C M C M Y B Y B RNI No: JKENG/2012/47637 Email: [email protected] POSTAL REGD NO- JK/485/2016-18 Internet Edition www.truthprevail.com Epaper: epaper.truthprevail.com Truth Prevail Morgan is a pioneer in white ball cricket: Buttler 3 5 12 Development of tourist destinations priority of Bhalla visited the actor Sanyam residence, Masoodi raises issues confronting UT Administration : Advisor Baseer Khan praised his acting talent in videos education sector in J&K in LS VOL: 10 Issue: 71 JAMMU AND KASHMIR, THURSDAy , MARCH 18 2021 DAILy PAGES 12 Rs. 2/- IInnssiiddee LG chairs review meeting of Smart City projects Ratle Hydroelectric Power Corporation Saurabh Bhagat JAMMU, MARCH 17 : Jammu and Srinagar into mod - directed for completing the sur - grounding of overhead utilities. to develop 850 MW Ratle HEP assumes charge Lieutenant Governor, Manoj ern and sustainable cities. vey at the earliest. He asked the For proper implementation Sinha today chaired a high- While reviewing the concerned officers to give due of Smart City Projects, the Lt Administrative Council approves Promoters’ Agreement of the JVC as DG J&K IMPARD level meeting to review the progress on installation of care and attention to reducing Governor directed for creating JAMMU, MARCH 17 : of India. for operationalization of the SRINAGAR, MARCH progress being made on the Advertisement Panels, the Lt inconvenience to the public in-house capacity for increas - The Administrative Council On the basis of the MoU Joint Venture Company. 17 : Saurabh Bhagat today prestigious Jammu and Governor observed that com - while executing the work. ing efficiency. He set project- (AC), which met here under already signed, the The JVC will develop the assumed the charge of Srinagar Smart City Projects. wise timelines for completion the chairmanship of Administrative Council 850 MW Ratle HEP at an esti - Director General, J&K During the review meeting, of various projects Lieutenant Governor, Manoj approved the Promoters’ mated cost of Rs. 5281.94 Institute of Management, the Lt Governor asked the con - Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Sinha, today approved the Agreement for the JVC crore. Ratle HEP is a run-of- Public Administration & cerned functionaries to make a gave a detailed overview of the incorporation of the Joint Rural Development (J&K visible impact while working number of completed and Venture Company (JVC) IMPARD). with high professionalism and ongoing projects along with under the name Ratle Hydro- Soon after his joining, a clear vision. expected date of completion. It electric Power Corporation to series of meetings regarding Laying special emphasis on was informed that ICCC in implement the 850 MW Ratle streamlining and enriching accelerating the approval of Srinagar would be ready for Hydro-Electric Project (HEP) the KAS training, DPRs and tender allotment soft live by 31 March. Photos on river Chenab at Drabshala Infrastructure Development process, the Lt Governor of Variable Message Displays in Kishtwar, Jammu and was conducted by the directed CEOs of Jammu (VMDs), Digital Libraries, Kashmir. The proposed JVC Director General with the Smart City Limited (JSCL) and munication and feedback is the CEO JSCL Ms. Sushma Intelligent Traffic Management will have authorized capital officers of the Institute and Srinagar Smart City Limited highest priority of Chauhan and CEO SSCL Dr. System, Junction improve - of Rs. 1600 Crore with initial the officers from R&B and (SSCL) for constituting a tech - Administration and directed Shahid Iqbal Choudhary gave ments, beautification of paid up capital of Rs. 100 JKPCC. nical committee for early vet - the officers for engaging in PowerPoint presentations giv - Historic places, and develop - Crore, out of which the between Government of J&K, the-river project on river The officers of the ting of DPRs of the projects. continuous communication ing details of status of various ment of footpaths, besides JKSPDCL will contribute Rs. NHPC, and J&K State Power Chenab in Kishtwar district Executing agencies were Directions were also issued with the public. projects of JSCL and SSCL. scores of completed and ongo - 49 Crore as an initial equity. Development Corporation and lies in between the directed to complete the on- to reduce the completion time While reviewing the Smart The Lt Governor sought the ing projects were also shown The Memorandum of Ltd. The Administrative Dulhasti HEP on its upstream going works within the of projects by taking up multi - Poles project under Jammu present status and future course through PowerPoint presenta - Understanding (MoU), to Council further authorized the and the Baglihar HEP on its given time frame. Besides, ple works simultaneously. Smart City Limited, the Lt of action of various projects tion. execute the project, was Principal Secretary to the downstream. the meeting with internal The Lt Governor called for Governor directed CEO JSCL including Integrated Command Sh. Keshav Varma, signed between the Government, Power Once completed, it will officers of the J&K IMAR - putting dedicated focus on for keeping a feature for expan - & Control Centre (ICCC); Chairman, Sabarmati River Government of Jammu & Development Department and substantially add to the power RD Srinagar/Jammu per - improving infrastructure & sion in scale of the project in upcoming ICCC integrations; Front Development Kashmir, JKSPDCL and the Managing Director, generation capacity of Jammu taining to training was held services, increasing mobility future. smart urban mobility & Corporation Ltd (SRFDCL) NHPC on 03.01.2021 in the Jammu and Kashmir State and Kashmir, provide finan - through video conferencing. and enhancing the administra - The Lt Governor also Intelligent Traffic Management gave his valuable suggestions august presence of the Power Development cial and developmental bene - tive efficiency, besides main - reviewed the improvement of System; City beautification; for effectively implementing Lieutenant Governor of UT of Corporation Limited to sign fits, and enable effective use Two drug peddlers taining inter-departmental road network component of the efficient green initiatives; solid various aspects of Smart City J&K and Minister of State, the Promoters’ Agreement of western rivers under the arrested in JK coordination to transform Jammu Smart City Projects and waste management; under - projects. Incharge Power, Government and other related documents Indus Water Treaty. Jammu, March 17 : Need to stem Covid surge to prevent Two drug peddlers were Inputs for criminal law reforms Lt Gen Pandey assumes command arrested with cannabis in national outbreak, Modi tells states of Srinagar-based 15 Corps two separate cases in Jammu New Delhi, March 17 : batches. and Kashmir on Wednesday, sought, panel set up : Govt Srinagar , March 17 : as Deputy Chief of the Army Prime Minister Narendra "Maharashtra and Punjab New Delhi, Mar 17 : The each in Andhra Pradesh and in 1950, 1951 and 1955. police said. Modi on Wednesday told have seen a surge. We are also Lieutenant General DP Staff (strategy). The arrests were made in government has sought Odisha and one each in Asked whether the gov - Pandey has been appointed at An alumnus of the state governments and UTs to seeing that in Maharashtra inputs from various quarters Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. ernment will consider Jammu and Rajouri districts focus on enhanced RTPCR and MP, case positivity rate is the General Officer National Defence Academy, and a total of 3.8 kg of for criminal law reforms Two convictions have amending the sedition law, he Commanding of the Srinagar- Lt Gen Pandey was commis - testing, COVID-appropriate very high and cases are rising including sedition and has set taken place in Nagaland and said, "We are going to take a cannabis was recovered behaviour, micro containment phenomenally. Many unaf - based 15 Corps. Prior to this, sioned into the Sikh Light from their possession. up a committee for it, the 16 persons have been acquit - big step. A new Committee he was serving as the first Infantry in December 1985 C M zones and expanded vaccina - fected districts are witnessing government informed the ted in Jharkhand, 12 in on criminal reforms under C M During a routine check at tions to stem the current case Y B Solki, a police team inter - Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Assam and one in Uttar chairmanship of vice chan - y B surge lest there is a national Minister of State for Pradesh. cellor of national law univer - cepted a three-wheeler and outbreak. found sealed packets of nar - Home Affairs G Kishan sity has been formed." In a virtual meeting with Reddy also stressed that the He said Home Minister cotics, weighing 3.6 kg, said the CMs and L-Gs of UTs, the Additional Superintendent government has not lodged Amit Shah has asked all chief PM said 70 districts of the false cases against anyone ministers, LGs of union terri - of Police (Nowshera) country had seen 150 per cent Girdhari Lal Sharma. despite remarks made against tories, vice chancellors of rise in new cases over the past it during the CAA agitation law universities, NGOs and The accused, identified few days and cautioned as Shahid Ahmed Kabir, was and the farmers' stir. organisations for inputs. against the virus spreading to Replying to supplemen - "After getting the inputs, arrested and his vehicle villages. seized. taries during the Question the government will consider, "If the disease spreads to cases and some districts have Hour, Reddy said only 96 as it is a continuous process," In another case, a police tier 1 and tier 2 cities, day is seen a 150 per cent rise in team at Chak Mani rounded arrests have been made under he told the House. not be far when it will also cases. If we do not stop this the sedition law (Section The minister told the Reddy said Government up a suspect -- Sohan Lal reach the villages. We do not pandemic surge we can face a alias Baillo -- and recovered 124A IPC) in 2019 and two House that inputs have been of India did not maintain a have adequate capacities to national outbreak," the PM persons have been convicted sought from chief ministers separate data on cases under 220 grams of cannabis from address that kind of spread said in plain speak to states his possession.