02 Greater KashmirSRINAGAR | October 26, 2014, Sunday

IMDAAD-E-SEHLAB(Just do it) Led by

JDI & Arash Volunteer GroupsMehboob Abad, Hawal, Srinagar

As we know, Kashmir has been hit by the worst disaster of all times. Many people have been severely affected and are homeless spending their days and nights in the harsh conditions in tents. For this purpose we are looking for donations so that we can help the victims at the earliest and gear them up for the coming winter. If you want to donate money, clothes, stationery items, bedding, socks, shoes and good items. Kindly contact the group members on the following No’s:

Amaan Mir (9018439299), Mujtaba Shaw (9906519582), Akeel Dar (7298369880). Jaleed Ashai (9596245459),

Khurram Bakshi (9697764097)We also facilitate 24 x 7 pickup facilities from your house.

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DEVKI ARYA PUTRI PATHSHALAGIRLS HIGH SCHOOL

Govt. Recognized1, Wazir Bagh, Srinagar – 190008 Kashmir

Announcing Free Admission From Nursery to 5th

Special Concession for Children living in flood affected areas

Forms available at school campus on all working days.

Ph. No. 0194-2310542, 9906534299

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PAPERMACHIE CONSERVATION TECHNICIAN TRAINING

INTACH is proposing to set up Art Conservation Center for restoration of Papier-mâché ceilings, wall murals, object and other artifacts in Kashmir. In order to train manpower for this purpose, applications are invited on plain paper from residents of Kashmir for a Conservation Technician Training program to be held in Srinagar, this year. The applicant having qualification of 8th-10th standard with basic skill of Papier-mâché/woodcarving, may submit their application along with passport size photograph in the office the address of which is given below by 8th Nov. 2014.

Habibullah BhatCoordinator

INTACH (J&K)2nd Floor, Industries Building, Press Enclave

Regal Chowk, Srinagar – 190001 (J&K)Mob: (9796737141, 9419720016)

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Amarnath yatra a factor in Kashmir deluge, says Swami Agnivesh

Police foils protest march by daily wagers

32 injured, one hospitalized

MUDASIR YAQOOB

Srinagar, Oct 25: Police Saturday used force against daily wagers working in vari-ous government departments who were demanding regular-ization of their services.

At least 32 protesters were reportedly injured as police thrashed protesting workers. Scores of workers were also taken into preventive detention.

Protestors assembled under the banner of J&K Casual Daily Wagers Forum at PHE subdivi-sion Kothibagh here. Under the leadership of EJAC President Abdul Qayoom Wani and Presi-dent of Daily Wagers Forum Sajad Ahmad Parray they marched towards civil secretar-iat here to press for their demand.

However, police contingent deployed at MA Road near Exchange here didn’t allow them to proceed. “After the minor

scuffle between police and agi-tating daily wagers, police lathi charged the marchers to dis-perse them,” said eye witnesses.

The injured have been iden-tified as Ajaz Ahmad Ahangar, Muzaffar Ahmad, Shabir Ahmad, Latief Ahmad, Sarvar Ahmad, Rizwan Ahmad, Zahoor Ahmad.

Gulzar Ahmad, one of the protestors was reportedly critically injured and hospi-talized in SHMS hospital here.

Some protestors gave a slip to the police and reached Press Enclave here. Some of them sat on dharna on the MA Road. Chaos and confusion prevailed for some time in the busy residency Road and traffic movement also remained disrupted for a while.

Talking to media persons, Wani said that the authorities should regularize the services of daily wagers without any further delay. He said that more than 56000 families are suffering due to the delay caused by authorities.

“The promise was made by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah

regarding the regularization of Daily Wagers, Casual and Temporary Employees, whose time frame had ended before August, 2014. Till now no deci-sion has been taken by the gov-ernment on the issue,” he said.

Expressing resentment over the silence of government, he said that the poor, helpless and starv-ing employees have been repeat-edly lathi charged and detained to deny them their genuine rights.

Parray said that they would continue to fight for their right. “The policy was already framed. Sham Lal Sharma was sincere in fulfilling his prom-ise. However some ministers scuttle it,” he said adding that non-regular employees have spent the precious years of their life in serving the government.

Later, the protesters sat on a dharna at police sub-division Kothibagh while Wani and Parray rushed to civil secretariat to meet senior government func-tionaries to apprise them about their grievances and the demand.

New Delhi, Oct 25: Social activist and Hindu religious scholar Swami Agnivesh today said that the prolonged Amarnath yatra had a role in the unprecedented flood that recently hit the Valley. He said the yatra had adversely impacted the fragile environ-ment in the upper reaches of Valley leading to the melting of the glaciers.

Relating Kashmir’s dev-astating floods with the long duration of Amarnath Yatra, social activist and Hindu religious scholar Swami Agnivesh Saturday said that floods hit Kashmir as the Val-ley’s fragile environment was badly affected due to the long duration of Amarnath Yatra.

Talking to CNS, Agnivesh said that nobody can deny this fact that Amarnath Yatra has been disturbing the environment of Kashmir and this disruption is one of the reasons for recent floods that ravaged Kashmir valley and hit its economy badly. “Nobody will dare to tell you this, but I am telling you and you must admit this fact that the Amarnath Yatra whose duration was stretched in a planned way is the source of catastrophe for the people of Kashmir,” he said.

Agnivesh said the Yatra had no essence and that it

had been given importance just to ensure that there is Hindu presence in Kashmir. “Amarnath yatra is a cock-tail. It is the combination of religion and tourism and both the Hindu zealot groups and tourism department want to reap maximum benefits out of it,” he said.

He said that if the dura-tion and the number of pil-grims are not reduced, then surely in future the yatra will

prove disastrous for Kashmir. He said that lakhs of

people are visiting the cave. “The increased human traf-fic is threatening the environ-ment in this fragile ecosys-tem, a major source of water for the Indus River. Scientists are now grappling with how to protect the headwaters of Kashmir Valley,” he said.

He said that with lax restrictions on pilgrims, their numbers and with it

the trash and contamination. “The snow-capped mountains along the trail are now black with the pollution generated from hundreds of thousands of people. To reach the cave, pilgrims litter the path with piles of garbage, water bottles, gas cylinders, human faeces, and occasional horse car-casses. The increased traffic should worry the conscious citizens of India. Thousands of pilgrims emit radiation at 37 degrees Celsius, whether it is a pilgrim or anybody else. All this encourages the melting of snow and glacier resources in the region,” Agnivesh told CNS.

Responding to a question, Agnivesh told CNS that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not allowing international aid for the flood affected people as he feels that India can manage the calamity. “It is the ques-tion of self-respect that bars Modi to disallow interna-tional agencies to aid people of Kashmir,” he said adding that the international aid should be allowed in Kash-mir so that this beautiful valley could be re-build. We must shun politics of hatred and come forward to extend helping hand to our Kashmir brothers and sisters who need help at this critical juncture”. (CNS)

Pic: Mubashir Khan/GK

Former official in Vigilance NetSrinagar, Oct 25 : Vigilance Organization has registered a case and launched investi-gation against the then District Social Welfare Officer Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Bhat for illegally appointing an orderly in his department.

The orderly has been appointed as Nazir Ahmad Mir.

The case was the out-come of a drawn investi-gation against Bhat who had allegedly issued a series of orders which paved the way for Mir to claim his appointment in the department.

“ By acting in this manner, the accused public servant abused his official position by appointing illegally Nazir Ahmad Mir there-by conferring undue pecuniary advantage upon the said beneficiary with corresponding loss to the state exchequer”, a VO press release said.

“ The omissions and commissions on the part of the above named public servant consti-tute offences punishable U/S 5(1), (d) r/w 5(2) P.C. Act 2006 and 120-B RPC”.

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