Monday July 31, 20174 DISTRICTSTwo held with 86 pouches of liquorSTATE TIMES NEWS

BARI BRAHMANA: Police on Sunday arrested two bootleg-gers and recovered 86 pouches of liquor from their possession.

According to a report, Bari-Brahmana Police duringpatrolling at Railway Station Road apprehended one personnamely Ragbir Singh son of Nand Singh resident of TaloorSumb Samba and recovered 36 pouches of illicit liquor of Jand K Excise from his possession. A case vide FIR No151/2017 under section 48 A Excise Act was registeredagainst him at Bari-Brahmana.

In another incident, same patrolling party also apprehend-ed one person namely Bodh Raj son of Sunder Dass residentof Chak Manga Samba at Railway Station Road and recov-ered 50 pouches of illicit liquor of J and K Excise from hispossession and registered a case vide FIR No 152/2017 undersection 48 A Excise Act.

Matador burnt mysteriously; policestarts investigation

STATE TIMES NEWS BHADARWAH: A matador got burnt in mysterious circum-stances near Daraina area under the jurisdiction of PoliceStation Bhadarwah in district Doda late last night.

The incident took place at Draina Morh near Bhalla, 16 Kmfrom Bhadarwah, on Doda-Bhadarwah Road.

According to the police, the driver of the matador (JK 06-8649) had parked it on the road side last night and went tohis house. When he got news of the incident, he immediatelyreached the spot, but by then the vehicle was completely dam-aged. Police has started investigation, after taking cogni-sance of the matter.

"As soon as we got the information, we reached the spot. Asof now, we are investigating the matter," said Incharge PolicePost Bhalla, SI Sunil Parihar. However, reason of the fireis yet to be ascertained, when last report came in.

Woman killed, 3 injured in accident STATE TIMES NEWS

POONCH: A woman lost her life while three others gotinjured when a car meet with an accident at Poonch outskirts.

According to report, a car (JK O2 BN 6074) which was onway from Jammu towards Poonch meet with an accident atBhainchh near Mandir resulting in four persons got injuredand shifted to District Hospital Poonch. Out of four a ladynamely Smith Kour wife of Bhopinder Singh resident ofJammu succumbed to her injuries.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Deputy ChiefMinister Dr. Nirmal Singh onSunday dedicated aCommunity TransformerBank to people of this borderdistrict.

The CommunityTransformer Bank (CTB),first of its kind in the State, iscreated by DistrictAdministration, with a targetof procuring more than 200transformers in convergenceof different schemes tostrengthen the rural electrifi-cation. The CTB will be aug-mented every three months.

Presently the bank has 100transformers including 65transformers of 25 KVAcapacity and 35 of 63KVAcapacity.

Present on the occasionwere District DevelopmentCommissioner Dr. ShahidIqbal Choudhary, SE. PDDManhar Gupta, ADDC A.S.Chib, SSP Yougal Manhas,XEn. PDD Umesh Parihar

besides other district officersand field staff of PDD.

The Dy. CM complimentedthe Deputy CommissionerRajouri Dr. Shahid IqbalChoudhary and entire team ofadministration and PowerDevelopment Department forlaunching a massive driveagainst illegal power connec-tions and power thefts underwhich a record amount of Rs25.45 lakh fine has beenimposed in 12 days and 564

connections involving a loadof 415KW regularised by con-ducting 1807 inspections.

He lauded the daily moni-toring and reporting mecha-nism put in place by districtadministration to conductthis drive and for monitoringreplacement of damagedtransformers. He also appre-ciated the administration forinitiating process of replacingdamaged transformers ofRGGVY.

He also reviewed theprogress under Deen DayalUpadhya GrameenVidyutikaran Yojana and wasinformed that three villages inNarla-Bambal have beentaken up during current yearand work is under progress

The Dy. CM impressed uponthe officials of PDD to main-tain close coordination withadministration so that thedrive against illegal powerconnections could progress ina mission mode. He alsodirected administration andPDD to conduct a survey toidentify left out houses, ham-lets in the district for electrifi-cation.

He also exhorted upon theconcerned officials to reduceunscheduled power cuts andtake up-gradation of powerdistribution transformers asper requirement. He furtherstressed on timely replace-ment of damaged transform-ers to avoid any inconvenienceto genuine power consumers.

Remove unscheduled power cuts: Dy CM

Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Nirmal Singh dedicatingCommunity Transformer Bank to people at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWSR S PURA : Shiv Sena (BalThackray) unit of RS Puraheld a meeting in which theparticipants strongly con-demned the statement ofChief Minister MehboobaMufti on Tricolour. The meet-ing was chaired by SenaPresident Sanjeev KumarSharma and senior leaderLabha Ram.

The RS Pura Unit on thisoccasion constituted RS PuraCommittee in which SurinderKumar was appointed as

President, Shamsher Kumaras Vice Preesident and Sahilas General Secretary.

RS Pura President SanjeevKumar said that similar pro-grammes will be held in otherPanchayats also. Prominentamong others present includeVicky Kumar, Kuldeep Raj,Bablu Kumar, Darshan Lal,Sonu Kumar, Madan Lal,Mohan Lal, Dr BhushamKumar, Prem Dass, RaviKumar, Tilak Raj, AshwaniKumar, Akshay Kumar,Sharda Devi and Soma Devi.

Shiv Sena protests Mehbooba'sstatement on Tricolour

Newly elected Shiv Sena members of R S Pura unit.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: State WorkingCommittee Meeting ofJammu and Kashmir BJPwas held on Sunday atBanda Veer Bahadur BairagiSabhagaar, Rajouri. It wasattended by State OfficeBearers, MPs, ministers,senior leaders, MLAs,MLCs, Vice-Chairpersons,District and MorchaPresidents.

BJP National VicePresident and Prabhari Jand K State Avinash RaiKhanna, while addressingthe meeting, asked the lead-ers to extend the party baseto every nook and corner forachieving the target of 44plus in the next elections. Hesaid that as compared to2014, today the BJP is hav-ing more representation inthe form of MPs, ministers,MLAs, MLCs and VCs,which is a strong force toachieve the desired goal."The BJP will have fullfledged 24 carat own govern-ment in J and K in next elec-

tions", Khanna said andadded that every activist hasto work to keep each boothalive if we have to write a his-tory in the State. He alsospoke on GST, economic selfassertion of nation and YogaDay. He appealed to donatefunds in PM Relief Fund forflood victims in differentparts of the country.

BJP State President andMLA Sat Sharma, in hispresidential address, saidthat Rajouri is the land ofgreat patriots, who have sac-

rificed their lives in the serv-ice of land.

Dr. Nirmal Singh, whileaddressing the meeting, saidthat the CoalitionGovernment is committedtowards the development ofall the regions of State and atthe same time, it will contin-ue with its zero tolerance forthe subversive and anti-national activities by mili-tants and their supporters.He asked the participants totake the party activities andthe schemes of Centre as well

as State Government toevery corner of the State.

MP, Lok Sabha, JugalKishore Sharma, presentedthe political resolution ofState BJP to be adopted inthe meeting. He asked theparty leaders to work wholeheartedly for the party byadopting the new work cul-ture started by the PM. Theresolution was seconded byMinister Abdul Ghani Kohli.

Rajya Sabha MP,Shamsher Singh Manhassummed up the resolutionand spoke on the benefits ofGST, developmental projectsin progress in the State andPakistan sponsored terror-ism. State General Secretary(Org.) Ashok Koul, wasbriefed about the politicaland organisational activitiesundertaken in districts andMorchas during the lastthree months. He also soughtdetails related to theVistaraks, who have volun-tarily opted to serve the partyin areas other than theirhometown.

BJP will form 24-Carat own Govt in J&K: Khanna

BJP National Vice President and JK Prabhari Avinash RaiKhanna along with others during meeting at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: The districtadministration Rajouri onSunday rebutted the newsof 35 deaths due to drugabuse in Rajouri. Thenews was in circulation onsocial networkingsites/WhatsApp NewsGroups some time backunder heading 'DeathMark Due to DrugsReached 35 in Rajouri'.

In the said piece of newsitem it was claimed thatthe district administrationhas failed miserably tocontain the menace ofdrug abuse which hadcaused the loss of 35 cru-cial lives in the district.

A highly placedspokesperson of the dis-trict administration said,"A detailed inquiry washeld in the matter toascertain the genuinenessof the news item and thereports furnished by theChief Medical Officer and

Medical Superintendent ofDistrict Hospital revealedthat no such deaths due todrug abuse occurred inRajouri", adding the con-cerned journalist was con-tacted time and againthrough DistrictInformation Officer toprovide details of suchdeaths including the bio-data of the deceased per-sons but he did not turn upwith the soughtdetails/information. Theofficial further said thenews item reflects a vocif-erous attempt aimed atmaligning the civil andpolice administration ofthe district.

Taking a serious note ofsuch fabricated and bogusnews items, the districtadministration called uponthe media persons to com-municate and share gen-uine, objective and mostimportantly evidencebased news items.

Rajouri Admn rebuts35 drug abuse deaths

STATE TIMES NEWSR S PURA : The BhartiyaJanata Party (BJP) withan aim to facilitate thepeople of RS Pura to listento the 'Mann ki Baat' ofPrime Minister NarenderModi, organised camps insix Shakti Sthals at differ-ent places. A large num-ber of party workers werepushed in service by theparty.

There was a big rush ofaudience for listening to

their Prime Minister liveon the TV in which he dis-closed in detail variousschemes launched by himfor the welfare of the pub-lic.

Prominent among thosepresent included StateSecretary Mahila MorchaMenika Sharma, AshokSharma, Narayan DattSharma, Raj kumar,Bittoo, Youth PresidentAmit Choudhary andAmita Choudhary.

BJP organises camps to listen PM's Mann Ki Baat

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Minister forHealth and MedicalEducation Bali Bhagat onSunday reviewed the patientcare facilities during a sur-prise visit to the DistrictHospital Rajouri.

He took a detailed reviewof stock and supply positionof medicines and alsoenquired about the staffposition against the sanc-tioned strength.

The minister inspectedhospital wards includingemergency, orthopedics,OPD, diagnostic lab, surgi-cal units and Neo-natalIntensive Care Unit

(NICU). He also interactedwith the patients andinquired about the quality ofhealth care facilities beingprovided in the hospital.Patients while expressingtheir gratitude for the gov-ernment said the prescribedmedicines and diagnostictests are being provided andfacilitated by the hospitalmanagement.

The Health Minister alsodirected the Chief MedicalOfficer Dr. Suresh Sharmato expedite the formulationand submission of DetailedProject Report (DPR) for Rs1 crore project proposed forrenovation and beautifica-

tion of the district hospital.Earlier the Medical

Superintendent Dr.Mehmood Hussain Bajarbriefed the minister aboutthe functioning of the hospi-tal. He informed that up tothe month of June, 2017,240 major operations, 460deliveries including 104cesarean, 10,724 lab tests,2,210 X- Rays, 1,599 USGsand 443 ECGs were con-ducted in the hospital while507 children were providedimmunisation for variousdeceases.

It was further informedthat 25,077 medical check-ups were conducted in OPDin the month of June thisyear. The minister was fur-ther informed that anamount of Rs. 7.33 lakh wasgenerated for HospitalDevelopment Fund duringthat month (June).

The minister while laudingthe hospital administrationfor performing exceptionallywell, directed the medicalsuperintendent to installCCTV cameras in andaround the hospital com-pound for proper securityand monitoring.

Bali reviews patient care facilities

Health Minister Bali Bhagat taking stock of facilities atDistrict Hospital Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: The District LevelCoordination-cum-ScreeningCommittee (DLCSC) whichmet under the chairmanship ofDeputy Commissioner, RajouriDr. Shahid Iqbal Choudharydecided 56 cases related to ter-rorist violence, cross-border fir-ing and others under SRO-43of 1994. Pertinently, 47 casespending since 15-20 years forwant of minor formalities werealso decided and DLCSC fixeddate to hold camp for disposalof all pending cases.

The committee consideredand decided the cases of NoKsof martyred SPOs namelyMohd Sabar (2002), NissarHussain (2009), AbdulQayoom (1998), MaqsoodAhmed (2002), Altaf Hussain(2004), Kamal Singh (2002),Khan Mohd (2009) and WaliMohd (2006).

DLCSC also sanctionedrelief of Rs 5 lakh each infavour of NoKs of Akhter Bi(2017), Tufail Hussain (2017)and Asiya Kouser (2017) killedduring Cross-LoC shelling inNowshera. It also considered

and decided cased of personsinjured including Som Raj(2016), Diljeet Kumar (2016),Zatoon Begum (2017) andMohd Hanif(11.05.2017).

Further, cases of SultanaBegum (2016), MaqboolaBegum (2016), ManzoorBegum (2015) and MohdAkhter (2005) were also con-sidered and decided underSRO-43 of 1994 for militancyrelated incidents. Cash com-pensation in lieu of employ-ment was approved in favour ofSheraz Ahmed son of MohdHussain. It also decided pend-ing cases of Mohd Shafiq,Munir Hussain, Zakra Begumand Noor Bi for cash compen-sation to NoKs. A large num-ber of deferred cases weretaken up by DLCSC for con-sideration under SRO-43 forNOKs of Zarifa Begum(2001), Parveen Akhter 2006),Jasmeet Kour (2002), VidyaDevi (2000), Qasham Bi(2000), Basharat Hussain(2002), Mohd Liaqat (2007),Shakeel Ahmed (2003), NazirBi (2004), Amina Bi (2004),Shakuntla Devi (2002), Said

Begum (2002), Jan Bi (2002),Ghulam Fatima (2003), MohdTufail (2004), Karpal Singh(2002), Ghulam Hussain(2001), Mohd Zarait (2001),Nazir Hussain (2007), JavedIqbal (2002), Nazia Kouser(2003), Vijay Kumar (2002),Om Parkash (2003), Sham Lal(2003), Munshi Ram (2001),Mohd Adrees (1998) andMohd Aslam (2011).

The families of these victimsof militancy related incidentscould not receive compensa-tion for want of minor formal-ities and accordingly DLCSCdecided to constitute a team ofrevenue and police forapproaching these familiesand organising a camp onAugust 19, 2017 for disposalof all deferred cases and pro-viding compensation.

SSP Yougal Manhas, ADCMumtaz Ali, ACR AbdulQayoom Mir , PO ICDSMohd Rashid, DSWO DrAbdul Khabir, CMO DrSuresh, Senior officers ofarmy, BSF, CRPF, and otherofficers attended the DLCSCmeeting.

DLCSC decides 56 militancy relatedcases for ex-gratia

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: A general bodymeeting of Kathua VikasManch (KVM) Kathua washeld on Sunday in MahajanShabha Hall, Kathua and waschaired by Prof. Ram MurtiSharma, President of theManch.

The agenda of the meetingincluded renewal of the regis-tration of KVM, re-constitutionof Executive Body, review ofcurrent status of activitiesalready undertaken by theManch; exploring ways andmeans for taking the issueslying in the pipeline to a conclu-sive stage; identification cumprioritisation of new develop-ment related projects to beundertaken by the Manch innear future and membershipdrive.

Prof. Ram Murti Sharmawhile highlighting the achieve-ments of the Manch expressedsatisfaction over the progressachieved regarding the estab-lishment of engineering college,political college, inter-state busstand, foundation stone layingceremony of Govt. Medical

College Kathua at Kathua,sanction of bridge for connect-ing Ward No. 03-04 with FruitMarket Kathua and com-mencement of Development ofHousing Colony Kathua.

The participants on this occa-sion urged for the early con-struction of parking zones,removal of encroachments andmaintenance of proper sewer-age disposal system with in thelimits of Municipal CouncilKathua. Most of the membersdemanded smart city andKathua development authoritystatus for Kathua city. A con-cern regarding removing thetraffic congestion and improv-ing poor electricity voltage wasexpressed during the meeting.

The demand of a early estab-lishment of already sanctionedMahatma Gandhi Maternityand Child Care Hospital atKathua and construction ofalready sanctioned bridge forconnecting Fruit Market withMaha Kalishwer TempleKrishna Colony for which ten-dering process has been com-pleted was also raised by themembers.

KVM demands early establishmentof maternity hospital, bridge

STATE TIMES NEWSRAMBAN: Teaching com-munity of Education ZoneRamban gave a warm sendoff to Zubeda Begum, whoretired as the ZonalEducation Officer Ramban.

CMO, Dr. Saif-u-Din, Dy.CEO Bal Ji Thaploo, ADPlanning Education, Ganesh

Kumar, DEPO, ParshotamSingh Raju, retired lecturerKhursheed Khan, Principalsand Headmasters of variousgovernment and private insti-tutions and other senior offi-cers of the EducationDepartment attended thefarewell.

Extending gratitude to hercolleagues, entire teachercommunity and friends in thedepartment, she said, "I feeloverwhelmed by the love andrespect I have got from mycolleagues and subordinatesthroughout my career here. Ithank all of you for yourkindness, support, and awonderful 39 years." Acolourful cultural programmewas also orgnised on theoccasion.

Nayeem Rather, Bilal Sohil,Tirath Singh and many oth-ers were also extended theirwishes to the retiring officerfor her post retirement life.

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Zonal Education Officeraccorded warm send off

STATE TIMES NEWS SUCHETGARH: Minister for PHE,Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham LalChoudhary on Sunday listened to the peo-ple's issues at a grievance redressal campheld at Suchetgarh. The minister tookstock of public issues and reviewed the sta-tus of decisions taken in previous publicmeetings. Villagers hailing from Sai Kalan,Haripur, Badyal Brahmana, Mokha,Kheper, Kanachak, Katyal, Bidhipur,Baspur, Kotli, Abtal, Uttabali, FatehpurSalai, Dablat and Bega Bera apprised theminister about their concerns regardingpower supply, water supply, road connectiv-ity and sanitation.

They also sought disposal of pendingwidow pension cases, construction of hous-es for the homeless and revision of BPLlist. The villagers also demanded upgrad-ing of transformers, replacement of electricpoles to augment power supply and con-struction of lanes and drains.

After listening to their problems, ShamChoudhary assured them that their gen-uine demands would be addressed in aphased manner. Interacting with the depu-tations from different villages, the minister

said the government has taken manyextraordinary steps for the welfare of thecommon masses and special stress is beinglaid on the uplift of weaker sections of thesociety, people living on borders and far-flung areas.

Later, the minister inspected the desilt-ing works on Distributary (D-17) MainRanbir Canal from off point RD 2100 totail end RD 11000. He directed the offi-cers to expedite the pace of desilting workso that sufficient water can be provided tothe farmers for irrigation purposes. He

further directed that desilting should bedone deep upto the canal bed and properdumping of garbage retrieved from itbefore releasing the water in the canal.

The minister also enquired about the sta-tus of notices being served to the encroach-ers and those who throw garbage in thecanals. He directed the officers to launchplantation drive along the canals with fenc-ing of the covered area to save the plants.Executive Engineer, Assistant Engineerand Junior Engineers accompanied theminister during the inspection visit.

Sham Choudhary takes stock of irrigationfacilities in border areas

PHE Minister Sham Choudhary taking stock of irrigation facilities at Suchetgarh.

SMVDU’s 5th Alumni Meet on Aug 12STATE TIMES NEWS

KATRA: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU)Alumni Association is to hold its 5th Grand Meet on August12, 2017. More than 100 alumni have registered so far andnumber is increasing day by day.

In the August, 12 meet, the university will organise an inter-active session focused on sharing experiences for the existingstudents and what lessons they need to take for career plan-ning. The Vice Chancellor Prof. Sanjeev Jain will also addressthe alumni. There will be cultural programme followed by din-ner with faculty and family members. An alumnus can regis-ter till the coming week through the online application formavailable at http://alumni.smvdu.ac.in/. In the meet, the asso-ciation will be handed over greater responsibility and autono-my for future activities and road map, informed Dr. Saurabh,Assistant Professor SOB, the Faculty In-Charge of Alumni.

Grass Carp fish seed stocked in Sanasar LakeSTATE TIMES NEWS

RAMBAN: Department of Fisheries Ramban has stocked tenthousand (10,000) grass carp seed in Sanasar Lake with anaim to develop the carp fish as natural stock. Another impor-tant reason to stock grass carp fish in lake for aquatic weedcontrol. This fish species is mainly found on turbid rivers andassociated with flood plain lakes. Speaking on the occasionAD Fishery Ramban Fayaz Ahmed Fayaz said that control-ling aquatic vegetation with grass carp is one of the optionsavailable to pond owners with aquatic plant problems. Inmany situations, the use of grass carp is an economical, longlasting, and effective option. However, grass carp are notappropriate for every pond with abundant aquatic plants.