Srinagar, December 12

Authorities in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday initiated disciplinary action against 92 government employees who were found unauthorisedly absent from work, officials said. “The district administration Anantnag today cracked the whip on employees coming late to offices and remaining absent without sanctioned leaves during a district-wide drive held on the directions of Deputy Commissioner (DC), Anantnag, Dr Basharat Qayoom,” an official spokesman said.

He said during the drive, senior officials from the administration inspected 58 offices and found 92 employees absent.

The Deputy Commissioner’s office has issued directions to the officials concerned to initiate disciplinary action against employees found absent. The district heads of these offices have also been asked to explain the lack of supervision, the spokesman said.

The offices where surprises checks were conducted included Chief Education Office, Chief Horticultural Office, ACD, REW, DSHO, Fisheries, FCD Anantnag, ARTO, SD Hospital Kokernag, MC Bijbehara, SDM Bijbehara, Girls HSS Bijbehara, Tourism Pahalgam, BDO office Larnoo, TSO office Larnoo, BMO Office Larnoo and HSS Kokernag.

Qayoom said there is a zero-tolerance policy towards absenteeism and lack of punctuality. He said biometric attendance has been installed in most of the offices in the district. Any official flouting the norms will be taken to task, the Deputy Commissioner said, adding such surprise checks will continue in future.

Udhampur, 12-12-2022: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) held a massive rally in Udhampur Town comprising several hundreds of Party workers under the leadership of Mr. Harsh Dev Singh Former Minister, Chairman AAP J&K SCC and senior AAP leader against the govt failure in ensuring even the basic civic amenities to the people of District Udhampur. The protestors assembled in the Mini Stadium Udhampur in the morning and took out a massive procession in the town which started from Jal Shakti Deptt office and after passing through, PMGSY office Municipal Council office, Power Deptt office, main bazaar, Rural Dev office culminated at DC office where a memorandum was submitted pointing towards various acts of omission and commission being committed in various govt Deptts in the District with impunity. The angry protestors alleged that the local administration was acting as mute spectator in the wake of multiple acts of misfeasance, malfeasance and corruption which had triggered massive resentment in the District including both urban and rural areas.

        Mr. Harsh Dev Singh while speaking to media persons, said that acute mess prevailed in almost all Deptts in the District and particularly in PMGSY, Jal Shakti, Power Deptt, Education, Local Bodies, RDD, Revenue Deptt, NHAI etc with none to listen to the shrill cries of the public for provision and even restoration of essential services. Pointing towards the acute drinking water problems in town as well as rural areas, Mr. Singh said that all tall claims of govt of providing ‘Har ghar nal’ had proved to be a cruel joke with people forced to fetch water from bowlis, wells, talabs and nallahs. He said ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ so loudly trumpeted for the last 4 years had failed to take off and even the routine works had come to a standstill. Where was the money earmarked under District Plan, State Plan, NRDWSP, NABARD etc going was a million dollar question with none to answer the aggrieved public protesting on roads on day to day basis.



        Charging the corrupt elements in the system of having diverted and siphoned funds meant for compensation for lands and houses acquired for PMGSY roads, Mr. Singh regretted that even the funds released by GoI during the last 8-10 years had not been disbursed to the affected land and house owners. He said that the details of many such cases with proofs of compensation funds having been released by the govt in 2012 and thereafter had been provided by him to Deputy Commissioner and other officers who had failed to act against the delinquent officers who withheld the money due to the poor land and house owners which constituted an offence of grave nature and which needed due cognizance of authorities concerned for initiating criminal proceedings against the culprits. Likewise the compensation for crop loss to farmers had been released last year by the govt but had not been disbursed to affected farmers till date. He further pointed towards the shabby plight of roads under PMGSY and NHAI adding further that payments due to labourers and mates had been inordinately delayed by the executing agencies of the said deptts. He further accused the NHAI of dismantling and removing private structures and shops of traders and other house owners on pick and choose basis. Mr. Singh said that Udhampur City had been converted into a dustbin with hillocks of garbage raised in various parts much to the discomfiture and annoyance of the inhabitants therein. He further stated in the memorandum that payments under MGNREGA and ‘Saubhagya’ scheme of rural electrification were also pending for the last several years with concerned authorities maintaining a criminal silence over the payment of wages to labourers for works executed under the said schemes.



        Pointing towards the chronic shortage of teachers in rural areas of District Udhampur, Mr. Singh observed that education was the biggest casualty of the criminal apathy of the helmsmen which had largely paralysed academic activity in the educational institutions in the far-flung areas. He called for proper rationalization of staff and lifting of ban on teachers’ recruitment so that careers of rural students could be saved.



        Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion included Mrs. Manju Singh, Mrs. Ashri Devi DDC, Raj Kapoor, Des Raj BDC Chairman, Dharam Singh Bittu, Rampaul Bhagat, Col.(rtd) Som Raj Sharma, Ravi Shastri, Varun Bhagat and around two dozen Sarpanchs including Sudesh Kumar, Pawan Sharma, Karnail Singh, Uttam Singh, Devinder Singh, Sugriv, Sunita Devi besides others.

ON the 4th concluding day uttar pradesh men & Women lifted the 33rd Senior National Tennis Ball Cricket Championship here at M.A.Stadium Jammu whiles 2nd place went to Goa & Tamilnadu respectively. In all 65 teams drawn across from all over the country took part in the ensuring Championship. Mr.Sanjiv Gadkar IAS
CEO State Heath Agency Ayushaman Bharat was the Chief Guest along with guest of Honour Sh Raj Kumar Goyal & Sh.Puneet Arora distributed trophies and momentos among the Winners & Runners up teams.While addressing the gathering he appreciated the players for their participation in the National Championship. He advised them Sports is the only media by which the youths can remain fit and healthy. The Championship was by J & K Tennis Ball Cricket Association under the aegis of Tennis ball cricket federation of India and Sponsored by J & K Sports Council. J & K Tennis Ball Cricket Association is highly thankful to Mtr.Nuzhat Gull Secretary Sports Council for his logistic support during the 4 day Championship.

Aam Aadmi Party leader and social activist Gurmeet Singh Baaghi said that the people of Jammu & Kashmir want development and a positive environment in the state like AAP Government provides in Delhi & Punjab. People from Jammu & Kashmir say that the way AAP government worked in Delhi & Punjab they should come to power in Jammu & Kashmir too. The people of Jammu Kashmir want that the way Aam Aadmi Party worked in Delhi for electricity, water, education, health, and employment, same should be done here. The people of Jammu and Kashmir put their trust and faith in every party and gave them a chance, but these parties stabbed the people in their backs. The people of the J&K are unhappy with current rulling and alleged that the BJP government did not do anything for the welfare of the state. The people of J&K have already seen and experienced the working models of other parties – from BJP, NC, PDP to Congress. They are all uniformly and equally uninterested in the welfare of the citizens, and single-mindedly focused on increasing their personal wealth and power.
Baaghi added that the Aam Aadmi Party is committed to continuing to work for the people’s. The visible improvements in Delhi and Punjab are proof that the AAP model works. The people of Jammu and Kashmir want that kind of change in Jammu and Kashmir too. Aam Aadmi Party has concentrated on delivery of public goods and government services, efficiently and without corruption. Aam Aadmi Party is stayed away from divisive politics and focused on, the politics of working for the people. This time people of Jammu and Kashmir will have a real choice, a choice of voting for a new corruption free party that has an amazing track record of delivering more public good in ten years than other parties have done in the past 75 years.
Baaghi said that the people of J&K are suffering due to joblessness, inflation, poverty and fed up and want early elections to install a democratically elected government. The inordinate delay in restoration of democratic govt in J&K is unconstitutional, the people were aspiring for an elected government in Jammu and Kashmir to get their grievances redressed. The last assembly elections in the erstwhile state of J&K were held in November-December 2014 in which BJP emerged as a strong force by winning 25 seats in the 87-member House. After BJP dumped PDP on June 19, 2018, the erstwhile state plunged into political instability. On November 21, 2018, the then Governor Satya Pal Malik had dissolved the assembly and central rule was imposed in J&K. He urged Union Government to initiate electoral process in the J&K region & free and fair election should be held in Jammu and Kashmir as an earliest so that the sufferings of the people are alleviated & the developmental works are implemented without any delay. Those who were present in the meeting are Sh. Amit Kapoor Vice President Jammu Province, S Harpreet Singh Azad Sangathan Mantri Jammu Province, S. Amrik Singh Sasan Jt. Secy. Jammu Province & Sh. Vipin Nischal Vice President Trade Union.