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3 Hizb militants laid to rest amid azadi slogansEmotional scenes in Bijbehara as thousands join funeral prayers; Several injured in day-long protests, clashes; Shutdown in several areas

KHALID GUL

Bijbehara (Anantnag), Nov 24: Amid complete shutdown and protests, the three Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants who died in a gun-fight yesterday were laid to rest in Bijbehara—the hometown of Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed—on Tuesday. Emotional scenes were witnessed as the trio was laid to rest.

The slain militants Tanveer Ahmad Bhat and Aadil Ahmad Sheikh, both residents of Bijbehara

town, and Sartaj Ahmad Lone of Wopzan village of Bijbehara died in a brief gunfight in Silgam village of Aishmuqam area on Monday afternoon.

Tanveer lived in the neighborhood of Chief Min-ister’s ancestral residence in Baba Mohalla area. A 26-year-old graduate, Tan-veer worked in a private consumer goods company before he left home early this year to join the mili-tant ranks. He is survived by his father Mubarak Ahmad

Resistance to antibiotics growing in Kashmir, say medicosBlame lack of monitoring, awareness, warn of complications

ZEHRU NISSA

Srinagar, Nov 24: Taking anti-biotics for “slight ailments” in Kashmir is leading to a danger-ous scenario where resistance to these drugs is fast growing among people, experts have warned.

Although antibiotics are pre-scription drugs, these are sold over-the-counter in Kashmir with no monitoring and adherence to the Drug Act that mandates that these be sold only with a prescrip-tion.

“We have reported resistance to not just gram positive bacteria

but also gram negative. We are sometimes left with no choice but to use the antibiotics that were considered toxic. Very soon, we will be left with no choice,” said Dr Parvez Kaul, Head of the Pul-monary and Internal Medicine at SK Institute of Medical Sciences at Soura here.

A WHO survey report released last week warned against the con-sequences of growing antibiotic resistance world over. The survey found that ‘people are confused about this major threat to public health and do not understand how to prevent it from growing’.

Dr. Kaul warned it was not just the ‘wrong antibiotics’ that con-tribute to resistance but also the wrong way of taking them.

“Even doctors some-times leave a course of antibiotics incomplete. Take it for two days, get well and stop using!” he said, adding, “Inadequate dosage and inadequate duration of antibiotic use is contributing to ‘smarter bugs’ that can be stopped by nothing.”

All fl ights to Kashmir as fog thickens

Cold wave tightens grip over Valley | Gulmarg shivers at minus 2.6 degree Celsius

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Nov 24: All flights to Srinagar were cancelled as foggy conditions pre-vailed for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, even as cold wave contin-ued to tighten its grip over the Valley, giving tough time to people. The local Meteorological Department has predicted improvement in foggy weather conditions from Wednesday afternoon.

“Because of poor visibility, all 21 flights scheduled to operate to and from Srinagar were cancelled on Tuesday,” Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar Airport, Manzoor Ahmad Dalal told Great-er Kashmir. “Two flights, one from Delhi and the other from Jammu landed in Sri-nagar, but couldn’t take off.”

Director MeT department Sonam lotus said visibility which was only 100 meters on Monday was just 45 meters on Tuesday and disrupted air and surface traffic.

“The foggy conditions will continue till Wednesday morning when the maxi-mum and minimum temperature would be above normal. There will be respite in foggy conditions from Wednesday after-noon,” he told Greater Kashmir.

Due to the foggy conditions and poor visibility, people—especially drivers—faced lot of problems.

“I could not drive from Parimpora to Lal Chowk on Monday evening because of poor visibility. Even the vehicle head-lights did not help,” said Zahid Iqbal, a Srinagar resident.

Meanwhile, cold wave tightened its grip over Kashmir on Tuesday.

MeT officials said the sky would be again generally cloudy during the next 24 hours and the maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 12 degree and two degrees, respectively.

They said the ski resort of Gulmarg in Baramulla district—which was connect-ed by helicopter service from Srinagar International Airport from November 22—remained the coldest place in Kashmir with minimum temperature of minus 2.6 degree, a notch below normal.

The tourist resort of Pahalgam, accord-ing to the MeT officials, recorded mini-mum temperature of 1.1 degrees, about a notch above normal.

MeT officials said that Ladakh region witnessed major dip in the minimum tem-perature as compared to yesterday when there was considerable improvement.

Against yesterday’s minus 0.3 degree, the mercury dropped and settled at minus 5.8 degree. In Kargil it was minus 6.4 degree.

Resistance to antibiotics growing in Kashmir, say medicosBlame lack of monitoring, awareness, warn of complications

was not just the ‘wrong

but also the wrong way of

“Even doctors some-times leave a course of antibiotics incomplete. Take it for two days, get well and stop using!” he said, adding, “Inadequate dosage and inadequate duration of antibiotic use is contributing to ‘smarter bugs’ that can be

Salahuddin pays tribute to slain militants‘Informers identifi ed’

Srinagar, Nov 24: The United Jihad Council (UJC) chairman and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin on Tuesday paid glowing tributes to three militants of the outfit who died in a gunfi ght in south Kashmir’s Ashmuqam area on Monday.

CM asks PDD to stick to curtailment scheduleReviews progress on developmental works, central schemes

Srinagar, Nov 24: J&K Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Tuesday expressed con-

cern over non-adherence to curtailment schedule by Power Development Depart-ment (PDD) in Kashmir. He directed the Power Devel-opment Commissioner to strengthen the transmission system so that requirement of power in peak hours is ensured.

“Curtailment schedule has to be strictly adhered to. The department should run a drive against misuse and pilferage of power so that it is judiciously used,” he said, while emphasiz-ing upon strengthening the enforcement wing of the department.

GOI may establish IIM campus in Kashmir

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Nov 24: The Government of India and the J &K government may explore the possibility of establishing an off-site campus of the Indian Insti-tute Management (IIM), in Kashmir, Greater Kashmir has learnt.

WHAT MEDICOS SAY WE HAVE REPORTED RESISTANCE TO NOT JUST GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA BUT ALSO GRAM NEGATIVE AS WELL. WE ARE SOMETIMES LEFT WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO USE ANTIBIOTICS THAT WERE CONSIDERED TOXIC. VERY SOON, WE WILL BE LEFT WITH NO CHOICE. INADEQUATE DOSAGE AND INADEQUATE DURATION OF ANTIBIOTIC USE IS CONTRIBUTING TO ‘SMARTER BUGS’ THAT CAN BE STOPPED BY NOTHING

DR PARVEZ KAUL | SKIMS SRINAGAR WE HAVE ALREADY BURNT OUR FINGERS. AND IF WE CONTINUE TO USE ANTIBIOTICS THE WAY WE DO, WE WILL HAVE NOTHING LEFT AS A TREATMENT OPTION. SOMETIMES PATIENTS DEMAND ANTIBIOTICS AND DOCTORS ARE COMPELLED BY OTHER FACTORS TO PRESCRIBE THESE. BUT WE ARE, THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, HEADED TO CREATE A SCENARIO WHEN PEOPLE WILL DIE OF A MINOR INFECTION

DR KAISER AHMED | HOD PEDIATRICS, GB PANT HOSPITAL SRINAGAR

POWER WOES

Partial shutdown in Srinagar, elsewhereGK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 24: Kashmir Tuesday witnessed a partial shutdown over the death of three Hizbul Muja-hideen militants in an encounter in Ashmuqam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag (Islamabad) district on Monday.

The shutdown call news couldn't be carried in

Greater Kashmir and its sister concern Kashmir Uzma as the Hurriyat issued a statement very late last night.

Normal life was disrupted due to the strike call given by the Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani.

In old Srinagar, shops and business establish-ments remained closed for the day.

(L-R) Funeral procession of a militant in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday. A Pakistani fl ag atop Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed’s ancestral house in Bijbehara. Mir Wasim/GK

Departing to: SRINAGAR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Status: CANCELLED 24/11/2015Updated: 9:36 PM

The Boulevard Road in Srinagar enveloped in thick fog for the second consecutive day Tuesday. Habib Naqash/GK

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Nov 24: The Srinagar “International” Airport lacks facilities to enable landing and take-off of fl ights in low-visibility conditions, thus leading to frequent cancel-lations, offi cials said.

Flight disruptions a ‘norm’ at Srinagar Airport, courtesy outdated ILSStakeholders blame IAF for failing to address frequent fl ight cancellations

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