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| Will J&K Govt penalise JKPCC, R&B engineers, Singla construction? | | Collapse of fourth bridge over Tawi | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Sept 7: Whether or not state government would be able to initiate action against planners and executors, washing away of approaches as well as pillar of fourth Tawi Bridge has exposed inability of involved agencies to assess strength of the structures being constructed by them for public good.
The bridge is shut for traffic within 15 months of being thrown open for traffic on May 17, 2013 after just the first flash flood that struck it hard. Had it not been the wise decision of Divisional Commissioner Shantmanu to close bridges for vehicular traffic besides restricting movement by foot, a major catastrophe would have occurred on the fourth bridge which was witnessing heavy traffic due to closure of old Tawi bridge. Administrative wisdom saved Jammu from disaster.
Fourth bridge connects Bhagwati Nagar area with South Jammu and used to have heavy rush of vehicles for most part of the day. On the fateful day, hundreds of people had lined up on both the sides of the bridge to witness gushing waters in river Tawi. Such was the rush that police had to resor... | |
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| Separatists hide in holes as Army turns savior for distressed Valleyites | | |  Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Sept 7: One of the most striking features of the traumatic floods in the valley has been the exigency with which the Army and the teams of NDRF have responded to the situation and risked their own lives to protect the lives of the citizens. The tragic Pulwama incident in which 9 Army jawans were washed away while launching a rescue operation for the trapped locals is a testimony to the gallant and selfless service that Army, assisted by paramilitary forces, NDRF and st... | |
| | | | Approach road to 4th bridge now history, people still await compensation for acquired land | | |  Bivek Mathur
Jammu, Sept 7: With approach road to the fourth bridge on Tawi disappearing in the rage of a swollen Tawi the previous day, those whose land was acquired by the R&B department for the construction of the said road are yet to receive the compensation.
Anu Sharma, a karyana store owner said that R&B Department has left him high and dry as his land was acquired for the construction of road near the collapsed fourth bridge and was promised 100% compensation for the acquired land wh... | |
| | | | Jammu hit by midnight tremor bluff | | | | K Koushal
Jammu, Sept 7: Trauma of unprecedented floods yet to subside, Jammuites were hit by tremor bluff that drove half asleep people out of their homes in panic in the midnight.
Scores of people ran out in open in panic after rumours were posted on social networking site Facebook and Whatsapp messenger about the possibility of an earthquake rocking the state last night.
As the rumours spread, worried locals made frantic calls to their friends and relatives telling them to take precautionary measures. The people started coming out of their houses late night fearing a massive earthquake, a probable repeat of the 2005 earthquake, and spent night in open. "I got a call from a friend at... | |
| | | | Situation worse in remotest areas of Udhampur, Reasi, Ramban | | Survived by nature's fury, residents at the verge of starvation | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 7: Although weather remained clear throughout the day today, hundreds of villages in higher reaches of Jammu region are still unconnected with the rest of the world. As authorities are establishing communication with these cut off villages, reports of deaths are continue to increase with every passing hour.
Reports said that residents of most of the cut off villages especially those situated in the remotest areas are at the verge of the starvation.
Contrary to the claims of the authorities, most of the outlets being run by the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department are dry because there is no ration. Authorities are concentrating only ... | |
| | | | Toll climbs to 138, PM announces Rs 1000 cr aid | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 7: The flood fury unleashed more death and destruction in Jammu and Kashmir, claiming the lives of nearly 150 people so far and leaving many marooned, even as relief efforts were intensified today, with the Prime Minister announcing Rs 1000 crore aid for the battered state.
The swirling waters have damaged buildings and snapped road and communication links, cutting off many areas. The Army cantonment, Civil Secretariat and the High Court in Srinagar have also been inundated.
Stepping up the relief efforts, IAF has pressed 29 planes and helicopters into service, set up a disaster monitoring cell and alerted all its bases to a high state of readiness.
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| | | | J&K floods: Helpline Numbers | | | | Jammu, Sept 7: The Ministry of Home Affairs has set up a control room in Jammu and Kashmir to actively monitor and coordinate the rescue and relief operations in the state which is reeling under one of the worst floods in almost six decades.
The MHA control room numbers for help and assistance in J&K are as follows: 011- 23093054, 23092763, 23092923, 23092885, 23093566, 23093563.... | |
| | | | Double Standards: Omar silent on leakage of agenda of his cabinet meets | | ** But questions timing of Rajnath’s letter on KPs, its leakage to press | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 7: When you expect others to be sincere with you, first of all you need to be sincere with yourself too. While questioning the timing of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's letter asking him to identify land for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits in the valley, he forgot that his government too has been leaking in advance the agenda, which otherwise is supposed to be secret, of state cabinet meets to the local press.
Omar felt that the Centre should not have sent the letter at a time when the state was faced with worst ever crisis on account of floods triggered by heavy rains. He said so even when Rajnath had already made it clear that the process of de... | |
| | | | Omar humbled by Modi's magnanimity? | | |  Abodh Sharma
Jammu, Sept 7: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who was keeping a visible distance from Prime Minister NarendraModi in a bid to appease a definite constituency last time when he visited the state to dedicate vital public projects to the nation, was today humbled and overwhelmed by the concern of the Prime Minister at the prevailing situation in the state and the urgency with which the Union Government approached the unprecedented flood fury.
PM Modi's visit to the state just a day... | |
| | | | Delimitation imperative for Jammu's empowerment | | Kashmir parties' attitude | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Sept 7: People of Jammu province have been demanding political empowerment ever since October 1947, when J&K acceded to India, but with no result. The real cause of Jammu's de-empowerment is the faulty and Valley-centric delimitation of assembly constituencies. Jammu province has land area almost two time that of the over-empowered, highly prospered and pampered and privileged Kashmir, but people of Jammu elect 37 members to the assembly and those of Kashmir 46 - 2 more than the number required to form government in J&K. Kashmir has been retuning more than 50 per cent members to the assembly since 1951 without a break, despite the fact that the people of Jammu province dema... | |
| | | | Educational institutions to remain closed Multiple orders create confusion | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 7: Administration has extended closure of educational institutions across Jammu province, but multiple orders have created confusion as two separate orders, one issued by Deputy Commissioner Jammu and the other by Secretary Department of School Education mentioned different dates of extension of the order.
As per the order issued by Secretary School Education, Nirmal Sharma, the educational institutions shall remain closed till 11th of September and reopen on ... | |
| | | | MV department violates its own rules 10 months on, interceptor vehicles of traffic police yet to be registered | | | | GS Asgotra
Jammu, Sept 7: It is astonishing that interceptor vehicles of Traffic Police, which have been acquired by it for effective surveillance on violators of traffic rules, are yet to be registered by the department concerned. These can be seen plying without number plates.
Interestingly, enforcement agency of Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) has violated its own norms as six interceptor vehicles of Traffic Police have been plying on roads with no registered number plates for the last 10 months.
Pertinently, in December 2013, the traffic department purchased six Innova vehicles to check who are violating the traffic norms but these have been running in the cities and on National Hig... | |
| | | | Total administration failure; MLA hostel not safe, what to talk of others | | | | Sandeep Bhat
SRINAGAR, Sept 7: The present coalition government failed miserably in mitigating the suffering of the people who were trapped in floods in many parts of valley particularly in Srinagar city and its adjoining areas. There is total confusion and chaotic situation in the administration which is totally clueless what to do in such prevailing conditions. What to talk of normal citizens, even the members of Legislative Assembly feel helpless as they are trapped in MLA hostel which is considered to be the safe place in city. The water right from the morning continuously went inside hostel premises and the ground floor is virtually full of flood water .The dining hall and kitchen ... | |
| | | | Despite complaints, PHE fails to ascertain misuse of water connections | | Direct motoring prevents water supply to peak end | | | Bijay Charak
Jammu, Sept 7: Despite repeated complaints to Public Health Engineering (PHE) department against direct motoring on main supply pipeline, the department is in deep slumber and has not found even a single connection being misused.
Sources informed Early Times that presently PHE has a total of 1,21,814 water connections in Jammu city, 78,970 water connections in City-I division (Old city) and 42,844 in City-II division. There were 13,549 commercial water connections in Jammu city, comprising of 12092 connections in City I division and 1457 in City-II division.
"Department is well aware that households in the old city do not have underground water tanks, which means people ar... | |
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