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TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2016 (PAGE 6) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU From page 1 95 pc people in Kashmir peace loving: Mehbooba CM’s directives on improvement in public Measures initiated will normalise or rifle firing the children’s got with them. They are totally but a handful of people who are again reposed in the democratic service delivery yet to be taken seriously law and order situation: CRPF killed". against them". in opportunity to disturb peace". institutions, offers an opportuni- task till date and its old web- them”, they further said, adding exercise maximum restraint and have directed our forces to hit at The Chief Minister said "the She further said that they Actor Salman Khan last year ty to work through peaceful and site doesn’t contain any infor- “the delay in furnishing of over 2000 CRPF personnel were the ankle, aim at the ankle and that children, who should have been (people of Kashmir) are rea- was in Kashmir to shoot for his reconciliatory means towards mation about delivery of serv- Utilization Certificates (UCs) as injured in stone pelting across too from a sufficient distance", he with their parents... in the lap of sonable and they understand film 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan', but this addressing all the dimensions of ices”. is being repeatedly pointed out Kashmir. He said that despite said. their mothers—have been made that the freedom which India year he preferred to go to Ladakh the Kashmir issue in a manner “The situation in respect of by the Ministers concerned is being on law and order duty The CRPF officer said that at shield by defying curfews and has is nowhere in the countries due to prevailing tension, she that balances and promotes departments dealing with essential the testimony of lack of coordi- round the clock for last 45 days times the mobs are very violent and restrictions for attacking camps which considered themselves said claiming that violence had enduring political and economic services particularly Power nation among different agen- the CRPF personnel are doing a the use of force becomes inevitable. and police stations". as independence. hit the tourism industry, thus stability in the State," she said Development Department and cies”. commendable job. He said that "At times, crowds are very aggres- Narrating the events lead- In indirect attack on affecting the economy of the and added that her Government Public Health Engineering About the skill development, senior officers of the force are in sive to the extent that the intent is ing to unrest, she said "we Opposition without naming State. visualizes a space of dignity, Department remains worst which is the major area of concern continuous touch with the per- murderous. And that time they are shifted from Jammu to them, she said: ``some people Meanwhile, in a brief chat opportunity and prosperity for notwithstanding the fact that lack for the Chief Minister, it was sonnel on the ground so as to out to outnumber the security Srinagar, held peaceful thought that this PDP-BJP with media after the function, the peace-loving people of of responsiveness in such depart- directed that the present system of ensure that the Standard forces and try to draw close. We are Assembly session and were Government will carry for- Mehbooba said she found noth- Jammu & Kashmir. ments was viewed very seriously departments organizing skill Operating Procedures are strict- hopeful and I am sure that good faced with Handwara episode ward the agenda of previous ing wrong in opposition leaders Maintaining that violence in by the Chief Minister”, sources development programmes at their ly followed. sense will prevail", he added. where we wanted to ensure Mufti Mohammad Sayeed meeting Prime Minister any form only brings miseries to said while disclosing that practice own level shall be dispensed with The Special DG CRPF said Shrivastava when asked about peace then the issues were Government in Jammu and Narendra Modi over the situation the people and is not a means to of disposing of the issues of public and a committee headed by DDC that pellet gun is not a lethal the allegations of excessive use of racked up one or the other Kashmir towards develop- in the Valley, saying it would be seek resolution of problems, in dilly-dallying manner still per- and comprising of District crowd control weapon. "Even a force by CRPF said that wherever it colony. I mean to say that ment, peace, progress and a good thing if some solution Mehbooba reiterated that solu- sists in majority of the departments Officers of the concerned depart- stone thrown from a shorter dis- is found that CRPF personnel have some people were waiting in prosperity by opening new could be found through such ini- tion can only be found through providing essential services. They ments, representative of Jammu tance or a teargas shell can be done something wrong action is wings to get some type of routes between two sides of tiatives. democratic and political means specifically pointed out that griev- and Kashmir Entrepreneurs lethal if it hits a vital organ. taken. "For example, there was a excuse (to derail peace and LoC and strengthen the cross "We live in a democratic involving engagement and dia- ances of the people vis-à-vis Development Institute and techni- Pellet gun is non-lethal but if it is case of Sub-Inspector firing at an normalcy in Jammu and border trade and travel. The set-up. If opposition leaders logue. unscheduled power cuts and errat- cal experts shall devise specific used from the short-distance, it ambulance. We suspended him and Kashmir)". attempts (to disturb peace) meet the Prime Minister or the "Time has come for the ic water supply are not being placement linked skill develop- may prove to be dangerous. But after enquiry we will take action", "Whenever the situation in were first made from President, if some solution can State's political leadership, cut- addressed timely by the PDD and ment courses under various these are used from a longer dis- he said. Jammu and Kashmir becomes Handwara to trigger unrest be found, it is a good thing," ting across the divide, to work PHE authorities. schemes as per local needs and tance. And these are basically not He said that strict disciplinary normal, tourism gets back on but the people did not she said when asked to com- towards retrieving the people of As far as Centrally Sponsored available avenues. meant to hit a particular person. action is taken to discipline the track and people get engaged respond". ment on the meeting that lead- Jammu & Kashmir, with honor Schemes are concerned, it was However, in majority of the It is not directed against one per- force. "There is no reason to protect into their jobs and trades, there is "When they thought it is hap- ers of National Conference, and dignity, from the political directed that Heads of the districts such committees have son but a group", he said. our men unnecessary because some or the other trouble insti- pening and they got an excuse Congress and some other uncertainties they are engulfed in Departments and District Officers not been framed till date thereby Shrivastava said that there have unless we enforce discipline the gated", she said. Before this time (during Burhan's encounter). opposition parties had with for the past seven decades," she concerned under the supervision creating impediments in skill been few cases where pellet is force might go berserk. We don't in Kashmir, there was a huge Otherwise there have been hun- Modi in Delhi. said and added that neither the of District Development development of the unemployed proving to be dangerous. "We have want that situation to take place. So footfall of tourists in Kashmir dreds of encounters till now and "There is so much of blood- stones nor the guns either in Commissioners shall ensure time- youth, sources regretted, adding re-emphasised our Standing any act of indiscipline is and will be valley, yatra started in a big way hundreds of security forces, mil- shed and loss of lives and prop- hands of the militants or the in ly expenditure of funds under CSS “none of the concerned depart- Operating Procedure (SOP). We severely punished", he said. and we tried to provide better itants and policemen and inno- erty (in the Valley). If they the hands of security forces and ensure advance coordination ment has so far evinced any infrastructure, including power cent people were killed", the (opposition parties) think they would enable a peaceful solution for planning of projects. interest in ensuring proper coor- Oil tanker operators call off strike in Jammu supply, ration", she said. Chief Minister said. can find a solution by this, it is a of the Kashmir problem. “However, the much needed dination in giving required the tanker operators' union and better security and special "We introduced a policy for She said she will fight to end good thing," she added. Mehbooba said the people of coordination is still missing and impetus to the skill develop- during meeting at her official helpline numbers but we have to ensuring that every individual the practice of making civilian as She said peace and normalcy the State, irrespective of their Heads of the Departments don’t ment”. residence at Wazarat Road, wait for the Government response gets his or her share of foods and human shield during encounter in the Valley was the utmost pri- age, gender, status or the politi- share the details of the Centrally “The non-serious approach Jammu, the Chief Minister as per our proposal," Wani added.

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