Friday May 12, 20174 DISTRICTS

STATE TIMES NEWS DODA: In a tragic incident, two persons diedwhile six other got injured when a vehicle theywere travelling in skidded off the road and fellinto deep gorge near Sui Gwari area of districtDoda, 20 KM from Doda town last night.

According to reports, a Tata Sumo (JK14-7864) was on its way from Pul-Doda to Prem-

Nagar, when it reached near army campSuigwari, driver lost control on the vehiclewhile negotiating a curve,vehicle skidded offthe road and fell into deep gorge resulting indeath of two passengers and injuries to sixinjured.

After coming to know about the accident,Army personnel immediately rushed to thespot and along with locals rescued all the pas-sengers from ill fated vehicle and shifted themto District Hospital Doda where doctorsdeclared two of them as brought dead.

The deceased have been identified asMohinder Singh (28) son Madhu Lal andKamaljeet (25) son of Mohan Lal both res-idents of Dhara Doda.

The injured have been identified as SurjeetSingh (20) Son of Romesh Kumar residentof Mohalla, Surinder Singh(35) son ofKrishan Lal resident of Dhara , Bihari Lal(50) resident of Dhara, Ram Parshad (18)son of Jagdish Raj resident of Mahallah,Suresh Kumar (31) son of Hakem Singhresident of Shiva and Vishal (22) son ofSwami Raj resident of Panshaie. Police hasregistered a case in this regard at PoliceStation Doda.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATRA: Ranjit SinghSambyal, SSP RailwaysKatra conducted the securityreview and checked theRailway track and infrastruc-ture provided to the manpow-er deployed enroute the trackfrom Manwal to Sangar onThursday. He was accompa-nied by SDPO RailwaysUdhampur and SHO PoliceStation GRP Manwal andother officers of GRP.

The SSP passed necessarydirections to the officers andofficials to adopt advancesecurity measures in order toensure the safety and securityof Railways System. SSPRailways Katra checked themanpower deployed at theRailway Stations Manwal anddirected the SHO concernedto strengthen the RailwayStation Manwal. He also tookstock of the measures which

are being taken by GRP per-sonnel for the safety and secu-rity of the railway track, tun-nels, culverts and Bridges.SSP also checked the basicamenities like food, water,electricity, washroom etcbeing provided to thedeployed manpower. Later ona Darbar was also held inwhich the SSP listened the

grievances of the GRP man-power deployed at PoliceStation GRP Manwal. Hebriefed the officers and offi-cials deployed at the RailwayStations and track to performtheir duties with punctualityand dedication so as to avoidthe possibility of any sabotageat the track by theANEs/ASEs.

STATE TIMES NEWSBARI BRAHMANA: Coromandel International Limited BariBrahmana part of Murugappa Group under its Corporate SocialResponsibility programme distributed scholarships among 16girl students of Govt. Secondary High School Smailpur.

The girl students of 9th and 10th class who stood first and 2ndwere given scholarships by B.R Sharma and Ruby Sharma.

Speaking on the occasion, the B.R Sharma, Addl. SecretaryMinistry of Home affairs, Govt. of India appreciated the effortsof the Coromandel International Limited for Supporting , adopt-ing the schools for CSR activities and affectively implementingPrime Minister's call 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao'.

The meeting was attended by senior citizens of Bari Brahmanaand BBIA Senior member at Govt. Secondary High School.From Coromandel International Limited M Harishankar Assoc.Vice President briefed the gathering about Murugappa group ini-tiatives across the country and CSR policy of CoromandelInternational Limited.

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: People'sDemocratic Party, MLCFirdous Tak on Thursday con-ducted exclusive tour ofPalmar block in DistrictKishtwar including Kachna,Ikhala, Patio Halal, Kungwari,Bandran, Suzna, Razna,Shahpura, Matto Bata andChamlai.

Tak was accompanied byDistrict President TradeUnion Sajad Dev, senior lead-ers Mohammad Saleem,Roshan Lal, Ghulam Ali,Mehboob Shah, MasoodAhmed, Romesh Kumar andTouseef Ahmed.

The public corner meetings,

as per party-men, were held toredress the problems and diffi-culties faced by the People ofPalmar area.

Tak interacted with the peo-ple of far flung areas whoapprised the MLC of manyproblems and demands mainly

uninterrupted power supply,shortage of staff in schools,issuing of ration cards, schoolbuildings, social welfarecamps, road connectivity andlabour cards issues.

Responding to demandsMLC Firdous Tak assuredthem that their genuinedemands would be fulfilled assoon as possible.

However, Tak also directedthe officials to perform theirduty with punctuality, zeal anddedication without making thegeneral public to suffer.

He appealed to party work-ers to provide a helping handto the destitute and work forthe needy and poor people.

Tak listens to people’s problems

Adopt advanced security measures toensure safety: SSP Railways

Two killed, six injured assumo plunges into gorge

Wreackage of ill-fated vehicle at Doda.

Ruby Sharma giving away scholarship to girl student.

SSP Railways Ranjit Singh Sambyal interacting with jawans.

MLC Firdous Tak during the visit to Kishtwar.

16 girl students given scholarships

STATE TIMES NEWSR S PURA: MLA R S Pura Dr.Gagan Bhagat on Thursdaystarted the blacktopping ofPhinder to Kothey SaleharRoad. The total work of the saidroad is worth Rs 18 lakh and thelength is 2 kilometers approxand is expected to be completedwithin two weeks time. Alongwith this roads several otherroads including Banota Road,Railway Line Kotli Shah Doula-Baggamarh-Gagain Road,Salehar to Rathana Road,Darsopur to Tutrey road, TalliMorh to Nandpur Road areexpected to be started within thespan on one month. Localsappreciated the role of Gagan

Bhagat in improving the roadsof R S Pura which was in dilap-idated condition and peoplefrom Jammu hesitated to visit R

S Pura due to the worst roadcondition. The Auto andMatador Union also hailed theefforts of Gagan

While addressing the gather-ing Gagan said that till datemore than an amount of Rs.10Crores have been spent in R.SPura Constituency in particularonly in macadamisation of vil-lage roads, which is on records

Those who were present on theoccasion included BJP MandalPradhan Natha Ram, AEE(RNB) R L Sahni, SHO MiranSahib Ravinder Rukwal, BDOMiran Sahib, Mohd. Sayeed,Om Prakash, AshokChoudhary, Ashok Salaria,Banarsi Dass, SunilKumar,Sangat SinghSanga,Mohan Singh, Mevaram,Behari Lal, Ramesh Kumar,Bittu Singh and Rajesh Babbu.

Gagan starts blacktopping of Phinder to Kothey Salehar road

MLA Gagan Bhagat starting blacktopping work at R S Pura.

STATE TIMES NEWSMARH: Department ofAgriculture Sub Div Marh,zone Mishriwalla under thedirection of ChiefAgriculture Officer JammuR.L Bhagat and supervi-sion of SDAO Marh T KAtri and guidance of AEOMishriwalla Rajesh Vermaconducted farmers aware-ness camp at village SukhaPakhian. Arun Jaral JAEOKangrail make the farmersaware regarding improvedagronomic practices inmaize hybrid and paddycrop.

Farmers were advised touse recommended dose ofseed as well as fertilizers,herbicides and PP chemi-cals. Main stress was givenon KCC and to avail benefitof Pradhanmantri FasalBima Yojna. Others who

were present included RipuDaman Singh and

Jasbinder both VAEAs ofMishriwalla zone.

STATE TIMES NEWSDHARHAL: BJP seniorparty leaders visited Dharalarea of Rajouri district andtook stock of various devel-opmental works being exe-cuted there. On this occa-sion an impressive publicrally was also organised.The rally was chaired byKuldeep Raj Gupta MoSand Vice Chairman PhariAdvisory Board and wasaddressed by MP JugalKishore and MLC VibodhGupta.

While addressing the gath-ering MP Jugal Kishor saidthat peace is a must for anydevelopmental project to beimplemented. While refreingto the yesterdays dastardlyact of cowardice in Kulgamarea of Kashmir wherein abright and young army offi-cer was abducted and shotdead by the militants, Jugaltermed him a role model forthe Kashmiri youth. He said

that those young people whocarry stones in their handsmust realise that this canonly lead them towardsdeath and destruction. Headvised the youth to opt forbooks instead of stones asthis will lead them towardsprogress and prosperity.

Reacting towards demandsraised by the local peopleMP Jugal announced anambulance out of his CDFfor the residents of Dharal.He also promised the locals

that all their other genuinedemands will get the atten-tion which they deserve.

Ex-Minister ThakurPuran Singh and SeniorBJP leader Dev Raj Sharmaalso spoke on the occasion.

Prominent among otherswho were present on theoccasion included MohdSharief Manhas, MirzaMohd Sayeed, Dr.MohdAyoub Khan, MustaqAhmed,Ab.Rashid Fanaiand Mohd Feroz Ganai.

Carry books in hands instead of stones: Jugal

MP Jugal Kishore Sharma along with others during the public rally.

Farmers along with officials of Agri Deptt during the camp.

Farmers made aware of PM's Fasal Bima Yojna

STATE TIMES NEWS BANIHAL: Armed Wing ofJammu and Kashmir Policethrough IRP 9th BattalionRamban on Thursday initiatedCivic Action Programme (CAP-2016-17) in Tehsil Banihal.

As part of this programme thevarious orphan childrenthroughout Tehsil Banihal wereidentified by IRP 9th Battalionand in first step two orphanagefoundations viz- Gulshan-E-Iftal and Yateem WelfareFoundation Banihal were cho-sen. Today's programme wasorganizsd and conducted inGovt Higher Secondary SchoolBanihal under the supervision ofSenior Superintendent of PoliceAbrar Chowdhary,Commandant IRP 9thBattalion.

It was attended by ChaormanYateem Welfare Trust BanihalTazeem Wani and ChairmanGulshan-E-Iftal Banihal AbdulGaffar Tantray. Nearly 90orphan children participated inthe programme alongwith theirguardians and teachers.

Various dignitaries spoke on

the occasion including TaazeemWani, Abdul Gaffar Tantray,ZEO Kishori Lal, Javed AhmedMir and Razaq Ahmed Waniwho lauded the role of policedepartment in rendering helpinghand to the poor, needy andorphan children on one handand abridging police public gapsthereby ensuring the police and

public to work in tandem.Speaking on the occasion SSP

Abrar Chowdhary,Commandant IRP 9thBatallion highlighted the roleand sacrifices of police in safe-guarding the life and property ofpeople of the state. He assertedthat police is sensitive to theproblems of whole society and

has special feelings for theorphan children that is why thecivic action programme fororphan children is approved bypolice headquarters in thisTehsil. Abrar Chowdharyadvised the respectable attend-ing the programme to take spe-cial care of the orphans, widows,specially abled and weaker sec-tions of society. He said that Jand K Police has high feelingsfor these sections of society andshall do its best to help them out.

Those who were present on theoccasion included DyCommandant Surjit Bhagat SP,Deputy Commandant SureshKumar Chib SP, Dy SP AyazSheikh, SDPO Banihal DheerajSingh Thakur, ZEO KishoriLal, other civil and police offi-cers, and respectable of Banihaltown and adjoining areas.

IRP 9th Bn launches CAP for orphans

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Abrar Chowdhary, Commandant IRP 9th Battalion and othershanding over gifts to orphan students.

STATE TIMES NEWSNOWSHERA: FormerMinister and JKPCC GeneralSecretary Manjit Singh todaycondemned cross Line ofControl firing by Pakistan inNowshera in which a womanlost her life.

Issuing a statement, formerMinister said that the govern-ment should give compensa-tion of not less than Rs 25 lakhto the next kin of the deceased.Manjit Singh expressed sym-pathy with the bereaved fami-ly members, and condemnedthe weak policy of BJP ledGovernment in Centre andState to deal with such viola-tions.

"The Prime Minister shouldclear his stand on Pakistan.Repeated incidents of viola-tions on borders have takenplace but the Modi govern-ment has completely failed todeal with such things," headded.

He further said thatPakistan has targeted civilianareas and caused extensivedamage to the civilian proper-ty. "government should not sitlike spectator but it shouldorder troops on border to replyaggressively to silencePakistani guns," he appealedto the government, addingthat the border people resi-dents should be given fiveMarla each plot in the saferplaces so that they can shiftduring hostile atmosphere.

Pakistan violating ceasefire due toweak policy of Modi Govt: Manjit

Wheat crop gutted asHT wire falls

STATE TIMES NEWSNOWSHERA : The wheatcrop in the field of a farmer wascompleted gutted when the HTwire collapsed and fell onground in village Deing, Seri ofTehsil Nowshera.

The harvested wheat crop inthe field of one Bhajan Singhson of Bagh Singh resident ofvillage Seri was gutted when itcaught fire as the HT wire col-lapsed generating spark there-by. The plot of over 3 Kanalsof wheat was burnt and thefarmer was deprived of thewhole year's food grain.

The villagers have appealedto the SDM Nowshera togrant compensation to thefarmer so that he is able tofeed his family.

STATE TIMES NEWS POONCH: Army organised alecture on waste management atLower Krishna Ghati in PoonchDistrict on Thursday. The lec-ture was to motivate the vil-lagers to follow all possible meas-ures to control the generation ofdifferent types of wastes andtheir disposal at the earliest. Thelocals were also made aware ofthe importance and requirementof increasing the green cover byplanting trees in the area andcontribute towards saving theenvironment for a healthier

future. Various innovative meth-ods of waste disposal were dis-cussed. The lecture was organ-ised as an interactive sessionwherein participants were edu-cated to take positive actions forenvironment protection. Basicadaptive techniques of hygiene(washing hands, bathing etc) toprevent communicable diseaseswere also discussed in detail. Onthe occasion, the students werealso educated on measures toreduce carbon imprints to keepthe environment clean andhealthier.

Lecture on waste management held

STATE TIMES NEWSBHADARWAH: To provide aplatform to the youths wherethey can showcase their hiddentalent and to highlight impor-tance of Communal harmonyand brotherhood beside localculture, Rashtriya Rifles (RR)based at Bhadarwah under theaegis of counter insurgencyforce, Batote organised one day'Bhadarwah Cultural Festival'here on Thursday.

The event was organised atCommunity Hall Kotli, whereArmy Dy GOC was the ChiefGuest, who inaugurated the fes-tival in presence of Commander4 Sector and CO RR.

On the occasion DDC DodaBhupinder Kumar, SSP DodaMohammad Shabir, SDMBhadarwah Dr Owais AhmedRana,SDPO BhadarwahBrijesh Sharma and PrincipalAnnie Kotwal were the guests of

honour.CO RR in his welcome

address congratulated theyouth of District Doda forshunning the path of violenceand maintaining communalharmony and brotherhood inthe area.

The event witnessed partici-pation of 400 students andteachers from various educa-tional institutions includingBhadarwah UniversityCampus, colleges and School ofDistrict Doda. On the occa-sion, all participating studentsshowcased their skills in danc-ing and singing which was high-ly appreciated by the audi-ences.a.

STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: Lodging astrong protest over shortageof potable drinking water inUdhampur town, PanthersParty's State President andformer MLA Balwant SinghMankotia reminded the BJP-PDP Coalition Govt to fulfillthe promises by regularizingthe PHE daily wagers ofJammu region. He blamedthat Coalition Govt is notkeen to fulfill the promisesmade by their leaders during2014 elections and after pas-sage of three years, regulari-sation process of daily wagersstill hangs in balance.

Haq-Insaaf Yatra for sepa-rate statehood for Jammuregion was carried out inUdhampur town on Thursdaywhich passed throughSalathia Chowk, Court road,Ramnagar Chowk, MookerjeeBazar, Gole market and cul-minated at PHE officeUdhampur. Led by Panthers

Party's State PresidentBalwant Singh Mankotia,workers lodged a strongprotest Dharna over shortageof potable water inUdhampur District andraised slogans against theCoalition Government ofState.

Mankotia while addressingthe gathering lashed out atthe dilly dallying policies ofthe coalition government dueto which thousands of PHE

daily wagers youths servingthe department with meagernumeration of Rs 500 hun-dred from 15-20 years arestill not regularised and theircareer is on stake. The PHEdaily wagers are continuouslydemanding from the govern-ment to regularise them butlike predecessors, presentCoalition Govt is not payingany heed towards their gen-uine demand, regrettedMankotia.

Regularise PHE daily wagers: Mankotia

Activists of Panthers Party staging protest at Udhampur.

STATE TIMES NEWSDODA: A total of 165 youthsof Doda District belonging toareas of Doda, Kastigarh,Bhagwah, Bharat Bagla,Thatri and Gandoh Tehsils havecleared ground tests out of2595 youths in the ongoingrecruitment rally at DodaSports Stadium on Thursdayand are selected for next phaseof recruitment. On 12th May2017 youths of Bhaderwah,

Chirala, Assar and MarmatTehsils of Doda District will bescreened. Tehsil wise screeninghas been planned for ease ofselection process and for theconvenience of General Public.As of now, a total of 512 youthsof Udhampur, Kishtwar,Ramban and Doda district havecleared ground tests for overallvacancy of 55 General Duty sol-diers and only one vacancy ofTradesman.

165 out of 2,595 youth clear groundtest in Army recruitment rally

STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: Lauding the spirit with which the peopleof Reasi, irrespective of caste, creed, colour, reli-gion, foiled machinations of divisive forces in thewake of recent self-styled vigilantism, NationalConference on Thursday said harmony andbrotherhood remains corner-stone of the State'sglorious ethos.

"Any attempt of subverting harmony is againstthe idea of Jammu and Kashmir", NC DistrictPresident and former Minister Jagjeevan Lalsaid while addressing party functionaries at ameeting.

Jagjeevan Lal said that National Conferencehas all along worked for strengthening the bondsof amity and brotherhood and would do so despiteprovocations of divisive forces. "The people stoodresolutely against those disrupting harmony andit is strength of the State's ethos", he said andlauded the party cadre for rising to the occasionand meeting the challenge.

The former minister referred to the governancedeficit of the PDP-BJP coalition and said that

failure on all fronts has put the State in a pecu-liar situation. While law and order is deteriorat-ing with each passing day, development has takena huge dent. The process of development under-taken during the previous National Conferenceled government has come to a standstill due tolack of vision among the coalition partners. "Theyare indulging in diversionary tactics instead ofconcentrating on governance", he said addingthat the people of all the three regions of the stateare suffering as a consequence. He said the errat-ic power and drinking water supply besides scarcerations at the CAPD outlets are major irritantsthat have been hitting the people most.

Block President Raj Kumar and other func-tionaries including Capt Ram Lal (Retd) alsoaddressed the meeting and highlighted the prob-lems faced to the people of Reasi.

Those who were present in the meeting includ-ed Tariq Bhat, Ibrahim, Ghulam Nabi, NoorMohd, Haram Singh, Ratan Bhagat, Babli,Charan Dass, Ayob Bhat, Tara Mani, Capt.Gandarb, and Beli Ram.

400 students participate inBhadarwah Cultural Fest

Divisive politics against idea of J&K: NC