DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016 (PAGE 7) India launches record 20 satellites at one go Govt to make District Consumer SRIHARIKOTA (AP), June 22: up 37 satellites in 2014. The in its 35th consecutive success- US space agency NASA ful mission. Creating a record, India launched 29. “PSLV has become a suc- Courts functional: Zulfkar today successfully launched 20 The payload included cess symbol for ISRO and India. Excelsior Correspondent that State Government has Secretariat to monitor con- satellites including 17 foreign nominated Members for sumer issues. devices ranging in weight from ISRO is adopting more and SRINAGAR, June 22: and its earth observation satel- more than 700kg to as little as more professionalism,” he said. District Consumer Forums of In order to enhance the pay lite in a single mission in 26 Minister for Consumer Affairs Shopian, Bandipora, Anantnag, perks of the members, the 1.5kg. D Jayakumar, Mission and Public Distribution, minutes from here, in a crucial “We have the current gener- Director, described today’s Kulgam, Ganderbal, Minister directed to move a step to become a key player in Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today Baramulla, Kargil, Kathua, proposal for amending existing ation of earth observation satel- launch as a major landmark and said that Consumer Courts will the multi-billion dollar space lite of Cartosat 2 series,” he said that the vehicle was per- Udhampur, Rajouri, Pulwama rules so that suitable honorari- launch market. soon start functioning. He and Doda districts. For um could be paid to the mem- said, adding forming “exceedingly well.” instructed the department to ISRO had done a This is the 14th flight of Kupwara, Kishtwar, Ramban, bers of the State Commission NPP leader Prof Bhim Singh and others at concluding func- seek panel of judges from the Poonch, Reasi, Leh, Samba and and District Forums. “wonderful job”. PSLV in “XL” configuration concerned department before Cartosat also has known for its capacity to carry tion of 39th national integration camp at Sudhmahadev. Budgam districts. The Minister The Minister further direct- July 15. directed the concerned officers ed to follow the proposed strategic applica- more load which uses ‘solid Chairing meeting of officers tions. strap-on motors’. to take up the matter with the amendment in the Consumer National integration camp on functioning of Consumer Registrar General of the High Protection Act too. Prime The total weight of all the 20 Courts in the State, Chowdhary Minister satellites carried onboard PSLV- Court. Secretary, CAPD Shafiq Zulfkar Ali said that He also directed the offi- Raina, Director CAPD Narendra Modi C34 is about 1288 kg. concludes at Sudhmahadev Government wants to make while hailing India has 11 operational cials to approach Law Kashmir Peerzada Mushtaq Excelsior Correspondent However, the PoK (named by District Consumer Courts fully Department for allotting court Ahmad Shah, Special Secretary ISRO’s feat said, earth observation satellites, Pak as Azad Kashmir) shall functional. He instructed the “20 satellites in a including RESOURCESAT-1 UDHAMPUR, June 22: A rooms in all the districts. ,CAPD Akbar Ganie, Member form part of Jammu Pradesh department to ensure that these The Minister also instructed District Consumer Forum, go! @isro contin- and 2, CARTOSAT-1, 2, 2A, 3-day national integration legally, constitutionally, geo- courts start functioning with ues to break new 2B, RISAT-1 and 2, camp concluded at Secretary CAPD to depute one Srinagar and Legal Officers graphically and anthropologi- full strength at the earliest. Senior Level Officer in the attended the meeting. barriers. Hearty OCEANSAT-2 are in orbit. Sudhmahadev in tehsil Chenani cally. The meeting was informed congratulations to Beginning in 1988, ISRO last evening with a resolution our scientists on had launched many remote and strong message of reorga- the monumental sensing satellites (for earth nization of the J&K State. Children Theatre & Dance CM urged to extend Tawi River Front accomplishment”. observation) and the data are for At the concluding day func- “Our space varied use including agriculture, tion, the camp resolved for the Project to Baba Bhair Dev Sthan programme has water and ocean resources reorganization of Jammu and Workshop inaugurated at JU Excelsior Correspondent Sthan Bhair Dev in view of time and again besides disaster management. Kashmir State with a clear Excelsior Correspondent Prof Pankaj K Srivastava, religious and historical shown the trans- Jayakumar said initially message that, there shall be Dean Students Welfare JAMMU, June 22: Baba importance of this pilgrim PSLV-C34 with 20 satellites successfully formative poten- there was a little hesitancy in reorganization of J&K Dogra JAMMU, June 22: A informed about the basic idea Bhair Dev Sthan Trust today spot. lifts-off from the Satish Space Centre, in tial of science and taking up 20 satellites at one go. founded State so as to consti- Children Theatre and Dance of conducting such activities appealed Chief Minister Sharma lamented the fact Sriharikota on Wednesday. technology in “Our team ISRO could tute two States of Jammu Workshop for the wards of for the benefit of larger num- Mehbooba Mufti to increase that in spite of lakh of pil- people’s lives”, resolve it,” he said, adding the Pradesh and Kashmir Ghati University employees was ber of participants. He insist- the area of proposed plan for grims visiting the holy Dev- In a precision launch, he said. order of precision was perfect State through an amendment in inaugurated here today at the ed on the importance of the- conservation of Tawi river sthan annually, the develop- Indian Space Research “Over the years, we devel- and what ISRO achieved today Article 370 of the Indian Brig Rajinder Singh atre for the overall develop- front from the present place ment of the place did not Organisation (ISRO) work- oped expertise & capability to showed it has enough expertise. Constitution. Auditorium, University of ment of children. He said that Nagrota to Dev Sthan Baba catch attention of public rep- horse Polar Satellite Launch help other nations in their “With this, we can make Like every year, NPP held Jammu (JU). such workshops not only Bhair. resentatives of previous Vehicle (PSLV-C34) took off in space initiatives. This is the commitment for any complex its 39th National integration The workshop is being enhance the confidence, Talking to media persons, regimes. clear skies from the second skill of our scientists”, he said type of missions and launch camp at Sudhmahadev from organized by Department of imagination and creativity here today, general secretary He also demanded con- launch pad of Satish Dhawan in another tweet. still larger number of satellites June 19 to 21. This NIC was Students Welfare and is being amongst the children but also of the Dev Sthan Trust, struction of two and half kms Space Centre here, about 110 The 727.5 kg Cartosat-2 in a single mission since that started in 1978 by Prof Bhim conducted by Dr Priya Dutta, will inculcate a sense of Ramesh Sharma said that the road from Katal Batal to Dev km from Chennai, at 9.26 AM series satellite will provide reg- much expertise is available,” he Singh, the founder of NPP in Sumeet Sharma and Ifra Kak. belonging towards the institu- agreement signed between Sthan, setting of a picnic cum and placed the new generation ular remote sensing services said. 1982. A large number of peo- The department has started tion among the wards of the JDA and Sabarmati River cultural sport in the vicinity earth observation satellite( with its panchromatic and mul- Project Director, Cartosat 2 ple participated in the three this Children Theatre employees. Front Development and also construction of all Cartosat-2 Series) and 19 oth- tispectral cameras and its Series, Satyanand Rao said day camp. Workshop last year and this is Around 40 children are Corporation Ltd should weather sheds for pilgrims ers in the designated polar Sun imagery will be of multiple Cartosat 2 satellite was the NPP has been organizing third in the series. The work- taking part in this workshop increase its area of beautifica- visiting the Dev Sthan. Synchronous Orbit (SSO) 26 this camp under the leadership use. fourth in the “Cartosat-2 fami- shop commenced with the which include Stuti Saigal, tion of Tawi river front to Dev minutes later. of the Panthers Party promot- Two academic satellites are ly” which would have panchro- lighting of lamp by the digni- Dixit Gupta, Surpreet Singh, Thirteen of the satellites are ing the message of National from Sathyabama University matic and multispectral colour taries. Ruhaani, Kamya Langer, from the US including the 12 integration, world peace, pro- (Sathyabamasat) in Chennai images in four bands. “This was Prof Keshav Sharma, Kartikay Singh, Himanshu Aghar Jitto Mela concludes earth imaging Dove satellites tection of human rights for and from College of also the first satellite in the Registrar, University of Kundal, Hardik Bajaj, Kartik from Planet Labs organisation, complete disarmament and Excelsior Correspondent grammes were also organized Engineering (Swayam) at Pune. Indian Remote Sensing series Jammu, inaugurated the Sharma, Tathagat Chandra each of which weighs just 4.7 universal brotherhood ever for entertaining people. In Use of Cartosat 2 includes with a new technology ‘Time workshop. While speaking on Shekhar, Kritika Dutt, REASI, June 22 : The his- kg, and a 110-kg earth imaging since this movement was addition to this, various stalls cartographic, urban and rural Delayed Integration Mode of the occasion, Prof Sharma Anandita Dutt, Swara toric annual Aghar Jitto Mela satellite called SkySat Gen-2 launched by Prof Bhim Singh dealing with sweets, toys and applications, coastal land use Operation’, enhancing imaging said that the workshop will Sharma, Iva Bharti, Divam concluded today at Katra. made by a Google- owned who was elected as MLA of other commodities were also and regulation, utility manage- efficiency and imagine modes help the children in overall Divyanshu, Ira Vaid, Arafat The District administration company. There are two Congress in 1977 from installed to attract people. ment like road network moni- with respect to our earlier mis- personality development and Chowdhary, Aviral Dewan, had made elaborate arrange- Canadian satellites and one Chenani-Ghordi Assembly A Dangal was organized on toring and water distribution. sions”, he added. also to explore their creativi- Devam Anthal, Harshit Kour, ments with regard to security, each from Germany and constituency. the concluding day of the Also, creation of land use He said the satellite data ty. He expressed his gladness Keshavvir Sharma, Nakul provision of drinking water, Indonesia. The resolution declared Mela in which wrestlers from maps, precision study, change would “enhance lot of areas of over the training which will Sharma, Namit Sharma, uninterrupted power supply Launching 20 satellites in a that Ladakh region shall be different parts of the country detection to bring out geograph- applications” in the cartograph- prove beneficial for them in Nandini Sharma, Niharika and other services for the suc- single payload was like “allow- free to choose its status as the participated and was attended ical and man-made features and ic realm in terms of rural and the years to come. Shehria, Nikhil Sharma, cessful conduct of the Mela. ing birds to fly in space”, a Union Territory if the Ladakhis and enjoyed by large number various other Land Information urban development communi- Earlier in her welcome Sunidhi Mehra, Tanish Numerous stalls were set beaming ISRO Chairman Kiran wish. It is the only solution of people. System and Geographical cation networking and new area address, Prof Alka Sharma, Dharaie, Tushar Dharaie, up by different departments Kumar said, adding, “PSLV C- for the resolution of the J&K Deputy Commissioner, Information System applica- precision farming in the coming Co-Chairperson, Campus Vikalp Sodhi, Manya Dogra, for generating awareness 34 has done its job.” problem. Reasi felicitated the winners tions can be done. It is similar to days. Cultural Committee congratu- Aiman Reyaz, Ankush Mehra, among masses regarding vari- Earlier, ISRO had sent 10 The resolution said that with cash prizes. the earlier Cartosat-2, 2A and “The satellite is going to lated the participants for get- Mohd Alyas, Shambhavi ous schemes and programmes satellites into orbit in a single residents of PoK shall be given Among others, ACD 2B. complete all its calibration ting a chance to learn theatre Sharma, Mohd Hamza, run by the Central as well as mission in 2008. The record for a choice to choose their future Suram Chand Sharma, offi- P Kunhikrishnan, Director, activities and subsequently it and dance from the experts Aradhya and Ananya. The the State Governments for the most number of satellites with Jammu State or with cers of different departments SDSC-SHAR, said that it was a will be ready to deliver data to thus taking maximum benefit event was conducted by their welfare. launched in a single mission major accomplishment by PSLV users,” he said. (PTI) Kashmir Valley State. of their vacations. and prominent citizens were belongs to Russia, which sent Sumeet Sharma. Various cultural pro- present.