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For Daily English Newspaper RNI No. JKENG/2013/48845 TITLE CODE: JKENG-00999 Advertisement in Golden Yug –– Contact –– 0191-2464590 For Booking of Copies of Golden Yug Golden Yug –– Contact –– e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.goldenyug.com 94191-88950 Vol. 2 ISSUE NO. 228 Jammu, Saturday 20, September 2014 PAGES 8 PRICE RS. 2/- Postal Regd. No. L-29/JK-509/13-15 J&K floods: Death Mazher Hussain Calls on Governor toll climbs to 285 Omar visits Pulwama, ascertains GY NEWS SERVICE GY NEWS SERVICE SRINaGaR, SEPT. SRINaGaR SEPT 19: The death toll due to the floods in 19: Mazher Hussain, Jammu and Kashmir has climbed to 285 even as Chief Minister Executive Director, status of relief, rehabilitation process Confederation of Omar Abdullah on Friday expressed hope that the toll would not Voluntary associations be as high as feared earlier. "The death toll in Jammu is 203 (COVA), met N.N. Vohra, including the 44 members of a marriage party who are missing Asks cell companies to ensure complete restoration of services Governor , here at the Raj since there bus as washed away (in Rajouri district)," Omar told a Bhawan today. Hussain news agency. The rescue workers have so far recovered 77 bod - Assures people all help from Government presented to the Governor, ies from different parts of Kashmir Valley. "Other than the 44 per - GY NEWS SERVICE various cellular telecommunica - a strategy paper for rescue, sons from Jammu, we do not have many people reported missing. SRINaGaR, SEPT. 19: tion companies functioning in the relief and rehabilitation of If there would have been, we would have got to know by as com - Speaking to people in Pulwama State impressed upon them to the flood affected people munication systems have started working," he said. Omar also and other areas he visited on upgrade their efforts for complete of Jammu and Kashmir. He dismissed rumours that dogs were eating bodies of flood victims Friday morning to monitor relief restoration of mobile and internet offered the services of the or that some bodies had swept away to Pakistan-occupied and rehabilitation measures and services in the valley as early as COVA in facilitating the Kashmir (PoK). "There is no truth in these rumours," he added. receive the first hand information possible. locals to organize welfare Jammu and Kashmir has been hit by the worst-ever floods which about the same, the Chief Minister "You should work on war foot - committees at the grass have wreaked havoc in several districts. Omar Abdullah assured the people ing to ensure early restoration of root level, formation of advocacy groups to take up Meanwhile, Stating that 77 bodies have been retrieved sofar that he and his Government is the telecommunication services", issues of the affected peo - in flood affected areas of Kashmir valley, Abdul Gani Mir, the IGP with them at this juncture of crisis he told the senior officers and ple with the State and the Kashmir on Friday said that police is part and parcel of relief oper - and everything possible would be engineers of these companies. The Central Government and ations going on across the Valley. While talking to, Mir said that done to give required succor to the Chief Minister said that in order to safety assessment of the 77 bodies have been recovered from flood affected areas across flood affected families for their smoothen the relief and rehabilita - houses in rural areas and of the Kashmir valley since September 1. "So far the number of rehabilitation. tion work launched in the State by economically weaker sec - casualties across the Valley since September 1st is 77," the IGP The Chief Minister said that the Government to reach out all tions of the society. The Kashmir informed. Giving the breakup of these casualties, the priority has been given to make affected families, the dependable Governor thanked Hussain IGP Kashmir said that in eight bodies were recovered from food grains and other essentials telephone and internet service is and observed that his sug - Anantnag, nine bodies from Kulgam, two bodies from Shopian, available to the people besides of paramount importance. gestions would be duly four bodies from Awantipur, three bodies from Bandipora, four making hospitals functional and and has been reconstructed by the the water level measuring gauge. The representatives of forwarded to the Chief bodies from Kupwara, six bodies from Budgam, two bodies from cleaning garbage and carcasses Army temporarily to connect He said that some areas in telecommunication companies Minister. Ganderbal and 39 bodies from Srinagar. from the flood hit areas. He Pulwama district with other areas. Srinagar like Qamarwari, Bemina, assured the Chief Minister that However, Mir said that in Srinagar most of the deceased expressed hope that in the next He also appreciated Army for con - Batmallu, Jawaharnagar, Rajbagh, everything possible will be done Secretary GAD visits among 39 are non locals. "There are around 18 to 20 bodies' of few days situation will further structing the temporary bridge at Indira Nagar etc are still water to restore the services completely. Civil Secretariat, non locals among the 39 retrieved from Srinagar," the IGP improve and the relief and rehabil - Gador and underlined the need for logged. The Chief Minister in a meeting assures all help to Kashmir said. He said that out of 39 bodies retrieved from itation work will get intensified. having a concrete bridge at the The Chief Minister also with fruit growers representatives, Srinagar three were recovered from Police's East Zone, seven The Chief Minister also location to withstand floods and referred to the huge damage who met him here, expressed his employees were recovered from police West Zone, three from Police North chaired a meeting of district offi - other such eventualities. caused by the floods to the crops solidarity with them and said that GY NEWS SERVICE SRINaGaR, SEPT. particularly paddy, maize, veg - the Government would take all Zone, two were recovered from Police Hazratbal zone and 24 cers and was briefed about the The Chief Minister while 19: The Secretary GAD, were recovered from Police South Zone which besides other relief and rehabilitation works speaking to a gathering near the etable and fruit. He said he has measures to ensure transportation M.A Bukhari today visited places also include Rajbagh, Mehjoor Nagar and Batmaloo. A going on in the district. He direct - bridge he inaugurated, referred to taken up the issue of waving off of fruit from the State to the termi - the Civil Secretariat senior police officer informed that police has constituted several ed the officers to ensure full sup - the devastation caused by the the loans taken by the farmers on nal markets. premises to take stock of teams of police personnel for cleanliness drive in Srinagar. "We port and help to the affected fami - flood and said that the rise of the Kissan Credit Cards with the Omar Abdullah told them that the dewatering process and can understand that the municipal corporation alone can not cope lies and ensure that necessary water level in river Jehlum was Centre Government. He said he is the Horticulture Marketing and clean-up operations going up with this kind of natural calamity so we have constituted five relief reaches to them hassle-free. unprecedented which damaged its hopeful that Centre Government Transport Departments have been on there. Bukhari asked the teams of 25 police personnel each who have started clearance of The Chief Minister also visit - bunds and overflowed at various will accede to his proposal to pro - given directions to work in close officers of Fire & garbage in some flood hit areas of Srinagar. "These police teams ed some fruit orchards affected by places. He said that water level vide necessary succor to farmers cooperation with Fruit Growers Emergency Services to alongwith trucks and tractors were deputed in flood affected areas the floods and heavy rains. He not only surpassed the danger and fruit growers. Associations for transportation of speed up the dewatering in and around Batamaloo, Sher Garhi and Sonawar areas to clear inaugurated bridge at Gador mark of 18 foot but went many Chief Minister, Omar fruit from the State to outside mar - and cleaning process so the garbage from the main roads," the police officer added. which was damaged due to flood foots above the 30 feet mark on Abdullah in a meeting with the kets. that work is resumed in the Secretariat normally and more and more employees `Govt relief efforts confined to announcements' are able to make it up to their offices. Bukhari said all facilities would be pro - vided to the employees Mehbooba seeks effective dewatering mechanism, relief operation on war footing returning back to duty GY NEWS SERVICE "Many areas in South governments as hardly any North Kashmir the farmers caused huge damage to resi - including their accommo - SRINaGaR, SEPT. Kashmir, Srinagar city and major dewatering machinery have suffered immense loss dential houses, roads, dation and other logistic 19: Urging the state govern - other parts of central and is in evidence anywhere to the fruit after having made bridges, standing crops and needs. He directed the con - ment to put its act together North Kashmir continue to functional in the affected huge investment throughout infrastructure in various cerned that efforts should even at this late stage, be inundated", she said areas. the season. She said that parts of Jammu region and be made to salvage the Peoples Democratic Party adding that the mechanical Mehbooba said that whatever fruit has survived now the government inac - office records by taking all president Mehbooba Mufti dewatering of these areas has dewatering challenge is also is now facing the prospect of tion to provide timely relief possible measures.