FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017 DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU daily Excelsior Welcome, National Testing Service Goddess Established 1965 Prof. (Dr.) R. D. Gupta ruins of the old temple and shrine slabs Bharat Jhunjhunwala There is less innovation in the edu- any textbook. Second solution is to engraved with figures were discovered. Here Founder Editor S.D. Rohmetra cational institution. The students give out results in the form of per- heer Bhawani is a temple dedicated t present there exists a huge many images were also found but nobody then will not be innovative either. Let centiles rather than grades or num- to the Goddess Kheer Bhawani variation in standards of rebuild the temple till the Bikrami Era us, therefore, understand the prob- bers. All the candidates taking the (originally just Bhawani), construct- technical colleges in the K (Sambat) 1969 (Hindu lunar date) when A lems with such common tests. exams can be ranked and results can ed over a sacred spring. The worship of Chaotic City sewerage Maharaja Pratap Singh who was the disciple country, a majority of who churn out The first problem is that it stifles be given in terms of the top "x" per Kheer Bhawani is universal among the of the goddess, got a temple of marble built graduates who are not employable. innovation. Effort of the teachers cent in which the particular student nder Jawahar Lal Nehru Urban especially of . The temple in the middle of the spring which still shines To buck this trend, the ministry of becomes to train the students to crack stands. In this case, one assesses how Renewable Mission (JNURM), a is situated at a distance of about 23km east like a pearl in a shell. The marble temple human resource development is the tests rather than to learn and inno- the particular student stands in com- of city adjacent to the village of was completed in 1920s. Some people are of Sewerage Project for the Jammu city planning a major revamp of 's vate. There is a difference between parison to others who took exam at U Tula Mula. The term Kheer Bhawani refers the opinion that there was a mulberry tree technical education. The strategy was undertaken in 2008 by the concerned the two. Innovation requires a free the same time. There is no stigma of to rice pudding that is offered in the spring to involves rolling out the single near holy spot of Kheer Bhawani which is mind that grapples with new ideas marks or division. propitiate the Goddess which became a part department of the State Government. The old National Entrance Examination for locally known as Tul Mul. But Tul Mul is and concepts. Common tests, on the The third problem is of bureau- of the name of the temple. As is the custom Technical Institutions from January also derived from the Sanskrit word Atulya city project, as per plan, comprises of 26.53 other hand, require the student to cracy. The paper by Joshua C. Hall with Hindu , she has many other 2018. The proposed NEETI Exam Mulya meaning great value. It is believed conform to the established norms of of West Virginia University quoted names such as Maharagya , Ragnya kms of Trunk Sewer Line and 65.50 kms con- for admission to engineering pro- that , a great warrior and king of learning. Thus we often find that top- above says that the accreditation sys- devi, Rajni Ragnya Bhagwati and so on. nections for disposal of entire sludge, bath grammes will be the first exam to be pers from our universities languish tem in the United States "has evolved Kheer Bhawani is the most conducted by the National Testing room waste etc to maintain proper sanitation of in small jobs, while laggards move into a cartel caught… entrenching famous and important temple Service (NTS), which will be com- ahead in their careers. One engineer the status quo." The examination for the followers of historical the city. The major components of the Project pletely computer-based. The exams working in an American Multina- Vedic religion in Kashmir, included 27 MLD Sewerage Treatment Plant at will be conducted multiple times in system created by the proposed tional Company told that his fellow known as Kashmiri pandits. A a year. This step of the Government National Testing Service could sim- Bhagwati Nagar, Trunk Sewer Line and Lateral student who topped the class in the unique septagonal spring dedi- is most welcome. ilarly get captured by the bureau- school exams was nowadays selling cated to Goddess Khir Bhawani Lines. The project started in 2008, was sched- At present IITs, IIMs, CBSE and crats. The University Grants Com- dry fruits. He was a laggard in the flows from west (Sheer or head uled to be brought to completion in 2010. Nine more conduct separate admission mission is singlehandedly responsi- school but has been successful in section) to the east (padh or tests. Aspiring candidates have to ble for destroying our universities. years have passed by when the project was life. This happens because the school feel). The holy spring is known appear in multiple tests. The first The National Testing Service could taken up. During this period, the project jumped exams do not test the ability to think to change the colour of its round of all these tests will be sub- go the same way. That would be dis- three deadlines and still one is not sure whether or innovate. Julia Black of the Lon- astrous. At present few universities water with various hues of red, sumed in a common test taken from don School of Economics tells that pink, orange, green, blue, white it will be completed in one and a half year from the NTS. The NTS will be estab- are actually teaching despite the one of the main demands presented bureaucracy of the University etc. which was noted by Swami lished along the lines of the Educa- by the students was "an end to the now, which is the next deadline. Grants Commission. These too Vivekanand also. A black shade demons of Srilanka after his worship of the tional Testing Service of the United audit culture which makes academ- The main reason of deferment of this project would have to stop teaching and of the water of Kheer Bhawani spring is goddess offered her Kheer (rice pudding States. At present large numbers of ic output an object of assessment and pushing students towards cracking believed to be inauspicious for Kashmir. In with milk) which she accepted and since after 2014 is no release of funds. This is what universities and autonomous col- measurement, which stifles free the NEETI. The solution to this is to 1886, Walter Lawrance, the then British then it is known as Kheer Bhawani. leges are handing out degrees that thinking and impoverishes innova- the executing authority has often stated. have more than one testing agency. Settlement Commissioner for land, during Mentioning of Kheer Bhawani in have wide variation in quality. Many tion..." Authorities claim that hundred per cent work on The ISO Certification is today pro- his visit to the spring, reported the colour of Rajtarangni: The mention of Kheer Bhawani are charging huge fees. The aspirant The second problem is of varia- vided by a number of agencies oper- the water of the spring to have a violet tinge. has been made in Rajtarangni by . Sewerage Treatment Plants and laying of Main does not know what the quality of tion in the subjects and the curricu- In Rajta Rangini, Tula Mula and the ating independently. Value of the He writes that the sacred spring of Tula education he will get. Acommon test lums of different universities. One spring of Kheer Bhawani have been consid- Trunk Line as well as 70 percent Lateral Line ISO Certificate depends upon the Mula is situated in a marshy ground. The will enable the aspirants to assess the student may have studied history ered very sacred and the of Tula were completed three years back. However, credibility of the issuing agency. name of the spring is the mother Ragini performance of the provider. The while another may have studied Mula are regarded notable for their spiritual There are multiple private rating Kund (Mata Ragini's pond). She is in the the next stage of the executing agency provid- aspirant can see the marks obtained chemistry. One university may give power. It is believed that thousand of year agencies like Moody's, Fitch and form of Bhagwati. The Brahmins of by students of that institution in the more emphasis on the theory of eco- ago, a large number of floods used to occur ing household connections remained pending Kashmir worship the spring and the pilgrims NEETI Exam to get an idea of the nomics while another may give more Standard and Poor. Similarly, the in Kashmir and the sacred spring of Tula because of non-availability of funds. According come here from every corner of the country. quality of education. Private col- emphasis on application of the theo- Government, instead of establishing Mula was inundated under its sway and the Devotion of king Ravana to Mata Kheer to the estimates of the executing agency it leges will not be able to hoodwink ries. One solution to this problem one single NTS itself, can provide holy place could nowhere be traced. At last, Bhawani: It is believed that Maharagya was the applicants by marketing cam- mentioned by Paul E Barton of the funds to, say, three or four private Kashmir saint named pandit had a requires Rs 13.6 crores for lying of pending 20 very much pleased with the devotion of paigns. They will not be misled by Educational Testing Service is to national testing agencies. The Gov- dream in which the goddess appealed to him km Lateral Line and Rs 15 crores for providing Ravana and appeared before him and the high marks given by the private create "some common core in the ernment may regulate these testing and exhorted that she would swim in the household connections. institutions. curriculum, without trying for total agencies like the SEBI regulates the form of a snake at the proper place and that Ravana got an image of the goddess and We are not going to comment on the policy of But there are many thorns on the uniformity." But this is easier said stock exchange. The students may he should stick large pole to demarcate the installed it in Srilanka. However, the god- road. A paper by Joshua C. Hall of choose the agency whose test to take. dess became displeased with vicious and the Central Government as to why the JNURM than done. holy spot in the marsh land. Subsequently West Virginia University says about The solution to both these prob- The decline of one agency will then when the water subsided there, the holy spot licentious life of Ravana and as such she did project was cancelled and why its repercus- higher education in the United lems is to test the thinking capacities be counteracted by other successful was discovered. not want to stay in Srilanka. Therefore, she sions on the ongoing projects in the States States: "current dysfunctional in such tests. Questions along the agencies. One bureaucracy will not Abul Fazal in his book "Ainiakbari" is believed to have instructed Lord let down the entire country. to get the image from Srilanka and install it including our State were not taken into account accreditation system… has led to line of Sudoku do not require any mentions the area of Tula Mula extending increased costs and reduced innova- particular type of education. Teach- The move of the Government to over a region of hundred bhigas (unit of land at the holy spot of Tula Mula. and why an alternative arrangement was not tion... (It) has evolved into a cartel ers can design questions which establish a National Testing Service area i.e. two kanals one tenth of an hectare), Area around the temple is covered with suggested for reviving the work. That discourse caught between entrenching the sta- require original thinking. For exam- is a step in the right direction. Need used to sink in the marshy lands during the beautiful smooth stones. There are large old is to build in sufficient safeguards. grown chinar trees and mats of grasses. lies beyond the scope of this editorial. However, tus quo." Accreditation and testing ple, one of the questions asked in my summer season. Swami Rami and are two sides of the same coin. An PhD exams at the University of The NTS must test only the thinking Swami Vivekanand also visited here to have While most of the colour do not have any a question is raised and the State authorities institution is assessed in the accred- Florida was: "What would be the capacity of the students, it must give the Darshan of the place. particular significance, the colour of the have to produce an answer. When the project itation process whereas a student is nature of the US economy if there out results in the form of percentiles RUINS OF OLD TEMPLE spring water alters occasionally. When it rather than grades or numbers, and became black /darkish, it is believed to be an was started in 2008, the deadline suggested for assessed in the examination process. was no Rocky Mountain in the mid- In the past ,with increasing offerings of The dysfunctional accreditation sys- West?" Such questions require orig- there should be multiple testing milk and sugar candy in the spring by the indication of an inauspicious time for its completion was 2010, but it had to be tem means that there is also a dys- inal application of mind by the stu- agencies. pilgrims, a thick layer of offering had accu- Kashmir. jumped and then three more deadline also had functional examination system. dent. Answers cannot be found in [email protected] mulated at its base. When it was cleaned, the [email protected] to be jumped before the Modi Government took over in 2014. The onus, therefore, rests with the AIIMS OPDs in J&K State Government which was unable to bring OBOR initiative Pramod Dogra the project to completion within time frame. Rattan Saldi increasing. Nevertheless, it is projecting Motor Vehicles Agreement that allows Somebody in the State administration has to CPEC as the magic wand that would pro- free movement of vehicles across South errorism in Kashmir is still going strong. Jammu and Kashmir continues to be on he large participation in the May the boil. The ongoing violence since 1989 still shows no signs of abating. The accept the responsibility and if at all a commis- vide greater connectivity and that more Asia. But it became a victim of Pakistani 14-15 Beijing summit on One access would translate into prosperity in intransigence. This prompted the estab- TModi Government has a strong mandate and in PM Modi we have a politician sion of inquiry is installed into the sordid history TBelt One Road, OBOR, indicates restive Balochistan, backward PoK and lishment of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India who has the "will" and the "ability" to take strong decisions to resolve this long pend- the desire for good infrastructure at of the Sewerage Project, the first party to be insurgency hit Xinjiang province. and Nepal regional Forum, BBIN, and ing conflict. It's high time PM Modi takes up Kashmir issue as one of his top priorities home and for greater access to markets While this appears as a mirage at the new grouping paved the way for con- and we have no doubt he'll succeed. subjected to questioning would be those who abroad. Aflagship project of OBOR ini- present, diplomats and strategic experts nectivity through vehicular movement. But till that happens, we need measures to help the local population feel wanted and tiative is China Pakistan Economic Cor- hold the view that Beijing would station Bhutan has, however, failed to ratify the cared for. There are several measures already ongoing at various levels but more needs were at the helm of affairs but failed to bring the ridor (CPEC) that passes through the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) troops Treaty citing environmental issues. The to be done. Health care is one of the most basic need of the people and health care facil- project to completion. Pakistan occupied Kashmir, POK to provide a security cover to its work- other three countries, Bangladesh, India which, India says, is its integral part. ities in J&K are far from adequate. In 2015 two AIIMS were announced for J&K. One ers engaged in troubled and trouble and Nepal are going ahead with enhanc- at Srinagar and the other at Jammu. This was a huge step in the right direction by the China is also working to extend the Pak- prone zones. Remember the anti-terror- ing logistics efficiency. So what began Complete Pulwama istan corridor to Afghanistan and Central government. ism policy drafted by China last year as an eight nation plan is about to end up The need for early start for AIIMS Jammu and AIIMS Srinagar is very high. It'll pro- beyond. authorizes intervention outside its bor- as a three-nation wonder. vide multiple benefits: Protagonists of the CPEC claim that ders in the Chinese national interest. BIMSTEC represents Bangladesh, Hospital construction * Help provide better and affordable health care facilities to the residents of J&K. the Corridor would bring economic Gwadar, the port on the Arabian Sea Myanmar, Thailand, , India, ulwama District Hospital is to have new prosperity to the region but critics aver coast in Balochistan that CPEC would Bhutan and Nepal. It is engaged in * The need to go to bigger cities outside the state for quality care will get eliminat- 100 bedded Inpatient Department (IPD) that it would mainly benefit Beijing connect with Kashgar in Xinjiang has enhancing cooperation in trade, energy, ed and help save several lives besides saving time and money. firstly by helping it transport Gulf crude already witnessed a spate of violent investment, technology transfer and * Huge amount of army and para-military forces are deployed in border areas of J&K. Block. The block is under construction to mainland China at much less cost and P attacks on Chinese workers. A Chinese tourism besides connectivity. Senior During cross border firings, that happens several times a month, many soldiers and even secondly by giving it access to coal, nat- since 2012 and it is not clear how much more couple were kidnapped in mid-May and officials of these countries met in Kath- civilians get critically injured. An AIIMS like institute will help provide immediate help ural gas, oil and mineral resources of they are still untraceable. Flip-side of mandu a few days ago. Now the Foreign to them. time the authorities will require to complete the Balochistan and PoK. PLA deployment will be that the bene- Ministers are slated to meet in June. The * AIIMS at Jammu and Srinagar will provide quality emergency medical care to army The CEPC project details are still block. In the meanwhile space constraint has ficiary will end up as China's protective Bimstec summit may take place towards and para military personnel fighting the terrorists in the valley. On several occasions, shrouded in a mystery wrapped in Drag- been adversely affecting the functioning of the colony. the year-end in the Nepalese capital. gravely wounded soldiers had to be airlifted to AIIMS Delhi from J&K. A case in point on ware but Pakistan's leading daily, The OBOR beneficiary countries was in Feb'17 when CRPF Commandant Chetan Kumar Cheetah suffered 9 gunshots hospital. It is becoming increasingly difficult for Dawn's investigative reports show that Well, OBOR is different from these must, therefore, ensure that there is regional blocks. It is the brain child of while fighting the terrorists at Bandipore in Kashmir, and had to be airlifted to AIIMS thousands of acres of land would be transparency in the Chinese projects and the hospital authorities to admit patients President Xi Jinping, who has been Delhi for treatment. leased to Chinese entrepreneurs to set up that there are no strings attached. Simul- pushing for it for the past three years. It * AIIMS in J&K will provide much needed confidence boosting measure to local because there is no space to accommodate their business ventures that range from taneously, these countries must invoke is China - centric and China - driven with population that the Centre is serious in its approach towards J&K. them. In emergency cases, the authorities are solar power to agriculture farms. This their anti-dumping laws to check the could be the reason for the publicly vis- swamping of their markets by low - cost, manpower, material power and money * Provide employment to qualified local doctors and to others in local population for forced to accommodate two and even three ible opposition to CPEC in Balochistan poor - quality - mass produced Chinese power provided by China. President all supporting functions. patients on one bed which is highly undesirable. and POK. Locals are worried that the goods. Otherwise they must be ready to Donald Trump, after startling the world * Boost the economy due to massive construction and other related procurements. Chinese would over run their culture and pay the cost - political as well as eco- with his 'America First' policy, has giv- While some of the newly announced AIIMSs have started making progress but till There is great rush of patients and the District exploit their natural resources like the nomic. en fresh lease in his maiden budget to date there has not been adequate progress in setting up the two AIIMS in J&K. PM Modi Hospital is unable to cope with the pressure. British East India Company did in undi- Put simply, countries joining the two old initiatives- the New Silk Road, laid the Foundation stone for AIIMS at Gorakhpur and Bathinda in 2016 and for Nag- The point is that the building of the new block vided India for long years. OBOR band wagon and those shunning a public private initiative with India as pur in April'17 with Assam scheduled later in May'17. The work for Comprehensive Both Balochis and the PoK people it should weigh their national interests. an important player and the Indo-Pacif- Planning & Designing of AIIMS at Guntur (AP), Nagpur (MH)& Kalyani(WB) has been should be completed on war footing. Once the are disturbed by the ethnic cleansing Also judge OBOR utility vis-à-vis link- ic Economic Corridor linking South awarded to M/s Perkins Eastman & M/s Edifice Consultant and the Masterplan is under block is completed, the pressure on the District China has mounted in Muslim majority ages offered under existing regional Asia with South East Asia. The Ameri- finalization. AIIMS at Mangalagiri and Nagpur have finalized plans to start operating Xinjiang province that borders six coun- groupings. can initiatives are still economical on out of temporary campuses from 2018 with 50 seats till the new permanent setup comes Hospital will decrease and in due course of time tries including Pakistan and India. Their Association of South East Asian details. up. all necessary medical equipment will be provid- worry: How can we trust China which is Nations, ASEAN, is a quite successful China is going ahead with its OBOR The need of the hour is to start temporary AIIMS OPDs at Jammu and Srinagar imme- not allowing beards, hijabs, Ramadan grouping in the region but other initia- at jet speed. It has identified 270 deliv- diately and follow it with a 50-seat temporary AIIMS college from 2018 session. This ed. We would, therefore, impress upon the prayers, and even names like Moham- tives such as the BBIN (Bangladesh, erable goals across Asia, Europe and may not immediately provide all the desired benefits listed above, but it'll save numer- mad, Haji, Azhar, Wahhab, and Madina Bhutan, India and Nepal), the BIM- Africa. But has set up no institutional Department of Health to persuade the execut- ous lives - both civilians and of armed forces fighting for the nation besides starting the for the newly born Muslim children in STEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Mul- framework. Beijing holds the OBOR ing agency to bring the construction of the new process of producing world-class doctors in J&K. This will also send a strong message Xinjiang? ti-Sectoral Technical and Economic Forum baton till 2019 when the next block to completion as early as possible. Sri Lanka's experience with Chinese Cooperation) and the 21-nation Indian summit is planned. It means that Beijing to local population that the Nation cares for them. We can use existing available facili- ties like GMC or Government Super-Speciality Hospital at Jammu and GMC or Sher-i- Construction work was started in the year 2012- loans also is giving nightmares to sev- Ocean Rim Association are still to tap will have no incentive to not make the eral sections of Pakistanis and their wor- their potential for regional cooperation. OBOR an extension of its foreign office. Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences at Srinagar for starting the temporary AIIMS OPD. 13 and delay in funds hampered the progress in ry is about the danger of Pakistan The eight- nation South Asian Associa- Not a good news for countries which We strongly urge the Central and State Governments to rise above the daily tasks, construction. We exhort the executing agency dependent on IMF loans getting sucked tion for Regional Cooperation, SAARC, do not want to be client states of the rise above any political and ideological differences and take up the matter of starting the into a new debt trap. has fared no better. Many regional issues Dragon. And also to all countries who temporary AIIMS OPD, 50 seat temporary AIIMS college from 2108 onwards on a war to complete the construction work by the end of China has not, going by media remain unresolved as Pakistan has been cherish their sovereignty! footing. PM Modi and Mehbooba Mufti need to deliver on this now. The state of J&K this year. reports, succeeded in winning over its playing spoils sport. (Syndicate Features) need this and the people are waiting! Pakistani critics, whose number is SAARC had proposed in 2014 a [email protected] [email protected] Save Gharana Wetland Anti-encroachment drive Sir, Sir, Refer news item 'Gharana Wetland shrinking at rapid pace....'' DE May 30, 2017. Refer news item 'JMC removes encroachments, clears foothpaths, pavements' DE Tax on Solar panel It will indeed be a great loss to Jammu Division if world famous Gharana Wetland is May 31. Sir, not saved right now. It is one of the major attractions and has its own importance, and has The anti-encroachment drive launched by the JMC against rehris/pharies/hoardings This has reference to the news item, 'Solar panel equipment to attract 5% GST : Adhia' DE no parallel in the entire Jammu Division. During winters when thousands of birds migrate is a step in right direction. It has become a habit of encroachers to occupy every inch of May 30. It is indeed a good decision to impose the lowest tax rate of 5 percent under the GST land meant for pedestrians. As such it becomes quite difficult for people to have easy from cold environs of Siberia to this place, it becomes a treat to eyes. The winged visitors regime on solar panel equipments as against the initially proposed 18 per cent. Solar is a clean create a mesmerising spectacle. One can feel the agony of farmers living in vicinity whose movement in congested areas like Jain Bazar, City Chowk etc. At times these also cre- and safe energy and in this point it scores over thermal and nuclear variety. India is blessed with crops get damaged due to presence of these birds. For this the Government should have ate long traffic jams in the city. The JMC should launch anti-encroachment drives regu- abundant solar grace. So, we need to use this renewable energy as far as practicable. All schools, devised a mechanism to compensate the farmers who incur loses. Many environmentalists, larly, and it should not be a one-time affair. Though these rehriwalas have every right to colleges, offices, buildings should be encouraged to use their rooftops to tap solar energy to gen- ornithologists, and tourists had highlighted the problem facing the Wetland, but the con- earn their livelihood, they should be allotted special zones where they can set up their erate power to meet their demands. Switching over to solar energy in a phased manner will go cerned agencies did not take notice of their concern. As such the Gharana Wetland showed rehris, carts without any interference. a long way to check power cut, power theft, thermal power plant pollution, nuclear power plant signs of slow decay. It was also reported that the number of winged visitors also started Besides, the shopkeepers who stock their goods on pavements should be penalised hazards, centralization of power generation, depletion of fossil fuels, expenditure in electricity falling due to shrinking area. heavily. In case that does not happen, shopkeepers will continue to exhibit their wares and gloabl warming. India must make hay while the sun shines, so to speak, to get a place in the It is urged to all stakeholders to come forward to save this wetland for posterity. on roadpaths meant exclusively for pedestrians. sun. Yours etc... Yours etc... Yours etc... Shiv Kumar Sharma Vipul Sharma Sujit De, Kathua Gandhi Nagar, Jammu Kolkata