DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2018 (PAGE 5)

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 17: In order tocarry out various developmentworks by M/s IRCONInternational Ltd. under R-APDRP Scheme, the shutdown of11 KV feeders is being observed.

During the shutdown, thepower supply to Babliana and itsadjoining areas will remain affect-ed on May 19 from 9 am to 1 pm.

Similarly, the power supply toSainik Colony and its adjoiningareas will remain affected on May18 from 9 am to 1 pm.

Likewise, the power supply toTrikuta Nagar, PHE and its adjoin-ing areas will remain affected onMay 19 from 9 am to 1 pm.

Similarly, the power supply toSatwari, Nai Basti and its adjoin-ing areas will remain affected onMay 19 from 9 am to 1 pm.

Likewise, the power supply toCanal Road, AG Office, MaheshPura, Shakti Nagar, Pawan IceCream and its adjoining areas willremain affected on May 18 and 20from 9 am to 1 pm.

Similarly, the power supply toCanal, Shakti Nagar, Patel Nagarand its adjoining areas will remainaffected on May 19 from 9 am to 1

pm.Likewise, the power supply to

Shakti Nagar, Rajpura, Canal,Krishna Nagar, Dogra Mohalla,Science College, Old Universityand its adjoining areas will remainaffected on May 18 and 20 from 9am to 1 pm.

Similarly, the power supply toToph Sherkhania, Old Universitycampus, Kabir Colony and itsadjoining areas will remain affect-ed on May 21 from 9 am to 1 pm.

Likewise, the power supply toLower Thather, Kot Bhalwal,Bantalab and its adjoining areaswill remain affected on May 18from 9 am to 1 pm.

Meanwhile, to carry out theworks of laying of HT Cable fromTapping Point at Circular Road toPeerkho upto S/Stn site underRopeway Project, the shutdown ofLT Network of Sub Stations of 11KV feeder DH-05 emanating from33/11 KV Receiving StationDhounthly is being observed.

During the shutdown, thepower supply to Jullaka Mohalla,Pacci Dhakki, Circular Road,Peerkho and adjoining areas willremain affected on May 19 from 8am to 2 pm.

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh receiving a memorandumfrom a delegation of Army Ordnance employees , at North Block,New Delhi on Thursday.

Army Ordnance employees approachDr Jitendra for DoPT intervention

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NEW DELHI, May 17: A del-egation of Army OrdnanceEmployees today approachedUnion Minister of State(Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Development of NorthEastern Region (DoNER), MoSPMO, Personnel, PublicGrievances & Pensions, AtomicEnergy and Space, Dr JitendraSingh, and sought the interventionof the Department of Personnel &Training (DoPT) for their pendingservice matters.

The members of the delega-tion, led by Arvind Singh, GeneralSecretary of the organisation,claimed that they represented theemployees of the Army OrdnanceCorps spread all over the countryand appreciated the manner inwhich the DoPT Minister DrJitendra Singh had promptly giventhem an appointment to listen totheir grievances. They took up theplea to accord DoPT approval forDraft Recruitment RulesRelaxation in Recruitment Rulesfor the post of Material Managerof Material staff of Army ordnanceCorps in the Ministry of Defence.

The delegation also submitteda memorandum to the Ministerwherein it was stated that theMinistry of Defence had sent aproposal for revision of the exist-ing Recruitment Rules (SRO-7 of14th January 2005) for the post ofSenior Material Assistant of ArmyOrdnance Corps. The DoPT,

according to them, had initiallymade some observations and sentback the proposal, suggesting thatthere should be some element ofdirect recruitment.

The members of the delegationsubmitted that the last cadrereview had taken place on 7thAugust 2015, i.e. more than two-and-a-half years ago, but for wantof revised recruitment rules, thepromotional posts are still lyingunfilled. They requested that arealistic view may be taken andaccordingly, revised recruitmentrules may kindly be finalized, sothat this offers relief to theemployees.

Dr Jitendra Singh gave apatient hearing to the members ofdelegation. He said, he will findout what were the observationsmade in response to the proposalfrom the Ministry of Defence.After receiving an update on thecurrent status of the proposal, hesaid, he would issue directions forappropriate action.

We reserve right to retaliate: Kavinder on ceasefire

PoK, Gilgit, Baltistan, portion with Chinaintegral part of India: BJP chief

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JAMMU, May 17:Maintaining that Pak occupiedKashmir, (PoK), Gilgit andBaltistan as well as part of theState under forcible occupationof China are integral parts ofIndia, the newly appointed BJPState president, Ravinder Rainatoday said that one day we willtake these areas back.

Raina who was addressing arally organised by party inaccording welcome to him onbecoming the State president atBJP Headquarters, TrikutaNagar near here , said if there isany issue in J&K that is to thearea of the State which hasbeen under forcible occupationof Pakistan and China and wehave to retrieve it at any cost.

He, while giving kudos toDogras said world knows thehistory of Dogras who are thegreat warriors. “We have pro-duced the warriors and bravehearts like Gen Zorawar Singhwho crossed Mansarover in 43Degree Celsius and unfurledthe flag in Tibet. “If Dograswish they can even unfurl theNational Tricolor in Pakistanalso’’, he added.

The BJP president said thatcoming to power is good butthe party workers should notforget the basic mantra thatnation is first, party second andself third. A BJP activist has to

act like a Swayamsevak andsurrender every thing beforehis motherland, he added.

“We have to discharge ourresponsibility honestly andwith dedication and when anyparty man finds that RavinderRaina has failed in his duty hecan communicate me and I willnot lose even a second in step-ping down’’, he added.

Talking to reporters at thesidelines of the function Rainasaid that unilateral ceasefiredoes not mean that forces willremain as mute spectators anddo not fire when they are beingattacked by militants.

Earlier Raina was given atumultuous welcome by BJPactivists the majority of whomwas youth from Jammu Airportto party office. He was takeninto cavalcade of vehicles andgreeted by swords by theenthusiastic and jubilant partymen.

Addressing the rally DeputyChief Minister, KavinderGupta while terming the cease-fire announcement by UnionGovernment a good decisionhowever made it clear that ifanyone targets us we reservethe right to retaliate with fullmight.

He said no party workerwill be ignored by the presentteam of BJP ministers andeveryone will be taken along.“Our resolve should be strongthen the goal will not beaway’’.

Maintaining that BJP hasbase in Jammu but inGovernment we are committedto look into the interests ofpeople of all three regionsincluding Jammu, Kashmir and

Ladakh by taking the slogan ofPrime Minister Narendra Modi“Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’’toevery part of the State,.

Admitting that there weresome shortcomings in past, hesaid the party failed to dealwith the issues like Koterankaand Rassana and two BJP min-isters had to submit resigna-tions.

He said yesterday amarathon meeting of partyleadership and ministers washeld to devise the strategy sothat the Government schemeswill reach to the people inevery nook and corner.

Minister of Housing andUrban Development and outgoing president of the party,Sat Sharma said that the short-comings in the party witnessedduring last two and half yearswill be over come by Raina ashe is an energetic and vibrantleader.

He said when BJP was notin the Government there wereless challenges for us but nowthey have increased.

Ashok Kaul, organisationalgeneral secretary stressed onmaintain discipline in the partywhich he said is the hallmark ofits growth.

Minister of PHE, Irrigationand FC, Sham Choudhary, for-mer ministers, C P Ganga andPriya Sethi also spoke on theoccasion while the stage wasmanaged by Party general sec-retary, Pawan Khajuria.

Tassaduq reviews developmental scenario in Pahalgam

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PAHALGAM, May 17:Minister for Tourism TassaduqHussain Mufti today conveneda meeting of officers to reviewdevelopment works being exe-cuted by various agencies inPahalgam.

MLA Pahalgam AltafAhamd Wani, Vice ChairmanJKTDC Rafi Ahmad Mir,Secretary Tourism RigzinSamphel, Chief ExecutiveOfficer Pahalgam DevelopmentAuthority Mushtaq AhmadSimnani and other officers ofTourism, PDA and districtadministration attended themeeting.

The Minister stressed uponthe need for improved coordi-nation among departmentsincluding PDA, PWD R&B,UEED, PHE, PDD, Health,Education and TourismDepartment so that targets areachieved within stipulated time.

He said the proposed

'Pahalgam Master Plan' needsto be in sync with court dirtec-tions and in conformity withfragile ecosystem of the area.The Minister directed the con-cerned for finalizing reportwithin the time period of 40days.

Mufti took a serious note ofvarious issues which includefilling of River Lidder atYenner and Nunwan, wideningof Khanabal Pahalgam Road,extraction of River bed materi-al, plantation at Pahalgam, anddirected for taking concretemeasures to improve the infra-structural and sanitation sce-nario in the area.

The Minister laid stress onscientific disposal of waste,sanitation and waste segrega-tion process at source, besidesactivating of Enforcement Wingof Municipal CommissionPahalgam for curbing the men-ace of throwing garbage on theriver bank, road side, and in theforest area.

He also asked concerned forpreparing a road map for vari-ous ingenious plant speciesplantation and causes of forestfires with remedial measuresbeing taken by the ForestDepartment to avoid such inci-dents in future.

Emphasizing on the need forsustainable development with-out harming ecology, flora andfauna of the area, the Ministerdirected the concerned officialsfor taking action against peopleinvolved in harming ecologyand environment.

He sought details regardingconservation of water reser-voirs at Pahalgam and directedthe PHE officials for installingmesh type roofing of over watersources without any furtherdelay so that wild animalswould not contaminate thedrinking water sources.

Besides, directing for fur-nishing test reports of STPPahalgam on regular basis, theMinister also sought detailedwater quality analysis reportsand directed for conductingregular water quality tests tokeep check on the quality ofdrinking water being suppliedin the area.

He asked for regular check-ing of hotel STPs to monitorquality of sewage treatment andmanagement of solid waste.

Earlier, the Minister visitedvarious schools in thePahalgam vicinity and directedthe concerned officials tostrengthen the existing infra-structure in schools.

Later, the Minister also con-vened a public meeting to inter-act with the local tourism stock-holders and gave patient hear-ing to the grievances and issuesraised by them.

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JAMMU, May 17: DivisionBench of State High Courtcomprising Justice Alok Aradheand Justice Sanjay KumarGupta today issued variousdirections in a Public InterestLitigation filed by SumitNayyar seeking security ofcourt complex.

When the matter was takenup, counsel for the respondentssubmitted that out of an amountof Rs 627.38 lakh, only a sumof Rs 100 lakh has been sanc-tioned and released to thePublic Works (R&B)Department, which has alreadystarted the construction of theboundary wall around HighCourt and District CourtsComplex.

It was further submitted that300 meters of boundary wallhas already been constructedand the remaining work shall becompleted within a period ofthree months from today.However, Senior AdvocateSunil Sethi with AdvocateSumit Nayyar appearing for thePIL submitted that the respon-dents have installed only 24CCTV cameras in the HighCourt Complex at Jammu andno CCTV camera has beeninstalled in the District CourtsComplex, Jammu where morethan 100 CCTV cameras haveto be installed.

It was further submitted bythe senior counsel for the peti-tioner that fire extinguishershave also not been installed.

“Neither judicial lock-ups norany separate room for storageof ammunition has been con-structed. Even the machine forswiping the electronic securitycards has not been installed”,the counsel for the petitionersaid.

In response, Rohit Kapoor,Additional Advocate Generalalong with Chief ProsecutingOfficer, Aliq Ahmed Dar statedthat two scanners have alreadybeen sanctioned and X-ray bag-gage scanners shall be installedwithin a period of one monthfrom today at the points fromwhere the litigants and theadvocates enter District Courtspremises.

With regard to remainingaspects, DB asked AdditionalAdvocate General to seekinstructions and make a state-ment in this regard.

At this stage, senior counselfor the petitioner submitted thatsome senior citizens and differ-ently abled persons use facilityof lift in the High Court premis-es. However, on account ofpower failure at several times,the lift gets stuck up in theabsence of power back-up assuch inverter is required to beprovided to make the lift func-tional.

Upon this, Division Benchdirected Chief Engineer,Mechanical Division of theState Government to ensure thatan inverter is installed within aperiod of 15 days from today inorder to ensure smooth func-tioning of the lift.

CCI asks hoteliers not to pay electricity bills for month of April

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JAMMU, May 17: JammuChamber of Commerce andIndustry has advised all thehotel owners not to pay electric-ity bill raised by PDD for themonth of April 2018 in contra-vention of the budget announce-ment.

Decision in this regard wastaken during an urgent meetingconvened at Chamber House toreview the non implementationof budget announcementregarding charging of IndustrialElectricity Tariff from the hotelsacross the State.

The Chamber presidentRakesh Gupta, in consultationwith his office bearers decidedto advise all the hotel ownersnot to pay electricity bills andalso sent out an urgent commu-nication to the Finance MinisterSayed Mohd. Altaf Bukharireminding him of the budget

announcement that the electrici-ty tariff to be charged from thehotels across the State shall beat the same cost as being billedto the industries.

“We would like to submitthat the PDD has already raisedthe bills to the hotels for themonth of April 2018, but theJammu Chamber of Commerce& Industry is going to advise allthe hoteliers not to make pay-ments against such billsreceived as per non industrialelectric tariff,” the Chambercommunication reads request-ing the Minister to issue properSRO announcing industrialelectricity tariff to be chargedfrom the hotels at an early datewith retrospective effect from1st April 2018.

The other office bearers ofCCI, present in the meeting,included Rajesh Gupta, RajeevGupta, Manish Gupta, and AshuGupta.

Panthers Party activists protesting at Exhibition Ground onThursday.

Union Govt has surrendered todictates of Mehbooba: Harsh Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 17:Disagreeing with the dangerousannouncement of a unilateralceasefire by the Union HomeMinister, during the currentmonth, scores of Panther activistsled by Harsh Dev SinghChairman, JKNPP and Yash PaulKundal State president YoungPanthers staged a protest demon-stration at Exhibition Groundhere, today.

The protesters while oppos-ing the ceasefire declaration inthe backdrop of encounters andcivilian killings in Kashmir,torched the effigy of the BJP forputting the life of the securitypersonnel at risk in the Valley.They accused the Saffron Partyof appeasing Chief Minister,Mehbooba Mufti merely to keepthe 'dirty alliance' intact in theState.

Lambasting the BJP ledCentral Government for placat-ing the separatists of the Valley,Harsh Dev Singh said that it hadbeen evident from the SaffronParty's incongruous stand overunilateral ceasefire that there wasa dichotomy between MHA andMoD on the issue. "India'sDefence Minister NirmalaSitharaman only recently backedGen. Bipin Rawat's stand that aunilateral ceasefire demanded byChief Minister, Mehbooba Muftiwas not a feasible option as theIndian Army had to "firmly han-dle" any terrorist activity thatthreatened the peace and harmo-

ny of the State. All of a suddenyesterday, the Home Minister,Rajnath Singh announcing onesided truce had raised eyebrowsof the defence personnel besidesbillions of nationalist Indianswho were feeling extremelydemoralized and disparaged bythe dangerous decision of theGoI. Its inability to snub thePDP's demand of unilateralceasefire against the militantshad proved that BJP could digestany muck for power", Harsh said.

Accusing the BJP of runningwith the hare and hunting withhound, Singh said that its duplic-ity and opportunist politics overthe declaration of unilateralceasefire had put the life ofdefence personnel in jeopardyand posed a serious threat to thepeace and the national security.

Endorsing the stand of IndianArmy against the unilateralceasefire, Harsh asked whowould stand guarantee that therewould be no attacks from theother side. He said that with noguarantors on a cessation of vio-lence from the other side, the saiddecision of GoI would make thesecurity forces cannon fodder forthe militants and the berserkmobs in the Valley.

Yash Paul Kundal, whileasserting that terrorists had noreligion, said that those who canattack children aged four yearsand the tourists could never beexpected to have any feelingswhether it was a holy month ofRamzan or a holy pilgrimage.Did they not attack the AmarNath Ji pilgrims last year? Howcould the GoI ignore this fact?asked Kundal.

Girdawars and Patwaries during a protest dharna at DCoffice complex, Jammu.

Girdawars, Patwaries continue strike on 4th consecutive dayExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 17: Girdawarsand Patwaries of district Jammucontinued their pen down strikeon 4th consecutive day today andstaged a sit-in protest at DC officecomplex, Jammu.

On the State wide strike callgiven by All J&K PatwarAssociation, a large number ofGirdawars and Patwaries assem-bled today at DC office and raisedslogans against the Governmentfor ignoring their demands. Thespeakers said that they wereassured of fulfilling theirdemands many times in the pastby the concerned authorities butevery time they were cheated andcompelled to chose the path ofagitation.

Reiterating their demands likegrade pay for Graduate Patwaries,conducting timely DPC of

Patwaries and Girdawars, creationof GQ Circles and Patwar halqas,ban on direct recruitment of NaibTehsildar, enhancement ofallowances for Patwaries andGirdawars, rent for Patwar Khanas(private accommodation) and con-struction of Patwar Khanas, seniorState vice president of AJKPA,Mushtaq Ahmed Ganai and Jammuprovincial president, Farooq Malik,said that the association will contin-ue their pen down strike till theirdemands are not met.

They said that for inconven-ience to the public due to thestrike of the association,Government will be responsible.Other association leaders presenton the protest site were RamanRaj Sharma, ex-State president,State organizer, Vinay Kumar,Jammu district president, KaleemAhmed and secretary, ShabirAhmed.

Power shut down

BJP Prabhari for J&K, Avinash Rai Khanna offering sweetsto newly appointed BJP State chief Ravinder Raina, whoassumed office on Thursday.

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DB directives on securityof court complex

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