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Page-1.Qxd (Page 2) daily Vol No. 50 No. 245 JAMMU, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 REGD.NO.JK-71/12-14 16 Pages ` 3.50 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/1992 Over 50 ‘baratis’ feared dead, 14 others killed in J&K floods FLOOD FURY: Boys watching flooded river Tawi in Jammu, jawans of 9 IRP rescue people at Pantha Chowk in Srinagar and an Army jawan of 2 RR helps children to safety at Kangamdara in Magam area of Baramulla on Thursday. More pics on page Nos. 3 and 7. — Excelsior pics by Rakesh, Amin War and Aabid Nabi 200 still trapped, 60 rescued; Jhelum breach affects 70,000; roads closed, 350 houses damaged 300 villages inundated, 2000 rescued Gopal Sharma by the Divisional 7 am by SPP Poonch and his Poonch and many parts of Fayaz Bukhari and several other major roads Begum, wife of Haleem Khan, merged. Administration as the river team. Later, the building col- Rajouri has been snapped as are under water. resident of Gudwel. A Meteorological Department JAMMU, Sept 4: Over 50 Chenab, Tawi, Ujh, Suran and lapsed and its apportion washed many big electric towers and SRINAGAR, Sept 4: Five The incessant rains led An official statement said official said heavy to heavy members of a marriage party Poonch river were flowing PM condoles loss of hundreds of electric poles have persons died in floods across swelling of rivers and rivulets that Jhelum was flowing at rain/thundershower will occur at were feared killed in a flood- above danger mark. Water level been washed away. Entire area Kashmir since yesterday and across Kashmir including above 30.7 feet at Sangam in a most places over the State in ed nallah in Lam area of in river Chenab near Akhnoor lives in J-K floods has been plunged into darkness. 300 villages were inundated as Valley's main river, Jehleum. South Kashmir which is 7 ft next 24 hours. Nowshera in district Rajouri, was nine feet above danger In Poonch city, major water cri- administration with the help Divisional Commissioner, above danger mark of 23 feet. Majority of the areas in the NEW DELHI, Sept 4: nine more persons washed mark (44 feet) late this night. It sis has caused and the Army of Police and Army has res- Kashmir has asked the people At Ram Munshi Bagh, 21.8 peripheries of Srinagar are inun- away in Poonch, Rajouri, was still rising. A bund along help has been sought by the cued over 2,000 people. living along the banks of river feet level against danger level dated due to heavy rains. Prime Minister Narendra Udhampur and Reasi areas in river Chenab near Sitryal District administration. Jhelum and embankments of of 18 feet. The water level of Several colonies in Bemina Modi today condoled the loss of Assistant Commissioner floods and nearly 350 houses breached forcing administration Jammu-Srinagar, Jammu- different water bodies to move river Jhelum at Ram Munshi including Hamdaniya Colony, lives in Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir, Tasaduq Hussain said were damaged at many places to shift people to the safer Poonch, Jammu-Doda- to safer areas immediately in Bagh stabilized for past 7-8 Boat Colony are flooded with floods and sanctioned Rs 2 lakh that 5 persons died so far in places. Many families along Kishtwar roads have been view of the flood situation. hours due to breach in Jhelum police and Army rescuing the while over 200 people are still for the kin of the deceased and Kashmir valley due to floods river Suran and river Poonch closed while connectivity to trapped in Surankote, Rs 50,000 for the seriously caused by incessant rains since Two persons including a at Kandizal. The breach has residents. Water entered the res- were rescued to the safer places over 70-75% areas of the Poonch and other areas as injured. Tuesday. He said that 300 vil- woman was washed away in affected 70, 000 population in idential houses in these areas. continuous rain for the last by police and Army. Eight per- region has been snapped. lages are inundated, 8 bridges Anantnag district. They have Budgam district. The situation The Hajj House at SKIMS two days and floods created sons trapped in the upper storey (Contd on page 4 Col 1) SSP Rajouri, Mubassar have been washed away and been identified as Jameel Gorsi, is grim in Magam, Narbal, hospital and Medical College havoc across the region. of a building at the bank of river away in the flood. Latiffi told the Excelsior that a parts of Jammu-Srinagar- son of Ghulam Gorsi, resident Wadwan, Soibugh and several Bemina are water-logged as a High alert has been sounded Poonch were rescued at around Power supply to entire (Contd on page 4 Col 1) Baramulla National Highway of Ishoo Kokernag and Jana other village roads are sub- (Contd on page 4 Col 1) Already prepared to meet such threats: Army Tamper-proof EVMs being used in State as per SC guidelines Schools, Colleges closed till Sept 7 Excelsior Correspondent Security forces on high alert ECI issues strong rebuttal of propaganda SRINAGAR, Sept 4: Cabinet, which met under the chairman- ship of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, at Civil Secretariat here this afternoon, deferred the routine agenda keeping in view the after al-Qaeda threat unleashed by politicians in J&K massive damages caused by the flash floods across the State dur- Sanjeev Pargal pared itself to meet with any paign to India, DGP K ing the past two days. kind of threat from al-Qaeda or Rajendra Kumar today said * Haryana, Jharkhand to use similar machines The Cabinet, however, while expressing shock over the loss of precious lives due to floods and mud slides, ordered release of Rs JAMMU, Sept 4: Army, Taliban in the aftermath of US that the security grid will take Haryana and Jharkhand are also the ECI aren't manufactured Neeraj Rohmetra 10 crore each to be placed immediately with the Divisional BSF and police have stepped and NATO troops pull out from extra measures to foil any going to use the same make of by any Gujarat based Afghanistan, which was sched- attempt by the militants to set Commissioners of Kashmir and Jammu for providing immediate up security along the Line of JAMMU, Sept 4: In a EVMs in the upcoming elec- Company; they are manufac- uled to take place by the end of up base in the State. succour to the people affected by the rainfall and floods. Control (LoC), International strong rebuttal of the propa- tions to their Legislative tured by two Public Sector this year. "We will step up security As soon as Cabinet meeting started at 3 pm, Minister for PHE, Border (IB) and hinterland ganda unleashed by political Assemblies as is being done in Undertakings of Government “We are well prepared for measures to meet any challenge. following Intelligence inputs parties in State regarding case of Jammu and Kashmir. of India namely M/s Bharat (Contd on page 6 Col 7) any kind of situation on the bor- For us every militant (irrespec- that al-Qaeda has established Electronic Voting Machines These disclosures have been Electronics (BEL), Bangalore ders. Be it the al-Qaeda, Taliban tive of affiliation) is a threat a new branch to wage ‘jihad' (EVMs) from Gujarat to be made by the ECI in an official and M/s Electronic HM reviews situation, cancels visit or Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), we which has to be neutralised," in India, which would directly used in forthcoming Assembly communication to the State Corporation of India Limited NEW DELHI, Sept 4: will take on every one of them. Rajendra said. have an impact on Jammu polls, the Election Commission bearing number F.No. (ECIL), Hyderabad", adding, Neither of them will be allowed The DGP said the security and Kashmir. of India (ECI) has categorical- 51/8/16/9/2014- EMS, which is "these machines are tamper- Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reviewed the flood situa- to infiltrate,” sources said, establishment is taking the Army and BSF, which were ly stated that the machines are in possession of EXCELSIOR. proof and therefore have not tion in Jammu and Kashmir and assured Chief Minister Omar adding the Army and BSF were development very seriously and already maintaining high alert tamper-proof and can't be The letter, written by Secretary been manipulated in any elec- Abdullah of all necessary help for relief operations even as geared up to meet with any situ- will meet the challenge. on the LoC and IB respectively manipulated at any stage ECI, K N Bhar has issued point- tion nor there is any scope of inclement weather forced him to cancel his visit to border areas in ation on the borders. Kumar said the increase in in the wake of reports of infiltra- owing to technical and admin- wise rebuttal of the false propa- manipulating it due to inbuilt the State. Though the al-Qaeda in its infiltration attempts have come tion of the militants from istrative safeguards. ganda unleashed by several safeguards. They (the EVMs) The Home Minister had a telephonic conversation with the latest video has not specifically ahead of State Assembly elec- Pakistan, have been put on fresh Besides, the EVMs have regional parties of the Sate are simply being shifted from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister who apprised him of the flood mentioned Jammu and Kashmir, tions due to be held later in the alert to thwart intrusion bids and withstood the scrutiny of sever- including Congress, National Gujarat to J&K". situation in the State.
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