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| Health Department pictures of villages without roads puncture development claims | | Ghar Ka Bheedi! | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 13: The recent pictures of health workers treading “tough terrains” in Jammu and Kashmir to administer Covid vaccines to people has brought in more criticism than appreciation, the drive was supposed to give.
Many of such pictures show the health workers in tough terrains ,walking through streams and crossing broken bridges or climbing uphill with no road network visible.
While the pictures were supposed to show that health workers are doing a challenging task, the pictures seem to expose that most of the government schemes have failed in J&K.
While the government has been claiming that road, power and water or bijli sadak and paani have reached almost all the villages in Jammu and Kashmir, the pictures of the health workers show that people in the Union Territory are yet to get even road connectivity.
Sources said the pictures of the health workers have become a “joke in the Civil Secretariat with many of the top ranking officials than to talk of public circles.”
“If one has to believe in the pictures of the health workers walking in tough... | |
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| Rain God’ rescues Jammu; Monsoon arrives 18 days earlier in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 13: The Rain God has ultimately come to the rescue of the people of Jammu province who are facing the worst-ever power crisis amid scorching heat. Monsoon arrived 18 days earlier in J&K and Ladakh.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has formally announced the arrival of Monsoon in J&K and Ladakh.
“Monsoon over J&K and Ladakh: IMD has declared arrival of Monsoon over J&K and Ladakh today 13th June which is 17 -18 days ahead of normal onset date of 30th June or 1st July.
This Monsoon season, IMD has forecast Normal Monsoon Rain over the whole of J&K n Ladakh. Let's hope for the best.”, IMD officers tweeted from the official social media platfo... | |
| | | | ‘In Jammu prepaid phones don’t work, how will prepaid power meters function?’ | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 13: Proposal of the Power Department to install pre-paid meters in Jammu has drawn flak amidst the prevailing power crisis in summer months.
Residents of different areas while talking to Early Times said, “We are facing immense hardships due to unscheduled power cuts amidst the scorching heat. Before installing prepaid meters the officials of the Power Department should check whether the post-paid meters have been installed in all the areas or not?”
They said, “It’s strange that in the Power Department half of the Jammu city and its outskirts has laid cables while in the other half still service lines are being used. There is no uniformity. Persons devi... | |
| | | | Tricolour hoisted at DIET office falls, employees fail to restore it | | Residents outraged, seek action against officials for disrespecting National Flag | |  Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Poonch, June 13: Outraged at the casual approach of the employees of District Institute for Education and Training (DIET) Poonch, residents of this frontier district have demanded stern action against them for disrespecting the National Flag.
According to the details available with Early Times, the tricolor fell down from the office building three days ago and till date the DIET officials have not even taken a note of it.
“The flag hoisted on the office ... | |
| | | | Transport Deptt seeks re-registration of outside J&K vehicles, issues fresh circular | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 13: A new circular issued by the Transport Department directing owners of vehicles having outside registration to re-register their vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir has left hundreds of people worried.
Though an earlier circular issued by the Regional Transport Officer Srinagar in the month of April on the same subject was quashed by a division Bench of High Court giving a sense of relief but the relief was short lived as another circular on the same subject has been issued by the department, amid lockdown conditions.
The latest circular issued by the Commissioner Secretary of Transport Department directs all the Regional Transport Officers and Assistant R... | |
| | | | 8 brick kilns operate illegally in Udhampur | | Licenses not renewed since 2018, reveals RTI | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 13: Eight brick kilns in Udhampur district are operating illegally, as the licenses of these units have not been renewed since 2018.
Information obtained through RTI reveals eight brick kilns out of total nine are operating illegally, while the ninth brick kiln unit was closed by the J&K State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) in 2007.
The Public Information Officer (PIO) and the First Appellate Authority (FAA) in Deputy Commissioner Office, Udhampur, instead of providing a complete reply of queries raised by the applicant, tried to conceal the factual information, as several questions were not addressed properly.
“The FAA disposed off my ap... | |
| | | | G7 summit: PM Modi underlines India’s commitment to democracy, liberty | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, June 13: Attending the G7 summit virtually, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 13) underlined India's commitment to democracy, freedom of thought and liberty.
He stressed the need for open and democratic societies to work together and strengthen each other, the ministry of external affairs said in a statement.
“At G7 summit, Modi underscored vulnerability inherent in open societies and called on tech firms to ensure safe cyber environment,” P Harish, Additional Secretary (Economic Relations) MEA, said.
The prime minister also spoke on the issue of climate change, asserting that India is on track to meet its Paris commitments.
“PM Modi today spoke in... | |
| | | | Policeman beats shopkeeper for refusing to give goods on credit, video goes viral | | |  Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Poonch, June 13: A video about a policeman beating a shopkeeper in Surankote area has gone viral on social media. “A policeman enters a shop and pulls out a shopkeeper. When the shopkeeper returns to close his shop policeman appears again and starts beating him up and gives him two slaps,” the video shows. The shopkeeper when contacted said, “A policeman deployed in Surankote was demanding goods on credit for him but I refused. He beat me up to take reveng... | |
| | | | Students in border areas fail to take online classes | | Digital India still a distant dream | | | S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA (Uri), June 13: In the age of digital India, scores of students from border areas have failed to take regular online classes either due to poor internet connectivity or they don’t have an internet connectivity facility at all.
Syed Aahil Ali student of Upper Kindergarten (UKG) from Kamalkote village of Uri sector appeals, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to install mobile networks in their area so that their future could be saved.
The video has gone viral on social media networks where a kindergarten student was heard to say about the problems that students are facing due to the pandemic.
Due to covid-19 all the government and private sc... | |
| | | | Covid Care Centers in every Panchayat: LG’s direction ignored in Reasi | | |  Early Times Report
Reasi, June 13: No Covid Care Centers were set up in two Panchayats in Reasi district.
A team of Early Times visited Panchayat Ghar at Kotli Bajala in the district. It was designated as CCC but nothing was found there. When the team enquired about the center it was told that the CCC has been shifted to a nearby Government School. But when the team reached the school it found the gate locked. “No CCC was set up in the school. In fact no center was set up anywhere in our Pa... | |
| | | | Following 1965 fresh recoveries COVID-19 recovery rate reaches 93.73%, 774 new cases | | Positive cases 307412, active positive 15081, recovered 288145, casualties 4186 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 13: The COVID-19 recovery rate in Jammu & Kashmir reached 93.73 percent as 1,965 virus affected patients recovered in the past 24 hours. The union territory reported 774 new cases following which the total number of positive cases reached 3, 07,412; with 12 fresh deaths the death toll reached 4,186.
Srinagar district reported 149 new cases followed by Budgam district 83, Kupwara district 64, Anantnag district 59, Doda district 55, Pulwama district 49 cases, Baramulla, Bandipora and Jammu districts 38 cases each, Rajouri district 36, Kulgam district 35, Poonch district 30, Ganderbal and Ramban districts 22 cases each, Kishtwar district 2... | |
| | | | Businessmen, workers pin hope as authorities begin to repair Pahalgam track | | Amarnath Yatra 2021 | |  Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Pahalgam, June 13: The businessmen, Ponny Wallas and laborers today expressed hope that the Jammu and Kashmir Government will allow the Amarnath Yatra pilgrimage from both routes.
“Till last week there was no activity going on but now the authorities have started construction works on Chandanwari-Holy Cave track and we hope that the Government allows the pilgrimage from both routes,” Abdul Ahad, a Pahalgam resident, told Early Times.
Ahad, who runs a shop ... | |
| | | | J&K admin announces further ease in COVID restrictions in 8 Distts | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, June 13: Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday announced further ease in the COVID restrictions in eight districts in the Union Territory in view of significant decline in the number of fresh Coronavirus positive cases.
Meanwhile, markets and roads on Sunday wore a deserted look as restrictions on movement of people and traffic continued since Friday due to weekend COVID curfew imposed across Union Territory, where 866 fresh positive cases, including 601 in Kashmir and 265 in Jammu, on Saturday. As many as 14 patients – six from Kashmir and eight from Jammu – lost their lives due to the virus in the UT on Saturday.
An order issued by the J&K administ... | |
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