Saturday July 21, 20184 DISTRICTSEO suspended, BMO attached,

salary of 30 others withheld STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: The District Development CommissionerRajouri Mohammad Aijaz Asad on Friday order suspen-sion of an Executive Officer, attachment of a BlockMedical Officer and withholding salaries of 30 officials ofhealth department. Meanwhile explanations have beenasked from CMO, BMO Nowshera, Sunderbani, Darhal,Kalakote and Manjakote for their failure to instil disci-pline and punctuality of officials in health institutionsworking under their control.

The EO Municipality Sunderbani was suspended inbackdrop of his absence from a meeting held under chair-manship of DDC Rajouri to review the arrangements forsuccessful completion of Budha Amarnath Yatra. In spiteof explicit directions from district administration for notleaving station without prior permission, the said officerwas out of station without any intimation to administra-tion and failed to attend the Yatra meeting.

The DDC also ordered attachment of BDO Darhal inview of various complaints received during public meetingheld at Darhal on July 19, 2018 regarding paymentsunder MGNREGA. Pertinently the said BlockDevelopment Officer skipped the meeting during reviewof achievements of RDD by the DDC.

The salaries of 30 employees of Health Departmentposted in PHCs and Health Sub-centres which werefound locked during surprised inspections by the admin-istration on July 10, 2018 and July 18, 2018 were alsowithheld as part of stringent actions to discourage absen-teeism in government institutions. Additional DeputyCommissioner is appointed as inquiry officer and expla-nation are called from all these employees

It's worth mentioning here that instructions have beenissued to all controlling officers/DDOs to regularly mon-itor attendance in their own and subordinate offices espe-cially in remote areas for effective delivery of essentialservices.

Two rape accused amongthree absconders arrested

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI : Three persons, including two rape accused,were on Friday arrested in separate operations in Rajouridistrict, police said.

As per the details, a team of police headed by SHODarhal Habib Pathan arrested an absconder namelyMohd Qasim son of Atta Mohd resident of Pargal Darhalwho was evading arrest in case FIR No 52/2016 undersection 376/366/458/343/147/323 RPC of Police StationDarhal. Accused was arrested from Somwali Dhok locat-ed on higher reaches of Darhal.

Another police team headed by SHO Manjakote AjazHaider also nabbed one absconder namely Mohd Qayoomson of Mohd Rafiq resident of Bata Dhurian in Mendharwho was involved in case vide FIR No 5/2013 under sec-tion 376/363/109 RPC of Police Station Manjakote. Thesaid accused person was absconding for the last fiveyears.

Another accused namely Mukhtar Ahmed wanted incase vide FIR No.38/2014 under section 366/376/341 ofPolice Station Gursai District Poonch was also arrestedfrom Panja Chowk Rajouri yesterday evening by a teamheaded by SI Ajaz Mirza of Police Station Rajouri. Thesaid accused was evading his arrest since 2014 and hismovement was reported in Rajouri town after which teamof the police station laid a trap and managed to appre-hend him.

Nine injured in road mishap STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: Nine passengers got injured when the passen-ger auto was hit by a car near Indian Oil Gas PlantKartholi Bari Brahmana in district Samba.

The injured have been identified as Shanti Bushan (43)son of Jagdish Raj Sharma resident of Bari Brahmana,Layaqat Ali (23) son of Ghulam Hassan resident ofSarore, Goha Ram son of Ram Pyare resident ofChattisgarh at present in Muthi, Shivani Sharma daugh-ter of Dev Raj resident of Sarore ,Sunil son of KaramChand resident of Sarore , Rajesh Gupta son of RattanChand Gupta resident of Samba , Komal Mehra daugh-ter of Sat Pal resident of Kheri, Sonali Sharma daugh-ter of Sunil Sharma resident of Kheri and Sita Ram sonof Sonau Ram resident of Sarika Bihar Muthi.

According to report, a passenger auto (JK02AW- 1897)hit by Swift Desire (JK02AQ- 4331) on JammuPathankot National Highway at Kartholi near Indian OilGas Plant resulting in nine passengers getting injurieswho were shifted to Government Medical College andHospital Jammu for treatment. Police has taken cogni-sance in the matter and started investigation.

Missing girl, woman traced STATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR/SAMBA: Police on Friday traced girl anda woman who went missing from Rehmble and Sambarespectively.

According a reports, on July 19, 2018 family membersof a girl lodged a missing report with Police StationRehmbal that their daughter went missing since July 19,2018. Over it, a team of Police Post Ghordi comprisingof SI Parshotam Sharma along with Const. Rattan Singh, Shamsher Singh led by SHO Rakesh Singh under thesupervision of Dy SP Jagdev Singh Slathia conductedraids at different suspected locations and traced the girlfrom Bus Stand Ramban.

She was brought back to Police Post Ghordi and hand-ed over to her family after proper legal procedure.

In Samba district, Police traced out missing woman andreunited with her family

Reports said that an information was received at PoliceStation Bari Brahmana that one woman has been roam-ing in the village Shahen Talab. Acting on the informa-tion, a party of Police Station Bari Brahmana reachedthe area and traced the staid woman who brought safe-ly at Police Station Bari Brahmana. On questioning, shedisclosed her that she is resident of Harni TehsilMendhar District Poonch. SHO Police Station BariBrahmana after contacting his counterpart at PoliceStation Mendhar, found that the said woman was missingfrom her home and a missing report stands registered atPolice Station Mendhar. The said missing woman laterwas handed over to Mandhar Police accompanied by herfamily members at Police Station Bari Brahmana afterproper verification.

Man nabbed with heroinSTATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: Police on Friday arrested a drug peddler andrecovered 8 grams of heroin from his possession.

As per the details, SHO Police Station KathuaInspector Amit Sangra seized 8 grams of heroin duringpatrolling near Sunil Choudhary Chowk Kathua ParvaizAhmed Bhat son of Abdul Kabir Bhat resident ofAnantnag. He was arrested and a case vide FIR no269/18 under section 8/21/22 NDPS Act was registeredagainst him.

STATE TIMES NEWS VIJAYPUR: Farmers onFriday held a protest demon-stration against the adminis-tration for not providing themelectricity supply and canalwater in the border villagemaking their lives miserable.The farmers held a protestdemonstration outside the SubDivisional Magistrate (SDM)Vijaypur demanding uninter-rupted electricity supply andcanal water in tale end villagealong the International Border.

"We are not receiving supplyof electricity regularly and onlyget it two hours thus we cannotuse water pumps for irrigationof fields in border villages" saidManjit Singh, former Ministerand JKPCC GeneralSecretary. He said that thepeople in border villages havebeen suffering badly and theadministration has turnedblind eye towards it. "We havewarned the administrationincluding ADC and DC Sambawhile appraising them aboutthe problems being faced by

the farmers. They haveassured us that those will beresolved," said Manjit Singh,former Minister.

He further said that the outof 24 hours, the electricity isprovided to the border resi-dents for only two hours whichis totally in adequate. "Whenthey are paying all the electric-ity bills, why cannot they enjoyround the clock electricity?" hequestioned. He added that thecanal water supply has similarsituation and the tale-end vil-lages have been facing neglectand the farmers are left at themercy of God.

Meanwhile, he further high-lighted lack of infrastructureand improper road connectivityfor the border villages. Citingan example, he said, theVijaypur - Ramgarh road(Samba District) is in shabbycondition and the concerneddepartment is not botheredabout it. "The road is in badcondition. Commuters cannotply vehicles on this roads," hesaid, while appraising theadministration. He also threat-ened that if the demands of thefarmers are not accepted, theywill come on the roads for theiracceptance.

Border farmers without electricity,canal water supply: Congress

Farmers staging protest at Vijaypur.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: DistrictDevelopment CommissionerMohammad Aijaz Asad onFriday reviewed and finalisedarrangements for smoothconduct of Budha AmarnathYatra commencing fromAugust 17, here at a meetingof officers and representa-tives of religious organisa-tions.

The meeting had a detaileddeliberation on the arrange-ments for smooth and suc-cessful conduct of Yatra. Allthe officers were asked toensure that arrangementsrelating to their respectivedepartments are put in placewell in time.

Arrangements like ade-quate supply of drinkingwater, cleanliness of thevenue, construction of tem-porary sheds for communitykitchens and Langars, rationand LPG supply, securityarrangements, transportarrangements, maintenanceof road, fire extinguishers,

medical facilities etc weredeliberated upon in detailand the concerned officerswere asked to ensure all thesefacilities well before com-mencement of the Yatra.

A traffic management planwas discussed for hassle freemovement of Yatris enroutefrom Sunderbani to BhimberGali. It was decided that suf-ficient number of traffic copsand recovery vans will bedeployed at Sunderbani andRajouri to check wrong park-ing of vehicles.

For the security of Yatris,cut off time was fixed beyondwhich no vehicle of Yatris willbe allowed to move towardsPoonch.

As thousands of Yatris areexpected to visit BudhaAmarnath from within andoutside the State, the DDCdirected the officers ofTourism, Handicrafts,Handlooms, Horticultureand AgricultureDepartments to put up stallsfor showcasing local touristdestination and products.

Budha Amarnath Yatraarrangements reviewed

DDC Mohammad Aijaz Asad chairing a meeting at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: Jammu andKashmir Pradesh CongressCommittee (JKPCC), VicePresident and MLAInderwal, GhulamMohammad Saroori lashedout at both PDP BJP forpushing the State to theworst ever social, economic,political and security situa-tion in the State, saying thatPDP BJP remained thesource behind deep alienationamong the people in all thethree regions.

While addressing the gath-erings at Lass, Dhar, Khoriareas of Drabshalla Blockwhere whole village joinedCongress Party, Saroori saidthe toppling of governmentunceremoniously will not savethe BJP from the damages,

for the fact people haverealised that this party hasvitiated the atmosphere in thecountry due to their wrongapproach. PDP BJPpresided over darkest era ofthe State now blaming eachother for the mess in theState, both the parties have

played with the emotions ofthe people to serve their vest-ed interests, when the BJPrealised that it has lost thecredibility and trust of thepeople, they toppled the gov-ernment to divert the atten-tion of people from its failure,but at the same time, Saroori

said that he is confident, thatpeople will give a befittingreply to both BJP PDP forthe losses they have caused toState and people, he said.

Earlier Saroori along withDC Kishtwar Angrez SinghRana, Imam Jamia MasjidKishtwar Farooq AhmedKichloo, formerAdministrator Auqaf IslamiaKishtwar Tanveer AhmedKichloo, AdministratorAuqaf Kishtwar QaziMushtaq Ahmed besidesother police and civil officersconnected with Hajj-2018flagged off Hajj pilgrimsfrom Islamia FaridiaInstitute of Research &Education Kishtwar toSrinagar for onward pilgrim-age to the holy shrine ofMecca and Medina.

PDP-BJP pushed State to worst political,security situation: Saroori

MLA G.M Saroori along with new entrants of Congress Party.

People protest against BMO MajaltaSTATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Residents of village Khoon in Tehsil Majalta helda protest against Block Medical Officer (BMO) Majalta in ordershow their resentment against the Health Department whichfailed to ensure services of the doctors and other duty bound para-medical staff members at PHC Khoon. Locals assembled at vil-lage Khoon and held a protest against the BMO for not payingserious attention towards their problems. Problem erupted overroad accident in which a local girl got critically injured on DharRoad in the morning. Protestors alleged that while criticallyinjured girl was shifted to PHC Khoon, none of the doctors andparamedical staff was found on duty. Irked over it, people cameon the road and blocked the road to disrupt traffic movement.Protestors raised slogans against BMO and higher ups of thedepartment for ignoring their genuine demand to ensure healthcare services to the people. After protest SHO Majalta along withpolice reached the spot and pacified the protesters.

People blocking road at Majalta.

STATE TIMES NEWSBANIHAL: NationalConference leader andDistrict President RambanSajjad Shaheen expressedgrave concern over erraticpower supply in far-off areasof the Banihal AssemblyConstituency due to dam-aged transformers that havenot been set right for weekstogether.

During his extensive visit toNeel and Khari area,Shaheen, while interactingwith the people, decried thatthe neglect of the previousPDP-BJP dispensation say-ing due to misrepresentationadministration was ignoringthe constituency.

He sought immediaterepairs to the transformersand restoration of power.

Shaheen visited several vil-lages that include Batoo,Gagoni, Barmuji in Neel andArpinchla, Ahma ,Trana vil-lages in Tehsil Khari andduring interaction in thesevillages the people com-plained about scarcity of

drinking water in several vil-lages. He said the road net-work is also in a dilapidatedcondition that has impactedthe mobility and added to themiseries of the people.

He particularly referred tothe bad shape of theChamalwas - Neel Road, say-ing no effort is being made toimprove and upgrade it.

Expressing grave concernover the inability of the previ-ous government in clearingthe bottle necks onHeewagan-Neel Road andSeeran -Sarachi Road, theDistrict President urged theR&B Department for takingup restoration and upgrada-tion works on immediatebases.

Shaheen also drew theattention of the State admin-istration towards deficien-cies in education and healthsectors and sought immedi-ate filling up of vacant postsas also stocking of adequatequantity of medicines in thehealth institutions.

He said complaints about

defunct utility services havealso been received fromKhari-Trigam-Mahoo, Pogal-Paristan, Sumar, Sarachi,Amkote-Thachi, Hijhal,Nowgam, Bajmasta, Chaka,Sarbagni, Bingara, Kumbla,Phagow, MaligamChaknarwah and otherareas.

District Vice PresidentMohd Sadiq Naik, BlockPresidents Ghulam RasoolDeng, Mohd Khalil Sohil,Mohd Ashraf Naik, blockvice presidents Haji MohdYaseen Deng,Ch GulamHussain, Mohd Anwar Naik,Manzoor Ahmed Sheikh, for-mer Sarpanch AbdulQayoom, Parvez AhmedDeng, Youth leaders AdvSamiullah Deng, ShabirAhmed Naik, Mohd AshrafKoka, Mohd Rafique, BaharAhmed Naik, HalqaPresident Mohd MamtazMalik, Abdul RehmanPadihar, Mushtaq Padiharalso accompanied theDistrict President during histour.

Shaheen rues dilapidated roadcondition, erratic power supply

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: In a bid tostrengthen BJP's hold insocial media platforms,Senior BJP Leader andMLC Vibodh Gupta onFriday hosted a meeting ofInformation andTechnology Cell of BJPRajouri unit. He reviewedthe performance of IT celland also planned futureactivities to excel partyfoothold through socialmedia platforms.

While addressing the BJPRajouri IT Cell, Vibodhasked them to focus on the

right usage of social mediain order to apprise peopleabout various governmentsponsored schemes andguide people about "How toavail benefits from theseschemes?". He said PMNarendra Modi gave thevision of Digital India totransform India throughthe power of Informationand Technology and trans-parency. BJP IT cellsacross the nation are work-ing day and night to realiseModi's dream of DigitalIndia and cashless econo-my, he added. He asked

Rajouri BJP IT Cell towork on the same line andcontribute in nation build-ing. He further asked themto promote digital literacyin Rajouri District usingsocial media platforms andforums.

He stressed onthem to remain in touchwith social media usersthrough regular interactionand healthy discussions."We must avoid from get-ting involved into unneces-sary and unhealthy debateswhile using social mediaand concentrate on answer-ing the queries of generalpublic on any governmentrelated issue", Vibodhadded. He asked them tohighlight the achievementsof the four years of Modigovernment. The promi-nent BJP leaders whoattended the meeting wereDistrict Vice PresidentKamal Bakshi, KissanMorcha District PresidentRakesh Raina, AdishwerMahajan, Shivam Sharma,Abhi Dutta, Nater Khajuriaand Aftab Anjum.

Digital literacy must for transparency: Vibodh

MLC Vibodh Gupta speaking during a programme.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: A meeting ofthe J&K Ex-ServicemenLeague (JKESL) was heldunder the chairmanshipDistrict President DalvirSingh Butyal in Udhampur onFriday. In meeting all ESMwere informed to participate inmini defence pension Adalatwhich is scheduled to be heldon July 31, 2018 in the prem-

ises of Zila Sanik WelfareOffice Udhampur.

Dalbir Singh told that alldefence pension holders thoseare drawing their pension fromDPDO Udhampur should par-ticipate in already scheduledmini defence pension Adalat onJuly 31 from 10:00 AM to5:00 PM. He said in case ofany complaint or issue one cangive it in writing before July 25to ZSWO and DRDO so thatgenuine issue of the ESM canbe resolved.

All war widows are beinginformed that to submit theirdetails including their armyNo, rank, name, PPO No, HONo, name of bank any aspirantcan seek application form atDPDO Udhampur, ZSWO orJKESL Udhampur. Dev RajSharma, Kulbushan Singh,Keerat Singh, Ram Lal,Satdev Singh, Yash Paul,Karan Singh, Mulkh Raj,Subash Chander, Rattan Laland Sansar Singh were alsopresent.

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Increased dog bitecases, a matter ofserious concern

STATE TIMES NEWSPOONCH: As many asseven cases of stray dog bitecases were reported inPoonch city which has creat-ed a havoc in the town whilethe Muncipal Committee isin deep slumber. The victimsincluding Mohd Irfan, MohdYounis, Mohd Qasim, MohdAshraf, Badar Din, BegumBi and Shanti Devi all resi-dents of Poonch town report-ed at District HospitalPoonch on Thursday fortreatment.

The locals of the town haveappealed to the DistrictDevelopment Commissioner(DDC) Poonch Rahul Yadavfor issuing suitable direc-tions to the ExecutiveOfficer MunicipalCommittee for taking imme-diate remedial action in thisrespect. They said that theparents of school going chil-dren are most worried fortheir wards of an attack bythese dogs which going orcoming from the schools.

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: The annu-al Shri Ashtadash BhujaMata Sarthal Devi Ji Yatrabegan with great religiousfervour and gaiety herethis morning.

A hawan at Gori ShankarMandir, Sarkoot markedthe start of the yatra witha large number of devoteestaking part in the rituals

Later, an impressiveShoba yatra accompanied

the Chari Mubarak whichwas taken from GoriShankar Mandir andpassed through Chowganground, Shahidi Chowkand Bus stand from wherethe devotees boardedBuses and other vehiclesand left for the historicSarthal Devi Temple.Tomorrow morning aMahaYajna will be per-formed at Sarthal DeviMandir.

The religious processionwas led by Vice Chairmanand members of the ShriSarthal Devi ManagementCouncil.

Thousands of devoteesincluding men, women andchildren were seen chanti-ng religious slogans andBhajans along with severalBhajan Mandalis and tra-ditional drum beatingsthrough the Yatra route.The locals of various local-ities accorded warm wel-come to Chari Mubarakand Prashad andSharbats to the partici-pants.

District administrationalong with police havemade all the necessaryarrangements for Security,drinking water, power sup-ply, transport and otherfacilities at Sarthal andKishtwar. Pertinently,Sarthal Devi Ji is reveredas "Kul Devi' of the areaand the historic yatra isorganized every year forlast over a century.

Annual Sarthal Devi Yatra begins

Devotees participating Yatra at Kishtwar.