JAMMU, Sep 24: BJP J&K Incharge Tarun Chugh to chair high level meeting at 5:30 PM today at party Headquarters in Jammu.
After the meeting Chugh is likely to announce names of new Mayor & Dy Mayor.
JMC Mayor and Deputy Mayor resign
JAMMU, Sept 24: Chander Mohan Gupta and Advocate Purnima Sharma resigned from Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Saturday.
While talking to media persons in Jammu, J&K BJP President Ravinder Raina informed that both the leaders wanted to provide their services for the well-being of J&K BJP, and they resigned.
He further informed that new names for the post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor will be announced in consultation with the party’s senior and core committee members in due course of time.
J-K: Two rusted mortar shells found along IB in Jammu, Samba
Jammu, Sep 24: Two mortar shells were found in the forward villages along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday.
A live mortar shell was noticed by villagers at Pragwal in Akhnoor sector on the outskirts of Jammu this morning, they said, adding the bomb disposal squad is working to defuse it.
Another mortar shell was detected by the Border Security Force (BSF) during patrolling in Regal area of Samba district late on Thursday, they said, adding the shell was safely defused by experts. (Agencies)
Amit Shah to hold mega rallies in Rajouri, Baramulla on Oct 1 and 2: BJP’s Sunil Sharma
Srinagar, Sept 24: Former minister and BJP’s Kashmir Affairs in charge, Sunil Sharma on Saturday said that the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah will address mega rallies in Rajouri and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir on October 1 and 2 respectively.
Addressing a press conference here, Sharma said that Shah will arrive Jammu on September 30 and on October 1 he will address a mega rally in Rajouri district, news agency KNO reported.
Sharma said that Shah will also a mega rally in Baramulla town on October 2, in which people from not only from north Kashmir, but from across the valley will participate.
“He will talk about several issues with the people of Kashmir in the rally and will also highlight various things regarding development in Jammu and Kashmir and what central government is doing on various fronts for the development of J&K,” Sharma said.
Replying to a question, Sharma said that it is the prerogative of the Election Commission of India to make announcement about holding elections in Jammu and Kashmir and that BJP is always ready for elections.
He also said that connecting Amit Shah’s visit with holding of elections in Jammu and Kashmir “would be wrong, as this is his routine visit to the region”. “He has yesterday visited Bihar as well and he will be visiting J&K also, which is a routine visit to take stock of several developmental projects and security issues,” he said.
Sharma added that Amit Shah will also lay foundation stone for Cancer hospital, being constructed by the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board, in the Valley.
Govt trucks to transport tribal families for seasonal migration via Jammu-Srinagar highway
Jammu, Sept 24: The district authority in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban has banned foot movement of nomadic families with their livestock in an effort to ensure hassle-free vehicular traffic on the strategic 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, officials said on Saturday.
However, the authorities will make available 50 trucks to transport the tribal families returning to Jammu from the highland pastures of Kashmir, they said.
Quoting a recent order by Ramban District Magistrate Mussarat Islam, the officials said Sub-divisional Magistrate Banihal Zahir Abbas had been appointed as nodal officer to oversee the migration plan.
The nodal officer will be assisted by the district’s Assistant Regional Transport Officer Samrinder Singh and Manager, Road Transport Corporation, Rajesh, the district magistrate said in the order. Their mobile numbers been designated as helpline numbers.
The order bans foot movement of the nomadic families and their livestock on the highway, the district’s only all-weather road linking Kashmir to the rest of India.
Every year, lakhs of people from nomadic tribes, mainly the Gujjars and Bakerwals, migrate to the Valley when temperatures soar in the plains of Jammu in April-May before returning ahead of the onset of winter.
The Union Territory’s tribal affairs department, for the first time this May, provided trucks to transport the families and their livestock from various districts in Jammu to the highland pastures of Kashmir.
This reduced their travel time from 20-30 days to one to two days, while also helping in smooth traffic management, especially on the highway.
After struggling for decades, Dhar-Chobia water supply scheme under JJM inaugurated
By King RJ
Bhadarwah: After struggling for decades, 160 households of hill top village Dhara in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhadarwah to get potable water under Union Government’s ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ Scheme with a project cost of Rs 178.57 lakhs. DDC Chairman Dhananter Singh Kotwal along with Vice Chairperson Sangeeta Rani Bhagat kick started the work.
Har Ghar Jal is a scheme initiated by the Government of India in 2019 with the aim to provide tap water to every rural household by 2024 under Jal Jeevan Mission.
District Development Council Chairman Doda Dhananter Singh Kotwal along with Vice-Chairperson Sangeeta Bhagat inaugurated Dhar-Chobia Water Supply scheme under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) as PM’s Har Ghar Jal campaign.
The event was also graced by DDC Councillor Thakur Yudhvir Singh, BDC Chairperson Omi chand, ADC Bhadarwah Chowdhary Dilmir, XEN Jal Shakti department Doda, TO Jal Shakti Vibhag, local PRIs and general public of the area.
DDC Chairman Doda Dhananter Singh congratulated the public for commencement of work on this prestigious project. He thanked PM Narinder Modi, LG Manoj Sinha and Jal Shakti Vibhag for their support.
DDC Vice-Chairperson Doda Sangeeta Bhagat while expressing his happiness regarding inauguration of water supply scheme, which is 2nd in District Doda after Assar and first water supply scheme in Additional district Bhadarwah under JJM, informed that the Dhar-Chobia Water supply scheme has been inaugurated with estimated cost of Rs 178.57 lakhs and shall cater the water requirement of Dhara village and part of Chobia area.
Sangeeta also said that it was a long pending demand of public and finally the problem is being redressed. “more projects under JJM will be inaugurated across district Doda in coming days, ” Sangeeta added.
DDC councillor Thakur Yudhvir Singh, who is also native of Dhara villagers, said that in winters we have to suffer without water due heavy snowfall but after waiting since decades, our dream and struggle is finally going to be fulfilled as work on this project has been started.
"I am very thankful to Government, LG administration and Jal Shakti Vibhag for listening my pleas regarding water scarcity in our area and sanctioned project under JJM, " Thakur added. The source of the WSS is Nandooni Nallah /spring running near village Dhara.
The water supply scheme shall have different components civil (Inlet tank, sedimentation tanks, service reservoirs, filtration plants) and laying and fitting of the pipes for gravity main and distribution system which shall provide 55 FHTC’s.
The WSS is expected to be completed during the current financial year 2022-23 and on its accomplishment water shall be provided quantatively and qualitatively to the public under scope.
Jammu-Srinagar NH-44 Closed For Vehicular Traffic At Ramban After Mudslides
JAMMU, Sept 24: The 270 km long Jammu-Srinagar National highway was blocked due to fresh landslides and shooting stones on Saturday morning, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded.
The Jammu-Srinagar NHW (NH-44) has been blocked at Mehad in Ramban due to continuous shooting stones. People are advised not to travel on Jammu -Srinagar national highway without confirmation from Traffic Control Units at Jammu, Srinagar, and Ramban.
Notably, the Jammu-Srinagar highway is the sole all-weather road that connects Kashmir to the rest of the country. All essential supplies and vehicles pass through the highway.
Mudslides are being reported at various locations in Jammu and Kashmir due to incessant rainfall across the valley. Man and machinery are on work to restore traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. Teams of the National Highway Authority of India and district administration are on the spot to resume the traffic at the earliest.
CBI cracks down against child sex abuse material, raids 56 locations across country
New Delhi, Sept 24: The CBI on Saturday carried out searches at 56 locations in 19 states and a Union Territory in connection with two cases of circulation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online as part of Operation ‘Megha Chakra’, officials said.
The searches were based on inputs from Interpol Singapore and intelligence obtained during last year’s Operation Carbon, conducted against peddlers of CSAM on the Internet using cloud storage, they said.
The operation is targeted at cloud storage facilities used by the peddlers to circulate audio-visuals of illicit sexual activities with minors, thus earning the code ‘Megha Chakra’. (Agencies)
Khalil Ahmad Choudhary Placed In Time Scale Of Judicial Officers
JAMMU, Sept 24: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has placed Khalil Ahmad Choudhary, District Judge (Entry Level) presently posted as Presiding Officer, Fast Track Court, Jammu, in the Selection Time Scale of the Jammu and Kashmir Higher Judicial Service i.e., Rs. 57700-1230-58930-1380-67210-1540-70290 w.e.f. 29.07.2022 against the available vacancy.
Meanwhile, according to a separate order by Registrar General of the court, Sanjeev Gupta, Abdul Rashid Malik, Principal District and Sessions Judge, Pulwama has been attached court’s judicial officer till the government takes decision about his voluntary retirement.
“Till such time, the order regarding voluntary retirement of Abdul Rashid Malik, Principal District and Sessions Judge, Pulwama, as recommended by the Full Court, will be received from the Government he shall remain attached with the office of the Registrar Judicial, High Court of J&K and Ladakh, Srinagar Wing,” reads the order. “Besides, the charge of the Court of Principal District and Sessions Judge, Pulwama, is hereby entrusted to the Court of Additional District and sessions Judge, Pulwama in addition to his own work till further orders.” (Agencies)
Three arrested for drug peddling in Udhampur
Jammu: Three drug peddlers were arrested with over 35-gm heroin in Udhampur, the police said. In the first incident, a police party intercepted two motorcycle-borne men—Yonus and Fiaz Ahmed, and seized 30-gm heroin. In Tikri, a scooterist, Mohan Lal, was caught carrying 7-gm heroin.