DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2019 (PAGE 11) Udhampur town needs a facelift Overloading in matadors A convocation at 13,000 ft in Ladakh for Overloading in matadors running from Udhampur town to The attention of the District Administration Udhampur is drawn towards the insanitary conditions prevailing in the Udhampur town. peripheral areas and vice versa continues to be a great menace for The interior lanes of the town are strewn with garbage and cow- people here. The passengers are loaded just cattle in these mata- young innovators with Himalayan dreams dung. These garbage heaps not only vitiate the nearby ambience but dors causing great inconvenience to them, particularly the lady also disfigure the town. Besides, one can see herds of stray cattle folk and children. One can even see passengers on roof tops and HEMIS (Leh-Ladakh), Aug 25: of the Nalanda University. The neurs, during their fellowship, the first floor of a building in foraging for food here and then causing harassment not only to hanging from outside. programme seeks to foster in came up with several innovative the courtyard. The maroon pedestrians but at the same time cause traffic jams. The jams in turn Sometime back, this problem invited much attention as there When 52 young innovators these select candidates a spirit projects across diverse fields to robes of fellows matched the create another set of problems to people frequenting the market. dressed in maroon graduation of innovation with a sensitive shape the future of the colour of traditional robes worn was an accident on account of overloading. Though some meas- Besides the street lights do not function at various places in the robes gathered on Sunday in the eye on the fragile Himalayan Himalayan region with sustain- by monks amid the iconic archi- ures were taken to stop this menace, the situation is gradually courtyard of a 17th century region. These are our able solutions. tecture of the monastery. town. These street lights need to be replaced by new ones so that returning to old days. Buddhist monastery, surrounded Himalayan heroes, Rinpoche “Perhaps, never has been a Wangyal, in his address, said people do not face inconvenience during evening hours. Hope the One of the major reasons of overloading is shortage of mata- by jagged mountains at 13,000 said. convocation held in such a the Naropa Fellowship injects administration would look into the matter. dors running on these routes. If the Government plies more num- ft in Ladakh, the convocation The Buddhist leader of the beautiful and iconic setting entrepreneurial skill that Ashok Gupta ber of buses on these routes, it may reduce overloading in the dis- was anything but ordinary. Drukpa lineage also emphasised where the grand beauty of will“foster a sustainable envi- Dhar Road, Udhampur trict. The first batch of year-long on the beautiful setting of the nature puts you in a sense of ronment in Ladakh and also in Virender Sharma Naropa Fellowship graduated in convocation, which he said, will awe. And, as you graduate today other parts of the country”. a ceremony held at the iconic inspire these young minds to after finishing the fellowship, “Through innovation people Repair Dogra Nagar lanes Udhampur Hemis Monastery premises, dream big but remain humble innovation will be your watch- in the Himalayan region will This is to draw the attention of the JMC authorities that the where Ladakh MP Jamyang towards the nature. word but the sustainability of thrive and prosper for genera- roads in Dogra Nagar got damaged during recent rains and need ACTION PLEASE! Tsering Namgyal and Chief The 52 fellows, drawn from the Himalayan region at the tions to come. This fellowship immediate repairs. These roads are causing great inconvenience Executive Councillor, Ladakh different parts of the country, core of it, said Sinha, also Dean will address also rising chal- to the residents and motorists, particularly, during rainy days. E-mail : [email protected] Autonomous Hill Development including one-third from of the Fellowship. lenges of unemployment and Though most of these roads had been black-topped sometime Council, Gyal P Wangyal were Ladakh region, collected their Hemis village, situated in an lack of training and skills, ago, now they have developed potholes and puddles again. among the guests. certificates on a modest stage idyllic environment near the besides the steady cultural ero- As such it is requested that the repair work be carried out at Repair and clean drains The Naropa Fellowship, that was dwarfed by towering shimmering Indus River, is sion of our old school tradition the earliest. named after ancient Buddhist dry, brown mountains and over- located about 45 km from Leh and morality,” he said. Ramesh Dogra Dogra Nagar in Lower Shiv Nagar scholar Naropa, was inspired by hanging skies on a sunny after- town. The eponymous He said the younger genera- His Holiness the Gyalwang noon in heavenly Ladakh. monastery is perched in the tion needs to be educated "about We, the residents of Lower Shiv Nagar, Lane No. 16, near AG Drukpa, of Drukpa Buddhist Namgyal said the fellowship mountains in a picturesque set- the struggles of our forefathers Augment water pressure Office Jammu, draw the attention of concerned authorities lineage, and co-founded by His was introduced for the first time ting. and companionship with nature, We, the residents of Lower Shiv Nagar want to draw the atten- towards the deplorable condition of drains in the area. tion of the PHE Department towards the low pressure of water in Eminence Drukpa Thuksey in Ladakh, and such steps were Giving a touch of Ladakhi and the Ladakhi culture". The drains do not have any outlet here, with the result, water newly laid waterpipes by the ERA. As a result of it, people face Rinpoche and educationist needed for Ladakh's future as culture, many parents attended Rudrangshu Mukherjee, in them stinks and often flows onto the roads causing great incon- shortage of drinking water, particularly during these hot days. Pramath Raj Sinha, also founder also for the global ecological the event in traditional attire, chancellor of Ashoka University venience to residents. of Ashoka University. system. and one even spun a Buddhist in his keynote speech, cited The PHE authorities are requested to look into the matter by We request the authorities to repair these drains of the mohal- “We named the fellowship With Ladakh standing at a wheel as the ceremony was experiences of filmmaker making an on the spot assessment of the situation. la. after Naropa, as he was a great cusp of a historic change, these underway, while little monks Satyajit Ray at the Viswa It is expected that the authorities won’t let down the people of scholar and also was a student 52 young, dynamic entrepre- watched the programme from Bharati University in Shanti this area on this basic amenity. Romesh Khullar Niketan, saying, similarly, the Surinder Kumar Lower Shiv Nagar, setting of “rough-hewn moun- Lower Shiv Nagar, Jammu Jammu CVC sets up panel on bank frauds tains and Indus Rivers nearby should inspire a sense of con- Bypolls on 4 NEW DELHI, Aug 25: receipt of its recommendation essary funding to the board. templation and a sense of won- or advice, the bank concerned In a bid to check such inci- der. (PTI) seats on Sept 23 The Central Vigilance would take further action in dences, the Government has NEW DELHI, Aug 25: Commission (CVC) has con- such matter, it said. already issued the 'framework Girl raped by stituted Advisory Board for "Central Bureau of for timely detection, reporting, The Election Commission Banking Frauds (ABBF) head- Investigation (CBI) may also and investigation relating to FB friend today announced by-elections to one Assembly seat each in ed by former Vigilance refer any case or matter to the large-value bank frauds' to Excelsior Correspondent Commissioner T M Bhasin to board where it has any issue or PSBs, which makes it clear Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Chhattisgarh and Kerala. examine bank fraud over Rs difficulty or in technical mat- that all accounts exceeding Rs JAMMU, Aug 25: A girl 50 crore and recommend ters with the PSB concerned," 50 crore, if classified as an The bypolls for Dantewada was allegedly raped by her (Chhattisgarh), Pala (Kerala), action. it said. NPA, should be examined by Facebook (FB) friend. The panel in its previous Other members of the banks from the angle of possi- Badharghat (Tripura) and As per police sources, a girl Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh) avatar called the Advisory Panel are Madhusudan Prasad ble fraud, and a report be hailing from Kunjwani was Board on Bank, Commercial - former Urban Development placed before the bank's Assembly seats will be held on allegedly raped by a youth September 23. and Financial Frauds. Secretary, D K Pathak - former Committee for Review of identified as Surinder Kumar, The ABBF, formed in con- Director General of the Border NPAs based on the findings of The bypoll in Hamirpur son of Parkash Chand, a resi- was necessitated by the dis- sultation with the RBI, would Security Force and Suresh N the investigation. dent of District Kathua, who function as the first level of Patel - former MD and CEO of Besides, the PSBs have qualification of BJP MLA met her through social net- Ashok Chandel. By-elections Central Study team visiting flood affected areas in Belagavi on Sunday. examination of all large fraud Andhra Bank. been advised to obtain a certi- working site 'Facebook'. cases before recommendations The tenure of the Chairman fied copy of the passport of to 12 other Assembly seats in The youth threatened the UP are also due as most of the or references are made to the and members would be for a promoters/directors and other girl of dire consequences if she investigative agencies by the period of two years from authorised signatories of com- sitting MLAs won the Lok Central team begins survey of flood revealed the ordeal to anyone.