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Amid pandemic, frequent transfers turn GMC Jammu weak 6/8/2021 12:18:33 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: While the winter capital of Jammu witnessed highest number of deaths due to the Covid19, “frequent transfers” in the healthcare system here are being seen as a major reason behind the crises in the City of Temples. Official sources said while the Government Medical College Jammu remained the “biggest hospital” for treating Covid cases, the government preparedness towards the emergence of the second wave looked “non serious” at this crucial facility. “As many as three principals and four other administrators at GMC Jammu have been transferred in around a year, how can you expect accountability in the system?” asked a senior official on the condition of anonymity. He said if the government was serious to be prepared for the second wave of the pandemic, those at the helm should have been chosen with utmost caution so that frequent replacements were not needed. “But the frequency of transfers where administrators were changed even within a month explains that the government was non-serious towards preparedness in Jammu that too at the largest fa...   READ MORE

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COVID care centers ‘mismanaged’ in Budgam ADC says everything is ‘fair in war’ 6/8/2021 12:18:23 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 7: The five bedded COVID-19 care centers set up in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district are being allegedly mismanaged. It’s in place to mention here that Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had announced setting up of these centres in every panchayat last month. He had directed the officials to ensure that these centers have the facilities that are needed to treat the suspected Covid cases. But it seems that officials are setting these centers just for the sake of formality. According to Gulistan News a Covid care centre at a Panchayat in Budgam set up inside a government school had only 4 temporary beds without any oxygen support. The panchayat workers cla...   READ MORE   Poonch: Jhulas village without Covid Care Centre, says social activist Setting up 5-beds not enough, patients need basic facilities 6/8/2021 12:18:09 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: Social activist Aman Dabour on Monday said that the administration has not set up 5-bedded Covid Care Centers (CCCs) in frontier villages of Poonch district. Dabour while talking to Early Times said that CCC has not been set up at Jhulas—last corner of India—in Poonch district. “The Deputy Commissioner Poonch should send a team to this village to ascertain why the CCC has not been set up there.” He said, “Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had taken a peop...   READ MORE   COVID-19: JK reports 977 new cases, 16 deaths 6/8/2021 12:17:44 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 7: Jammu & Kashmir witnessed a tremendous dip in Corona Virus cases with 977 new infections being reported in the past 24 hours; following which the total number of positive cases reached 301467. The death toll reached 4,090 with 16 fresh deaths being reported in the union territory. Srinagar district reported 161 cases followed by Kupwara district 107 cases, Budgam district 103 cases, Jammu district 100 cases, Pulwama district 95 cases, Anantnag district 66 cases, Baramulla district 44 cases, Ganderbal district 42 cases, Doda district 36 cases, Bandipora district 35 cases, Udhampur district 34 cases, Rajouri district 29 cases, Kulgam district 28 cases, R...   READ MORE   SASB to construct 12 feet wide tracks for pilgrims Making Amarnath Yatra Easy 6/8/2021 12:17:26 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: Trekking through the treacherous terrains snaking through the hills is going to be a thing of the past for the devotees taking part in annual Shri Amarnath Yatra. The pilgrimage is going to be the smooth from now onwards. Shri Amarnath Shrine Board has decided to widen both the tracks of Baltal and Pahalgam. The new tracks will be 12 feet wide and will have separate passage for horses and palanquins and pedestrians. Reports informed further that due to the erratic climatic conditions, traveling on both the tracks is strewn with dangers and people often, especially the aged pilgrims get injured due to the slippery pathways. Women in particular face a ...   READ MORE   Woman sanitation worker knocks Raj Bhavan door through video message ‘My wages are pending for 2 yrs, LG sahib please get them released’ 6/8/2021 12:17:10 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: A woman safai karamchari engaged at Brein hospital in Srinagar district, has knocked the door of Raj Bhavan through a video message to seek release of her pending wages. Sanitation worker, Hajra Bano, in a video message has appealed to Lieutenant Government, Manoj Sinha to intervene for getting her salary released. “I appeal to LG Saheb, kindly get my pending wages since May 2019 released. It has been more than two years, when my salary was withheld by th...   READ MORE   Revenue records go missing in Poonch Deptt asks police to lodge FIR 6/8/2021 12:16:44 AM Rajesh Tandon Early Times Report Poonch, June 7: Records have gone missing from the office of Revenue Department in Poonch city after the matter came to fore the department asked the police to lodge an FIR to fix the responsibility. “This is being considered to be the handiwork of some of the Revenue officials for their vested interest,” sources told Early Times. They said that the involvement of some revenue officials cannot be ruled out. “It seems these records have been taken off at the behest of the land mafia in order to protect them.” They further informed that it has been observed that Patwaris in Poonch district are not taking their promotions as they are “enjoying” their st...   READ MORE   Centre to provide free vaccines to states, : PM Modi ‘Garib Kalyan Yojana extended till Diwali ‘ 6/8/2021 12:16:32 AM Agencies NEW DELHI, June 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Central government will provide free COVID-19 vaccines to states for all above 18 years of age from 21 June. “From 21 June, in every state for all citizens above the age of 18 years, the government will provide free vaccine to the states,” the PM said while addressing the nation on the COVID-19 situation in the country. “Centre itself will buy 75 per cent of the total vaccine production from manufacturers and give it free to the state governments, he added. The PM said that the COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest tragedy in the past 100 years and cautioned that the fight against coronavirus is not over yet. I...   READ MORE   12 years on, dental surgeon posts not advertised in J&K 6/8/2021 12:16:12 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: Even after the transition of erstwhile J&K State into a Union Territory, hundreds of qualified dental surgeons have not been able to get a decent job. These graduate dental surgeons for the past 12-years have been running from pillar to post to get employed but all in vain. “If government has finance for medical, veterinary, Ayurveda then what is the reason there are no funds for us. We also went on a hunger strike to seek employment but no one came to...   READ MORE   Chief Engineer Irrigation misled over functioning of Khiram Lift Irrigation scheme 6/7/2021 11:37:11 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, June 7: Shockingly, the engineers posted in Mechanical Irrigation Division Awantipora on Sunday misled Chief Engineer Irrigation over the functioning of Khiram Lift Irrigation scheme. The engineers conveyed Chief Engineer Irrigation that the scheme was functioning ‘normally’. Chief Engineer Irrigation Naresh Kumar, who visited Dadi Canal and Awantipora Canal on Sunday, had verbally sought the status for Khiram Lift Irrigation Scheme (old) from engineers of Mechanical Irrigation Division Awantipora. “They (Engineers) told the Chief Engineer that the Lift Irrigation Scheme was functioning normally,” an officer who accompanied the visiting Chi...   READ MORE   Compartments 52, 53 suffer massive damages due to excavation Stone crusher operates inside Samba forest 6/7/2021 11:37:03 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: The Forest Department is virtually caught in deep slumber as a stone crusher has been causing massive damages to the Forest Compartment number 52 and 53 for the past many months. According to details available with Early Times the stone crusher is carrying out extensive mining of the forest area to meet the requirements. Along Purmandal road, just one kilometres ahead of Mandal, there is Soda Jaswal area within the Forest Compartment number 52 of the Forest department in which a stone crusher has been operating for the past many months. “The stone crusher operator had purchased only a few kanals of land from another villager while many portions of t...   READ MORE   Darsoo: Covid care centre has no electricity, water 6/7/2021 11:36:49 PM Early times Report Jammu, June 7: The 5-bedded Covid care centre set up at Panchayat Darsoo in Udhampur district has no water and electricity. Sarpanch of Panchayat Darsoo told Early Times that Anganwadi workers have reached here and staff has been deployed. “Beds have been put in place and the building is good but there is no water in washrooms and there is no electricity,” he said. The Sarpanch appealed to the higher authorities to provide the centre with the electricity and water so that patients could be admitted in the centre....   READ MORE   With ceasefire on ground people living near LoC in Uri find environment calm 6/7/2021 11:36:19 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA (Uri), June 7: Past three months and fourteen days have rekindled peace, harmony and joy among the residents that live along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector, since there is a ceasefire on the ground. The breakthrough means a chance to live and hope again for good results of peace and harmony in the near future, as people have engaged themselves in different works that are related to the Agri-Horticulture industry. Despite the fact that...   READ MORE

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