Wednesday March 20, 20194 DISTRICTS

Two narcotic smugglersnabbed with 1 Kg Charas STATE TIMES NEWS

RAMBAN: Police on Tuesday arrested two drug peddlersand recovered one KILOGRAM of Charas from their posses-sion at T chowk Banihal of district Ramban.

The drug smugglers have been identified as Shabir AhmedChopan, son of Mohd Shahban Chopan resident of Krawah,Tehsil Banihal and Yawar Ahmed son of Mohd Ashraf Darresident of Charsoo Awantipora.

Reports said that on a specific information, a special Nakawas laid at T Chowk Banihal and during checking two pedes-trians were signalled to stop but they tried to run backwardstowards Railway Station. The alert cops on Naka chased andoverpowered them and during frisking of their baggage, onekilogram of Charas got recovered. Duo was arrested and acase vide FIR No 28/2019 was registered against them atPolice Station Banihal.

Teenage girl attempts suicide STATE TIMES NEWS

UDHAMPUR: A teenage girl attempted suicide by consum-ing poisonous substance in her house in Ramnagar onTuesday.

According to report, 15 years Babita Devi daughter ofAshok Kumar resident of village Sunal (Jaganoo) inRamnagar took some poisonous substances in her house. Onseeing her lying unconscious her family members shifted herto District Hospital Udhampur where doctors washed herstomach and till filing last report her condition was stated bestable. Police registered a case and launched the investiga-tion.

Absconder arrested STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: Police on Tuesday arrested an accused evadinghis arrest in a case of Police Station Rajouri.

Absconder namely Wazir Mohammad son of MohammadShafi resident of Nariyan village of Nowshehra Tehsil waswanted in case FIR 157/2010 registered under sections353,147,148,149, 336,201,204,205 RPC but he was evadinghis arrest from October 2014.

Based on a specific information, a team of police headed byIncharge Police Post Chingus Chatyar, SI MD Khan raideda location in Nariyan area and arrested the absconder whowas than produced before Honb'le court of law from where hehas been taken in judicial custody.

Two nabbed for assaulting principalSTATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: Two accused persons wanted in a case of assaulton an Education Department Officer have been arrested bypolice in Rajouri district.

Principal of Government Higher Secondary School inThanamandi was assaulted on road two days near Behrotevillage after which injured was hospitalised.

Taking note and on the basis of complaint submitted by vic-tim, a case 14/2019 under sections 307, 323, 341 RPCs wasregistered in police station Thanamandi. In order to nab theassailants team of police headed by SHO Thanamandi JavedA Malik under the supervision of SDPO ThanamandiMohammad Sidiq raided at multiple locations and succeededin arrest of two accused identified as Ourangzaib son ofMohammad Sarwar and Mohammad Saqib son of NazarHussain residents of Behrote village of Thanamandi.Further investigation into the matter is going on.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: Mayor JMCChander Mohan Gupta onTuesday asserted that BJPled Modi government didremarkable developmentsduring the last five years ofits regime.

J&K BJP LiaisonCommittee of SocialOrganisation organised ameeting at Kathua andBillawar areas with a view tohighlight the policies andachievements of NarendraModi led Government at theCentre. Deputy MayorPurnima Sharma, Varinder

Jeet Singh, V.K Sethi,Narayan Singh, HarbansSingh and Karan Singh,members of the State BJPLiaison Committee of SocialOrganisation accompaniedthe Mayor JMC.

While addressing the headsof social organizations,Mayor Chander Mohan saidthat BJP had earned thetrust of people of the State bycarrying out massive develop-ment works. H easserted that BJP will winthe Lok Sabha elections witha big margin and its electedcandidates will work at the

grass-root level to addressproblems of people.

The leaders of various socialorganisations extended theirfull support to the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andalso decided to extend fullcooperation for strengtheningthe hands of PM Modi in LokSabha elections.

Prominent leaders of thesocial organizations who werepresent in the meetinginclude Surinder Lal,President Beopar MandalKathua, Capt Balbir SinghJasrotia, Vice ChairmanJ&K Ex-servicemen WelfareAssociation, DevakerUpdhaya, RSS, BhushanSharma District PresidentSharnarthi ActionCommittee , Tarsem Singh,Naib-Sub Kamal Kishore,Janak Raj Sharma, KapoorSingh Jamwal, HardevSingh, Dr Tilak Raj, MehtabSingh, Madan Singh andSanjeev Vaid were also pres-ent.

Modi Govt did remarkabledevelopment: Mayor

Mayor JMC Chander Mohan Gupta chairing a meeting.

STATE TIMES NEWS BHADARWAH: Ahead ofthe Lok Sabha polls, policeof additional districtBhadarwah on Tuesdayheld a road march to createawareness about free andfair elections here inBhadarwah town and it'speripheral areas.

In the 7 Km long roadmarch, in which besideSeluthes of JK Police,JKAP, CRPF and ITBPalso participated startedfrom Police headquarterKotli Bhadarwah onTuesday morning.

The road march led byASP Bhadarwah Raj SinghGouria, SDPO IftkharAhmed and SHO MuneerKhan passed through dif-ferent localities ofBhadarwah town includingChobia Link Road, SeriBazaar, Takiya Chowk,Sadar Bazaar, JamiaMasjid, Passri Bus Stand,Green Colony beside adjoin-

ing villages of Chenote,Chakka, Dandi, Gawari,Gatha, Udrana and culmi-nated at Kotli.

"The joint exercise inwhich Jawans and Officersof Police, CRPF, JKAP andITBP participated, was pri-marily aimed at to createawareness about free andfair elections, beside areafamiliarisation, area domi-

nation exercise and to cre-ate synergy, coordinationand cooperation among dif-ferent security forces priorto Parliamentary elections,"said SDPO Bhadarwah,Iftkhar Ahmed.

Other officers who partic-ipated include AssistantCommandents Sahil Guptaand Joseph Hiramai of 33Battalion CRPF.

Ahead of LS polls, police conductsroad march for awareness

Jawans and Officers of Police, CRPF, JKAP and ITBPduring the route march at Bhadarwah.

STATE TIMES NEWS UDHAMPUR: Ward No 2of Indira Nagar have turnedin dumping station as theday Municipal CommitteeUdhampur (MCU), coun-cilor of the locality neverpaid heed towards the mis-eries of the residents.

Due to non seriousnessapproach of the concerncouncilor towards sanita-tion in Ward No.2 residentsof the Indra Nagar are fac-ing alot and at the risk ofdiseases. They residentssaid that during electionperiod, concern councilorvisited to every member toget vote and now councilornot even pick the phone(phone always found on calldivert mode) or bother toturn in locality to see themiseries of residents.

Indra Nagar locality fallsin the heart of city and con-dition of the locality is very

shabby and miserable.Residents alleged that laneof Indra Nagar is full ofheaps of decaying garbagedumped only there at andSafaikaramcharis did notturn up to remove the sameeven after passing of coupleof days.

"Height of the careless-ness of concern councilorSunil Proach has crossed

the all limits of commit-ments, during election hesought for vote and nowcondition of the ward isdeteriorating day by day"residents said adding thatall drains of the main laneand sub lane of the localityare full of garbage andSafaiKaramcharis didn'tremove garbage and wastematerial on daily basis.

Local residents said thereis no fault ofSafaikaramchari at all,since to utilised their servic-es is scope of elected coun-cilor to guide them and tosupervise randomly.

They said they approachedPresident MCU Dr.Yogeshwar Gupta manytimes regarding the samebut nothing has been donein this regard. Residentsalleged concern councilorutterly failed to fulfill thecommitments and utterlyfail to come up to the expec-tations of the residents tomake Indra Nagar a neatand clean and pollution freebut ward is being turnedinto dumping yard.Residents appealed to thepresident MCU to ensureproper cleaning of lane anddrains so that people canheave a sigh of relief frominsanitary condition.

‘Indira Nagar Ward No 2 facing councillor’s indifference’STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: District admin-istration Rajouri onTuesday released financialaid amounting 1,10,63,700rupees under state disasterresponse fund.

Aid has been released in115 cases of damage ofhouses, cattle sheds andother structures in the year2018-19.

A committee of adminis-tration headed by additionaldistrict development com-missioner Rajouri examinedall the cases which werethan put before districtmagistrate RajouriMohammad Aijaz Assadwho accorded sanction forrelease of financial aid.

These cases include 36from Kotranka Budhal, 34from Darhal, 13 fromRajouri, 03 from

Manjakote, 18 fromThanamandi, 05 fromNowshera, 03 fromKhawas, 02 fromSunderbani and 01 fromSiot.

A total financial aidreleased for all these casesis 1,10,63700 rupees.

DDC Rajouri said thatwith the release of today'sfinancial aid by districtadministration, there is nopendency of such cases now.

He further said reachingto the families affected innatural calamities andother such incidents is aprime priority of districtadministration for whichfield officers have also beendirected to submit the lossassessment report at theearliest after the incident sothat the cases for financialloss can be processed.

Rajouri Administration provides compensation to

people hit by natural calamities

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: Mohan Lal Kaith,SSP Traffic Rural Jammualong with Dy SP TrafficSamba-Kathua and DTIKathua held a meeting atShivalak Resort in DayalaChack in which prominent peo-ple of the area and operators ofmini buses and passenger autosetc. participated. The meetingwas attended by transporters

and other stakeholders namely,Raj Kumar Sharma, RomeshKumar Sharma(RomeshMotors.), Kant Sharma,Subash Kumar Sharma, BalKrishan (Ganesh Motors),Kamal Singh (Kamal FloorMills), Ganesh Kumar, Yog RajSharma(Shivalik School),Karan Singh president BusUnion, Davinder Kumar,Ragubir Singh, Sakinder

Singh, Ranjeet Singh, RamParshad, Parveen Kumar,Dwarka Naath( president,Matador Union DayalaChack), Rakesh Kumar, VarunKumar, Madan Lal, Ram Pal,Balkrishan Sharma, KakaChib etc. were also present.During the meeting issuesrelated to traffic and sugges-tions for smooth regulationwere sought and discussed.While interacting with variousstakeholders threadbare issuefacing by different quartershave been recorded and cameinto light for redressal, for easethe movement of vehicular traf-fic on the roads. Public wasrequested to cooperate with theTraffic Police while on road andwarned of appropriate actionagainst the violators underMotor Vehicle Act.

SSP seeks people’s cooperationto ease traffic congestion

SSP Traffic Rural Jammu, Mohan Lal Kaith chairing a meeting at Dyala Chak in Kathua.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: SPS PTS Kathuaorganised two day trainingmodule on 'Lifting ofFinger/Foot Prints' for theofficers, staff and trainees ofSPS PTS Kathua. Theresource person for the sub-ject was Narinder Sharma,Asstt. Scientific Officer, of

FSL Jammu. The ResourcePerson discussed the varioustechniques used for lifting fin-ger prints from the scene ofcrime. He made the audienceaware how the chance fingerprints are made visible andlifted safely from the scene ofcrime. He also elucidated howto conduct photography of

scene of crime, comparison ofchance finger prints with thatof suspects and other associat-ed issues.

He also demon-strated before the audiencehow to lift foot prints and pre-cautions to be taken whilemaking material for lifting thefoot prints. Later the resourceperson and his team werefelicitated with token of grati-tude by Arun Gupta, SSP(JKPS) Principal SPS PTSKathua in presence of officersof the institution.

Satish Kumar, CPOAP(Indoor), Gurmeet Singh,DySP AP Admn, VishalManhas, DySP(R&D),Sukhdev Singh, AP(Outdoor),Jaipal Singh, SrPO and otherofficers/officials witnessed thelecture/demonstration.

SPS PTS Kathua organises trainingon lifting of finger, foot prints

A resource person giving demonstration at Kathua.

STATE TIMES NEWSKISHTWAR: With a pur-pose to create awarenessof various schemes relatedto women, J&K StateWomen DevelopmentCorporation (JKSWDC)organised an awarenesscamp at village GulabgarhNagseni, DistrictKishtwar . On the occa-sion, the women folk weremade aware about theschemes being implement-ed by JKSWDC. Darshan Sharma,Sarpanch Gulab GarhNagseni, DistrictKishtwar was the ChiefGuest during the aware-ness camp.

While speaking on theoccasion, M.L RathoreInchagre JKWDC

Kishtwar highlighted vari-ous schemes being imple-mented by JKSWDCwhich include NMDFC,NBCFDC, NHFDC WEPand education loanschemes launched byJKWDC for socio- eco-nomic upliftment ofwomen.

Darshan SharmaSarpanch requested thewomen to come forwardand take the benefits ofthe loan schemes providedat nominal rate of inter-est.

Those who attended thecamp included Chala Devi,Madhu Devi, Gain Chand ,Samsaya Devi,Omprakash, Kirna DeviSocial worker andJKWDC staff members.

JKSWDC organisesawareness camp

STATE TIMES NEWS R S PURA: DirectorAgriculture Jammu P. S.Rathore, on Tuesday visitedthe farmer's fields at Arnia,Rathana, Sai and villageChangia of R. S. Pur Sub-Division in view of reportsof yellow rust infestation inwheat crop. The DirectorAgriculture while interact-ing advised the farmers toremain vigilant and to takeprophylactic measuresimmediately after appear-ance of symptoms of thedisease in their fields. Itwas apprised during theinteraction that the totalarea depicted/reportedunder yellow rust infesta-

tion by the field functionar-ies is in fact the area whereprophylactic measures maybe required. Rathore fur-ther added that actual dis-eased area is very negligi-ble, so there is no need tobecome panicky as thedepartment has alreadyissued Propiconizole onsubsidized cost to the farm-ers and sufficient stock isavailable in the market tocontrol the disease.

Later on Director alsoinspected the SeedMultiplication FarmChakrohi spread over anarea of 1036 acres alongthe Indo-Pak Border.Quality production of

Foundation and CertifiedSeed ofBasmati/Wheat/Mustardvarieties and that of othercrops in the Basmati Ricerotation are being under-taken at the farm.

Joint Director ofAgriculture (Inputs)Bulesh Kumar Zutshiapprised that various stepshave been recently taken toimprovise the farm mecha-nization and water use effi-ciency to increase the seedproductivity and productionat the Farm.

Interacting with the FarmOfficers and Staff Rathoresaid that all efforts shouldbe made to increase theseed production to ensurethe supply of seed producedin the local conditions withrequired quality parame-ters. The DirectorAgriculture was accompa-nied by team of officersincluding Joint DirectorAgriculture (Inputs) BuleshKumar Zutshi, I/c CAOJammu S. K. Langar, FarmManager, SM FarmChakrohi, Sanjay Verma,SDAO R. S. Pura, RoshanLal, SMS (SDL) RajanWarikoo during his visit tothe field and the Farm.

Director Agriculture inspects cropcondition at seed multiplication farm

Director Agriculture Jammu P. S. Rathore during visit to a field to take stock of wheat crop.

STATE TIMES NEWSR S PURA: President of theNational Mazdoor Conference(NMC) Subash Shastri onTuesday urged the Governoradministration to makeamendments in the SRO-520,adding that SRO 520 needsamendments including provi-sion of wages of need-base,casual and seasonal labourerswho have been included anduploaded through biometricidentification in daily-ratedworkers list but not being paidagainst any wages head inroutine, allotment of properscale while their conversion inregular cadre, need basedworkers who are in the list butnot paid even single time bepaid like other workers bymaking their budgetary provi-sion against wages head.

"Proper amendments inSRO 520 should be incorpo-rated so that cumbersome ver-ification process should not bea cause of inconvenience forthese daily rated workersadding that the need of thehour is that the state Govt.should set the process inmotions to avoid any furtherdelay and the high ups of theState Govt. should be asked toaccelerate the process so as toavoid confusion if any arisingin the mid of likely beneficiar-ies." Shastri said this whileaddressing well attendedNMC workers meet at villageKhamb in R.S. Pura.

He appealed to reconsiderthe policy and release thepending wages of need basedand other workers immediate-ly. Stressing the need forenhancing medical allowancefor State pensioners on theanalogy of CentralGovernment pattern.

Rajan Babu Khajuria, B.S.Jamwal, Ram Singh,Paramjit, Sudesh Bhagat,Bodh Raj, Surinder Kumar,Bhupinder Singh, RameshSharma, Swarn Bhagat,Subash Bhagat, Vijay Bhagat,Dalip Bhagat, Tarsem, SurajParkash, Tarseem Sharma,Tilak Raj and Girdhari Lalwere also present.

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NMC calls for amendmentsin SRO-520

STATE TIMES NEWSBASOHLI: NHPCLimited Sewa-II PowerStation Mashka, under itsCSR plan 2018-2019, pro-vided scholarships to tenmost deserving students ofGovt. Degree CollegeBasohli at a functionorganised by the collegeand attended by its stu-dents and staff members.

R S Jamwal, PrincipalGDC and RaghunathJhoor, Senior Manager(Public Relations) NHPC,gave away the scholarshipaward letters to the win-ning students. Jamwalurged the students to con-tinuously improve upon

their academic as well asco-curricular performancesto stake claims at variousGovt. sponsored awardsand scholarship programs.

Supporting CentralGovernment's Digital Indiainitiative, Jhoor informedthat the total scholarshipamounts of Rs.2,40,000for 10 students would bedirectly transferred intotheir respective bankaccounts. The Principaland students profuselythanked NHPC for choos-ing GDC Basohli fororganising such a socialwelfare program for theneedy & deserving stu-dents.

NHPC provides scholarshipsto GDC Basohli students

NHPC officials along with meritorious students at Basohli.

Ramban mishap: FormerMLA seeks FIR against

derelict depttSTATE TIMES NEWS

RAMBAN: Former MemberLegislative Assembly (MLA)Ramban and Jammu andKashmir Pradesh CongressCommittee (JKPCC)Secretary Ashok KumarDogra demanded the regis-tration of a criminal caseagainst the officers whosenegligence caused the mishapin Ramban on theChanderkot-Rajgarh linkroad on March 16.

Addressing the media per-sons, he condemned the neg-ligent attitude of not only thePMGSY Department butalso the local public represen-tatives in the State Assemblyand the Parliament.

He castigated the regimein the State as well as inDelhi regarding the progressin the completion of the linkroads being constructedunder PMGSY in Rambandistrict.

Coming down heavily onthe Motor VehiclesDepartment, he deplored thecallous attitude of the con-cerned officers in ignoringthe frequent violations of thetraffic rules on the incom-plete link roads where move-ment of private and publictransport is not yet permit-ted.