DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2019 (PAGE 5) Baig reviews status of Centrally Stray animals, lack of public transport Sponsored Schemes in power sector Public expects Army type discipline, Excelsior Correspondent other schemes. The meeting was informed BARAMULLA, Jan 21: that Rs 108.82 crore is being management from Corporator Member Parliament, Muzaffar expended under SAUBHAGYA Sanjeev Sharma animals roam freely in lanes and Randhawa talked about her plans Hussain Baig has asked officers in Baramulla and Kupwara dis- to be proactive and ensure that on road and litter here and there to improve the Ward. tricts, of which Rs 15.38 crore "When the colony came into the people are provided with all JAMMU: Due to the alleged spoiling the lanes. are to be incurred in Baramulla "Even sometimes these ani- existence people started con- essential services including mess by the authorities at the for electrifying 10712 house- helm, Ward Number 69 of mals sit at the struction of houses and there Advisor Vijay Kumar chairing a meeting on Monday. power supply particularly during holds. midst of the were no drains in streets. So the these hard days of winter. Jammu Municipal Corporation Reviewing the progress of (JMC) which includes most part roads which households let the waste water He was speaking during offi- PMDP, it was given out that all of Sainik Colony is mostly results in long into the nearby vacant plots Advisor Kumar expresses sorrow, inhabited by non-army people traffic jams," which gave rise to more prob- now, which was not the motive he said lems," she said adding that laying behind establishing this Colony. appealing to the network of drains in the Ward regret over Lal Ded incident This Ward comprised of the cattle will be her priority. Sainik Colony Sectors A, B, C owners to not She expressed concern over *Directs for strict adherence to SOPs in referral cases and G and among areas on the to abandon their animals like this leaving of the debris by the peo- other side of by-pass highway it after milking them. ple on road after constructions Excelsior Correspondent al hospitals the Advisor informed State. contains Sector C and all the area Indu Rani-a housewife in the works and said that those who that the Governor has instructed The Advisor sought recom- till Sunjwan and Chowadi along area said that stray dogs are real- spend crores of rupees in con- JAMMU, Jan 21: Taking a seri- that Hospital authorities across the mendations to identify the lapses the army wall. ly a horrific thing in the Ward. structs should spend a few hun- ous note of alleged mishandling of State should strictly adhere to the and gaps so that such incidents do A direct talk with the locals of a pregnant lady from District Standard Operating Procedures not take place in future. He direct- the Ward brought to fore prob- CORPORATORS AND THE ISSUES Kupwara at L. D Hospital, Advisor (SoPs) in the case of referrals to ed the Principal GMC Srinagar lems which public here faces to Governor, K Vijay Kumar today Ward No. 69 tertiary care hospitals adding that and Jammu and Director Health daily while clear resentment conveyed his sympathies with the no negligence in observing these Services Kashmir/ Jammu to iden- from the army families was also http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/municipal-corporators/ affected family and assured a thor- tify Nodal Officers who shall sole- noted. ough enquiry into the unfortunate SoPs would be tolerated in future. ly be responsible for streamlining "For the families of retired "Some NGOs shelter these dred more on debris removal to incident. He said maintaining high standards the referrals from primary and sec- MP Muzaffar Hussain Baig chairing officers meeting at army-men most part of the life canines at residential places avoid harassment to others and to Chairing a high level meeting of health care delivery to the citi- ondary health care institutions to Baramulla on Monday. was spent in a disciplined culture though in documents they have maintain cleanliness in the area. in this regard attended by Principal zens of the State should be observed at all costs and that the tertiary care hospitals in the State. but discipline is a distant dream shown some place away from Randhawa said that her Ward Secretary, Health & Medical He said that directions have now as all sorts of personalities, residential areas for accommo- lacks street lights at some places Governor's Administration is com- cers meeting at Dak Bungalow the works taken up under the Education, Atal Dullo; Principal, been issued as part of the having no link to the army, have dating such dogs," she said mak- and assured that soon things will mitted to fill in all the existing gaps Baramulla today. The meeting jurisdiction of EM & RE circle GMCs of Srinagar and Jammu; 'Auditing Mechanism' that doc- now settled in the Sainik ing an appeal to such NGOs to change in this regard soon and of manpower, equipment and was convened to review the sta- Directors of Health Services of tors prescription shall be Sopore have almost completed Colony," family members of a follow the rules honestly. public parks in the area will also Kashmir & Jammu besides infrastructure to strengthen the pri- tus of Centrally Sponsored and charged. Major works which mary healthcare system across the inscribed with seal/ stamp men- retired army officer said on the She also said that children be properly maintained. Medical Superintendents of sever- tioning name and credentials of Schemes in power sector under are to be done under PMDP condition of not being named. cannot go for cycling fearlessly She further informed that the the prescribing and referring execution in Baramulla district rural, including 292 New 11/0.4 "Some members of as such dogs chase them and eld- Nallahs in the locality will be doctor so that responsibilities District Development KV Distribution sub stations Cooperative House Building ers in the society too feel scared improved with green stretch can be fixed in any eventuality. Commissioner Baramulla Dr (140 in priority), new 11 KV Society of Sainik Colony mis- of these dogs. along their banks to facilitate Nasir Ahmad Naqash, Chief transmission lines on 87 kms in guided the army people buying "These dogs litter on streets morning walkers. Non-Gazetted Forest Engineer project wing Srinagar the district. Rs 27.30 crore have the plots in the Colony by saying and create unhygienic atmos- She also asked the people Naseer Ahmad, Director been sanctioned for this purpose, that the property is disputed," phere," she said. giving their plots to labourers to officers stage protest Planning A G Malik, the meeting added. As many as Balkar-a retired army-man said. She also said that stray dogs give them toilet facilities too as and cows raid garbage dumps these labourers defecate in open Excelsior Correspondent Superintending and Executive 2513 BPL families out of 2636 "Some like me told Housing Engineers of Power will be benefitted in the first Society that we too can fight dis- and make the entire area dirty. in the absence of toilet facilities JAMMU, Jan 21: Non- Development Department were phase. putes when time will come and Sonia-a college going girl and make the area dirty. Gazetted Forest Officers’ present in the meeting. It was given out that various stayed here while others were said that public transport service Randhawa said that roads in Association (NGFOA) has Threadbare discussion was works at a cost of Rs 37.26 crore cheated and they sold their pre- like some minibus is urgently the Ward also need to be repaired needed in the Ward which may and CCTV cams installed at Sonam Wangchuk and others during a function at launched a state-wide agitation to held on the schemes which have been carried out under cious lands at throwaway prices," stress upon the authorities to fulfill reach to each part of the Ward. some important spots to check Chandigarh. —Excelsior/Morup Stanzin include SAUBHAGYA, PMDP, DDUGJY and PMDP-rural to he further said. the burning demands of the Forest PMDP Rural, DDUGJY, RAP- cover 221 habitations in phase He said that in this way the "The Sainik Colony minibus crime. She said that awareness on employees of the State. DRP, IPDS, PMDP urban and 1st. innocent Fojis were befooled and service is only restricted to main Ladakhi students are educational refugee Hundreds of Non-Gazetted their plots were further sold at road and not reaches interiors. hazards of drugs is must to beat employees today assembled at for- exorbitant rates by the Housing The people living in interiors and the menace of addiction among est complex, Van Bhawan, Society people to non-army peo- having no personal conven- youth. On garbage disposal, she said in other States: Sonam Wangchuk Jammu, where they staged protest ple. iences have to travel to the main that there are containers but some Excelsior Correspondent the students from many coun- amid heavy rainfall and raised slo- Shamsher Singh-son of a road to catch the minibus," she informed. people use vacant plots as dump- tries should come to Ladakh to gans against the authorities con- retired army-man informed that Apart from all this, there ing places and she appealed to CHANDIGARH, Jan 21: study at various Universities in cerned for ignoring their demands. initially land earmarked for a While addressing the protest- were also many more problems such people to use containers or Roman Magsaysay awardee and Ladakh. He also mentioned hospital in the colony but in the educationist, Sonam Wangchuk ing employees at Van Bhawan, in the Ward like those due to avail the services of door to door about the tremendous improve- last 30 years none has even absence of street lights at many collection system. has said that Ladakhi students Mir Nazir, State president of the Finance Secretary Navin Choudhary chairing a meeting on uttered a word on this. ment in the education system in Association, warned the authorities places, problems of lanes and On increased use of poly- pursuing their higher studies in Monday. "In the meantime mafia in the Ladakh during the past 30 to fulfill genuine/agreed demands drains, garbage disposal etc. bags, she said that entire Jammu other States of the country were Housing Society also grabbed years. of Forest employees without any After the Urban Local should say no to these bags and educational refugee. that land. The colony had also Mentioning about his dream further delay. Navin chairs JKIDFC’s BoD meeting Bodies (ULB) elections, prefer bags made of degradable He was addressing at the project of HIAL, Wangchuk planned facilities like temple, Gurmeet Kour Randhawa has materials. Ladakh Student Association He said the moral of Forest said that Ladakh will have a employees is down due to delaying playground, Public Park etc but been elected as the Corporator of She also said that traffic prob- (LSA) Losar function, celebrat- *Decisions taken to maintain financial discipline, austerity unique kind of University tactics in resolving the long pend- same mafia swindled all that the Ward. She is wife of an army lem is also there in the Ward and ed on the theme "Celebrating Excelsior Correspondent Khurseed Ahmed, Secretary where students will spend 75 ing issues of Forest frontline lands too," he further said. officer and also mother of anoth- informed that at Railway Bridge our Roots" with motto `Stand for School Education Ajit Sahu, Apart from this the public of percent of their academic ses- employees. “It is very unfortunate JAMMU, Jan 21: The Board er army officer and the Ward there are frequent jams due to the full-fledged University for Secretary RDD Sheetal Nanda and this Ward is also facing the prob- sion in learning things practi- that the department has not formed of Directors of Jammu & Kashmir people feel that the area will road being very narrow. Ladakh' at the Punjab Secretary PHE, Irrigation and lems of stray animals and lack of cally where students across the any concrete policy to encourage Infrastructure Development soon have army type discipline "I will appeal railway author- University on Sunday. Flood Control Farooq Ahmad proper public transport facilities. ities to expand their bridge as it world expected to enroll to learn the Forest employees working in Finance Corporation ( JKIDFC) and management with all the SECMOL and HIAL Shah. Balbir Singh-50, a shopkeep- things set in proper order. will facilitate the road expansion unique things. He also informed risk of life. today took far reaching decisions founder Sonam Wangchuk was A major decisions taken by the er said that people leave their cat- In an interaction with beneath the bridge for double about the Hills Scholarship, Sheikh Bashir, chief advisor, for maintaining financial disci- chief guest on the occasion NGFOA, in his speech to employ- board was related to vesting of tle after milking them and these EXCELSIOR, Gurmeet Kour lanning," she maintained. worth Rs 5 lakh available for pline and austerity in the working while Dean of PU Emanual ees, said this is right time to fight financial powers of Rs 10 crore the student during upcoming of the Corporation, here at its 3rd with the Chairman for meeting Nahar, Retired IGP Tsering against arrogance of the depart- summer to study at HIAL. BoD meeting chaired by Principal exigency funds, appointment of Phuntsog, Lobzang Founder of ment while Ghulam Nabi Kalam Secretary Finance and Electricity woes of Valley people continue unabated: Tarigami He also proudly mentioned staff especially with IT ability to Sangey Menla Trust, District said the department has always Corporation's Chairman , Navin Excelsior Correspondent ment in governance, reality is that Power Development that number of his Ladakhi stu- facilitate e- working and manage- Congress Committee president deceived the employees by making Kumar Choudhary. the power situation is same as it Department (PDD) has also dent are camping in Switzerland false commitments and they will ment, besides formation of a com- SRINAGAR, Jan 21: While was during the previous years. failed to create a buffer stock of Tsering Namgyal and 2nd The Corporation went online mittee to frame service regulatory expressing serious concern over Ladakh Scout SM Tashi to teach them to make artificial not further allow anybody to dis- as the Chairman, Navin Kumar There is no improvement as electricity transformers at district glacier Ice Stupa. courage employees. rules. the precarious power situation in power supply in Kashmir has and divisional levels to address Angchok were guest of honor. Choudahry launched its website Kashmir valley, CPI (M) leader LSA president Thinles The leaders of NGFOA Saying that the Corporation become like a miscall. Isn't it any the situation surfaced due to Everest Climber Rigzin Dolker, on the occasion. will follow strict austerity prac- and ex-MLA Kulgam Norbo, , in his speech, men- appealed the authorities to fulfill In a significant decision, the priority for the Government to damaged transformers. The step- national Rugby player Tamchos tices, the Chairman, Navin Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami provide uninterrupted power sup- down transformers, installed in tioned that purpose of celebrat- their burning demands without any Corporation has decided to com- and Press Club Leh president Choudhary said that he suggested today said that Governments ply to people in this harsh win- every neighborhood develop ing Losar was to imbibe a sense delay otherwise the Association pletely ban use of stationery items Morup Stanzin were special limiting administrative expenses come and go, but the electricity ter? technical snag, especially during of rich culture and tradition will further intensify their agitation made of plastic like folders and guests on the occasion. A large and will continue stop all opera- to the minimum. woes of the people in Kashmir " No power schedule is being winter months, and the con- among student staying away resolved to go for minimum use of number of Ladakhis residing in tions in the Forest Department. Meanwhile, the Board was continue unabated. followed on ground and even sumers are left helpless in dark- from their homes. paper by relying on IT enabled Chandigarh and Ladakh scouts The main demands of the informed that the Corporation has "We have enough water metered areas are facing long and ness and freezing cold till the families also participated in the DCC president Tsering Association are release of two & office working, informed the repeated the expression of interest resources and despite tall claims unscheduled power cuts much to process of lifting, repairing and celebration. Namgyal, LSA vice president half days extra salary in favour of chairman. He said that the (EoI) to get competitive bidding by the politicians and the rulers the annoyance of public. People re-installing a faulty transformer Appreciating the student for Stanzin Motup, Lobzang and Forest frontline employees, risk Corporation has tied up with the from banking and financial institu- of the time about solving issues, living in rural and far flung areas is completed in weeks together. keeping the culture and tradition Dean of PU Emanual Nahar also allowance, conducting DPCs of all Women Development Corporation tions for advancing loans to the they have not been able to settle are without electricity and the Central buffers of distribution this small issue for decades. alive even in the city like spoke on the occasion. cadres, reorganization of the for supply of jute folders and files Corporation. recent snowfall has aggravated transformers need to be augment- During summers, due to power LSA members presented department and as part of its Corporate Social The Board also took many the crisis. People living in rural ed on war footing basis with Chandigarh by celebrating Losar woes people in Jammu suffer variety of culture programme to regularization/release of wages in Responsibility. other decisions regarding the areas are compelled to arrange for addition of at least 3000 trans- so enthusiastically, Sonam and in winters people in showcase the different regions respect of daily wagers, CAMPA The meeting was attended by working of the corporation, even alternate sources of illumination formers for each province of Wangchuk expressed his wish Kashmir valley have to bear the of Ladakh. A variety of typical casual labours/need based, season- (Board Directors) Commissioner as it appointed Ajit Sahu, Sheetal since they are facing worst power Jammu and Kashmir for ensuring that someday the way Ladakhi Secretary PDD Hridesh Kumar, brunt of power crisis," he added. students go out of Ladakh for Ladakhi cuisines were also dis- al labours and consolidated Nanda and Hridesh Kumar as new crisis. While the people in cities the replacement of damaged Commissioner Secretary R&B Though the Governor admin- and towns had to face low volt- transformers within acceptable pursuing their higher education, played during the celebration. employees of the department. Directors of the Board. istration claims there is improve- age and erratic power supply, time limits. It is learnt that State people living in rural and far- has around 60,000 transformers flung areas were left without in system and additional buffer of electricity. Even electricity sup- 6000 transformers is just 10 per- plied is not sufficient to charge cent. The cost of this buffer will mobile phones and laptops," be a significant measure for tid- Tarigami added. ing over the power crisis. Sharda Peeth PoK features in Kumbh for first time Excelsior Correspondent Shingeri mutts. A resolution will JAMMU, Jan 21: Sharda be passed unanimously towards Peeth PoK featured for the first reopening of Sharda pilgrimage, time in ongoing Kumbh Mela at which has not taken place ever Prayagraj solely due to the efforts since partition. of Save Sharda Committee Sharda Divas will be cele- Kashmir. brated on 8th February and a spe- "We have set up a separate cial "Sharda Kumbh bath" will

A poster depicting Sharda Peeth, PoK pasted on a tin-wall at Prayagraj in UP. plot of land in Prayagraj to high- be organized that day, which is light Sharda Peeth at Sector 6, also Nirvan Divas of Swami Prayagraj (UP), this year. An Nand Lal ji, the last saint to sit on exhibition on archives and recent Sharda Peeth upto 1948. developments on reopening of Save Sharda committee Sharda Peeth will be depicted in Kashmir has developed people to the exhibition being held here," people contact across LoC and is Ravinder Pandita, founder and pressing hard for reopening of Head, Save Sharda Committee, the pilgrimage as well exploring Kashmir said in a press release Sharda -the oldest Civilization. today. The Committee has already writ- On 6th February, the commit- ten with reminder representa- tee is holding a special session on tions to PM, HM and EAM exploration of Sharda Peeth by regarding the reopening of the inviting all prominent pilgrimage particularly in the Shankracharyas of Puri, Kanchi, wake of Kartarpur Corridor Badri, Dwarka, Gokarna and reopening.