DAILY EXCELSIOR, SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 (PAGE 5) From page 1 Kothari appointed CVC Omar takes jibe on Admn 2 JKLF, trade leaders among 28 freed Lockdown forces flower growers to destroy since June last year after com- for appointing the Central Taking a jibe at the decision, ing decisions that will greatly lodged in different jails across the Ganaie of Firdousabad, full blossom crop during peak season pletion of K V Chowdary's Vigilance Commissioner by Abdullah, who is the vice-president improve people's lives,'' Abdullah country. They include seven who Batamaloo in district and Ajay Kumar a farmer of has been also hit like other parts of tenure. inviting applications again. of National Conference (NC), said wrote on micro-blogging site twitter. were detained in Central Jail Gulzar Ahmad Tantray son of Rampur in Vijaypur, tehsil of the country but the Government in "At a ceremony held today at "What we demand is that the that he is 'glad to see the administra- Abdullah also posted the Srinagar. Habibullah Tantray of tion taking such far reaching deci- Government order, which read, who grows flowers these States framed a rehabilitation 1030 hrs at Rashtrapati Bhavan, entire process needs to be The prominent figure in the in district . in his 17 Kanal agriculture land said policy for growers' which is no Sanjay Kothari was sworn in as scrapped in its entirety, a de- sions that will greatly improve peo- sanction is hereby accorded to the list includes senior JKLF leader Apart from others, the deten- ple's lives'. renaming of Public Health he had spent over Rs 50,000 on cul- where in sight in J&K. They said the Central Vigilance novo process needs to be insti- Shoukat Bakshi and Mushtaq tion orders of two close associates tivation of the crop and they expect- under the great distress the growers Commissioner," the commu- tuted, a fresh search committee ''Jal Shakti Department. can't Engineering/Irrigation and Flood Ajmal and Muhammad Yasin of Peoples Conference chairman improve the quality or availability of Control department as 'Jal Shakti ed a good harvest this year. "But due are left with no option but to destroy nique said. needs to be constituted, which is Khan, head of Economic Sajad Gani Lone have also been to the lockdown we could not even the crop with a heavy heart as clean drinking water so let's just department' and its inclusion at Alliance and Kashmir Traders and revoked. He made and subscribed the not conflicted. Applications waste everyone's time by playing the Serial No 27-A in the First sell a kg of flowers during the last Government paid no attention oath of his office before the need to be invited afresh," he Manufactures Federation After outbreak of deadly one month and with the lockdown towards their plight. name change game. Glad to see the Schedule of J&K Government (KTMF). Coronavirus, Government President, it said. had said. continuing up to May 3 there is no Sources said that Indian Council administration taking such far reach- Business Rules. Khan was detained following revoked PSA detention orders of Without taking hope of the sale in coming days of Research (ICR) had recommend- the scrapping of Article 370 last 170 persons lodged in J&K, Uttar picking up with the result we have ed the processing of flowers but no any names, Tewari year in August. Bakhshi and Pradesh and Haryana jails. had said a man PHE, I&FC renamed as ‘Jal Shakti Deptt’ been put to heavy loss'', he added. such mechanism has been evolved Ajmal were booked under PSA The revocation orders of all Another flower grower Ganga in the UT. The growers are in great who is neither an Meanwhile, the Government Director, JJM as its Chairman prior to August last year. Khan detainees were sent to Home applicant whose Ram of the same village said over despair as they had installed the constituted an Apex Level and District Jal Jeevan Mission was lodged in Agra Jail and departments and Director 100 kanals of land in the Rampur flower units and taken loans from candidature was Committee under Jal Jeevan with District Development Bakhshi and Ajmal in Kotbhalwal Generals of Police of Haryana, village is under the flower cultiva- banks but they have been put in not considered by Mission, J&K with Chief Commissioner as its Chairman. Jammu. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi tion and April -May were good such a situation that they are unable the search com- Secretary as its Chairman and Besides, Chairman, the Executive Those who were released for issuing directions to police to months for the flower growers but to repay the loan even, sources mittee beyond the Administrative Secretary, Jal Committee under JJM will have from Central Jail Srinagar this enable their transit in respective this year all their hopes were dashed added. applicants and Shakti Department as its 11 Members. They are- Mission evening after their PSA was jurisdictions. to ground as they could not sell even What has added to the woes of who is not in the Member Secretary. The other Director, National Health revoked are: Aijaz Ahmad Bhat The Deputy Commissioners in a kg of flowers. "Earlier we used to flower growers in J&K is that the short-list is then Members of the Apex Committee Mission; Project Director SSA, son of Ghulam Mohiuddin Bhat Kashmir have been directed to sell the flowers at Mandi in B C Central Sponsored Schemes are not cleared for are- Administrative Secretary, J&K; Chief Engineer s Jal of Husgund, Khansaheb in district issue necessary passes to family Road Jammu and were also supply- being implemented for their welfare Finance Department; Shakti Department Kashmir/ President, Ram Nath Kovind administer- appointment as , Mushtaq Ahmad Lone members of the detainees who ing them at various temples''. "We and the growers are demanding the Administrative Secretaries Health Jammu; Director Finance, Jal son of Abdul Ahad Lone of were released along with vehicle ing the oath of office to Sanjay Kothari as the next Central had a good earning during this sea- benefits under these schemes, and Medical Education Deptt; Shakti Dept; Director Planning, , in district passes for to and fro movement. Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) at a Vigilance son every year which enforced us sources said, adding the Agriculture School Education Deptt; Planning, Jal Shakti Dept; Director , Asif Ahmad Reshi son After abrogation of Article and other farmers in the area to con- Production Commissioner took var- function at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi Commissioner. Development & Monitoring Deptt; Planning, RDD; Additional of Mohammad Yaseen Reshi of 370, the Government detained vert more agriculture land for culti- ious steps for the welfare of farming on Saturday. He had also Information & Public Relations Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Marhama, Bijbehara in district over 7000 persons in Jammu and vation of flowers'', he added. community and farmers of veg- pointed out that Deptt and Administrative Mission (Member Secy); Anantnag, Mohammad Kashmir including three former He said "as there was a good etable and agri units got money on The name of Kothari was one of the applicants and short- Secretary of Department of Rural Director Rural Sanitation Jammu; Naseerullah Mir alias Qadeer son Chief Ministers and top main- crop this time and growers were subsidy basis but no such benefit recommended by a high-level listed persons by the search Development and Panchayati Raj; Gagan Jyoti, Chief Engg of Abdul Rafaq Mir of Dirwani, stream leaders. Of them, more expecting a good return but all our has been given to flower growers. selection panel headed by Prime committee was one of the mem- Representative of Ministry of Jal Mechanical, PW(R&B) Deptt Batamaloo in district Srinagar, than 300 were shifted outside Shakti, Govt of ; Director ( Jammu and Dr P G Jose, Scientist hopes were lost due to the spread of As flower wholesale markets Minister Narendra Modi in bers of panel itself. Faisal Nazir Ahmad Ganaie alias J&K and lodged in Uttar Pradesh dreaded COVID-19 and announce- across the country are shut because February. Kothari, a 1978-batch IAS Head), J&K Branch , Bureau of -D and In-charge Western Polish son of Nazir Ahmad and Haryana jails. Indian Standard (BIS) Govt of Himalayan Regional Centre, ment of nationwide lockdown'', . of the lockdown it has also affected The move was then opposed officer of Haryana cadre, retired About 3000 hectares of land in over 5000 growers in J&K mostly by the Congress that had termed in June 2016 as Secretary, India; Regional Director, Central National Institute of Hydrology. Ground Water Board Jammu and This committee shall func- 5 more treated in Jammu, Jammu region is under flower culti- in districts of Jammu, Samba, the process adopted for the Department of Personnel and Dr Nitin Joshi, Assistant Professor, tion under over all control and vation and hundreds of farmers earn and Udhampur as well as appointment of the Central training. their livelihood on it. The total traders associated with the floricul- He was in November 2016 Civil Engineering, IIT, Jammu. supervision of Apex Committee active cases down to 34 Vigilance Commissioner as While referring to the terms of and provide required assistance to turnover of flower cultivation in ture business. "illegal, unlawful and unconsti- appointed as the chief of the Jammu region is about Rs 120 crore It is not only the loss of flower Government's head-hunter -- the reference, the sources revealed that the Apex Committee for imple- case was reported from the Government buses. tutional" and demanded imme- the Apex Committee shall provide mentation of JJM objectives and Jammu region for second con- The district administration but this all has been lost this season, growers but small venders who sell Public Enterprises Selection said Tejinder Singh Wazir, president flowers at various places in front of diate scrapping of the decision. Board (PESB). policy guidance for overall plan- its operational guidelines and also secutive day today. of Jammu has, meanwhile Kothari's appointment to the ning, strategizing and implemen- provide required support to the Meanwhile, 149 people of ordered, transition of Janipura, J K Flower Growers Association. temples have been put to heavy loss. Kothari was in July 2017 Currently, the Government has Sharing similar plight, another top post of the probity watchdog named as the Secretary to tation of Jal Jeeval Mission District Jal Jeevan Missions Jammu and Kashmir, who had Gujjar Nagar, Bhatindi and now may further escalate the (JJM), in the Union Territory of besides others. been stranded in different Sunjwan localities from Red given exemption from the lock- grower Prakash from Kathua dis- President Ram Nath Kovind. down rules for movement and dis- trict, said: "I have cultivated war of words between the ruling Meanwhile, the Central Jammu and Kashmir; give in District Development parts of Himachal Pradesh, Zone to Orange Zone in view of principle approval of action plan/ Commissioner of each district were today brought back by the guidelines. tribution of only essential vegeta- marigold on three acres to cater for BJP and the opposition Government had on Monday bles, fruits and other food items but festival demand of Ramnavmi. Congress. appointed Kapil Dev Tripathi as road map for providing function- would be the Chairman of the the Government and from Deputy Commissioner Jammu Sushma Chauhan said further tran- not flowers, he said. Now I cannot sell it in the market the Secretary to the President. al house-hold tap connection District Jal Jeevan Mission while Lakhanpur, the gateway to Reacting on his appointment, sition from Orange to Green will "In such a situation, there is no due to the lockdown. I am feeding it Tripathi, a 1980-batch IAS (FHTC) to every rural house hold SE Hydraulic concerned as Jammu and Kashmir, in Congress spokesperson Manish take place as per procedure in due option for the growers but to destroy to livestock and making compost. (retired) officer of Assam- of the UT; lay down water quality Member Secretary. The other they were sent Tewari had in February demand- course of time (second week of them in the fields. The survival of Some growers are dumping the Meghalaya cadre, is the PESB and service standards in conso- Members of the DJJM will be - to their respective district ed initiation of a fresh process headquarters where they will be May provided that situation the industry is going to be tough as flower plants in garbage as there are chairman. (PTI) nance with Govt of India guide- Addl District Development lines; to recommend charges for Commissioner, Assistant kept under administrative quar- remains as it is today). flowers are not essential commodi- no takers for it in the current diffi- providing water connections to the Commissioner Development, antine for 14 days before being "The order/notification of with- ty," Wazir said, adding "We are cult times''. 48 test +ve for COVID-19, aggressive rural people; monitor financial dis- Divisional Forest Officer con- sent to their homes. drawal will be issued when the fully supported to this lockdown as He said "flowers are not priority cipline including timely utiliza- cerned, Chief Planning Officer, Union Minister of State in transition from Red Zone to Green good for nation but the concerned now for most of the people who are testing on in village tion of funds; to coordinate among Chief Medical Officer concerned, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Zone is complete. In the mean- Department has to show sympathy more worried about basic needs like Departments and other agencies Chief Education Officer con- Dr Jitendra Singh announced while, the concerned officers, both to growers by giving them the ben- food. But farmers like us have suf- is one among them who had "They should be isolated so that for convergence of funds; finalize cerned, District Social Welfare return of residents of J&K from police and Magistrate, have been efit of various Centrally Sponsored fered a heavy loss Government returned from Mumbai on the spread of the virus is con- action plan for devolution of pow- Officer/ District Tribal Welfare Himachal Pradesh through a briefed about relaxation pertaining Schemes like RKVY MIDH. should take steps for providing March 24 and was sent to quar- trolled", he said. ers empowering Gram Panchayats Officer, District Information tweet. to Orange Zone,'' Chauhan said. The growers are also wary of some sort of succor to us'', he added. antine on March 26. He tested However, Deputy / sub committees of Panchayats for Officer, Executive Engineer Jal Later, Dr Jitendra Singh said With another patient testing the role of the authorities of A wholesale distributor of flow- positive for Coronavirus on Commissioner Shopian, management of village infrastruc- Shakti Dept concerned, students and some other people of positive in the Union Territory of Floriculture Department saying that ers in the city said: "there is no April 8 and is since then admit- Mohammad Yasin Choudhray, ture; to devolve powers to District Executive Engineer ( Mech) Jal J&K stranded at Kota in Rajasthan Ladakh-second in last two days- they did not bother to have on line demand for flowers anymore ted in District Hospital told Excelsior that all the primary Jal Mission for accord to adminis- Shakti Deptt concerned and two will also be brought back shortly. total number of cases have climbed phone calls with growers and there because of the Coronavirus''. to 20. However, 16 of them have Shopian. "I am asymptomatic contacts are quarantined. "We trative approval of intra-district persons to be nominated by the Prime Minister Narendra is no policy before the Department "Even if restrictions are lifted on Modi, meanwhile, described as fully recovered and discharged how the growers can be rehabilitat- flower, it would be difficult to coor- since then. I was not given any only send home people from and in village infrastructure / DDC from the field of water water supply schemes; bring management, community health commendable the efforts of an from the hospitals leaving active ed or compensated. dinate with traders getting supplies medicine. I tested negative buffer zone", he added. He said that the administra- about effective policies and regu- community development etc. The NGO in Kathua stitching masks cases to four, one in Kargil and The growers said that in from different parts during the cur- twice in 22 days and will be three in Leh district. tion has gone for aggressive test- lations for efficient water use by DJJM will be responsible for for the people. Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh rent lockdown period''. declared recovered soon and "Commendable. Such The person who tested positive ing in the village. So far, 473 other sectors, ie. industries, agri- Village Water and Sanitation where the growers are also facing discharged", he said. culture and institution in tune Committees as per the guidelines efforts are important in the bat- today belonged to village the same problem whose business samples were tested in the village Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh, the with J&K State Water Resources issued by the Govt/ Apex tle against COVID-19," Modi Gunisthang in Bogdang area of Sarpanch of the village told and this includes entire Wani ( Regulation & Management) Committee and provide required tweeted. Leh and had travel history to J&K follows MHA, allows some shops Excelsior that out of 45 positive Mohalla that was highly infected. Act, 2010 and as per guidelines hand holding support to Halqa In his tweet, Dr Jitendra Gujarat. He had attended Tableeg cases, 5 people have recovered He added that most of the infect- fixed by the State Water Panchayats and the VWSCs for Singh, who is MP from Kathua meeting at Gujarat and returned to to open in both urban, rural areas and discharged. He said that the ed are family members of the Resources Regulatory Authority implementation of Jal Jeevan seat thanked the Prime Minister. Chandigarh on February 2 and administration is taking samples Tablighi Jamaat and in a few from time to time and to enforce Mission Schemes. It will also "Thanks PM Sh@Narendra , Nubra (Leh) on March 9. police administration even didn't the Deputy Commissioners. of the contacts and even today 70 cases their neibhours have tested uniform policy for use of ground ensure preparation of Village / Modi Ji for your kind encour- Commissioner/Secretary implement the order issued by the The dry fruit shopkeepers want- fresh samples were collected positive for the pathogen. water etc. Panchayat Action Plan by each agement. This has doubled our Health Ladakh Rigzin Samphel UT Government last night on open- ed to know about technique from from the village. He blamed peo- The Deputy Commissioner Meanwhile, the Government village of the district as provided enthusiasm and energy to carry told a press conference that all 180 ing of bakery shops and supply of the Government by which they can said that contact tracing in the vil- passengers, who had travelled with dry fruits by the dry fruit shopkeep- supply dry fruits at people's ple for violating the guidelines for also constituted Executive in the operational guidelines of on the fight against Corona led lage has been rigorous and accu- by you," Dr Singh tweeted. the positive patient in the plane on ers for home delivery. The doorsteps without opening their not maintaining the social dis- Committee under Jal Jeevan the Mission besides performing rate and it has. "Earlier we were Mission J&K with Mission other allied functions and duties. During past few days, nearly March 9, will be subjected to sam- Government order had said that shops. tancing. hard-pressed with testing facili- 500 people of the Union Territory ple testing. bakery shops will function without Most of the shopkeepers to Sheikh said that those people ties and VTM and staff was not of Ladakh have been evacuated Nearly 500 samples will be being used as restaurant/cafeteria. whom the Excelsior spoke were of whose samples are being taken Despite MoHFW advisory against disinfectants’ spray also trained. Now we are taking from different parts of Uttar taken from Bogdang area for test- The order was seen as relief for the view that if grocery, vegetables, are sent back home and there is over 100 samples in a day", he Pradesh and Rajasthan and sent to ing, Samphel said. the people during holy month of milk, mutton, chemists and other threat that the positives among on people, JMC continues to install sanitization tunnels said. Leh and Kargil districts where they The person from Village Ramzan when use of bakery and shops of essential commodities can them may spread the disease. entered one's body. However, Health Officer, have been kept for 14-day quaran- Sankoo in Kargil district who was dry fruits especially dates picks up. open while maintaining social dis- "Also, there is no scientific JMC, Dr Shamim Mir, claimed tine. The pilgrims hailing from reported positive yesterday had JK Bank appointments under Domicile Law evidence to suggest that they are that the sanitization tunnels are Ladakh had earlier been evacuated travel history of Iran and had from Iran and kept in different reached New Delhi on February Domicile Law of J&K UT. post of CFO had been advertised effective even in disinfecting the safe and do not harm human outer clothing in an effective body. He said that before work- States for quarantine. 26. He had further travelled to Leh The Bank has categorically before the Domicile Law was Deputy Commissioner Kathua from New Delhi on March 5. rejected the charges by Jammu finalized. After the Domicile manner," the Health Ministry ing on these tunnels, they have noted in its advisory and sought advice from Principals of OP Bhagat said a total of 149 peo- Samphel said samples of all and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) Law was enacted by the Union ple reached Lakhanpur from passengers who were on board the president and former Finance Ministry of Home Affairs, the observed that the use of such GMC Jammu and GMC measures could in fact "lead to a Srinagar and only after getting Shimla and other places today and flight of Sankoo positive patient Minister Altaf Bukhari alleging advertisement was put on hold will also be tested for Corona. false sense of safety and actual- green signal from them, they were sent to their district headquar- violation of Domicile Law in the and the selection process was ters for administrative quarantine. Sankoo is already a Containment appointment of Chief Finance concluded. However, they said, ly hamper public observance to started installing these tunnels. The district civil and police Zone and contact tracing of the Officer (CFO) of the Bank. no formal order of the appoint- hand washing and social dis- "We have seen advisory of administration had made arrange- positive patient is on. Families of The Bank clarified that the ment has been issued. tancing measures". the MoHFW wherein the spray- ments for transportation of people both the COVID patients have “There will be complete Sources, however regretted ing of Sodium Hypochlorite has to their district headquarters in the been shifted to quarantine centers. WEATHER transparency and accountability that such disinfection tunnels been mentioned harmful but we in the appointments,'' the Bank are being constructed and are not using this chemical, we 2 militants, OGW killed in JAMMU : said, adding the institution was installed by the JMC despite are using Quapernary Partly cloudy being well versed with adviso- Ammonium Compound that too TEMPERATURE now functioning as per the CVC Awantipora encounter Max: 32.3 Degree C guidelines. ry of MoHFW and thus are after seeking experts' advice," he Min: 19.9 Degree C wasting the public money and added. tants were killed in South uine apprehensions of mass trans- RELATIVE HUMIDITY playing with the health of resi- Principal, GMC Jammu, Dr Kashmir's district after mission of Coronavirus during RH-I (Morning): 63.0 per cent DISCLAIMER RH-II (Evening): 46.0 per cent dents. They said that even in Sunanda Raina said that JMC they abducted a railway police- such gatherings. They said that it Sunset on Sunday: 07.09 p.m. ‘‘Daily Excelsior’’ does not the neighboring States like had sought their opinion and for man at Yaripora area of Kulgam. has been learnt that few militants Sunrise on Monday: 05.49 a.m. take responsibility for the Punjab, advisory has been that they (Principal office) had Sources said that the two have also been infected by the SRINAGAR: contents of the advertise- Partly cloudy issued by Health Department constituted a committee of militants have been identified as virus. TEMPERATURE ments (Display/ Classified) to all Deputy Commissioners experts from Microbiology, Shahid Manzoor alias Rizwan They said in order to ensure Max: 24.6 Degree C carried in this newspaper. that disinfection tunnels Dermatology and Pharmacology Bhai son of Manzoor Ahmad of health security of the people at Min: 10.1 Degree C should not be installed and departments. She said while RELATIVE HUMIDITY The paper does not endorse New Colony Awantipora. He large, the administration has used but the J&K Pharamacology and However, Jai Hind Bakery tancing and following other guide- RH-I (Morning): 54.0 per cent the same. Readers are had joined the Hizbul decided to conduct burial of mili- Shop which opened at Talab Tillo lines like wearing masks by the RH-II (Evening): 52.0 per cent Government is sleeping over Microbiology experts gave posi- requested to verify the Mujahideen in March last year. tants at safer and isolated places this morning was sealed by the shopkeepers and customers why LEH: the issue and has given free tive comments, Dermatology TEMPERATURE contents on their own before Another militant has been during which proper procedure of police. When approached for com- can't other shops like that of books, Max: 21.4 Degree C acting there upon.’’ hand to JMC to play with the expert had given negative com- identified as Shafatul Islam and he burials will be followed such as ments, a police officer said they mobile telephones, provisional Min: 3.2 Degree C health of the citizens. ments and raised concern over also belonged to HM. Arms and conduct of post mortem and lift- have no order of the District stores etc which were also essential, "Microbiological experts are harmful affects of the chemical ammunition were recovered form Edited, Printed, Published by Kamal Rohmetra and owned ing DNA samples of killed mili- Magistrate to allow opening of bak- can function? also of the same view that spray- spray on the skin. "We had their possession. The OGW has ery shops. On being told that there However, they said if the shops by Daily Excelsior. Executive Editor Neeraj Rohmetra. tants prior to their burial in accor- ing of disinfectant on the human shared opinion of all the three been identified as Manzoor was a Government order on open- are opened it should be duty of the Printed at Daily Excelsior and Excelsior Printer Pvt Ltd, dance with religious customs. body or their clothes cannot kill experts with the Health Officer Ahmad Sofi of Goripora in The families who identify and ing of bakery shops, the police offi- shopkeepers to ensure that the cus- Janipura, Jammu and published from EXCELSIOR HOUSE, any virus but instead can cause of JMC and accordingly they Awantipora area of dis- cer insisted that the District tomers maintain social distancing. Janipura, Jammu 180007 (J&K). Phones: 2537055, 2537901, claim the bodies of killed militants lung problems and skin allergies took decision," she added. trict. are being provided passes by con- Magistrate had to issue separate While allowing opening of 2539178. 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She said, "We are using bakery shops opened in the morning vent spread of Coronavirus. "In was earlier followed at Central night said the shops will be func- (2538475), Special Correspondents: Mohinder Verma all involved in installation of different compound for spray this regard, families of the slain but were closed down by the police tioning with 50 per cent of work- Kashmir's district excepting few rural areas where, (9419185803), Gopal Sharma (9419180803), Avtar Bhat disinfection tunnels and they while the advisory was against militants will be provided passes force and after adhering strictly to where families participated in last according to the people, they were (9419142184), Nishikant Khajuria (9419143132), Srinagar don't know whether these are use of Sodium Hypochlorite. by concerned Deputy precautions which include social rites of three killed militants. already functioning clandestinely. Office: 2 Pratap Park Srinagar. Phone: (O) 2450213, New safe or unsafe. "Moreover, we Moreover, these tunnels are not Commissioners to facilitate their distancing and wearing of masks. An official said that allowing Dry fruit operators too Delhi Advertisement Office: 3/15, INS Building, Rafi Marg. have not received any formal for sanitization of human body presence in last rites in presence Sources said that liquor shops funerals at native places of killed described the UT Government Chief: H.S. Paul 9810068545 (M), 25465596, 23327178 advisory from the Government but PPEs worn by health offi- of Magistrates", it said. were given license under the Excise militants would lead to the break- order as ``full of confusion'' saying (O), 23350331 (Fax). Mumbai Advertisement Office: C/o but read about that in newspa- cials and others". After COVID-19 outbreak Act of the States and the establish- down of the strict protocols of how they can supply dry fruits to the S. J. Business Centre, Islam Building Room No. 17/18, Ist pers," she added. She further She further said that they are Government has taken strong note ments thrown open were covered Floor, 46 Veer Nariman Road. Chief: K.S. Nitin lockdown thereby endangering people at their homes without open- said that JMC has not sought just following instructions of of huge gatherings, funerals and ing the shops. under the Shops and Establishment 9322509953 (M) 22883904, 22821859 (O) 22845484 the health and wellbeing of the permission from the Directorate Government of J&K "and as of burials of militants killed in “Only home delivery of dry Act of the States. (Fax). to install such tunnels in the now we have not received any Arwani, DH Pora and community at large. They said fruits will be allowed without open- The lockdown was first To subscribe Excelsior Internet Edition, send-e-mail at: health institutions but it is possi- instruction from the UT areas during lockdown period. such examples of breach were ing the shops,'' the Government announced by Prime Minister [email protected] ble that they may have sought Government to discontinue Besides security agencies, witnessed during the burials of order had said yesterday. It had, Narendra Modi on March 24 in a bid For complaints regarding newspaper delivery or Advertisement permission from concerned installation of sanitization tun- health authorities also took note of militants in Sopore, Arwani and however, stated that the shopkeep- to combat the Coronavirus pandem- Production. Contact: 9419157374, 9419111428 heads of the Health facilities. nels." these incidents as there were gen- DH Pora. ers will have to obtain passes from ic. It was further extended till May 3.