THE HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS QJAMMU Q FRIDAY Q MARCH 19, 2021 5 Advisor Farooq Khan reviews FCS&CA conducts market Indu Chib assumes checking at Ramban office as Udhampur DC status of works under YS&S UDHAMPUR, MARCH-18: Indu Kanwal each of the activity carried Chib today assumed the of- by the department. fice as new Deputy Commis- Advisor Khan appreci- sioner, Udhampur. ated the department for or- After assuming the ganising the first ever charge, the Deputy Commis- trekking event in Jammu sioner interacted with offi- division which received an cers and officials of District enthusiastic response from Administration. all the stakeholders. The officers presented a brief profile and overview of the The Advisor stressed for main schemes of the district. She expressed satisfaction maximum involvement of over the progress on different schemes and appreciated the students in sports and other innovative works done by the district administration un- games. He also emphasized der the leadership of Dr Piyush Singla during his tenure . She on identification of talent on praised the Jeevika project and emphasized to take forward HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS district wise projects report sports infrastructure in J&K grass root level so that they this agriculture convergence model and other best prac- JAMMU, MAR 18 besides the sporting events including construction of can excel at UT, national tices of the district . organised by the depart- synthetic athletic tracks, and international level. Further, she impressed upon the district/sectoral offi- The UT of J&K is commit- ment. synthetic football turfs, syn- Advisor Khan asked YSS cers to adopt a coordinated approach to achieve the goals set ted to promote sports cul- The DG apprised the thetic hockey fields, rugby to identify local players with for development in line with Government's focused areas. ture and creation of to-date Chair that more than 2.5 play field, swimming pools achievements in their re- HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS meat & chicken sellers, veg- modern facilities for achiev- lakh students participated at different venues. spective fields and to utilize RAMBAN, MAR 18 etable & fruit venders about Raghav Langer assumes ing excellence. in Fit India/Swachta The Advisor applauded them so that youth would be extant rules and regula- This was stated by Advi- Pledge/Rashtriya Ekta Di- the role of Youth Services & attracted towards sports. The Department of Food, tions. office as Div Com Jammu sor to Lieutenant Governor, was programs. He further Sports (YS&S) department He underscored the need JAMMU, MARCH 18: Dr. Raghav Langer, IAS (2009) Civil Supplies & Consumer The checking squad also Farooq Khan while chairing informed that 10 thousand for conducting multifarious to encourage outstanding today assumed the charge as Affairs today conducted booked 24 erring traders a review meeting of Youth students participated in dif- activities amid Covid pan- players from J&K by high- Divisional Commissioner, market checking here in and realized a fine of Rs. Services & Sports at Civil ferent sports activities un- demic. lighting their achieve- Jammu. Main Bazaar Ramban. 7100.00 from them. Secretariat here today. der My Town My Pride ini- He further asked the DG ments.“These local players The outgoing Divisional The market checking The AD instructed shop- Principal Secretary Alok tiative where as more than YS&S to provide the infra- would be J&K’s ambas- Commissioner, Sanjeev squad comprising Assis- keepers to display rate lists Kumar YS&S, Director Gen- 1.5 lakh students partici- structure like playing fields, sadors and would also serve Verma, congratulated Dr tant Director, FCS&CA, Dr. and sell commodities on the eral, YS&S, Dr Salim-ur- pated in different sports ac- courts, turfs to every district as youth icons for budding Raghav Langer for his new Nasir Ahmed Butt; Tehsil rates fixed by Depart- Rehman, Special Assistant tivities during B2V pro- so that each of the activity players of J&K,” Advisor assignment and apprised Supply Officer Ramban and ment/Associations. Owners to Advisor, Waseem Raja gram. He also informed that can be held there. Khan said. The Advisor di- him about the functioning of the Divisional Commissioner police officers visited Bus of Food Joints and Restau- besides other senior officers 1600 playfields have been He maintained that there rected the concerned exe- Office and various other issues. stand, Baoli Bazar, Cafete- rants were instructed to use of the concerned depart- made available at Pan- is immense talent for such cuting agencies to finish the Assistant Commissioner Central, Kulbushan Khajuria, ria Morh, Masjid Market only commercial LPG cylin- ment were present in the chayat Level. games among the youth es- projects within a given time besides other Officers and staff members of Div Com office and Upper Bazaar and in- ders. meeting. The DG also apprised the pecially from rural and frame so that the sporting were present on the occasion. spected over 50 establish- People belonging to these At the outset, the DG Advisor regarding the sta- tribal areas and asked for facilities would be made Soon after assuming the charge, Dr Langar took a round of ments. The team sensitised areas were also advised to YS&S gave a power point tus of other major projects providing equal opportuni- available to players and various blocks, sections of Divisional Commissioner office the shopkeepers, especially approach the Department presentation and presented under augmentation of ties to both boys and girls in youth alike. and interacted with the staff. He also inquired about the milk & milk product sellers, in case of any complaint. overall functioning of the Office. While interacting with staff, he instructed them to work SKUAST-J Kissan Mela: Vegetable Show, Industria-Academia meet marks 3-day with dedication. HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS Earlier, Prof. Jyoti Kachroo, Coordinator Anuradha Gupta assumes JAMMU, MAR 18 of the program, welcomed the guests and briefed about the event. charge as Samba DC An impressive fruit and vegetable show She also discussed the RKVY-RAFTAAR SAMBA, MARCH 18: Anuradha Gupta today as- was today organized at Sher-e-Kashmir scheme run by the University for agri-star- University of Agricultural Sciences and tups. Technology (SKUAST) - Jammu on the Prominent among the participants from third day of Kisan Mela. the Industries and progressive farmers Director Horticulture, Ram Sevak was were Annil Suri, Sujiv Jain, Vijay Jain, chief guest and Jt. Director Extension, De- Manoj Kumar, Ajay, Kulbhushan Khajuria, partment of Agriculture, Jammu, Shahid Punjab Singh, Rajinder Singh. Iqbal was guest of honour. All the statutory officers, concerned fac- Speaking at the fruit and vegetable show, ulty members and students also attended Ram Sevak suggested to the farmers to cul- the programme. tivate improved varieties of fruit and veg- Vote of Thanks was presented by Dr. Anju etable crops for realizing maximum profit. Bhat, Head, FST. The proceedings of the sumed charge as Deputy Commissioner, Samba. He urged the farmers for judicious applica- training program were conducted by Dr. Soon after assuming the charge, the DC took an intro- tion of plant protection measures in veg- Vinod Gupta, Sr. Scientist & Head, KVK, ductory meeting of district officers and sub-ordinate staff in etable and fruit crops keeping in view the delivered by the experts. During the programme scientists of the Samba. her office chamber. safety of health of the consumers. He Industry-Academia meet was also orga- university deliberated on the technologies Two training programs were also con- While addressing the meeting, the DC urged upon the of- thanked SKUAST-Jammu for organizing nized to sensitize the progressive farmers of university viz., animal feed technologies, ducted under Tribal Sub Plan in Mega Seed ficers and field functionaries to work with added dedica- five day long Kisan Mela in coordination and industry persons about the improved processing of milk and meat products, min- Unit of SKUAST-Jammu where 32 tribal tion and honesty to further improve the present develop- with other line departments. He suggested and proven technologies developed by eral mixtures, automated times based vari- farmers of Rajouri district and 20 tribal mental scenario of the district. that such Kisan Melas should be organized SKUAST-Jammu scientists so that these able speed device for a sprinkler irrigation farmers of Samba district participated in The DC took round of the district offices in the administra- regularly for creating awareness among the technologies can be commercialized for the system, hydroponic, potential and the training programme. tion block of the DC office complex. She sought coopera- farmers. larger interest of the farming community. prospects of newly released basmati vari- Inputs, such as improved seeds (Giza – tion from all district officers to take the development profile A large number of entries of vegetables Director Industries & Commerce, eties, biopesticides and food processing 14), organic manure, knapsack sprayer, ver- of the district to zenith. She said ‘our thrust should be mon- and fruits were displayed during the show. Jammu, Anu Malhotra, was the Chief Guest technologies. min beds and mineral mixture were also itoring developmental works and welfare programmes at grassroots level’. She stressed on giving first priority to the In vegetables, cole crops, root crops, exotic on the occasion and M.D. J&K UT Agro In- The M.D. Agro Industries invited agri- distributed among the participants. resolution of the public issues. crops, leafy vegetables, spices and other mi- dustries Bhawani Rakhwal, was the Guest preneurs for marketing of their products Dr. Jag Paul Sharma, Director Research Earlier, Additional Deputy Commissioner, while welcom- nor vegetables were displayed. Besides, a of Honour. through Agro-Industries as they are already Cum Registrar was Chief Guest and Dr. ing the DC, assured all possible support for smooth function- large number of strawberry entries were The Director Industries, in her address in marketing of various commodities like Bikram Singh, Dean, FoA was Guest of Ho- ing of the district administration. also displayed. spoke about the government policies and Honey and Saffron. nour on the occasion. Additional District Development Commissioner, Assistant Meanwhile, an awareness programme on also stressed on providing the marketing Prof. J. P. Sharma, Vice Chancellor in his Besides training on Bee Keeping for 50 Commissioner Revenue, Chief Planning Officer and other agriculture education for the school chil- support to farmers. She also invited entre- remarks congratulated the organizing team farmers was also organized at Bee Keeping district officers besides sub-ordinate staff were present on dren was also organized in which more than preneurs for setting up wool processing for conducting Industria-Academia meet Unit of SKUAST-Jammu Chatha. the occasion. hundred school children participated. Lec- clusters and said that the government was successfully. He appreciated the efforts for Proceedings of the training program tures on scope, prospects and opportunities ready to allot land for the same in the In- taking the initiative and advised to organize were conducted by Dr. Amrish Vaid, I/c in agriculture and veterinary sciences were dustrial area. more such types of events in future also. Mega Seed Unit. Inder Jeet assumes office as Poonch DC Horti deptt organises farmers’ POONCH, MARCH, 18: Inder Jeet on Thursday took I&C Secy visits JKI units Bari Brahmana over the charge as Deputy Commissioner Poonch replac- for increasing it marketing awareness camp at Banihal ing Rahul Yadav who has been transferred and posted as outreach such as creation of Deputy Commissioner Kathua. brochures catalogues and Inder Jeet is a 1999 batch KAS officer who has earlier through tie- ups with vari- served at various challenging assignments in J&K including ous e-market platforms Director Agriculture and others. such as Amazon. Further to cater to the Ajay Kumar Sharma takes Government market the process of registration on over as ReasiDC GeM has been initiated and REASI, MARCH 18: Ajay Kumar Sharma on today the process is likely to be took over the charge as Deputy Commissioner Reasi. completed soon, it was in- Sharma was welcomed by senior officers of the adminis- formed. tration at the district headquarter. While reviewing the Mohammad Aijaz Asad assumes working of JKI, Principal RAMBAN, MARCH tended the camp. Secretary appreciated the 18: Department of Horti- District Level Subject charge as Srinagar DC efforts being put by JKI culture, Ramban, today Matter Specialist, Pardeep management for running hosted one day farmers’ Gupta discussed all the de- SRINAGAR, MARCH 18: Mohammad Aijaz Asad the units on commercial awareness camp here at partmental schemes in de- Thursday assumed charge as Deputy Commissioner Srina- lines. Banihal on Pradhan tail and urged the farmers gar taking over from Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary who was He further directed the Mantri Krishi Sinchayee to avail maximum benefit accorded warm farewell in a function at DC Office here. management to focus on Yojana (PMKSY)- the for their economic uplift. Handing over the charge to him, Dr Shahid said Moham- Weaving Factory and Gov- year JKI has procured the marketing of the prod- scheme being imple- He also sought sugges- mad Aijaz Asad is one of the most professional and com- HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS ernment Silk Filatures at around 66 MT of cocoon ucts being manufactured by mented to expand culti- tions from farmers for pro- mitted officers and that he was very happy to hand over this JAMMU, MAR 18 Bari Brahmana Jammu worth Rs 5.80 crore which these units. vated area with assured ir- viding hassle free services very important charge to him. He also expressed his gratitude to the gathering of officers have been established with directly benefitted around During his visit Principal rigation, reduce wastage of to them besides addressing and officials and thanked them for their love and respect Principal Secretary In- project cost of Rs 16.80 5000 cocoon farmers. Secretary also took a com- water and improve water their complaints and griev- he was accorded on the occasion. dustries and Commerce De- crore and Rs 6.64 crore re- Further, it was informed prehensive review of the use efficiency. ances on-spot in an effec- Mohammad Aijaz Asad while speaking on the occasion partment, Ranjan Prakash spectively in a record time that JKI plans to procure Livelihood Component of The Camp was organized tive manner. said he was honoured to take over as the DC of the historic Thakur today visited the period of around 2 years around 130 MT of cocoon the World Bank funded under the aegis of Chief Sarpanchs, Taiba Akeel and capital district of Srinagar. He praised the outgoing DC Silk Reeling, Weaving and and were inaugurated in the during the current year Jehlum-Tawi Flood Recov- Horticulture Officer, and Mukhtyar Ahmed also for the high standard of administration he has left in his Joinery Units of Jammu month of February 2020. which would lead to direct ery Project being imple- Vaishno Kant Gupta. spoke on the occasion and wake and also thanked him for his words of praise. Kashmir Industries Limited It was given out that the benefit to around 10000 co- mented by the PIU(I&C). The Horticulture Devel- exhorted up the partici- While addressing the district administration staff pre- located at Bari Brahmana setting up these units has coon farmers. While appreciating the opment Officer, Banihal, pants to avail maximum sent on the occasion he said he expects complete dedica- here and took stock of the brought a positive impact During his visit to the work being carried out of in Rajesh Gupta, Sarpanchs benefit from the on-going tion to professionalism and commitment to work from all of- working of these units. on the lives of the people as- Joinery unit, Principal Sec- the clusters Principal Secre- and Panchs, Horticulture schemes launched by the ficers and officials and assured them of his complete On the occasion, Manag- sociated with the silk sector retary was also briefed tary stressed on greater Technocrats, besides Government for improving support to honest work endeavours aimed at prompt work ing Director JKI informed especially the marginalized about the efforts being market linkages for the over 100 farmers of Bani- socio-economic status of disposal and development of the district. that the Government Silk farmers as during the last made by the organization clusters. hal and adjoining areas at- farmers.