THE HIMALAYAN MAIL Q JAMMU Q WEDNESDAY Q APRIL 14, 2021 JAMMU & 3 Div Com visits Mukhdoom Sahab Siachen warriors celebrates ‘Siachen Day’

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS Shrine, Chatti Padshahi JAMMU, APR 13

On 13 April 2021, Siachen Gurudwara, Ganpatyar Temple Warriors celebrated the 37th Siachen Day with place for devotees, visiting tremendous zeal and enthu- during the festival days. siasm. Brigadier Gurpal He said that today's festi- Singh, SM laid a wreath on vals which are being cele- behalf of GOC, Fire & Fury brated with harmony and Corps and paid homage to brotherhood adds colour to the martyrs at the Siachen its festivity. He said these War Memorial, Base Camp festivals strengthen the to commemorate their bonds of love among people courage and fortitude in se- and nurture amity and har- curing the highest and cold- mony in J&K. est battlefield of the World. During the visit, the com- On this day in 1984, In- mittees of places apprised dian troops first unfurled not only in the face of enemy Soldier continues to guard Siachen Warriors who the Div Com about their is- the tri colour at Bilafond La but also in the face of icy the Frozen Frontier with de- served their motherland sues and demands. He gave launching Operation Megh- peaks with extreme termination and resolve while successfully thwarting HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS Padshahi Rainawari and arrangements being put in patient hearing to them as- doot. Since then, it has been weather. against all odds. The enemy designs over the SRINAGAR, APR 13 extended his greetings on place for the Holy month of suring that all their genuine a saga of valour and audacity To this day, the Siachen Siachen Day honours all the years. the eve of Navratra, Ramadan. grievances shall be looked The Divisional Commis- Baisakhi and beginning of The Div Com participated into for redressal on prior- sioner Kashmir, Pandurang Ramazan. in special prayers held at ity. He further stressed on K Pole today visited During the visit, the Div Gurudwara Chatti Pad- hassle-free arrangements PIB organises webinar on ‘ Ek Bharat Shresth Bharat’ Mukhdoom Sahab Shrine, Com met the Mukhdoom shahi and Ganpatyar Tem- and all required facilities HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS J&K and Region Shri Khalid Hussain and Head Department of Genesh Temple at Ganpat- Sahab shrine management ple besides taking first hand are put in place for smooth JAMMU, APR 13 Shri Yogesh Baweja. Shri Former Bureaucrat, Tourism, Loyala College yar and Gurudwara Chatti committee to take stock of appraisal of facilities put in celebration of festivals. Baweja briefly informed Writer and poet starting Chennai gave a brief Regional Outreach Bu- audience regarding Ek with the history of erst- speech and presentation reau, J&K and Press In- Bharat Shresth Bharat as while J&K State, then in- on various cities and Status of Covid-19 control measures, formation Bureau,Jammu well as its importance in formed about various towns in Tamil Nadu es- organised a webinar on binding people of differ- destinations present in pecially Trichi, Madurai, ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha ent states for a meaning- different districts of the Thanjavur, Coimbatore, Bharat’ (EBSB) in coordi- ful regional information UT of J&K and Ladakh. vellore, Thoothukudi, vaccination reviewed at Ganderbal nation with PIB Chennai exchange. Shri Hussain informed Tirunelveli, and ROB Chennai to give service providers. Director PIB Chennai about notable tourist Rameswaram, Cud- wide dissemination to the The DC directed for gen- Shri Gurubabu Blaram, places like Gulmarg in dalorey, Kanchipuram themes of EBSB with spe- erating mass awareness re- Director ROB Chennai Baramulla district, War- and Chennai. Dr Anu- cial focus Cities, Towns garding do's and don'ts in- Shri Kamaraj and Deputy wan and Marwa in Kisht- radha threw light on vari- and important destina- volving employees of other Director, PIB & ROB J&K war District, Virgin lakes ous aspects of thes cities tions of J&K, Ladakh and departments and PRIs to Ladakh Ms Neha Jalali of Rajori and Doda Dis- viz a viz historical, cul- Tamil Nadu. control the spread of the in- during their address in- tricts, Mughal Road con- tural, tourism, economic, The objectives of Ek fection. formed about Ek Bharat necting Rajouri District arts and literature as well Bharat Sharestha Bharat The Tehsildars and BDOs Shresth Bharat pro- of Jammu division and about their present im- is to celebrate the unity in were asked to involve reli- gramme of Government Shopian district of Kash- portance. diversity of our Nation, to gious leaders for sensitizing and the importance of mir Division. Shri Khalid Shri Mudasir Amin promote the spirit of na- the people regarding wear- such webinars in binding Hussain also gave histor- M&CO, PIB Jammu and tional integration, and ing of masks, maintaining people of different cul- ical account of various Shri Khursheed Yousuf showcase the rich her- social distance at religious tures together. They in- places and also described FPO FOB Udhampur itage and culture, cus- places during the holy formed the audience religious and cultural sig- gave a brief account of toms and traditions of month of Ramdan and moti- about earlier webinars on nificance of these places Kashmir Division of UT various states for en- vating people for vaccina- various themes of Ek and informed about de- of J&K and Ladakh re- abling people to under- tion and testing. Bharat Shresth Bharat velopmental, Socio eco- gion respectively. The stand and appreciate the The DC exhorted upon like Art and culture, nomic aspects of hydro webinar was moderated diversity of . the concerned to put their Dances, Historical places, electric power projects in by Shri Syed Adil Shamim The webinar was strenuous efforts for en- Festivals, cuisines, Lan- the UT of J&K. Andrabi FEO ROB J&K presided over by ADG forcement of Covid-19 pro- guage and literature. Dr Anuradha D, Prof. and Ladakh. HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS During the meeting, the nated till date besides all re- tocols by way of carrying en- GANDERBAL, APR 13. DC sought details about the quired facilities are avail- forcement drives in the progress of Covid vaccina- able at CVCs and vaccina- larger interest of the safety Panun Kashmir porganisation holds The Deputy Commis- tion drive, facilities at CVCs, tion vials are also available of people. sioner (DC) Ganderbal, availability of vaccination in sufficient quantity. The meeting was at- Krittika Jyotsna today vials, status of manpower, The DC directed him to tended by Additional Nirvasan Samvat programme chaired a meeting to review testing and enforcement of ensure that the daily target Deputy Commissioner, Fa- the Covid-19 control mea- SOPs. of testing is met and ensure rooq Ahmed Baba, ACR, HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS sures, vaccination status, The chief medical officer that strategic sampling is CPO, Chief Medical Officer, JAMMU, APR 13 testing and enforcement of informed the chair that over done giving priority to shop- Tehsildars, BMOs, BDOs SoPs in the district. 44,000 persons are vacci- keepers, hoteliers and other and other concerned. Panun Kashmir organ- ised its Annual "Kashmiri Pandit Nirvasan Samvat-32 Valley wide 'Kharif campaign 2021-22' Programme" at Jammu to- day. The function was presided over by President kick started from Tanghdar Kupwara Virender Raina and the pro- KUPWARA, APRIL 13: In hammad Iqbal on the occa- Director highlighted the ob- work in a coordinated man- ceedings were conducted by its endeavor to reach to the sion initiated a 02 days jectives of organizing out- ner with the Department for Shri Kamal Bagati General farming community living 'Kharif Campaign 2021-22' reach programs by way of the overall development of Secretary. in the farthest corners of the from Tanghdar here. the Kharif campaign and the agriculture sector. The meeting was at- valley, the Department of The campaign was started said that such a type of pro- Director highlighted the tended by the members of Agriculture today kick with the sowing of Maize in gram aims at reaching out to need for a multi dimen- the Executive Council and started the Kharif Cam- presence of farming com- the farmers to take ap- sional marketing strategy special invitees followed by paign from Tanghdar, Kup- munity of village Bagh bela praisal for on ground as- concept so that the produce the Kashmiri Pandit Nir- vasan Samvat-32 in which wara. Tehsil Tanghdar. sessment. of the farmer could be mar- ment headed by the PM till date, one KP used to get powered by law. 32 earthen lamps were The Director Agriculture While addressing the He urged upon the farm- keted in a very effective Modi that the displaced elected from Habba Kadal Peace, happiness and sta- lighted symbolizing 32 years Kashmir Chowdhary Mo- gathering of farmers, the ers to come forward and manner. community can get their constituency namely Pt. bility of the country largely of exile of the Kashmiri Pan- concerns addressed and re- Sham Lal Saraf. There are depend upon innovative ini- dit community. solved positively. The letter historical instances of rep- tiatives in the valley. May I Virender Raina while dated 5th April 2021, writ- resentations of KPs from request the Hon'ble Prime AoL organises ‘Prison Smart Program’ at Kathua speaking on the occasion ten by Vivek Tankhah, fol- Kulgam, Kothar and Devsar Minister to kindly look into said that it is time to walk HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS changed). Yet another in- lows: constituencies. These in- the grievances of the KPs the talk and thanked the Ra- JAMMU, APR 13 mate, A Sharma added, "Issue of Political Repre- stances are minuscule, but and Minorities seeking po- jya Sabha Member Vivek "The stress is gone from my sentation of Kashmiri Pan- did little to politically em- litical representation before Tankha for having written a The Art of Living, with the mind and the mind is very dits in the Electoral Process power the KP community. finalization of the delimita- letter to the Prime Minister support of Kathua District fresh all the time." under the New Delimitation Official figure reveals that tion exercise. Otherwise the and said that it is a matter of Jail authorities, successfully Appreciating the long Process in the J&K. Political about 41,117 migrant fami- story of KPs and minorities satisfaction for the Kashmiri conducted a 7-day Prison standing association of The Resolution of the old State lies from Kashmir are regis- of Kashmir will remain un- Pandits and other minori- Smart Program for 30 in- Art of Living with prison re- of Kashmir requires your tered in Jammu; 21,000 in finished. ties of Kashmir to know that mates that featured deep habilitation kind attention. Delhi and other States. Last year while address- Vivek Tankha, Rajya Sabha breathing techniques, pow- initiatives,MsSehgal further Under the new dispensa- Unless we create at least ing the Parliament on Kash- MP from Madhya Pradesh erful meditations, yoga, in- added that "Inmates when tion created by virtue of 2-3 constituencies for mi- mir issue, I had mentioned has taken up the issue of De- teractive and life transform- they enter the jail they feel Representation of the Peo- grants in Kashmir securing that there can be no happi- limitation in J&K and its rel- ing knowledge sessions with that life has ended. So there ples Act, 1957, the Delimita- voting solely from that sec- ness in the valley without evance in context of the dis- senior Art of Living trainers, is lot of negativity, stress tion Commission headed by tion like Sangha con- the Pandits. This cannot among the inmates." tential and contribute to so- placed community with the ShriBhagwati Prasad and and tension. Prison Smart former Judge of the stituency in Sikkim, there happen without political Prison Smart Program is a ciety in a positive way, Ajay Prime Minister, Narendra DrNitin Sharma DTC Art of has helped remove this Supreme Court Justice Ran- will be negligible represen- participation of KPs in the popular stress-relief and re- kapoor State Coordinator Modi recently". living Kathua Chapter, JnK stress, while the medita- jana Desai is doing its job tation of KPs and other mi- political landscape". habilitation program de- Art of living Bureau of Com- Expressing thanks in his "The end of these seven tions and breathing tech- well; but the Commission norities in the proposed Kamal Bagati while ad- signed to transform the lives munications and DDC elab- message to Vivek Tankha, days program is a beginning niques help to let go of the only delimits/demarcates Kashmir Assembly. dressing the meeting said of people working in or in- orated Virender Raina maintained of change in the lives of negativity, to start living life the political map of electoral A 'Group' of Kashmiri that we are in the 32nd year carcerated within the crimi- The inmates reported that the initiative taken by these participants," said jail anew. I am thankful to The constituencies. Pandits recently met the of exile and very hopeful nal justice system. The feeling happier and men- the Rajya Sabha member superintendent, Smt. Ra- Art of Living for taking the The KP community is Chairperson, Delimitation that the Modi Jis govern- progam helps them relieve tally refreshed at the end of will have a sure impact on jniSehgal SSP, "The pro- program in these tough rudderless without a politi- Commission for J&K and ment would take tangible stress, sleep better, heal the seven day program. the issue concerned since gram will open doors to un- times. Now you see every cal representation in the submitted a representation. steps for the resettlement of traumas, gather a holistic "When we do the Sudar- the MP has come out in derstanding the essence of morning there is a smile on State political landscape. As student of Law, I know Kashmiri Pandits in their and positive understanding shanKriya (breathing tech- open support of the dis- life. We will organize the in- every face." She also Without assured represen- the Delimitation Commis- Homeland in Kashmir. The of life, let go of the disturb- nique taught in The Art of placed community for reser- termediate programs of The thanked Volunteers and tation no meaningful em- sion is powerless to draw recent statement of the hon- ing past, provides practical Living), it feels like we are in vation of seats for its mem- Art of living too. And I hope DDC members of the art of powerment can be political constituencies for orable Lt. Governor in this knowledge of how to handle another world full of happi- bers in the Assembly of one day we will have an Art living who selflessly worked achieved. exclusive representation of regard enkindles a lot of ex- negative emotions in order ness and joy," said one of the Jammu and Kashmir. It is of Living teacher from for this workshop. For instances, from 1951 minorities unless so em- pectation in this regard. to live to one's highest po- inmates, Sajil (name possible only in the govern-