3THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU WEDNESDAY JUNE 03, 2020

JAMMU & KASHMIR

JAMMU, JUNE 2: The Jammu andKashmir Government has evacuated about1,06,102 JK residents, stranded in otherparts of the country due to COVID lockdown,via Lakhanpur and through special trainsand buses till date amid strict observance ofall necessary guidelines and Standard Oper-ating Procedures.

As per the official data received in this re-gard, the administrations of Jammu andKashmir districts have received 40 specialtrains at Jammu and Udhampur railway sta-tions from different states and UTs, so far,

with about 31786 stranded passengers whileabout 74,316 persons have been evacuatedby the government through Lakhanpur tilldate.

Therefore, a total of about 106,102 J&Kresidents stranded outside UT have beenbrought back to the UT by the Jammu andKashmir government by 40 special trainsand a fleet of buses through Lakhanpur af-ter strictly observing all necessary preven-tive measures regarding the Virus.

As per the detailed break up about the fig-ures, about 914 stranded passengers have

entered through Lakhanpur from June 1 toJune 2 morning while 752 passengers havereached today in the 20th Delhi COVID spe-cial train at Jammu. So far, 20 trains havereached Jammu with a total of 16,146stranded passengers belonging to differentdistricts while 15,640 passengers havereached Udhampur in 20 Shramik specialtrains, so far.

As per the official communiqué, of 74,316returnees evacuated through Lakhanpur tillJune 1, 2020 (morning) included 18962from Punjab; 22015 from Himachal

Pardesh, 25 from Andhra Pardesh, 6988from Delhi, 1397 from Gujrat, 3280 from Ra-jasthan, 4296 from Haryana, 162 from Chat-tisgarh, 3612 from Uttarakhand, 1088 fromMaharashtra, 4703 from Uttar Pradesh, 64from Odisha, 267 from Assam and 1178 fromMadhya Pradesh, 88 from Dehradun, 1419from Chandigarh, 696 from Telengana, 122from Karnataka, 21 from Tamilnadu, 52from Chennai, 325 from Bihar, 166 fromWest Bengal, 113 from Jharkhand, 3 fromNepal, 3 from Goa and 3271 from otherstates and UTs.

Govt evacuates 1,06,102 stranded J&K residents; 74,316via Lakhanpur, 31,786 through special trains

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JUNE 02

By adhering to all socialdistancing & hygiene mea-sures, Gandhi Global FamilyJ&K in collaboration withIndian Systems of Medi-cines - AYUSH J&K organ-ised third COVID-19 Med-ical Camp in Jammu.

Indian System of Medi-cines (ISM) - AYUSH sup-plied the immunity boostersmedicines and it was dis-tributed for free among thelocals by Gandhi GlobalFamily at Shri Guru Ravi-dass Sabha, Krishna Nagar,Jammu. 360 personsmostly senior citizens &children were examined byan expert team of doctorsdeputed by ADMO JammuDr Suresh Sharma. Earlieran awareness talk onCOVID19 was conducted byMr Ankush Varma & DrVishal Pratap Singh, GGFYouth Response Team.

In his message, Dr Mohan

Singh Director ISM recom-mended everyone to adoptherbal medicines and en-hance their body immunity.He further expressed thatthe need of the hour is toquickly boost our immunesystem so that our body is fitenough to fight againstcorona virus.

GGF J&K President Pad-mashri Dr S P Varma ex-pressed his gratitude to-wards ISM AYUSH J&K,

Shri Guru Ravidass SabhaKrishna Nagar, The BethelCharitable Trust & GandhiGlobal Family J&KCOVID19 Response Teamfor their timely collabora-tion & service towards soci-ety amid the global human-itarian crisis.

Dr Shefali Sharma, DrSukhpreet Kaur, Mr NishadKhajuria & Mr KashishSharma represented IndianSystems of Medicines

Jammu, while Dr PremSharma, S Jaswinder SinghKuku, Mr Amit Varma, DrVishal Pratap Singh, Mr Ra-gav Changotra and MrAnkush Varma representedthe Gandhi Global FamilyJ&K. Mr Abhishek Gill & MrKrishna Kumar volunteersof Bethel Charitable Trustensured hygiene & screenedeveryone with temperaturesensor.

Shri Guru Ravi Das Sabhamade local arrangement in-side Gurudwara at KrishnaNagar, Jammu. While thecamp was inaugurated byMr Piran Ditta PresidentShri Guru Ravidass Sabha.SHO Nawavad SI DeepakJasrotia, Mr ParshotamMehra, Mr Camres David(Babbloo), Mr Anil Angral& Mr Vrinder Gogra werealso present. The medicalcamp was dedicated to In-dian independence activistand former deputy PrimeMinister of India, Shri Jagji-van Ram.

GGF organises COVID19 medical camp at Guru Ravidass Sabha

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JUNE 02

Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) J&K General Secretary(Organisation ) Sh AshokKoul accompanied by BJPAyushman Incharge PuneetMahajan, Mandal PresidentKeshav Chopra , AyodhyaGupta and others handedover Ayushman BharatGolden Card to critically illbeneficiaries at Talab Tillo,Jammu for free medicalhealth cover under thescheme AB PM-JAY .

Ashok Koul , Speaking onthe occasion, AyushmanBharat Pradhan Mantri JanArogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY)is a flagship scheme of the In-dian Government's NationalHealth Policy which aims toprovide free health coverageat the secondary and tertiary

level to its bottom 40% poorand vulnerable population.PM-JAY is the worlds largesthealth assurance schemewhich covers a population ofthe combined size of USA,Mexico and Canada.

The objective of thisscheme is to provide cashlessand free health benefits tothe entitled beneficiaries. Ac-

cording to the Socio-Eco-nomic Caste Census (SECC)6.30 lakh poor and vulnera-ble families of Jammu andKashmir are entitled to it.

He also lauded the effortsof Puneet Mahajan forpreparing Golden Cards ofthe beneficiaries free of cost.

Kaul, on the occasion, saidthat the people should opt for

every welfare scheme. He re-quested the BJP workers toassist the agency to reach outto masses. He said that thiswill ensure that the benefit ofthe schemes will reach themost deserving person andthe intended beneficiary. Healso called for active partici-pation of the BJP workers tomake the public aware aboutthe other Centrally spon-sored welfare schemes.

Keshav Chopra also un-derlined the benefits of theAyushman Bharat Scheme.

Puneet Mahajan, on theoccasion, said that he hasbeen continuously involvedin the procurement and dis-tribution of Golden cardssince the start of the schemeand stressed that this is oneof the scheme that has givendirect benefit to the poor andneedy population.

BJP hands over Golden Cardsto critically ill beneficaries

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JUNE 02

On the country wideprotest call given by "SonoSaaj Sono Sarkar" to raiseissues of Artists sitting idledue to lockdown, All ArtistsAssociation, Jammu todayheld massive protestdemonstration in thepremises of Cultural Acad-emy, Jammu in support ofburning demands of Artistsof Jammu Division.

While addressing theprotest demonstration , var-ious speakers from Artistsfraternity expressed graveconcern on the miserableplight of Artists who havebeen deprived of their workowning to shutting of allcultural events followingconstant lockdown. Theysaid that due to this reasontheir livelihood has beensnatched. They furtheradded that there is no like-lihood of resumption of Cul-tural activities in the field inthe coming months to-

gether and lives of Artistsand their families are goingto be from bad to worse infuture. The Artists invitedthe attention of the Lt Gov-ernor of JK UT and fer-vently appealed that finan-cial help to the Artists of UTon monthly basis may beprovided to make both endsmeet.

They demanded that as

there is no hope of any workfor the Artists given thechallenging situation andprecarious circumstanceemerged out of Covid 19 cri-sis which primarily de-mands strict social distanc-ing for pretty long period ,Artists above the age of 60years age and below the ageof 60 years may be providedRs. ten thousands and Rs.

six thousands respectivelyper months to tide over thefinancial crisis

Protest demonstrationwas attending by manyartists including SurinderManhas, Rakesh Anand,Tilak Raj Tagotra, MarwariLal, Rampal, J. R. Sharma,Ravinder sharma, Sohitsoofi, kartik, Deepak, Salim,Abhisek, Rahul and others.

AAA joins call of SSSS, holds protestto highlight grievances of artists

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JUNE 02

On the directions of Com-missioner JMC Ms. AvnyLavasa the Jammu Munici-pal Corporation under theSupervision of SecretaryJMC Ms. Tinna Mahajanand staff of Jammu Munici-pal Corporation launcheddrive against the menace ofpolythene carry bag.

During the drive about2500 KG of Polythene carrybags was seized from Nar-wal Mandi area and a fineamounting to Rs. 25000/-was imposed and chargedon the spot.

Secretary JMC advisedthe people to spread themessage of cleanlinessamong the masses.

She also appealed to co-operate with Jammu Mu-nicipal Corporation in keep-ing Jammu Clean & Green

and avoid using polythenecarry bags, usedustbins/containers in-stalled in their area.

Commissioner JMC ap-peals to all the Jammuities

to cooperate with JammuMunicipal Corporation tosafeguard the ever deterio-rating environmentalHealth & beauty of Jammu.She stressed to follow the

guidelines issued in thepublic interest in view ofCOVID-19 like maintainingsocial distancing wearing ofmasks, frequent washing ofhands etc.

JMC commissioner launches driveagainst menace of polythene bag

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JUNE 02

Managing Director,Jammu Power DistributionCorporation Limited(JPDCL), Yasha Mudgal, to-day reviewed the status ofrevenue realization,progress on centrally spon-sored scheme projects, andother issues pertaining toCorporation, here at a meet-ing.

The meeting held thread-bare discussion on the rev-enue collections, resump-tion of work on Projects andtargets set for completion oflanguishing projects.

Modalities for expeditingthe works on ongoing cen-trally sponsored schemesaimed at strengtheningtransmission and distribu-tion network were dis-cussed in detail. Strength-ening of transformer repair

workshops and rationaliza-tion of power distribution toavoid overloading wereother issues which weretaken up for discussion.

Chief Engineer, JPDCL,Gurmeet Singh, briefed themeeting about division wisetargets for revenue realiza-tion and inspections con-ducted. The meeting alsoreviewed sub division wiserevenue targets and realiza-tion for last year and cur-

rent year and resumption ofwork on the projectsstopped due to covid-19pandemic.

The Managing Directorexhorted upon the seniorfunctionaries to prepare aroad map for improvingrevenue realization and itscollection within the stipu-lated time frame. She alsostressed upon concerned of-ficers to make all efforts forthe completion of the ongo-ing projects.

The MD also asked theEngineers for taking strictaction against power pilfer-age in their respective areasof jurisdiction by snappingillegal connections.

Chief Engineer Projects,JPDCL, Manhar Gupta andothers senior Engineers at-tended the meeting.

JPDCL MD reviews revenue realisation, status of CSS projects

HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JUNE 02

Director, Rural Develop-ment Department Kashmir,Qazi Sarwar today visitedfar-flung areas of districtShopian including Zaina-pora, Imamsahib, Chi-tragam, Wachi and otherareas to take stock of ongo-ing developmental works.

The Director inspectedseveral constructions andother developmental workson drains, culverts, nallahs,roads and khuls etc. beingexecuted under MGN-REGA.

He under-took the tour ofrural areas outside contain-

ment zones to take firsthand appraisal of the eco-nomic hardships beingfaced by the public due tolockdown period.

Sarwar said that the de-partment’s endeavor is togive importance to ruraleconomy and facilitate em-ployment of labor in ruralareas, “developmental ac-tivities in the district hasbeen resumed under flag-ship employment guaranteescheme MGNREGA to pro-vide much needed man-days to rural populace amidcovid-19 pandemic to miti-gate their financial crisis,”he added.

Director said that worksare being executed as per

the guidelines issued by thegovernment for protectionagainst covid-19 pandemicbesides the department isalso actively involved in dis-tribution of masks amongthe rural masses and strictlyfollow the advisories andmaintaining social distanceto prevent transmission ofvirus.

He said a bridge at Wachiis coming up with an esti-mated cost of Rs 40 lac andwill be completed within thestipulated time frame incurrent financial year.

On the occasion, Directorinteracted with the locals,gave patient hearing to theirdemands and assured themfor early redressal of their

grievances.He said that Rural Devel-

opment Department isplaying a vital role in thecontainment of Coron-avirus in rural areasthrough mass awarenessamong the people and thedepartment is working inclose coordination with dis-trict administration in themanagement and contain-ment of Covid-19 in ruralareas.

Director said that among98 panchayat halqas of thedistrict, the work on 94 pan-chayat halqas is in progresswhile work on rest of thepanchayat halqas declaredas red zones will be startedafter they are declared asgreen zones.

Later, during a meetingwith District DevelopmentCommissioner Shopian anddistrict officers, threadbarediscussion were held on de-velopmental and otherworks in the district.

RDD director takes stock of dev works at Shopian

Rana cautions against reopening of schools

JAMMU JUNE 02: National Conference ProvincialPresident Devender Singh Rana today exhorted Jammuand Kashmir administration to exercise caution while arriv-ing at a decision to reopen schools in the middle of currentmonth amid unfortunate increase in the COVID-19 cases,saying any wrong move could be detrimental for students attheir tender ages. “Mere thought of reopening schoolsseems to be premature as most of the schools lack neces-sary infrastructural facilities to enforce mandatory preven-tive protocols, more importantly ensuring distance”, MrRana said in a statement while reacting to the move of the ad-ministration in this regard, adding that non-adherence ofdo’s and don’ts could negate the efforts of containing thespread of pandemic.