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Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 8: A 10-member team of Central Government officials, headed by Joint Secretary (Disaster Management) in Union Home Ministry G.V.V. Sharma is camping in Srinagar and coordinating rescue and relief operations.
A Joint Secretary of Union Health Ministry will join the central team tonight while a Joint Secretary from the Department of Expenditure (Union Ministry of Finance) and another Joint Secretary from Planning Commission will reach Srinagar tomorrow to offer help and coordination to those involved in flood relief operations.
Government is also making effort for the restoration of the power connection in Kashmir valley and deploying people for the task. T... | |
| | | | Road, Tele-communication restoration in 3 to 5 days | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 8: Restoration of road and tele-communication network in the Kashmir Valley, ravaged by floods, will take three to five days.
Centre has directed free flow of transport via Manali and Leh to Srinagar, the only available surface network, a top Central Government official said here today. Home Ministry is also airlifting thousands of bottles of drinking water and blankets to Jammu and Kashmir to be distributed among the flood-affected people as there is shortage of potable water and woollens.
"As nights are getting colder in Kashmir valley, we are urgently arranging blankets and airlifting them to Srinagar. There is crisis of drinking water too. So, we are se... | |
| | | | 36 Jammu villages without drinking water, PHE silent | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 8: More than 36 villages which are located ahead of the fourth bridge and in the low lying areas of river Tawi do not have a drop of water to drink.
Early Times reporter who visited these villages was told by the locals that they neither have a drop of water to drink nor are the officials of PHE department making any serious effort to provide them some kind of temporary assistance. They said that even the tanker service is yet to be provided to them.
They further said that the officials of the PHE as well as Flood Control Department are yet to visit their villages to find out about the availability of water. "Pipes have got washed away. The entire water sup... | |
| | | | All three wings of Armed Forces involved in rescue operations across Valley | | Entire Kashmir goes ex communico; communication system being airlifted | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 8: The Indian Armed Forces have put to use some of the best military skill-sets in the ongoing massive rescue and relief operation in the flood affected area of Jammu & Kashmir.
Deployed for the first time in the ongoing devastating flood situation in J&K, the Naval Marine Commandos rescued around 200 personnel at Haigaon on Srinagar - Sopore highway. Rescue efforts are now continuing near Pantha Chowk, Srinagar. Additionally, Naval Diving Teams are also posi... | |
| | | | Flood situation under sustained monitoring | | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Sept 8: The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) chaired by the Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth continued its review of the situation in J&K arising on account of floods. The Committee was informed that nearly 20,000 persons have been rescued from various places by the Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
Nine fixed wing aeroplanes consisting IL-76, AN-32, C-130 and 29 helicopters have been pressed into service. In addition, 14 fixed wing aircrafts have been kept standby for carrying material required for J&K relief and recovery process. By Sunday, 15 teams of NDRF, 200 columns of Army have been deployed in J&K. NDRF has got more than 244 boat... | |
| | | | Navy joins rescue operations in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 8: Navy commandos today joined the massive rescue operations being carried out by the Army, Air Force and NDRF in flooded parts of Kashmir Valley, rescuing around 200 stranded people on the Srinagar-Sopore Highway.
Deployed for the first time to carry out rescue efforts in the flood-hit state, Naval marine commandos have rescued people caught in flood waters at Haigaon on the Srinagar-Sopore Highway, an Army official said.
"Rescue efforts are now continuing near Pantha Chowk, Srinagar," he said.
Naval diving teams are also on standby at New Delhi, Mumbai and Vishakhapatnam for the rescue efforts. A medical team is standby at Delhi for immediate deployment.... | |
| | | | Bureaucracy hampers implementation of centrally sponsored schemes | | 3 years on, 3 projects under RKVY not materialized | | | Bijay Charak
JAMMU, Sept 8: Despite lapse of three years, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has failed to implement three projects of Horticulture, sanctioned in 2010-11 under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).
Official sources in Horticulture department informed Early Times that under centrally sponsored scheme RKVY, Union government in the financial year 2010-11 had sanctioned 3 projects to the cost of around Rs 80 Lakhs for Jammu and Kashmir Horticulture department.
"A project to the tune of Rs. 40 Lakhs was sanctioned for Import of Plant Material to Public Sector while another project with estimated cost of around Rs. 19 lakhs Small Nursery under public sector for production of rar... | |
| | | | Govt agencies responsible for loss of life, property? | | Learning lesson from devastation | | | Neha
JAMMU, Sept 8: The floodwaters have ravaged not just Jammu province but also Kashmir valley. The unwanted waters from the rivers Chenab and Tawi in Jammu province and Jhelum and Indus in the Kashmir Valley have caused loss to life and property, both private and public, on an unprecedented scale. The surging waters made no distinction between the plains and the hilly areas and between cities/towns and villages. People from all walks of life and of all areas suffered alike. It is difficult to determine the extent of damage both in Jammu province and Kashmir region suffered. Even the government is not in a position to assess the extent of damage. Nobody knows how many people have lost th... | |
| | | | Empowering the de-empowered: Jammu needs more districts | | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Sept 8: Jammu province is bigger as compared with Kashmir region in terms of land area. It's almost two-time that of Kashmir, but the number of districts in Jammu province and Kashmir region is the same. Bulk of the land area of Jammu province is hilly and mountainous. Many areas are very difficult and treacherous. Accessibility is very poor and in some cases it is even non-existent. According to the Wazir Commission report of 1983, Jammu deserved 10 districts and Kashmir 7. But the Ghulam Nabi Azad-led coalition government in the state bypassed this recommendation and increased the number of districts in Kashmir with one stroke of pen from the existing 6 to 10 in 2007, one e... | |
| | | | For state unit of BJP, charity doesn't begin at home | | | | Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Sept 8: The proverb "Charity begins at home" doesn't fit in case of State unit of Bhartiya Janta Party. Whereas 29 MLAs of BJP's Delhi Assembly segment have contributed their one month's salary for the rehabilitation of the flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir, the J&K unit has nothing to contribute other than chanting name of Narendra Modi.
A meeting was on Sunday convened in this regard by the State General Secretary of the organization Ashok Koul in presence of Legislature Party leader Ashok Khajuria, National Executive member; Shamsher Singh Manhas, State Vice President; Chander Parkash Ganga and State General Secretary, Kavinder Gupta wherein the party leaders, afte... | |
| | | | Useless Expenditure: Laser Prostate worth Rs 1 cr procured in 2012, not a single surgery conducted | | | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, Sept 8: It is astonishing but quite true that a machine worth Rs 1 crore was procured by state government three years back for Super Specialty Hospital Jammu, but it is still not used owing to non-availability of expert to operate it.
Official sources told Early Times that Prostate laser surgery is used to relieve moderate to severe urinary symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate, a condition known as Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).
The machine was procured with creation of Urology Surgery department in much hyped newly commissioned Super Specialty Hospital Jammu. "The machine was acquired to serve local patients with advance technique. That time (2012), then Medi... | |
| | | | Army Havaldar trapped in landslide, rescued | | ** Troops give tents, other items to civil authorities | | | M S Nazki
MENDHAR, Sept 8: An army Havaldar sustained severe injuries after he was trapped in a landslide at his residence at Harmutha near Gursai here this morning.
Landslides occurred in Harmutha village at about 6 am, damaging several houses. The house of HavaldarAkramHussain of 9 JAK LI was also damaged in the incident and he was caught under the debris, official sources said.
After the matter was brought to their notice, troops of 49 RR rushed to the spot and started removing the debris from there. It took them over six hours to remove the debris and rescue the trapped havaldar, the sources added.
After first-aid, the troops evacuated him to the sub-district hospital, Mendhar. He... | |
| | | | Allegedly tainted CAPD official given important posting | | | | Mohd Irfan
Jammu, sept 8: Alleged to be involved in the multi-crore carriage scam, a CAPD official has been given an important posting in Rajouri.
Instead of ordering a probe into the allegations against him and then booking him under relevant sections of law, the government awarded him with an important posting in Rajouri, official sources said.
The official is alleged to be involved in Rs 44 cr carriage scam in CAPD which took place in Rajouri from 2009-2011.
The scam has come to fore when in the year 2012 when two CAPD employees SomDutt and Suresh Kumar were depositing Rs 1 cr in the bank against a deposit slip on which the depositors had mentioned an amount of Rs 2 cr. This had ... | |
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