th 24 Wednesday 07 April | 23 Shaban | 1442 Hijri | Vol:24 | Issue: 81 | Pages:12 | Price: `3 www.kashmirobserver.net twitter.com / kashmirobserver facebook.com/kashmirobserver Postal Regn: L/159/KO/SK/2014-2016 3 CITY 7 HEALTH CARE FOR 5 STATE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SRINAGAR ADMIN SETS UP COVID IGNORED BY AUTHORITIES, BANDIPORA World Health Day is celebrated annually on VILLAGERS SCRAMBLE TO CONSTRUCT ROAD VACCINATION CENTRES 7 April and each year draws attention to a In wake of rising Covid-19 cases, the Deputy Commissioner, specific health topic of concern to people Owing to the lackadaisical approach of the Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Tuesday took a comprehensive HEALTH all over the world. The theme for 2021 is administration, residents of Banilpora village in North review of the COVID19 control and management measures... “Building a fairer, healthier world”... Kashmir’s Bandipora district have donated... Widom Only ‘Immunised’ Mookerjee’s Pilgrims Allowed J&K Reports 561 New Fiction reveals In Makkah truth that reality obscures. Kashmir Dream During Ramazan Cases, 2 More Corona Deaths —Jessamyn West AGENCIES Govt Employees Realised: PM audi authorities said Monday only people im- Asked To Get Smunised against Covid-19 Vaccinated will be allowed to perform the he government on year-round umrah pilgrimage CASO Launched In Tuesday asked all from the start of Ramazan, the employees aged 45 or Srinagar Outskirts holy fasting month for Muslims. T above to get vaccinated. The hajj and umrah ministry SRINAGAR: The government forces “In view of the recent spike said in a statement that three on Tuesday launched a cordon and in COVID-19 infection cases categories of people would be search operation (CASO) in Gulab across the Country and the considered "immunised" -- those Bagh area of this capital city. Union territory A senior official said that CASO has who have received two doses of been launched by the joint teams the vaccine, those administered a single dose at least 14 days prior, of police and CRPF in Shah-e- Indoor Sports Hamdan Colony of Gulab Bagh area and people who have recovered Press Trust Of India from the Jammu division, of the city outskirts. from the infection. they said. Activities Suspended Agencies this day. We fulfilled Syama Only those people will be SRINAGAR: Jammu and Srinagar district recorded “CASO is on and one or more mili- he Jammu and Kashmir Prasad Mookerjee's vision (of eligible for permits to perform Kashmir recorded 561 fresh the highest number of fresh tants are believed to be trapped administration on Tuesday SRINAGAR: Prime Minister one India) and scrapped Article umrah, as well as to attend COVID-19 cases on Tuesday cases at 222, including 63 in the area. No contact has been ordered a temporary sus- Narendra Modi said on Tuesday 370 to give Kashmir the consti- prayers in the Grand Mosque that took its tally to 1,34,015, travellers, followed by 99 in T established yet,” More On P10 pension of indoor sports activities that his government has realised tutional rights,” he said. in the holy city of Mecca. while two more fatalities Jammu and 54 in Baramulla, in view of a surge in coronavirus the dream of Bharatiya Jana He also lauded former Prime The policy would effectively pushed the death toll to according to the officials. cases in the Union territory in the Missing Minor’s Sangh founder Syama Prasad Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee "raise the operational capacity" 2,012, officials said. Budgam, Anantnag, last few weeks. An order issued Mookerjee by revoking special and said that despite the fall of the Grand Mosque during Of the fresh cases, 384 Ganderbal, Kulgam, Udhampur Mutilated Body Found by Principal Secretary, Youth status of Jammu and Kashmir of his government by just one Ramadan, it said, adding that were reported from the and Kathy were the other dis- Services and Sports Department, SRINAGAR: A mutilated body of a and integrating the erstwhile vote, he did not compromise on the condition also applies for Kashmir division and 177 tricts More On P10 Alok Kumar, More On P10 missing minor boy was recovered state with the country. party’s principles and integrity. entry into the Prophet's Mosque on Tuesday in a forest area in Addressing Bharatiya Janata PM Modi also lashed out at in the holy city of Medina. Qazigund area of south Kashmir’s Party (BJP) members on party’s the BJP's rivals as he accused The ministry said the policy ational Conference (NC) president and Srinagar MP Farooq Abdullah, who is Kulgam district. According to the 41st foundation day, Modi said them of spreading "false nar- starts with Ramadan, which is Dr Farooq undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at SKIMS hospital here, is responding well reports, body parts of four-year- that his party’s mantra remains ratives" over issues ranging due to begin later this month, Getting Better, Nto treatment and getting better, his son Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday. old Nazakat Hussain Khan were “Vyakti Se Bada Dal Aur Dal Se from the farm laws to the citi- but it was unclear how long The 85-year-old NC president had tested positive for COVID-19 on March 30. After ini- recovered on Tuesday afternoon in Bada Desh”. zenship law to trigger political it would last. It was also not Says Omar tially being in home isolation, he was shifted to the hospital on April 3 More On P10 a forest area of Chowgam in Qazi- “This tradition continues to instability in More On P10 clear whether More On P10 gund by a joint More On P10 Three Landmines Destroyed In Samba Weather Conditions To JAMMU: Three anti-personnel mines were found and subse- Improve From Thursday: MeT quently destroyed in a controlled Observer Monitoring Desk explosion by the Bomb Disposal Squad in Samba district of Jammu SRINAGAR: The meteoro- and Kashmir, police said. The mines, logical department said on which have gathered rust indicating Tuesday that the weather that they had remained buried for a conditions will significantly very long time, were found by a lo- improve from Thursday, cal resident during excavation work even as it predicted erratic adjoining his field in Dera village weather with intermittent around 7.45 pm on Monday, a police light to moderate rain in official said. More On P10 plains or snow on higher reaches of J&K and Ladakh till More On P10 ACB Nabs Works Supervisor With Bribe Highway ammu-Srinagar highway, the vital surface link connecting SRINAGAR: The sleuths of anti-cor- Kashmir Valley with the outside world, shall remain closed ruption bureau (ACB) on Tuesday Closed For Jon Wednesday in view of inclement weather predicted by the arrested a works supervisor for meteorological department, traffic police said Tuesday. allegedly demanding bribe from Traffic Today “Tomorrow on 07-04-2021, no vehicular More On P10 a contractor in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Abdul Rehman Bhat, in-charge supervisor (Works), J&K Inks 456 Block Development Office, Gund in Govt Places DDC Kangan was arrested by ACB after MoUs For Potential a case FIR No.08 of 2021, under sec- Chairpersons Investment Of tion 7 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was registered More On P10 At Par With Mayors Rs 23000 Cr Agencies Unclaimed Bag VCs Given Status Of Div Coms, IGPs Press Trust Of India The J&K General SRINAGAR: Jammu & Triggers Bomb Scare Administration Kashmir has inked 456 JAMMU: A security alert on Monday JAMMU: The Jammu Department issued the memoranda of under- was sounded in Rajouri after a bag, and Kashmir admin- new 'warrant of prece- standing (MOUs) with lying suspiciously near an army istration on Tuesday dence' nearly a month different companies hospital in Rajouri district was issued a fresh official after the newly elected to bring in investment recovered, officials said here. protocol list putting the members staged a pro- worth Rs 23,152 crore. Officials said that a suspicious status of district devel- test over the issue of Documents reveal black coloured backpack was found opment councils’ chiefs protocol and monthly that 456 MoUs amount- lying near the main gate of General at par with those of the honorarium. ing to Rs 23,152.17 crore Hospital of army after which army mayors of the Jammu Nearly a month ago, have been signed by the troops of regiment dealing with and Srinagar municipal a delegation of agitat- J&K administration with town security and More On P10 corporations. ing More On P10 potential More On P10 AMARNATH YATRA KPDCL Assures Adequate LG Directs PWD To Complete Electricity During Ramazan Ongoing Projects On Twin Routes Agencies SRINAGAR: As the winter power sched- ule continues in view of frequent wet DIPK-216/21 spells across Kashmir, the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) on Tuesday said that it will ensure adequate electricity in the month of Ramadan espe- cially at Sehri and Iftari time. “To ensure that the people will not suffer in the holy month of Ramadan, we have pre- Press Trust Of India Sinha on Tuesday directed the pared plans for supplying adequate electricity Public Works Department to at Sehri and Iftari time across the Valley,” Mir JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir complete on priority ongoing Lateef, In Charge Chief Engineer KPDCL said. Lieutenant Governor Manoj projects along the More On P10 “We had plans to come up with fresh power schedule, but the process got halted Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj due to the frequent wet spells across Portal For Infra Design: A Sinha on Tuesday launched an online portal to facili- Kashmir,” he said, adding that the load has 33 cm x 52 cm Monitoring, tate e-management and monitoring of infrastruc- been increasing soon after it rains, thus the fresh schedule got More On P10 Management ture, an official spokesperson said.