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MONDAY, JULY 7, 2014 (PAGE 6) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU From page 1 Drug cartel linked to J&K busted Amarnath yatra crosses 1 lakh, AMRITSAR, July 6: Basic amenities, bad roads bedevil Billawar people With the arrest of two persons -- one in Punjab and another in Delhi -- and seizure of heroin worth about Rs 60 crore, Punjab The people who have been metres from Dayalachak in lage post office established in Bardhat which is 1.5 kms from over 18,000 perform darshan Police today claimed to have busted a Pakistan-based drug cartel. altogether neglected by the Billawar Constituency said over 1928 has not been upgraded Dhar Road has no link road, male, 433 female and 145 Jammu. The Niyas has decided A senior police officer said the duo -- a 'carrier' and a Delhi- Government face host of prob- 12 years back Shan to Mangloor though Ding Amb is a central says Azad Ali a shopkeeper. In Sadhus. They left in a caval- to start more buses in future based 'end-recipient' -- were arrested separately following a week- lems in this Constituency from bridge was constructed which place in the area, he added. Mandli village which is 50 kms cade of 61 vehicles under tight also. On the occasion puja was long operation. power and water crisis, to lack connected 22 villages in the area This small town with a pop- away from Dayalachak people security early this morning. performed by Mahant Maha Punjab Police had on June 27 busted another major drug cartel of medicare facilities, shortage but the condition of the road is ulation of over 20,000 people face power and water scarcity. All the yatris have reached Mandleswar, Rameshwar Dass and seized 27-kg heroin in transit from Pakistan to Rajasthan of doctors and teaching staff in dilapidated as work on the same lacks basic facilities of life and The hand pump in the area is not their respective base camps at Ji who was assisted by Karan through Jammu and Kashmir. schools. As the area has a poor has been stopped for unknown there is no bank branch in the working for two years now says Pahalgam in South Kashmir dis- Singh Charak a member of the Punjab Inspector General of Police (Border Zone) Ishwar road network system, the reasons. area. Anil Gupta a shopkeeper. The trict of Anantnag and Manigam Niyas. The bus was flagged off Chander said they arrested 'carrier' Bhajan Singh in Tarn Taran employees posted in the He said the people of the vil- The road side encroach- hospital in the area has been in Central Kashmir district of by Shakeel Beigh DIG Jammu area last evening when he was on his way from Srinagar to Delhi, Assembly segment can't reach lages of Dinga Amb, Balot and ments' is a testimony to the pre- constructed two years back but Ganderbal till last reports came and Kathua Range, Ajit and seized 12-kg heroin, two Chinese-made .30 bore pistols, two their duties in time also and Garb who are being separated vailing nexus between officers has not been inaugurated till in. Khajuria president Khajuria magazines and 12 cartridges from him. those having approach in corri- from each other due to Tarnah and land grabbers in the area. date, he adds. As announced yesterday Biradri and president of Niyas, The drug consignment worth about Rs 60 crore in the open dors of power manage postings nullah were demanding Jullah The people say that there is lack At Sukhrala Mata Baridars Baba Amarnath & Buda Surinder Aggarwal were also market, he said. of their convenience and do not bridge to reduce their distance of staff in schools and dispen- have also grievances against the Amarnath Yatri Niyas today present on the occasion. Mr Separately, a trap was laid for 'end-recipient' Raman Pandit and prefer to work in this secluded but the same has not been con- saries and in case of any eventu- MLA saying the Shrine Board started free bus service for Aggarwal reiterated his demand he was arrested by a team of Punjab Police from near Imperial area. ceded till date. ality people are put to hardships. was constituted on his insistence Amarnath yatris from Jammu to and urged Shrine Board to open Cinema in Delhi's Paharganj area. People in this hilly belt have He said every year during Thain is another village in but their interests have been Pahalgam and Pahalgam to more registration counters. The police claimed the consignment was pushed through J&K many complaints about the pub- rains the nullah takes one pre- Billawar having a population of ignored despite the fact that they by international drug smuggler Akram Dayal, based in lic representative saying that he cious life but no one in the over 500 people which has no were dependent on the shrine Muzaffarabad of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). has failed to provide justice to Government takes pains to link road and people face prob- for centuries together. They said House Panel to examine tehsil "This is the transit line of a second major Pak-based drug car- them. In Kakra village which is accept the demand. Ashwani a lems in taking their luggage to that they were not against the tel busted by us," Chander said. 10 kilometers away from shopkeeper at Dinga Amb said the village as they have to take it constitution of the Board but wise details of 14 distts today The first cartel led by Lahore-based 'Kalu Chairman' and Dayalachak National Highway, that Government announced on their shoulders, says Janak their major demands were to be 'Nasir' was busted last month. They too were pushing heroin con- cessions given to certain ille- extended the same to certain people have a tale of woes to block status for Dinga Amb but Singh a farmer of the village. considered as Government poli- signments through J&K to Rajasthan, he said. gal occupants of the State land illegal occupants of State land tell. ``We face water scarcity the work has not been started till The people in the area are cies should be for the welfare of The Inspector General of Police (IGP) said PoK-based Dayal and inordinate delay in recovery under the garb of Rules in order and farmers are worried as date. No change has been visible dependent on agriculture which people and not for harming their was contacting 'carrier' Singh and 'end-recipient' Pandit separately of full amount against the total to confer undue benefits”, Karma nullah every year during in the area during last 12 years is subservient to weather. If interests. over phone. Pandit was in touch with Dayal for the past five years. land regularized are the two sources said. rainy seasons erodes their land except the construction of a pas- there is rain the crop can grow in However when contacted the "The Pakistani smugglers were conducting their activities in a major concerns of the House Apart from furnishing and no one at the helm of affairs senger shed, he added. the fields and if it is a dry spell MLA Billawar, Dr Manohar Lal cautious manner using 'cut-offs' who were not aware about each Panel as both these acts have information on these issues, the listens to the problem'', said Ravi Abrol, Naib Sarpanch the people can't expect any thing who is also Minister of other, except carrying out telephonic instructions from Pakistan," caused huge loss to the State Revenue Department will Ram Kumar a local resident. Ding Amb says that the road is from their land. Cooperatives said that prior to the IGP said. exchequer”. The Deputy explain the Committee about the The people face 13 to 14 the life -line of the people but it The local tube well has his election in 2004 there was Police said Pandit had been brought to Punjab and was being Commissioners will have to officers, who were given the hours power cut while the is in a dilapidated condition. developed a snag and people zero percent development in his interrogated. Pandit is a resident of Lok Vihar in Delhi's explain their stance on both powers to give concessions to power tariff has increased many The MLA gave hand pumps in face water scarcity for a long Constituency. He claimed many Pritampura area and Singh is a resident of Kakkar Kalan village in these grave issues. the occupants of State land fold. Earlier the people were those areas where they are not time. The people fetch water projects of development were Amritsar Rural district. “Though the Act doesn’t while conferring ownership getting the power bill for Rs 300 needed, he added. from a tube well which is one taken up in hand during his Initial interrogation revealed that the consignment was collect- provide for rebates or conces- rights. to Rs 400 per year and now they The people in the area say km away or drink the contami- tenure and some were complet- ed from near the border in Jammu and Kashmir by one Gurjit sions yet the Government have to pay from Rs 2500 to Rs that the High School which was nated water of a local pond that ed while on others work is going Singh who was deputed for this purpose by Bhajan Singh. 3000 and still there is no elec- constructed in 1964 has not can expose them to health haz- on. He said even some projects A police team has been sent to nab Gurjit, the IGP said. tricity, said Raj Singh a farmer.