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Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Aug 1: DailyWagers and casual labours of PublicHealth Engineering (PHE) depart-ment today appealed Governmentto regularize their services.

The PHE dailywagers andcasual labours had organized oneday convention at Town hallPulwama and had invited ChiefMinister's political analyst,Waheed-ur-Rahman Parra andMember of Legislative Assembly(MLA) Khalil Bandh. The con-vention was organized by theemployees of twin districts ofPulwama and Shopian.

On the occasion, the PHEemployees appealed Parra andBandh to take up the issue of reg-ularization with the Government.The employees said that many ofthem are working since year 1993as dailywagers and casual laboursand even after 22 years they havenot been regularized.

"We staged dozens of proteststo wake up the Government but sofar we have not been regularized,"

they said, adding: "many of us arethose who are retiring just aftertwo or three months."


SAMBA, Aug 1: To checkthe attendance and inspect thehealthcare facilities, DistrictDevelopment CommissionerSamba Sheetal Nanda along anddifferent teams of officers todaypaid surprise visits to the

Government offices andHospitals of the district.

During her visit to theDistrict Hospital, the DDCreviewed the health services,checked attendance registersand staff position. She took around of the wards of the hospi-tal and interacted with thepatients there.

The cleanliness in andaround the hospital was also

checked and directions werepassed for taking utmost careregarding health and hygiene.

Deputy MedicalSuperintendent Samba BharatBushan accompanied DDCSamba during the inspection.

Similarly ADC Samba con-ducted the inspection of

Emergency Hospital Vijaypurwhile SDM Vijaypur inspectedthe Community Health CentreRamgarh. During the teamschecked the attendance of staffand inspected the wards, OPDsection and other facilities.

The ADDC and ACR alsoinspected offices in DC com-plex. They checked attendanceregisters, staff strength of eachoffice and issued strictly direct-ed all officers to be punctualdevelop work culture in theirrespective offices.

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Amit terms smart transportation asfounding pillar of Smart Cities


NEW DELHI, Aug 1: AmitSharma, Special Secretary toGovernment, Animal/SheepHusbandry & FisheriesDepartment shared his visionwhile moderating a panel discus-sion on Smart Transportation forSmart Cities in an all-important4th Smart City Conference held atNCR which was attended byexperts, executors, officers andvarious stakeholders in this ambi-tious Central Government project.

Smart City Conference was aday-long affair which includedvarious sessions such asDeveloping Smart Cities, SafeCities using Smart Technology,Making Urban Bodies Smart,Smart Ways of GovernmentService Delivery, Smart Energy &Sustainable Development forSmart Infrastructure, GIS &Surveying for Smart Cities andlast but not the least, SmartTransportation for Smart Citiessession which was led by SpecialSecretary Amit Sharma.

Other participants in this paneldiscussion alongwith Amit wereB.N Satpathy, Senior Adviser,NITI Ayog, Kamal Soi,Chairman, Punjab State Road

S a f e t yC o u n c i l ,D rShailedraSingh, VP,D e l h iIntergratedM u l t i -M o d a lT r a n s i t

System Limited (DIMTS) andNamrita Kalsi, Deputy ChiefArchitect, Delhi Metro RailCorporation (DMRC).

While all panelists sharedtheir perspectives on the rele-vance of Smart Transportation forSmart Cities citing various exam-ples, facts & figures, SpecialSecretary Amit Sharma men-tioned about the urban transporta-tion reforms which include citytraffic surveillance systems, usageof hybrid and electric vehicles,emission monitoring systems,

maximum usage of bio-fuels,installation of intelligent trafficlight systems, usage of GPS navi-gation devices, roadside sensors,usage of radio frequency tags,implementation of stringentnorms to curb vehicular pollutionso that the upcoming smart citiescan take the pressure of moderntimes and become more liveableand inclusive.

Amit talked about introducingSmart Transportation solutions incities like Jammu and Srinagarlike Metro Rail, Mono Rail, CNGBuses, etc. alongwith develop-ment of eco-friendly waterwaysas J&K has vast scope to developsuch waterways for transportationof goods & services.

Other officers of the stateGovernment who also participat-ed in different sessions of thisSmart City Conference includeBipul Pathak, Commissioner/Secretary Housing & UrabanDevelopment, Hirdesh KumarSingh, Secretary IT and SaurabBhagat, Secretary CAPD.

JK Tourism organizes Road Show in KolkataExcelsior Correspondent

KOLKATA, Aug 1: JKTourism organised a Road Showat Kolkata on the sidelines of theTourism Travel Fair held there.

The Road Show was attend-ed by JK travel fraternity whowere supported by KCCI. Theshow attracted a large gatheringincluding the West Bengal touroperators, their organizationsand Media.

Tourism players of JK spokein one voice and assured thepotential visitors from Bengal ofall support and help so that theirstay in the Valley remains acherished memory.

Tourism officials highlightedthe tourist products andanswered the queries from pressand travel/ tour operators ofWest Bengal. The interactionresulted in highlighting variousfacets of Jammu & Kashmirtourism.

Director Tourism

Kashmir/MD, JKTDC FarooqAhmad Shah said that Kashmiris eagerly waiting for visitorsfrom Bengal during the DurgaPuja Holidays.

Earlier, JK tourism partici-pated in TTF Kolkata with a bigentourage, led by the DirectorTourism Kashmir/MD, JKTDCFarooq Ahmad shah andDirector Tourism Jammu,R.K.Varma.

"People of West Bengal haveover the years visited Jammuand Kashmir in large numbersand we are hopeful of their com-ing to the State this time aroundtoo," Mr. Shah said, adding "Weat JK Tourism want to extend allhelp and assistance to the tourand travel operators of Bengalwho are interested in doing busi-ness with our tour operators.Our focus will remain on thegroup tours and adventurelovers, apart from leisure travel-ers". He said TTF is one of the

biggest travel show Network ofIndia and participating in theseshows strengthens our traderelations besides developingfresh business connections.

He said Government hasimproved the tourist facilities atall our destinations at all majortourist destinations and touristsvisiting the State will have acomfortable stay.

Mr Shah also introducedmany new virgin destinationsand highlighted some uniquefacets of JK tourism comprisingKashmir, Jammu and Ladakh.

After Gujarat, JK Tourismgets largest tourist arrivals fromthe State of West Bengal.

Tourism fraternity of JK hasannounced a 40% discount onall types of Tourism accommo-dation in the State.

A huge response was wit-nessed at JK Tourism KashmirFood Festival started at JKTDCpavilion in TTF Kolkata.

DDC, Sheetal Nanda taking stock of attendance during hervisit to a hospital on Saturday.

SRS, Kranti Dal express concernover sufferings of Amarnath yatris


JAMMU, Aug 1: State presi-dent, Shri Ram Sena (SRS),Rajiv Mahajan and State presi-dent, Kranti Dal (KD), PritamSharma in a joint statementtoday expressed serious concernover sufferings of Amarnathyatries due to ongoing strike forAIIMS in Jammu.

They said that we wantAIIMS in Jammu but we areagainst the harassment ofAmarnath Yatris. They appealedchairman of AIIMSCoordination Committee (ACC)and president, J&K High CourtBar Association, AbhinavSharma, to ensure thatAmarnath Yatris do not sufferdue to the ongoing strike.

Both SRS and KD chiefssaid that harassment ofAmarnath pilgrims in Jammusends wrong message in thecountry and will benefit those

vested interests in Kashmir whoare hell bent upon sabotagingthe peaceful Amarnath Yatra aswell agitation for AIIMS inJammu.

Later, while talking on tele-phone with Rajiv Mahajan,ACC chairman assured that theyalso prefer for continuing ShriAmarnath and Vaishno Devi pil-grimage without harassment.

Abhinav appealed to pil-grims to meet coordinationcommittee members if they faceany sort of difficulties in pil-grimage or call on phone num-bers-- 9419175465,9419192477 and 9419189855.

"We will immediately makeappropriate arrangement tosolve the problems of pilgrims,"Abhinav said. Abhinav alsoasked pilgrims to meet SRS andKranti Dal State presidents orcall them on phone numbers --9906300707 and 9419116124 toregister their problems.

Samba admn inspectshospitals, Govt offices

Govt committed to extend allbasic facilities: Kohli


SRINAGAR, Aug 1: Ministerfor Transport, Abdul Gani Kohlitoday visited Mujipathri, Gurwateand Basant Wudur of KhansahibConstituency and addressed publicgatherings.

Many public deputationsincluding the deputations of GujjarCommunity met the Minister andhighlighted various issues andsought his intervention in resolvingthem. The issues included resump-tion of SRTC bus service fromSrinagar to Mujipathri, better trans-port service along all routes andextending other basic amenities tothe areas which do not have suchfacilities.

Addressing the various publicgatherings during his visit, theMinister reiterated thatGovernment is committed to

extend all basic facilities to the peo-ple and under several schemes andprogrammes of the Government,various departments are alreadyworking to ensure that basic ameni-ties reach to all areas.

He said, "we have alreadytaken several steps towards ensur-ing that administration remains atthe beck and call of the people andworks in an efficient, transparentand accountable manner."

The Minister said Governmenthas also taken initiatives in devel-oping tourist infrastructure inDistrict Budgam especially in thetourist areas of Yusmarg andDoodhpathri. He said that tourismrelated infrastructure will be devel-oped at Doodhpathri in a plannedmanner and construction of variousfacilities will be taken up and com-pleted at the earliest.

Minister for Transport, Abdul Gani Kohli addressing public gathering in Khansahibconstituency on Saturday.

Officers of J&K Tourism Department and others during Road Show at Kolkata.

Nusrat appointed Hony SecyRegional Red Cross Committee


SRINAGAR, Aug 1:Governor N. N. Vohra,President, Indian Red CrossSociety (IRCS) J&K, hasappointed, Prof (Dr.) NusratAndrabi, a senior member of theState Managing Committee ofthe Indian Red Cross SocietyJ&K for the past over 6 years asHonorary Secretary, RegionalRed Cross Committee .

Prof. Andrabi, a Professor ofUrdu for 30 years, formerPrincipal, Govt. College forWomen, Srinagar, and hasserved as Principal of threeWomen Colleges in the State.She has written several bookson women issues and has alsoparticipated in several nationaland international conferences.

PHE Daily Wagers, casual laboursdemand regularization

2 employeessuspended


POONCH, Aug 1: SubDivisional MagistrateSurankote has placed twoemployees of HealthDepartment under suspension.

The employees AsifMehmood Manhas, MPHWand Javaid Ahmed, Safai Walawere found involved when theSub Divisional Magistrate andSHO Surankote on the com-plaint of general public con-ducted a raid in the SDHSurankote and found somebottles of liquor and friedchicken pieces in the storerooms.

Taking serious note oftheir involvement the SDMplaced both the employeesunder suspension.

Court denies bail in dowry

death caseExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Aug 1: SpecialMobile Magistrate Passenger TaxJammu, Amit Gupta rejected thebail application of a lecturernamely Rajnesh Kumar, who wasarrested by the police in abetmentto suicide case of his wife ParulSharma.

After hearing both the sides,court observed, “the statements ofmany witnesses were recordedand another angle from which theinvestigation is still required to beconducted is the alleged relationsof deceased which are required tobe proved”, adding “the publicinterest does not allow theaccused to move freely and con-front the family members of thevictim day in and day out”.

With these observations, courtrejected the bail application.

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