Srinagar, July 8 : Peoples Dem-ocratic Party (PDP) leader and MLA Rajpura Syed Bashir on Tuesday said the nomination of Dr Haseeb Drabu as party’s can-didate from his constituency for upcoming assembly elections has created a devil and the deep sea situation for him.“I don’t know what to do. On the one side I cannot overrule party decision as I hold Mufti Saheb and Mehbooba Ji in high esteem and on the other I don’t feel myself in a position to control my com-mitted workers who have shown serious reservations over party’s decision,” Bashir told KNS.In a candid confession, Bashir said that he was not taken on board by his party leadership while evolving consensus on Dr Drabu’s candidature. “I respect and hold Dr Drabu in high esteem as he is an experienced person and a visionary as well but on the other I am not able to face my vot-ers in the constituency who till the last moment were preparing and strategizing poll preparations for my smooth win,” he added.The PDP senior leader and for-mer minister of state for PHE

said that nomination of Dr Dra-bu’s as the party candidate from Rajpora was an ‘abrupt decision’ which has created ‘havoc’ in his constituency. “There is no doubt that I respect Mufti Saheb and Mehbooba Ji and am ready to sac-rifice anything for them and the party but at the same time I owe my people a lot. How can I ignore their feelings and aspirations?” Bashir stressed.

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The daily traffic mess in Srinagar city and on Srinagar-Anantnag and Srinagar-Baramulla roads has to-tally exposed our traffic system and management which are based on ob-solete methods and mechanism. The countless permits issued every year without considering the capacity of roads and the presence of thousands of old vehicles has made the traffic movement almost impossible and because of this that frequent traffic jams make the life of the commut-ers a hell every day. Due to corrup-tion and favouitism, R.T.O. issues permits to thousands of vehicles and there is no limit

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Wani for timely completion of R&B projects CS chairs FAC meetingStresses on monitoring of projects

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Under transfer BDO disburses Rs 64 lakhs

Srinagar, 08July: One person dies in Leh while four others were in-jured in different road accidents across the valley. A Maruti A-star car bearing reg-istration number JK10/6521 hit and injured a pedestrian Rigzin Dorjay son of Nawang Lundup resident of Ating Zanaskar at Choglamsar near ITBP Gate, in the jurisdiction of Police Station Leh. He later succumbed to his in-juries. Police has registered a case in this regard.Meanwhile, an ECCO vehicle bearing registration number JK01Q-1527 hit a scooter bearing registration number JK01H-3531 at Shree Bhat, in the jurisdiction of Police Station Zadibal resulting in injuries to the scooterist Syed Shariq Naqash son of Shabir Ah-mad resident of Zoonimar. The injured was shifted to hospital for treatment. Police has registered a case in this regard.In another road accident, a Load carrier bearing registration num-ber JK01V/7621 turned turtle at Ranga Mood, in the jurisdiction of Police Station Sonamarg, Gan-derbal resulting in injuries to the driver Ghulam Hassan Ganie. The injured was shifted to Sub District Hospital, Kangan for treatment. Police has registered a case in this regard.In another accident, a motorcycle bearing registration number JK05B/8110 skidded

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01 dies, 04 injured in road accidents

Syed Bashir aghast over the decision

NC must go for early reshuffle: Beg

No space for Tariq’s wards in any school

Srinagar, July 8 : The two years hardship faced by him has made him realize that the so called rehabilitation policy has pushed him from frying pan to fire. Tariq Ahmad, the father of three children who chose to shun the path of violence in 2012 and decided to return his home in Srinagar is yet to find school admissions for his children and a dignified livelihood for him-self.Tariq who hails from Chattabal area of Srinagar was a Munici-pal inspector in Pakistan Ad-ministered Kashmir, after his return to his native place he now owns an auto rickshaw that earns livelihood for his family. Talking to KNS, he said that for his elder son, Aamir a 9th class student, he sought admission in a local school. However, he was

told by the school authorities that the admission shall be fol-lowed by the registration from the Board of School Education. “From the last three months, I am making rounds of that de-partment but nothing concrete in my case was done by the of-ficials. Finally they (board offi-cials) asked me bribe, I refused and said I have no money in my possession,” said Tariq.He told KNS further finally the officials are denying him the registration stating that the same is not in rules. “I told them that chief minister himself has assured the admission for our children. They in return said that CM is himself guest of few months. You are a militant. Make your son a militant also.”Meanwhile another parent namely Mukhtar Ahmad from Baramulla stated that he re-turned to valley in 2013 but the officials are denying

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Another victim of rehabilitation policy

Srinagar, 8 July, : Sri-nagar police launched a special drive against beggars who have swarmed the city these days causing annoy-ance to the general public.On the directions of SSP Srinagar, Amit Kumar city police launched a special drive against the beg-gars. So far, police has arrested 37 local and non local beggars.A number of public delegations had ap-prised SSP Srinagar about the mushroom growth of beggars in city who create nui-sance at public places and places of worship. The menace of begging is assuming alarming proportions in city and other districts. All the arrested beg-gars were produced before the local mag-istrates under Jammu and Kashmir Beggary Act, 1960 who have or-dered their push back to their native places.SSP Srinagar See Drive On PG 11..

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Srinagar, July 8: A day after State Home Depart-ment overruled recom-mendation for reinstate-ment of three policemen and ordered their dis-missal for being involved in the killing of seven innocent civilians includ-ing two brothers in Brak-pora, Anantnag, 14 years back, the families of the victims Tuesday termed the decision an attempt to hoodwink and mislead people of Kashmir. “What can we expect from State Authorities when it takes 14 years for them to dismiss the guilty? We don’t want dis-missal but punishment to them,” Rashid Khan whose brother Rafiq

Khan was killed at the hands of government forc-es at Brakpora told CNS. Five days after the Chattisinghpora event in March 2000, in which un-identified gunmen shot dead 34 innocent Sikhs, Indian military forces killed five men in Path-ribal village of Anantnag district, claiming that the victims were the “foreign militants” responsible for the Chattisinghpora massacre. Local villag-ers however claimed that the men were ordinary civilians who had been killed in a fake encounter, not “foreign militants. During their protest rally, government See Families On PG 11..

District officials raid office, documents missingSrinagar, July 8: Under trans-fer Block Development Officer allegedly disbursed Rs 64 lakhs among contractors under MNRE-GA scheme on her last day in the office while the Budgam district authorities after receiving com-plaints sealed the official record and are investigating the matter. Official sources told CNS that Block Development Officer for Block Budgam was transferred to District Commissioner Office Baramulla. Sources added that on her last day in Budgam office, the BDO in league with four other employees disbursed Rs 64 lakhs among contractors under MNRE-GA scheme. Reports said that as the act of the BDO came to fore, workers and employees staged protest outside DC office Budgam and demand thorough probe into the matter. Acting on the directions of DC Budgam, a team of officials head-ed by Additional Deputy Commis-sioner Budgam Ajaz Ahmed Bhat raided the office and found some important documents

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Kishtwar, July 8: ) Nine gov-ernment employees including an officer of sheep husbandry department were killed in a tragic road accident at Sinthan Top on Kishtwar-Srinagar Na-tional Highway in Jammu re-gion on Tuesday.A senior police official told GNS that a Tata Sumo (JK17-0840) skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge at Kamraj Mode near Potato farm in Chat-troo area, some 70 kilometers away from Kishtwar town.Soon after the news about the mishap spread in the area, lo-cals, army, police and district administration officials rushed to the spot and launched joint rescue operation, the official said.He said that in the incident, all the nine persons traveling in the vehicle (Sumo) belonged to Sheep Husbandry Department Kishtwar were injured critical-ly. “Among the injured three persons died on way to the hos-pital while the remaining five succumbed to injuries in the Sub-district hospital Chattroo in the district”.“Among the dead is District Of-ficer Sheep Husbandry Kisht-war, Mohammad Rafiq Akhoon

and eight other employees of the department”, the official said, adding that the ill-fated vehicle was on its way to War-wan via Sinthan top for orga-nizing a special camp of the department to facilitate better Medicare to the livestock in the area.The organizing of special camp in the area comes in the back-drop of a meeting chaired by

Minister of State for Home, In-dustry and Commerce Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo at Deputy Commissioner’s office Kisht-war some 20-days back direct-ing all the officers in the dis-trict to held camps and address problems of the people in far flung areas.The official identified all the deceased persons

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road accident at Sinthan Top No hike in fares, Railways to attract FDI

New Delhi, July 08: Spar-ing passengers of any fur-ther fare hike, Railway Budget for 2014-15 pro-poses to attract private domestic and FDI in in-frastructure projects and pursuing private-public partnership to boost the finances of the cash-strapped railways.Having hiked fares to the tune of 14.2 percent re-cently, Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda who presented the new gov-ernment’s first budget in Lok Sabha on Tuesday said he plans to leverage railway PSU resources by bringing in their invest-ible funds in infrastruc-ture projects. He announced plans to introduce a bullet train in Mumbai- Ahmedabad sector and setting up of a Diamond Quadrilateral network of high speed rail connecting major metros and growth centres. A sum of Rs 100 crore has been provided for initiat-ing the project. Increasing the speed of trains to 160 to 200 kms per hour on nine select

sectors was another high-light of the budget, which proposes to allow all ex-perimental stoppages to lapse after September this year. The Budget disclosed that traffic growth declined and expenditures went up in 2013-14 as compared to the revised estimates of previous financial year. Gross traffic receipts stood at Rs 1,39,558 crore, short of revised estimates by Rs 942 crore over the previous year. The ordi-nary working expenses

and pension outgo were also higher. The budget estimates for 2014-15 assumes a freight loading 1101 metric tonnes, 51 metric tonnes more than the previous year, growth in passen-ger traffic at 2 percent and freight earnings at Rs 1,05,770 crore. Passenger earnings will be Rs 44,645 crore after a revenue sacrifice of Rs 610 crore on account of monthly season ticket fares.

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Gowda presents maiden Railway Budget

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New Delhi, July 08: Govern-ment has approved mini-mum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 under Employees Pen-sion Scheme 1995 (EPS-95) run by the retirement body Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Parlia-ment was informed on Mon-day.The decision of the govern-ment would immediately benefit 28 lakh pensioners including 5 lakh widows getting less than Rs 1000 as pension every month. In all, there are 44 lakh pensioners under the EPS-95 scheme. “Yes, Government has ap-proved minimum pension of Rs 1000 per month to the pen-sioners under the EPS-95,” Minister of state for Steel, Mines, Labour and Employ-ment Vishnu Deo Sai said in a written reply to Lok Sabha on Monday.

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Proposal for Rs 1,000 minimum

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Srinagar, July 8: Three government officials including Zonal Ed-ucation Officer have been booked by Vigi-lance Organization for allegedly misappro-priating government funds under Surva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) last year. Police sources told CNS that Sajad Hus-sain Mir then War-den Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidiyalaya (KGBV) Boniyar, Kha-lid Hussain then ZEO Boniyar and Mehraj-u-din then Head Clerk of ZEO office Boniyar jointly hatched a con-spiracy and abused their official position by misappropriating an amount

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Deceased include District Sheep Husbandry Officer of Kishtwar

Sopore, July 8: Resentment is brewing among People’s Dem-ocratic Party workers after the party awarded mandate for Sopore constituency to the brother-in-law of senior leader Muhammad Dilawar Mir. Party leader Muhammad Shezad Asim told CNS that a convention will be organized in Dak Banglow Sopore in

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Workers to resign en-masse

Says Dr Farooq will consider views of party activists ahead of any

pre-poll allianceSrinagar, July 8 : Maintaining that NC president Dr Farooq will taken into con-sideration the views of the party men be-fore entering into any pre-poll pact with the Congress, senior NC leader and a former parlia-ment member Dr Mehboob Beg Tuesday remarked that reshuffle within NC would be a vital step to rebuilt peo-ples’ trust. Beg told KNS that the party has reserved its decision on any pre-poll alliance with the state Congress for the forthcoming polls and that the same shall be taken by the party president himself. “It is the president that is authorized to take final call over the pre-poll pact issue. But at the same time I can assure you that the views of the ground level workers and activists shall be taken into account be-fore making the decision final.”

He stated that the people of Jammu and Kashmir through the recently held polls expressed anger against the party and that much hard work is needed so that the trust could be rebuilt. “We have to take people friendly measures so that we could achieve fleet during the assembly elections. The leaders must understand that the polls for the state assembly are not going to be a calk walk for us.”Over the reports of the reshuffle within the ruling national conference, Beigh stated that when people have made the

party to taste defeat, it has to in return take steps that would give a signal that the party has taken note of its recent debacle. “It is the high time that NC must introspect and come up in open with the steps that could make the party to register triumph in the coming time.”Beg recently hit headlines when he leveled serious al-legations against finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather, accusing him of fa-

cilitating “backdoor entries” of his own people in Jammu and Kashmir Bank and snubbing party members in District Development Board (DDB) meetings.

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as Dr. Mohammad Rafiq Akhoon (57) of Kishtwar, Sheep Husbandry Officer Kishtwar, Dr. Aamir Ka-mal (30) son of Ghulam Nabi of Kishtwar, Abdul Reh-man Reshi (58) son of Lassa Reshi of Chattroo, Irshad Ahmed Wani (42) a Medical Assistant son of Ghulam Mohammad of Shuri Chattroo, Ghulam Ahmed (58) son of Mohd Ramzan of Mullar, Chingam, Sat Lal Supervisor (40) son of Gosawamu Ram of Berabhat-ta, Ramesh Kumar (40) Driver son of Premnath of Loidhar, Darshan Kumar Assistant Stockman (52) son of Munshi Ram of Samba and Abdul Kareem (26) son of Ghulab Kareem of Balana, Sigdi, Kishtwar.After conducting all medico-legal formalities and au-topsy, police handed over the dead bodies of deceased to their relatives for last rites, he said, adding that po-lice have registered a case and started further investi-gations in this regard.Meanwhile, a pall of gloom descended in the villages when the bodies of the deceased reached in their re-spective places, the official said. Those who have condoled the demise of nine passen-gers include N N Vohra, Omar Abdullah, , Mufti Mo-hammad Sayeed, Ghulam Nabi Azad.

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Total receipts for the current year have been pegged at Rs 1,64,374 crore and expenditure at Rs 1,49,176 crore. Disclosing that he needs more than Rs nine lakh crore to completing the Golden Quadrilateral Network and Rs 60,000 crore for introducing one bullet train alone, Gowda told the House, “Can I depend only on hiking fare and freight rates and burden the public to realise these funds? This is unrealistic. I need to explore the alternate means of resource mobilisation.” He proposed to launch a scheme to bring in investible surplus funds of railway PSUs in infrastructure proj-ects which can generate attractive returns. Proposing private investment in railways through do-mestic and FDI, Gowda said growth depends heavily on availability of funds for investment in rail infra-structure. Internal revenue sources and government funding are insufficient to meet the requirement, the Railway Minister said, adding the ministry is seeking Cabinet approval for allowing FDI in rail sector. FDI, however, will be limited to infrastructure devel-opment and not allowed in operations, he said. He said the concept of PPP has not been successful in raising substantial resources for railways. “It is my endeavour to pursue this in right earnest. It is our target that bulk of our future projects will be financed through PPP mode, including the high-speed rail, which requires huge investments.” Apart from mobilising resources, Gowda said he needed to strategically manage other aspects of plan-ning and administration by adopting a near-holiday approach, setting time-lines for ongoing projects, strategic partnership and aggressive indigenisation of imported projects. The annual plan for 2014-15 has been fixed at the high-est ever outlay of Rs 65,445 crore with gross budgetary support at Rs 30,100 crore, Railway Safety Fund Rs 2,200 crore, internal re-sources Rs 15,350 crore, ex-ternal market borrowing Rs 11,790 crore and EBR-PPP Rs 6,005 crore. The budget provides higher funds for ongoing projects in North East, including 11 national projects. Rs 5,116 crore earmarked for proj-ects in North East, which is 54 percent higher than the previous year. While Udhampur-Katra rail link in Jammu and Kash-mir has been dedicated to the nation, the focus will now be on completion of the missing link between Bani-hal and Katra. 18 new line surveys have been announced, which in-clude rail connectivity to ‘char dham’ -- Kedarnath, Badrinath, etc, and Shimo-ga-Sringeri-Mangalore. Five Jansadharan trains are being introduced along with five premium trains, six AC express trains and 27 express trains and eight passenger trains. The premium trains are be-tween Mumbai Central and New Delhi, Shalimar-Chen-nai, Secundarabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin, Jaipur-Madu-rai and Kamakhya-Banga-lore. In order to strengthen security in trains and sta-tions, the budget proposes to recruit 4000 women RPF constables. Already 17000 RPF constables have been recruited and shall be avail-able for deployment shortly. Gowda said safety of pas-sengers is of paramount importance and it is esti-mated that over Rs 40,000 crore would be needed to be invested in track renewals, elimination of unmanned railway crossings and road overbridges and under-bridges. A provision of Rs 1,785 crore has been ear-marked for railway over-bridges and underbridges. Outlining IT initiatives, the minister said the railway reservation system is be-ing revamped to move into next generation E-tick-eting system, which will support 7200 tickets per minutes to allow 1,20,000 simultaneous users.

Bashir said that Mehbooba conveyed him the decision of nominating Dr Drabu from Rajpora and he told her that the party is free to take any decision and he will abide by all party directives. “I will abide by the par-ty decision but also how can I ignore my people who have sacrificed everything for me in last 30 years of my political career.”When asked whether he was contacted by any other political party especially PDP’s arch rival National Conference, Bashir said that no political party has approached him sofar. “The NC cannot afford to con-tact me and they know it. But somebody has posted me a text saying that with Drabu’s nomination Rajpora seat is now in NC’s kitty. I replied to him that till I am alive nothing will happen to PDP in my constituency. And God wiling I will make them (NC) to eat dust,” Bashir said.

which PDP workers from Sopore will resign en-masse. “At least 400 workers will quit PDP on Wednesday. We are all fuming over the party decision to award man-date to such a candidate who has no base and faith in the constituency. Nobody knows who Nazir Naikoo is,” Asim said. He added that party awarded mandates in an unfair manner. “Some influential people were accommodated at the cost of deserving candi-dates. Raja Ajaz Ali was given mandate because he is the relative of Syed Altaf Bukhari. Similar-ly Nazir Naikoo was chosen candidate because Dilwar Mir is his brother-in-law,” he said. Despite repeated attempts Nazir Naikoo could not be contacted, however, senior PDP leader Muhammad Dilawar Mir told CNS that Shezad Asim is at liberty and he can resign with all his supporters. “It was the decision of party High Command to award mandate to Nazir Naikoo for Sopore Constituency and I had nothing to with it,” Mir said. (CNS)

“I am told that there have been numerous appoint-ments in J&K Bank at the behest of Abdur Rahim Rather,” Beg told reporters in Sarnal , after commem-orating the 32nd death anniversary of his father and NC leader Mirza Muhammad Afzal Beg. He said most of the appointees come from Rather’s home constit-uency of Chrar-e-Sharif. “Providing employment to youth is good but there should have been appoint-ments from Anantnag as well,” he said. Admitting that there was PDP wave during parliamentary elec-tions in the Valley, Beg said, “We must introspect rea-sons of defeat and voters’ alienation from our party.” (KNS)

Amit Kumar reiterated that the drive will continue in the future also. (CNS)

According to the Minister, several representations have been received for enhancement of pension un-der EPS-95 and based on those, “government has ap-proved minimum pension of Rs 1,000 to pensioners under the EPS-95.” Earlier, Labour Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had discussed the proposal with trade unions on 24th June and assured the government will take a decision with-in two weeks. As per the proposal, pensioners were to get the benefit with effect from 1st April this year. The government would have to provide an additional amount of around Rs 1,217 crore to ensure a minimum pension of Rs 1,000 for 2014-15.

him the registration for his children to join any school here.Pertinently, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami in a letter to the chief minister had earli-er expressed deep disappointment over the issue. “I want to bring in your notice that a PAK woman Saira Bano who had recently accompanied her husband to a Bandipora village under the return and rehabilitation policy on April 14 lost her battle for life. Five days be-fore the death of this young woman, she had set her-self ablaze and was under treatment at a hospital in Srinagar. The deceased is survived by her husband and the three small children.” In his reply to Tariga-mi’s letter, Chief Minister had assured full support to the Pak returnees and maintained that the govern-ment is committed to provide better life to those who shun the path of violence and return to valley to start a dignified life. (KNS)

forces fired upon them indiscriminately killing the 7 ci-vilians, all residents of Brari Angan. Muhammad Rafiq Khan whose father Jumma Khan had become the victim in Pathribal fake encounter also lost his life during the Barakpora protest. The son of one of the slain man Muhammad Hanief told CNS that mere dismissing the guilty is not going to help the present government. “If Omar Abdullah really wants to win the hearts of the peo-ple, then it should punish the guilty and book all who are responsible for the killing of innocent people in Kashmir,” he said adding that it is the height of injustice that even after finding guilty, the probe committee had recommend-ed for the reinstatement of killer cops including Assistant Sub-Inspector Ashok Kumar, Head Constable Krishen Kumar and Selection Grade Constable Chaman Lal. The family members of the victims said that they don’t need anything except justice. ‘Our protest will continue

of Rs. 25,28,445 out of the allotted funds of Rs. 62,18,519 meant for the various activities of KGBV Boniyar. Vigilance Organization according to CNS in its in-quiry has revealed that the accused illegally trans-ferred this amount to their personal and relatives bank accounts after withdrawing it fraudulently from the government treasury. The trio has been booked vide FIR number 29/2014 and formal case has been registered against them. (CNS)

off the road at Kangan, in the jurisdiction of Police Station Kangan, Ganderbal resulting in injuries to motorcyclist Arshid Ahmed Sheikh resident of Sindh-bal, Ganderbal. The injured was shifted to hospital for treatment. Police has registered a case in this regard.Meanwhile, a Marshal vehicle bearing registration number JK02AB/4204 driven by Bilal Ahmed Baba resident of Baramulla hit and injured Saima daughter of Abdul Ahad Mir resident of Nazampora at Kangan, in the jurisdiction of Police Station Kangan, Gander-bal. The injured was shifted to Sub District Hospital, Kangan for treatment. Police has registered a case in this regard.

including cheque books, withdrawals and dispatch-es missing from the office. “We are investigating the matter,” the official said. Despite repeated attempts the accused BDO Nuzhat Qureshi could not be contacted. (CNS)

and resentment will not stop brewing till killers are not hanged,” they said. Pertinently, the 7 protestors who were killed at the hands of government forces at Brakpora in 2000 were identified as Muhammad Rafiq Khan son of Jumma Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed Khan son of Sidiq Khan, Akhtar Ali Khan son of Roshan Ali Khan, Akhtar Ali Khan son of Sabaz Ali Khan, Muhammad Hanif Khan son of Gafoor Khan, brothers Noorani Khan and Mu-hammad Amin Khan sons of Topa Khan all residents of Brari Angan Anantnag. (CNS)

SRINAGAR | WEDNESDAY, JULY | 09 | 2014Daily ZABARWAN TIMES NEWS

Take a break from your routine, Libra. You might feel like you’re leading an army into battle as you strive for new adven-tures and conquer new realms. Make sure you take a bit of time out today to stop and let your troops rest. You deserve a little rest yourself. Use this moment of stillness to form your plan of attack so you’re sure about how to proceed.

The key for you is to minimize your daily drama as much as possible, Scorpio. You may not realize how much you cripple your-self by the way you exaggerate every aspect of your life. Try not to give so much of your attention to things that really don’t matter much. Petty jealousy and gossip about other people’s lives are es-pecially irrelevant in your world.

Be careful of advertising yourself as someone who is so strong and mentally competent that you’re capable of handling every-thing, Sagittarius. Take note that the strongest mule on the trail usually ends up carrying the most weight. Your emotions are more sensitive than you may think, and certainly more than you demonstrate to others. Be honest about the way you feel and not just the way you think.

Things should flow well for you today with very little ef-fort on your part, Capricorn. Take note that if any quarrel arises, it’s an indication that the person you’re arguing with isn’t nec-essarily the right person to deal with or confide in. Emotional issues are likely to be the hardest ones to overcome, but this shouldn’t be a problem for you. You have the ability to work through these like a pro.

This is meant to be a nice, relaxing day, so treat it as such, Aquarius. There’s no need for you to plan any great strategy at this time. Try to take it easy and not indulge in any unnecessary stress. This is your time to enjoy the moment. Don’t tax your mind by overanalyzing everything that comes your way. Go with the flow and have a great time regardless of what you end up doing.

Your sensual nature is heightened, Pisces, and you’ll find yourself engaged in tender moments and languid peacefulness in the company of others. Soothe your soul by letting yourself slip into situations that give you the emotional freedom to do or say whatever comes to mind. Life should be like a love poem written by a great master. Accept the good energy that comes your way.

Your sixth sense is right on target, Virgo, so trust your instincts today. You’re likely to connect with someone in a wonderful partnership that will help you foster the very plan you want to develop now. Stay close to those things that resonate strongly with your morals. The answer is in front of you; you don’t have to search too far afield in order to find it.

Allow your eager and restless nature to express itself in ways other than through the spoken word, Aries. Show someone that you care through your gentle touch or a big bear hug. Hold on a little bit more tightly than you might normally. There’s an unspo-ken understanding that comes when you communicate through nothing but pure silence. Work on developing this kind of connec-tion with those closest to you.

This is a terrific day for you, Taurus. You should find that your relationships, especially with men, go exceptionally well. Your tender and extremely sensitive nature is finally being recognized as the treasure chest it is. There are many times in which this type of personality is seen as weak, yet today is one of those times in which you’re given the full credit you deserve.

A selfish attitude on your part won’t be tolerated today, re-gardless of the circumstances, Gemini. Don’t make it worse for yourself by pretending that you don’t notice others’ hurt feelings. People are likely to be extra sensitive today, so be careful about trying to impose your will on someone who really wants nothing more than an ear to talk to and a shoulder to cry on.

You could find the hardest person to face is you, Cancer. You tend toward introspection, and you may find yourself shrinking into self-recrimination. You could analyze the important people in your life and yet fail to address the one you really need to look at – you. As you continually strive for perfection, give yourself proper credit. Do something nice for yourself today.

Take advantage of the creative energy in the air today, Leo. Keep your hands moving and your imagination flowing toward something fun and artistic. If you begin to doubt your work, you may fall down a spiral of creative blockage. Don’t get into the habit of constantly judging the quality or outcome of your work. Give yourself free rein to open up and explore whatever comes to mind.

SRINGAR, JULY 08: A meeting of the Committee on Public Undertak-ings (PUC) of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was held un-der the Chairmanship of MLA Mr. G. M. Saroori here today.

Threadbare discussion was held on the working of the J&K Minerals, SIDCO, SICOP and J&K Ce-ment Limited.

Legislators, Dr. Mustafa Ka-mal, Mr. Mohammad Yasin Shah, Mr. A. R. Veeri, Mr. Aijaz Ahmad Jan, Mr. Nizamu-u-Din Bhat and Syeed Asgar Ali attended the meeting and gave their valuable suggestions for further improvement in making these corporations viable and re-sult oriented.

The Committee stressed for upgradation and improvements in J&K Minerals, SIDCO, SICOP and

J&K Cement Limited so that these can prove beneficial for the gen-eral public as well as the workers working in these Corporations. It also asked them to improve quali-tatively.

Earlier, the Financial Com-missioner, Industries and Com-merce (I&C) Mr. Khurshid Ahmad Ganai briefed the Committee about the achievements and activities of these Corporations through a power point presentation. He in-formed that J&K Minerals Lim-ited has earned income of Rs.24.87 crore, out of which Rs.20.92 crore has been expended with surplus of Rs.3.95 crore during the year 2014-15 so far.

Among others, Accountant General, J&K, Mr. Khalid Jamal, Secretary, Legislative Assembly

Mr. M. Ramzan, Director General Accounts and Treasuries, Mr. Al-taf Hussain, Special Secretary , I & C Mrs. Dilshad Khan, Director Finance, I & C Mr. Mohammad Yaqoob Itoo, Director, JK Entre-preneurs Development Institute (EDI) Mr. M. I Parray, Managing Director, J&K Minerals Mr. Anal Kumar Gupta, Managing Director, SICOP Mr. R. L. Tickoo, Managing Director, J&K Cement Limited Mr. Rakesh, Managing Director, SIDCO Mr. Vikram Gupta, Director Ge-ology and Mining Mr. F. A. Khan, Managing Director, Handicrafts Mr. I. H. Drabu and other officers of I & C, J&K Minerals, SIDCO, SI-COP and J&K Cement Limited be-sides senior officers of Assembly Secretariat were present in the meeting.

Secy Horticulture convenes meeting with

fruit growersSRINAGAR, JULY 08: Secretary Public Bureau Enter-

prises, Horticulture and Floriculture J&K Govt, Mr. Sanjeev Verma convened an interface meeting of fruit growers from all the districts of Kashmir Valley.About hundred growers participated in the meeting, besides all the Chief Horticulture Officers and Subject Matter Specialists of Kashmir Province participated.The growers were ad-dressed by the experts from the Horticulture Department and on spot remedial measures to their problems were discussed in detail. The growers were asked not to use the fungicides and pesticides which are not recommended by the SKUAST-K.The Secretary exhorted upon the Chief Horti-culture Officers of all districts to remain physically available for of the growers along with their staff so that on spot ad-visory to the farmers is provided to mitigate the problems confronted by them.Mr. Verma asked the fruit growers of the Valley to cooperate and follow the farm advisory from the scientists of SKUAST-K and the experts of the department of Horticulture adding that the government is aware of the situation and is monitoring on day to day basis the status of the Apple scab and other fruit disorders in the Valley.

PUC reviews working of PSUsSaroori chairs meeting

SRINAGAR, JULY 08:- As many as 167 schemes amounting to about Rs. 467.70 crore are being executed under R&B sector in Kulgam Constituency.

This information was given in a meeting convened here to-day under the Chairmanship of Minister for Roads & Buildings Mr. Abdul Majid Wani, to review the pace of progress on these schemes.

MLA, Kulgam Mr. Mohammad Yousif Tarigami was also present in the meeting.

Addressing the meeting, the Minister stressed the need for completing on-going road proj-ects in time-bound manner, saying that road connectivity is pivotal for transforming socio-economic profile of people and promoting business transactions between rural and urban areas. He said that the development and up-gradation of road net-work is in the focussed atten-tion of the Government. He said that efforts are afoot for ensuring cent per cent road connectivity in the State, adding that besides R&B Department, various Central Government agencies have also been engaged for execution of some mega road projects in the

state.Taking detailed review of

progress project-wise and scheme-wise, the Minister di-rected the executing agencies to accelerate the pace of construc-tion on the under-execution projects ensuring their timely completion. He laid stress for ensuring quality of work strictly as per specification. He also took serious note of slow progress of

some vital projects in the Con-stituency and asked the con-cerned to monitor the pace of work on the spot.

The Meeting was informed that 134 schemes including 16 bridges involving Rs. 311.64 crore are being executed in the Constituency under R&B sector. Similarly, 8 projects including Mini Secretariat, District Hos-pital, Degree College, Tehsildar

Quarter, Kulgam and Ashimuji Kelam bridge are being con-structed by involving Rs. 116.74 crore by the JKPCC, the meeting was informed.

The meeting was further informed that out of 25 schemes, 22 schemes stand completed by utilizing Rs. 33.83 crore against allocated funds to the tune of Rs, 39.32 crore by constructing 52 kms

roads connecting 19 habita-tions in the Constituency un-der PMGSY.

Among others, Commissioner Secretary, R&B, Mrs. Tanveer Je-han, Chief Engineer, R&B Kash-mir Mr. Satish Razdan, Chief En-gineer, PMGSY Mr. Vinod Tikoo, Managing Director, JKPCC Mr. T. R Bhagat, besides senior Engineers of R&B and JKPCC attended the meeting.

Wani for timely completion of R&B projects

Taj reviews under construc-tion health sector projects

Initiatives taken for welfare of farmers, reviewed at Bla

SRINAGAR, JULY 8: Minister for Health & Medical Education, Mr. Taj Mohi ud Din reviewed the status of health sector projects under construction at a meeting of officers here today.

Minister for R&B and Mechanical Engineering Mr. Abdul Majid Wani was also present in the meeting.

The meeting reviewed the progress registered on various health sector proj-ects and necessary instructions were given to concerned agencies to speed up the work on these projects.

Important issues like improvement in infrastructure, fund allocation, expen-diture and work done status of various projects under different executing agencies came up for discussion during the meeting.

Officers representing the concerned executing agencies briefed the meeting about the status of ongoing works on various health sector projects like Lalla Ded Hospital Srinagar, District Hospital Kupwara, District Hospital Ganderbal, District Hospital Baramulla, among others.

The Minister directed the executing agencies including JKPCC, R&B, JK Housing Board and J&K Police Housing Corporation to expedite pace of work while maintain-ing quality standards as per specifications so that the said projects are completed within the stipulated time. Mr. Taj said that health infrastructure that is being de-veloped will be an asset to the State and will help cater to the healthcare needs of people.

The Ministers called for better coordination among the executing agencies and the concerned departments for improved results on ground.

BARAMULLA, JULY 08: Against the availability of Rs. 7.13 lakhs as Credit Plan under the Agriculture Sector, Rs. 6.97 lakhs have been expended in the previous fiscal while the allotted Rs. 5.48 lakhs have been expended in full under Horticulture Sector in the district.This was given out during a review meeting of Officers of Agriculture and Horticul-ture with District Development Com-missioner, Baramulla, Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone in chair to review the physical and financial achievements here today. Chief Agriculture Officer, Chief Horticulture Officer and Area Marketing Officers also attended.It was informed that Rs. 2 lakh have been incurred for development and promotion of Apiculture, while Rs. 2.50 lakh for development and promotion of Mushroom on cultivation, Rs. 38,000 for machinery equipment, Rs. 72,000 on NPDP, Rs. 1.28 lakh on Oil Seed Develop-ment Programme under District Plan during the last fiscal. Rs. 9.52 lakhs

were also incurred under ATMA scheme. The Agriculture department provided 160 Mushroom Trays, 4 Bore Wells, 28 Tube Wells, 160 Irrigation Pumps and 16 Tool Kits on subsidy with a cost of Rs. 24.36 lakhs to the farmers of the district, besides 108 Warm Composition Units and 60 Poly Houses were also provided to the farmers during the last financial year under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yo-jana, Rs. 64.10 lakhs have been expended on various schemes for promotion and development of Agriculture sector in the district, besides 115 hectares of land were covered under Rabi crops and 162 hectares under Kharief season crops in the district, the meeting was informed.On the occasion, it was also given out that Rs.1.62 lakh were incurred by the Horticulture department for develop-ment of horticulture dry land and hill ar-eas. Rs. 18,000 on Fruit Preservation and Utilization Extension Centres, Rs. 36, 000 on development of high density.

CS chairs FAC meetingStresses on monitoring of projects

SRINAGAR, JULY 08 – The For-est Advisory Committee headed by Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey on Tuesday dis-cussed and approved several

proposal for allowing use of for-est land coming under various developmental and connectivity

projects in various forest divi-sions of the State.

The Committee gave forest clearance for 2 MW Khari MHP in Ramban Forest Division with

the direction from the Chief Sec-retary to JAKEDA and State Level Monitoring Committee to moni-

tor on regular basis the muck disposal and its eco stabilization besides ensuring dumping at the designated sites.

The Committee also approved

use of forest land for construc-tion of road from Bamayala to Kantha in Nowshera Forest Divi-

sion, Banjian to Motta in Billawar Forest Division, Bathera to Gha-wan in Rajouri Forest Division besides giving forest clearance to the 375 m Passenger Ropeway

Project of SMVDSB Katra in Reasi Forest Division.

“Any violation or deviation

observed in the approved action plan must be immediately re-ported and necessary corrective measures taken” Mr Khandey stressed. He said any person or agency that causes loss or dam-age to forests or takes up any construction work in the forest area without proper forest clear-ance must be dealt with strictly and prosecuted as per the provi-sions of the J&K Forest (Conser-vation) Act.

Financial Commission-er, Revenue, Dr. Arun Kumar, Principal Secretary, Planning, B. R. Sharma, Principal Secre-tary, Finance, B. B. Vyas, Com-missioner Secretary, Science and Technology, Bipul Pathak, Commissioner Secretary, R&B, Tanveer Jahan, Secretary Forest, Mohammad Afzal Bhat, Chief Wildlife Warden, A. K. Singh, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Abhai Kumar and other senior officers attended the meeting.

167 schemes being executed in Kulgam Constituency

Daily Zabarwan TimesEDITORIAL/ OPINIONEDITORIAL/ OPINIONDaily Zabarwan TimesSrinagar, Wednesday 09 July 2014

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Daily Traffic jams-Hell-like

situation

The daily traffic mess in Srinagar city and on Srinagar-Anantnag and Srinagar-Baram-ulla roads has totally

exposed our traffic system and management which are based on obsolete methods and mech-anism. The countless permits issued every year without con-sidering the capacity of roads and the presence of thousands of old vehicles has made the traffic movement almost im-possible and because of this that frequent traffic jams make the life of the commuters a hell every day. Due to corruption and favouitism, R.T.O. issues permits to thousands of vehi-cles and there is no limit or restraint on the authority of this office which has become a main reason for the woes of general masses. The traffic po-lice which always claims to be under control, in fact is put out of gear by traffic jams every day. This wing of police mainly responsible for traffic manage-ment has never come true to the expectations of the masses as the officers deployed in ev-ery nook and corner of the state are mostly filing some challans here and there without real-ly putting in force the traffic rules and controlling the traffic management to the best satis-faction of the common people . This wing is also infested with a lot of corruption. The politi-cal heads of the transport min-istry have always indulged in such favourtism, mal-practices and nepotism that this minis-try is going from bad to worse with every passing day. The state administration headed by ineffective political leadership is perhaps watching the situ-ation insensitively and is not initiating any action to provide relief to the people from daily traffic jams which so far have claimed some lives also. The bottle necks at certain places like Sonawar, Pantha Chowk, Lal Chowk, Batmaloo, Dal Gate and some other places are not being removed deliberately as the present dispensation can not afford to annoy some people as it has already suffered a hu-miliating defeat in the recently held parliamentary elections. It needs strong will, guts, vi-sion and courage to help the people to get rid of daily traffic jams. But who will bell the cat, is a million dollar question!

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

Qoute of the day

Dr. Seuss

Daily Zabarwan TimesEDITORIAL/ OPINIONEDITORIAL/ OPINIONDaily Zabarwan TimesSrinagar, Sunday 23 February 2014

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To Grey Gracefully

One day every living thing on earth has to decay and ultimately die its own death. But the period from birth to death is full

of challenges and difficulties. Due to advancement in medical sciences, the ultimate death has been delayed. The average age of a human being which till some years back was between 45-50 years has risen to 70 years. According to surveys India is going to be a home for second largest number of elderly people in the world. A majority of this population will be living in rural areas thereby posing health service delivery a herculean task before the govern-ment. The most tragic part will be that thirty percent of these people would be below poverty line. Moreover this large chunk of population would be suffering from arthritis, deafness, hy-pertension, poor vision, bone fractures or will be anemic due to lack of nutri-ent food. One in ten in rural India and two in five in urban areas will be suf-fering from diabetes, bowl disorder or heart ailment and loss of memory. As per health ministry reports number of people in sixty plus age group in India will exceed ten crores by next year and nearly twenty crores in 2030. Reports further reveal that at least ten percent of this population would be bedrid-den, requiring utmost care. Keeping in view such a large chunk of elderly people, Union Ministry of Health has revised national programme for health care for elderly people. Efforts are on to produce more post graduates in Geriatric medicine per year besides adding more beds to district hospitals. The medical assistance especially in rural areas can be provided to elderly people only when the primary health centers are well equipped with all kind of facilities to take care of elderly peo-ple. The state government will have to play an important role to meet this challenge by taking the help of private sector. Though the state governments are providing old age pension to el-derly people but that is not sufficient to meet the medical expenses. More-over the basic care of elderly people should begin form the houses they live in. They should not be treated as burden by the family members rather should be made to feel part and parcel of the family. Due to negligence at the hand of family members, loneliness, solitude makes elderly people to feel more sick and unwanted. The insur-ance companies too can play a pivotal role in over coming this crucial prob-lem by providing financial assistance to elderly people in case of falling ill. Recently government of India has adopted the Yogya Karta declaration on ageing and health, committing it-self to improving national response to the health of ageing population. The charitable hospitals, dispensa-ries and primary health centers for elderly people can also share some of the responsibilities.But apart from the responsibilities of the society and the families towards these grey men, the elderly people should also change their mindset. Instead of feeling pity on themselves they should strive hard to grey gracefully and keep themselves busy in some work with positive atti-tude towards life and family.

Daily Zabarwan TimesEDITORIAL/ OPINIONEDITORIAL/ OPINIONDaily Zabarwan TimesSrinagar, Friday 07 February 2014

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Lok Sabha elections- A confusing

political situation

As the elections are nearing the political parties are trying their best to form alliances before the

announcement of dates for Lok Sabha polls. The progressive al-liances led by congress, NDA led by BJP are already in busi-ness and are trying very hard to rope up more and more nation-al and regional parties in their fold. However there are possi-bilities of the formation of third front which has been a dream for Trinmol Congress, CPIM and Samajvadi party. Though Trinmol congress has already announced the pre poll alliance with CPIM but the Samajvadi party has made it clear that it is not interested in pre poll alliance but will join third front after the election results are out. It means that the party is aiming to derive more benefits from third front if the front is able to form the government and if Samajvadi party gets a good number of Lok Sabha seats. On the other hand the NDA has some strong allies in AIADMK Shiv Sena and Sher-omani Akalidal. The UPA led by congress is receiving jolt after jolt and its allies are distancing themselves from Congress which they fear has lost credibility due to certain scandals which sur-faced during the last about four years. When it comes to the real test the indications are that BJP may emerge as single largest party and may form the govern-ment with the help of its allies. However things are not clear as congress is a strong party and can bounce back to cause dents to NDA and can again emerge as a force to recon with. However the coming Lok Sabha election will tell the real story and the voters who have to exercise their democratic right will decide the fate of the national and regional parties. There is no doubt that the regional parties which rep-resent the aspirations of certain communities and regions have weakened the various central governments as they cannot dis-charge their functions according to their plans. The national par-ties who lead the governments become totally dependent on the support of original parties who exploit them and even black mail them when it comes to their own interests. It will be in the best in-terest of the country if one party emerges at least with a thin ma-jority and then gets support from like minded parties.