Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 20: Chairmanof Chenab Valley Power Projects(CVPP) Pvt Ltd, M Y Khan todayinaugurated its new Chenab JalShakti Bhawan at Rail HeadComplex here today.

After the commissioning ofthis new Corporate Office in pres-ence of directors and other severalsenior officers, the Sixth annualgeneral meeting of Chenab ValleyPower Projects (P) Ltd was heldtoday under chairmanship ofKhan.

The 36th Board meeting wasalso held during the day. CVPP isa joint venture company ofNHPC, JKSPDC and PTC Ltd.

A CVPP spokesman said thatall the statutory clearances andappraisal from CEA, MOEF&CCand Govt of J&K of Pakal Dul(1000 MW), Kiru (624 MW) andKwar (540 MW) Hydro ElectricProjects have already obtained byCVPP. The tenders of all themajor works of Pakal and KiruProjects have already been issuedand tenders for civil works ofKwar Project has also been invit-ed.

The bids received for PowerHouse package of Pakal Dul andcivil works package of KiruProjects are under evaluation.Construction of both the projectsis likely to be started this year,subject to the sanction of variousexemptions from GoJK andinvestment approval from Govt ofIndia in respect of Kiru Project.The road works at variousapproach sites viz. Power Housearea and diversion tunnel outlet ofPakal Dul Project and road worksat DT inlet & outlet and Dam topof Kiru Project is going on in fullswing so that construction of theprojects can be taken soon afterthe award of contract, he added.

The spokesman said that dis-bursement of compensation foracquisition of private land ofPakal Dul and Kiru Projects isbeing expedited. The approvedrehabilitation and resettlementplan of Pakal Dul Project is also

under implementation and dis-bursement to the project affectedfamilies has been started.

In the Board meeting,approval is accorded for release ofpayment towards land compensa-tion for acquisition of private andstate land for Kwar Project. In the6th AGM of CVPP, the authorisedshare capital of the company hasbeen increased from Rs 1500crores to Rs 2500 crores.

The Board meeting and AGMwas attended by Shah Faisal, MDJKSPDC, Balraj Joshi, DirectorTechnical, NHPC, MK MittalDirector Finance, NHPC and MSBabu Managing Director CVPPbesides representatives of NHPC,JKSPDC and PTC Ltd.

People continueprotest against

opening of wine shopExcelsior Correspondent

KATHUA, Sept 20: The res-idents of Krishna Colony Kathuaheld a protest demonstrationagainst the opening of a wineshop in their locality on secondconsecutive day today.

The local residents includingwomen in large number raisedslogans against the Excise andTaxation Department and forgiving NOC to the owner foropening of wine shop. Women

protesters Pooja Devi and KamalKumari strongly condemned theopening of wine shop and pro-motion of narcotics and drugs intheir area by the Government.

They warned theGovernment to withdraw thedecision otherwise mass scaleprotest would be launchedagainst the Government. Thewoman warned the ExciseDepartment to cancel the open-ing of wine shop as our familieslives may spoiled due to promo-tion of drugs selling in populatedlocality.

Excelsior Correspondent

GANDERBAL, Sept 20:Blaming the opposition NationalConference for the politicaluncertainty in the State, seniorPDP leader Sartaj Madni todaysaid the historical blunders andcompromises for the sake ofpower by the leadership of theparty has led the people throughmisery, pain and torment.

Addressing a convention ofparty workers here today, heaccused the opposition parties ofplaying with the sentiments ofpeople by raking up controver-sies which are the direct fall outof the mishandling of the politi-cal situations by these parties inthe past.

He said the unceremoniousburial of the public sentiment inthe State by the Kashmir accordof 1975 and muzzling of voicesof dissent during the elections of1987 led to a sense of restless-

ness among people which result-ed into the eruption of militancyin 90s and people are yet to for-get the scars of the same.

He said late Mufti Sayeeddeveloped an alternative narra-tive in the State and providebalm to the wounds of peoplewith the launch of PDP and sub-sequently the Government ledby him in 2002 succeeded to alarge extent in that. He said itwas for the first time that thediscourse in the State gotchanged to an extent that someof the monumental confidencebuilding measures were taken toassuage the feeling of the peo-ple.

Criticising the CongressParty for their stand, Madni saidthe Party has itself been anaccused in inflicting injuries onthe people of the State. He won-dered what were these leaderslooking upto during their recentvisit to Srinagar when theythemselves threw the report ofinterlocutors into the dustbin ofhistory.

Party general secretary, QaziMuhammad Afzal, District pres-ident, Farooq Ganderbali, senioleader Bashir Ahmad Mir, zonalpresidents Bilal Ahmad andShakeel Ahmad and a largenumber of workers were presenton the occasion.

Excelsior Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Sept 20:Union Minister of State(Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Development ofNorth Eastern Region (DoNER),

MoS PMO, Personnel, PublicGrievances & Pensions, AtomicEnergy and Space, Dr JitendraSingh inaugurated here todayIndia's first-ever "PensionAdalat", exclusively devoted toresolve the issues and griev-ances related to pensioners.

Speaking on the occasion, DrJitendra Singh said, theDepartment of Pensions wasnever very high in priority in thefunctioning of earlier govern-ments. But soon after the presentgovernment came in, it was thepersonal intervention of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi and hisdeep concern for every sectionof society that one of the firstmajor decisions taken by thegovernment was to fix the mini-mum pension at Rs.1000/-. Thiscame as a dream-come-true forseveral elderly pensioners, someof whom were drawing a pen-sion of family pension as mea-ger as Rs.30/- or 40/- only, hesaid.

The requirement of provid-ing a life or living certificate bya pensioner, said Dr Jitendra

Singh, was also made easythrough the use of biometricoption of providing this proof. Inaddition, several new pro-grammes like "Bhavishya" and"Sankalp" have been introducedduring the last three years to

help the pensioners to plan outtheir future course of life post-superannuation, he added. Thelaunch of the Pension Adalattoday, according to Dr JitendraSingh, would reduce the delaysin settlement of the legitimatedues and grievances of the pen-sioners. This, he said, will go along way in instilling among theelder pensioners, a sense ofbeing cared for and would alsodispel the feeling of isolation orneglect. In addition, he said, thenature of problems and difficul-ties faced by the pensionerswould get identified through theprocess and will also serve asour resource and research inputfor improving the future func-tioning.

Each Pension Adalat, DrJitendra Singh said, will have acombination of officers from theconcerned departments, bankingauthorities and various otherrelated agencies in order toenable on-the-spot decisions onvarious issues which, he said,normally range from non-pay-ment of family pension, revision

of pension, payment of pensionarrears after death of pensioner,non-payment of fixed medicalallowance, etc. With all the con-cerned representatives available,this could avoid undue delay andharassment for the elder citi-zens, he said.

On the occasion, Dr JitendraSingh also distributed"Anubhav" awards on the basisof the best account of experiencewritten by the superannuatingofficials. This new practice wasalso started by the ModiGovernment two years ago.

Secretary to PresidentSanjay Kothari was the guest ofhonour on the occasion. UnionSecretary ARPG C. Viswanathand other senior officers ofGovernment of India were alsopresent.

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Sept 20: J&KState Legal Service Authority(SLSA) organized AdvanceTraining and CommendationCeremony of Para LegalVolunteers (PLVs) under thepatronage of Justice BadarDurrez Ahmed, Chief Justice ofJ&K High Court (Patron In-Chief J&K State Legal ServicesAuthority) and under the guid-ance of Justice MohammadYaqoob Mir, Executive Chair-man J&K State Legal ServicesAuthority.

The Advance Training wasimparted by trained TOT andAssistant Professors fromKashmir University.

The Training Programmewas followed by CommendationCeremony of PLVs and bestPLVs of the State namely YounisIqbal Najar from TLSCTangmarg, Sarjeel bin Hassanfrom DLSA Ganderbal andUmesh Kumar from DLSABhaderwah and PLVs who wereawarded North Zone best PLVaward in the year 2015 namelyJanak Singh from DLSA Reasi,

Gulshan Aara from DLSASrinagar in the year 2016 werefelicitated by Justice BadarDurrez Ahmed, Chief Justice ofJ&K High Court(Patron In ChiefJ&K SLSA), Justice Moham-mad Yaqoob Mir (ExecutiveChairman J&K legal ServicesAuthority), Justice Alok Aradhe,Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey,Chairman HCLSC and JusticeM.K. Hanjura.

On the occasion, thenewsletter of J&K SLSA“Endeavour”, (Koshish) wasalso released by the dignitaries.

The proceedings were con-ducted by R.N. Watal, MemberSecretary J&K SLSA. On theoccasion Registrar GeneralSanjay Dhar, RegistrarVigilance Puneet Gupta, JawadAhmad, Pr. Secretary to ChiefJustice, Abdul Rashid MalikDirector Judicial Academy,Mohd Yousuf Wani, RegistrarJudicial, Srinagar (Wing) AbdulNasir, Secretary High Courtlegal Service Committee, JointRegistrar, Farooq Ahmad,Shabir Malik CPC and UmeshSharma Munsiff Srinagar werepresent.

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Govt considering proposal to increase quantum of ration for frontier distts: Zulfkar

Excelsior Correspondent

KUPWARA, Sept 20: Minister for Food, CivilSupplies and Consumer Affairs and Information,Choudhary Zulfkar Ali today conducted an exten-sive tour of Kupwara district to review the stock andsupply position of essentials in view of upcomingwinter season.

The Minister also inaugurated Rs 50 lakh labo-ratory cum office of the Legal MetrologyDepartment at Handwara. Later, the Minister chaireda meeting to take stock of functioning of FCS&CA,I&PR, and LMD Departments.

Member of Parliament Fayaz Mir, MLAKupwara Bashir Ahmad Dar, Secretary FCS&CAShafiq Raina, District Development CommissionerKhalid Jahangir, Director FCS&CA Nisar AhmadWani, JD Information Kashmir Zahoor Ahmad Mir,ADC Handwara Peer Muzaffar Ahmad, DIOs ofBaramulla, Bandipora, Kupwara and tehsil levelofficers of FCS&CA and other field functionarieswere present in the meeting.

Zulfkar, who is also the chairman DistrictDevelopment Board Kupwara, took stock of avail-ability of essential commodities, winter stocking at

far-flung areas of Machil, Keran, Karnah,Jumagund, Budnambal and snowbound areas of thedistrict.

The DDC informed the Minister about the stockand supply position of essentials and also informedhim about the developmental scenario of the district.

While reviewing the functioning of InformationDepartment, the Minister impressed upon the con-cerned to prioritise developmental stories highlight-ing the developmental aspects of governance.

Zulfkar directed the concerned to ensure dump-ing of essential commodities for the coming winterseason. He also directed to ensure measures to avoidpilferage, lift quality ration from FCI, and displayrate lists outside fair price shops for awareness ofconsumers.

"The department is going to introduce on pilotbasis electronic weighing machines from Kupwarafor transparent distribution of ration among benefici-aries. Besides, 120 more FP shops will be sanctionedfor the district. The Government is considering pro-posal to increase the quantum of ration under MuftiMohammad Sayeed Food Entitlement Scheme(MMSFES) to 50 kgs from the existing 35 kgs forthe frontier districts," the Minister said.

PDP opposesdeportation of

RohingyasExcelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Sept 20: Majordifferences today surfacedbetween coalition partnersPeople’s Democratic Party (PDP)and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)over Rohingyas Muslims’ pres-ence in the country after formerdistanced itself from deportationdemand made by one of its legis-lators Vikramaditya Singh andinstead sympathized with theMyanmar migrants, saying it is ahuman issue and should be treatedhumanely.

While opposing the demandof deportation of Rohingyas, sen-ior PDP leader and EducationMinister Syed Altaf Bukhari saidthat the statement ofVikramaditya Singh could be hispersonal views and doesn’t reflectparty’s stand. The PDP legislatorfrom Jammu had yesterdaydemanded that the Rohingyas liv-ing in Jammu should be deportedimmediately “as they have linkswith militant outfits and posethreat to internal security of theState and country”.

"As far as the statement fromour MLC (Vikramaditya Singh)which has come from Jammu isconcerned — I have read that —it could be his personal view anddoesn’t fall in line with partystand,” Bukhari told reportershere when asked about PDP’sstand after Singh’s statement.

He asserted that the issue ofRohingyas Muslims is a humanissue and Kashmiri people standwith them. “I don’t think anyoneother than Kashmiris know howto stand for those who have beenthrown out from their homes. WeKashmiris, be it KashmiriMuslims or Pandits, have shownthat we stand for each other andno one other than us holds thatamount of sympathy which wehave for the Rohingyas,” thePDP-BJP Cabinet Minister said.

NC’s blunders led to presentcrisis in State: Madni

Share capital of company increases to Rs 2500 crM Y Khan inaugurates new Chenab Jal Shakti Bhawan

CJ releases SLSA’snewsletter ‘Endeavour’

Chairman CVPP Ltd, M Y Khan inaugurating Chenab JalShakti Bhawan in Jammu on Wednesday.

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurating India's first-ever "Pension Adalat" by the Department of AdministrativeReforms, Union Ministry of Personnel, at New Delhi on Wednesday.

Chief Justice of J&K High Court and other Judges releasinga newsletter of JKSLSA at Srinagar on Wednesday.