DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2015 (PAGE 3) Omar says PDP wants to force people Cong workers stage dharnas across J&K Excelsior Correspondent At Srinagar headquarters secular and progressive policies into submission by ration deprivation also similar protest dharna was and programmes of the Congress Excelsior Correspondent Omar alleged that the PDP- JAMMU/ SRINAGAR, Dec held where large number of party and its leadership. BJP Government had pushed 19: Thousands of Congress workers assembled alongwith Prominent among those BEERWAH, Dec 19: the State into the abyss of activists along with senior lead- senior leaders of PCC and held present during protest dharna Former Chief Minister and unprecedented misgovernance ers of the party held peaceful a strong show of solidarity in in Jammu included Ex-DyCM National Conference working and corruption, a situation that dharnas across the State includ- favour of Congress president Tara Chand, Madan Lal president Omar Abdullah on could have far reaching impli- ing State and district headquar- Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Sharma (Ex-MP), Sham Lal Saturday said PDP wanted to cations on peace and stability in ters of the party to express soli- Gandhi, while at district head- Sharma, Mohd Sharief Niaz, force people of the State into the region. "Misgovernance of darity with the Congress high quarters in Kashmir, Leh and Nawang Rigzin Jora, Raman Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation Syed Basharat Bukhari reviewing the progress on command and JTFRP in a meeting at Jammu on Saturday. submission by depriving them this extent and with such perva- of bare minimum ration under siveness comes with a risk of lodge protest over the garb of implementing the discrediting institutions of the policing of Bukhari reviews progress on WB National Food Security Act democracy and governance- political vendata of (NFSA) in the State. which would be a terrible cost BJP against the During a tour of various to pay for a State which has Congress leader- funded $250 million JTFRP areas of his Beerwah con- emerged from an extensive ship and stituency, Omar Abdullah said period of turmoil and strife," he Opposition in the Excelsior Correspondent The preparations with respect plan for non-farm livelihood the ration crisis had been per- said and added that the divi- country. to restoration & strengthening of based on World Bank’s sugges- petuated by PDP to arm-twist dends of peace and develop- At Jammu, JAMMU, Dec 19: Minister livelihoods were also reviewed tions. people into compliance after hundreds of for Law, Justice, Parliamentary by the Minister. He said under the While reviewing another Congress workers Affairs, Relief and important project component of assembled outside Rehabilitation, Syed Basharat reconstruction and strengthening the PCC head- Bukhari, reviewed the progress of critical infrastructure, the quarters at on Jhelum and Tawi Flood Minister said that the component Shahidi Chowk Recovery Project (JTFRP) in a will support the Jammu and held a meeting with State Government reconstruction/restoration of sit in dharna officers, here. damaged public buildings, such which was led by To be financially assisted by as hospitals, schools, higher edu- PCC chief the World Bank, the $250 million Ghulam Ahmed cation buildings, fire stations, and PCC president, G A Mir addressing Cong workers during protest dharna in Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Mir and joined by selected block and district offices, Jammu on Saturday. —Excelsior/Rakesh Project is slated to go into the and other important public build- senior functionar- execution phase in coming ings. ies of PCC, legislators, former Kargil also similar peaceful Bhalla, Mula Ram and Jugal months. Meanwhile, State He sought details from Ministers and most of the dharnas were held by the Kishore-all former Ministers; Government is preparing and put- PWD on the structural assess- prominent leaders besides District Congress leaders and Aijaz Ahmed Khan-MLA, ting in place the needed resources ment reports prepared with frontal organizations like prominent workers joining the Asgar Ali-MLA, Ghulam Nabi for project work to start on regard to Lal Ded and Mahila Congress, Youth gathering to show solidarity Monga-MLC, Rani Gargi ground. SKIMS/JVMC Hospitals Congress, Seva Dal, NSUI and with Congress high command. Billoria-MLC, Ravinder The project will support the affected by the flood to deter- NC working president Omar Abdullah during a public meet- INTUC and District Congress Addressing the gathering Sharma, Kanta Bhan, Shiv recovery efforts of the State mine structural integrity. ing at Beerwah on Saturday. Committee. PCC chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir Kumar-INTUC, Indu Pawar- Government and also increase the project, vulnerability assessment Status of drainage master widespread anti-incumbency ment that were achieved The leaders and workers accused the BJP & Modi Mahila Cong, Pranav Shagotra- overall disaster resilience in the of non-farm livelihoods will be plan, DPRs developed by SMC, and discontent due to the PDP- through sustained political raised slogans in favour of Government of indulging in PYC, BS Sambyal, Vikram State. done & options to increase access UEED, separation of storm water BJP Government's total failure. efforts were not being built on. Congress party and the leader- false and malicious propaganda Malhotra, Manmohan Singh Mr Bukhari held discussions to finance and insurance for non- drainage and sewage and upgra- "People in every village During the visit, Omar inau- ship of AICC president Sonia against the Congress leadership and others. with senior officers on various farm livelihoods will be devel- dation of treatment plants and and town are suffering due to gurated a free Medical Camp at Gandhi and vice president in the country with a view to At Kishtwar, protest dharna components of the project. He oped. pumping stations was also exam- an intentional persecution that Gundipora, Beerwah and also Rahul Gandhi. They also criti- malign the image of the was led by MLA Inderwal stressed on ensuring that DPRs The Minister asked ined during the meeting. has been unleashed to quell donated an ambulance to cized the policies and pro- Congress Party. He criticized Ghulam Mohd Saroori and prepared by various departments Commissioner Secretary, Commissioner Secretary, extensive political opposition Primary Health Center (PHC) grammes of the Modi the political Vendata of the BJP Shamsher Singh Bhandari Sr- are according to the World Bank Industries and Commerce, to Relief & Rehabilitation, Navin to PDP's U-turns and sell-outs. Gundipora. Expressing serious Government and BJP, accusing and said that the entire rank & leader at the party against the guidelines. work out priority investment Kumar Choudhary, Commissioner It was no secret that the NFSA concern at the alleged collapse it of indulging the political file of the Congress party is NDA Govt’s vindicative poli- Secretary, Industries and was going to deprive lakhs of of the Health Department in the Vendata against the leadership solidly behind the leadership of cies, while ex-Minister Abdul Dilshad makes audience reel with laughter in Commerce Shailendra Kumar, our people of ration and State, Omar said that the hospi- of Congress. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi Majid Wani and MLC Naresh Commissioner, Municipal reduce the allocations for tals were running out of med- At district headquarters to fight against the wrong poli- Gupta were leading protest dhar- Corporation, Srinagar, Showkat lakhs of others," Omar alleged ical supplies and essential med- across the State, similar gather- cies of the Modi Government. na at Doda. At Rajouri ex- play 'Keshav Leela Ramrangeela' Ahmad Zargar, concerned Chief and reiterated that as the Chief icines while the Government ings and dharnas were held Mir said that Congress Party Minister Shabir Khan and Sain Engineers, Director Industries & Minister, he had opposed the was rather focused on humiliat- with District presidents and and its leadership has faced Rashid (Distt chief) were lead- Lalit Gupta on social evils such as power Commerce, Kashmir, Director implementation of the NFSA ing and hounding doctors and prominent leaders of the party many situations during 130 years ing the protest while in Kathua abuse and forms of corruption Finance, Relief & Rehabilitation, in J&K despite frequent senior administrators into joining the peaceful dharnas of its history and it would con- former Minister Dr Manohar Lal JAMMU, Dec 19: Joining entrenched in the society, devel- Special Secretary, Relief & demands by then alliance part- forced resignations. expressing solidarity with tinue to serve the interests of and district president Subash coveted list of Jammu stage ops on the story of two thieves, Rehabilitation, Director Estates ner Congress. The NC working president Congress leadership in the each and every section of socie- Gupta were spearheading the actors with enormous talent for Keshav and Leela who in a bid to and other senior officers were also "How could Mufti Sahab also addressed workers' con- country and opposing the poli- ty in the best possible manner, protest. Reports of similar comedy, Dilshad Ahmed emerged make a fast buck leave their vil- present in the meeting. not know that the implementa- ventions at Gundipora and cies of the BJP and Modi undeterred by the tactics of the protests have been received from as darling of audience for versa- lage Ratnagiri and move to Air Courier service tion of the Act in J&K would Wanihama. He was accompa- Government. forces who are opposed to the various other parts of the State. tility, spontaneity improvisation Kanchanvadi. Where they come lead to such injustice with lakhs nied by his political secretary and perfect sense of timing in his to know about a very rich but for Kargil from first of souls? Everyone knew it. Tanvir Sadiq, senior NC leader two comic roles in Yogesh shrewd Nagar-Seth Ramrangeela The fact that this Act was still Professor Abdul Majeed International Art Exhibition concludes Tripathi play 'Keshav Leela and decide to rob him. Keshav week of Jan implemented in the State Mattoo, Mirwaiz Central poses to be a Sadhu where- proves that this is an intention- Kashmir Molvi Abdul Latif and Excelsior Correspondent Excelsior Correspondent as Leela masquerades as al move to persecute the peo- others. At Meerpora, princess. Both thieves bank- JAMMU, Dec 19: SRINAGAR, Dec 19: To ple. This is PDP's way of asking Wanihama, Omar released an ing upon the greedy nature International Art Exhibition facilitate the public during road the people to fall in line, "the amount of Rs 4.5 lakh for of the Ramrangeela hatch a organized by Jammu and closure, an Air Courier service NC working president further developmental works in the brilliant plan take way all Kashmir Centre for Creative is being started from Srinagar to said. area. his money. Arts (JKCCA), Jammu in col- Kargil and Jammu to Kargil Other than Dilshad laboration with Kala Kendra, from first week of January Ahmad who brilliantly Jammu, ArtFort India, 2016. enacted roles of Chandigarh and Viraj Kala This was informed during a Ramrangeela and Kendra, Jammu concluded meeting chaired by Divisional Gadhadhar in highly enter- today. commissioner, Kashmir, Dr taining manner, the mem- On the valedictory func- Asgar Hassan Samoon today to bers of cast who also gave tion, Kavinder Gupta, Speaker, review the measures put in notable performances Legislative Assembly was the place to facilitate the passengers included Aditya Bhanu as chief guest, whileas CIC GR during closure of the Srinagar- Keshav, Reetu as Leela and Sufi was the guest of honour. GR Sufi interacting with artists on the concluding day of Kargil road due to heavy snow Sungadhi Goel as Lajjavati. Saujanya Sharma, Triloke International Art Exhibition at Jammu. fall . Other actors were Pooja Kaul, pioneer of Modern Art in Algerot, Camilla Lengstrand, (UP), Kanu Patel, (Gujarat), It was informed that facility Verma as Sethani, Karishma the Kashmir Valley, Prof Rita Charlotte Rönnlund, Eva Chandana Khan (AP), will be available from Srinagar Bajgal as Vaitalika, Vinay Jitendra, Amrik Singh Dillner, Evald Björkman, Prabhinder Lall, Ishwar Dayal, to Kargil on every,Tuesday, Daggar as Lajjadhar, Anil Namdhari and ND Jamwal Gunilla Lofgrin, Margareth Manmadha Rao, Dr. Thursday and Saturday while Kotwal as Raja and Mohit were the special guests. Zafar Osju, Mari Vedin Laaksonen, all Gurcharan Singh, Ravinder as the service from Jammu A structure being demolished in Boat Colony, Khanabal on Khajuria as Govind. Iqbal Manhas, TS Batra, Dr from Sweden, Ashair Naeem Singh, Vikas, Harjeet Kour, Kargil will be available on Saturday. —Excelsior/Sajad Dar The background music Baljeet Singh Raina, KL from Pakistan, Li Yu Wu from Amandeep Kaur, Manojot every Monday and Friday. was by Satish Dogra, cos- Verma, Dr Chitra Mishra, Taiwan, Rajeshjwary Kour, Vinod Kumar, V K A scene from the play ‘Keshav Leela The meeting was attended 15 structures demolished tumes by Krishan Bajgal, besides large number of artists, Priyaranjini from Bangladesh, Deepthy (Tamil Nadu), Roma Ramrangeela’. by officers of Air Force and make-up by Reetu, and Excelsior Correspondent musicians, writers and intel- Ramesh Halari from Canada and Bahl (New Delhi), Masood other concerned departments. lectuals. Ramrangeela' staged on the lights by Pankaj Sharma. Dilshad ANANTANG, Dec 19: A joint squad of district administration Ruhsar Ozer from Turkey. Naqishbandi, Sabeena Gul, One hundred and thirty penultimate day of annual drama Ahmed also assisted in direction. and police today demolished more than 15 illegal structures at The exhibition had a show Shahida Malik, Ganesh Kumar CRPF removes two- artists from abroad and from festival, at the Abhinav Theatre, Tomorrow the annual drama fes- Boat Colony Khanabal. of varied hues of expressions, Sharma, (J&K), Meena Baya, tival will conclude with Shivani twenty states of India partici- mediums and styles shown by Nathu Lal Verma, Nisha Soni here today. decade old camp The demolition drive headed by Tehsildar Anantnag Ghulam Cultural Society's presentation of pated in this exhibition. The three generations together (Rajasthan), Naveen Dhiman Presented by Pooja Kala Rasool was undertaken under the strict instructions of Deputy Pishach Yatra, written and direct- exhibition was dedicated to globally. The works of Indian (HP), Nitasha Jaini, Reena Sangam and directed by Aditya from Srinagar Commissioner Anantnag, Muneer ul Islam. Bhanu, the play in Hindi, a satire ed by Vikram Sharma. Late Gobind Kaur, first woman artists whose works were dis- Choudhary, Kusum Chauhan SRINAGAR, Dec 19: The Deputy Commissioner said that orders of the High Court sculptor of J&K. played in the exhibition (Haryana), Ramesh Bhosale, will be implemented in letter and spirit, and no illegal construction A two-decade old CRPF OP Sharma, Director, include Dr Chhaya Dubey, Dr Samar Singh Thakur ( Power shut down will be allowed in any part of the district especially along the JKCCA curated the exhibition Romika Bhasin Billore, (MP), Maharashtra), Sankari Mitra, camp in Kawdara locality here banks of river Jhelum river. was removed today as part of an which was conceived by Jang Rajinder Kaur, Panchali Minu Dey, Tapan Kar (West Excelsior Correspondent Narwal, Karyani Talab and its He further added that Irrigation and Flood Control Department exercise to reduce the paramili- S Verman. Daurah, Pinaz Kawsher Bengal), Shahed Pasha adjoining will remain affected. and Revenue Department have undertaken massive programme of tary force's presence from The art work of artists from (Assam), Ramshabad Singh, (Karnataka), Dhananjay JAMMU, Dec 19: In order Meanwhile, in order to carry clearing river banks from illegal structures and plantations so as to places where it was no longer different countries who partici- Neelima Gupta, Pritima Singh, Sharma, Jatinder Kour and to carry out the painting of 33 out the erection of ST Poles at avert September 2014 like deluge. KV line near Purmandal Morh, Nanak Nagar for new route required. pated in this show include Anita Rakshanda Yadav Ratnesh others. Bari Brahmana, the power sup- diversion of 33 KV Line G-3 The Central Reserve Police ply to Birpur Industry area fed feeder at Nanak Nagar turning Force (CRPF) removed one of from 33/11 KV 1x10 MVA point of 33/11 KV Sub Station its oldest camps in Kawdara Birpur Complex R/Stn will to be carried out by M/S IRCON locality of downtown Srinagar remain affected on December 20 International Ltd, the power as part of a policy decision to from 9 am to 1 pm. supply to Nanak Nagar, Gandhi reduce the footprints of the Similarly, in order to carry Nagar Hospital, Part of Gandhi force from the areas where it is out the erection of 13 mtr ST Nagar and Shastri Nagar will no longer needed, PRO CRPF Poles for new 33 KV Line, the remain affected on December 20 Ashish Jha said. power supply to areas fed from from 8 am to 1 pm. The camp set up in 1990, 33 KV G-6 line emanating from Similarly, in order to carry was housed in three buildings 220/132/33 KV Grid Station out the repairs/maintenance of near the main road in the locali- Gladni and 11 KV TPN-1 equipment, replacement of dam- ty adjacent to Rajouri Kadal Feeder emanating from 33/11 aged jumpers/droppers and where frequent stone-pelting KV R/Stn Transport Nagar shall other hot spots on main/reserve takes place, especially on remain affected on December 20 Bus at 220/132/33 KV Grid Fridays. from 8 am to 12 noon. Station Udhampur, the power Jha said the decision to Due to shut down, power supply to Udhampur, Ramnagar, remove the camp was part of a supply to Channi Himmat, Chenani, Airforce, MES, Army, regular process to review the Sainik Colony, Channi Rama, Doda and Kishtwar will remain deployment of the CRPF from MES Sunjwan, Chowadi, affected on December 20 from 9 those areas where it is no longer am to 2 pm. required. In order to carry out the CRPF assists the Jammu development works by M/s and Kashmir police in law and IRCON under R-APDRP works, order, wherever and whenever 11 KV Feeder G-3 emanating required. from 33/11 KVA R/Stn Gangyal We regularly review the will remain under shut down on deployment of the force. This is December 21 & 23 from 9 am to a normal procedure, Jha said. 1 pm. He added that there was no During the power shut down, decision yet on removing any the power supply to Marble other bunkers or camps from Market, Hari Vihar, Ambica other areas of the city. Colony, Greater Jammu, Langer The CRPF has removed and its adjoining areas will around 50 bunkers from the city remain affected. since 2010. (PTI)