DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017 (PAGE 3) 85 fresh cases reported during last 24 hours Development of Shikargah, Tral-Pahalgam Zulfkar calls on Gadkari, discusses Diarrhoea cases go up to 503 in Mendhar, connectivity to boost tourism: Mehbooba Excelsior Correspondent On the demand of the deputa- road projects of Rajouri, Poonch tion, Mehbooba Mufti directed Excelsior Correspondent PHE water testing Lab lying defunct SRINAGAR, May 23: Chief upgradation of local health centre to Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today the level of a well-equipped hospital NEW DELHI, May 23: *Shortage of drip sets, medicines in SDH: BMO asserted that Government is devel- so that the people of the area don't Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, Excelsior Correspondent oping Shikargah in Tral to give have to travel distances in case of Consumer Affairs & Department tourism in the area a big boost. emergencies and also the huge hilly of Information and Public POONCH, May 23: With 85 Interacting with a deputation area in the vicinity is also catered to. Relations, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali more cases reported to the Sub from Tral which met her here today, The Chief Minister regretted called on Union Minister for Road District Hospital Mendhar and the Chief Minister said the area is that Tral has remained far away Transport, Highways and Shipping some other Primary Health being connected to world famous from the developmental road map Nitin Gadkari to discuss various Centres of the Sub Division dur- destination Pahalgam through a of the successive Governments in road projects including four-lan- ing last 24 hours, the number of trekking route and a road to make it the State over the last many ning of Jammu – Poonch highway diarrhoea cases have reached up a part of a bigger tourist circuit decades. She said her Government and Budhal-Shopian road. to 503 in Mendhar area of district which would ultimately give boost is sensitive to the needs and difficul- Zulfkar presented memoran- Poonch while there is shortage of to the local economy. ties of the people of the area and dum of demands to Union drip sets, glucose bottles and The Chief Minister said road Food Minister Ch Zulfkar Ali interacting with Union Road appropriate steps are being taken to Minister and apprised him about Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi on Tuesday. medicines in the hospitals there. network in the area is being put Tral on the developmental plane The epidemic in entire improved and upgraded with various prestigious road projects in being used by Army and security Discussing construction of of the State. Rajouri and Poonch. Mendhar Sub- Division has widening and macadamisation. She The deputation sought setting forces guarding the Line of Palma-Mandir Gala Road, Zulfkar reached alarming situation, while Over crowded Mendhar hospital with patients of diarrhoea. said Nawdal-Tral road is being The Minister apprised Control. He added that Prime said that proposed road that takes up of a skill development institute to Gadkari that Union Government no medical teams have been Mendhar town, Darana and some from various areas.. widened to enhance connectivity impart technical education to the Minister during his visit to District off from Rajouri to Budhal will rushed from Jammu or other arras with neighboring areas. in July 2015 approved construc- Poonch in connection with benefit about 35,000 souls of six adjoining hamlets of Mendhar. Director Health Service youth of the area at their doorstep. tion of eight new national high- so far to control the situation. The SDM then talked to the Jammu, Dr Gurjeet Singh when Assembly elections in December villages and its adjoining helmets. During last night 34 fresh cases ways, including Jammu-Akhnoor- 2014 had also announced four-lan- He briefed that the economic deputy Commissio-ner and high- contacted said that after he came Farooq, MLA Ganderbal call on Governor Nowshera-Rajouri-Poonch (NH were reported to the SDH er authorities in Health and to know about the shortage of ning of Jammu- Rajouri-Poonch activity of public in the area is Excelsior Correspondent Ganderbal also called on Governor 144-A). He added the same project Mendhar and some other PHCs Medical Education Department medicines and drip sets in Road. agriculture and cattle raring, and and apprised him about the to-date was later included in Prime while today about fifty one cases regarding shortage of medicines Mendhar area, he rushed a truck SRINAGAR, May 23:Dr. The Minister said the State the construction of the road will have been reported in SDH status of ongoing developmental Minister Development Project Government is seriously consider- provide better transport facility to other items in the hospital stock. loaded with various medicines Farooq Abdullah, Member schemes in his constituency and Mendhar besides, some other Mr Yadav also talked to the and other requirements this Parliament and former Union announced on 7th of November ing proposal for construction of the residents of the area. PHCs of Sub Division including offered suggestions for the more 2015 and subsequently an amount road from Budhal to Shopian as it The Minister also took up Kha PHE staff at the Sub Divisional afternoon. Director said that he Minister, met Governor N.N. Vohra effective involvement of locals in Harni, Dhar Galoon, Mankote Office and was shocked to note also spoke to CMO Poonch Dr at the Raj Bhavan here today. of Rs 5100 crore was earmarked will provide connectivity to the to Kharian road issue with Union and Chhatral. the organization of the annual Shri for its construction. people residing in Budhal and Minister. * Watch video on Bhatti who informed about the The Governor and Dr. Abdullah Amarnathji Yatra. SDM Mendhar Rahul Yadav latest status. He said that as told discussed issues relating to the The Minister briefed that the Mahore areas of districts of Union Minister for Road taking serious note of the matter www.excelsiornews.com Appreciating Jabbar’s con- work on the road has not been Rajouri and Reasi. Transport, Highways and by CMO, the situation was under obtaining external and internal cerns the Governor urged him to paid visit to the SDH Mendhar that the only water testing labora- control and there was no need to security environment and the steps started as yet. Highlighting the The Minister said that the con- Shipping Nitin Gadkari listened to along with SDPO Riaz Tantray continue sustained efforts for pro- importance of the road, Zulfkar struction of the road will provide the demand patiently and assured tory there was lying defunct, rush medical teams from Jammu. required to be taken for the restora- moting a peaceful environment and inquired about the health of said that the road connects two flip to tourism sector as there are a that they will look into these despite the fact that two employ- He said that CMO Poonch and tion of peace and normalcy in the which would enable rapid develop- the patients and also interacted ees including a female have been BMO are closely supervising the State. important vital districts with the number of lakes and meadows demands and provide every possi- with the BMO Dr Zulfkar and ment and welfare of the people of falling along the proposed road. ble help. placed there. He said that water situation and if needed, he will Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar, MLA his area. rest of the State and is regularly other Medical staff on duty. The samples of different areas will be rush medical teams from Jammu. staff told the SDM that there was taken and got tested through Regarding quality of water being shortage of medicines and drip Pollution Control Board. The consumed by local people, the sets besides fluid as more and BMO shared that since last Director Health said that there more cases were reaching the evening about eighty to eighty was need to pick up water sam- hospital from various areas. five cases have been reported ples from various areas where the Majority of the cases were from problem is acute and sent for test- ing in the good labs. Misuse of SSA funds: Purchased Executive Engineer, PHE Poonch, Qayoom Choudhary items not entered in stock register claimed that there are four water Excelsior Correspondent Ironically, the authorities at the testing Labs in district Poonch. helm of affairs never bothered to He claimed that Sub Divisional SAMBA, May 23: Alleged seriously conduct physical verifi- Lab at Mendhar is functional and bungling has surfaced in purchase cation of the purchased items and water samples have been lifted by of various items worth lakhs of thus the fraud was going on since the local PHE staff. rupees by the office of Chief years with the alleged connivance Mr Qayoom further claimed Education Officer Samba under of concerned officers and the suc- that PHE officials are issued Government of India's flagship cessive Chief Education Officers. Chlorine regularly to use it in scheme Sarav Shiksha Abhiyan Though a committee of the offi- water storage tanks and it is rou- (SSA), during the last nine years. cers was constituted in 2015 for tine matter. In case of Mendhar, These items, including physical verification of the store the same were issued and it is the Computers, Laptops, printers, stock of the CEO Office for furnish- duty of concerned Sub Divisional accessories and other costly items, ing its report to the Director School officials to monitor the things. He were allegedly purchased from Education Jammu, there was no fur- claimed that there may be some open market without inviting com- ther progress on the same for the other reasons behind this spread petitive rates and then never entered reason best known to the persons at of epidemic in that area.