daily REGD. NO. JK-71/18-20 Vol No. 56 Follow us: Daily Excelsior JAMMU, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2020 12+4 (Magazine)=16 Pages ` 5.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/65 No. 330 DDC elections begin on impressive note: 51.7% cast votes 2.12 lakh exercise right to franchise Despite chill, Corona, voters in large in Jammu in peaceful polling numbers turn up in Valley Sanjeev Pargal Samba, 61.49 Jammu, 70.52 Fayaz Bukhari Overall situation under control: IGP CR Pora in Kulgam district in * Reasi Distt tops in percentage Rajouri and 68.69 in Poonch dis- which one voter was injured. The areas where the polls Army and para-militaries were "FIR has been registered at JAMMU, Nov 28: Eight- trict. SRINAGAR, Nov 28: Purmandal (Samba), Bani and Warwan in Kishtwar. Polling percentage for the Despite chilly weather condi- were held today witnessed tight also providing area domination police station Damhal Hanji phase voting process for first- security to prevent any violence. for smooth conduct of polls. Pora, Kulgam," he said. ever election to the District Lohai Malhar (Kathua), Dudu- Voting turnout was compara- Jammu region was 64. Out of 3.31 tions and amid COVID-19 tively high in 10 districts of Jammu *Watch video on Inspector General of Police According to official figures, Development Councils (DDCs) Basantgarh and Latti Marothi lakh voters who were eligible to cast pandemic 40. 65 percent vot- (Udhampur), Budhal New division as compared to Kashmir. their votes in 18 DDC seats, 2.12 ing was recorded in Kashmir (IGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, the polling percentage recorded in began on a significantly high www.excelsiornews.com Bandipora was 43.57 percent, (Rajouri), Chassana and It include 55.16 percent in lakh exercised their right to fran- valley in the first ever District told Excelsior that overall situa- turnout across the Union tion remained under control Baramulla 32.51 percent, Srinagar Chassana-A (Reasi), Khari, Kishtwar, 64.49 Doda, 64.21 chise, which, according to Development Council (DDC) The day passed off peacefully Territory with 51.76 percent of throughout Kashmir division 33.76 percent, Pulwama 6.70 per- Ramsoo-A and Ramsoo-B Ramban, 74.62 Reasi, 57.13 observers, is very healthy sign and polls that was held here under with no reports of violence from total 7,00,842 electorates exer- anywhere. Security around except one incident of minor (Ramban) and Marwah and Udhampur, 62.92 Kathua, 68.61 tight security. cising their right to franchise (Contd on page 9 Col 5) polling stations was tight and stone pelting at polling location (Contd on page 9 Col 5) for 43 out of 280 seats which *Watch video on www.excelsiornews.com went to polls today in Phase-I including 25 in Kashmir and 18 in Jammu with Reasi dis- trict recording highest 74.62 percent polling while Pulwama district in South Kashmir accounted for mini- mum 6.7 percent. Eighteen DDC seats of Jammu division that went to polls today include Akhnoor and Maira Mandrian in Jammu dis- Queue of women voters at Akhnoor on Saturday. More pics Long queue of voters at a polling booth in Srinagar on trict, Bufliaz in Poonch, on page Nos 3, 5 & 9. -Excelsior/Rakesh Saturday. -Excelsior/Shakeel AC approves C&C Time for bringing end to miseries of Marwah-Warwan 4 Corona deaths, More PDP, Cong leaders, kin, Infra Policy Acute deficit of development fails to 512 cases in J&K businessmen encroached land Excelsior Correspondent Excelsior Correspondent Excelsior Correspondent Malhotra got 17 kanals five mar- JAMMU, Nov 28: The JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Nov Got discounts worth las of land regularized at Palth Administrative Council (AC), erode their faith in democratic exercise 28: Four persons died of JAMMU, Nov 28: The several lakh for Rs 6.9 lakh but paid just Rs which met here under the chair- COVID-19 in the UT today-two administration today came out 1725 and was granted Rs 6.87 Sharma son of former Congress manship of Lieutenant each in Jammu and Kashmir with more lists in which names lakh discount. Bikram's brother *People pin hopes on DDC for resolution of issues MLA Parkash Sharma got regu- Governor, Manoj Sinha, divisions-while 512 persons of prominent political leaders Aditya Malhotra too got 17 Mohinder Verma and their kin, mainly from larized three kanals of land at kanals six marlas of land regu- approved the Jammu and tested positives for the virus Nandni under Roshni Scheme PDP and Congress, and some larized at Palth for Rs 1730. His Kashmir Communication and JAMMU, Nov 28: Acute including 300 in Jammu and for Rs 7.2 lakh but paid just Rs businessmen figured who had due amount was also Rs 6.92 Connectivity Infrastructure deficit of development has 212 in Kashmir and 632 others 3.6 lakh and was given Rs 50 encroached State land and lakh but was granted Rs 6.87 Policy (JKCCIP). failed to erode their faith in recovered. percent discount. availed benefits under Roshni lakh discount. To further ease the laying of the democratic exercise and A 50-year-old woman from Bikram Malhotra, a Scheme with some of them get- One Sehdev Singh, a telecom infrastructure in J&K the same is witnessing their Doda died of COVID-19 in the Congress leader who had con- Government Medical College ting discounts running into farmer sold 20 kanals of land which includes both overhead massive participation during tested 2014 Assembly elections (GMC) Jammu. She had no several lakh while others paid to Sahil Mahajan son of Sneh (mobile towers) and under- the past several decades but from Jammu City East and is other ailment. A 52-year-old just peanuts for regularization Gupta, prominent business- ground (optical fiber) infra- without commensurate return son of former Legislative woman from Paloura Jammu of encroached land. man and brother of late (Contd on page 9 Col 3) in the form of proper road Council Chairman Amrit Suspended Sectt connectivity, communication (Contd on page 4 Col 1) In Samba district, Sanjeev (Contd on page 9 Col 1) network and other services employee murdered from the successive Governments. Excelsior Correspondent This is the tale of people of Voters outside a polling station in Marwah area of Kishtwar JAMMU, Nov 28: A sus- Marwah-Warwan, the remotest on Saturday. pended Civil Secretariat corners of the Kishtwar district, in the democratic exercise, months during the winter for employee was stabbed to death who despite all odds always which otherwise has not given want of proper road and this is by a man at Rehari Pully area showed keen interest in the fes- them their due from the succes- the major reason behind all their here this evening. tival of democracy-- be it sive Governments. other miseries and acute devel- As per police sources, a sus- Assembly elections, Parliament Even over 70 years after the opment deficit. pended Civil Secretariat elections, Panchayat elections independence these remote parts "Development remains a employee identified as Shabir and now District Development of Kishtwar district have been farce for the people of Ahmed (42), son of late Council (DDC) polls. craving for required attention of Marwah-Warwan and Ghulam Nabi of Ustaad The inhabitants of these the Government and lack of all Dachhan although they are the Mohalla was stabbed with a areas enthusiastically participat- weather road connectivity is the staunch supporters of the sharp edged weapon by ed in the polling for the first testimony of the same. These democracy and neither stayed Gurpreet Singh (driver by pro- phase of District Development along with other areas remain away the same despite being fession), son of Inderjeet Singh, a Council elections held today and completely cut-off from the dis- deprived of all those facilities (Contd on page 9 Col 1) once again expressed full faith trict headquarters for five-six (Contd on page 9 Col 3) Excitement overtakes Migrants show no interest in COVID precautions voting, lowest turnout of 0.75 pc Avtar Bhat voters only 32 voters came for Social distancing, guidelines thrown to wind voting at specially created 25 JAMMU, Nov 28: Like polling stations in Government Govind Sharma From not maintaining ade- Degree College for Women at quate distance while standing in every election held in J&K since the Assembly poll of Gandhi Nagar while only four JAMMU/SRINAGAR, queues waiting for their turn to 1996, the District votes were polled at specially Nov 28: COVID guidelines vote, to basking in the lawns, the Development Council (DDC) created polling booth in were flouted openly at many voters flouted the pandemic elections which are being con- Udhampur district making the polling stations in Kashmir as guidelines openly with most of ducted for the first time in election process for displaced well as in Jammu and excite- them without face-masks or J&K's history have become a people totally farce as this was ment overtook precautions as Pic on page 9 futile exercise for displaced the lowest ever turnout of 0.75 enthusiastic voters jostled with Kashmiri Pandits as neither percentage of migrant voters each other to cast their ballot shields. among the all elections held so in the first elections in Jammu Health department personnel the election authorities are taking pains in making the far since their displacement and Kashmir after its reorga- were deployed at the polling from Valley in 1989-90. nization last year. booths to check the temperatures voting process for migrants vibrant nor the displaced vot- Sources said at the specially Authorities had said that nec- of the voters and others using created 25 polling booths which ers from Valley showed any essary COVID measures, infrared thermometers, but sani- went to elections in Kashmir including the use of masks and tizers and masks at the entry interest in democratic process.