Friday June 30, 20174 DISTRICTS

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: In order to curbthe menace of illegal distilla-tion and sale of illicit Liquor,the sleuths of Excise

Department, Excise RangeSamba, lead by SusheelBhat, Excise Inspector underthe supervision of VarinderSingh Billowria, ETO, ExciseRange, Samba conducted aseries of raids at RamgarhRandwa Tanda, Nai Bastiand adjoining areas ofVijaypur. During the courseof raids, 5 bottles of illicitliquor was recovered from theState land and destroyed onthe spot.

These raids were conductedunder the directions of Mohd.Javed Khan, ExciseCommissioner and SyedMuried Hussian Shah,Deputy Excise Commissioner(Executive) Jammu.

Five bottles of illicit liquordestroyed in Excise raids

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: The students of different standards aging 15 to29 participated in life skill education camp at PrajapitaBramha Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidalaya Kathua. A ses-sion related to yoga and acupressure conducted by Dr.TilakRaj. A lot of enthusiasm was there in the students.

Ashish a well renowned social service worker conducted asession regarding general activities of life, such as speakingon the stage, singing , dancing etc to create self confidence.Meanwhile BK Pradeep conducted a session related to spiri-tual Rajyoga meditation. BK Suresh in his speech said thatyouth have a lot of knowledge of film related personalities butlacking the knowledge of various other personalities of India.BK Veena Incharge, Prajapita Bramha Kumaris IshwariyaVishwa Vidalaya praised government for organising suchcamps as a sign of bright future of nation. BK Manu, BKPallvi, BK Priyanka , BK Jyoti, BK Sonu , BK Swaroopwere also present on the occasion.

Youth participate in lifeskill education camp

STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: Department of Information andPublic Relations organised an awarenessprogramme on CM's Super-50 CoachingClasses at Govt Boys Higher SecondarySchool Reasi on Thursday.

Chief Education Officer Bishan Singhwas chief guest on the occasion whilePrincipal of the host school SudershanPandoh was the guest of honour.

Over 70 students drawn from class9thand 10th being taught under thisinnovative programme of the state gov-ernment attended the event.

Speaking on the occasion, chief guestthrew light on the topic and said thatbeing one of the foremost initiatives ofChief Minister of J&K, Super-50 Freecoaching has brought about positivechanges in the education system to syner-gize quality education and career of stu-dents.

He appreciated the efforts of theInformation Department in providingplatform to the students which encour-ages them to participate in extra-curricu-lar activities thereby boosting their confi-dence and help them face competitions.

Students presented their views on thebenefits of Super-50 free coaching for thestudents especially belonging to poor sec-

tions or other who have no access withthe formal education system.

Vaneet Kumar got first position, NitinSharma second and third position wasclinched by Shuvam Singh and DalvinderSharma.

Later, a colourful cultural programmeby the students and local artists was alsopresented on the occasion. NCCAssociate Officer Amit Kumar,Lecturers, teachers and others were alsopresent there.

Awareness on CM's Super-50 free coaching imparted

STATE TIMES NEWS RAMBAN: The two daySpecial Outreach Campaign'Saath Hai Vishwas Hai, HoRaha Vikas Hai' on the flag-ship programmes ofGovernment of India organ-ised by the Directorate ofField Publicity(DFP), Dodain collaboration of DistrictInformation Center Rambanunder the aegis of the UnionMinistry of Information andBroadcasting concluded atthe Government HigherSecondary,School(GHSS),Rajgarh in Ramban onThursday.

On the second day todaythe stalls were set up by var-ious departments of theRamban District for provid-ing tangible benefits to thevillagers besides educatingthem on various flagshipschemes and distributed therelevant pamphlets or book-lets.

Such campaigns are beingorganised by the DFP in alldistricts to mark the com-pletion of the three years of

the National DemocraticAlliance(NDA) Governmentat the Centre. Tehsildar,Rajgarh,Pankaj Sharma.wasthe Chief Guest while thePrincipal,GHSS, RajgarhYashpal Sharma was theGuest of Honour on theoccasion. The ResourcePersons BDO KuldipSharma, AEO,Anil Peer, Dr.Yasir Latif, DistrictManager, CSC, JKBL,Santosh Kumar and SarfrazAhmed awared the audienceon various flagship pro-grammes being implementednationwide through RDD,Agriculture Department,Department of Health,Banks and Food, CivilSupplies and ConsumersAffairs respectively.

Vijay Mattu, FieldPublicity Officer (FPO),Vikram Uppal, FPO, MadanGopal, FPO,KS Slathiamanaged the programme.

The artists of Song andDrama Division belonging toSangeet Kala Manch fromJammu enthralled the audi-

ence with their theme basedHindi and Dogri folk songs.

Meanwhile in Poonch,Directorate of FieldPublicity, Ministry ofInformation andBroadcasting, Governmentof India, Poonch unit alongwith Srinagar unit alsoorganised an awareness rallyto highlight the achieve-ments of CentralGovernment in past threeyears under the theme ' SathHai Wishwas Hai Ho RahaVikas Hai'.

The rally in which morethan 800 school childrenfrom different schoolsincluding teachers , villagersof block Mandi districtPoonch participated wasflagged-off by the TehsildarMandi Abdul Qyuum andDEPO Makhan Lal fromEducation DepartmentPoonch.

In charge Field PublicityOfficers Sikander Qureshiand Sunil Kumar ofDirectorate of Field alsospoke on the occasion.

DFP's two-day awareness camp ends

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: Residents liv-ing near New DC OfficeKishtwar are having toughtime due to damage of potablewater supply pipes.

According to reports, around30 families which are under

severe threat to whom contam-inated water is being suppliedby the department due to dam-age of supply pipes which areseen broken and leaking atmany place due to which watersupply gets polluted and thesame contaminated waterreaches consumers of the area.

A resident of the area RoopKrishan Thakur said that theyhave left no stone unturnedand still running from pillar topost to get the leakage of waterpipes installed by PHEDepartment fixed. "No one isbothered about our problemand have turned deaf ears toour grievances, "he alleged.

The people appealed to dis-trict administration and PHEDepartment to repair the leak-age of pipes as soon as possibleotherwise they will be left withno other option but to hit theroad.

‘PHE Department failed to provide safe water to residents’

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: Jammu KashmirMedical EmployeesFederation (JKMEF) unitSamba hailed HealthMinister for assuring tosolve salary issue of employ-ees.

Addressing a press confer-ence here on Thursday atDistrict Hospital, DistrictPresident, JKMEF SambaKuldeep Dabgotra thankedHealth Minister Bali Bhagatfor giving written assuranceto resolve the salary issue of2211 account head of thehealth workers. He furthersaid that the female multi-purpose health workers and

some other staff members ofthe Health Departmentwhose salaries are drawnunder 2211 head had suf-fered a lot since more thantwo decades due to the non-payment of their salariesand they used to protest atdirectorate office for thetimely release of theirsalaries on many occasionsbefore the recent State wideprotest as well but theirissue was not addressed byany government.

"Although the present gov-ernment took so much timeto wake up but still theemployees feel satisfied asthey had got a written assur-

ance by the Health Ministerthat their salary issue will besorted out within one monthperiod" he said . He alsothanked all the paramedicalstaff of district Samba fortheir support and co-opera-tion and appealed to them towork with zeal and dedica-tion to take the departmentto the top rank again.

He also praised JammuKashmir Medical EmployeesFederation President SushilSudan and their whole teamfor the efforts put by themwhich proved fruitful andput an end to the miseries ofthe ailing employees. Thosewho were present during thepress conference included Sr.Vice President PawanSharma, Vice PresidentDavinder Sharma, Distt.Hospital President Yash palSharma, Block presidentKuldeep Chalotra, Blockpresident Nud ChanchalSingh, Distt. PresidentFMPHWs Kamla Devi,Vimla Devi, Soma Devi,Nisha Devi, Sunil Bandral,Rakesh Sharma, Sat palBhagat and Bhag Ali.

Medical employees hail Health Ministerfor written assurance

STATE TIMES NEWS KATRA: The second meet-ing of the High LevelCoordination Committee(HLCC) which has been setup for preparing a holisticplan for the development ofKatra town, held at theSpiritual Growth Centrehere reviewed the to-datestatus with regard to finaliseintegrated plans for thedevelopment of Katra townand its surroundings.

Hirdesh Kumar,Commissioner Housing andUrban DevelopmentDepartment, Chairman ofthe HLCC, chaired themeeting. Those who partici-pated in the deliberationsincluded A. K Sahu, ChiefExecutive Officer, Shri MataVaishno Devi Shrine Board;Ravinder Kumar, DeputyCommissioner, Reasi andArun Kumar Sharma,Director Local Bodies,Jammu; members of theHLCC; besides AnshulGarg, Additional CEOShrine Board; Smita Sethi,Director Tourism, Jammu;H. H. Dutt, Joint Director(P and S), Housing andUrban DevelopmentDepartment; Dr. ArvindKarwani, Dy. CEOSMVDSB; Sumir Kotwal,Additional SP, Katra;General Manager, RegionalOffice, IOCL, Chandigarh;

and other concerned officersand engineers of variousdepartments.

Commissioner Housingand Urban DevelopmentDepartment directed theconcerned officers ofMunicipal Committee,Katra for ensuring highclass sanitation and cleanli-ness in Katra town andmaking it a model of beingthe most neat and cleantown as millions of pilgrimsof Shri Mata Vaishno Devifrom all over the countryand beyond throng Katraevery year.

He also asked the DeputyCommissioner Reasi forpreparing holistic plans bytaking into its fold all theongoing developmentschemes as well as those inthe pipeline of variousdepartments for ensuringintegrated development and

provision of civic amenitiesin Katra and its surround-ing areas.

The HLCC meetingexpressed satisfaction at thefunctioning of the two waterATMs already installed inKatra town and decided toput in place six more waterATMs in Katra town forproviding RO water to pil-grims and other visitors atnominal rates.

The meeting also reviewedthe progress on the cam-paign launched for enlargingawareness for making Katratown and its surroundingareas completely polythenefree and suggested for con-ducting more such cam-paigns.

In this context, two kioskshave been set up, one each atNomain Check Post and atRailway Station Katra bythe Municipal Committee to

provide biodegradable carrybags free of cost to the pil-grims.

CEO of the Shrine Boardinformed that for efficientcollection of garbage inKatra town an undergroundbin system the first such inJ and K shall soon beinstalled. He added that 10locations have been identi-fied for the purpose. He fur-ther informed that theShrine Board is also shortlycommencing work to installattractive railing along thecentral verge of the roadsleading to Katra town; con-struct a circular road fromHansali via BhumikaMandir to Panthal Road;reconstruct the oldDarshani Deodi; install playequipments for children atKundrorian Park (nearRailway Station) and under-take other identified worksworth Rs. 650 lakh.

The HLCC also took stockof the progress on preparingof DPRs for various projectsto be taken up in Katra townfor construction and upgra-dation of lanes and drains,improvement of internalroads, solid waste and wastewater management, powerand water supply as well asimproving other civic ameni-ties and stressed for envis-aged timeline completion ofall the works.

Development of Katra reviewed STATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Flaying thedistrict administrationUdhampur for shieldingMLA Ramnagar R.SPathania despite dozens ofcriminal cases/FIRs and cor-ruption complaints lodgedagainst him by the public,the Young Panthers unit ofDistrict Udhampur todayappealed to the Governorand Chief Minister to order ahigh level probe into all com-plaints probe and pendingcases against the "most noto-rious MLA". They held aprotest at Salathia ChowkUdhampur for enquiry intoall pending complaints per-taining to corruption, crimi-nal cases besidesDisproportionate Assets(DA) raised by the saidMLA.

Addressing the gathering,Pushpinder Singh VicePresident Young Pantherssaid that the MLARamnagar had beenindulging in hooliganism,attacking workers of opposi-tion parties, harassing andintimidating Govt employ-ees, using physical forceagainst the weaker andunder privileged, breakingthe inauguration plaques oferstwhile ministers/MLAsbesides abusing his powerand authority to extract ille-

gitimate favours from thegovt functionaries. He point-ed out the several FIRs hadbeen registered against thedelinquent MLA in variouspolice stations but theauthorities concerned wereshielding the said MLA dueto his political clout addingthat while no action hadbeen initiated against theMLA for his criminal con-duct, the workers of opposi-tion parties were beingframed in false and frivolouscases as a part of victimisa-tion and vindictive polices ofthe notorious MLA.

Tanantar Singh, seniorYouth Leader furthercharged the district adminis-tration of playing to thetunes of BJP and the saidMLA and indulging in parti-san behaviour to promotethe political interests of BJP.He said that it was highly

unbecoming of districtadministration to seek direc-tions from BJP leaders onday to day administrativematters. He regretted thateven Deputy CommissionerUdhampur was being openlyused by the corrupt BJPleaders particularly theMLA Ramnagar to settlescores with the JKNPPleaders. Calling upon offi-cers of district Udhampur torise above bias and preju-dice, he said that all officersneeded to respect the CivilService Rules andRegulations and maintainimpartiality in administra-tive functioning.

Shiv Lal Panch, RajeshThakur, Sohan Singh, AmitSingh, Ram Prasad,Mohinder Kumar, AshokKumar, Kartar Singhbesides others were presenton the occasion.

Probe disproportionate assetsof MLA, graft cases: YP

Officials along with participants during thecamp at Reasi.

Excise sleuths destroying illicitliquor during raid at Samba.

BK Veena Incharge, Prajapita Bramha Kumaris along withparticpants and resource persons at the camp.

District President, JKMEF Samba Kuldeep Dabgotraaddressing press conference at Samba.

Commissioner HUDD, Hirdesh Kumar chairing a meeting at Katra. Young Panthers staging protest at Udhampur

Six more water ATMs for pilgrims to be installed

ACR discusses modalities for special

enrollment driveSTATE TIMES NEWS

DODA: AssistantCommissioner Revenue,Tariq Hussain Naik con-vened a meeting of allBooth level officers(BLOs) of the district todiscuss the modalities fororganizing special drivefrom 01 July to 31 July toenroll the left out electorswith special focus on firsttime electors and youngcitizens in the age groupof 18-21

The BLOs were furtherdirected to carry door todoor campaign during thewhole month to enroll theleft out eligible voters andalso organise specialcamps at their respectivepolling stations on 8thand 22nd July.

Army conductsvocational

training for youthSTATE TIMES NEWS

KALAKOTE: Army atKalakote conducted awelding course for theunemployed youth toenhance their vocationalskills in collaborationwith the National SkillDevelopment Centre(NSDC), Nowshera from8th May to 28th June2017 at Kalakote.

Twenty youth fromremote villages of districtReasi and Rajouri attend-ed the cadre in which,beside theoretical classesemphasis was laid onpractical training. Theendeavour was to hornetheir skills, and enablethe youth to start theirown venture and in turncontribute towards nationbuilding.

Speaking on the occa-sion Ranjith Singh,Sarpanch Kalakote andVijay Sharma NSDC,Nowshera, conveyed theirappreciation and grati-tude towards the army fortaking up this initiativefor the youth of far flungvillage.

They expressed that theprofessional skillsimparted to the youthwould enable them toearn a livelihood andimprove the quality oflife.

Youth killed, two injuredas vehicles collide

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: one person was killed while two others gotinjured when a speeding truck hit a Tata mobile near ChinarTheater in Udhampur.

According to a report, a Tata mobile (JK14B-0891) was hitby a speeding Truck (JK02A-5142) near Chinar Theater onJammu Srinagar National Highway resulting in three per-sons getting injuries. They were shifted to District HospitalUdhampur where doctors declared 20 years Jammet Ali sonof Abhrahim resident of village Sangot in Kud as broughtdead. While two others were identified as 39 years RajinderSingh son of Amroo and 20 years Rakesh Kumar son ofSusedh Khajuria residents of Kud. On seeing their conditioncritical both were referred to GMC Jammu. Rehmbal Policehas registered a case for investigation.

Man nabbed with 30 pouches of liquorSTATE TIMES NEWS

R S PURA: Police on Thursday arrested a bootlegger withillicit liquor in village Rattian of R S Pura.

According to a police spokesman, Miran Sahib Police duringa raid in village Rattian apprehended one person and recov-ered 30 pouches of liquor from his possession.

The accused was carrying these pouches for illegal sale inthe locality.

In this regard, Police has registered a case under relevantsections of law at Police Station Miran Sahib and furtherinvestigation is going on. The arrest and recovery was madeby SHO Miran Sahib Inspector Ravinder Singh Rakwal andIn-Charge Border Police Post Kullian ASI Yougal Kishore.

Four booked for fraudSTATE TIMES NEWS

POONCH: Police on Thursday booked four persons forfraudulently claiming death compensation in respect of aliving person. According to the report, Abdul Samad andAnwar-ul-Haq, sons of Abdul Rehman submitted a claimto Assistant Labour Commissioner Poonch in 2014 thattheir father Abdul Rehman, son of Umer Baksh who wasa construction worker died on 9th March, 2014. Theydemanded that assistance available under Building andOther Construction Works Welfare Board be paid to thefamily of deceased. The claimants also attached a deathcertificate of Abdul Rehman issued by Police Station.

The concerned Labour Commissioner on their requestprocessed a case which got through and an amount to thetune of Rs 2,05,000 was sanctioned. While making pay-ment of the amount, the Assistant Labour Commissionerconducted physical verification and found that the workeragainst whom the claim was processed, was actually liv-ing. The Assistant Labour Commissioner immediatelylodged a complaint in Police Station Poonch and after ver-ifying the facts, police registered a case FIR 84/2017under relevant sections of the law against Abdul Rehman,Abdul Samad, Anwar-ul-Haq and Abdul Razaq, all resi-dents of village Kanuiyan, Poonch for investigation.

Annual Bhandaraof Qazi PeerBaba held

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: The annualBhandara of Qazi PeerBaba Ji was organisedwith great festivity atWard No 9 Samba heretoday.

A large number of devo-tees of Samba and adjoin-ing areas also participat-ed. Early in the morningdevotees coming in theDargah paid obeisance atPeer Baba and prayed forthe peace and prosperityof Samba.

Qazi Peer baba Ji is aliving example of secular-ism and people have greatfaith in Babaji. Everyyear in the month of Juneannual Bhandara isorganised and it is a regu-lar feature. On this occa-sion Langer was alsoorganised for devotees.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: MLA Udhampur PawanGupta on Thursday inaugurated 3rd VishalLangar for Shri Amarnath Yatris in BabaSaheg Nath Mandir on Udhampur Bye-pass road.

The Langar is being organised by OmShiv Shankar Sewa Samiti, Uttar Pradeshwhich was inaugurated after Pooja Archnaand amid religious slogans of BarfaniBaba. President Om Shiv Shankar SewaSamiti Surinder Kumar said that theystarted this Langar in 2015. He informedthat Langar shall continue till the comple-tion of yatra. Raj Kumar Bucha, RajinderKumar, R.C Gupta, Ashok Kumar,

Surinder Kumar, Murari Lal and MunnuRam were also present.

Pawan inaugurates Langar for Amarnath Yatris

MLA Pawan Gupta inaugurating Langar.

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