STATE TIMES NEWSAKHNOOR: A deputationof farmers from PanchayatGandharwan of Akhnoorconstituency met BJPDistrict president KissanMorcha Akhnoor DalbirSingh Pawar at his resi-dence and raised theirdemand for releasing theirpending rent of land acqui-sition/requisition bydefense file case No. 2748.

After listening to the dep-utation, Dalbir Singh

Pawar appealed to the DCJammu for releasing thesame as early as possiblebecause due to lockdownand Corona panic thesefarmers have no othersource of income exceptcultivation but most ofland is under defense andis not cultivated. If at thistime Govt. will not releasetheir pending rent of theland how they can survive,they asked.

After that Dalbir Singhassured to the formers thathe will personally try toapproach the DC Jammuand try to solve the matteras early as possible.

At this time RaghubirSingh (Lamberdar),Dhanter Singh, PurabSingh, (Ex-NaibSarpanch) BalwinderSingh, Raman Verma,Liaquat Ali, KhushiMohd., Mohan Singh, SherAli, Sultan Ali, OnkarSingh, Poli kumar werepresent among other.

STATE TIMES NEWSTHANNAMANDI: NSSunit of Govt. Degree CollegeThannamandi inCollaboration with SocialForestery Division Rajouriorganized a Plantation Drivein the College campus in con-nection with van Mahotsavcelebrations 2020. Dr. J AQazi Principal of the Collegeinaugurated the PlantationDrive by Planting sapling inthe college.In his message Sh

Rakesh Saraf DFO Socialforestry Division Rajourisaid that this festival raisesthe awareness of trees among

the the People and highlightsthe need for planting andtending the trees as one ofthe best ways to preventglobal warming and reducedPollution. Gulshan KumarRange officer in socialforestry Division Rajouripresent on the occasion alsoplanted a sapling in theCollege. The entireProgramme was organisedkeeping in view Social dis-tancing because of pandemiccovid19.

Prof. Saleem Ayaz RatherNSS Programme Officerthanked the officials of social

forestry Rajouri forProviding different Varitiesof Plants for the college.Others present on the occa-sion included the facultymembers of the college andstaff from Social ForesteryDivision Rajouri.

STATE TIMES NEWSAKHNOOR: One person at one time will beallowed at Tehsil office for work purpose, saidSDM Akhnoor Gopal Singh. He said that inorder to minimize risk of corona flare and toavoid overcrowding only one person will beallowed at one time for any task while inTehsil office or SDM office. SDM AkhnoorGopal Singh also appealed to the general pub-lic that come to any office with full documen-tation and proper SoPs for any work purpose.

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STATE TIMES NEWSKISHTWAR: In view ofensuing Eid-ul-Azha, J&KPradesh Congress, VicePresident and FormerMinister, G. M Saroori todayurged divisional administra-tions to ensure that the peo-ple do not face any inconven-ience on account of ration,security, drinking water,power supply, healthcareservices and sanitation dur-ing the auspicious days.

Saroori said that all theconcerned departmentsshould work in close coordi-nation and proper measuresshould be put in place toensure availability of essen-tials including rations, Atta,sugar, Kerosene oil, LPG,meat, poultry etc on reason-able rates besides this SheepHusbandry department mustensure availability of live-stock, animals for sacrificeand arrangement of special

mandies in coordination withall concerned Tehsildars. Healso called for intensifyingthe market checking to curbprofiteering and black-mar-keting of essentials.

The Power department wasurged to replace all the dam-aged transformers before Eidand ensure uninterruptedpower supply during thesedays. "There should be nodisruption of electricity sup-ply especially during Eid-ul-

Azha," Saroori urged ChiefEngineer PDD Jammu. TheMunicipality officers ofThathri and Kishtwar wereasked to ensure proper sani-tation especially in andaround the shrines andmosques in Thathri andKishtwar areas.

Saroori further urged thegeneral public to adhere tosocial distancing norms, usemasks, avoid religious con-gregation on Eid-ul-Azha.

Provide better services to people on Eid-ul-Azha: Saroori

STATE TIMES NEWSSUNDERBANI: Senior CongressLeader advocate Rajinder Parshadin his press statement said thatNowshera constituency is facing dis-crimination from last many yearswhich is totally unacceptable.

Sharma lashed out at JugalKishore, MP Jammu-PoonchLoksabha for ignoring the area fromlast 6 years. The Kendriya Vidhalayawas promised to Nowshera duringthe time of District Agitation of 70days but it is unfortunate to see thatDarhal Malkan was kept on top pri-

ority. "We dont have any objection ifKendriya Vidhalaya will be openedthere but the question is WhyNowshera is ignored, Sharma said.

He also added that most of the areafalls on ALC and atleast one memberof each family of Border Zone are inBelt Forces and the border peoplealways stands with our army at everysituation.

Sharma said, 80 per cent of theDistrict Offices are functioning inNowshera and in the oldest Tehsil of1947, but the whole area remainsunnoticed in this government.

The Developmental Projects worthcrores of rupees such as RajalGravity Scheme, Beripattan LiftIrrigation Scheme which were start-ed by then Minister and MLA, LateDr, Romesh Chander Sharma standsincomplete.

"We will not tolerate anythingwhich is against the intrest ofNowshera Constituency.

He also warned the government tostart the Siot Grid Station at theearliest due to which the whole areais suffering from Low Voltage, PowerCuts and Irregular Water Supply.

Discrimination with Nowshera unacceptable: Congress

STATE TIMES NEWSAKHNOOR: Jugal KishoreSharma, Member ofParliament Lok Sabha JammuPoonch along with Ex MLCVikram Randhawa visitedBorder village Trewa inBishnah Constituency andfacilitated Sarpanch BalbirKour.

Jugal Kishore Sharma saidthat Barbeer Kour has donehard work during the difficulttime of lockdown due toCOVID-19 and took very good

decisions to save her Panchayatand block from getting infectedfrom Novel coronavirus. Hesaid he has also done greatefforts to develop Trewa pan-chayat even situated at the bor-der and she is very bold amongthe Lady Sarpanchs.

District Secretary RS PuraRakesh Sharma, Supinder,Sarpanch Kool Pacheil SubashSaini, Sandeep, Krishan LalPanch, Sharda Panch wife ofRashpal also accompaniedMember of Parliament.

Jugal felicitates Sarpanch Trewa

MP Jugal Kishore Sharma handing over certificate toSarpanch Balbir Kour.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: Bar associationHiranagar held a condolencemeeting under the presi-dentship of senior advocate, NK Gupta on the demise ofHigh Court Justice SanjayKumar Gupta. In the meetingall the members of the Bardecided to suspend all thework. They observed twominute silence for the depart-ed soul and prayed forstrength to the family of thedeparted soul. Vice PresidentK.L Khajuria, AdvocatesAshok Kumar, SandharbDogra, Vijay Sharma, SunilSharma, Prakashit Jasrotia,Jagjit Singh, Ankush

Sharma, Ranjeet Singh,Swatanter Sarrop Gupta,Surinder Singh, AbhindanSalgotra and Sanjeev Mathurwere present.

Reasi: Jammu and KashmirApni Party, senior leader and

Former Minister, AijazAhmed Khan also condoledthe untimely demise ofJustice Sanjay Gupta of J&KHigh Court.

In a condolence message,the former minister prayed tothe God for the peace of the

departed soul and courage tothe bereaved family membersto bear this irreparable loss.

REASI: To condole theuntimely demise of JusticeSanjay Gupta of J&K HighCourt, a condolence meeting

was today held here under thechairmanship of PrincipalDistrict and Session JudgeReasi.

A two minutes silence wasobserved and the participantsprayed for eternal peace tothe departed soul.

The participants also con-veyed sympathy to thebereaved family members.

Judicial officers, BarMembers and employees ofReasi District Judiciary werepresent on the occasion.

UDHAMPUR: A condo-lence meeting was held todayby the Judicial officers andemployees of UdhampurDistrict Judiciary to condolethe sudden demise of JusticeSanjay Gupta of J&K HighCourt.

The meeting was presidedover by Principal District andSession Judge UdahmpurMohan Lal Manhas and

attended by the judicial offi-cers and staff members whoexpressed deep sorrow at thedeath of Justice. The meetingexpressed "heartfelt grief atthe sad and untimely demiseof the justice Gupta and saidthat sudden death of JusticeGupta has come as a shock tolegal fraternity and is a bigloss to the Bar and the Bench.

Session judge Manhas saidthat Justice Gupta wasknown for his humility andfast disposal, he remaineddedicated to his duties anddevoted to justice. He wasoften referred as a hardwork-ing but a pro-human judge.

Those who participatedwere Additional SessionJudge S.R Gandhi, SubJudge, CJM , Mohd RafiqChak , Sub Judge SandeepKour , District MobileMagistrate Ajay Kumar ,Additional Special MobileMagistrate Girja Shavanand Munsiff Kamaya Singh.Staff members Ranjit Parihar,A.o Raksha Slathia ,GulamSugra ,S.O Chiman Sharma,Vinod Koul ,Rameek Sharma, Sanjit Kumar , Brij Lal ,Sohan lal ,love Kumar ,Kldeep singh Vikay kumar ,Anshu Sharma , Sehnazkousar , Racghna Rani otherswere also present.

Death of Justice Sanjay Kumar Gupta condoled

Members of Bar Association Kathua during condolence meeting.

Judicial employees during condolence meeting at Udhampur.

STATE TIMES NEWSBILLAWAR: Govt. DegreeCollege Billawar observedWorld Conservation Day byconducting a plantation drive inthe college and organisation ofPoster making competitionamong students on the themeof "Nurture Nature SaveFuture".

The NSS volunteers plantedsome rare endemic plants in thecollege campus as well as in thecollege botanical garden.Several students took part inthe online poster presentationsto mark the WorldConservation Day with focuson the theme. Principal ofCollege, Prof. Sunil Uppalalong with various teaching andnon-teaching staff membersplanted various endemic treespecies in the college campus.The plants were made availableby Range Officer, socialforestery range Billawar and by

staff members of the college.Principal of the college saidthat in order to represent theherbal heritage of the country,there is a need not only to plantbut also to conserve the plantspecies, especially endemic andmedicinal plants such asBargad, Awla, Pepal, Ashok ,Bel, Pine, Sheesham etc. Prof.Sanjeev Gupta (HOD Botany)and Prof. Yash Paul (NSSPrograme Coordinator) coordi-nated the activities of WorldConservation Day .Other facul-ty members, Prof. Raj Kumar,Prof. Rakesh Sharma, Dr.Arun Sharma, Prof. AnilVerma, Ravi Kumar (PhysicalDirector), Joginder Gupta(S.O) and staff members werealso present.

The whole activity was per-formed by NSS and eco clubGDC Billawar under the super-vision and guidance of collegePrincipal Prof. Sunil Uppal.

GDC Billawar observesWorld Conservation Day

Faculty members planting a sapling.

STATE TIMES NEWSSAMBA: Sandeep KSharma, Pardesh YouthCongress spokespersonflayed Govt for neglectingmany villages, which fallunder IB 4 per cent reserva-tion.

While addressing a pressconference Sandeep said thatvillages like Malani, Traeli,Mandera, Naran, Muthi,Khurad are not added in thelist of IB reservation villagesdue to which youth fromthese villages will miss theopportunities in educationand recruitment in govern-

ment services. He blamed that these vil-

lages are intentionallydropped out from the list dueto local level politics and ifthis all is not amended theywill be forced to protestagainst the government deci-sion.

Sandeep Sharma SC statecoordinator Surender Attri,Samba Youth districtPresident Sushil Bhagat,AYC president Sumit, ExSarpanch MawaChandershekhar and Balbirwere present in the pressmeet.

PYC warns against non-inclusionof villages in IB reservation

PYC Spokesperson, Sandeep Sharma briefing media.

STATE TIMES NEWSDODA: Advisor toLieutenant Governor, BaseerAhmed Khan, today visitedDoda and inspected variousdevelopment works being exe-cuted under various schemesof Rural DevelopmentDepartment including MGN-REGA and PMAY.

Advisor also met with vari-ous PRI and ULB represen-tatives besides members ofvarious political parties andtook stock of their issues andconcerns.

Advisor, during his tour tothe district, visited MalhoriPanchayat of Khaleni blockand inspected the ongoingworks on a path being con-structed from Ragi to Bati.

He interacted with the localpeople and had feedbackabout the development activi-ties going on in their area.

He also visited Paryote pan-chayat and inspected theongoing works on an irriga-tion pond, sewerage drainand a PMAY house.

While interacting with the

locals, Advisor enquiredabout their grievances anddevelopment needs besidestaking stock of status of vari-ous schemes being imple-mented in the area.

Advisor directed the con-cerned departments to ensuretimely completion of all devel-opment works besides ensur-

ing early release of paymentsto the workers. He alsoadvised the workers to ensurestrict adherence to COVIDprotection SOPs and guide-lines during execution ofworks.

Meanwhile, Advisor visitedPranu halqa of Bhalla blockand inspected the newly con-structed Rural Haat underMGNREGA and also metwith the local farmers whohave sold their local producein the rural Haat.

Later, deputations of Tourand Travel Association, rep-resentatives of various politi-cal parties and others calledon the Advisor and apprisedhim of their problems anddemands seeking an early

redressal.Advisor also met with the

representatives of UrbanLocal Bodies and Panchayatsincluding BDC Chairpersonsand MC President, who pro-jected their grievances anddemands.

Responding to the issuesprojected by the deputations,Advisor assured all possiblemeasures for addressing theirgrievances at an earliest.

Responding to the issue ofshortage of staff in RDD,Advisor informed that thegovernment has already noti-fied about 2000 posts ofAccounts Assistant for fillingup on fast track basis. Heassured that the vacant postsof BDOs will be filled up soon

informing that directionshave already been issued tothe administrative depart-ment in this regard.

Meanwhile, Advisor alsoreleased a book on 'Back toVillage' which highlights thesignificant achievements ofdistrict administration underthe ambitious Back to Villageprogram of the government.

Others who accompaniedthe Advisor included DeputyCommissioner, Dr Sagar DDoifode, Director RDDJammu, Sudershan Kumar,SSP Doda Mumtaz Ahmed,CEO BDA, Dr RajinderKhajuria, ACD Doda PremSingh Chib besides otherfunctionaries of civil andpolice administration.

PRIs key stakeholders in participatory development: Advisor Baseer

Advisor Baseer Ahmed Khan during visit to Doda.

Faculty members planting a sapling.

STATE TIMES NEWSBHADARWAH: A team offorest officials from ForestDivision Bhadarwah in Dodadistrict, who were on theirroutine duty to check the for-est loss if any in TantaPanchayat of Kahara Tehsilwere attacked by a moballegedly led by the proxySarpanch (husband ofSarpanch) of the Panchayatat Draman village.

According to reports, theteam led by block InchargeIjaz Zargar along with threeforest guards and helpers onthe directions of InchargeDFO Bhadarwah NavneetSingh were verifying a reportabout the illegal activities inthe forest area, when theywere suddenly attacked by amob at Draman village fromthe house of Sarpanch.

In the attack forest guardMukesh Kotwal got seriouslyinjured while 2 other officialsalso received injuries.

Ijaz Zargar, Block Forestofficer said that it was a preplanned attack, carried out bythe mob led by Proxy

Sarpanch of Tanta ShabirAhmed Wani, from whosehouse, the mob suddenlyemerged and attacked us.

"Shabir Wani, who happensto be the husband of theSarpanch and an employee ofJal Shakti Vibagh is a knownforest smuggler, who havebeen threatening us of direconsequences after depart-ment lodged massive driveagainst the offenders andseized 65 illegal mechanicalcutters from the area," Officeradded.

Meanwhile an FIR number51/ 2020 has been lodged anda case registered at PoliceStation Gandoh under sec-tions 353, 336, 332, 504 and506 IPC.

When contacted SDPOGandoh Nawaz MohdKhanday, said, "We received acomplaint from the Inchargeof Forest team fromDramman village of Kaharathat some villagers have madethem hostage in the area.

Acting on the complaint, Ifirstly sent 3 police teamsfrom nearby police posts torescue forest officials from thevillagers and simultaneouslylodged an FIR at PS Gandohunder relevant sections ofIPC against the persons men-tioned in the complaint. "

"We are investigating thematter on priorities as theyhave manhandled and madehostage on Duty Governmentofficials who were in uniform,"Khanday added, saying thatstrict action under law will betaken against all the accusedpersons involved in this grue-some incident.

Meanwhile social and politi-cal organisations have alsocondemned the brutal attackon forest officials anddemanded that PSA shouldbe slapped on them especiallyagainst the proxy Sarpanchof the area.

"This is an unfortunate inci-dent and should not be takenlightly as during Covid-19

epidemic it is already a her-culean task to man the vastforests and if the officials areattacked like this then howcan one perform his duty. Wedemand that the goonsshould be booked underPSA," said Ayoub Zarger,Chairman EducationalEnvironmental Social Sportsand Cultural SocietyBhalessa.

"We have already raised ourconcerns about the notoriousactivities of the proxy PRI(Panchayti Raj Institution)members and also written tohonorable Lieutenant-Governor about this unlawfulactivity going on under thenose of administration andthis attack on forest officialsis the proof of these elements.Strict action should be initi-ated and offenders should beput behind the bars to savethese democratic institu-tions," said RashidChoudhary, District YouthPresident JKNPP.

Forest officials attacked by mob

'One person at one time will beallowed in Tehsil, SDM offices' GDC Thannamandi organises

plantation drive

STATE TIMES NEWSREASI: On the occasion ofWorld Nature conservationday and celebration of VanMahotsav 2020, Reasi ForestDivision started mega plan-tation drive under supervi-sion of Divisional ForestOfficer , Reasi Jyotsana,along with forest field staff.

The plantation was done atSalal and Jyotipuram in col-laboration with an NGO(Youth Brigade WelfareSociety) under the team headRahul and also plantationwas done in various spots.The Plantation was also donein Agharballian and

Chanana Devata whereinprominent citizens were alsopresent. Speaking on theoccasion , DFO , Reasi men-tioned that everyone should

try to protect all the naturalresources air, water, soil,trees etc and reiterated com-mitment to do maximumplantation under the drive

and informed that plantationunder drive is also being con-ducted with the PRI's andother institutions and organ-isations and the areas whichare under land erosion,theplantation will be done onpriority at such places toprevent soil .

She also appealed to thepublic at large to co- operatethe department in protectingand conserving the plantsand trees and come forwardto join department in thisgreen drive (by strictlyadhering SOP guidelines)and use all natural resourcessustainably.

Reasi Forest Division launches plantation drive

DFO Reasi Jyotsana planting a sapling.

Farmers demand releaseof land acquisition rent

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