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| Thousands of NYCs go astray as regularisation remains a distant dream | | Blunders of J&K’s past regimes | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 19: A decade has passed since the then National Conference led government engaged more than one thousand youth as National Youth Corps (NYCs) in Jammu and Kashmir, the youth were assured that they will be regularised soon. However, till date, their fate continues to remain in limbo.
As per the government sources, no concrete measures have been taken till date to regularize these youth with authorities citing major budget constraints in the entire process.
The NYC was launched by amalgamating the then existing two volunteer schemes National Service Volunteer (NSV) and Rashtriya Sadbhawana Yojana (RSY). What reveals the dilatory mode of functioning in the erstwhile J&K state is that on February 23, 2017, the NYC deputations met the then J&K chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti, and apprised her about their plight. The then chief minister assured the aggrieved candidates that issue would be resolved ahead of the Budget session that was scheduled to be held April. However, the official wrangles played a spoilsport till the fall of the PDP-BJP government an... | |
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| FCS&CA refuses to share details of new ration card holders to RTI applicant | | Details of ration cards made in Pyt Treva during 2015-2020 denied | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 19: The Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) has refused to share the details of new ration card holders of one panchayat of tehsil Arnia, added in the list of the department in the last five years. The information was sought by the applicant under Right to Information (RTI) Act but instead the Assistant Public Information Officer (APIO) Arnia in return gave a link of department’s website to get the information, which was actually not available there.
According to documents available, an RTI applicant Sikanderdeep of panchayat Treva of tehsil Arnia had sought information from PIO of FCS&CA under RTI Act. He had sought details of ... | |
| | | | Powerful man yet again manages to encroach state land in Rajouri | | | | Ajay Sharma
Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Aug 19: A group of officers and officials of Department of Revenue in a tehsil of this district have facilitated the encroachment of state land by a powerful person despite the fact that same was freed from encroachment some years back.
Early Times has learnt from sources that some years back the powerful man occupied many Kanals of state land in the Taryath tehsil of Rajouri district and constructed a kuccha house on the state land falling under Khasra numbers 570 and 576. “At that time a complaint was made to Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri and also to the office of Financial Commissioner, Revenue. The Financial Commissioner, Revenue directed ... | |
| | | | Delay in framing policy for vehicles over 15 years, transporters at receiving end | | Present dispensation sits on Court, previous Govt’s directions | | | RAJESH TANDON
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 19: The transporters of Jammu Kashmir Union Territory have been suffering a lot due to continuous delay on the part of the government, which has been playing delay tactics in framing policy for the vehicles over 15 years due to which the transport business is going from bad to worse.
The representatives of Transport Associations have strongly criticized the administrative department as well as the government for not taking swift decisions to resolve the issues of transporters, due to which lakhs of commercial vehicles have gone off the road and rendering lakhs of people unemployed.
They further said that the PIL filed in High Court has al... | |
| | | | 2 yrs on, elevator at GMC Anantnag continues to remain dysfunctional | | | | SAAHIL SUHAIL
EARLY TIMES REPORT
ANANTNAG, Aug 19: Despite the passage of over two years now, the authorities at Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag have failed to make the hospital’s only elevator functional.
According to reports, the Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) had installed a lift in the hospital a few years ago, however it continues to remain dysfunctional.
In July 2019, mechanical wing of Jammu & Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) conducted trials of the elevator and it functioned for some time. “The elevator was closed for the public a few minutes after a top officer of the health and medical education department inaugurate... | |
| | | | JK witnesses quantum jump in Corona Virus cases as 708 fresh cases reported, 11 more deaths | | Positive cases 30034, active positive 6965, recovered 22497, casualties 572 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 19: Jammu & Kashmir saw a quantum jump in Corona Virus cases as 708 fresh cases of virus were reported today. With today’s cases the number of COVID-19 positive cases in the union territory reached 30,034. The number of deaths reached 572 as 11 more people died in past 24 hours.
Srinagar reported 229 fresh cases of COVID-19 followed by Budgam 88 cases, Ganderbal 62 cases, Anantnag and Bandipora 48 cases each, Kupwara 43 cases, Jammu 41 cases, Baramulla 35 cases, Reasi 34 cases, Pulwama 24 cases, Kulgam 19 cases, Shopian and Samba 10 cases each, Rajouri and Kathua four cases each, Doda three cases, Udhampur and Ramban two cases each a... | |
| | | | NRA to be boon for youngsters, will boost transparency: PM Narendra Modi | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Aug 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that the National Recruitment Agency will prove to be a boon for crores of youngsters, adding that it will eliminate multiple tests and save precious time as well as resources. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, he added that this will also be a big boost to transparency.
The Union Cabinet approved the creation of the National Recruitment Agency (NRA) for conducting a common eligibility test for central government jobs, initiating a "landmark reform" in the recruitment process. "The National Recruitment Agency will prove to be a boon for crores of youngsters. Through the Common Eligibility Test, it wil... | |
| | | | Centre decides to withdraw 100 companies of paramilitary forces from Jammu-Kashmir | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Aug 19: The Centre on Wednesday ordered “immediate” withdrawal of about 10,000 paramilitary personnel from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
This is the biggest de-induction of these forces after additional troops were rushed to the UT post the abrogation of the Article 370 of the Constitution that gave the erstwhile state a unique status.
They said the decision was taken after the Ministry of Home Affairs reviewed the deployment of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in the union territory (UT).
The Home Ministry had last withdrawn 10 CAPF companies from the UT in May, while 72 such units were taken out in December last year.
A senior ... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents | | Lower Gadi Garh residents pained due to least concern shown by people at helm | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 19: People living in the Lower Gadi Garh are perplexed over the bad condition of roads and lanes in the area.
They are also upset with the fact that the garbage is not being lifted from the area thus creating nuisance.
The Lower Gadi Garh is a part of the Gandhi Nagar constituency and it is presenting a sordid tale of absolute neglect from the people at helm. The successive governments have failed the people of this colony and they are suffering like anything... | |
| | | | As MC fails to maintain, parks of Saffron town-Pampore in shambles | | |  S T HAQ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Aug 19: Despite the fact that government has not left any stone unturned in providing the funds for maintenance of parks and all other recreational places to the concerned department, but the civil society Pampore and other senior citizens have alleged that the MC Pampore has failed to maintain public parks in Pampore town.
According to sources, Saffron town has been completely ignored by the Municipal Committee, Pampore. It is very unfortunate that aft... | |
| | | | Govt to install high flow oxygen gas plant system in Kmr hospitals | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 19: The authorities here in Kashmir have identified major hospitals where the oxygen plants will be installed.
The Divisional Commissioner has directed officers to arrange and maintain the availability of high flow oxygen supply to dedicated COVID Hospitals in each district for a minimum of 100 beds.
A government document accessed by early times reveals that authorities are installing a high flow oxygen manifold gas plant system. As per the document, the Divisional Commissioner has been told that DPRs have been submitted and the process is on fast-track basis.
Amid rise in COVID-19 cases, Kashmir is short of required isolation beds wit... | |
| | | | PHE Water Tank in Pyt Kandi non-functional for six years | | |  M S NAZKI
EARLY TIMES REPORT
POONCH, Aug 19: The people of Kandi Panchayat and adjoining areas in Balakote block of Mendhar Sub-Division of Poonch district are facing acute shortage of water apparently due to the sheer neglect of the Public Health Engineering (Jal Shakti Department).
Residents of the area said that six years ago, a water tank was constructed by the PHE Department under a `PHE Scheme’ on the land of one Mohd Bashir, located near a natural spring, with an aim to supply wate... | |
| | | | Contractors awaiting payments of completed works for last 8 months | | | | ASHWANI SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
UDHAMPUR, Aug 19: Contractors who repaired the power generation canal from Chenani to Dipper in Udhampur district about eight months back are still awaiting the payments from Power Development Corporation (PDC).
One of these contractors, on the condition of anonymity, informed that the payments worth about Rs 8 crore are pending towards the contractors.
He also said that some of the contractors have completed the work by taking loans for which they are paying interests and it has now become very tough to manage all such finances due to the ongoing lockdown restrictions because of Coronavirus pandemic.
Another contractor said that the PDC was offering... | |
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