DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020 (PAGE 5) From page 1 Kothari appointed CVC Omar takes jibe on Admn 2 JKLF, trade leaders among 28 freed Lockdown forces flower growers to destroy since June last year after com- for appointing the Central Taking a jibe at the decision, ing decisions that will greatly lodged in different jails across the Ganaie of Firdousabad, full blossom crop during peak season pletion of K V Chowdary's Vigilance Commissioner by Abdullah, who is the vice-president improve people's lives,'' Abdullah country. They include seven who Batamaloo in district Srinagar and Ajay Kumar a farmer of has been also hit like other parts of tenure. inviting applications again. of National Conference (NC), said wrote on micro-blogging site twitter. were detained in Central Jail Gulzar Ahmad Tantray son of Rampur in Vijaypur, tehsil of the country but the Government in "At a ceremony held today at "What we demand is that the that he is 'glad to see the administra- Abdullah also posted the Srinagar. Habibullah Tantray of Bijbehara tion taking such far reaching deci- Government order, which read, Samba district who grows flowers these States framed a rehabilitation 1030 hrs at Rashtrapati Bhavan, entire process needs to be The prominent figure in the in district Anantnag. in his 17 Kanal agriculture land said policy for growers' which is no Sanjay Kothari was sworn in as scrapped in its entirety, a de- sions that will greatly improve peo- sanction is hereby accorded to the list includes senior JKLF leader Apart from others, the deten- ple's lives'. renaming of Public Health he had spent over Rs 50,000 on cul- where in sight in J&K. They said the Central Vigilance novo process needs to be insti- Shoukat Bakshi and Mushtaq tion orders of two close associates tivation of the crop and they expect- under the great distress the growers Commissioner," the commu- tuted, a fresh search committee ''Jal Shakti Department. can't Engineering/Irrigation and Flood Ajmal and Muhammad Yasin of Peoples Conference chairman improve the quality or availability of Control department as 'Jal Shakti ed a good harvest this year. "But due are left with no option but to destroy nique said. needs to be constituted, which is Khan, head of Kashmir Economic Sajad Gani Lone have also been to the lockdown we could not even the crop with a heavy heart as clean drinking water so let's just department' and its inclusion at Alliance and Kashmir Traders and revoked. He made and subscribed the not conflicted. Applications waste everyone's time by playing the Serial No 27-A in the First sell a kg of flowers during the last Government paid no attention oath of his office before the need to be invited afresh," he Manufactures Federation After outbreak of deadly one month and with the lockdown towards their plight. name change game. Glad to see the Schedule of J&K Government (KTMF). Coronavirus, Government President, it said. had said. continuing up to May 3 there is no Sources said that Indian Council administration taking such far reach- Business Rules. Khan was detained following revoked PSA detention orders of Without taking hope of the sale in coming days of Research (ICR) had recommend- the scrapping of Article 370 last 170 persons lodged in J&K, Uttar picking up with the result we have ed the processing of flowers but no any names, Tewari year in August. Bakhshi and Pradesh and Haryana jails. had said a man PHE, I&FC renamed as ‘Jal Shakti Deptt’ been put to heavy loss'', he added. such mechanism has been evolved Ajmal were booked under PSA The revocation orders of all Another flower grower Ganga in the UT. The growers are in great who is neither an Meanwhile, the Government Director, JJM as its Chairman prior to August last year. Khan detainees were sent to Home applicant whose Ram of the same village said over despair as they had installed the constituted an Apex Level and District Jal Jeevan Mission was lodged in Agra Jail and departments and Director 100 kanals of land in the Rampur flower units and taken loans from candidature was Committee under Jal Jeevan with District Development Bakhshi and Ajmal in Kotbhalwal Generals of Police of Haryana, village is under the flower cultiva- banks but they have been put in not considered by Mission, J&K with Chief Commissioner as its Chairman. Jammu. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi tion and April -May were good such a situation that they are unable the search com- Secretary as its Chairman and Besides, Chairman, the Executive Those who were released for issuing directions to police to months for the flower growers but to repay the loan even, sources mittee beyond the Administrative Secretary, Jal Committee under JJM will have from Central Jail Srinagar this enable their transit in respective this year all their hopes were dashed added. applicants and Shakti Department as its 11 Members. They are- Mission evening after their PSA was jurisdictions. to ground as they could not sell even What has added to the woes of who is not in the Member Secretary. The other Director, National Health revoked are: Aijaz Ahmad Bhat The Deputy Commissioners in a kg of flowers. "Earlier we used to flower growers in J&K is that the short-list is then Members of the Apex Committee Mission; Project Director SSA, son of Ghulam Mohiuddin Bhat Kashmir have been directed to sell the flowers at Mandi in B C Central Sponsored Schemes are not cleared for are- Administrative Secretary, J&K; Chief Engineer s Jal of Husgund, Khansaheb in district issue necessary passes to family Road Jammu and were also supply- being implemented for their welfare Finance Department; Shakti Department Kashmir/ President, Ram Nath Kovind administer- appointment as Budgam, Mushtaq Ahmad Lone members of the detainees who ing them at various temples''. "We and the growers are demanding the Administrative Secretaries Health Jammu; Director Finance, Jal son of Abdul Ahad Lone of were released along with vehicle ing the oath of office to Sanjay Kothari as the next Central had a good earning during this sea- benefits under these schemes, and Medical Education Deptt; Shakti Dept; Director Planning, Magam, Handwara in district passes for to and fro movement. Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) at a Vigilance son every year which enforced us sources said, adding the Agriculture School Education Deptt; Planning, Jal Shakti Dept; Director Kupwara, Asif Ahmad Reshi son After abrogation of Article and other farmers in the area to con- Production Commissioner took var- function at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi Commissioner. Development & Monitoring Deptt; Planning, RDD; Additional of Mohammad Yaseen Reshi of 370, the Government detained vert more agriculture land for culti- ious steps for the welfare of farming on Saturday. He had also Information & Public Relations Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Marhama, Bijbehara in district over 7000 persons in Jammu and vation of flowers'', he added. community and farmers of veg- pointed out that Deptt and Administrative Mission (Member Secy); Anantnag, Mohammad Kashmir including three former He said "as there was a good etable and agri units got money on The name of Kothari was one of the applicants and short- Secretary of Department of Rural Director Rural Sanitation Jammu; Naseerullah Mir alias Qadeer son Chief Ministers and top main- crop this time and growers were subsidy basis but no such benefit recommended by a high-level listed persons by the search Development and Panchayati Raj; Gagan Jyoti, Chief Engg of Abdul Rafaq Mir of Dirwani, stream leaders. Of them, more expecting a good return but all our has been given to flower growers. selection panel headed by Prime committee was one of the mem- Representative of Ministry of Jal Mechanical, PW(R&B) Deptt Batamaloo in district Srinagar, than 300 were shifted outside Shakti, Govt of India; Director ( Jammu and Dr P G Jose, Scientist hopes were lost due to the spread of As flower wholesale markets Minister Narendra Modi in bers of panel itself. Faisal Nazir Ahmad Ganaie alias J&K and lodged in Uttar Pradesh dreaded COVID-19 and announce- across the country are shut because February. Kothari, a 1978-batch IAS Head), J&K Branch , Bureau of -D and In-charge Western Polish son of Nazir Ahmad and Haryana jails. Indian Standard (BIS) Govt of Himalayan Regional Centre, ment of nationwide lockdown'', . of the lockdown it has also affected The move was then opposed officer of Haryana cadre, retired About 3000 hectares of land in over 5000 growers in J&K mostly by the Congress that had termed in June 2016 as Secretary, India; Regional Director, Central National Institute of Hydrology. Ground Water Board Jammu and This committee shall func- 5 more treated in Jammu, Jammu region is under flower culti- in districts of Jammu, Samba, the process adopted for the Department of Personnel and Dr Nitin Joshi, Assistant Professor, tion under over all control and vation and hundreds of farmers earn Kathua and Udhampur as well as appointment of the Central training. their livelihood on it. The total traders associated with the floricul- He was in November 2016 Civil Engineering, IIT, Jammu. supervision of Apex Committee active cases down to 34 Vigilance Commissioner as While referring to the terms of and provide required assistance to turnover of flower cultivation in ture business. "illegal, unlawful and unconsti- appointed as the chief of the Jammu region is about Rs 120 crore It is not only the loss of flower Government's head-hunter -- the reference, the sources revealed that the Apex Committee for imple- case was reported from the Government buses.