manage- fields which need timely in- resources and be practical in panded India far and wide of erstwhile Jammu and Jamwal and other officials the Great Maharaja, Dr (Pt) ous degree colleges of J&K ment System (HIMS) which terventions. He added that implementation of the pol- by conquering parts of Kashmir State and substan- of Dharmarth Trust were Shiv Raina said that let the and other concerned offi- Supports Online Learning the needs of the country as icy on the ground. China, Tibet and even tially contributed in its de- also present. blessings of Maharaj Gulab cials of the higher education and Teaching. well as J&K regarding the Advisor Bhatnagar im- Afghanistan. velopment and ensured The function commenced Singh ji remain with the UT department participated in The Secretary informed development of education pressed upon the members This was asserted by Sh public welfare. with paying of the floral trib- of Jammu and Kashmir. He the meeting in person as the members that Internal sector will be met through to work cohesively and in Ajay Gandotra President Addressing a very limited utes to Maharaja Ranjit also anticipated that with well through video confer- Quality Assurance cell this Policy. synergy with each other as Dharmarth Trust J&K after gathering, the President Singh and Maharaja Gulab the blessings of God next encing. (IQAC) would be estab- Appreciating the ground well as within the Sub- paying floral tributes to the Ajay Gandotra said that this Singh. Later, the priests of year the J&K UT will soon The meeting held detailed lished at each institute for work done so far by the Task Groups and suggested them great Maharaja of the erst- year due to limitations on the Trust performed the rit- get rid of this lethal virus discussions with regard to assisting the colleges so that Force and the specific NEP to co-opt members from while State of J&K while cel- account of coronavirus re- uals amidst chanting of and we can celebrate this oc- Reflections on Consulta- majority of the colleges can implementation Action other diverse fields for requi- ebrating his 200th Corona- strictions the celebrations Vedic Mantras. casion with much fan fare tions and Deliberations held acquire National Accredita- Plan drawn for roll out in site expertise and proper tion Day at Jia Pota Ghat in remained a low key affair While dwelling on the and gaiety at this significant in earlier meeting of the tion within a years time. this year, Advisor Bhatna- implementation. Akhnoor on Thursday. As but next year Dharmarth contributions of Maharaja spot where Maharaja Ranjit Task Force besides the Ac- She also informed the meet- gar stressed upon all the The Advisor further em- per the tradition, J&K Dhar- Trust will ensure that a Gulab Singh, President Singh coronated Maharaja tion Plan with regard to con- ing aboutthe number of stu- Task Force Members to phasized on the members to marth Trust held a decent grandiose function shall be Dharmarth Trust said that Gulab Singh. stitution of Sub-Groups on dents benefited from vari- NEP-2020 was also dis- work closely towards create linkages between ous Bachelor of Vocational cussed during the meeting. achieving the objectives of Higher Education and (B.Voc) courses and em- The meeting also heldin NEP in a time bound man- School Education Depart- ployability and skill devel- Director Fisheries kick starts first leg of fish depth deliberationson all ner. He laid special focus on ments with regard to NEP- opment courses initiated themes of NEP-2020 partic- the role of Central Institutes 2020 so that several aspects from the current academic Seed stocking in Ranjit Sagar Dam reservoir ularly, Multi Disciplinary like IIT Jammu, IIM of the policy can be imple- year. HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS for their sustenance in re- KATHUA, JUNE 17 spect of fish biomass which serves as direct means of Mankotia seeks high level probe in Devika Project; Director Fisheries, Bashir livelihood for more than Ahmed Bhat today kick 1,20000 souls” he main- protest against construction company enters in 2nd day started the annual stocking tained. of fish Seed of different va- He said the National level rieties in Ranjit Sagar Dam Fish Seed farms have been HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS Reservoir here at Reservoir established by the depart- UDHAMPIR, JUNE 17 Fisheries Development Pro- ment for carp seed produc- ject ( RFDP) Satwain. tion one each at Jammu- Former MLA Udhampur Joint Director, Central National Fish Seed Farm, Balwant Singh Mankotia Mohammed Manzoor sole agency responsible for tion comes from govern- Kathua and one at Srinagar- has expressed strong re- Wani; CPO National Fish development of fisheries ment as well as private National Fish Seed Farm sentment over the looting Seed Farm, Gopal Krishan; within the UT of J&K. There farms and from the world Manasbal in addition to going on the name of Devika SPO NFSF, Kulbhushan are a good number of infra- famous trout angling.” other big and small seed project, due to which shop- Verma; AD Fisheries, Lal structure in the shape of “The department of fish- producing farm like Fish keepers tied black bands at Hussain; PO Pawan Paul seed producing farms, fish eries takes care of the suste- Farm Ghoumanasan for Ramnagar Chowk of Ud- Sharma; HQ Officer Mo- rearing units, fish produc- nance of naturally occurring Carp fish. The department hampur as mark of protest hammed Shabir and other tion facilities in the shape of biomass of various fish has also established one of against the concern con- concerned were also pre- hatcheries and farms both species which are commer- Asia's biggest Trout seed struction company here to- sent. in the private and govern- cially important both in producing farms, Kokernag, day. Fish Seed of different va- ment sector established by natural water bodies as well Trout seed Producing farm, On this occasion, Manko- rieties of Indian Major the Fisheries department, as in captive rearing,” he Dachigam, Ganderbal, tia said that the shopkeep- Carps( IMC) and exotic he added. added. Khag, Magan etc. ers are already troubled due any cognisance even after tle Rohingya-Bangladeshis hampur's Dabbar Park on carps like Rohu, Mrigal, He said, “it is with the ef- While elaborating the The Director said, the best to the corona pandemic, series of protest regarding in Udhampur by employing Saturday, June 19, he ap- Catla, Common carp and forts of the department that fishing scenario of the UT of way of consumption of nat- while now they are forced to the same. Mankotia said them and completely ig- pealed to general public silver carp was stocked in fish production of the UT J&K, the Director said ural water resources is by suffer due to the sub stan- that even a pipe is being up- nored the local youth in giv- along with the shopkeepers thr Reservoir. Approxi- has touched 20.09 thou- scores of Mahigeer families way of stocking with quality, dard construction work of rooted three or four times ing employment in it, for of Udhampur to join. mately 10 lakh fry and ad- sand tonnes ( approx) which are associated with captures disease resistant varieties of Concerned construction and the lanes that have been which he protested on yes- He said that all the peo- vanced fries of different is being harvested by the of fish from natural water fish Seed. The department is company in Devika project, uprooted for the last two to terday as well. ples of Udhampur will have species were stocked in the most downtrodden commu- resources including rivers, adopting conservation mea- he said that there is high three years have not been Mankotia said that there to raise their voice unitedly first leg of the annual stock- nity of the society- the reservoirs and other bigger sures by way of augmenta- possibility of spreading dis- constructed yet and the en- is a scam of crores on the against the looting on the ing exercise. mahigeer community which and small water bodies. “As tion with fish Seed as a mea- ease in the city due to dust, tire market has also been in a name of Devika project and name of Devika project, for Speaking on the occasion, constitute about 75% to such it is the responsibility sure method in addition to due to which the business of pathetic condition for the there is a possibility of in- which he made a request to the Director said the De- 80% of the total fish produc- of the department to take watch and ward for curving Udhampur city has come to last nearly several months. volvement of many big offi- all the shopkeepers and gen- partment of Fisheries is the tion. The rest of the produc- care of these water bodies illegal fishing, he added. a standstill. He told that it has become cials and leaders in this. eral public of Udhampur to He said that the company difficult even for people to Mankotia told that playing participate in the protest ISM Kishtwar Deptt organises working on it has been con- walk in the markets and with the life of the peoplesof demonstration on Saturday. CS administers oath of office stantly accused of doing sub streets. Mankotia said that Udhampur will never be tol- A large number of local standard work, but the gov- through this project, a con- erated, for which a demon- shopkeepers were present webinar ahead of Int’l Yoga Day ernment is not ready to take spiracy is being made to set- stration will be held in Ud- on this occasion. to member J&K WRRA KISHTWAR, JUNE: Department of Indian sys- tem of Medicines Kishtwar is organising various activ- JMC demolishes illegal construction at Sainik Colony ities in the run-up to the In- approved building plans ternational Day of Yoga, HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS which besides violations 2021. In this regard, the depart- JAMMU, JUNE 17 causing impedimentent to ment Thursday organised a the plan development of webinar under the broad In continuation to the dri- Jammu City. theme of “Be with Yoga, Be ves undertaken against the The Commissioner, JMC at Home” in collaboration violators in the areas falling further appeal to the general The webinar was aimed within the jurisdiction of public to refrain from rais- SRINAGAR, JUNE 17: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun with the Department of at to remind the wider audi- Jammu Municipal Corpora- ing illegal constructions and Kumar Mehta today administered the oath of office to Youth Services and Sports ence about the issues that tion limits, the teams get building plans approved Kishore Chandra Naik as member of the J&K Water Re- and on the direction of have become extremely im- headed by Mr. Rajesh for commercial and residen- sources Regulatory Authority (JK WRRA). Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Ashok Sharma. portant in the present con- Gupta, Chief Enforcement tial purpose and raise build- Kishore Chandra Naik is former Chairman, Central The today’s topic of the text of Covid-19. The series Officer (C.E.O) Enforce- ing according to approved Ground Water Board. webinar was "Yoga and will seek to develop a cumu- ment wing of the Jammu building plan, failing which The Chief Secretary expressed hope that his expertise will lative understanding to re- Yoga Practices as adjuvant Municipal Corporation, action as warranted under further strengthen the functioning of the J&K State Water spond to these cross-cutting struction which was raised Act, 1988. therapy in various disorders While further intensifying Jammu and Kashmir Con- Resources Regulatory Authority. issues. illegally in violation to pro- It is also pertinent to men- in different specialities of its drive against unautho- trol of Building Operation Earlier in the week, A. Paramesham also took oath of office Dr Joonid Iqbal Physi- visions of Jammu Master tion here that JMC has de- Ayurveda." rized construction in Act,1988 and Jammu and as member of the J&K Water Resources Regulatory Author- cian, ISM was the main Plan, 2032 at Sector-D Ex- molished/sealed a number More than 400 partici- Jammu city and its outskirts Kashmir, Municipal Corpo- ity. speaker on the occasion and tension, Sainik Colony, of unauthorized construc- pants from all walks of life on the directions of Com- ration Act,2000 will be Previously, A. Paramesham has served various water the District officer ISM Dr Jammu. The action has tions during the recent past including ISM staff, staff of missioner, Jammu Munici- taken against the violators management bodies in various capacities including Krishna Tariq Hussain and DYSSO been taken under the provi- in particular to desist viola- DYSSO, prominent persons pal Corporation, Ms. Avny including sealing and demo- River Management Board, Ganga Flood Control Commis- Kharati Lal Sharma were sions of Section 8(1) of the tors from raising the con- took part in the webinar Lavasa (IAS) today demol- lition of the illegal struc- sion, Central Water Commission and Ministry of Water Re- also present on the occa- Jammu and Kashmir Con- structions without permis- through virtual mode on ished unauthorized con- tures. sources. Google meet. sion. trol of Building Operation sion/in-violation of the