Wednesday June 19, 20194Two booked; three working stills,

850 kgs of Lahan destroyedSTATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: ExciseDepartment booked twopersons under Sec 48 (a)of the J&K Excise Act,beside destroying threeworking still & 850 kgs ofLahan during differentraids carried out againstillicit liquor in ExciseRange Kathua. On thedirections of the Excise Commissioner M. Raju and supervi-sion of Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu S.Amarjeet Singh, ETO, Excise Range Kathua Rafie Naik, theExcise Team Kathua led by Inspectors Excise Razi Ahmadand Arun Kumar along with SI Amit Sharma, SanjeevKumar, Excise Guards Rajinder Singh, Jyoti Prakash Sharmaand Shamsher Dev Singh raided the Chakdrabkhan,Jakhbhar Dhambra, Dhabwal, Budhi & Upper Saktachakareas of Kathua district to arrest the menace of illicit distilla-tion of liquor. During the course of raids two persons namelySom Raj, son of Roop Lal, resident of Chakdrabkhan Kathuaand Neema widow of Rana, resident of Chakdrabkhan werebooked under Section 48(A) of J&K Excise Act for possessionof illicit liquor. In the process three working still & 850 Kgs ofLahan, raw material of illicit liquor were recovered by the raid-ing team from state land and later destroyed on spot.

Rape accused arrested STATE TIMES NEWS

POONCH: Police on Tuesday arrested an accused who wasevading his arrest from last many months. The accused name-ly Gh Abaas Ch, son of Qadeer Hussain Ch, resident of BialaTehsil Mandi was wanted in case FIR No 105/2018 under sec-tions 376/342/RPC at Police Station Mandi, and was evadinghis arrest from last 7 months. Today he was arrested by thespecial team constituted by Police Station Mandi.

STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: NPPactivists up in arms againstExecutive Engineer PMGSYUdhampur under the leader-ship of Youth Vice PresidentPawan Singh. While leadinga massive protest at SlathiaChowk on Tuesday, Pawansaid that poor quality ofwork has been done inUdhampur by PMGSY andalso alleged that XEnPMGSY is working as agentof Political Party not as offi-cer.

NPP activists raised slo-gans against ExecutiveEngineer PMGSY and also

demanded that total proper-ty of officer should also beenquired. Pawan alleged thatpoor quality of work has beendone by Deptt in Udhampur

which should be enquired. Hedemanded for strict actionagainst XEn PMGSYUdhampur and the quality ofwork should also be enquired.

NPP activists up in arms againstPMGSY; allege poor quality work

NPP activists staging protest at Udhampur.

STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: A meetingwas held in Naren-De-GalMohalla of PanchayatMalhar under the chairman-ship of Sarpanch of Malhar,in which former MLAUdhampur MLA PawanGupta was also invited.People thanked PawanGupta for construction ofNaden-de-Gail's old road.People expressed their grati-tude and demanded to solvetheir other demands whichthey heighted. Apart fromthis, the local youth advocateNitin Dubey with manyyoungsters joined BJP,Pawan Gupta welcomed all ofthem with garland.

On this occasion, the localresident Rohit Sethi , PanchPuranchand, Panch GopalDas, former SarpanchPawan Sharma, Mansaram,

Parasram, Chaman Lal,Ratanlal Bhagat, Bodharajsaid that due to the bad con-dition of road of Naden-De-Gail from bus stand, peoplewere facing lot of problems,especially during rainy days.Apart from this, peopleasked the former MLA tojoin Malad with Nansu -Badali and demanded abridge over the river.

While addressing the peo-ple on this occasion, formerMLA Pawan Gupta said thatduring my MLA's tenure, Itried to solve every problemof every corner of theUdhampur assembly con-stituency. Gupta said that ifthere was a full term, therewould have been many devel-opment works and manyproblems would be solved.

Panchayat Malhar hails Pawan for road connectivity

Former MLA Pawan Gupta addressing a gathering.

Awareness on skilldevelopment

courses imparted STATE TIMES NEWS

POONCH: Army organiseda lecture on 'SkillDevelopment Courses' atYouth Centre, Surankote inPoonch district. The partici-pants were enlightenedabout various skill develop-ment courses run byCentral/ State Governmentunder Pradhan MantriKaushal Vikash Yojana(PMKVY) and variousNGOs of Micro Small andMedium Enterprises andSaifi Healing TouchResearch Bureau for SocialWelfare. The participantswere informed of basicrequirement for selectionand establishment of smallindustries. The lecture wasfollowed by an interactivesession to answer the variousqueries raised by the stu-dents. The audience con-veyed their gratitude for theservice being rendered by theArmy to educate the localpopulace and help in skilldevelopment.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: Chief GeneralManager, NABARD Jammuand Kashmir P.Balachandran along withDDM, NABARD, Kathua vis-ited Krishi Vigyan KendraKathua on Tuesday. Dr.Amrish Vaid welcomed theCGM to the KVK Campusand gave detailed informationabout the working of the KVK.Further he gave a detail pres-entation on the establishmentof Spawn ProductionLaboratory at KVK.NABARD Jammu andKashmir has financed a proj-ect for establishment of spawnproduction laboratory at KVKKathua. The establishment ofthis laboratory will go a longway to benefit the farmers ofthe Kathua and adjoining dis-tricts.

During his visit, CGMreviewed progress of establish-ment of spawn production lab-oratory at KVK Kathua andappreciated the efforts of theKVK for establishing a state of

the art spawn production labo-ratory. He further interactedwith the scientists of the KVKand appreciated the work doneby the KVK.

During the deliberations, hediscussed various activitiesbeing taken up by for doublingfarmer income as envisaged byUnion Govt by 2022. Scientistsgave their inputs especially interms of crop diversification toaugment farm income, extend-ing leaf colour chart for wheatand maize in addition toalready popularized as inpaddy. Further, inclusion ofventures like backyard poultry,piggery, goatery, mushroom,apiculture and Agroforestrywere deliberated for inclusionin paddy/maize-wheat systemto double the farmer income.

Meeting was attended by Dr.Anamika Jamwal, Dr. BerjeshAjrawat, Dr. Saurav Gupta,Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, Dr.Suraj Amrutkar, Dr. AjayKumar etc. The meeting endedwith formal vote of thanks byDr. Vishal Mahajan.

Chief General ManagerNABARD visits KVK Kathua

STATE TIMES NEWSRAMBAN: Demandingrelease of their pendingsalary, Master Grade teach-ers of district Rambanstaged a protest in the prem-ises of DistrictAdministrative ComplexRamban on Tuesday.

The protesters accusedgovernment for ignoringgenuine demands regardingrelease of their salary on reg-

ular bases.A deputation of the same

was also called on DistrictDevelopment Commissioner(DDC) Ramban andapprised him about theirdemands and problems.DDC assured them he willlook into the matter toredress their demands.

A teacher MohammadAyoub Mir said that depart-ment appointed them as

headmasters to SSA teach-ers and named as HeadTeachers.

"We have been deceived bythe Education Department,despite being state employ-ees we were denied seventhpay commission benefits.Now after implementing thesame we have not receivedour salaries till date," headded.

Sajad Khan a master saidthat department denied theirsalaries from both RT andSSA (second grade)teacher's quota, adding that"the post on which they areworking has been vanishedby the administration andthey exist in nowhere", hesaid.

The protesters requestedGovernor's administration totake serious note of theissue. They threatened tocontinue their protest if theirdemands are not fulfilled.

Teachers protest for release of salaries

Teachers staging protest at Ramban.

Arrangements for Urs of ShahFarid-ud-Din Sahib finalised

STATE TIMES NEWSKISHTWAR: Additional District Development Commissioner,(ADDC) Kishtwar, Mohammad Hanief Malik today conveneda meeting to finalise the arrangements for celebration of UrsMubarak of Shah Farid-Ud-Din Sahib on June 20 and 21,2019. He directed the officers of the concerned departmentsto ensure adequate drinking water and power supply, medicalfacilities, firewood, and transportation facility for the devotees.He also asked them to make available proper parking space,security and fire extinguishers at the shrine. AdditionalDeputy Commissioner Kishtwar, Pawan Parihar, ASPKishtwar, Nasir Ahmed, Joint Director Planning, MohammadIqbal, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Dr. Amir Hussainconcerned district officers besides representatives of AuqafIslamia and Majlis Shora attend the meeting.

STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: A five-dayscourse on 'Safety of women' forinvestigators of Jammu &Kashmir Police was organisedby Sher-I-Kashmir PoliceAcademy Udhampur, whichwas sponsored by Bureau ofPolice Research andDevelopment (BPR&D)MHA, GOI, New Delhi. Theobjective of the course was tobuilt the capacity of the inves-tigators in the investigation ofcrime against women in pro-fessional and scientific way bythe use of Sexual AssaultEvidence Collection Kit(SAECK) Kit issued by

BPR&D New Delhi. To teachthem about various laws andtheir role while dealing withcrime against women and theirsafety. To make them act pro-fessionally and sensitivelywhile conducting their investi-gations. To make the stakeholders aware about the recentamendments in laws relatingto sexual offences againstwomen and children.

A total of 24 officers attend-ed the course. The course was

inaugurated and validated byMohd Sulaiman Salaria,ADGP Director Sher-I-Kashmir Police AcademyUdhampur. In the inauguraladdress the Director highlight-ed the importance of the courseand the need for it for theinvestigators of Jammu &Kashmir Police. He advisedthem to take the maximumbenefit of the course andbecome proficient and profes-sional while dealing with the

investigation of crime againstwomen. The women need to beprotected at all cost and cul-prits brought to justice. Duringvaledictory speech the directorappreciated the zeal and inter-est shown by the participantsand advised them to implementthe knowledge that was gainedin the course into practice.During the course eminentprofessionals from the field ofLaw, Forensics, Investigationsand Medicines were invited.

The topics of Legal Provisionsof Law, Latest Amendmentsand Judicial Pronouncements,Drafting and Registration ofFIR as well as the topic ofdefects in investigation, prose-cution of cases, common mis-takes leading to non prosecu-tion were discussed by KamalSharma, CPO,CLI PoliceAcademy Udhampur . Inspr.Isha Mahajan delivered lectureon Victim counseling & record-ing of statement of victims.Inspr. Tahir Hussain discussedthe investigation of cases ofacid attack, eve teasing, stalk-ing and outrage of modesty ofwomen. Mahadeep Singh,Retd. SP discussed the investi-gation of Kidnapping, abduc-tion, cruelty against women,female foeticide, dowry deathcases, trafficking of womenand girl child. Sunil Sharma,SrPO, Rahul Pandit, DirectorIDEO Gram as well as Sh.Vijay Sudan Sr.PO were also

resource persons and deliveredlectures.

To give the firsthand knowl-edge in the use of SAECK Kitsas well as the simulation of thecrime scene investigation, theRetd. Scientific officer, RohitKoul and Anju Sharma,Scientific officer, FSL Jammucomprehensively and in detailheld five exhaustive sessions,where the importance of DNAEvidence, Simulation of Indoorand Outdoor Crime SceneInvestigation of Sexual Assaultand Murder Case was doneand the practical hands on thecollection, handling, labeling,packing of biological and phys-ical evidences was conducted.Dr. Chakshu Mahajan, fromGMC Jammu, deliberated onthe role of Forensic science inSexual Assault cases. Thecourse was coordinated byKamal Sharma CPO, CLI andInspector Tahir Hussain wasthe course Secy.

SKPA holds course on safety of women for investigators

Participants along with SKPA officials during the valedictory function.

STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: A jointmeeting of inchargecadres of SchoolEducation Departmentwas held at Udhampurunder the chairmanshipof Amar Nath ThakurState Chairman ofSEECC to discuss the lat-est status ofInchargecadres regular-ization. In the meeting

All the participantsexpressed their resent-ment for not issuing theregularization orders of8000 incharge officersand adopting the delayingtactics , no meeting ofregularization committeehas been convened afterMarch 18, 2019 till dateby the departmentauthorities.

Addressing the partici-

pants Thakur appealedhis Governor and ChiefSecretary to get the SACdecision and order No :-114-GAD of 2019 dated.January 23, 2019 regard-ing regularization of allback log and freshincharge officers imple-mented ,who are not regu-larises for last fifteenlong years and hundredsof them have died, morethan two thousand retiredtill date without regular-ization.

Those who spoke in themeeting were RajeshGorkha, RaveshSaraf,Sham Lal,M o h e d Ya c e e n Pa d d e r,Rajinder Kumar districtco ordinators , MansaRam retired ZEO, PuranChand retired HM andPuran Chand.

Incharge cadres of School EducationDeptt seek regularisation

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STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: DeputyCommissioners across theJammu Division today held adebriefing session with localmedia persons and sensitizedPanchs, Sarpanchs & deputedofficers at their respective dis-tricts. The programme is beingorganized from June 20 to June27 across all Panchayats of thestate.

Deputy Commissioner,Jammu, Ramesh Kumarlaunched orientation cum train-ing programme for the gazettedofficers deputed for "Back toVillage" programme organizedby district administration heretoday.

He said that the programme"Back to Village" will focus onenergizing Panchayats, collect-ing feedback on delivery of gov-ernment programs, capturingspecific economic potential andundertaking assessment ofneeds of the villages besidesaffording an opportunity toGazetted officers to visit the vil-lages and directly getting afeedback from people.

The program is primarilyaimed at energizing the over7000 villages, 4483 Panchayatsand directing developmentefforts in rural areas throughcommunity participation and tocreate in the rural masses anearnest desire for decent stan-dard of living. He sensitized theofficers about the objective ofthe programme and the neces-sary preparations required to be

made for its successful imple-mentation.

SAMBA: DC Samba SushmaChauhan, while interacting withmedia persons, spoke about theessence and spirit of Back toVillage Programme. She said infirst of its kind, theGovernment of Jammu andKashmir has embarked on anambitious and extensive pro-gramme of reaching out to thepeople at the grass roots level tocreate in the rural masses anearnest desire for decent stan-dard of living. She informedthat during these 8 days, differ-ent officers of different linedepartments shall visit around101 Panchayats in & around allof District samba in three phas-es.

KATHUA: DeputyCommissioner Vikas Kundaltoday worked out the modalitiesfor successful implementationof State government's flagshipprogramme "Back to village".He asked the officers to interactwith the people at Panchayatlevel and take a first- handaccount of the issues and prob-lems of the people and submit areport to the administration forthe redressal of grievances.

He informed that 257 pan-chayats spread over 19 blocksof the district have been under-taken for tasks as specifiedunder the programme addingthat a schedule for the pro-gramme has been finalized. Healso interacted with variousPanchs/Sarpanchs including

female representatives to makethem aware of the essence andimportance of this programmeand motivate them to partici-pate in this programme.

REASI: District DevelopmentCommissioner Reasi, InduKanwal Chib held a press con-ference regarding 'Back toVillage' programme and briefedthe media persons about theobjective of the programme atdistrict headquarters heretoday.

She said that gazetted offi-cers, including 45 from outsidethe district, will visit 153 pan-chayats of the district duringthe programme and stay therefor two days and one night.During this period, the officerswill get firsthand experience oflife in villages. She informedthat the visiting officers willalso submit a 19-page feedbackof the villages visited by them

which will be included in thisyear's development plans of thegovernment.

RAJOURI: DDC RajouriMohammad Aijaz Asad, whilebriefing the media persons, saidthat maximum population ofthe district lives in villages andBack to Villages programmeensures that there should be nogap between policy making andits implementation for the wel-fare of the rural population. Healso informed that there are312 panchayats in districtRajouri and 312 gazetted offi-cers will be deployed at the pan-chayats and the frontline work-ers shall also remain presentduring the period till the pro-gramme ends.

A training session was alsoorganized for deputed officer tosensitize them about the pro-gramme.

RAMBAN: Deputy

Commissioner Showkat AijazBhat inaugurated a trainingprogramme organized forgazetted officers and field func-tionaries to ensure proper plan-ning and execution to theimplementation of grand initia-tive of reaching out to people atgrassroots level through 'Backto the Village'. He directed theofficers to monitor the imple-mentation of various welfareschemes in their respectivePanchayats and ensure that theservices are being provided tothe people including education,health, besides other basicamenities.

KISHTWAR: DistrictDevelopment Commissioner(DDC) Kishtwar, Angrez SinghRana held a meeting withSarpanches of DistrictKishtwar and acquainted themabout "Back to Village" pro-gramme starting from 20thJune 2019 to 27th June 2019.He also distributed PrimeMinister's letter to Sarpancheswith a view to improve villageenvironment by collecting andconserving every single drop ofwater.

DODA: District DevelopmentCommissioner (DDC) Doda, DrSagar D Doifode inaugurated atraining programme to acquaintthe Gazetted officers andSarpanches of the district regard-ing "Back to Village".

He asked field functionaries toensure maximum participation ingram Sabha to discuss the devel-opment plan of Panchayat besides

constituting social audit teamsduring visit of gazetted officerunder the said programme. Hestressed on distribution of PRCs,RBA and EWC, pension scheme,PM KISAN certificates during theprogramme.

POONCH: DeputyCommissioner Poonch RahulYadav presided over a trainingprogramme organised to sensitisethe Gazetted officers of the districtregarding "Back to Village" pro-gramme.

DDC directed the deputed offi-cers to ensure that their stayshould be of at least two daysincluding a night halt in theassigned Panchayat/Village. Hefurther told them to interact withand obtain feedback from thePanchayat representatives, eldersand other local people about theirconcerns.

UDHAMPUR: In connection to"Back to Village" programme, var-ious meetings and awareness pro-grammes were organized in thedistrict to work out the modalitiesfor successful implementation ofState government's flagship pro-gramme.

In a awareness program held atdistrict headquarter, the sarpanch-es were made aware about the pro-gramme and were informed aboutthe ambitious programme that ithas four main goals includingenergising panchayats, collectingfeedback on delivery of govern-ment schemes and programmes,capturing specific economic poten-tial, and undertaking assessmentof needs of villages.

Back to Village campaign: DCs across Jammu Division brief media about programme

DC Jammu Ramesh Kumar chairing the meeting.

DC chairs PrivateNegotiations

Committee meetingSTATE TIMES NEWS

RAMBAN: DeputyCommissioner RambanShowkat Aijaz Bhat todaychaired a meeting of PrivateNegotiations Committee(PNC) to finalize cases of landacquisition under private nego-tiation and compulsory acqui-sition for various developmen-tal projects in the district.

The meeting was informedthat negotiations for Landrates were deliberated andfinalized after detailed discus-sions with the land owners. Atotal of 24 cases of land com-pensation of VillagesChamalwas, Gund Adalkote,Sarbagni, Kundi, Karol, Neeraand Chanderkote etc were set-tled on the spot. The land own-ers were further motivated tocooperate with the DistrictAdministration in acquiringland for smooth work and con-struction of Towers of 132KVTransmission Line. AdditionalDeputy Commissioner Dr.Basharat Hussain, AssistantCommissioner RevenueHarbans Lal Sharma, ChiefPanning Officer Kasturi Lal,SDM Gool, Banihal, Xens ofR&B, TLMD and other con-cerned officers attended themeeting.