x

Like our Facebook Page

   
Early Times Newspaper Jammu, Leading Newspaper Jammu
 
Breaking News :   Previous records set to tumble | The Incomplete Return: Revisiting the Home We Never Lived In | Healing Wounds - Reviving Tourism in Kashmir | Turning Pages in a Scrolling World: The Quiet Return of Reading | Decades-old Kashmiri Pandit killing cases may reopen following LG’s initiative | Doda’s deadly roads: Fatal accidents persist | BJP misleading people of J&K and country on Omar Govt’s performance: Surinder Choudhary | HC reject pre-arrest bail in PMLA of Master-Mind in fake Cryptocurrency case | Robbery case solved Jammu police | Trials for upcoming national Netball championships | BIS JKBO Organizes "Manak Conclave" for Industries and Stakeholders Engagement in Kathua | Health & Education pillars of J&K's progress and prosperity: CM Omar Abdullah | CISF Wins 64 Medals at World Police and Fire Games 2025 in the USA | HC reject bail plea of Narco Terrorism | Another batch of pilgrims leaves Jammu for Amarnath Shrine | BJP Jammu & Kashmir holds joint organizational meeting | Swachhta Internship Program launched to foster cleanliness culture in schools | Reasi police nabs drug peddler; 509.930 grams of cannabis recovered | JKNC delegation meets Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary | Nominations for Padma Awards-2026 open till 31st July, 2025 | UIDAI urges parents and guardians to update children's Aadhaar biometrics; free between ages 5 and 7 | Gold declines Rs 200 to Rs 99,370/ 10 G; Silver plunges Rs 3,000 to Rs 1.12 lakh/kg | Ladakh Administration reopens property return portal for final time till July 30 | Tony leads delegation of Trikuta Nagar to JMC Commissioner, submits memorandum | CM Pushkar Singh Dhami meets Union Health Minister JP Nadda in Delhi | CM Yogi's Gram-Urja model to transform rural Uttar Pradesh into self-reliant, energy-rich villages | NFR's Seamless Electric Traction upto Dibrugarh & Naharlagun makes ease in Railway Transportation system for NE | DLSA Udhampur convenes UTRC meeting | Skilled youth are the backbone of self-reliant India: CM Yogi | Army organises Quiz Competition on Agra Summit | Children, Adolescent groups formed at Rajouri | Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution chairs review meeting with UT Ladakh Administration | SMVDNSH Katra achieves milestone with first neuro-navigation guided brain tumor surgery | Udhampur police busts Inter-State Gold fraud; accused arrested within 24 bours | Jammu Police seizes two tippers for Illegal Mining | J&K cadets script history on Mt Everest” | Kidnapped girl traced, accused arrested by Doda Police | UTDRF Doda unit organizes disaster awareness session | DC Srinagar reviews progress of construction of Panchayat Ghars | APS Damana hosts prestigious, spirited Inter-APSs cluster-I hindi debate competition | Udhampur Police book another Notorious bovine smuggler | J&K clinches Gold at National ODOP Awards 2024 for second consecutive year | Inter District Division Level Youth organizes Exchange Programme | Chairman DLSA emphasizes vital role of UTRC meetings in strengthening criminal justice system | Gill didn't look as technically tight or calm as usual: Vaughan | Happy to silence the the keyboard warriors: Jofra Archer | BLSKS observes “World Youth Skills Day 2025” | Back Issues  
 
news details
Despite ‘tragic’ situation, JK admin continues celebrations, tourism promotion
Bearing brunt of Covid, Jammuites seek PM Modi’s intervention
1/24/2022 12:05:17 AM
Early Times Report

Jammu, Jan 23: Even as Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed a deadly spike in the Covid cases and the winter capital region is “bearing the brunt of the mortality”, the J&K administration has decided to go ahead with the tourism day celebrations on January 25.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has come out with advertisement that the National Tourism Day celebrations would be held across the Union Territory at health resorts. Some of the places where the festivities are scheduled to be held include Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Sonamarg, Doodhpathri, Yousmarg, Sanasar, Patni Top and Bhaderwah. Ironically, over seventy persons had recently tested positive at the ski resort of Gulmarg alone. The health experts had said the Gulmarg was a “Covid hotpot and could prove a superspreader for the deadly virus.” “But our bosses have been giving deaf ears to the advisory of the medical health experts to give a rosy picture of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, as otherwise complaints of corruption and misgovernance catch attention,” said a group of senior officials on the condition of anonymity working at the Civil Secretariat. They said a senior official on deputation in Jammu and Kashmir, who has come under “scanner for allegations of corruption” wants to “be in the good books of some quarters by holding festival after festival.”
“This had never happened in Jammu and Kashmir that when weekly lockdowns are being extended the government is busy with festivities which can only prove superspreaders and detrimental,” the officials said.
It’s pertinent to mention that Jammu has been witnessing the brunt of the deaths due to Covid for the second consecutive year whereas the allegedly poor preparedness of the administration has come under public scanner.
“Instead of taking care of the lives of the people, the government has been focusing on tourism promotion and festivities. This is really unfortunate,” said a senior medico on the condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile the people of Jammu have appealed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to personally look into the matter. “This administration has been misleading New Delhi and Modi Ji through festivals or sorts whereas the reality is that corruption and misgovenance have been at all times high. Modi Ji should personally look into the matter and come to our rescue as we have full faith in him,” the Jammuites said.
A senior official however said the National Tourism Day had to be celebrated in accordance with the national guidelines for the event. He said due care would be taken about the Covid protocols during the festivities.
  Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network  
  Comment on this Story  
 
 
 
Early Times Android App
STOCK UPDATE
  
BSE Sensex
NSE Nifty
 
CRICKET UPDATE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Home About Us Top Stories Local News National News Sports News Opinion Editorial ET Cetra Advertise with Us ET E-paper
 
 
J&K RELATED WEBSITES
J&K Govt. Official website
Jammu Kashmir Tourism
JKTDC
Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board
Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board
Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board
UTILITY
Train Enquiry
IRCTC
Matavaishnodevi
BSNL
Jammu Kashmir Bank
State Bank of India
PUBLIC INTEREST
Passport Department
Income Tax Department
JK CAMPA
JK GAD
IT Education
Web Site Design Services
EDUCATION
Jammu University
Jammu University Results
JKBOSE
Kashmir University
IGNOU Jammu Center
SMVDU