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Vol No. 50 No. 282 JAMMU, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2014 REGD.NO.JK-71/12-14 14 Pages ` 3.50 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/1992 Report punctures holes into claims of relief operations Govt to submit Rs 44,000 cr Govt yet to pay ex-gratia compensation, memo to Centre today Fayaz Bukhari decision on the quantum of the assessment of damages incomplete package. SRINAGAR, Oct 12: State The officer said that the State * Complaints of relief pilferage from several areas Government is submitting Government is entirely banking memorandum to the Union upon Central assistance for reha- Neeraj Rohmetra the State Government, after it interacted with the panel had Government tomorrow morn- bilitation of the flood victims and submitted its Interim Report complained that assessment of ing for special financial package if the package is not given soon, JAMMU, Oct 12: before the Apex Court on most of their damaged proper- of Rs 44,000 crore to rehabili- the flood victims rehabilitation Contradicting claims of State October 10, when the case per- ties has so far not been made". tate the flood victims. can't start before winter. He said Government, which had taining to flood relief operations "The assessment of the dam- The package was approved by that over 15 lakh people have no demanded a 'special financial was listed before the Bench aged properties has so far not the Cabinet which met here on roof over their head and may have package' worth Rs 44,000 headed by Chief Justice of been completed in the State. Friday under the Chairmanship of to shiver during the winters in crores from Centre for reha- , H L Dattu. Consequently, ex-gratia in Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah. subzero temperatures. bilitation of people, who suf- The five-member panel, respect of damage or loss of The memo will be delivered to the The officer said that the fered due to floods and for which had been given mandate property has not been granted so Union Government tomorrow memo was worked at the cur- restoration of damaged infras- by the Supreme Court to ascer- far. Shockingly, even the ex-gra- morning. rent rates so that the people are tructure, Supreme Court tain the efficacy of the relief tia in respect of lives lost has not Over one lakh houses were properly rehabilitated. "For appointed panel has categori- operations in the State, has dis- even been fully paid in whole of fully damaged while over 3.45 example, under NDRF norms a cally stated that the on covered major discrepancies State", says the report adding, lakh structures were fully and par- fully damaged house can get Rs A girl works in a workshop making earthan lamps ahead of the Diwali in Amritsar on Sunday. ground, even the assessment between the claims of the State "it is required to be disbursed tially damaged besides hundreds 70, 000 but State Government is (UNI) of the damaged properties has Government and the situation expeditiously to provide suc- of shops and business establish- asking for Rs 9 lakh which is so far been not completed on ground. The panel comprised cour to the concerned". ment were submerged in water enough for a concrete small Woman, 2 kids 6 killed in cyclone Hudhud across the State. the Convenor-Suresh Kumar, The report says, "the causing damage to the Rupees shelter for a family", he added. Despite repeated assurances Registrar General High Court, Government is required to com- thousands of crore. The The officer said that the Union hurt in blast VISHAKAPATNAM/BHUBNESWAR, Oct 12: President Bar Association of plete the process of assessment Government was expecting this by several higher-ups in the Government infrastructure, hospi- Excelsior Correspondent Cyclone Hudhud pounded the coastal districts of Andhra administration for providing Kashmir, Mian Abdul Qayoom at the earliest so that life is re- tals and crops also suffered huge kind of memo but they were Pradesh and Odisha with heavy rain and winds of almost 200 equitable distribution of free and President Bar Association built and restored to the normal. damage in the last month's floods. expecting that State will ask for SRINAGAR, Oct 12: A kmph today leaving six people dead and a trail of devastation with relief material, no efforts have Jammu, M K Bhardwaj and Large number of houses at A senior Government offi- Rs 5 lakh for a fully damaged woman and two minors were Vishakapatnam where the very severe storm made landfall bearing been made to gear up distribu- Director, Union Ministry of Srinagar city and other districts cial said that the Government is house and Rs 2 lakh for partially injured after children were fid- the brunt. tion system and the situation on Home Affairs, Sanjay Agarwal. of the State remained sub- expecting some kind of immedi- damaged house. dling with an explosive they A little over four lakh people--about 250,000 in four districts ground in both Kashmir and Fifth member of the Penal- merged for days together in the ate relief from the Centre so "The Union Government was had found in an orchard in of AP and 156,000 in nine districts of Odisha--were evacuated to Jammu division was in contrast Vinod Koul, Revenue Secretary- flood waters from 10 to 30 feet. that the rehabilitation process not also expecting Rs 11 lakh as North Kashmir's Sopore area relief camps and more will be shifted to safer places depending to the claims of top politicians cum-Relief Commissioner has Some houses had even already of the flood victims is started. compensation for the business- today. upon water levels, officials said. of State including several not signed the report. collapsed or partially damaged. The officer said that the Union men who suffered losses in A police official said that Cyclone Hudhud lost its intensity by evening and its speed was Ministers. Revealing the contents of Indeed, it is an unprecedented Government will form a commit- floods. And besides this they were the children had found a limited to 100-110 kmph and converted from a very severe This revelations had been report, sources privy to the situation which requires appro- tee that will discuss the State's not expecting one year rent which Chinese grenade in an orchard cyclonic storm to severe storm, the IMD said tonight. made by the five-member panel, petitioner Vasundhara Pathak priate and adequate response memo for the special package. He State Government has kept part of in Dangerpor Sopore today. The high velocity winds battered Vishakapatnam, which is whose report was circulated Masoodi, told EXCELSIOR, from the State". said that they can also send a team the memo for those people who They were fiddling with it and home to a Naval base, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and East "as per the report large num- Concerned over the plight of of the officials that will take a will rent the accommodations", grenade went off injuring one among the counsel of petitioner, (Contd on page 4 Col 1) Prof Bhim Singh and counsel of ber of affected persons, who (Contd on page 4 Col 5) review before taking any final said the officer. (Contd on page 4 Col 7) Hopes for retrieval Two brothers injured, several houses damaged Flea market brings life to Lal Chowk Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 12: As businessmen in Srinagar's business of missing bodies hub, Lal Chowk, are still cleaning their shops after last month's Heavy mortar shelling in Arnia town, villages devastative floods, the flea market today brought some life to the in Saddal sinking business centre as it opened for the first time selling flood-affect- Sanjeev Pargal been vacated by majori- ed merchandise on cheaper rates. Shoppers made beelines on the Nishikant Khajuria It may be recalled that 40 ty of the people, who shop fronts to buy flood-affected items like garments, shoes, bed- had taken shelter in persons of seven families, JAMMU, Oct 12: Two ding and matting as the 'discount market' sprawled from Poloview relief camps set up for JAMMU, Oct 12: Hopes of including females and children brothers were injured as to Jahangir Chowk. them at Rehal and Deoli the next of the kin of those were buried alive in the massive Pakistan again intensified The city center gave a festive look today after a month's desert- villages in Bishnah buried under the massive landslide which completely mortar shelling in entire Arnia ed look as shopkeepers were busy cleaning off the slush and tehsil. trash of landslide at Saddal wiped out the Saddal hamlet in sector throughout the last removing their merchandise for washing. However, some of village of Pancheri block in Panjar village of tehsil Pancheri night causing extensive dam- Traders said the flood affected goods were washed off the slush the people, who were Udhampur, are sinking with in Udhampur district on age to several houses and by washermen in Shalimar and Hazratbal, which is the habitation still putting up in their the passage of each day as September 7. breaking peace of two days, houses in Arnia town, (Contd on page 4 Col 5) retrieval of the missing bodies Initially only 13 bodies which had created a ray of fled early morning to is becoming almost impossible could be recovered from the hope among the villagers to the relief camps after Insurers to speed up claims notwithstanding the heavy debris while nine more corpses return from the migrant two civilians were excavators pressed into ser- were found after heavy excava- camps. MUMBAI, Oct 12: tors were pressed into service a injured when mortar vice for the last fortnight. Pakistani Rangers continued Heads of four state-owned non-life insurers plan to meet in shells fell inside their to pounded entire Arnia sector New Delhi on Monday to discuss how to speed up processing on the International Border till houses, official sources said. claims of flood victims in Jammu and Kashmir after a Supreme early hours of this morning Court order on the same. including Arnia town, Main Surjeet Kumar, 38 and Som Nath, 50, son BSF Bomb Disposal Squad members defusing mortar shell in a house "CMDs of all four state-owned general insurance companies Market, Jabowal, Kaku-De- will hold an informal meeting in New Delhi on Monday to look Kothe, Mashan-De-Kothe, of Gurdass Chand were in Arnia town on Sunday. More pics on page 5. -Excelsior/Rakesh seriously injured when into the Supreme Court order and discuss how to go about it," a Chingia, Sei, Chinaz, Allah, midnight last night. Risking Choudhary evacuated the 82mm mortar shells fired by the senior official of a non-life insurance company told requesting Treva, Devigarh and surround- their lives, police parties from injured in bullet-proof vehicles Rangers fell inside their houses Arnia police station led by SHO and shifted them to the anonymity. ing villages, all of which have Heads of some private sector players may also attend the meet- and exploded with bangs in the Inspector Kulbir Singh (Contd on page 4 Col 1) ing, he added, without disclosing anything further. Designs stand prepared by BSF, CPWD Engineers The Supreme Court last Friday directed insurance companies to pay 50 per cent of insured amount for policies above Rs 25 lakh Proposal to construct concrete bunkers in (Contd on page 4 Col 3) A view of village Saddal in Pancheri. Arms, ammunition seized Reaching to Saddal daily in fortnight ago to retrieve other border blocks gathering dust in Govt files Excelsior Correspondent the morning from their tempo- missing persons. JAMMU, Oct 12: Troops of 60 Rashtriya Rifles and police rary camp in Panjar and going According to official Mohinder Verma view the frequency of border and REW and a revised draw- food, health care, electricity, today busted two hideouts of the militants and recovered arms, back with no trace of their loved sources, the ongoing exercise firing, the Jammu district ing was prepared for more drinking water and sanitation in ammunition and explosive material from there. ones is now becoming a routine for retrieval of bodies had to be JAMMU, Oct 12: In what administration had found it feasible and economical con- temporary shelters in case of Reports said a joint team of 60 RR and Reasi police conducted of these unfortunate villagers suspended for two days since could be termed as non-seri- imperative to provide safe struc- crete community type cross border firing, they said. searches at Makhiddhar forests on the basis of specific Intelligence who are looking for performing last Thursday following rains ous approach towards the tures to the inhabitants of border bunkers. In the revised design, The construction of concrete inputs and destroyed a hideout of the militants. Recoveries made last rites of those missing under and technical snag in the exca- safety of border dwellers, the villages by way of constructing provision was made for basic community type bunkers was from the hideout included one AK-56 rifle, 18 AK rounds, two the debris. vators. The operation was State Government is sleeping concrete bunkers. facilities like toilets and economical also keeping in rusted magazines, 50 sniper rounds and two rusted rounds of For the last four days, not resumed yesterday and all out over the proposal regarding Accordingly, a proposal for inverters, sources informed. view huge expenditure involved 7.62mm Self Loading Rifle (SLR). efforts are being made to even a single human corpse has construction of concrete com- construction of concrete The expenditure for this com- in running temporary shelters Another hideout was destroyed by Army and police at retrieve the bodies of those, who been recovered even as 18 per- munity type bunkers in the bunkers was submitted to the munity type bunker having for the affected population. Dhanubhan near Ichni Nullah this afternoon, where one AK-56 are still missing under the sons are still buried in the vil- border blocks, which was sub- Government by the Deputy capacity to accommodate 20 This can be gauged from rifles, three magazines and 40 rounds were recovered. debris, sources added. lage, which was completely rav- mitted twice during the past Commissioner Jammu vide individuals (separate partition the fact that for running tem- After effecting recoveries and destroying hideouts, Army and aged by massive landslide on However, at the same time, nearly one year after getting communiqué No. DDCJ/ for male and female and toilet porary shelters in nine sources admitted that they were police conducted search operations in the surrounding areas. September 7. the designs prepared from the CPO/13/14258-59 dated units) was worked out at Rs 5 Government buildings and However, no arrests were made, reports said. There are no remains of the excavating in the trash with no engineers of Army, Border November 22, 2013. This pro- lakh per unit. community halls in R S Pura entire village, which was spread certainty of location but on the Security Force and Central posal was based on the type This proposal was mooted to and Bishnah blocks in the India, China to hold talks on border in an area of approximately 3 by basis of guess work. Public Works Department design obtained from the Army. avoid shifting of villagers from month of August this year fol- NEW DELHI, Oct 12: 2 kilometers housing more than "The area is so vast and (CPWD). However, this proposal was forward areas to the safer places lowing shelling from across sixty families with around 500 the trash is too massive with Official sources told again discussed with the engi- and providing all types of facili- the border, the Jammu district India and China will hold a two-day meeting beginning from big boulders to be excavated souls. EXCELSIOR that keeping in neers of BSF, CPWD, PWD ties like transportation, shelter, (Contd on page 4 Col 3) next Thursday to discuss the measures to prevent the recurrence of The situation can be easily," the sources main- Chumar-like face-offs between the Armies of the two countries. gauged from the fact that an tained but hastened to add Top officials of the foreign offices of the two countries will dis- orchid of apple trees in an that the ongoing operation to PM's assurance of silencing Pak cuss various measures that may help prevent the problem of incur- area of around 20 kanals, has retrieve the bodies would con- sions on the 4,000 km long unsettled boundary, official sources completely disappeared from tinue till the next of the kin of said. the scene with no trace of veg- missing deceased ask for the The dialogue will be held under the framework of 'Working etation in the entire area. (Contd on page 4 Col 7) guns has fallen flat: Azad Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Excelsior Correspondent Pakistan in a befitting manner. of border areas, Azad said lation of ceasefire agreement Border Affairs (WMCC)'. Internet Edition: www.dailyexcelsior.com This was stated by Azad that Prime Minister's boastful even after the assurance of the The Indian side at the WMCC meet will be led by joint secretary E-Paper: http://epaper.dailyexcelsior.com FEROZPUR (HARYANA), while addressing public meet- assurance in a public meeting Prime Minister since yesterday (East Asia) in the External Affairs ministry. Representatives of the Oct 12: Condemning Pakistan ings at Ferozpur Jhirka, two days ago where he in Arnia, Poonch and Rajouri Ministries of External Affairs, Defence and Home Affairs as well as INSIDE WEATHER and its Armed Forces for once Penagva, Bas Dalla, Hateen and claimed to have silenced sectors is unfortunate which has members of the Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police will ) * Agriculture the key sector JAMMU : again resorting to unprovoked Tavru in Haryana, where he is Pakistani guns, has only shaken the faith of the people of (Contd on page 4 Col 7) * Skill Development Policy ...Page 6 Partially cloudy sky. firing on Indian territory campaigning for his party. proved to be mere rant aimed this country and accordingly, TEMPERATURE urged the NDA Government not ) Vote for BJP is vote for Max: 31.3 Degree C since yesterday in Arnia, Azad further said that the to secure few votes. One killed, 19 hurt in mishap Poonch & Rajouri sectors of repeated & unprovoked cease- "Prime Minister has misled to make politically motivated stability: Dr Jitendra ...Page 3 Min: 16.1 Degree C RELATIVE HUMIDITY J&K, Leader of Opposition & fire violations targeting our the country by claiming that we statements for playing vote bank Excelsior Correspondent ) Mehbooba seeks RH-I (Morning): 56.0 per cent Former Chief Minister of civilian areas shows nothing but have shut the mouths of politics at least on the issues BISHNAH, Oct 12: One person was killed and 19 others cooperation of KPs in RH-II (Evening): 38.0 per cent relating to security and territori- Sunset on Monday: 06.03 p.m. J&K, Ghulam Nabi Azad said the frustration on the part of Pakistanis and they wont dare to injured after a speeding mini-bus today turned turtle at Deoli in rebuilding Kashmir ...Page 3 Sunrise on Tuesday: 06.35 a.m. that India and its brave forces Pakistan and cheap attempt on fire into our territory in future, al integrity of the country. Bishnah area of Samba district. ) Sagar takes stock of SRINAGAR: are capable of thwarting the the part of its Government to as within 24 hours of this boast- Asserting that he has highest According to a police spokesperson, the ill-fated mini-bus Possibility of light rain. relief rehabilitation ...Page 5 attempts of aggression being divert attention of its people ful assurance by none other than regards for the Prime Minister bearing registration No JK02E-3368 was on its way from Bari TEMPERATURE committed by anti-India and the office he is holding, ) Bhalla dedicates Rs 2.50 cr Max: 22.2 Degree C from the internal problems the Prime Minister, Pakistan * Pic on page 4 Brahamana to Arnia, when the driver of the forces from across the border. which it is unable to overcome. resumed heavy shelling, not Azad said that is it not the moral WSS to Channi Min: 6.2 Degree C vehicle lost control over the steering at Deoli, RELATIVE HUMIDITY Azad said that these wanton Lamenting that the NDA only on International Border but duty of the Prime Minister to Rama people ...Page 5 resulting into tragedy. RH-I (Morning): 81.0 per cent and unprovoked acts of aggres- Government is playing with also on in fulfil the promise he has made One person namely Gyan Chand (70- 75 years) son of Sadhu ) IPL good platform for RH-II (Evening): 52.0 per cent to the people that once BJP will : TEMPERATURE sion depict the evil designs of sentiments of the people of the Poonch & Rajouri sectors", said Ram and resident of Ala died on the spot while 19 others received youngsters to perform, Max: 14.9 Degree C Pakistan and our security forces country as also trivializing the Azad. come to power ceasefire viola- injuries in the accident. say Sehwag ...Page 12 Min: 0.7 Degree C will repulse all misadventures of sufferings of lakhs of residents Azad said that the fresh vio- (Contd on page 4 Col 3) (Contd on page 4 Col 5)