The HimalayanMail NEWS Q JAMMU Q SUNDAY Q AUGUST 23, 2020 4 DC reviews Muharram Kansal asks PDD to ensure prompt arrangements at Ganderbal response to public complaints HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS officers to ensure effective JAMMU, AUGUST 21 management of power sup- ply, sanitation, water sup- Principal Secretary Power ply, ration & fumigation of Development Department Imambads and Mosques in (PDD), Rohit Kansal today the area of district which are convened an emergent inhabited by Shia popula- meeting with the senior En- tion. gineers of the Department The local Committees to meet out the complaints also raised several issues of the electricity consumers pertaining to damaged and review the electricity directed the department to prised the Principal Secre- vious year’s data to ascer- street light, regular fumiga- supply scenario in Jammu immediately establish a tary about the need for tain the scale of power sup- tion during Muharram division. complaint cell in every sub- strengthening the technical ply required for providing days, cleanliness around The meeting was at- division and strengthen the field staff to facilitate proper 24X7electricity. Imamabad’s and Mosques, tended by the Chief Engi- complaint mechanism to maintenance of power dis- He also directed for etc. for which the DC di- neer, M&RE, Jammu, Exec- provide prompt relief to the tribution system. He also preparing complete data rected the concerned au- utive Engineers, Jammu, people. He also directed for apprised about the en- about the number of trans- thorities to provide electric Samba, Kathua, Udhampur consolidating the data re- hanced load and frequent formers damaged and re- where he interacted with PHE, DFO Sind Forest Di- poles, replace damaged and Vijaypur. garding the complaints re- breakdowns due to extra paired, besides accurate HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS the representatives of Shia vision, AD Food and other street lights and install new Kansal directed the con- ceived and those solved. load in the summer season. amount of revenue gener- SRINAGAR, AUG 21 communities of these areas concerned. street lights so that the cerned XENs to promptly He directed to inform the Kansal directed the con- ated at division level. He di- and stressed for adherence On the occasion, the DC mourners will not suffer respond to the complaints people about the scheduled cerned to maintain the divi- rected the Chief Engineer The Deputy Commis- of laid down SOPs related to assessed the required during their night move- of the power consumers so power cuts and take mea- sion wise data of electricity and executive engineers to sioner Ganderbal, Shafqat COVID-19 pandemic dur- arrangements including ments. that they do not face incon- sures to avoid prolonged consumption in the month hold weekly meetings with Iqbal today visited several ing the Muharram days so Health care, electricity, fire He instructed the Munici- venience in the present hot outages. of May, June, July, August the field staff to register the Shia dominated areas of the that risk of infection is con- wood, street lights, sanita- pal Council officials to en- and humid conditions. He The Chief Engineer ap- and compare it with the pre- monthly improvement. district to take the stock of tained. tion, fumigation, sure cleanliness and fumi- arrangements being put in The DC was accompanied macadamization of inner gation around Imambads place by the concerned de- by the Additional Deputy roads leading to Imam- and Masjids in their juris- 100 kanal encroached land retrieved at Birpur partments for Muharram. Commissioner Ganderbal, baras, availability of ration, diction besides CEO SDA During the day long tour, Farooq Ahmad Baba, SDM K-oil etc. was instructed to carry fu- the DC visited Dub, Kullan Kangan, CMO, Executive During the visit, the DC migation drive in Kullan HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS and Neelgrath, Sonamarg Engineers of PDD, R&B and directed all the concerned and Neelgrath Imambads. JAMMU, AUGUST 21 Tightening the noose around en- Slathia assails administrative, croachers, District Magistrate Samba, Rohit Khajuria today carried out an anti encroachment drive and retrieved around 100 Kanal land, here at village development inertia in J&K Birpur, Bari Brahmana. ground zero, be it power or those at the helm, he said. manded fast-track employ- The Deputy Commissioner leading HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS drinking water supply, road The senior NC leader said ment, enabling the unem- a team comprising Senior Superin- JAMMU, AUGUST 21 communication or utility Jammu is craving for atten- ployed youth to find some tended of police Shakti Pathak and services. tion and wishes the devel- source of succour. “A spe- other officers reached the encroach- Saying that the border “The administrative apa- opmental tempo to be ac- cial package is needed for ment site and pressed in a JCB to dis- farm house and shops have been con- The locals of the area hailed the ac- and the rural residents of thy is at its worst and the celerated with focus on the the border belts for recruit- mantle a Hot mix plant, a farm house, structed over state land few years back tion of district administration for pro- the Jammu region were people are finding them- completion of ongoing ment in police and other se- shops and other constructed buildings at the behest of an Ex. Minister. viding justice to the poor people. nurturing a feeling of ne- selves at the crossroads of works in a time bound man- curity forces”, he said, & walls. “Showing zero tolerance towards the Assistant Commissioner Revenue, glect and deprivation due to history with accessibility to ner. adding this will be a big step Giving details, the DC said that on land grabbing in the district, district Jitender Mishra, Tehsildar, Bari Brah- administrative apathy, for- the government a far-cry”, The delays have not only towards youth empower- the basis of complaint filed to his of- administration carried out the anti- mana, Qaiser Malik; SDPO Bari Brah- mer Minister and senior the former minister said resulted in cost escalation ment. fice about the reports of forceful land encroachment dive and retrieved mana, Sunil Kesar, SHO Arjun Singh National Conference leader and referred to the dwin- but also denied the people Those accompanying Mr grabbing instances in the Birpur area, around 100 Kanal land with khasra and other officials of revenue and po- Mr Surjeet Singh Slathia to- dling pace of developmen- of timely benefits of Slathia during his visit in- a detailed verification was conducted no. 1099 and 1110” added the DC lice were also present during the de- day urged the government tal activities, especially in schemes, he said, adding cluded District President and it was found that a hotmix plant, a samba. molition drive. to wake up from deep slum- the border and rural areas. that a course correction is Samba Mohinder Gupta, ber and reach out to the suf- He said the prevailing pan- needed for putting the rural Vice President Vijay Singh, fering people at ground zero demic has added to the mis- belts on the right develop- Block President Bhagwan with solution to their eries of the people. mental track. Singh,, Chairman Block De- Dharmarth Trust celebrates Ganesh plethora of problems. Mr Slathia said that un- He referred to peculiar velopment Council Bari During the second day of employment among edu- problems facing the people Brahmana Rajni Devi, Ex his public outreach pro- cated youth, as also skilled in Vijaypur constituency, Chairman Municipal Com- Chaturthi amid Covid-19 restrictions gramme, Mr Slathia, while and unskilled workforce, saying a multi-pronged mittee Bari Brahmana Ra- HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS the erstwhile Maharaja of interacting with people at has accumulated and taken strategy is required to be man Gupta besides JAMMU, AUGUST 21 the State of Jammu and Bari- Brahmana, said noth- alarming proportions be- adopted to ensure equitable Sarpanchs, Panchs and Kashmir Maharaja Gulab ing seems to be right on cause of non-seriousness of development. He de- Corporators. Dharmarth Trust today Singh for the upkeep and celebrated Ganeshotsav preservation of temples and (Ganesh Chaturthi) with other shrines in the erst- Sarpanchs, panchs meet BJP leader, list problems immense fervor and gaiety while J&K State. in the Shri Raghunath ji “The festival of Ganesh and punches of Khour constituceny starion.. Temple, although the en- Chaturthi, also known as along with the former MLA Rajeev Ch.Sukhnandan ji (Chairman) Lis- thusiasm was missing this Vinayaka Chaturthi, marks Sharma, Ex District President Sh tened all the Problems carefully and year in lines with a govern- the birth of Lord Ganesh. It Manmohan singh, Mandal President Patiently, He Committed while ment directive in the back- begins on the fourth day Sukhdev Singh. Speaking That all the Matter will be drop of the COVID-19 pan- (chaturthi) of the month of Sarpanches and Punches High- take up to the right Platform Soon. gregation. Jammu and Kashmir in demic and restrictions on Bhadrapada, the sixth lighted the problems of their Respec- He also added that He will take the Ranvijay Singh greeted peace. public movement. month of the Hindu calen- tive Areas. Main problem was unan- Appointment of Lieutenant Governor the people of the State on Stressing the need to The installation of the de- dar. It concludes after 10 imously raised by the Sarpanchs, Sh Manoj Sinha Ji, where he will Ganesh Chaturthi which make the religious events a ity was performed by Ran- days on the day of Anant lack of communication between the discuss all the issues. marks the birth of Lord great attraction for the peo- vijay Singh, Trustee J&K Chaturdashi, when the idol officers and the elected Representa- Hopefully we will Mitigate all the Ganesha and prayed that ple, Singh asked the officials Dharmarth Trust in pres- is submerged in the nearest tives which is also called as third problems soon.