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C M C M Y B Y B Postal Regd No- JK/485/2016-18 Internet Edition : www.truthprevail.com, E-paper : epaper.truthprevail.com RNI No. JKENG/2012/47637 T3 ru6th P8 revFaair and Fiearl ess * Advisor Sharma attends closing ceremony... * Kriti Sanon's Instagram family grows... * Amit Shah to address BJP workers on Feb 24 * Livestock sector holds key to JK’s economy : Dr Samoon * Defeat cravings for unhealthful food in 2 minutes * JWAM holds protest against ERA sewerage, JMC, PHE &PWD email : [email protected] VOL 8, ISSUE NO. 39 JAMMU & KASHMIR SATURDAY FEBRUARY 09, 2019 DAILY 8 PAGE Re. 1/- IInnssiiddee 7 cops die in Kulgam avalanche incident, heavy J-K Govt Approves Creation of snowfall claims two more lives in Anantang After heavy snowfall, Srinagar : Bodies of trict on Thursday evening. mulation of snow, officials seven policemen were on While 10 cops were able to said. weather improves in Friday extricated from a rush to safety, 10 others were Heavy snowfall across Jammu and Kashmir JSAMMeU, FpEBRaUARYr 08aAtutoenomo usD Hill iDevvelopimsent icoommunity in thFe deocisionr-ma k -Laregiond. akh police post hit by an ava - trapped. Kashmir over the past two Srinagar : Weather : Jammu and Kashmir Councils (LAHDC) Leh and ing process. At present the pow - Currently, the Ladakh region lanche near Jawahar Tunnel days has triggered avalanches improved in Jammu and Government has approved cre - Kargil. ers of local governance have forms a part of the Kashmir in Kulgam district last and snowslides in many Kashmir on Friday after the ation of a separate Ladakh is one of the most already been decentralized by Division of Jammu and evening, even as heavy snow - places in the hilly areas of the state recieved the heaviest Administrative/ Revenue sparsely populated regions in formation of Hill Development Kashmir. There have been per - fall in Kashmir claimed two valley. The authorities have snowfall so far this season, Division for Ladakh. This divi - Jammu and Kashmir and is the Councils for the Leh and Kargil sistent demands from the region more lives in Anantnag. issued an avalanche warning with the Met predicting fur - sion will comprise Leh and highest plateau in the State of Districts. This was given effect for creation of a separate While two cops were res - for 16 of the 22 districts of Kargil Districts with its head - Jammu & Kashmir, with most of to by enacting the Jammu and Division claiming that the cued, another was missing in Jammu and Kashmir ther improvement by quarters at Leh. it being over 9,800 feet above Kashmir Ladakh Autonomous tough/distinct topographic con - Saturday. "The western dis - the Kulgam incident, a police Kulgam district in south The Government has also sea level. Ladakh region is geo - Hill Development Council Act, ditions and unique cultural sta - official said. Kashmir received maximum turbance that caused rain and approved creation of the posts of graphically isolated with a 1997. Under the said Act, the tus, the Ladakh region deserves heavy snowfall is moving Divisional Commissioner sparse population and inhos - Hill Development Councils a special treatment particularly The rescued police person - Rescue teams faced a lot precipitation in the past 24 out. (Ladakh), Lehand Inspector pitable terrain which remains were established both for Leh due to the distance from the cap - nel were shifted to hospital of difficulty in reaching the hours. Some places in the dis - Weather has already General of Police (Ladakh), landlocked for nearly six and Kargil Districts. In order to ital. where their condition is stated avalanche site this morning trict have received as much as improved and we are expect - Leh. months in a year. Consequently, strengthen the respective Hill Taking all these into consid - to be stable, he said. due to strong winds and accu - five feet of snow, they said. ing further improvement dur - Further, a committee has the Region is riddled with insur - Development Councils Leh and eration, the Government has In the second incident, a ing the next 24 hours," a Met been constituted under the chair - mountable problems with Kargil, the LAHDC Act, 1997 decided to create a separate couple died after their house Governor expresses grief over loss of lives official said.Heavy snowfall manship of Principal Secretary respect to delivery of develop - has been amended further in Administrative/Revenue was buried in a snowslide in in Snow Avalanche at Jawahar Tunnel in the Kashmir Valley over to Government, Planning, mental schemes, redressal of 2018 to give them more powers. Division for Ladakh. A Anantnag district on the past 24 hours triggered Development and Monitoring public grievances, conduct of During winter months the Divisional Commissioner and Thursday evening but rescue JAMMU, FEBRUARY 8: expressed grief over the loss avalanches and landslides at Department to identify the posts administrative affairs and gover - entire Ladakh region, compris - Inspector General of Police for teams managed to pull out Governor Satya Pal Malik has of lives in a snow avalanche various places. In the higher of divisional level heads of vari - nance as such. ing both Leh and Kargil, remain Ladakh Division will be their two children alive. expressed grief over loss of accident occurred last evening reaches there were seven to ous departments that may be The people of Ladakh have, cut-off from rest of the country appointed shortly. The The victims were identi - precious lives due to snow at Jawahar Tunnel in which a eight feet of snow accumula - required for the new Division; for a long time, been demanding for almost six months and air Committee under Principal fied as Bashir Ahmad Qureshi avalanche at Jawahar police post was hit by the ava - tion while in plains there was particularly their staffing pat - effective local institutional travel via Leh is the only mode Secretary (Planning) will final - and his wife. The incident Tunnelwhere an avalanche lanche. one to two feet of snow on tern, role and responsibilities arrangements which can help of transport available to this ize all other details on posts, occurred at Sonabrari-Magam had struck a police post last In a condolence message, the ground since Thursday. and proposed location of these promote and accelerate the pace region, which makes it impossi - staffing, roles, responsibilities in Kokernag area of the dis - evening. In his message the Advisor while expressing This has been the season`s offices. The issue was discussed of development and equitable ble for people to visit other parts and location of offices. trict, the official said. Governor has prayed for eter - solidarity with the bereaved heaviest snowfall so far, the at various fora and there has all-round growth and develop - of the country for various pur - This decision of the On the police post inci - nal peace to the departed souls families, prayed for peace to Met said. People have been been a persistent demand for the ment having regard to its pecu - poses. The remoteness and inac - Government goes a long way in dent, the official said an ava - and strength to the bereaved departed souls and strength to asked to be careful snow creation of Division for Ladakh liar geo-climatic and topograph - cessibility of the area makes the fulfilling the governance and lanche hit the north portal of families in their hour of grief. the members of their families mounds sliding down roofs. from many organizations ic conditions, stimulate and seek area eligible for establishing a development aspirations of the Jawahar Tunnel on the Meanwhile, Advisor to in bearing the irreparable loss. including the Ladakh fullest participation of the local separate Division for the said people of Ladakh region. Qazigund side in Kulgam dis - Governor, K Vijay Kumar has Jagjit Kumar takes oath as member Reservation for faculties: Govt JKPSC ‘TMC, Congress Ignoring People; Mamata Didi SC seeks response from Centre JAMMU, FEBRUARY to bring ordinance or bill on fresh plea against 10% quota 07: Chairman, Jammu and New Delhi : The Thursday not allowed the Only Wants to be PM’ : Modi at Jalpaiguri Rally Government on Friday said it House to function over their New Delhi: Prime lected by all the previous state tious plans of a grand alliance Kashmir Public Service Minister Narendra Modi’s governments. The law and (mahagathbandhan), calling it to general category poor Commission (PSC) Abdul will bring an ordinance or a demand that the government New Delhi: The Supreme 'Youth For Equality', chal - Bill if the Supreme Court bring a Bill to protect the second leg of the scheduled order situation here has wors - a mahamilavat (highly adul - Latief Deva Friday adminis - rallies on Friday in ened over the years. terated). “Every corrupt per - Court on Friday sought lenging the Centre's decision. tered oath of office and secre - rejects its review petition on interest of scheduled castes, response from the Centre on a The petition, filed by reservation mechanism for scheduled tribes and OBC. Chhattisgarh and then West Industries were not devel - son today has a problem with cy to Jagjit Kumar a former Bengal ended on a high note, oped, youth are migrating, me. We are trying to eradicate fresh plea challenging its Youth For Equality through IPS Officer as new member faculties in universities. The government will file a decision to grant 10 percent its president Kaushal Kant With Rajya Sabha pro - review petition in the with the Jalpaiguri public and projects of schemes are poverty, help the poor and of the Commission. meet prompting immediate stalled, but all this doesn’t save our armed forces from reservation in jobs and admis - Mishra, has sought the quash - Members of the PSC, Jai ceedings being washed away Supreme Court after its sions to general category poor ing of the bill, saying that the Special Leave Petition reaction from Mamata bother the state government.