Monday June 12, 20174 DISTRICTS

Two shopkeepers among threenabbed with 120 pouches of liquor

STATE TIMES NEWSBHADARWAH/AKHNOOR: Police on Sunday arrestedthree persons among two shopkeepers for selling illicit liquorand recovered 120 pouches if liquor from their possessionfrom Bhadarwah and Akhnoor.

According to reports, on a specific information a policeteam led by SI Ajay Kumar Engotra laid a Naka at PulDoda and apprehended the bootlegger, while he was on wayto his native village. During checking, police recovered 38pouches of country made liquor from his possession.

The accused was identified as Sunder Singh son ofChunni Lal resident of Bhena, Gaddhi area of district Dodaand a case vide FIR No 124/2017 under section 48-A ExciseAct was registered against him at Police Station Doda.

In another incident at Akhnoor, police received an infor-mation that some shopkeepers in Naiwala area are indulgedin selling of illicit liquor Frooties (Desi whisky) in theirshops. On this information, a party of Police StationAkhnoor conducted raids at the shops and during raid 20pouches of frooties (Desi whisky) were seized fromm the pos-session of Gurvider Singh son of Sardar Singh resident ofDevipur, 24 pouches of Frooties (Desi whisky) from the pos-session of Rashpal Singh son of Kaka Singh resident ofDevipur. One person namely Amarnath son of Dewan Chandresident of of Dalpat Bhor fled away from the spot leavingbehind 38 pouches in his shop. In the way 82 pouches ofFrooties (Desi whisky) were seized fromm the possession ofthese shopkeepers which they have kept in their possessionfor the illegal sale among the peoples of the area. A case videFir No 117 /2017 under section 50 Excise Act was regis-tered against them at Police station Akhnoor.

Vaishno Devi pilgrim dies STATE TIMES NEWS

KATRA: A Vaishno Devi pilgrim died of cardiac arrestenroute to Shrine on Sunday.

As per the police, around 7:30 AM, one female Yatri name-ly Muni Devi (62) wife of Ram Shanker resident of DivyapurDistrict Muradabad UP, when reached near Adhkwari sud-denly became unconscious and was shifted to Adhkwari dis-pensary from where doctor referred her to CHC Katra whereshe was declared brought dead.

STATE TIMES NEWSRAMBAN: Locals held aprotest and blocked NationalHighway for about two hoursagainst the death of a nineyear boy Vikram Singh dueto alleged negligence of doc-tor.

The protesters also raisedslogans against the HealthMinister Bali Bhagat, hospi-tal administration besidesState Government for notproviding adequate healthfacilities in district Rambanresulting in deaths due tolack of timely treatment.

Meantime, Additional

Deputy Commissioner(ADC) Ramban AngrezSingh Rana alongwithAdditional Superintendent ofPolice (ASP) RambanMushtaq Choudhary andother officers rushed to thespot. ADC intervened intothe matter and ordered sus-pension of Medical Officer(MO) then on duty DrMohammad Iqbal besidesMagisterial inquiry was alsoinitiated in this regard. Healso provided rupees tenthousand as a relief to thefamily of the deceasedVikram Singh son of Anchal

Singh after which the protestcame to an end.

According to the familymember of Vikram Singh,the deceased was hospi-talised yesterday at 10:00PM and further referred toGovernment Medical Collegeand Hospital (GMCH)Jammu for specialised treat-ment at 4:00 AM on Sundaybut he died during theprocess.

Sources said that owing theshortage of specialist doctorsespecially pediatrician andsurgeon in DH Ramban dueto which deaths are verycommon in the said hospital.

Moreover, unavailability ofthese doctors forced the hos-pital authorities to refer thepatients either to Jammu orSrinagar which adds thedeath rate in districtRamban.

Later, a team of doctorsheaded by Chief MedicalOfficer (CMO) Ramban DrSaif-Ud-Din Khan of DHRamban in the presence ofTehsildar Ramban ParomodKumar conducted autopsy ofthe deceased.

Nine-year-old dies of doctor’s negligence People block NH, doctor suspended

People block National Highway at Ramban.

STATE TIMES NEWS BHADARWAH: To expresstheir resentment over the dillydelaying tactics and allegedpathetic attitude towards thepoor villagers since more thanfour decades, people fromQilla, Kahie, Puneja andadjoining areas of TehsilBhadarwah held a protestagainst the Border RoadsOrganisation (BRO) and localadministration on Sunday forthe worst condition ofBhadarwah-Bani-BasohliRoad in the area.

According to reports, dozensof villagers gathered at KahieMohalla and Puneja villagesimultaneously onBhadarwah-Basholi NationalHighway to protest against the144 RCC of Border RoadOrganisation. While raisingslogans against the BRO, elect-ed representatives and civiladministration, they blockedhighway by erecting obstaclesand laying barbed wires acrossthe road. The protestorsalleged that due to the callousand inhuman attitude of theBRO/GREF authorities, vil-lagers have been exposed toseveral hardships for the last10 years, the residents livingalong Bhadarwah-Basoli Roadare literally living under thickblanket of dust as despite sev-eral representations, 114 RCCinstead of blacktoping the roadpassing through residential

areas have been laying bitumenin the forest and far off areasfor unknown reasons.

An elderly protesting villagerLiaqat Ali said that founda-tion stone of this vital road waslaid in 1970 and since then, wehave been helplessly waiting forits completion and to add saltto our wounds, Instead of blacktopping the inhabited areas,114 RCC started laying bitu-men from middle of the forestat Guldanda area resulting inchaos for poor villagers". Dueto the worst condition of theroad, we have been deliberate-ly forced to live under inhumancondition as there are not onlyaccidents but our agriculturaland horticulture produce isalso getting affected badly dueto the thick layer of dust. "Wewill continue and intensify theprotest unless theourirdemands are met with, headded."

Villagers while seeking imme-diate attention and interven-tion of Civil administration andelected representatives to save

them from the mess created byBRO, alleged that besidesincurring huge losses in agri-culture and horticulture duethick layer of dust on their pro-duce, dozens of Villagers, espe-cially children have fallen sickand have been diagnosed withdust pneumonia and other eyeand lung diseases.

Despite repeated effortsAdditional DeputyCommissioner Bhadarwah,Imam Din Kichloo did notresponded to the calls, howeverExecutive MagistrateBhadarwah Masood Ahmed,said that we have already takenup the matter with our higherups and BRO authortiessimultaneously to settle theissue amicably. "BRO hasinformed us that there is somedispute with the contractorresulting in inordinate delay.As of now they have soughtsometime for inviting fresh ten-ders. We are hopeful to get themacadamisation process start-ed in the area soon" he main-tained.

Villagers protest bad condition of alternateNH; block Bhadarwah-Basohli Highway

Villagers blocked NH at Bhadarwah.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: Union Minister ofState for Textiles AjayTamta, Minister forIndustries and CommerceChander Parkash Gangaand Member Parliament,J a m m u - P o o n c hConstituency Jugal KishoreSharma on Sunday visitedExport Oriented HandloomDevelopment Project atSamba and inspected theactivities undertaken by Jand K State HandloomDevelopment Corporation(JKHDC) in the project.

They inspected the weav-ing section, processinghouse, stores and testinglaboratories of the projectand appreciated the qualityof products being manufac-tured by the corporation.

Meanwhile, Union

Minister Ajay Tamtastressed on encouragingmore handloom products indecentralised sector by pro-viding handlooms to theartisans in the surroundingareas. He also assured full

assistance to the State fromthe Centre by sanctioningmore projects in theHandloom Sector.

Ganga impressed upon thecorporation to promote thesales of handloom items by

attracting the private entre-preneurs for marketing offinished items. He alsodirected for exploring thepossibilities to establish acluster at Samba for uplift-ment of weavers and womenfolk.

Managing Director,JKHDC Rakesh Sharmagave an overview of theachievements of the corpora-tion in the field of produc-tion, finishing, printing andstitching of fabrics.

Earlier Ajay Tamta,Chander Parkash Gangaand Jugal Kishore Sharmainaugurated MODI fest atSarore Adda in Vijaypur,Samba and highlighted thewelfare programmes andschemes launched by theNarendra Modi led govern-ment at the Centre.

Tamta, Ganga, Jugal ask people to take benefit of welfare schemes

Union Minister of State for Textiles Ajay Tamta andMinister for Industries and Commerce Chander Parkash

Ganga during a visit to Bari Brahmana textile unit.

Team of vets visitsborder villages

STATE TIMES NEWSNOWSHERA: A team ofveterinary doctors visitedvarious border villages andchecked the animalsinjured during cross bor-der firing.

The team under thesupervision of doctorsincluding Dr VikashKhajuria, Dharampal,Swaroop, Kesho andGurmeet Singh under thesupervision of Dr S.KMalla CAHO visited vil-lages Numb, Sair, Makriand Kalsian and checkedthe animals which wereinjured and treatment pro-vided earlier by the doc-tors.

They further treatedthese animals and saidthat all the injured cattlehad recovered.

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: A general meet-ing of Contractors AssociationKishtwar (CAK) was held onSunday under the chairman-ship of Tanvir Mintoo and wasattended by all the contractorsof the district.

The participants in the meet-ing strongly criticised the man-agement of Chenab ValleyPower Projects Pvt Limited(CVPPL) for its delay into theexecution of Pakal Dul, Kero,Kawar hydroelectric projectswhich has caused a brewingresentment among the con-tractors community as well asamong the unemployed youthsof district Kishtwar.

Mintoo while speaking on theoccasion said that the CVPPLis going to celebrate its raisingday on 13th June but it is amatter of great concern thatsince its establishment in theyear 2011 not a single brickhas been laid on work sites .

He said that the officers andofficials of Chenab ValleyPower Projects Pvt limitedhave so far drawn more than

Rs.85 crore as TA/DA but onground level no work has beendone .Even the managementhas appointed hundreds offresh candidates from outsidethe State through backdoorwhich is a matter of great con-cern.

Mintoo also said that the cor-porate office of CVPPL hasbeen established at Jammuwhere they are paying monthlyrent of Rs.8 lakh besides havespent Rs.20 crore for construc-tion of this office at Jammuwhich huge loss to the Stateand central exchequer .

He informed that ChenabValley Power Projects PvtLimited is a joint venture ofNHPC, JKSPDC and PTCand they have taken up threehydroelectric projects viz PakalDul, Kero and Kawar in theirhands which are located inDistrict Kishtwar and theOffice of Chairman andManaging Director standsestablished at Jammu incur-ring huge expenditure onmonthly rental TA/DA of offi-cials.

CAK urges Govt to shift corporateoffice of CVPPL to Kishtwar

Jakheni residentscrying for power

supply, water STATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: Socialworker Pir Gulzar Shahexpressed great concerntowards Electricity andPHE Departments fortheir utter failure toensure regular potablewater and power supply inthe locality.

According to hand outissued by Shah mentionedthat Electricity and PHEDepartments are not pay-ing due attention towardsmiseries of the public as itfailed to restore powersupply and potable waterto the public for the lastcouple of days.

Shah said local peopleare suffering a lot sincescorching heat of summerhas made life very miser-able.

He urged the higher upsof the department toensure regular water andpower supply earliest sothat people of the localitycan heave a sigh of relief.

STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: A protest rallywas organised by seniorCongress leader and IndianNational Trade UnionCongress (INTUC) StateSecretary Sumit Magotrawhich began from Dhar Roadnear State Bank. Proterst wasorganised to condemn the cel-ebration of three years rule ofPrime Minister NarendraModi by the District Unit ofBJP in Udhampur.

Demonstration reachedSalathia Chowk in shape of arally where Congress activistsraised slogans against presentUnion Govt led NarendraModi.

While addressing a largenumber of gathering INTUCState Secretary SumitMagotra expressed that it isunfortunate BJP is celebrat-ing misrule of present UnionGovt led by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi as it fail in all

fronts and unable to deliverthe goods to the people. Whilelambasting the government,Magotra disclosed that mili-tancy is at peak in KashmirValley, stone pelters are insult-ing security forces but theyhave no orders to stop them.

He further said that com-mon man is frustrated due tothe increasing price hike andpoverty day. Our foreign poli-cy has totally failed becauseAmerica and Russia are pres-suring India to hold talks withPakistan. China is violatingthe international laws bycrossing our borders andinternational air space. It isunfortunate that MadhyaPradesh Police has openedfire on farmers who were onSatyagrah in support of theirgenuine demands.

Magotra said that there areseveral issues where Modi hastotally flopped and BJP isshamelessly celebrating theirfailure as an achievement bybefooling the people.

Modi’s 3-year rule is flop show: Magotra

Congress activists taking out protest rally at Udhampur.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: Minister forPHE, Irrigation and FloodControl, Sham LalChoudhary on Sunday saidthat sustained efforts areafoot to accelerate the paceof development on variousprojects to provide all mod-ern facilities and civicamenities to the people ofthe State.

The minister was speakingat a public meeting convenedto take stock of problemsand demands of the people.

He said that the top mostpriority of the present gov-ernment is to meet all devel-opmental aspirations of thepeople and requisite stepsare underway to ensure equi-table development of allregions.

He further said that PHEDepartment is making con-certed efforts to achieve tan-gible results on ground and

ensure every household getsclean drinking water andother basic amenities. Heassured that the problemspertaining to PHE,Irrigation and Flood Controlwould be addressed at theearliest.

He also laid emphasis onthe concerned officers toreach out to the people andorganise public meetings for

on-spot redressal of variousproblems being faced bythem.

Later while addressing thegathering after inauguratingMODI fest, the ministerhighlighted various schemesof the Central Governmentand exhorted upon the peo-ple to come forward andavail the benefits of thesewelfare schemes.

Govt committed to provide betteramenities: Sham Choudhary

Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham LalChoudhary listening to people’s grievances at Udhampur. STATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: MLAUdhampur Pawan Gupta onSunday visited Bal AshramJagriti and interacted with theinmates and the management.President of the Ashram Dr R.C Nagar during his discussionbrought some of the difficul-ties being faced in the Ashram.He said that a Yatri Sariai isan inescapable necessity in theinstitution.

The MLA gave a patient

hearing to the demands of theAshram and assured that hewill always be available toredress the grievances of theinmates. He promised that thefunds will be made available tothe management for the YatriSarai from his ConstituencyDevelopment Fund.

Prominent among thosepresent include J.K Gupta,Baldev Sharma, D. RSharma, R.C Tripta, H.RShastri and Rattan Chand.

Pawan visits Bal Ashram Jagriti

MLA Pawan Gupta interacting with Ashram inmates.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Anti IllegalReservation Front (AIRF)on Sunday demanded sevenyears mandatory service inrural area under RBA andALC categories.

AIRF held debate inRajouri in which the mem-bers of civil society underthe presidentship of S.KMughal, a social activist,alleged large scale violationof norms laid down forappointments in govern-ment jobs under RBA andALC categories.

He said the AIRF alsodemanded Schedule Tribestatus for Rajouri andPoonch Districts so thatsome families and their chil-dren who don't fall underany reserve category, do notfeel neglected. "The youth

from the open categoriesbelonging to some Hindu,Muslim and Sikh familieshave been denied govern-ment jobs despite their highpercentage in the qualify-ing/competitive examina-tions", AIRF said.

The members alleged thatunder RBA and ALC cate-gories it is mandatory for anew appointee from RBAand ALC categories to servefor seven years in the ruralareas under governmentrules and norms. Theyalleged that many teachers,masters of these categorieshave got the promotions andappointments from RBA,ALC quota but have man-aged there postings in thecities and most of them havesettled there, due to whichpoor students of these

reserved areas have to suf-fer.

They added that underGAD guidelines any personappointed against any avail-able vacancy on the basis ofhis being a resident of back-ward area or an area adjoin-ing Line of Actual Controlshall serve in such areas fora period of not less thanseven years. It further saidthat in case the post againstwhich he has been appoint-ed is not available in sucharea, he shall be posted inthe nearest adjacent back-ward area or nearest adja-cent LAC. AIRF, appealedto Education Minster andCommissioner Sec to initi-ate inquiry against CEOand ZEOs who violatedGAD, guidelines and direc-tions.

AIRF for 7 yrs mandatory ruralservice for RBA, ALC categories

STATE TIMES NEWS POUNI: A Dogri Kavi Goshthiwas organised by the RashtriyaKavi Sangam Reasi atBhambla, Tehsil Pouni, Distt.Reasi and was attended byprominent poets of the area.Kewal Kumar Kewal, the StatePresident Rashtriya KaviSangam was the Chief Guest of

the programme while BihariLal Shastri , Nasib Singh Nasiband K. C Sharma were theGuests of Honour. MoreoverRattan Bhardwaj and PawanSharma remained the SpecialGuests of the programme.Earlier poets attending the pro-gramme other than Distt Reasiwere warmly welcomed by K. CSharma and Dharm PaulSharma, Distt PresidentRashtriya Kavi Sangam Reasi.

The poets who presented theirwork in the programme includeTirseem Dass Bawa, VinodKumar Sharma, JoginderKumar Sharma, MohinderDass Sharma, Pawan KumarSharma, K. C Sharma, RattanBhardwaj, Nasib Singh Nasib,Dharm Paul Sharma , JoginderBral and Kewal Kewal.Proceedings of the programmewere conducted by MohinderDass Sharma and Dharm PaulSharma presented vote ofthanks.

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Dogri Kavi Goshthi organised

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: The Yatra ofJKNPP led by Prof BhimSingh left Kishtwar onSunday after paying trib-utes to five martyr stu-dents namely Mohd. IqbalZaragar, Abdul KabirSeekh, Gain Chaind,Ravinder Kumar andMohd. Iqbal who werekilled by police in 1973while demanding a DegreeCollage in Kishtwar. NPPsupremo declared that areappropriate memorialshall be raised at the site.

The good will missionstopped at Prem Nagarwhere a zonal Committeewas constituted which willlook after the interest ofthree Assembly con-stituencies namelyBhadarwah, Kishtwar and

Doda. Dr B L Sharma wasappointed as ZonalPresident, Dleep Singh asZonal Secretary, SukhDev Sharma -VicePresident, Mohd. Shafi -Org. Secy., Subash Gupta-Distt. Secy. of DodaDistrict shall be observeron the behalf of JKNPP.

On the occasion, Bhimannounced that the NPPshall hold State conven-tion by October this yearto re-elect JKNPP com-mittees and it shall alsohold NPP convention atdistrict level. He alsomade promise that subcommittees of youth, stu-dents, women, labours,farmers and Ex-Servicemen shall be re-constitute from block tothe State level.

JKNPP's Yatrareaches Kishtwar

Army organises tour offarmers to PushkarSTATE TIMES NEWS

KHOUR: A ten days tourto a fully automated hightechnology farm atPushkar (Rajasthan) forfarmers of the border vil-lages of Khour Tehsil ofJammu District wasflagged off on Sunday.A total of fourteen farm-

ers of the border areas arepart of the tour which isbeing organised by thearmy. This tour will give anopportunity to the farmersof these villages to learnand utilise effective meth-ods of improving farm pro-duce and to also know thetraditions and culture ofRajasthan. The tour willhelp to spread awarenessabout new technology infarming and act as a good-will tour.