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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.