Friday September 29, 20174 DISTRICTS

STATE TIMES NEWSKATRA: Katra witnessedreligious fervour duringPrabhat Pheri which wastaken out on eighth Navratraby Navratra Prabhat PheriCommittee, Katra with activesupport of local people ofKatra.

Prabhat Pheri began andculminated at Bus Stand,Katra after passing throughBan Ganga Road, DakBanglow, Shalimar Garden,Chintamani, HanumanMandir and Main BazaarKatra.

On the occasion of eighthNavratra, Chief Guest, ShivKumar Sharma JointSecretary J&K State SportsCouncil and President of J&KIndian Style WrestlingAssociation inaugurated thePrabhat Pheri in presence ofGuest of Honour, NarenderSingh Jamwal SHO RailwaysKatra.

Katra town, the Base ofShri Mata Vaishno DeviShrine is witnessing PrabhatPheri daily these days as thisevent has been added first

time in Navratra Festival andwithin few days it has becomefamous like anything.

It is believed that PrabhatPheri invokes the good spiritsand chases the evil spirits,further welcomes the morningwith good vibrations.

Senior officers of civil andpolice administration includ-ing devotees and locals tookpart in Prabhat Pheri whichwas arranged by NavratraFestival Prabhat PheriesCommittee Katra with sup-port of SMVD Shrine Boardand J&K Tourism

Department.Today Bobby and group of

Chintamani Mohalla joinedthe Prabhat Pheri andinfused more enthusiasm toit.

Senior citizens forum led byDr. Sukhdev Singh, MubarkSingh and Sunder Sharmaand other members alsojoined the Prabhat Pheri.

The Chief Guest said thatsuch Prabhat Pheri symbolis-es purification of the atmos-phere besides highlightingspirituality as it breaks badhabit and form new habit

which are conducive to healthand life.

Chairman Navratra FestivalPrabhat Pheri CommitteeKatra Raj Kumar Padhahighlighted the fast growingpopularity of the event andsaid that such a thing will def-initely bring peace in theState and hope that we shouldfollow the footsteps of MaaMaha Gouri by shunning theevil forces and purify oursouls which will lead us to thepath of virtue and innerpower.

After culmination ofPrabhat Pheri a ceremonywas organised to felicitate theChief Guest Shiv KumarSharma and Narender SinghJamwal with mementos.

Among others present onthe occasion were ShahsiGupta, Ajay Sharma, RamnikNawada, Tilak Raj, AmitBamba, Aman Mahajan,Renue Ji Dhar, KushalMagotra, Daleep Padha,Munish Kapoor, Raj KumarDubey, Rakesh Dubey, RajKumar Mengi, VimalSharma and Montu Sharma.

Navratra Prabhat Pheri emerges as popular event

Prabhat Pheri Committee members presenting memento toChief Guest Shiv Kumar Sharma.

STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: Minister ofState for Tourism, PriyaSethi on Thursday reviewedthe performance of variousdepartments, here at a meet-ing of concerned officers.

The meeting was attendedby ADDC Arvind Sharma,Chief Education Officer J.R.Bhardwaj, Chief HorticultureOfficer Brij Vallabh,Assistant Floriculture OfficerPawan Kumar, AssistantDirector Tourism ShaziyaRehman besides Principals ofvarious colleges.

The minister took detailedreview of educational scenarioin the district, stressed onclose monitoring of schoolsand other institutions. Shealso took stock of implemen-tation of schemes underEducation, Tourism,Horticulture and other keysectors.

The minister also reviewedthe status of work of schoolbuildings and upgrading ofeducational infrastructure

taken up under SSA, RMSAand other schemes.

She directed the officers towork with full dedication andshow promptness in resolvingthe grievances of the commonmasses.

Later, the Minister inspect-ed Jakhani Park and directedfor its renovation and furtherbeautification. He asked forcreating more facilities andextensive landscaping forattracting maximum numberof visitors and tourists to the

park.Priya Sethi also inspected

Fruit Preservation andUtilization Extension Centre(Processing unit) ofHorticulture Department.

The CHO apprised theMinister about various activi-ties undertaken by the depart-ment at the centre. Heinformed that the centre pro-vides free one month train-ing to the youth in food pro-cessing and preservation offruits.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATRA: Sultan andDnagal fame bollywoodplayback singers Jyoti andSultana also known asNoora Sisters performedlive in the quarter final ofAll India Devotional SongCompetition here.

The Noora sisters havegiven their voices to thebeautiful and melodioussongs of Dangal, Sultan,Jab Harry met Sejal,Highway, Philoori, TigerZinda Hai etc.

The programme beganwith lightening of the tradi-tional lamp by the duosingers in presence of SSPReasi Tahir Bhatt, SSPShiv Kumar Sharma, Addl.SPs Naresh Singh, S KNazar, Chief EducationOfficer Bishan Singh,Prithpal Singh, SubashBhardwaj, Kulbir Honda,Vivek Tuli, Yog AcharyaSwami Yoga Nand jiMaharaj, Shiv KumarSharma, Virender Kesar,Ajay Kotwal etc.

In the quarter final, outof 15 contestants, six qual-

ified for the semifinalincluding SukhjinderYamla from Amritsar,Kabul Bhukhari fromMumbai, Swaran Latafrom Jalandhar, VarshaJamwal from Jammu,Mohinder Soni fromJammu and SargamSharma from Jammu.Three contestants werekept in the waiting listincluding duo singersRashpal Singh and KarpalSingh from Punjab,Sushmita from Jammu,and Arushi Kalas fromUdhampur.

The six winners will com-pete with the first positionholders of daily preliminaryround competitions in thesemifinal.

The Devotional SongCompetition was adjudgedby the panels of expertsincluding Noora Sisters,Prof. Anupama Sharma,Lecturer Music Govt.Degree College Parade,and V.K Sambyal , formerDirector All India Radio.

The proceedings wereconducted by Rakesh Wazir- the Chairman of the com-petition.

STATE TIMES NEWSSAMBA: The Legal Metrology Department (LMD) has recov-ered Rs 1.27 lakh as penalty during series of market inspectionsconducted in the current month.

As per an official spokesperson, to check unfair trade practicesduring the Navratras festival, the team headed by AssistantController Legal Metrology Samba, Ajay Kumar Verma, alongwith other staff members conducted extensive checking of busi-ness establishments at Bari Brahmana, Jatwal, Swankha Morh,Vijaypur, Barjani, Ghagwal, Rajpura , Shri Chichi Mata Templeand adjoining areas. The team inspected Industrial units, provi-sional stores, karyana shops, sweet shops, welding works, hard-ware stores, general stores, bakery units, flour and rice mills. Theteam also inspected temporary stalls of eatables and Prasadinstalled at different religious places in view of Navratras festival.

In all 27 business establishments were Challaned for violation ofLegal metrology Laws and Rules. The department booked twoflour mills for packing less quantity in the net 10 Kg bag and fornon declaration of date of packaging.

The department also booked a paint Industry, Chocolate PowderIndustry and Insecticides units at Bari Brahmna for violating thelabelling norms. The Department also seized the Packages of flourbeing used during fast of Navratas festival, Rose Sarbat, superfinesynthetic Vinegar, Poha, Water pump, Desi Ghee at Supwal,Vijaypur and Jatwal respectively and issued Challans for notmentioning all the mandatory declarations by the product manu-facturers . After series of correspondences with the Company rep-resentatives and on their request and assurance not to repeat thefault in future, 20 Challans of the Booked traders were compound-ed and a penalty of Rs 1.275 Lakh was imposed on them, whilenotices were issued to the remaining traders for attending theoffice of the Assistant Controller Legal Metrology Samba for fur-ther Legal proceedings.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATRA: Jammu andKashmir Academy of Art,Culture and Languages,(JKAACL) in collaborationwith Shri Mata Vaishno DeviUniversity (SMVDU), Katraon Thursday organised aYuva Kavi Goshthi at MatrikaAuditorium of SMVDU, here.

Sanjeev Jain, ViceChancellor SMVDU was theChief Guest on this occasion.Prof. Shiv Nirmohi, an emi-nent Hindi poet presided overthe programme. Dr. YugalKhajuria, Dean StudentsWelfare and Vivek Kumar, Dr.Anil Tiwari, Nodel Officer,Hindi Cell, SMVDU andPopinder Singh, EditorSheeraza Punjabi shared thedias.

Dr. Anil Tiwari elaboratedvarious activities and compe-tition organised during HindiPakhwara by SMVDU.

Young poets of the regionwho participated in thisGoshthi included KanikaSingh, Paras Dubey, Anjali

Bharti, Anjali, AmitabhDwivedi, Esha Magotra,Bindia Tiku, Kewal KrishanKewal, Jyotshana, VivekKumar, abhay Singh Badwal,Jyoti Sharma,Shalu Jamoria,Pooja Sharma, Mitali Sehgal,Bhagwat Devi and Shivanianand. The poets were alsofelicitated on the completionof the Goshthi.

Prof. Shiv Nirmohi appreci-ated the poetry presented bythe young poets of this region.He said that he has attendedmany programmes during

Hindi Pakhwara and declaredthe present Goshti to be thebest among all adding thatthe young poets have thepotential to rise. He also saidthat the good writings help inmaking poets or writersrecognised and honoured inpublic life.

The proceedings of the pro-gramme were conducted byRita Khadyal, AssistantEditor, JKAACL. Vote ofthanks was presented byPopinder Singh Paras, EditorSheeraza, JKAACL.

Priya reviews performanceof key departments

MoS Education, Priya Sethi inspecting Fruit Preservationand Utilization Extension Centre (Processing unit).

LMD Samba recovers Rs 1.27 lakh as penalty

Noora sisters perform at Katra fest

Noora sisters performing at the All India Devotional SongCompetition at Katra.

JKAACL organises Yuva KaviGoshthi at SMVDU

A poet speaking at Kavi Goshthi.

STATE TIMES NEWSREASI: Expressing deepconcern with unemployedyouth, ex-MLA and NPPPresident Balwant SinghMankotia warned the pri-vate companies operating inState to provide employ-ment to local youth or faceaction.

He blamed that privatecompanies are violating theState employment normsand have engaged labourersfrom outside the Stateneglecting local skilledyouth.

Leading the Haq-insaafYatra started for separateJammu state on Thursdaywhich reached Gool-Arnasarea of Reasi DistrictMankotia addressed variousrallies.

While addressing thelarge gathering at Gool,Mankotia said it is unfortu-nate that private companiescarrying construction ofrailway track have engagedlabour from outside the

State and neglected theskilled local youth anddebarred them fromemployment.

He warned the privatecompanies to provideemployment to local youthotherwise face action andparty will provide supportto local youth to seekemployment.

Mankotia blamed thatlocal administration andgovernment has failed toprotect the right of skilledyouth of hilly areas. These

officers are hand in glovewith private companies andneglected the local youthand didn't take care of themwhich forced them to lodgea strong protest for theirgenuine right.

It is the duty of the gov-ernment and local adminis-tration to ensure employ-ment to local youth and ifany private company vio-lates the the norms, neces-sary action should be initi-ated against it as per Statelaw, asserted Mankotia.

Mankotia warns companies; provideemployment to locals or face action

JKNPP President Balwant Singh Mankotia addressing a gathering.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: A workshop-cum-awareness programme onSustainable Tourism andSolid Waste Management washeld in Government DegreeCollege (GDC) for WomenKathua on Thursday with thecollaboration of NGO WildlifeConservation Fund.

Anuradha Gupta, Scientist,State Pollution ControlBoard Jammu was theResource Person who laidstress on the audience to take

care of the environment anddemonstrated the techniqueto convert the biodegradable

waste into manure. A pilotproject on solid waste man-agement was initiated in thecollege.

Pavneet Kour ChiefCoordinator of the NGOdelivered a lecture on'Sustainable Tourism: A toolfor development' and distrib-uted stationery to the stu-dents.

HoD EVS of the College Dr.Deepak Pathania welcomedthe guests and also carriedout the proceedings. The pro-

gramme was organised underthe chairmanship of PrincipalDr. Kulvinder Kour.

Workshop held on sustainable tourism

Students posing for a photograph with faculty members.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: The CareerCounseling Cell of GovernmentDegree College, Kathua in col-laboration with Pune Instituteof Business Management onThursday organised a motiva-tional lecture for the studentsof B.Com, BBA and BCA.

Vaibhav Madiratta,Consultant and Trainer at

Impact Training andConsulting, was the ResourcePerson who introduced the stu-dents about new fields ofcareer in the field of equityresearch, e-commerce, digitalmarketing, market research,and data analyst.

He also gave tips to the stu-dents for cracking the groupdiscussion and interviews.

Prof. Kartar Chand,Principal of the College, appre-ciated the role of CareerCounseling Cell for organisingsuch a motivational and inspi-rational lecture for the profes-sional degree students. Dr.Suram Singh, Convener of theCell presented the vote ofthanks.

Among the faculty membersDr. Sunita Raina, Prof.Parveen Sharma, Prof Pinkey,Prof. Sachinjeet Singh andProf. Paramdeep Singh werepresent.

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GDC Kathua organisesmotivational lecture

STATE TIMES NEWSR E A S I / K I S H T WA R :During conduct of two weeklong Swachhta Hi Sewa,employees of Salal PowerStation led by ShivaniBisht, Manager (HR) onThursday conductedSwachhta March in PowerStation Colony Jyotipuramto aware the masses aboutSwachhta Abhiyan.

Bisht requested theemployees to avoid the use

of polythene as polythenebreeds fatal diseases. Shealso requested the employ-ees to aware the massesabout Swachhta Abhiyanlaunched by Prime Ministerwhenever and where-everopportunity accrues, may itbe work place, home orsocial functions.

To aware and sensitiSethe local people ofKishtwar, today DulhastiPower Station organised

Swachhta March underleadership of P.K Langer,GM NHPC.

Swachhata March startedfrom New Bus Stand,Kishtwar and concluded atChowgan Ground. Apartfrom officers, employees ofNHPC and personnel ofCISF also participated inthe event. Participantsraised slogans for makingclean, green and open defe-cation free Kishtwar.

Langer urged people notto use plastic bags, cleantheir surroundings, and tomake Kishtwar Open defe-cation free district.

Suresh Kumar, ChiefEngineer, A.K Jha,Commandant CISF Unit,S.K. Parihar, Sr. Manager(Law), and other officers,CISF personnel and repre-sentatives from Unions ofNHPC were also present onthis occasion.

Swachhta March conducted by Salal, Dulhasti Power Station employees

Salal Power Station employees taking out cleanliness rally.

Officials and employees of Dulhasti Power Station taking out rally.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: State Government,especially Deputy ChiefMinister Dr Nirmal Singh,who is also having portfolio ofPower Minister, has beenboasting of implementation ofvarious initiatives in the powersector, not only this, DrNirmal Singh also said thatthese initiatives would ensuresufficient amount of electricitygenerated and provided to theconsumers however, the situa-tion is fully against the state-ments of Deputy ChiefMinister.

District CongressCommittee (DCC) KathuaPresident and former MLCSubash Gupta said thesewords while addressing pressconference, here on Thursday.

Subash further said thatDeputy Chief Minister whoseconstituency falls in KathuaDistrict has failed to provideproper power supply through-out the district.

He said that the power man-agement could be adjudgedfrom the fact that in month ofJuly the 10 KVA Transformer

of Sanjhi Morh Power Gridremained damaged for morethan one month and public offifty-villages got badly affectedwith no fault of theirs. SubashGupta further said that nowa-days Navratras are on and thepower cuts are being resortedto as a routine.

The situation has worsenedto such an extent the RamLeela Clubs are bound to stageRam Leela in absence ofpower, he added.

He alleged despite collectinghefty bills from consumers

Power Department is leastbothered to sort out hardships.

"On one hand, there areunscheduled power cuts andon the other hand, departmentdoes not bother at all as far asthe service of electricity is con-cerned," he irked.

Subash Gupta also allegedthat government boasts of pro-viding Rs 1 crore developmentfund under Pandit Deen DayalElectricity Scheme however,they would like to clear thatgovernment has not spent asingle penny in Hiranagar.

President DCC expresses annoyance over power cuts

President DCC Kathua Subash Gupta talking to reporters.

STATE TIMES NEWSVIJAYPUR: Officers and staff of PTTI Vijaypur gave warm sendoff to Sub Inspector Jeet Ram, who attained superannuation hereon Thursday. Ashok Kumar SSP Principal was Chief Guest.Principal while highlighting Jeet Ram's achievements in the Policedepartment, lauded the services rendered by him in the PTTIVijaypur. He said the officer has spent about 40 years in the policedepartment. He said that Jeet started his career from the rank ofConstable in the year 1977 and earned timely service promotionsdue to his unblemished service record and rose to the rank of SubInspector. During his service tenure of 40 years he served in vari-ous districts of J and K in different Wings. Principal and staffwished him a healthy and long post retirement life.

V.K. Jamwal SP Vice Principal, PTTl Vijaypur, R.S. JamwalDy.SP R and D, Mukesh Kumar Dy.SP Admn, Karanjit SinghDy.SP Outdoor, Rakesh Sambyal Dy.SP Indoor, P.P.Singh,Inspector Puran Singh CDI, Inspector Rajesh Kumar RI,Inspector Ramesh Kataria, Inspector Jatinder Singh, InspectorRaman Kumar, Inspector Anil Sagar, and Inspector Ashok Kumarwere also present.

PTTI Vijaypur official given warm send off

PTTI Vijaypur officials presenting a cheque to SubInspector Jeet Ram on retirement.

Lend hand to ease traffic: Police to auto-rickshaw drivers

STATE TIMES NEWSRAJOURI: Rajouri police onThursday held an awarenessprogramme for drivers of auto-rickshaws in Rajouri town toseek their cooperation in bring-ing remarkable improvement intraffic system of town.

Meeting was held on thedirections of SSP RajouriYougal Manhas and waschaired by DeputySuperintendent of Police,Headquarters, Jaswant Singhalong with Station HouseOfficer Rajouri, Ajay Chib.

Meeting, which was held atnew Bus Stand near SalaniBridge, was attended by auto-rickshaw drivers plying vehicleson different routes of townsincluding Rajouri to Khandli,Rajouri to Hospital Kheora andRajouri to Salani.

In this meeting, auto-rick-shaw drivers were apprisedregarding norms to be followed. "There should be no use ofmusic system, no overloading ofpassengers, and no violation ofroute permits " officers toldauto-rickshaw drivers.