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| Centre decides to keep control, tab on relief distribution | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 20: The Centre has decided to monitor closely all the relief, specially monetary relief being sent to the flood ravaged Jammu and Kashmir.
The Centre has also reportedly asked the State government to submit its plan of funds utilization and how to distribute them.
"The Centre wants to ensure that every penny of cash assistance specifically should reach to all the flood affected people in both Jammu and Kashmir regions.
It doesn't want swindling of any kind and also doesn't want to hurt regional sentiments of either of the regions," said a senior Home Ministry official.
Since the flood made extensive damage to both life and property many relief organizations have been forthcoming in extending help. Now many international foundations, including the one headed by Bill Gates, are also coming up and more are likely to come in the immediate future.
"There could be enough money to build the lives. Finances will not be the constraint. But the distribution of them is definitely a matter of concern going by the accountability and transparency history of th... | |
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| National Conference legislators of Srinagar 'vanish' in thin air after flood | | Come in for sharp criticism from people | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Sept 20: Residents of Srinagar, the summer capital of the state have been left at the mercy of the God as the state government has not done anything to mitigate sufferings of people who have been badly hit by the ravaging flood that took a heavy toll across the state.
Given the present scenario of water logging, scarcity of essentials of life, non-availability of drinking water and power it seems that government is missing on every front. This has led to disillusionment among the masses and they take pot-shots over the functioning of Omar Abdullah led coalition government.
City based legislators of National Conference have not bothered to visit the people of flo... | |
| | | | J&K had no use for disaster management grant, surrendered Rs 30 crore to Centre | | | |
Bashir Assad
SRINAGAR, Sept 20: In the financial year of 2013-14, National Disaster Management Authority had released Rs 30 crore to J&K State Disaster Management Authority for procuring equipments to deal with emergency situations like the one created by the recent rains and floods in the state.
Despite the huge need in Kashmir for preparedness for disaster management, the entire amount of Rs 30 crore was surrendered by the J&K State Disaster Management Authority because it could not find any use for the money.
Sources revealed that this grant of Rs 30 crore was transferred by National Disaster Management Authority to the account of Financial Commissioner (Revenue). "The horrific fac... | |
| | | | Rajouri, Poonch districts of Jammu too require Government attention on Kashmir pattern | | J&K Flood furry | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu, Sept 20: Like Kashmir Division, many Districts of Jammu Division including Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi has also suffered massive damages to public infrastructure flesh flood that marooned the state of Jammu and Kashmir in first week of this month. The flood victims of Jammu Division feels themselves isolated and neglected on part of the government and alleged that Omar Abdullah, his ministers, MLA,s, MLC's and party leaders are playing appeasing politics on the name of Kashmir floods , while neglecting the sufferings of the people of Jammu Division.
As per the details available with "Early times", out of 280 dead, 159 bodies have been recovered in Jammu and out of these ... | |
| | | | Stagnant water, unhygienic environs worry people; Govt missing | | Handover 'Clean Srinagar' operation to Army, suggest locals | | | Fazal Khan
SRINAGAR, Sept 20: With each passing day situation in the flood hit Srinagar city is turning grim as government has failed to mobilize its men and machinery.
Tall claims about city being cleaned have turned out to be a hoax. Many areas, including the city centre Lal Chowk, even after 14 days are under water as dewatering is going on at a very slow pace.
Sources told Early Times that most dewatering pumps are not in working condition as authorities have not got them serviced for years together. "Flash floods hitting the Valley caught the Flood Control Department napping. The inability of the department to drain out the stagnated water even after 14-days has exposed the governm... | |
| | | | Modi rules out possibility of Indian Muslims dancing to the tunes of al-Qaeda | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 20: If a section of muslims in India and majority of them in Jammu and Kashmir are blamed for alleged involvement in militancy related activities it is the fault of extremists and some terrorist outfits, including the al-Qeda and the Taliban, that have simply maligned the name of muslims.
These terrorists and extremists, most of them living in Pakistan and Afghanistan,have been trying to exploit some muslims in India,including in Jammu and Kashmir, by motivating them, by encouraging them and by influencing them for taking gun and grenades in their hands. And whenever and wherever any muslim is caught or killed while engaged in terrorist strikes it tarn... | |
| | | | 14 days on, HMT residence submerged | | Agriculture Mantri homeless | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Sept 20: Floods have rendered Agriculture Minister and president of Democratic Freedom Party (N) Ghulam Hassan Mir homeless.
Sources told Early Times that Mir, who stays at Rose Avenue HMT on city outskirts, has been unable to enter his city home for the past 14 days as it is submerged fully.
Like Mir there are many people in HMT area who have been rendered homeless. "Authorities have not installed even a single dewatering pump in the area," locals alleged.
Pertinently, HMT was one of the worst hit areas in the floods. ... | |
| | | | Geelani also sought Army's help to survive | | Hypocrisy exposed | | | Rustam
Jammu, Sept 20: Pro-Pakistan separatist and fanatic Syed Ali Shah Geelani, like the self-styled JKLF chairman and murder Yasin Malik, is also alive today because he was saved from his submerged bungalow by none other than the Indian army whom he used to condemn as occupation force and accuse our soldiers of violating the human rights of those involved in anti-India activities. Geelani, who like other separatists and pro-Pakistan agents, is responsible for most of the troubles in the Valley, courtesy successive irresponsible governments in the state, had the temerity to ask the army rescue team to help him save his life. It is remarkable that the army rescue team overlooked all the s... | |
| | | | Tyranny: Police resorts to canecharge, scores injured; several held | | Kalakot triple murder case | | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, Sept 20: Over five dozen people, including women, were severely injured, when police canecharged people, who were protesting in support of their demand for a CBI probe into the much publicised Kalakot's triple murder case, at Siot Chowk today.
Angered by the police failure to work out the case, relatives of victims today held protest at Siot and blocked Jammu-Poonch road. In the meanwhile, a heavy contingent of police led by Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nowshera, Rakesh Kumar reached the spot and started cane-charging and thrashing the protestors.
Family members and relatives of the victims - Urmila, her sister Nishu and cop Sanjay Kumar who that time was... | |
| | | | 430 out of 958 Assistant Surgeons' posts in Jammu province lying vacant | | Doctors avoid postings in remote districts, prefer capital city | | | Akshay Azad
Jammu, Sept 20: Like other government employees, doctors are also preferring their postings in the capital city here while avoiding their postings in districts spread over vast hilly areas.
A glance at the sanctioned and available strength of doctors in the 10 districts of Jammu province revealed that the doctors are preferring to remain in either Jammu or newly created Samba district while in all other districts of Jammu province, the dearth of staff is more as compared to the two districts.
According to the data available with Early Times, 45 per cent posts of Assistant Surgeons across 10 districts of Jammu province are lying vacant but if the strength of Jammu and Samba di... | |
| | | | Reasi district administration's lethargic e-governance | | Provides wrong contact details given in website | | | Shiv Dev Thakur
REASI, Sept 20: Although funds in Crores are being diverted every year from ADB, World Bank, Central Government as well as State Government for the smooth functioning of the important Departments, but the officials at the helm of affairs have gone lethargic to utilize the same amount effectively.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullaha's promised e-Governance plan is yet to take off in several departments of the state whereas in some cases it has fallen flat in the hand of high level bureaucrats who used to visit their websites occasionally. The State is facing a worst disaster and every single person in the country is trying to contact the district administration of the affecte... | |
| | | | Jammu Floods: NC team faces embarrassment as locals say they have not got relief | | | | Poonch SSP offers to resign
if allegation of 100 thefts at
Mendhar proved true
M S Nazki
MENDHAR, Sept 20: A National Conference team, which visited here today to meet people affected by recent rains and floods, had to face embarrassment when angry locals said they had not received any relief from the Poonch district administration.
The team members arrived at the Mendhar dak bungalow where they met locals, including sarpanchs, and businessmen.
Gursai sarpanch and NC leader Abdul Rashid alias Haji Billoo held tehsildar responsible for inadequate distribution of relief material in the area. "No tent has so far been provided to the people of my area whose houses were... | |
| | | | It's not Congress era Bilawal Zardari should forget Kashmir | | | | Neha
JAMMU, Sept 20: Crumbling Pakistani state has found in the person of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chief patron Bilawal Bhutto Zardari another India-baiter, who on Friday at Pakistan Punjab's Multan made highly irresponsible and provocative statements against India. He visited parts of flood-hit Multan for an on-the-spot assessment and was accompanied, among others, by former Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf
Raza Gilani, who had succeeded in making our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh do a U-turn and include a reference to Baluchistan in the joint-declaration made at Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt). The then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had yielded to the suggestion of his Pakistani counterpart... | |
| | | | Omar 's claims fall flat, flood affected population still awaiting help CAPD distributing free ration among blue-eyed, charge flood affected | | | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, Sept 20: After the passage over 13 days since devastating floods hit this southern district the government ironically has failed in reaching out to affected families, thus proving the tall claims of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah a hoax.
Affected population in Danter area of Anantnag town ridiculed Chief Minister for his hoax claims that the state government is reaching out to the flood affected population and is helping them by providing the relief material including free of cost ration.
They told Early Times that government not only failed in rescuing the people during floods from several areas of Anantnag district but now has failed too in providing any relief ... | |
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