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STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Former DeputyChief Minister and seniorBJP leader, Kavinder Guptaon Wednesday started layingof pipeline work of WaterSupply Schemes (WSS) atJallo Chak Langar.

Kavinder along withCouncillors Baldev Bilowriaand Anil Kumar started muchawaited WSS work as aftercompletion of work the peopleof Hari Vihar, Ambika Colonyand Swaran Nagar Langarshall be supplied with therequired water supply. This

was the long pending demandof the area and this project isbeing executed by the P.H.Edepartment with an estimatedcost of Rs 30 lakh.

Speaking on the occasion,Gupta said that governmentis committed to provide allbasic amenities like adequatedrinking water, power, educa-tion, healthcare facilities andother civic facilities to the peo-ple of all the three regions ofthe State especially the areaswhere there is either shortageof water supply or where thepipes are damages and the

new colonies.On the occasion, Gupta said

the directions have alreadybeen passed to the concernedfor identification of habita-tions where there is shortageof water and also they wereasked to prepare DetailedProject Reports (DPRs)where either the Over HeadTanks or the bore wells arerequired and submit the sameso that the matter is taken upwith the government foraccord of necessary arrange-ment of funds.

Gupta said that it is theresponsibility of the con-cerned officers and engineersto conduct field survey andproject plans on priority.

Kavinder Gupta was accom-panied by XEn PHE, J.PSingh, Vinay Gupta, HarbansChpudhary, Jagmeet Singh,Darshan Grover, Tara Chand,Balwan Singh manhas, RohitVerma, Sagar Sharma,Surinder Saini, Vijay Kumar,Krishan Singh and OmParkash.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Royal Circus, one ofthe India's leading circus com-panies, will hold mega circusshows for the people ofJammu region nearPurmandal Morh, BariBrahmana Jammu fromDecember 20.

The event will be inaugurat-ed by the Mayor JMC,Chander Mohan Gupta whohas given his kind consent tobe the part of this historicoccasion. The event has beenorganised by SharmaBrothers. The Royal Circus isvisiting the City of Templesafter a yawning gap of 24years and this time around,

the artists of national andinternational repute, particu-larly Africans, will entertainthe people with braving stints.

"The people of Jammu willwitness jaw-dropping circusperformances from one of theace circus companies in thecountry, Royal Circus, which isvisiting the city after a gap of24 years. On a daily basis,three shows will be staged andthe timing of the shows will be12:00 Noon, 3:00 PM and6:00 PM. On holidays andSundays, an additional showat 10:00 AM will also bestaged," said Arun Sharma,Organizer of the event.

"We are confident that the

Circus shows, being performedby national and internationalartists, will mesmerise its view-ers with their braving stintslike rope climb, ring dance,pole dance and other amazingacts. Nominal rates have beenkept for each show andadvance booking will be donedaily from 10:00 AM to 12:00Noon," the organizer said.

Besides, the visitors will alsoenjoy the different kinds of'Jhulas' (swings) and artificialboating for children at thevenue, apart from finding foodstalls and shopping opportuni-ties, he said and appealed tothe people to visit the venue inlarge numbers.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Continuing withBJPs agenda of providingoverall development, formerMinister Sat Sharma (CA)along with Corporator WardNo 37 Sunita Gupta inaugu-rated start of developmentworks around the park nearGayatri Mandir in ward no.37 of Jammu West AssemblyConstituency.

The works include upgrada-tion of lanes by way of I sec-

tion tiles and upgradation ofdrain. The works will be doneunder the supervision ofJammu MunicipalCorporation (JMC) at an esti-mated cost of Rupees 9.91Lakhs approximately.

Sharma was accompaniedby officials of JammuMunicipal Corporation(JMC), Local residents, socialand political activists of the

area. In a statement issued,Sharma said he said that theUnion Government under theleadership of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is committedto provide all basic amenitiesto the people at the grass rootlevel including Health, drink-ing water, road connectivity,electricity, better drainage sys-tem and education. Sharmaalso toured the adjoiningareas along with Corporatorto hear issues and grievancesof the residents of the wardand assured that they wouldbe looked into and addressedon priority.

Mandal President VijaySharma, Ward PresidentSahil Gupta, Rakesh Gupta,Kulbir Singh, RameshSharma Bittu, Swarn Singh,Surinder Bhasin, VeenaGupta, Veena Jamwal, Neena,Parveen Anand, AvinashAnand and Sonia Devi werealso present.

Sat inaugurates development works

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Jammu &Kashmir BJP leaders in ameeting held at party head-quarters, discussed the issueof extending help to benefi-ciaries of Ayushman BharatScheme.

in the meeting held here onWednesday, BJP StateGeneral Secretary (Org.)Ashok Kaul, while termingAyushman Bharat Schemeas one more gift of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi tothe poor and needy, saidthat it is a National HealthProtection Scheme forsecuring the health of poorpopulation. He said that thescheme will help people fromlower economic strata incase of secondary and terti-ary care hospitalization. Heasked the party leaders tomobilize BJP's groundactivists to ensure the imple-mentation of scheme whileapprising that approximate50 crore people will get cov-erage of upto Rs 5 lakh perfamily per year under the

scheme.Kaul asked BJP leaders to

frame ward wise teams com-prising of BJP volunteers tobe led by respective WardPresidents to reach up tobeneficiaries of the schemewhile ensuring that nobodywhose name is enrolled inthe list is left out due to lackof information or faces diffi-culty in paper work.

Puneet Mahajan providedimportant relevant informa-tion and data about thesame during the meeting.

The meeting was attendedby BJP State GeneralSecretary Yudhvir Sethi,MLC Ch VikramRandhawa, StateSpokesperson Balbir RamRattan, State OfficeIncharge Tilak Raj Gupta,State Media Incharge andState Press Secretary Dr.Pardeep Mahotra, StateConvenor of Health andMedical Cell Gurdyal SinghBali and District JammuWest Vice-President PuneetMahajan.

BJP teams to help AyushmanBharat Scheme beneficiaries

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Mayor, JammuMunicipal Corporation(JMC), Chander MohanGupta on Wednesday visit-ed various areas of Jammucity and took stock of theproblems being faced bythe people.

Mayor visited Upper ShivNagar, Lower Shiv Nagarand Rajpura Mangotrian.

Executive Engineer(Central), Health Officer,XEn (UEED), ChiefTransport Officer,Municipal VeterinaryOfficer and other filedstaff of JMC accompaniedthe Mayor.

The Mayor also met withthe residents of these local-ities and listened to theirgrievances raised by them

regarding, construction/renovation of drains/lanes,improvement of sanitation,non functioning of streetlights, renovation of parks,menace of stray dogs/ani-mals.

He directed the con-cerned officers on spot toresolve the grievances ofpeople at an earliest andasked the residents tocooperate with municipalstaff and do not throwtheir house hold garbageon the public land/drainsin the open area and in theparks which further wors-ened the sanitation condi-tions.

Mayor also appealed tothe shopkeepers of theareas not to display theirbelongings outside theirshops to avoid traffic con-gestion and make theJammu city neat, cleanand green.

Mayor JMC takes stock of people's problems

Kavinder dedicates Water SupplyScheme at Jallo Chak

Royal Circus to hold shows from today

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Forest Departmentarrested two persons andrecovered 40 Kg Minor ForestProduce (MFP) from theirpossession.

According to reports, a jointteam of forest officials headedby Kailash Choudhary RangeOfficer, Jindrah and PolicePost Manwal intercepted oneMahindra vehicle bearing reg-

istration No JK17-2813 driven bySadiq Hussain, sonof Ilam Din. Policeseized 40 Kg MinorForest Producenamely Kourroa(Picrorhiza Kurroa)from the possessionof Abdul, son ofQasim, resident ofKawar Dhul Tehsildistrict Kishtwar.

DFO Jammu, SatPaul added that asper preliminaryinformation theaforesaid consign-

ment was extracted from for-est areas of Kishtwar and wasbeing smuggled out of State.The vehicle alongwith MFPhas been seized.

Further the Range Officer,Jindrah Forest Range hasalso filed case before theAuthorized Officer for initia-tion of Confiscation proceed-ing under Section 26 of J&KForest Act, (Amended 1997).

40 Kg minor forest produce,vehicle seized

STATE TIMES NEWSSRINAGAR: QazigundPolice carried out raids onvarious Dhabas located onNational Highway andrecovered huge quantity ofcontraband substancesfrom the Dhaba owners.

During the raid at RajaVaishno Dhaba located at

Nipora Mirbazar, 15 KgBhuki was recovered. Oneperson identified asSukhdev Kumar, residentof Udhampur who was run-ning the Dhaba has beentaken into custody. A caseunder relevant sections oflaw has been registered.

From Vaishno Dhaba,

Levdoora, Qazigund, policerecovered 10 bottles ofliquor and 3 Kg Bhuki.One person identified asSuhail Ahmed Ganai resi-dent of Nussu who wasrunning the Dhaba hasbeen arrested. A caseunder relevant sections oflaw has been registered.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: The biodiversityconservation awarenesscentric Tree Talk campaignlaunched eight years backon December 19, 2010 tocoincide with UN Decade ofBiodiversity 2011-20 onWednesday celebrated its8th Foundation Day here.

670 outdoor garden TreeTalk was organised atCSIR-Indian Institute ofIntegrative CampusJammu in which besides

CSIR-IIIM scientists, theherbal experts, school stu-dents, conservationists, treetalk enthusiasts, Ayurvedicdoctors and morning walk-ers participated.

On the occasion while giv-ing the detail of R&D activ-ities on medicinal and aro-matic plants carried out atCSIR-IIIM, Jammu, Dr.Ram Vishwakarma,Director disclosed thatIIIM earlier known asRegional Research

Laboratory has rich collec-tion of plant taxa in theherbarium named after E.KJanaki Ammal first PhDwoman scientist fromKerala who worked in RRL.

Dr Ram also told that theHerbarium data at IIIM,Jammu is digitized and canbe assessed online to knowpast history, ecology, mor-phology of plants.

Dr Ram Vishwakarmaalso planted sapling of less-er known native HimalayanCherry Prunus cerasoideslocally called Pajja(Padmaka in Sanskrit) tomark the occasion.

The Tree Talk Crusaderand Director SFRI O.PSharma, while extendinggratitude to IIIM Directorand dedicated team of sci-entists, disclosed that richlibrary, herbal repositoryand Herbarium of IIIM hasremained important learn-ing centre for him,Taxonomy passion nur-tured in the environs ignit-

ed spark in spearheadingTree Talk in the state since19th December 2010.

IIIM has hosted severalTree Talk sessions both atIIIM Jammu and SanantNagar Srinagar Campus.

Prof Yashpal, Dr Y.SBedi, Dr Dheeraj Vyas, DrSumit Gairola, DrNagender Singh, ProfRomesh Atri and MajidFarooq were also present.

More than 400 studentsdrawn from various schoolsincluding students of RRLHigh School participated inthe green get-together, tookround of IIIM E K JanakiAmmal Herbarium, herbalgarden repository and wit-nessed ceremonial treeplanting.

Certificates of participa-tion were distributed toTree Talk enthusiasts andenvironmentalists toacknowledge their notableachievements and contribu-tion in extending greenefforts in the state.

670th Garden Tree Talk held DIG CKR ordersin-situ promotion

of 230 officialsSTATE TIMES NEWS

SRINAGAR: DIG CKR, V.KBirdi ordered in-situ promo-tion approved byDepartmental PromotionCommittee in favour of 230officials.

The promotees included 195Selection Grade Constablesand 35 Head Constables.Board members who partici-pated in the meeting includeSSP Srinagar Imtiyaz IsmailParray, Senior PO RPHQ SgrShafat Ahmad, AAO RPHQSrinagar Javaid Ahmad andSO Estt RPHQ Srinagar,Irshad Ahmad.

Felicitating the promotedofficials, DIG CKR extendedhis warm greeting to themand their families and hopedthat the promotions wouldencourage workmanship inthe cadre. He exhorted uponthem to work with more zealand zest for the betterment ofsociety in general and PoliceDepartment in particular.

Police personnel along with recoveredforest produce.

Mayor JMC, Chander Mohan Gupta interacting with people.

Organiser Royal Circus, Arun Sharma briefing media persons at Jammu.

Participants during the tree talk campaign in Jammu.

STATE TIMES NEWSLEH: As a follow up to thedecisions and importantdevelopmental issues per-taining to different imple-menting agencies that werepointed out during theGeneral Council Meeting ofLAHDC, Leh, the DeputyCommissioner / ChiefExecutive Officer,LAHDC, Leh Avny Lavasaconvened a meeting withall the district officers hereon Wednesday.

After discussing thedepartment wise issues,she set timeline for imple-mentation and completionof each works and issuedstrict instructions to theconcerned officers andengineers to ensure resultson the ground within thetimeframe.

The major issues whichcame into focus includedtendering process for alldevelopmental projects tostart in the month ofMarch itself, timely distri-

bution of incentives andsubsidies to the beneficiar-ies, to make the norms oflivestock compensationsimpler, all BPL Rationcards and beneficiariesunder Social Welfareschemes to verify throughVillage Gram Sabha meet-ings, to frame expert com-mittee to strategise forswitching over to organicfarming in the district, alldepartmental land to prop-erly register in revenuerecord, initiating sternmeasures to avoid illegaloccupation and encroach-

ment on Govt. lands, dele-gation of power of signingauthority for preparationof PRC in Khaltsi SubDivision, functioning ofMedical store ofCooperative Departmentwithin the premises ofSNM Hospital, submissionof Khelo India proposalson time, to make theNREGA schemes moreresult-oriented, to avoidover proposing underCCDF and area develop-ment funds of PM, MLA,MLC etc and fix a timelinefor submission of propos-als, all departments to sub-mit re-appropriation pro-posals within next 2 days,to see the viability of con-verting Shey Fish Pondinto Ice Hockey Rink etc.

Avny Lavasa laid specialemphasis upon the execu-tive engineers of differentwings of PWD to exerciserigorously on each projectsleaving no room for anycompliant.

DC Leh sets timeline for completion of works

DC Leh Avny Lavasa speaking at the meeting.

Former Minister Sat Sharma starting development work in Jammu.

Former Deputy CM, Kavinder Gupta after inaugurating the WSS work at Jammu.

Police conducts raids on Dhabas; recovers narcotics

Cong always promoted anti-Sikhelements: Varinderjeet

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: "It is unfortunate that country's oldest political party,the Congress, has always promoted its such leaders who wereinvolved in 1984 riots even more unfortunate is that it neveruttered a single word of condemnation of killing of thousands ofinnocent Sikhs in Delhi and other parts of the country," saidNational Sikh Front Chairman Varinderjeet Singh while reactingon giving the post of Chief Minister to Kamal Nath in MadhyaPradesh.

"Like other leaders of Congress, Kamal Nath too was involvedin 1984 riots and it is not mere allegation but there stands wit-nesses against him", said Varinderjeet Singh adding that award-ing such a leader with important portfolio is sprinkling salt on thewounds of thousands of Sikh families. Making a strong plea toimmediately remove Kamal Nath from the post of Chief Minister,Varinderjeet Singh said that the Congress should not test thepatience of Sikhs and that it should seek public apology for mak-ing blunder in giving CM post to a culprit.

Varinderjeet Singh further said that there was no headway inthe 1984 riots cases during Congress rule at the Centre but afterNarendra Modi took over as PM, the matter was taken seriouslyas a result of which one of the main accused Sajjan Kumar hasbeen sentenced life imprisonment. The Congress used power astool to shield its leaders involved in heinous crimes but Modi gov-ernment never misused judiciary to suppress or harm any com-munity in the country.

Singh also made an appeal to the Sikh community to exposeCongress for its anti-Sikh approach.

STATE TIMES NEWSSRINAGAR: DoctorsAssociation Kashmir (DAK)on Wednesday expressed strongresentment over unruly behav-iour of Deputy Mayor Srinagarwith on duty doctor at ChestDisease Hospital, an associatedhospital of GovernmentMedical College Srinagar.

"It is now routine that differ-ent ward members, Panchs,Sarpanchs and now DeputyMayor are routinely interferingin hospitals to get political mill-age as our hospitals remainflooded with public.

The on duty doctor was busyand was filling a referral formof 60 year old female patientwho was suffering from medi-astinal mass and SVC obstruc-tion", DAK President, DrSuhail Naik said, adding that,"such interference is a commonphenomenon and we warnthem to mind their own work.Rather than interfering in tech-

nical issues of medical profes-sion, it was better for him tofocus on hospital sanitation,drainage, water supply andelectricity".

"Our hospitals are workinground the clock through everysituation and disaster forwhich we have been appreciat-ed and recognised at thenational level and have receivedawards in health delivery sys-tem in tandem", Dr Naik fur-ther said. Dr Owais H DarGeneral secretary DAK said"It is not SMC that is payingsalary to doctors; we are beingpaid through the taxes of peo-ple and we are working here forthe people. This illegitimateand illiterate behaviour of anyofficial cannot be acceptedunder any circumstances".DAK urged Governor, SatyaPal Malik and Advisor forHealth and MedicalEducations, K Vijay Kumar totake strong note and actionagainst the erring and unrulybehaviour of the Deputy Mayor.

Take action against erring behaviour of Deputy Mayor: DAK

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Director Generalof Police, Dilbag Singh onWednesday sanctioned Rs2,29,600 in favour of 34wards of police personnel asscholarship out of CentralPolice Welfare Fund.

DGP has granted scholar-ships in favour of 34 meri-torious wards of police per-sonnel of class 10th, class12th and graduation/postgraduation during the aca-demic session 2017-18. Thescholarship of Rs.2.30 lakh

has been granted out ofCentral Police WelfareFund.

Besides, Rs 6,000 eachhas been granted to 15 mer-itorious wards for securingabove 90 per cent marks in10th class and above 80 percent in 12th class. Rs 4,000each has been granted to 10meritorious wards forsecuring 80 per cent andabove marks. Rs 18,000has been granted to oneward for securing above 90per cent in M.Tech, Rs

12,000 to four wards forsecuring above 80 per centin post graduation, Rs8,500 to two wards forsecuring above 80 per centin graduation and Rs 5,000to one ward for securingabove 70 per cent in gradu-ation.

Police Headquarters hasbeen sanctioning scholar-ships and rewards forwards of martyred andserving police personnelunder different schemes toboost their morale.

DGP sanctions scholarshipsto police personnel wards

AJKLTF hailsGovernor for solvingSSA teachers' issues STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: All JammuKashmir and Ladakh TeachersFederation (AJKLTF) hailedthe Governor Satya PaulMallik for solving SSA teach-ers' issues by creating morethan 28,000 supernumeraryposts of teachers and allocatedseparate funds in the StateBudget for the SSA Teacherswhich led to the end of over adecade old problems of teach-ers. In the meeting held here onWednesday, Mahendra KapoorRashtriya Sangathan Mantriof Shaikshik Mahasangh dis-cussed framing of action planfor the next quarter December2018 to March 2019.

He stressed upon the mem-bers to organise KartavyaBodh Divas Karyakaram atZonal levels which will beorganised from January 12,2019 (Swami VivekanandaJayanti) to January 23, 2019(Neta ji Subash Chandra BoseJayanti) throughout the coun-try.