For Daily English Newspaper RNI No. JKENG/2013/48845 TITLE CODE: JKENG-00999 Advertisement in Golden Yug –– Contact –– 0191-2464590 For Booking of Copies of Golden Yug Golden Yug –– Contact –– e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.goldenyug.com 94191-88950 Vol. 3 ISSUE NO. 166 Jammu, Sunday 12, July 2015 PAGES 6 PRICE RS. 2/- Postal Regd. No. L-29/JK-509/13-15 Amarnathji Yatra-2015 Mufti announces Forest Policy revamp 15,735 pay Afforestation drives to take people on board; eco-tourism, propagation of aromatic, medicinal plants to be thrust areas obeisance at Forest Dept to fully meet timber needs of people living in concessional zones Holy Cave gy NEWS SERVICE gy NEWS SERVICE stated. district, which the Forest Forest Department to con - SRINAgAR, JULy SRINAgAR, JULy The Chief Minister Department can tap in serve our green gold. He 11: On the 10th day of the 11: Taking first big step gave these directions while developing it as a major was informed that the ongoing Amarnathji Yatra towards revisiting the chairing a high-level eco destination for high- department is laying great State's Forest Policy so that review meeting on the end tourists. While appre - stress on rejuvenating the 15,735 Yatris paid obei - it is in tune with the con - working of the State Forest ciating the measures taken 40 per cent degraded forest sance at the Holy Cave. cerns and expectations of Department. The depart - on promotion of eco- land and steps being taken Till date 1,47,441 Yatris all stakeholders, Chief ment has been asked to tourism in Ladakh by to save forests from impact had darshan of the Ice Minister, Mufti submit a Comprehensive involving local populace, of hydel power projects Lingam at the Holy Cave. Mohammad Sayeed, today Plan by July 31 for imple - the Chief Minister stressed being constructed in the unveiled a new blueprint to mentation of the directions upon taking similar initia - state, especially in Chenab conserve State's depleting given by the Chief tives in other parts of the Valley region. National Lok forest wealth by encourag - Minister. state. Principal Secretary, Adalat held in JK ing people's participation Deputy Chief Minister, For safeguarding the Forests, also highlighted 5251 cases settled in afforestation drives, Dr. Nirmal Singh, Minister forests, a high-level the progress the state has gy NEWS SERVICE identifying eco-tourist des - for CA&PD and Tribal CA&PD and Tribal Affairs, never protect green wealth plants in its forests, which Committee headed by made in Compulsory SRINAgAR, JULy tinations and commercial Affairs, Ch. Zulfkar, Saurabh Baghat, besides if people living in and can be commercially prop - Deputy Chief Minister was Afforestation Fund propagation of highly- Minister for Forest, several other senior offi - around the forests are at agated for huge economic constituted with Minister Management & Planning 11: National Lok Adalat remunerative medicinal Ecology & Environment cers attended the meeting. daggers drawn with the returns," he said and indi - of Forest, Ecology & Authority (CAMPA). He for Electricity/Water/ plants. and Social Welfare, Bali Asking the Forest Forest Department," he cated to the Forest Environment, Minister for also presented a detailed Telephone/ Public Utility He also directed the Baghat, Minister of State Officers to change their stated. Highlighting the Department to engage CA&PD and Tribal Affairs overview of the strategy Service cases in the State Forest Department to fully for PHE, I&FC, Animal mindset, the Chief Minister huge potential in cultiva - experts and consultants for along with the formulated for protection of J&K, at District and meet the timber require - Husbandry& Forests, stressed upon the tion of aromatic & medici - adopting best practices. Administrative Secretaries of forests by reconciling Tehsil level was held ment of those persons who Abdul Majeed Padder, Department to take effec - nal plants and the need for Placing high priority of Forest & Tribal Affairs records, using modern today under the patronage live in concessional zones Principal Secretary, tive steps for people's diversification, Mufti on promotion of eco- departments, as its techniques like GPS and of Justice N.Paul in close proximity of Planning, B. R. Sharma, involvement in protection, Sayeed asked the depart - tourism, Mufti Sayeed Members. The Committee GIS. The Chief Minister Vasanthakumar, Chief forests. "I want people's Principal Secretary to sustenance and growth of ment to encourage youth, directed the Forest has been tasked to examine was informed that almost Justice, High Court of J&K active and voluntary par - Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas, forests. He also asked the who have passion for agro- Department to adopt cer - all connected issues related 50 per cent of the timber and Patron-in-Chief J&K ticipation in protection and Principal Secretary, Department to prepare 10- based industries, to tain locations which can be to protection and manage - needs in the State are now State Legal Services management of forest Forests, Rakesh Gupta, 15 Pilot Projects where vil - become venture entrepre - developed as eco-tourist ment of the State's forests. being met out of imported Authority, and guidance of wealth so that they realize Principal Chief lagers are involved in mas - neurs. "J&K has great sites. For this, he pointed Earlier, the Chief supplies. J&K imports Justice Mohammad its significance and Conservator of Forests, A. sive plantation drives on diversity of rare herbs and out the huge potential of Minister was briefed about nearly 44.5 lakh cu ft of Yaqoob Mir, Judge, High become its guardians," he K. Singh, Secretary, denuded forests. "We can life-saving medicinal Bangus valley, in Kupwara various steps taken by the timber on an annual basis. Court of J&K and Executive Chairman, J&K State Legal Services RSS slams Amnesty International report on human rights in J&K Sukhnandan visits rain Authority. Total number of NEW DELhI, JULy 11: "lopsided" approach on indicate that the concept of of Jammu and Ladakh regions. 5251 cases which includes Slamming a US-based NGO's human rights by Amnesty human rights is not uniformly "It is the same Indian State affected areas of Jammu city Electricity/Water/ report on alleged human rights International is not going to conceived. Therefore, some where in the name of giving gy NEWS SERVICE out of the recent incessant He assured the people that Telephone and Public violations in Jammu and further the cause and such critics from countries like special status to Jammu & JAMMU, JULy 11: rains in various localities government will take Utility Service cases were Kashmir, RSS mouthpiece reports strengthen the percep - China opine that the human Kashmir, people are denied Minister for PHE, of Jammu city. He asked every step to improve settled in the National Lok 'Organiser' has said such "lop - tion that even NGOs are cre - rights are conceptualised as a basic rights such as voting Irrigation and Flood the concerned authorities drainage system and Adalat and an amount of sided" approach will create ations of certain vested inter - strategic tool of certain vested right in the Assembly elections Control, Shuknandan to take measures to pre - streamline the water sup - Rs. 14565371.00 was set - grounds for violence and ani - ests. "Such lopsided approach interests and conceived in to West Pakistan Refugees, Kumar Choudhary today vent water logging and ply in the vulnerable tled in the National Lok mosities, and even accused the on human rights is not going favour of certain countries, which crossed over to India in visited rain affected areas over flowing of drains. He areas. The minister Adalat. United Nations of being further the cause. In fact, they corporations and socio-eco - 1947 after Partition. The of Jammu city and took said that the concerned directed the concerned "biased" on such issues. are going to create grounds for nomic, ethnic and political Report does not take even cog - stock of the prevailing sit - authorities must take the authorities to take neces - Quoting a Chinese report, the further violence, animosities groups," it said. The editorial nisance of that. "The mention uation. plight of people seriously, sary and immediate reme - 'Organiser' said human rights and violations of each other's further said while the reports of Pandit community, which The Minister visited in view of heavy losses dial measures to save peo - Power are conceptualised as a strate - rights. They also strengthen focusses on alleged human faced persecution and dis - Jewel Chowk, back side suffered by them. He said ple of rain affected areas gic tool of certain vested inter - the perceptions that even non- rights violations by security placement since 1990s, find a park of exhibition ground, that during rainy season from further inconve - shutdown ests and conceived in favour of governmental organisations agencies it cannot miss the fact mention only once that is also Narwal, Sunjwan, back people face problems nience. S.E hydraulic R.K certain countries, corporations are creations of certain vested that "armed groups" are noth - in the historical context. Most side nallah of KC Hundai, regarding water supply Gupta, S.E urban on July 12 and socio-economic, ethnic interests," it said. It said the US ing but trained and supported strikingly, the independent Pamposh Colony and and electricity, for which hydraulic Sunil Gupta, gy NEWS SERVICE and political groups. and Chinese reports counter - groups by Pakistan. agency does not make the many other rain affected there is a need to take XEN Flood control JAMMU, JULy 11: "The UN also cannot ing each other's human rights It said the Amnesty same noises about the com - areas. He interacted with effective initiatives. Jammu Division Nazir To carry out the rectifica - escape from criticism of a track record in the last year International report is Kashmir plete absence of any form of the people and listened to The minister said that Ahmed, BJP Leader tion of faults and preven - biased approach on such question this basic premise Valley centric and does not democratic mechanisms or their grievances.