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| State Government paid no heed to warning from MET department, pushed lakhs to suffer | | Went to tackle flood with 250 boats, few hundred sand bags | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Sept 23: The Jammu and Kashmir Government headed by Omar Abdullah has a habit of shying away from responsibilities and lying before the common masses whenever they are caught in a catch 22 situation. Same has happened with respect to recent devastating flood that hit the state very badly.
The Chief Minister has in the recent past on more than one occasion said that the flood was so devastating that no Government would have managed the things in a better manner. He made this statement only to escape from the public criticism since his Government failed to cope up with the situation.
The State Government paid no heed whatsoever to the weather warning or advisory issued by the Srinagar centre of Meteorological department. The department had asked the State Government to take all the necessary steps since it had predicted that heavy rains are going to lash the entire state. It had also said that there is likelihood of flashfloods in different parts of the state.
On September 3, Director Meteorological department, Sonam Lotus issued a weather warning at 12 P... | |
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| EC to take final call on JK elections shortly | | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Sept 23: The Election Commission is not in a haste to hold elections in the flood ravaged Jammu and Kashmir. The EC will take final decision after things settle down to normalcy.
According to sources, the Centre has been briefed about the extent of damage and the possible time required to get the things back to the normalcy. The EC has also been briefed about the challenges of the administration in couping with building firstly infrastructure.
The elections in the state are scheduled by the end of the November and new Government is to be formed in the first week of the January. However, the possibility of the elections holding on schedule is unlikely.
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| | | | Posh Jawahar Nagar, Rajbagh turn into lake, remain submerged on 16th day | | Flood Aftermath | | | Collapsed, damaged houses remain inaccessible; fear of bodies lying under debris worries locals
Fazal Khan
SRINAGAR, Sept 23: Two posh colonies of Srinagar city, Jawahar Nagar and Rajbagh in civil lines are still submerged as water has got trapped in these areas and is refusing to come out. Government has installed pumps to drain out the stagnated water from these areas and through pipes it's being transferred into a nearby flood channel.
Worried residents of these areas for the past 16 days have been sitting on the bund waiting for water levels to recede so that they can reach their homes and see whether their residences are there or water has washed them away.
A few people whose house... | |
| | | | Powerful DD anchor gets only symbolic action for preaching secessionism | | Impact of BJP leader's influence: | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 23: Following intense pressure from nationalist forces across the country, the Doordarshan (DD) authorities has taken a symbolic action against influential DD anchor that had deliberately toed anti-India line while reporting flood in Srinagar.
Credible sources said that nationalist organisations all over the country expressed their anger against that DD anchor, who while covering flood situation at Srinagar, had deliberately and repeatedly called "Anantnag" as "Islamabad" and "Shankacharya Parbhat" as "Takhtay Suleman or Koh-e-Suleman".
Credible sources in the corridors of power said that nationalist forces were demanding a strong action against DD anchor ... | |
| | | | Contractual heads MBA deptt; inexperienced post-graduates teach PG students | | Tragic tale of Central University (CU) Jammu-III | | | Syed Junaid Hasmi
JAMMU, Sept 23: Department of Business Administration in Central University (CU) Jammu is being run by a contractual head of department with inexperienced post-graduates working on permanent basis and teaching post-graduate students.
Those who have been keeping close eye on the functioning of Central University (CU) do not hesitate in saying that ex-Vice-Chancellor Sudhir Singh Baloeria's integrity and honesty gets reflected from the fact that the selection committees which met and appointed faculty members have seemingly gone overboard to ensure selection of blue-eyed post-graduates. These include ex-OSD and now consultant, Dr. P.S. Pathania's daughter Anjali Pathania, ... | |
| | | | Watchman rules roost, entertains `nocturnal guests' | | Illegal use of Guest House/MFC | | | Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Sept 23: In brazen misuse of his position, the Government Guest House and Medical Faculty Club watchman -Ravi Sharma is illegally providing refuge to outsiders in lieu of money during night hours.
The watchman is doing all this under the patronage of a senior doctor who is close to a former Chief Minister of the state and the same watchman had earlier registered a complaint against a women who was running a canteen near the Guest House solely to take the canteen into his possession.
The woman Surinder Kour shared with Early Times that she had witnessed the watchman hundreds of time while giving refuge to outsiders during late night hours in the Medical Faculty Club (... | |
| | | | 50% Zoology lecturers overstaying in various colleges | | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Sept 23: At least 50% Zoology lecturers have been overstaying in various colleges across the state many of them by paying hefty amounts.
Out of the list of 73 Zoology lecturers, 37 are overstaying in various colleges and Mohammad Azam of Poonch tops the list. He has been overstaying in GDC Poonch for the last 17 years, followed by Aurengzeb Anjum, posted at GDC Poonch has been overstaying for the last 14 years.
Mansa Ram posted at GDC Bhaderwah, Shafali Abrol posted at WC Gandhi Nagar and Alpana Vohra posted at GGM Science College for the last around 13 years in their respective colleges.
Shafali Abrol remained posted at GGM Science college from 2001 to 2010 and a br... | |
| | | | Government halts relief distribution in Anantnag? | | Relief goes to tainted politicians | | | Saahil Suhail
ANANTNAG, Sept 23: Accusing the administration of closing down the relief distribution centre at Dak Banglow, Khanabal, the flood affected families of several areas said the relief material had been dumped to be given to the tainted politicians.
Affected families told Early Times that they found relief distribution center closed when they visited it for receiving the relief material sanctioned to them by the District Development Commissioner.
Safeera wife of Abdul Aziz a resident of Deva Colony told Early Times that on 13 September Deputy Commissioner Anantnag Bashir Ahmad Khan and Relief Commissioner signed her application and directed relief distribution center incharge... | |
| | | | Kashmir Floods: Yasin Malik, stone pelters act like "scorpion", Army like "monk" | | | | Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Sept 23: While by abusing and stoning their saviours in the inundated Valley, JKLF's Yasin Malik and a handful of other unscrupulous elements acted like the scorpion, Army religiously followed the dharma of kindness, purity, giving and caring by continuing with its rescue operations in the flood-hit Kashmir.
The scorpion and the monk story is handed down by tradition from earlier times. The monk lived on the banks of a river. One day when he went to the river to bathe, he noticed a scorpion struggling in the water. Scorpions cannot swim and the monk knew that if he did not save the scorpion, it would drown. Carefully wading through the water, he picks up the scorpion... | |
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