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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2021 (PAGE 6) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU IAF focused on boosting capabilities after People protest against Div Com directs BDOs to blacklist Balakot strikes, Galwan clashes: IAF chief PDD, block highway underperforming contractors Excelsior Correspondent Taking strong note of delay Dr Langer said that as per NEW DELHI, Aug 10: ed and we need to keep this in ing out precision strikes and pos- Excelsior Correspondent Thandapani and blocked Jammu- in payments, the Div Com the directions of office of the mind as we go ahead," he said at sessing network-centric environ- Poonch highway by raising slo- SUNDERBANI, Aug 10: The gans against AEE of PDD JAMMU, Aug 10: Divisional directed the DCs to seek expla- Lieutenant Governor work on India's air power capabilities the United Service Institution of ment. Commissioner Jammu, Dr nations and find out the reasons establishment of BDCs and in terms of hitting targets with India (USI). Twenty Indian Army person- people from Thandapani and Sunderbani Rajiv Koul. Some of adjoining villages including men, them sat on dharna on the road Raghav Langer today reviewed for delayed payments in the dis- DDCs offices should be expe- precision, defending assets and At a seminar last month, nel laid down their lives in clash- women and youth held strong while others started shouting loud the performance of Rural use of new technologies have Chief of Defence Staff Gen es with Chinese troops on June protest demonstration against PDD slogans against the PDD authori- Development Department under gone up significantly after the Bipin Rawat, while referring to 15 last year that marked the most and blocked Jammu-Poonch high- ties. They alleged that people were various schemes including Balakot air strikes and rapid the proposed integrated theatre serious military conflicts way for an hour near Sunderbani facing worst kind of hardships due MGNREGA at a meeting with developments in eastern Ladakh commands, described the Air between the two sides in for not installing new transformer. to darkness after burning of trans- concerned officers. following the Galwan Valley Force as a "support arm" but Air decades. They alleged low voltage and former for the last one week. The meeting was attended by clashes, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria dis- In February, China officially frequent unscheduled power cuts The protesters alleged that they Director Rural Development Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria agreed with him, saying airpow- acknowledged that five Chinese in the area. The people demanded met Assistant Executive Engineer Department, Superintendent said today. er has a huge role to play. military officers and soldiers immediate transfer of concerned (AEE) Sunderbani but he misbe- Engineer, REW, Deputy Director In an address at a leading About the IAF's operational were killed in the clashes though senior staff at PDD office haves with the public instead of Planning and other concerned think-tank, the IAF Chief said readiness, he said the focus was it is widely believed that the Sunderbani including AEE. rectifying problem or giving prop- officers, while ADDCs, ACDs of India now has an "edge" in its to bring in the next level of oper- death toll was higher. Alarge number of people of the er response. Later, Naib Tehsildar all the districts of the division ability on both the Western and ational transformation including The Chief of Air Staff also town and villages, including local Thandapani, Parshotam Singh along with BDOs attended the Divisional Commissioner Jammu chairing a meeting on Northern fronts to "react fast, in the cyber-security domain mentioned Balakot air strikes as traders Manjeet Singh, Ramesh rushed to the spot and assured that meeting through video confer- Tuesday. encing. respond fast and hit fast", noting after the Galwan Valley clashes an important event while talking Chander, Panch Ravinder Kumar, their issue will be resolved within At the outset, the Director tricts. dited in all the districts. that induction of Rafale jets has and his force has been largely about the transformation of the Makhan Singh and others came next 24 hours. out on the road at main chowk, RDD gave a detailed power- He also stressed to priori- He also reviewed the helped in bringing the "next successful in its endeavour. IAF in the last few years, and point presentation on District tize the completion of the progress of development works level" of operational transforma- Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria said it sent out a clear message wise/Panchayat wise status of spillover works/ (executed but under 14th FC, B2V3. It was tion. said the "edge" that the IAF has about India's approach in dealing Reserve jobs for locals in works taken up under MGNRE- not yet completed) in all the decided that the work plans About the drone strike on the today came from a combination with security challenges. GA, PMAY, convergence, 14th districts. shall be finalized within the Jammu airbase, he said the IAF of its weapons, training status, Indian fighter jets bombed FC and other schemes. The Div Com also reviewed stipulated time frame. He also is taking a series of initiatives platforms network environment Jaish-e-Mohammed's biggest industrial sector: Manjit During the meeting various the progress on construction of directed the concerned officers including procuring next-genera- and its ability to "react fast, training camp near Balakot deep Excelsior Correspondent demanded. issues were discussed which Panchayat Ghars, Block to complete the process of reg- tion jammers to deal with such respond fast and hit fast. inside Pakistan on February 26, The function was organized by includes completion of Development Council and istration of contractors and set SAMBA, Aug 10: Apni Party Sunny Sambyal, Trade Union dis- PMAY(Gramin) houses, District Development Council timelines for completing 100 challenges and added that the "That is the edge we have 2019, 12 days after the terror provincial president, Jammu, trict president, Samba, in which Aadhar seeding of MGNREGA offices under Rashtriya Gramin percent geo tagging of all the attack would not have been pos- today in both scenarios, be it on outfit claimed responsibility for Manjit Singh today demanded provincial president, Jammu, sible if it was attempted two- the western front or be it on the a suicide attack on a CRPF con- reservation of jobs for locals in the Manjit Singh, district president workers, Aadhar based pay- Swaraj Yojana. The concerned works. three months later. northern front," he said. voy in Kashmir, killing 40 sol- Industrial Sector in Jammu, Samba, Raman Thappa and other ments, Payment of MGNREGA officers apprised about the The Div Com strongly Referring to the 11-day con- He said the "transformation" diers. Samba, and Kathua. leaders were present. During the wages, status of MGNREGA works completed so far and sta- directed the officers to blacklist flict between Israel and Hamas was triggered by the develop- Pakistan retaliated by “We have huge industrial sec- function, over a dozen youth works, registration of contrac- tus of ongoing works. The Div the poor performing contractors in May, Air Chief Marshal ments like Balakot strikes and attempting to target Indian mili- tors in Jammu, Samba and Kathua joined Apni Party expressing faith tors at Panchayat level, B2V3 Com directed the District offi- and expedite the pace of ongo- Bhadauria said that Israel's use situation in eastern Ladakh and it tary installations the next day. but they hardly engage the local in the leadership of Apni Party works, progress of 14th FC cers to resolve the issues of ing development works in their works, CD Panchayats, con- identification of land/ transfer respective areas. "The people of air power in carrying out oper- now has now taken the IAF to However, the IAF thwarted their youth. They employ skilled and president, Syed Mohammed Altaf struction of BDCs, DDC of land so that work on these are pinning high hope for quick ations with surgical precision to the "next level. plans. unskilled people from outside Bukhari. Jammu and Kashmir. The industri- Expressing serious concern offices, and various other issues projects can be executed and speedy development of the achieve its objectives in Gaza The IAF Chief said the Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria related to development works. smoothly. districts" he added. against the militant group while induction of the Rafale aircraft also spoke about the low cost al units should prefer the locals over unprecedented power cuts in with regard to employment,” he Samba District, Manjit Singh said While reviewing the materi- ensuring minimum collateral has helped in lifting the overall activities of commercial drones said while addressing a party func- that the PDD has failed to ensure al and wage liabilities of previ- People being looted, misdoings go unchecked damage was a reflection of the offensive capability of the Air and its use for supply of arms, tion in Samba district. 24x7 electricity supply in the dis- ous years under MGNREGA, ability of the air assets. Force. "It is a level or a level- drugs, money as well as use of Manjit Singh said that numer- trict. “The department seems to the Div Com was informed that Explaining the role of air and-a-half above where we the armed version of the ous complaints come to them that have collapsed to function and the verifications are pending in Private healthcare set-up lacks power, the IAF Chief also talked were." unmanned aerial vehicles to local youths are ignored with provide round the clock electricity some districts. The Div Com about the general perception to He said the focus after the launch an attack on the Jammu regard to employment in the supply to the people. In this hot directed the concerned district look at only its offensive role and Galwan Valley clashes was to airbase. industrial sector. He said that the and humid season, the authorities level officers to count and veri- basic Govt regulations in Kashmir the general tendency to say "no- bolster the cyber security system He referred to China's emer- locals are not getting the benefit of should ensure proper electricity fy the material liabilities and Irfan Tramboo It is to be noted here that in the no" for its use in certain situa- as it was identified as an area of gence at the world stage, its industries in these districts in supply. Without electricity the complete the process within absence of norms and regulations tions, saying the paradigms and concern mainly because of some diplomacy, economic clout and absence of any guarantee to the water supply has also been affect- stipulated time frame and send from the Government, the private jobs. “The Government must take ed,” he added. SRINAGAR, Aug 10: Though scenarios have shifted and there of the "actions", he said in an military belligerence in Indo- the same to higher authorities players in the healthcare sector are some immediate steps by ensuring minimal in its footfall, the private is a need to keep this in mind. apparent reference to the ability Pacific. (PTI) for further action. being given a free hand. employment to the locals,” he health care sector operating in "The ability of air power of the adversary to the IAF's net- Kashmir is highly unregulated Further, the functioning of the which was largely seen as an works. with the management of these hospitals in the private sector is offensive, as a no-no in some sit- He said the IAF's operational RBU introduces 50 new healthcare facilities resorting to also under question as there have uations particularly in the sub- offensive capability has gone up highhandedness in the absence of been several alleged cases of med- continent...The paradigms have in terms of having long-distance any norms from the Government. ical negligence which have been shifted, the scenarios have shift- air-to-ground weapons, in carry- job-oriented courses Starting with the consultation reported from various private hos- fee of the doctors, who are practis- pitals operating in Srinagar. Excelsior Correspondent Masters in Sports Physiotherapy ing in the private sector, the people However, almost all such cases Masters in Sports Nutrition, and who visit these doctors are made to have gone unchecked and there BJP committed to strengthen JAMMU, Aug 10: The Rayat B Sc Cardiovascular Technology, pay heavily in terms of the consul- has not been even a single case Bahra University, in an innova- M.Sc in Radiology & Imaging tation fee apart from the medicines where the action was initiated. tive initiative, has introduced over Technology, Dialysis Technology, that are prescribed. Recently, one such case was ULBs in J&K: Sanjay Baru 50 new industry-driven job-ori- Operation Theater and It is to be noted here that the reported wherein a lady’s uterus Excelsior Correspondent mies of mankind will never suc- ented courses to ensure that the Anaesthesia Technology, consultation fee of local doctors in was “mistakenly” removed at a ceed in their evil designs and students get placements on com- Histopathology, Microbiology, the private sector is considerably private hospital, however, even as the incident was reported, the JAMMU, Aug 10: BJP com- soon they all will be neutralized and Diploma low in comparison to the doctors Medical Lab who visit Kashmir from the rest of health authorities did not initiate mitted to strengthen Urban by our security forces. A view of abandoned bridge. -Excelsior/Tilak Raj any such action and waited for the Local Bodies by ensuring every Sanjay Baru said that where- Technology. the states to offer consolations to the patients. aggrieved family to first file a needed step like 74th amend- as, on the initiatives of Prime Speaking about complaint. the programmes to “I recently visited a doctor in ment, said Urban Local Body Minister, Narendra Modi 73rd Srinagar and was made to pay Rs Even before that, another case be offered at the and 74th amend- Dheraja village awaits 500 and initially they told me that of gross medical negligence was ments were incor- Defensethe fee is valid for 2 visits, but on also reported from a private hospi- porated in J&K, Preparatory the second visit 7 days later, I was tal in the city. While the then but still 74th construction of bridge Academy, Lt. Gen once again asked to pay the fee,” a Director of Health Services took KJ Singh chief amendment is not Excelsior Correspondent construction of bridge, never patient said. note of the matter and initiated patron said that action—the inquiry report and the fully implemented made any serious efforts On the other hand, the doctors there would be action taken, if any, was never in Jammu and he BHADERWAH, Aug 10: towards the initiation of the Officials of Rayat Bahra University inter- who are exclusively brought here three types of pro- made public. requested LG of Despite lapse of 15 years, the project, the locals informed. acting with media persons. by the private clinics or the hospi- grammes at the tals, it appears are out on open While the Director Health J&K, Manoj residents of village Dheraja "We ran from post to pillars pletion of course. academy. The Long-term pro- loot. Services, Kashmir Dr Mushtaq Kumar Sinha that await construction of bridge. and got the road approved after a These courses have been gramme would be for boys who These doctors in Kashmir Ahmad Rather did not respond to those responsible The village located only one struggle of 4 years", said designed by the experienced fac- want to join National Defense charge over Rs 1000 per visit and the specific queries raised by for this dilly dal- and a half Kilometer from the Mohammad Ashraf, a villager, Sanjay Baru, convener BJP Local Bodies lying approach be ulty of the university who Academy (NDA). These boys at times, despite the consultation Excelsior, those privy to the work- main city, has been living with- adding that the bridge to connect ing of the healthcare facilities in Cell addressing a press conference at BJP identified and explored the job potential in dif- will complete their CBSE +2 carried out here, ask the patients to out basic amenities for the past our village to the outer area has the private sector said that the Headquarters Trikuta Nagar along with co ferent sectors to decide on the through Rayat Bahra travel to other states and seek con- dealt strongly. one and a half decades. not been constructed despite Government has been giving little convener of the Cell Sharda Kumar and BJP Excellent steps new courses and on their recom- International School and their sultations from them there for The residents of the village lapse of 15 years. effective treatment. attention towards regulating the media secretary , Dr Pardeep Mangotra on being taken by LG mendations the university has NDA preparation through the have been cut off from the city, "Over 500 students of differ- “I was visiting a doctor here at functioning of the sector with the Tuesday. -Excelsior/Rakesh introduced these new courses DPA. are not fully sup- courtesy to grave lack of apathy ent ages go through this danger- a private clinic and used to pay result the commoners have been from this academic session. In the Mid Term programme ported by certain from the authorities who have ous thin sheets pass by putting him around Rs 300 per visit, but left with nowhere to go. The Rayat Bahra University boys and girls who want to join Cell of BJP Jammu & Kashmir skewed persons for their own made zilch progress towards the their life in extreme danger for then, a few months later, I was told “It is because the Government is also opening on its campus a Armed forces after finishing Incharge Sanjay Kumar Baru vested or regional interests, he construction of a bridge con- continuing their education", said that a senior doctor is coming to healthcare system is robust and Defense Preparatory Academy Bachelors and/or Masters degrees while talking to reporters here, rued. necting them to the outer world. Iqbal Mir, father of two school Srinagar from Delhi and it was has a vast presence and the major- (DPA) for youth who are interest- would be trained as there is huge today. Baru, in wake of continued The residents of around one going kids. suggested that I seek a consulta- ity of people are thronging there ed in joining Indian Armed demand for engineers, educators, for the treatment and that has led to He also put forth demand for attacks on the lives of public rep- thousand households of the vil- As life hangs on fine line of tion from him and for which I paid Forces. lawyers and many more special the gross irregularities in the more infrastructure and addi- resentatives requested that the lage are forced to put their lives necessities and ignorance for over Rs 1000,” said another Gurvinder Singh Bahra, supporting services. The Short- absence of specific Govt norms,” tional funds as well as Protocol Municipal councilors be also in danger as they get to the other people in Dheraja, all they can patient suffering from a gastroin- Chancellor of the Rayat Bahra term programme would be for testinal ailment. an official said. and Security cover to given protocol and security as side of the town by passing do is pray for their fortune to University, Vice-Chancellor Dr boys and girls who have got a call Councilors. per on the pattern of DDC mem- through thin sheets of tin, which change as going to authorities, Parvinder Singh and Gurinder from Service Selection Board J&K BJP Media incharge bers so that they can serve the were laid as a provisional including concerned MLA and Singh Bahra, Vice-President of (SSB). This will be a 15-day boot Dr. Pardeep Mahotra and JMC community with free mind. He arrangement till the bridge MLC, has only got them excus- the Rayat Bahra Group of camp consisting of outdoor phys- councillor and co convener of also demanded that the office would come up. The provisional es in return. Institutions, disclosed this in an ical training, group discussions, the Cell Sharda Kumari were infrastructure and man power be arrangement became the perma- "Nobody bothers about us. interaction with media persons interview skills, social attributes, also present in the press briefing increased at all the Municipal nent one, as the bridge never We are nobodies for them. If here today. mess behaviour and psychologi- held at party headquarter, Councils and Committees for the came up, despite lapse of 15 only those sitting in power put Listing some of the new cal tests. Trikuta Nagar. effective development works. long years. themselves in our shoes, even in courses, they said that the School Lt. Gen KJ Singh said that Sanjay Kumar Baru paid He further added there are Jammu and Kashmir their thoughts, they could realize of Medical and Allied Sciences this academy faculty will be 100 tributes to the recently martyred many pending DPRs lying unat- Projects Construction what life is for us here," rues had introduced Masters in Public percent retired officers from the BJP leader & Sarpanch, Ghulam tended concerning development Corporation Limited (JKPCC), Iqbal Mir. Health, Masters in Physiotherapy, Indian Armed Forces. Rasool Dar along with his wife work in various areas and the agency responsible for the who was also Kissan Morcha requested to LG that additional district president from Kulgam. funds may please be released to Municipal solid waste dumped in Ganderbal wetland. He strongly condemned the ease out the public mitigations. Hurriyat concerned over Zojila tunnel important from incident and said that seeing the He also put his point for the unprecedented development in effective drainage system in whole of Jammu & Kashmir, Jammu and demanded for addi- detention of political leaders defence point of view: Jasrotia RTI activist alleges MSW dumping in terrorists are frustrated beyond tional scheme on the pattern of Excelsior Correspondent prisoners are being detained and Excelsior Correspondent who are on guard to save limits. He said that those ene- “Amrut”. are languishing in jails mostly for Siachin by sacrificing their lives Ganderbal Wetland, appeals CS to act SRINAGAR, Aug 10: All their political outlook, while there JAMMU, Aug 10: Jammu from time to time otherwise we Excelsior Correspondent Rules 2017. He said that the Parties Hurriyat Conference is deliberate delay in hearing of and Kashmir BJP spokesperson would have lost Siachin the municipality is earth filling the (APHC) today expressed concern cases against them in courts. SRINAGAR, Aug 10: plastic waste which is itself a Prof Pirzada takes over as Director and regret that Kashmiri political "In the last four years not even Abhijeet Jasrotia today said that most important point like Aksai leadership, activists and others once have their cases come up for Zojila tunnel is of immense chin, Tia Pangnak and Chabzi Chairman Jammu & Kashmir serious criminal act. continue to be jailed by the author- hearing. It is as if their fundamen- importance from defence point Valley, Doom Cheley which RTI Movement, Dr Raja "The Municipal Council Institute of Kashmir Studies ities. tal human rights cease to exist in an of view but Congress intention- were served in a platter to China Muzaffar has appealed to Chief Ganderbal is not only violating Excelsior Correspondent after an earlier stint as a KPS APHC in a statement said that authoritarian environment. ally kept it in abeyance as secu- by then Congress Government." Secretary Dr A K Mehta to take the MSW Rules 2016 but is also officer 1999 batch. In his admin- leaders, activists and others includ- Similarly Muhammad Yasin Malik rity of the Nation was never in said Abhijeet. action against Municipal violating Wetland Conservation SRINAGAR, Aug 10: istrative roles in the university, ing Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam, is in jail for more than two years its agenda. The BJP spokesperson while Council Ganderbal for unscien- and Management Rules of 2017 Professor Pirzada Mohammad Prof Pirzada has served as the Altaf Ahmad Shah, Nayeem now and Shabir Ahmad Shah for Jasrotia said this tunnel is the hitting out at Farooq Abdullah's tific dumping of Municipal plus the Water Prevention and Amin from Department of founder Head, Department of Ahmed, Khan, Ayaz Akbar, Pir more than four," the statement said. only life line to connect Kashmir recent visit to Z Morh & Zojila Solid Waste (MSW) in Beehama Control of Pollution Act 1974. I Sociology, University of Social Work, University of Saifullah, Raja Merajuddin APHC appealed to the citizens with Ladakh which is bordered tunnel said that Abdullah leaves wetland area of the Ganderbal appeal to the Chief Secretary Dr Kashmir, has taken over Kashmir and Head, Kalwal, Farooq Ahmed Dar, Syed of India and to rights Organizations with countries like China and no opportunity of media cover- town. A K Mehta who is also the the charge of Director at Department of Shahid Yusuf, Syed Shakeel as well as to international human Pakistan. He said that the Zojila age and taking false credit of In a statement, Dr Raja Chairperson State Wetland the Institute of Kashmir Sociology. Ahmed, Aasiya Andrabi, rights organizations and all nations tunnel was a strategic work of BJP's developmental works. He Muzaffar said that instead of Authority and Suresh Chugh, Studies. Prof Pirzada has an Fehmeeda Sofi, Nahida Nasreen, across the globe, who believe in high defence priority which was said that the sitting MP of NC enforcing the MSW Rules 2016, Chairman Pollution Control The Institute being a extensive experience on Er Rasheed, Zahoor Ahmed Watali human rights and justice to raise never on the agenda of Congress has no contribution in this proj- the MC Ganderbal is itself vio- Committee to take strong notice premier area study cen- policy research and has and others have completed four their voice for the immediate and and NC but it was delivered by ect as from past two decades lating the same by carrying all of this issue. The municipal offi- tre at University of been an architect of pol- years of imprisonment in the infa- honorable release of Jammu and BJP Government which is con- Congress and NC were misrul- the municipal and hazardous cials across J&K need to be sen- mous Tihar Jail in Delhi. Kashmir's political leaders, Kashmir, has a pivotal icy formulation for sistently enhancing the defence ing at state and centre and they waste in a mixed form and sitized on managing MSW plus It said the health condition of activists, youth and others incarcer- dumping the same in wetland the Govt must allocate enough role in formulation of policy and reservation for Pahari communi- Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam, who is ated for years now in various pris- power of the country. never cared about problems of interdisciplinary research and ty of J&K being the head of the in Tihar Jail, is extremely bad and ons across India and J&K. "We can very well under- people of Ladakh. area at Gohal which is mere 30 funds to all ULBs to have a sci- also offers the MA Program in committee constituted by his wife and young daughters are APHC also expressed its con- stand this as most of the land of Jasrotia chided Farooq meters from Ganderbal Sub entific system for waste man- Anthropology. Government of India. He is also facing multiple difficulties and cern over the repeated raids across erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir Abdullah who tried to make a District Hospital. agement in place. The municipal A noted Sociologist, Prof heading the Committee for hardships including psychological the valley on those affiliated with state was illegally occupied by news by visiting the under con- He said that Municipal officials are dumping the wet- Pirzada has more than two determining the reservation for issues. jamaat-e-Islami organization by Pakistan and China due to struction Zojila & Z morh tunnel Council Ganderbal is also guilty land waste under muck which is decades of teaching, research, Koli and Chopan community of APHC termed it tragic that for NIA Congress and its anti-national just to hit the headlines. of violating the Wetland again a serious crime" he added. and administrative experience, J&K. such a long period of time, these agenda. 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