Thursday January 11, 20184 DISTRICTS200 Kgs of Lahan, 25 bottles

of illicit liquor destroyed STATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: In order to curb the menace of illicit distillation ofliquor, the Excise Department Jammuhas tightened its noose on violators ofthe various provisions of the J&K ExciseAct in entire Jammu Division.

On the directions of the ExciseCommissioner Mohd. Javed Khan andsupervision of Deputy ExciseCommissioner (Executive), JammuSyed Muried Hussain Shah, the ExciseTeam Kathua led by ETO Excise RangeKathua, Vikas Anand and Inspector Excise Sanjeev Khajuriaalong with excise staff raided the Banyari and Birsochakareas of Kathua District to arrest the menace of illicit distil-lation of liquor.

In the process more than 200 Kgs of Lahan and 25 bottlesof illicit liquor, which is highly hazardous and injurious forhealth was recovered by the raiding team from state land andlater destroyed on spot.

Missing woman tracedSTATE TIMES NEWS

KATRA: Police on Wednesday traced a woman who wentmissing on Jan 4, 2018.

As per the details, on Jan 8, 2018 one person namelyBaldev Raj son of Munshi Ram resident of Choki JandroreRamnagar Distt. Udhampur along with sister in law reportedat Police Station GRP Katra and produced a written applica-tion regarding his 18 years daughter missing since Jan 4,2018 from the premises of Railway Station Katra.

On this a missing report was entered in the Daily Diary ofPolice Station GRP Katra and a team comprising ofofficers/officials of GRP Katra was constituted under thesupervision of SDPO Railways Katra in order to trace out themissing lady.

The team put all the efforts by way of announcements atRailway Station Katra as well as other Railway Stations ofGRP Katra, and a sharp look out notice was also issued inthis regard for a clue of the missing lady. Immediate messageswere passed through social media. Due to the professionalapproach and prompt action taken by the team the missinglady was traced out on Jan 9, 2018 and handed over to herhusband who lauded the role of GRP Katra for their timelyand swift action.

Pedestrian killed in road mishap STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: A pedestrian was killed in road mishap at SIDCOChowk Bari Brahmana in district Samba on Wednesday

The deceased has been identified as Karnail Singh son ofMakhan Singh resident of Taral Pulwama Srinagar.

According to the sources, a Scorpio (JK02BT-8786) comingfrom Jammu hit a pedestrian near Bari Brahmana resultingin the pedestrian getting injured and was immediately shiftedto nearby hospital from where doctor referred him to GMCJammu where he was declared as brought dead. The body ofthe deceased was shifted to Mortuary Room of the GMCHJammu. In this regard police has taken cognisance in thematter and started investigation.

Man held with poppy straw STATE TIMES NEWS

MIRAN SAHIB: Police on Wednesday arrested a man andrecovered 2 kg poppy straw from his possession.

As per the details, after developingspecific information SurinderChoudhary SDPO R S Pura con-ducted raid in village Phinder(Police Station Miran Sahib) andapprehended Jasmeet Singh aliasJuju son of Manjeet Singh residentof Phinder who was standing in alane near main road Phinder andcarrying a bag with him. Duringsearch, about 2 kg of poppy straw

was recovered from bag and Rs 11,300 from his possession.He was arrested and a case vide FIR- 05/18 under section8/15 NDPS Act was registered against him in Police StationMira Sahib.

STATE TIMES NEWSSAMBA: Minister forIndustries and CommerceChander Parksh Ganga onWednesday distributed an ex-gratia relief of Rs. 5 lakhamong the families of thosewho were killed in the crossborder firing along theInternational Border inSamba District.

The compensation has beengiven to the family membersof those civilians who werekilled on 1st of November2016 in the cross border fir-ing.

"It is our prime and moralresponsibility to extend everysupport to the victims ofcross border shelling andshare their grief and miserieswith a human heart", theMinister maintained .

Minister asserted that theState Government has initi-ated this scheme to compen-sate the victims who die incross border firing which wasa long pending demand of the

people of border areas. "Thiswas a firm commitment ofthe government towardsthese people which has beenmaterialised in the shortestpossible time", he added.

The minister said thatChief Minister MehboobaMufti recognised this issue astotally humane and took notime to approve the matter inthe Cabinet for larger interestof the people living along bor-ders. "Our governmentbelieves in action rather thanin hollow promises which has

been reflected in its initiativestowards development andwelfare of people taken upduring the tenure of the pres-ent dispensation so far", heasserted.

Ganga said that the amountcannot heal the wounds of thefamilies who have lost theirpeople but it can help theirsurvival. "The people living inborder areas are equallybrave and courageous like oursoldiers as they also face andfight heavy shelling and fir-ing," he asserted.

He further said that gov-ernment has also approvedthe long pending demand ofpeople to construct bunkersin border areas as securityand protection of our peoplefrom the unprovoked firingand shelling from Pakistan isone of the top priorities of thepresent dispensation.

The minister expressedsympathies with the affectedfamilies and assured themthat the government wouldleave no stone unturned tohelp them get out of theirlosses.

Deputy CommissionerSamba Sheetal Nanda alongwith other senior officersfrom the concerned depart-ments and a large number ofpeople were present on theoccasion.

The compensation wasgiven to the families ofMarsha Ram, Ravinder Kour,Neha Rani, Swarn Singh andArun Kumar, the victims ofcross border firing.

Ganga distributes compensationamong victims of border firing

Industries Minister Chander Parkash Ganga distributing ex-gratia relief cheques among the affected families.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: Villagers ofRaghuchak PanchayatTapyal staged a protestagainst district administra-tion for setting up crusherin their village.

The protesters led by JiyaLal Verma ChairmanKissan Majdoor Sangathanstaged protest outside theSub District MagistrateOffice Ghagwal in districtSamba and raised slogansagainst the district adminis-

tration Samba. They allegedthat several time the peopleof village Raghu Chackdemanded to the districtadministration for closingthe crusher which is estab-lished in the residentialareas, but some days backanother crusher was estab-lished in the area. Afterprotest, they met SDMGhagwal and gave four daysultimatum to close thecrusher otherwise they willcome on road in a big way.

Villagers protest setting up ofcrusher in residential area

People staging protest at Ghagwal.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: DistrictDevelopment CommissionerDr. Shahid Iqbal onWednesday convened a publicmeeting at Saaj village of thedistrict to take stock of publicissues besides assessing thestatus of ongoing develop-ment works in the area.

A team of officers includingACD Noor Aalam, ExecutiveEngineers ZubairChoudhary, Sadeeq Wani andNisar Khan, DSWO Dr.Abdul Khabir, DeputyRegistrar Cooperatives,

Waqar Talib, TehsildarThana Mandi, Shahid Iqbal,BDO Plangarh AnwarChoudhary and other officersaccompanied the DDC.

The locals apprised theDDC of various developmentissues being faced by them inday-to-day life seeking anearly redressal to the same.

The issues raised by thelocals included road connec-tivity to all the hamlets, com-pletion of Danna-Saaj Road,connecting Neerojal and Saajvillages with main road, pro-vision of drinking water as

there is no water supplyscheme approved for thearea, establishment of PHC,holding of PSGA camps,demarcation of land of HighSchool and construction of itscompound wall, installationof ATM at Saaj and shiftingof Niabat to Neerojal besidesother issues concerning devel-opment of the area.

The DDC directed theTehsildar to identify landpreferably State land forPHC in the area besides ask-iong the concerned fordemarcation of High SchoolSaaj land and construction ofcompound wall to protect theproperty of school. He alsoasked for conducting PublicService Delivery Camps atSaaj to provide revenue cer-tificates/documents and cer-tificate by health departmentat the door steps of the pub-lic.

Later, Dr. Shahid Iqbal vis-ited various sites and inspect-ed ongoing developmentworks and instructed the con-cerned officers for timely andquality completion.

DDC reviews development works

District Development Commissioner Dr. Shahid Iqbaladdressing the gathering at Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWS KISHTWAR: DeputyCommissioner Kishtwar,Angrez Singh Rana tookreview meeting with thenodal officers of the arearegarding the subsidisedhelicopter services .

The meeting wasinformed that 763 passen-gers have been air liftedsince the commencement ofthe subsidized helicopterservices. Increase in the airlifting of the passengershave been recorded in themonth of December andJanuary to the tune of 421passengers from Kishtwarto Marwah-Warwan andDacchan which is attrib-uted to the closure of theroad at Margan Top due toheavy snowfall.

Speaking on the occasion,DC informed that govern-ment has fixed onlyTuesday and Friday for theairlifting of the passengersfrom Jammu-Doda-K i s h t w a r - M a r w a h -

Warwan,Dacchan and backto Jammu, but keeping inview the rush of the passen-gers during the month ofDecember and Januaryfrom Marwah and Warwanto Kishtwar and vice versa,the passengers have alsobeen lifted on Wednesday,Thursday and Sunday.

It was also informed thatthe subsidised helicoptertariff from Jammu toKishtwar, Kishtwar to(Soundar) Dacchan,Kishtwar to (Nawapachi)Marwah and Kishtwar to(Inshan) Warwan is Rs4,000, Rs 1,000, Rs 1,500

and Rs 2,000 respectively.The Deputy

Commissioner directed theconcerned Officers to workin tandem and maintainclose coordination forsmooth operation of the hel-icopter services.

He also urged upon theconcerned agencies to usesocial networking for betterdissemination of informa-tion regarding flight tim-ings, rescheduling or can-cellations due to bad weath-er.

He impressed upon thenodal officers to ensurethat tickets are issued onfirst-come, first-servedbasis and priority be givento ladies, old-aged personsand patients.

People of the Marwah-Warwan and Dacchan areahave hailed the efforts ofboth State , CentralGovernments and DistrictAdministration Kishtwarfor providing to and fro airservices.

Ensure helicopter service tickets towomen, old-aged patients: DDC

STATE TIMES NEWS REASI: Deputy Commissio-ner Prasanna Ramaswamy Gchaired meeting to finaliseRansoo Town Plan onWednesday.

Executive Officer ShivKhori Shrine Om Prakash,DySP Satish Bhardwaj,Tehsildar Rajesh Baru,XENs PWD Hem RajLangeh and various otherofficers were also present inthe meeting.

Senior Town Planner AnilRaina explained the compo-nents of planning to the localland owners which includetransport, communication,residential complex, campingsites, government office com-plex, hospital, green belt,bathing ghats, open air the-atre, bus stand, road widen-ing, halipad, water bodiesand other infrastructuraldevelopment.

On the occasion, the localpeople were informed thatthe future development atRansoo would be made as perthe rules and norms of plan-

ning so that the tourist loca-tion is developed as a scenicand in a planned way for theattraction of tourists andlocals.

The people raised variousqueries and objections whichwere discussed minutely andresolved on the spot amica-bly. The people demandedconstruction of residentialbuildings which has beenbanned at Ransoo for the last13 years.

DC promised local peopleto streamline permissions forconstruction of residentialbuildings. He asked RevenueDepartment to process thefiles keeping in view thenorms in vogue. He said thatprescribed norms and requi-site formalities would be fol-lowed for granting permis-sion to the land owners.

Several deputations metthe DDC, apprised him oftheir issues pertaining tobasic amenities for which heassured that all possiblemeasures would be taken toresolve the issues.

Ransoo Town Plan finalisedSTATE TIMES NEWS

VIJAYPUR: The seniorCongress leader ArunKumar Sharma whileaddressing a meeting ofparty workers asked them tomake frequent booth levelvisits in the area and exposethe failure of BJP-PDPCoalition Government.

Arun alleged that all devel-opmental works in the Statehave come to a standstill andfunds received from theCentre are either misappro-priated or surrendered forwhich no accounts are kept.The workers and the dailywagers have not been giventheir wages for the yearstogether. Prices of the com-modities are touching thesky, rich have become richerwhile the poor have becomepoorer. He said that theCoalition Government hastotally weakened the

Panchayati Raj System bychanging the system of elec-tion of Sarpanchs.

Coming to the basic ameni-ties, he said that the peopleare not getting ration, water,power and road connectivityadding that protests andLathi-charge have become anorm.

Prominent among those

present in the meetinginclude Bishamber Singh,Ram Dass, Rajesh Kumar,Bodh Raj, Omkar Singh,Nazir Ahmed, SaleemMohd., Samiter Singh,Gulshan Lal, Capt. BodhRaj, Capt. Atter Chand,Capt. Baldev Raj, Capt.Bholla Nath and ParshotamVerma.

Expose failures of Coalition Govt: Cong

Congress leader Arun Kumar Sharma addressing the public gathering at Vijaypur.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: Press ClubRajouri on Wednesday helda condolence meeting andcondoled the demise of fewmonths old male child of oneof the member of press club.

Four months old baby ofSushil Dutta, media personassociated with EarlyTimes, passed away todaymorning in DistrictHospital Rajouri.

The baby was suffering

from heart problem sincebirth and was on regularmedical treatment while hissurgery was also scheduledafter few months.

However, the said babybreathed his last in DistrictHospital Rajouri todaymorning and last rites wereperformed in Chatyari vil-lage. Press Club Rajouricondoled the sad demise andexpressed sympathy withSushil and his family.

Demise of journalist'sson condoled

Brahman Sabhaslams Lathi-chargeon NHM workersSTATE TIMES NEWS

NOWSHERA: A meeting ofBrahman Sabha Nowsherawas held under the patronageof its President Vijay Bakshiin which the participants con-demned the police Lathi-charge on the NationalHealth Mission (NHM)workers who were peacefullyprotesting for their genuinedemands.

Bakshi said that not onlythe male workers but numberof female workers have beeninjured in the Lathi-charge.They said that various cate-gories of workers employedunder NHM including doc-tors also, who had been work-ing with utmost dedication,have been cane-charged. Hesaid that their demands aremost genuine and the Sabhafully supports their cause.Prominent among otherspresent include Pt NarenderSharma, Pradeep Sharma,Gopal Sharma, AshokSharma, Hem Raj Sharmaand Vinod Kumar.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: First round oftraining programme forReturning Officers andAssistant ReturningOfficers, which commencedon 9th January, concludedon Wednesday.

The training programmewas conducted under thesupervision of DistrictPanchyat Election OfficerDr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary

for the forth-comingPanchayat Elections.

A total of 435 ROs andAROs were trained in 2 daystraining program duringwhich interaction on variousissues related to electionprocess was held.

In the inaugural session,Additional DistrictDevelopment CommissionerA S Chib underlined theimportance of transparencyand accountability to beobserved by ROs and AROsfor free and fair elections.

Deputy District ElectionOfficer, Shrikant Suse,informed that three suchrounds of training will beheld in coming days to makeROs and AROs wellequipped with Panchayat RajAct, 1989 provisions, Rulesand various issues involved inelection process.

The trainees were providedhandbooks issued by electionauthorities which contain

detailed guidelines aboutnotification, nominations,withdrawal, scrutiny, poll ,counting, Model Code ofConduct, SVEEP etc.

The training was impartedby master trainers includingProf. Haqeekat Singh Ishar,Dr. Naseem AhmedProf,Prof. PG College RajouriProfessor Iqbal Raina, BilalAhmed Mir AD Planningand Sanjay Kumar Suri,Principal Govt HSSkalakote. Pertinently, 435ROs and AROs appointedin 19 blocks, 312 Panchayatand 2,394 panchayat con-stituencies including officersfrom different Departmentssuch as Education, Revenue,Irrigation, Flood control,Animal Husbandry, RDDattended the TrainingProgrammes. T h esimilar training pro-grammes shall be organisedfrom January 15, 2018onwards.

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Training for ROs, AROs concludes STATE TIMES NEWS

NOWSHERA/DARHAL:In connection with the cele-bration of 351st PrakashPurab of Guru Gobind SinghJi the Sangat of far off vil-lages of NowsheraConstituency took out animpressive Nagar Kirtan fromGurdwara Singh SabhaRajova, Quila Darhal onWednesday. In a specially dec-orated open vehicle, the holyGuru Granth Sahib was keptand five piyaras with nakedswords in their hands treadedin front of the vehicle. RaagiJathas recited GurbaniKirtan.

Thousands of people includ-ing men, women and childrenfrom village Thanda Pani,Marchola, Tanda, Benigala,Lam, Qila Darhal, Kanara,Nonial, Rajpur Bhatta,Dharian, Hanjana andNarian participated in thisprocession. SA reception stallwas erected by Guru RaviDass Sabha at AmbedkarChowk Lam and distributedPrashad and other sweetsamong Sangat. Speakersincluding Isher Singh said

that Guru Gobind Singh Jicreated Khalsa Panth in1699, made one 'waran' (com-munity) out of four 'warans',infused national spirit andbravery and preached unity tofight against injustice andtyranny. Guru sacrificed hiseverything for the nationalcause and created a record offighting against 10 lakhMughal army with his 40Sikhs.

Different contingents ofGatka Party including BabaAjeet Singh Gatka AkhadaSunderbani, KhalsaCammando Force GatkaNowshera and Sant Baba

Sunder Singh Gatka AkahraNonial displayed the martialart under the supervision ofZorawar Singh Black Belt.

The Nagar Kirtan culminat-ed at Gurdwara Singh SabhaLam. Prominent among oth-ers present include DGPCRajouri President BhopinderSingh Tiger, PresidentGurdwara CommitteeSukhdev Singh ex SarpanchIsher Singh, Nanak Singh,Harbaksh Singh Khalsa, exSarpanch Jarnail Singh,Major Harvir Singh, Capt YogRaj, Capt Ravinder Singh,Rajinder Singh, ParveenSingh and Dara Singh.

Impressive Nagar Kirtans taken out

Sikh Sangat taking out Nagar Kirtan at Quila Darhal.

People protest against districtadministration

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: The people of the border belt staged a protest againstthe district administration Samba at village Kalibari onWednesday. Dozens of the families of the border belt led by ExSarpanch Darshan Singh assembled at Main Chowk Kalibariin district Samba and raised slogans against the districtadministration. They alleged that sometimes ago these fami-lies purchased a land 5/10 Marla plot of each family at villageKalibari near railway line and the land is under new railwaytrack which will go to SIDCO Phase 3 Industry area. Theydemanded the said land should not come under new railwaytrack.

LMD conducts market checkingSTATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: In view of upcoming festival season, the LegalMetrology Department (LMD) conducted an extensive mar-ket checking in Chadwal and Dayalachak area under thesupervision of Assistant Controller Legal Metrology JaideepSingh Sambyal. The team booked five traders for violation ofLegal Metrology Act and Packaged Commodities Rules.

The inspection team also booked a wholesale dealer dealingwith sale of tiles under the brand name Jaguar Ceramic. Thetile packages carry use of rubber stamps for declaring MRPwhich was not legible and month and year of manufacture wasmentioned on unauthorised sticker both of which are violationsof Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011.Moreover, the tiles were found to be undersize. The LegalMetrology Officer Dayalachak booked the case against thetrader and seized the packages made and sold in sheer viola-tion of rules. All the defaulters were directed to produce theircases with relevant documents before Assistant ControllerLegal Metrology Kathua for further legal action.