Thursday May 3, 20184 DISTRICTS

STATE TIMES NEWS VIJAYPUR: Jugal KishoreSharma, Member ofParliament BJP (LokSabha) Jammu-Poonchalong with Chander PrakashSharma Ganga MLAVijaypur Constituency visit-ed village Swanka and inau-gurated Kisan KalyanKaryashala under GramSwaraj Abhiyaan inVijaypur Constituencyorganised by District admin-istration Samba.

DDC Samba RajinderSingh Tara, Chief

Agriculture Officer, SSPSamba Anil KumarMagotra, ACD Samba AijazQaiser, Chief AgricultureOfficer Samba ,DIO SambaImran Rashid Kataria, POIWMP Samba SunsilSharma, Senior LeadersBJP Narinder Sharma,Subash Verma, Parammjeetand some agriculture scien-tists were present on theoccasion.JOURIAN: Daljit SinghChib, (Minister of State),Vice Chairman J&K StateAdvisory Board for

Development of Kisansstressed for better imple-mentation of centrally-spon-sored schemes and aware-ness among farmers regard-ing advanced agriculturepractices and better low costproduction technology forincreasing farmers incomeand double it by 2022. Hewas speaking on the occasionof Kissan Sammelan/ KisanKalyan Karyashalla organ-

ised by Department ofAgriculture in Jourian underGram Swaraj Abhiyan. The

Abhiyan is being organisedtoday all over the country atblock-level.

Tehsildar Jourian MohitGupta, SDAO AkhnoorChandeshwar Dubey,Agriculture ExtensionOfficer Jourian other offi-cers and prominent citizensRamesh Khajuria,Shamsher Singh, memberKisan Board AnkusChowdhary and large num-

ber of farmers were presentin event.

REASI: Department of

Agriculture, Reasi organiseda Kissan Sammelan (KisanKalayan Karyashala) in col-laboration with the KrishiVigyan Kendra (KVK),Reasi of Sher-e-KashmirUniversity of AgriculturalSciences and Technology-Jammu (SKUAST-J),Deptt. of Horticulture, Reasiand other line departmentswhich was attended by morethan 270 farmers/farmwomen, Government officersand private companies etc.The objective of the pro-gramme was to createawareness among the aboutthe strategies to doubleincome by 2022. AjayNanda, Minister of J&KState graced the occasion asthe Chief Guest while SDM,Katra, Neelam Khajuria wasthe Guest Of Honour. ChiefGuest, Ajay Nanda inaugu-rated the event and drew theattention of the participantsto adopt the innovative agri-cultural technologies so thatthey can enhance theirincome. Chief AgricultureOfficer, Reasi Omkar Singh,

Dr.Banarsi Lal, Scientist &Head, Romesh Khosa,Deputy Director ATMA,SDAO, Reasi Rajesh Verma,spoke on the occasion.

Vishno Kant Gupta, ChiefHorticulture Officer, Reasi,Arvind Baru, Subject MatterSpecialist, Deptt. of Agri.Reasi and other officers werepresent on the occasion.Bharat Bushan presentedvote of thanks.

DODA: In connection withthe ongoing Gram SwarajAbhiyan in the district, aKissan Sammelan wasorganised at Agriculture

Complex Doda as well asBlock Headquarters inwhich large number of farm-ers participated.

The scientists from KrishiVikas Kendra Bhaderwahalso spoke on the occasionand gave valuable informa-tion about the programmesimplemented by the Centraland State Govt in the sector.

The programme waspresided over by AdditionalDeputy Commissioner,Pawan Parihar while ChiefAgriculture Officer, Sunilkoul, Sub DivisionalAgriculture Officers and

other field functionaries ofAgriculture Departmentparticipated.

UDHAMPUR: A day-longKissan Kalyan Karyashallawas organised by theDepartment of Agricultureunder "Gram SwarajAbhiyan" on the theme dou-bling farmers income (DFI)by 2022 was held heretoday. Member LegislativeAssembly, Pawan KumarGupta, was the Chief Guestwhile District DevelopmentCommissioner RavinderKumar was the Guest ofHonour on the occasion.Later, DDC distributed felic-itation certificates among thebest and progressive farmers.

Sub Divisional MagistrateDudu, Abdul Sattar, ChiefPlanning Officer, AshokKhajuria, Chief AgricultureOfficer, Sunil Kumar, ChiefHorticulture Officer, BrijVallabh Gupta, AD Planning,Darshan Kumar, and otherDistrict Officers of con-cerned departments besideslarge number of farmerswere present on the occasion.

Kissan Sammelans organised across region

MP Jugal Kishore Sharma and MLA Chander PrakashGanga giving away soil health card to a farmer at Vijaypur.

MoS Ajay Nanda distributing extension literature to a farmer.

DDC Ravinder Kumar after distributing felicitation certificates to progressive farmers at Udhampur.

Third accused held instabbing incident

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: Police on Wednesday arrested the third accusedinvolved in stabbing case of village Dher Phinter Billawar.The third accused has been identified as Pankaj Sharma sonof Mahant Ram resident of Dher Phinter Billawar.

The incident took place yesterday at Dher area of Billawaron some rivalry which led to fight between the accused andvictim namely Liyaqat Ali son of Munir Hussein resident ofDher Phinter Billawar. The victim was attacked with sharpedged weapon causing grievous injuries to him who later suc-cumbed to his injuries at GMC Jammu.

Police has registered an FIR at Police Station Billawar andalready arrested two accused namely Abhishek Sharma son ofRamakant resident of Nowshera Mahanpur and HoneyKhajuria son of Ram Parkash resident of Dher Billawar with-in hours of incident and also seized the car (JK08C 5917)used for committing crime.

Rs 11,600 fine imposed on traffic violators STATE TIMES NEWS

BHADARWAH: In its continuous endeavour to curb the vio-lation of traffic rules and spread awareness among the people,Traffic Police Doda cracked down on the traffic rule violatorsalong Batote-Doda-Kishtwar National Highway (NH1B) onWednesday.

The Traffic team led by DySP Traffic Doda-Kishtwar,Zohaib Hassan Challaned 29 vehicles and seized one, besidesrecovered Rs 11,600 fine for various offenses at Assar-Khellani-Pul Doda stretch on Batote-Doda-KishtwarNational Highway.

Confirming the figures, DySP Traffic Doda-KishtwarZohaib Hassan said that apart from awareness among thegeneral masses about safe driving, authorities are enforcingrelevant laws to discourage violation of traffic norms.

"Following traffic norms is important for safe driving andsafety of passengers and co-commuters. The violation of traf-fic rules endangers life and property of the people. Often,some traffic jams also occur due to wrong parking," DySPadded, saying that this drive is not only to streamline the traf-fic violation but also to aware general public about its reper-cussions. However, DySP said that large number of peopleare cooperating with authorities.

Two nabbed with Ganja STATE TIMES NEWS

BARI BRAHMANA: Police on Wednesday arrested two per-sons and recovered 300 grams of Ganja from their possessionat SIDCO Chowk Bari Brahmana in District Samba.

They have been identified as Badal Ram son of Babu Ramand Hari Singh son of Mohan Lal both residents of Ward no8 Telli Basti Bari-Brahmana.

According to a report, a team of Bari Brahmana PoliceStation along with District Special Branch apprehended twopersons from Sidco Chowk Bari Brahmana and during frisk-ing police recovered 300 grams of Ganja from their posses-sion. They were arrested and case under relevant section oflaw was registered against them.

LMD imposes Rs 40,000 fine on packing unit STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: A team of officers from Legal MetrologyDepartment under the supervision of Assistant Controller,Rajesh Heera, today conducted a surprise raid on variousindustrial packing units in Samba in which one of them wasfound violating Legal Metrology Packaged CommoditiesRules 2011.

The unit was packing the material without mandatory dec-larations such as name of commodity, net content in standardunits, month/year of packing, customer helpline etc. on themwhich is a sheer violation of Legal Metrology PackagedCommodity rules, 2011 and is a serious lapse on part of themanagement of the packing unit. The erring packing unit wasbooked and Assistant Controller, Rajesh Heera after assur-ances from the defaulting trader of not repeating any kind ofoffence under law, compounded the case and slapped a fine ofRs20000. In other two cases, a fine to the tune of Rs. 10000each was also realized from the violators of other provisions oflegal Metrology Laws.

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: J&K BJP StateGeneral Secretary (Org.),Ashok Kaul along with MLAHiranagar, Kuldeep Kumar,BJP District President,Kathua, Prem Dogra alongwith other senior leaders onWednesday conducted seriesof programmes under GramSwaraj Abhiyaan underwhich the BJP senior leadersinteracted with the localmasses from various villageshaving the majority popula-tion from under privilegedsections, had meals amongstthem and utilized night timeat the residence of BJPactivists from the weaker sec-tions to warm their spiritsup. The series of pro-grammes were conducted atvarious villages like Bigwanunder the Kathua RuralMandal, Bijwan Lower,Chakk Nathal, Chakk

Shabba and Kot PulluLower. All the programmeswere attended by hundreds oflocal persons having maxi-mum population from "Dalit"community.

While addressing in theprogrammes, Ashok Kaulconcentrated on the role oforganisational structure inthe working of the BJP. Hesaid that the democratic set

up within the party has led toits enormous popularity andgrowth throughout thelength and the breadth of thecountry. He contributed thisto the basic fundamentalsbeing followed by the partyactivists like those of "NationFirst, Party Second and SelfLast" and "Antodaya". OnlyBJP can fulfill Dr.Ambedkar's dream, he

added, by achieving an idealsociety. Prem Dogra, VinodKumar, Janak Bharati,Gopal Mahajan, AshwaniSharma, Rajinder Bakshi,Chatur Singh, KaranKumar, Narinder Kala,Bhanu Pratap were amongthe prominent BJP leaderspresent in various pro-grammes conducted over thespan of 2 days.

Only BJP can fulfill Ambedkar’s dream: Ashok Kaul

BJP State General Secretary (Org.), Ashok Kaul along with others during the programme.

STATE TIMES NEWS R S PURA: R.M. HighSchool Jinder Melhu, R.SPura, Jammu organised afunction to celebrate BuddhaPurnima. During the pro-gramme by S.L. Targotra

Chairman of SchoolManagement Committeeexplained the students aboutthe history of GhutamBudha. Dheeraj Choudary,Nitin Gorkha, Banso andNishu were also present.

RM High School celebratesBuddha Purnima

School faculty along with students during the programme.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Minister forAnimal, Sheep Husbandryand Fisheries Abdul GhaniKohli on Wednesday saidthat the Government is fullyaware of the problems of thepeople, and is taking variousinitiatives in this regard tomitigating them.

The minister expressedthese views after inaugurat-ing a bore well at Kallar andlaying the foundation stoneof filtration plant at Agrati,Kalakote in Rajouri.

Speaking on the occasion,the minister said that thepresent Government is fullyaware of the problems of thepeople. He said several initia-tives have been taken toimprove the living standardof the people.

The minister said everypossible effort is being madeto provide better basicamenities including adequatesafe drinking water facilitiesto the people of the State,especially living in rural and

far-flung areas. He furthersaid that there is a dire needto tap groundwater facilitiesto fulfil the drinking waterrequirement of the peoplewhere water resources arenot available.

The minister was informedthat the inaugurated borewell is drilled by PHEGround Water Division at anestimated cost of Rs 24 lakhand will benefit as many as600 souls of the local popu-

lace. Likewise, the filtrationplant of water supply schemeAgrati will be constructed atan estimated cost Rs. 1.67 crunder centrally sponsoredscheme NRDWP. The plantwill have the capacity of10000 gallons per hour andwill benefit over 1500 soulsof the area.

The minister directed theconcerned executive agencyto complete the work in atime bound manner so that

the people are provideddrinking water without fac-ing inconvenience. He saidPHE department hasalready been instructed toconduct a survey of theConstituency and identifythe habitations that have notbeen provided drinking waterfacilities so far.

The minister stressed forusing the water judiciously.He said sufficient funds havebeen earmarked under PHEsector for the developmentand upgradation of PHEinfrastructure in Kalakoteconstituency for the currentfiscal.

He directed the employeesto work with extra zeal anddedication to maintain theessential services to the peo-ple. The people of the areathanked the Minister for theinitiative and for fulfillingthe long pending publicdemand. Senior officers ofdistrict administrationincluding PHE departmentwere present on the occasion.

Govt aware about people's problems: Kohli

Minister for Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries AbdulGhani Kohli chairing a public Darbar at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS NOWSHERA: Rich trib-utes were paid to veteranCongress leader DrRamesh Chander Sharma,Former Minister in a meet-ing held on Wednesday atThakur Dwara Hall tocommemorate his 2ndDeath Anniversary.

A large number of peoplewere present on the meet-ing to pay Homage to theVeteran Congress Leaderknown for his honesty, sim-plicity and dedication forhis service to the poor anddowntrodden.

The leaders while payingtributes to Dr. Rameshdescribed him as a symbolof simplicity, honesty, hum-bleness and dedicated con-gress leader who in hiswhole life worked forstrengthening the party.

Senior Congress LeaderAdvocate Rajinder ParshadSharma, President Beopar

Mandal and Ex ChairmanMunicipal CommitteeSubhash Kapoor, JagdishSawhney PresidentSanatan Dharam Sabha,Contractor Kishori Duttalso spoke on the occasion.

President PHE UnionAshom Sharma, formerPresident PHE Sham Lal,INTUC leader ManzoorAhmed, Om ParkashSharma, Jagan Nath,Retd. Master AshokSharma, Dr NareshSharma, Sudhir Gupta, RKGupta, Rakesh Gupta,Cont.Dev Saroop Raina,Advocate Ashwani KumarSharma, Doulat RamSharma, Shivdev Sharma,Shakti Pal Singh, P.MSomnath Sharma, BalwantRaj, Ravinder Singh, LalaSardari, Suraj Parkash,Sadhu Ram, Dr.ShivDarshan, ChoudharyGulzar, Dheeraj Kapoorwere present.

Tributes paid to veteranCongress leader

A speaker expressing views during the programme.

STATE TIMES NEWS JOURIAN: As a mark ofrespect to the founder ofRed Cross Movement SirHenry Dunant, an interschool symposium on thetopic 'Red CrossEverywhere for Everyone'was held at GovernmentHigher Secondary SchoolJourian under the chair-manship of SchoolPrincipal Sardar N.PSingh where HeadmasterGHS Jourian Sham LalShastri was the Guest ofHonour. In the pro-gramme, 15 students ofdifferent school of the

adjoining area participat-ed and share their views.Tania of GHS Jourian

,Shallu Sharma of HSDhok Khalsa and RitikaSharma of Tiny Aspirant

Higher Secondary SchoolJourian were adjudgedfirst, second and thirdrespectively by the jurymembers.

Principal sardar N PSingh spoke on the occa-sion and discussed the lifeand contribution of SirHenry Dunant and RedCross Society in theworld.

Sansar Chand, ShaktiPrashar and Dr KaminiRajput were the jury mem-bers while Dr SudarshanKhajuria gave the vote ofthanks and Ajay Sharmawas the Stage Secretary.

Inter-school symposium organised

A student expressing views during the contest at Jourian.

STATE TIMES NEWS BHADARWAH: Allegingstep motherly treatmenttowards graduate engineersand back tracking from itspromises, All Jammu andKashmir Civil EngineerAssociation demanded cor-rective measures to removepay anomalies and careerstagnation.

Like all other districtheadquarters of the state,graduate civil engineers ofall cadres from Mechanical,PHE and PWD gathered atDistrict headquarter Dodaand staged a sit-in.

They were demandingredressal of long pending

issues particularly timebound running gradesunder assured career pro-gression (ACP) scheme,regulisation /Confirmationof services of engineers ofall levels on the basis ofwork and conduct, removalof pay anomalies at all lev-els, review of cadres in engi-

neering departments andenhancement of fixed TA,which at present is a meagerRs 30.

Protesting engineersalleged that they are feelingcheated as governmentassured them that all theirissues will be redressed inthe 7th pay commission, but

to their utter surprise, inthe 7th pay commissionSRO, engineering fraternityfigured nowhere and insteadbenifits of ACP were givento KAS Cadre only, whichleft whole engineering fra-ternity in state of shock.Later, protesting engineersalso submitted a memoran-dum to CM Mehbooba Muftithrough DDC DodaBhawani Rakwal. SE PWDDoda Er Nasir Goni, ErHafiz Allah Reshi,President District Doda, ErFayaz Ahmed MehtaGeneral Secretary, SEHydraulic Er D.S.Charak,Xen PWD DodaB.L.Thusoo, Xen I&FCDoda Er B.B.Gupta, AEEPMGSY Atta Mohd Sheikhand AEE PHE ManzoorMir were also present.

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Graduate engineers allege discrimination by Govt

Civil engineers staging sit-in at Bhadarwah.

STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: 33/11 KV Sub Station of SalalPower Station, located at Bidda which hadbecome non-functional owing to fire incidentoccurred in the wee hours of May 1, 2018 wasrestored on Wednesday.

With this restoration, power supply which

remained hampered at Jyotipuram Township,Dam, Power House, GujjarKothi andTalwara restored fully. The restoration workcould be made possible with the un-tiringefforts of the employees of Power Station whowere on the job continuously till the restora-tion of the Diesel Power House.

Substation Bidda of Salal Power Station restored