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JAMMU, Sept 15: The 50thEngineers' Day was celebrated bythe Institution of Engineers (India),Jammu local Centre at itsInstitutional Complex, ChanniHimmat, Jammu which was attend-

ed by large number of engineersfrom various departments andorganizations. This day is celebrat-ed all over the country to commem-orate the 156th birth anniversary ofthe greatest engineer Sir M.Visvesvaraya, Bharat Ratna.

On this occasion Dr. NirmalSingh, Deputy Chief Minister wasthe chief guest while Sunil KumarSharma, Minister of State, PWD(R&B) with independent charge ofTransport, was the guest of honourrespectively.

At the outset, Er. Ajay Gupta,Chairman of Jammu Centre pre-sented the welcome address.

Rich tributes were paid to SirM. Visvesvaraya by Er. SupinderJeet Singh Sodhi,; Regional Head(North), Himachal FuturisticCommunication Ltd. in which he

highlighted the sterling qualities ofSir M. Visvesvaraya like austerity,integrity, competence and disci-pline.

Further, on this occasion Er. D.S. Pawar, was honoured by thechief guest with award for his out-standing services rendered to theengineering profession and to theInstitution of Engineers (India). Hewas presented with GoldMedallions as a mark of respect.

Chief guest also presented R. L.Sharma Memorial Gold Medal to

Er. Supinder Jeet Singh Sodhi,AMIE for presenting the BestTechnical Paper during the year2016 - 2017 and Rudra BhagwatiSilver Medal to Er. Vijay KumarSharma, for presenting 2nd besttechnical paper during the year2016 - 2017 respectively.

Ministers also honoured Er. S.C. Thukral, FIE; Er. P. K. Nanda,Er. K. R. Suri, Er. Ashok KumarSharma, Er. Sewa Ram, Er. VijayKumar Sharma, Er. RanjeevSawhney, Er. Supinder Jeet Singh,Er. Rajesh Kumar Angural & Er.Akash Dusgotra, with mementoesfor presenting two or more techni-cal papers during the year 2016 -2017.

In addition to above first issueof 15th Volume of quarterly NewsLetter of Jammu Local Centre wasalso released by the Deputy ChiefMinister on this occasion in pres-ence of Editorial Board comprisingof Er. Ajay Gupta, Er. P. K. Nanda,Er. Anil Verma, Er. RabinderShekher, Er. Dr. Bhawna Sharma,& Er. B. L. Rawal. The EditorialBoard members were also present-ed with mementos for their out-standing services rendered for thetimely publication of News Letter.

The inaugural session was fol-lowed by a technical session whichwas chaired by Er. V. N. Sharma,Member Regional EmpoweredCommittee, Northern Region,Ministry of Environment, Forestand Climate Change, Governmentof India and former Chief Engineer,P.W.D. J&K Government in whicheight papers were presented in theshape of Power Point Presentationsby Er. S. C. Thukral, Er. P. K.Nanda, Er. Sewa Ram, Er. VijayKumar Sharma, Er. RanjeevSawhney, Er. Vinod Kumar, Er.Akash Dusgotra, Er. Rajesh KumarAngural and on the theme topic"Role of Engineers in a DevelopingIndia".

Er. B. L. Rawal, honorary sec-retary of the centre conducted theproceedings of the function and

presented vote of thanks to theengineers, guests, line departmentsand media persons for making thisfunction a grand success.

Engineers Day was celebratedin IECS Polytechnic, PurkhooCamp, wherein faculty membersand students paid their tributes toSir M. Visvesvarayya; whose birth-day falls on this day. Principal ofthe institute Er. K.G. Gupta exhort-ed the students to become capableand honest professionals and workfor development of our country. Healso stressed upon the students tojoin "Swach Bharat Abhiyan".Other who spoke include Er. H.N.Bhat, Megha Koul and KushbooShali.

Yogananda College ofEngineering & Technology(YCET) celebrated "EngineersDay" to pay rich tributes to the"Bharat Ratna MokshagundamVisvesvaraya" in which variousdepartments of the college viz.Civil Engineering, ComputerEngineering & IT, ElectricalEngineering, MechanicalEngineering and Applied Sciencesparticipated with great enthusiasmand zeal.

Er Rajneesh Magotra, HoD, onbehalf of Civil EngineeringDepartment organized a Modelmaking competition on the topic"Conservation of WaterResources".

Department of AppliedSciences organized a "PosterPresentation Competition" on thetheme "Great Engineers and theirinvention" 20 students from differ-ent departments streams andsemesters participated in the saidcompetition.

Electrical Engineering Depart-ment also participated in theEngineer's Day celebration byorganizing an Inter-departmentalpower-point presentation competi-tion on "Skill Development amongyoung engineers to reform the coresector". Ten teams participated inthe event. The competition washeld under the overall supervisionof Er. Loveneesh Talwar, HoD,Electrical Engineering.

During the above events, Dr.Arvind Dewangan (Director,YCET) was the Chief Guest andthe events were presided by Dr.Sandeep Malik (Dean, YCET), Er.B.R. Verma (Chief Coordinator,YCET), R. S Dalpatia (DeputyRegistrar, YCET) and all the facul-ty members of all the Departmentswitnessed the events. The prizeswere distributed by the chief guest.The chief guest extended bestwishes for the young budding engi-neers.

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PANAJI (GOA), Sept 15:Union Minister of State(Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Development ofNorth Eastern Region(DoNER), MoS PMO,Personnel, Public Grievances &Pensions, Atomic Energy andSpace, Dr Jitendra Singh saidhere today that one of the majorachievements of the ModiGovernment has been that it hascarried governance to grass-roots and added that some ofthe most difficult decisionstaken during the last threeyears, includingRemonetization and GST, couldbe successfully implementedbecause, besides the adminis-trative machinery, these alsoinvolved the mass participationof people at the grassroots.

He said, the "Swachhta"campaign will also achieve itsultimate objectives only whenthe common man of India takesit up as a personal passion.

Dr Jitendra Singh wasspeaking at the valedictoryfunction of the two-dayRegional Conference on "GoodGovernance and Replication ofBest Practices" organized bythe Department ofAdministrative Reforms &Public Grievances (ARPG),Union Ministry of Personnel,where Chief Minister of GoaManohar Parrikar and he joint-ly released the manual to markthe beginning of "Swachhta HiSeva" fortnight.

Dr Jitendra Singh, at whoseinitiative the cycle of holdingRegional Conferences onGovernance in different parts ofthe country is taking place,recalled that during the last twoyears, similar conferences havebeen held in different parts ofthe country including Vizag inAndhra Pradesh, Nainital inUttarakhand, Jaipur inRajasthan, Guwahati in Assamand Jammu in Jammu &Kashmir. He recalled that soonafter the Modi Governmenttook over three years back,Prime Minister Narendra Modihad suggested, whether it was

possible to move theGovernment of India out ofVigyan Bhawan.

Through these regional con-ferences, he said, theDepartment of ARPG hassought to vindicate the objectiveof carrying governance to thedoorstep and bringing it closerto the citizen across the country.

In the last three years, DrJitendra Singh said, theMinistry of Personnel has actedas a torch-bearer of the ModiGovernment's prime goal of"Transforming India". In thisregard, he said, a number ofrevolutionary decisions weretaken which no Government inthe past had taken the risk totake. It is an unusual distinctionthat while most otherGovernments took pride inintroducing new rules and laws,the present Governmentshowed the courage to do awaywith nearly 1500 such ruleswhich had become obsoleteover a period of time. Forexample, the rule of getting cer-tificates attested by gazettedofficer was a legacy of BritishRaj and was done away by thepresent Government, he added.

Dr Jitendra Singh referred tothe new experiment introducedtwo years ago wherein the freshIAS probationers, before goingto their respective State cadres,have to undergo a period ofmentorship/internship in theGovernment of India with the

designation of AssistantSecretary. This experiment, hesaid, has not only proved high-ly successful, but has generatedtremendous enthusiasm amongthe young IAS officers and itwas manifest in the form of thefirst-ever two-day "NortheastCalling" event held at IndiaGate, New Delhi recentlywhich was exclusively organ-ized and managed by the IASofficers of 2015 batch.

Manohar Parrikar, in hisaddress, referred to some of thesuccessful governance initia-tives undertaken by the StateGovernment of Goa. He made aparticular mention of successfulimplementation of health insur-ance and simplification of theconditions for granting pension.

Secretary ARPG C.Viswanath and Chief SecretaryGoa Dharmendra Sharma alsospoke on the occasion.

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JAMMU, Sept 15: Callingupon the State Govt to imple-ment the resolution adopted bythe State Legislative Council inletter and spirit regarding theannouncement of September23 as Gazetted holiday onMaharaja Hari Singh’s birth-day, a large number of NPPactivists spearheaded by partychairman Harsh Dev Singhand other leaders staged aprotest demonstration atExhibition Ground here today.

While addressing themedia, Harsh Dev describedMaharaja Hari Singh as anenlightened secular ruler whoafter ascending the throne ofJammu & Kashmir in 1925 saidthat, “I have no religion, myreligion is justice”. Singheulogized the Dogra ruler ofbeing one of the greatest Indianpatriots who had dared to chal-lenge the British Crown in1931 at Round Table Confer-ence in London declaring that,“I am an Indian first and then aMaharaja”.

Praising the revered Kingwho was a lineage of Dograrulers well known for extend-ing the northern frontier ofIndia, Harsh said that Maharajashall always be rememberedfor signing the historicInstrument of Accession onOctober 26, 1947 by virtue of

which the State of J&K wasintegrated with the rest ofIndia. He said it was due to thefar sightedness of the Maharajathat Kashmir was liberatedfrom the clutches of ‘Kabailis’and nefarious design ofPakistan to forcefully occupythe Valley was successfullythwarted. While recalling thelegendary role of the late ruler,Singh divulged that the saga-cious ruler earned worldwideacclaims for taking large num-ber of social welfare measureslike abolition of beggar (forcedlabour), women empowerment,alleviation of racial discrimina-tion and brought about progres-sive reforms in the fields ofJudiciary, Education, Finance,etc. “He made primary educa-tion compulsory in the State,built colleges, introduced lawsprohibiting child marriage andopened places of worship to thelow castes”, Harsh emphasized.

Deploring the justificationof Naeem Akhtar opposing theresolution in the LegislativeCouncil during January sessionas sacrilegious to Dogra cult,Singh regretted that if July 13could be observed as State hol-iday then why the same wasnot observed on Maharaja’sbirthday whose mammoth con-tributions and achievementsmade millions of people proudto call themselves as“Indians”.

Justice Janak Raj Kotwal during his visit to construction siteof District Court Complex in Doda on Friday.

Justice Kotwal inspects workon Doda Court Complex

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DODA, Sept 15: JusticeJanak Raj Kotwal today visitedconstruction site of new DistrictCourt Complex and took stockof the progress of the work ofthe main building and its adjoin-ing complexes.

He was accompanied byDeputy Commissioner, BhawaniRakwal, judges of the subordi-nate courts besides members of

District Bar Association andconcerned officers.

During the visit JusticeKotwal inspected court rooms,bar room, canteen and waitingrooms under construction. Hedirected the executing agencyJKPCC to expedite and com-plete the remaining work at theearliest. He also directed thePWD (R&B) Department tocomplete the approach road tothe complex.

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JAMMU, Sept 15: DivisionBench of the State High Courtcomprising Justice Alok Aradheand Justice B S Walia has extendedtwo weeks further time to theGeneral AdministrationDepartment and CommissionerSecretary Animal and SheepHusbandry Department andDivisional Commissioners for fil-ing response to the Public InterestLitigation (PIL) seeking constitu-tion of District Societies forPrevention of Cruelty to Animals inall the 22 districts of the State.

When the PIL filed by SAVE-an NGO working for welfare ofanimals through its chairpersonDevinder Kaur Madaan aliasRumpy Madaan came up for hear-ing, Advocate Sheikh ShakeelAhmed with Advocate Supriya

Chouhan appearing for the petition-er submitted that notices hadalready been issued to the seniorfunctionaries of the StateGovernment for filing responsewithin four weeks but till today noresponse has been filed.

"This shows the casualapproach of the State Governmenttowards an issue concerning thecruelty towards the animals",Advocate Ahmed said.

At this stage, Senior AAGSeema Khajooria Shekhar andGovernment Advocate SanjeevPadha sought more time to fileresponse in the matter. Lookinginto the public interest involved, theDB granted only two weeks moretime to both the State counsels forfiling the response. The DivisionBench also directed the Registry tolist the PIL immediately after twoweeks.

Employees demand revocation of Govtorder on closure of Military Farms

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JAMMU, Sept 15: Empl-oyees of Military Farms based inJammu and Kashmir todaydemanded the revocation of theorder of Ministry of Defence(MoD) in which theGovernment has ordered closureof all 39 Military Farms nation-

wide.Addressing a press confer-

ence here today, a group ofemployees from Military Farmssaid that the Army MilitaryFarms have been giving theirservices to the Nation and par-ticularly to the Armed forces forthe past 128 years and had thelegacy of being the oldest suchorganization in entire world.

“With this sudden hammerof closure of Military Farms,future of thousands of employ-ees and safety of about 25000cows is at stake, as due to clo-sure, possibility of their going inthe hands of butcher for slaugh-ter cannot be ruled out”, theysaid.

The employees said thatMilitary Farms are causing noloss to the State. “Besides, theyare the best custodian of surplus20000 acres of Defence land,which over a period time hasbeen turned productive”, theysaid, adding, the Indian breed ofcows, which have been usedworld over for breed improve-ment but are languishing in their

country of origin can be devel-oped by locating them in thesefarms for propagation throughchilled or frozen semen to coverthe surrounding villages aroundthese farms in different regionsof the country.

“It is strange that closure ofthese Military Farms without

any assigning reasons has beenfound to be the wisest answer todecide the fate of this 128 yearsold organization with such a glo-rious past”, they said, addingthere cannot be a case of biggerinjustice than closure of MilitaryFarms, where cow is considereda back bone of agriculture andmillions are fighting for its

cause. They said that the closure of

the farms will mean ruining thecareer of officers, who are spe-cialists in agriculture and dairyfarming, and joined the servicewithout suspecting thatGovernment will play this foulgame and scuttle their careers.

“At junior level, it will sim-ply render them jobless whenemployment is single biggestchallenge faced by theGovernment”, they pointed outand demanded the Governmentto reconsider the decision ofclosure of these Military Farms.

A group of employees of Military Farms based in J&Kaddressing a press conference at Jammu.

-Excelsior/ Rakesh

‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ manual released

Modi Govt carried governanceto grassroots: Dr Jitendra

IEI Jammu, other institutes celebrate50th Engineers Day

Deputy CM, Dr Nirmal Singh, MoS for PWD Sunil Sharma and other dignitaries during theEngineers Day celebrations at Jammu on Friday. -Excelsior/ Rakesh

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh addressing the valedictoryfunction of the two-day Regional Conference on Governance, atGoa on Friday.

Govt to set up ‘Move Schools’ for

wards of Durbar Moveemployees: Altaf

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SRINAGAR, Sept 15:Minister for Education, SyedMohammad Altaf Bukhari, todayannounced that the StateGovernment will establish 'MoveSchools' for children of DurbarMove employees.

The Minister said two schoolswill be established, one each inSrinagar and Jammu, where thechildren of Durbar Move employ-ees can get admissions and studytill Class 8th.

The Minister made thisannouncement during the meetingwith the School EducationDepartment which was attendedby Secretary School Education,Farooq Ahmad Shah, DirectorSchool Education (Kashmir),Director School Education(Jammu), Project Directors ofRMSA and SSA, President,Secretariat Employees and otherconcerned officials.

Bukhari said there was a longpending demand of MoveEmployees whose children's edu-cation suffered due to the DurbarMove. The establishment of theseschools is to secure the future ofthese children.

He also announced that thecoaching centers will also be estab-lished for these students underCM's Super 50 Coaching Program.

It was informed that NationalHigh School in Karan Nagar hasbeen identified for Srinagar whereMove School is likely to be estab-lished and for Jammu, the schoolwill be identified soon.

On the occasion, Bukharidirected the concerned officials tocompile the details of the studentswho can be covered under the pro-gram. The Minister asked them tofinalize the detail of subjects to betaught in these schools soon.

PIL seeking prevention of cruelty to animalsDB grants 2 weeks time to GAD,

AH Secys for filing response

NPP protests against delay inannouncing Sept 23 as holiday

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