DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 (PAGE 15) JNU computer Ratnuchak Pothole poses problems Macadamize Mantalai-Dudu road operator holds nine On the national highway just a hundred meters short of This is to draw the attention of the District Administration Ratnuchak Chowk there is a major pothole,which has been the Udhampur that the condition of road stretch between Mantalai Guinness records cause of many an accidents. Being on the national highway the and Dudu has remained deplorable ever since it came into exis- NEW DELHI, June 20: traffic is heavy and fast.The road is frequently used by the corpo- rator, as well as the officials of the municipality and the adminis- Vinod Kumar Chaudhary tration. spends his days punching num- The people around the area have brought it to the notice of bers at Jawaharlal Nehru councillor of the area but to no avail.Infact since the road is fre- University but not many know quently used by the officials of the administration they should that this unassuming, albeit tal- have taken suomoto action but have turned a blind eye.The peo- ented, man has nine Guinness ple on their part have put up a flag in the pot hole to alarm the World Records to his credit. motorists.The administration needs to wakeup before a major Punching numbers or data at accident takes place. Jawaharlal Nehru University is Col Vikram Bhasin not what defines the talent of computer operator Vinod Kunjwani Kumar Chaudhary, but the nine Guinness World Records to his Water shortage in Adarsh credit. Chaudhary, 41, who works tence in 1970s. Despite various pleas to the administration this Sd/- as a computer operator at JNU's Nagar Bantalab road has remained neglected. General Manager Due to this condition of road, a large chunk of population of School of Environmental This is to draw the attention of concerned authorities towards DIP/J-1132-P/21 Dated: 19-6-2021 Cattle Feed Plant (BB) Sciences (SES), set his latest this area has remained deprived of proper road connectivity. It is the irregular water supply in my locality Adarsh Nagar (lane 4). record during the lockdown last source of great inconvenience, anger and frustration among the year that was imposed due to Our locality is facing a severe scarcity of water. Water is masses. In this connection, all Sarpanches of Block Chenani, the COVID-19 pandemic. turned on in the pipes only for half to one hour and that too irreg- Latti Marothi and Chairman Block Development Council met From a record for fastest ularly once in every 4-5 days with low pressure.The time of the recently on 5/6/2021, took the note of the situation and once again typing with his nose in 2014 to supply is also not fixed. This is causing a lot of inconvenience to requested the concerned authorities to redress this long pending fastest typing blindfolded and the residents .The summer season is at its peak and the demand of demand. fastest typing with a mouth water is increasing with each passing day.We are forced to buy It may also be mentioned here that no action has been taken stick, the records made by the water tankers and it seems that the officials have deliberately despite clear instructions by DC Udhampur. Chaudhary adore the walls of a created water crisis to benefit the water tankers. Parkash Chand computer centre which he runs Despite our repeated complaints about the problem of water BDC Chenani and other Sarpanches at home for poor and disabled scarcity, no efforts have been made so far by the concerned children. authorities . "I was always fascinated by Therefore the concerned authorities are requested to kindly Resolve Tanda-Simblelehar road issue speed. As a child I was very look into the matter and mitigate the sufferings of people by sup- The matter of Tanda -Simblelehar road closure by IIM enthusiastic about sports but as plying water on daily basis I grew up I could not pursue Authority in vill. Jagti stands reported to the respective levels of Soham Dhar UT Administration right upto Lt. Governor including Grievance sports due to some health Adarsh Nagar Bantalab issues. I, then, developed a sim- Cell and all our representations have been routed to the concerned ilar passion for speed on com- departments for redressal but nothing has been sorted out for puter. I made my first record in Bhaderwah town road some favourable solution in the said matter till today except a 2014 when I typed 103 charac- cooked final disposal by the worthy CE PMGSY Jammu over- ters in 46.30 seconds with my looking maximum concerns of the local population and we have nose. (PTI) in bad condition rejected the said disposal/reply . This is to draw the attention of the Bhaderwah Administration NIA arrests fake Indian that the main road of the town is in deplorable condition as ACTION PLEASE! currency racketeer numerous puddles have surfaced on this vital road. E-mail : [email protected] NEW DELHI, June 20: We have been apprising the concerned agencies since the first survey of the area i.e 26-12-2017 for acquiring the adjoin- The National Investigation ing forest ridges for establishing IIM in village Jagti. Our first Agency (NIA) on Sunday said representation to then DC Jammu was also endorsed by the that it has arrested an absconding then MLA Nagrota , Davinder Rana , the voice of the people fake Indian currency racketeer in for not closing the said road connectivity as it is an important the Karnataka counterfeit curren- link for the local population spreading over both the ends of cy case of 2018. nearly 350 mts stretch of the said road which is likely to be According to the national closed.It is our very justified demand because the alternative anti-terror probe agency, accused road of 3.5 kms via National Highway is not convenient and Sariful Islam, a resident of Malda acceptable having dangerous crossing where already three acci- in West Bengal was wanted in a dents have taken place resulting death of three young people case that was initially registered near the highway crossing. on March 12, 2018 at Chikkodi Recently, we met our Divisional Commissioner and police station in Belagavi district explained in detail the said matter, and we are hopeful of a of Karnataka and he is being pro- favourable redressal after submission of a possible report sought duced before the Special from DC Jammu in the said matter. Moreover, we believe in the Sessions Court Malda. old saying'Justice delayed but never denied'.We appeal to all the This case pertains to the concerned agencies to intervene for redressal of the said matter at arrest of two FICN racketeers the earliest. and the seizure of fake Indian Dhian Singh currency of face value of Rs Jagti (Nagrota) 82,000 in March 2018. The NIA had re-registered the case on April 14, 2018, and Restore Chenani-Udhampur road taken over the investigation. Unbelievable it may look, but it is a fact that a motorable road (PTI) This is the busiest road of the town and most of the traffic ply exists between Chenani and Udhampur on the opposite side of on it. One wonders why the concerned officials do not act or take National Highway. Starting from ‘Jakheni’ Chowk Udhampur, this cognizance of the situation when they themselves use it, leave road terminates at Chenani via Sewna Village. aside the common man. Constructed by Chenani Hydel Project Authorities in early It may be mentioned here that R&B Department responsible seventies, this road is lying almost abandoned by the concerned for its maintenance has failed in its duty. When contacted several Department. With minor repair this road can be made fully func- times, the officials do not give a satisfactory answer over the bad tional to mitigate public sufferings during miserable traffic jams condition of the road. between Chenani and Udhampur part of National Highway. It is appealed to the LG of J&K to intervene in the matter in Pertinent to mention that on the name of widening of the interest of the people living here. National Highway, there is complete mess and lawlessness on Puneet Mehta the National Highway. The students, patients, labourers, and Councillor, Bhaderwah the business class suffer badly due to almost daily traffic jams. PHE Scheme Salehri lies non functional The main hurdle for the repair and restoration of this road is that the road belongs to Chenani Hydel Project and it has Over one and half decades passed, the PHE scheme came into not been handed over to PWD for public utility. Public of existence to mitigate scarcity of drinking water in the area. The ill-omened scheme, due to mal-execution and poor professional- Chenani and Latti tehsils has requested time and again to all ism, appears dead before birth, and consequently, not even a sin- concerned quarters for the transfer of this road to PWD but gle family stands benefitted till date. Over two crore rupees spent nothing has been done except assurances. The public suffer- for the purpose, are almost wasted. ings go unnoticed. If water like schemes are so executed, what would be the fate In this connection, District Development Commissioner of others, is unimaginable. Since time and tide wait for none and Udhampur is requested to intervene in the matter and get this gone is gone, request is made to the authorities concerned to do road properly handed over to PWD for its utility by the public the needful on priority now atleast, so that the masses aren't made of Chenani, Latti, and locals to use this road for light motor to suffer any longer.