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| KASHMIR CATASTROPHE: Complete administrative breakdown in Valley as police, Govt turns nelson eye | | Army, NDRF, local volunteers take charge to rescue, evacuate lakhs stranded | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Sept 11: There is a complete breakdown of the administrative and police machinery in Kashmir, with no state officers or cops to be seen in the rescue missions.
Meanwhile, the hospitals are without even drinking water and life-saving drugs for their patients. Sikh and Hindu families together are reported taking shelter in upper floors of mosques and Muslim families in Gurdwaras, wherever help is available closest. The catastrophe that has hit Kashmir has revealed both the reprehensible and the magnificent amongst all.
The rescue operations to evacuate the acutely-hit flood victims and reach out help to them are being carried out almost exclusively by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Army personnel, besides the local volunteers. Surprisingly, even students from Jamia Milia Islamia University in Delhi have reached Kashmir to lend their support to the effected people. But it is shocking to note that the state administration, particularly Jammu and Kashmir Police, is nowhere in the scene to aid relief work.
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| Over 1,10,000 rescued | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 11: As thousands of stranded residents of Jammu and Kashmir struggle to save their lives from the flood fury that has hit the north Indian state and claimed about 200 lives, besides creating ravage here, the Armed Forces and the National Disaster Management Force (NDRF) have rescued over 1,10,000 persons from different parts in the ongoing relief operations.
A third batch of Naval Marine Commandos with Rubberised Inflatable Craft (Geminis), Out Board Motors (OBMs), Compressors, Diving sets and satellite phones arrived at Srinagar today to support the rescue operations.
"On the Tenth day of the rescue operation 'Operation Megh Rahat' the Army has intens... | |
| | | | Air Force scales back rescue Ops after stone-throwing by residents | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 11: The Indian Air Force has scaled back for the day, rescue operations that involve winching up stranded people into helicopters, after angry residents pelted stones at their choppers in several areas of flood-hit Srinagar today. Security forces believe separatist elements are provoking crowds, sources said.
Tempers have flared since Wednesday, with residents angry that relief efforts are reaching them six days after the floods, the worst in the state in over a century, began. Others have complained about living conditions in temporary camps.
Most of the anger is directed against the Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir, with people accusing ... | |
| | | | Army is the saviour, say flood victims | | Floods in Kashmir | | | Neha
JAMMU, Sept 11: The situation in the flood-ravaged Jammu & Kashmir continues to remain very grim. The situation is all the more critical in the landlocked Kashmir Valley and the suffering of the people is just unimaginable, as many parts of Valley, including Srinagar, are entirely submerged. Death toll has already crossed the 200 mark in the State and more and more deaths are being reported from different parts of the worst affected areas with each passing hour. Leave aside extensive damage the floods caused to the standing crops, property -- both private and public -- and crucial infrastructure, including roads and communication links.
The civil administration has raised its hands, ... | |
| | | | Full backing for J&K: Modi | | | |
Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Sept 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the relief operations in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday night and sought priority for supply of essential commodities. At an emergency meeting, Modi said the Centre should provide full support to the State Administration.
Irate people, meanwhile, attacked an NDRF jawan during relief operations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed the Home Ministry on Wednesday to depute senior officers immediately from Delhi and other States to coordinate flood-relief operations with the local administration in Srinagar.
Presiding over an emergency meeting, he emphasised the need for a massive effort to ensure basic hygiene... | |
| | | | As rumours fly, Centre clarifies J-K rescue not along communal lines | | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Sept 11: The Centre has stepped in to quash rumours that flood victims in Jammu and Kashmir are being rescued on the basis of some of kind of priority set along communal lines.
Amidst reports of anger shown by flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir and incidents of stone pelting on rescuers, a Union Home Ministry official said there was no such prioritization of flood-affected people.
The only priority is to reach each and every flood victim in shortest span of time.
"The second priority is restoring communications networks at the earliest," said a Home Ministry official, requesting anonymity.
The official said the problem with the rescue work in Valley was th... | |
| | | | As Govt role in relief ops draws flak, CM throws eatables from chopper | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 11: As the near "invisible" role of his government in relief and rescue operations has come under severe criticism of the affected people in the valley, chief minister Omar Abdullah, in an attempt to make his presence felt and save him and his party candidates from an imminent embarrassment in the upcoming assembly elections, Wednesday threw some eatable from a chopper in the flood-hit areas.
Angered by the failure of the government machinery for not doing enoug... | |
| | | | Time not opportune for Assembly polls in J&K | | A step in right direction | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Sept 11: The Election Commission of India did well the other day by postponing a two-day trip to Jammu & Kashmir to discuss assembly polls in the state in the wake of the devastating floods, which have brought everything in the Valley and many parts of Jammu to a grinding halt. The incessant rains and flash floods have very adversely impacted more than five million people in different parts of the Valley and Jammu province and there are credible reports that rehabilitation of the flood affected victims would take a very long time.
All the three Election Commissioners were scheduled to visit the state today for a two-day trip to hold discussions with the local administration ... | |
| | | | Kheer Bhawani spring had in advance given clear signals of devastation in J&K | | Its water had turned red in August last; locals firmly believe it was a bad omen | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 11: The Kheer Bhawani spring in the Valley had in advance given clear signals of death and destruction caused by the recent heavy rains and floods in the state. Its colour had last year turned red and locals firmly believe that it was a signal for the bad days to come.
When the Ragni Kund (spring) water colour changed to red a day after Janamashtami, which was celebrated on August 17 last, locals knew that something unpleasant was going to happen but they had ne... | |
| | | | Bills of contractors, businessmen remain uncleared as treasuries run dry | | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Sept 11: The treasuries across Jammu province are reportedly running dry, creating hurdles for the businessmen to run their daily business in the winter capital of state, while the liabilities of contractors/businessman have touched several Crores rupees.
Some businessmen informed Early Times that they have not been getting their liabilities cleared by Department of Treasuries as their officers have been claiming of shortage of funds.
"How we can run our business. We have cheques worth more than Rs. 80 Lakhs given by government but where we can cash these cheques as whenever we went to a treasury office they simply replied that there is no money", a contractor said.
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| | | | BIZARRE: Politicians visit China on JU's expenses | | Authorities admit Rs 8.7 lacs spent for tour | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Sept 11: More skeletons are tumbling out from the cup-board of irregularities happened Prof Amitabh Mattoo's tenure as VC, as three Politicians visited China on University's expenses.
Documents in possession of Early Times reveals that in November 2007, three Politicians of Jammu region including, an JU academician had enjoyed foreign visit.
The documents further read that the visit was proposed following, a visit of JU's two professors.
"The visit was made in development following a trip of JU's two Professors (RD Sharma then Rector of Kathua Campus and Prof IA Hamal then Rector of Bhaderwah Campus), to explore the possibilities of collaborating programmes to be run... | |
| | | | Union Home Secretary in Srinagar to coordinate rescue effort | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Sept 11: With thousands of people still marooned due to floods in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami today went to Srinagar to coordinate the relief and rescue operations.
Home ministry officials said a team of officers accompanied the home secretary.
Goswami's visit follows directions by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the ministry to immediately depute senior officers from Delhi and other states to coordinate the relief operations with the local administration in Srinagar.
Modi on Wednesday chaired a high-level emergency meeting on relief operations in Kashmir and was briefed on the status of operations, especially in Srinagar and the Kashmir va... | |
| | | | Opinion of subject experts can't be questioned: HC | | | | Jammu, Sept 11: In a petition filed by one Sourav Goel, an aspirant in the CET for 2013, the court has ruled that in view of the in-built mechanism provided for by the BOPEE for redressal of grievances of un-satisfied candidates, there is hardly any scope to dispute the correctness of opinion of subject experts. When the hearing of petition was taken up, D C Raina Adv appeared for petitioner and BOPEE was represented through its standing counsel Anil Sethi Adv and both sides submitted their versions.
The petitioner had, after appearing in the CET for the year 2013, challenged the result of BOPEE on the ground that the answer key displayed by the board was incorrect and that the answer give... | |
| | | | Mobile tower shifted from Kargil to Srinagar | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 11: In a bid to ensure telephone connectivity in the worst hit Indranagar-Badamibagh-Shivpora areas of Srinagar, Armed Forces have shifted a mobile tower from Kargil belt of Ladakh region to the state's summer capital.
A mobile tower of BSNL has been shifted from Kargil to Srinagar to provide mobile communications around Badami Bagh Cantonment (Indranagar-Shivpora), an Army officer said.
It is aimed to connect the worst flood hit area in the city to further speed up the communication with people trapped in the area.
Telephone booths and generator sets with mobile charging facility are also being airlifted to the affected areas, he said. "Ten PCOs are... | |
| | | | Stranded valley bound truckers eagerly waiting for opening of National Highway | | Shopkeepers charging exorbitantly, allege drivers | | | G S Asgotra
Jammu, Sept 11: Nearly three hundred kilometers away from his house, Showkat Ahmed of Pulwama, unaware of his family whereabouts, has been impatiently waiting along with his stranded truck, near Narwal market for the last eight days, for opening of Jammu Srinagar National Highway so that he would be able to get a word about his loved ones.
On one hand he is little worried about the items, laden in his truck but at the same time he was more concerned about the family, which is still reportedly trapped in water after devastating floods wreck havoc in valley around a week back. Shokat Ahmed is among the hundreds of Kashmiri borne truckers, who are eagerly waiting for opening of... | |
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