Politicians blamed
for present mess
Swami Paul for transparency
in distribution of funds to NGOs
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: Chairman, Maa Shakti, an
organization working for the development of
children and youth, Swami Paul today strongly
advocated for accountability and transparency in
the distribution of funds by the Government among
the Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the
country.
Talking to media
persons here this afternoon, Swami Paul said the
Government should also ascertain whether the
funds given to these NGOs have properly been
utilized for the development and welfare of the
people or otherwise.
He, however,
regretted that some NGOs have been granted crores
of rupees as aid by the Government for welfare
schemes but they totally misutilised in absence
of proper check and accountability.
Swami Paul
expressed grave concern over the growing
unemployment and the problems being faced by the
youth and children and asserted that he has the
solution to solve the unemployment problem within
five years.
Holding the
politicians responsible for the prevailing mess
in the country, he said they divide the people on
communal, caste and regional lines thereby
spreading the seeds of hatred among the masses.
" They want people to become loyal to their
parties than the nation" which is dangerous
for the country, he added.
Making a scathing
attack on politicians, he said the ministers and
legislatures have no moral right to take salary
as they are the social workers. If they
(politicians) are really interested in the
welfare of masses they in turn should spend this
money for the betterment of youth and children to
make this nation happy and prosperous, he added.
While pleading the
case of Cine Star, Sanjay Dutt son of Sunil Dutt
a patriot who is undergoing trial for possessing
the unlicensed gun, Swami Paul said the family
who has throughout the life given
‘sacrifices’ for the nation does not
deserve such a treatment.
He said it is
unfortunate that Sanjay Dutt whose mother Nargis
Dutt the great actress of yester years, has been
made a scapegoat for political vendetta. He said
Nargis Dutt had performed a remarkable role in
"Mother India"and the nation has issued
a postal stamp in recognition of her services.
But it is unfortunate that loyalty of her son is
being questioned today.
Demanding that the
young actor be given a fair deal he said when
there is no harm in talking to Pak militants and
terrorists and all efforts are being made to
bring them in main stream, why Sanjay Dutt is
given a shabby treatment. He wanted to know when
150 persons are allegedly involved in the case
why the name of Sanjay Dutt is on top just to
intimidate the family as he is the son of Sunil
Dutt.
Swami Paul
maintained that he is against cruelty towards any
youth not only in the country but throughout the
world and this is the reason that he is pleading
Sanjay Dutt’s case in the court of public.
Lambasting the
Central Government he said when Deputy Prime
Minister and other BJP leaders gave a clean chit
to Pramod Mahajan in Shivani murder case saying
he is innocent why can’t the politicians
take the same stand on Sanjay Dutt. He also
blamed the present Government at Centre for
adopting the double standards by ignoring the war
victims of 1965 and 1971 in providing them the
petrol pump licenses.
He alleged Pardeep
Kumar whose father Faqir Chand laid down his life
in 1965 war is still hankering for a Government
job despite the fact that then Prime Minister, Mr
Lal Bhadur Shastri had acknowledged his sacrifice
by writing a personnel letter to the bereaved
family.
Swami Paul wanted
to know why this young man was not provided a
license under the Kargil war victims quota. He
said why the Government gave only preference to
the Kargil war victims and ignored the victims of
other three wars.
He said
likewise some employees of J&K Bank who have
been terminated from services in 1987 are running
from pillar to post for justice but the
authorities have not bothered to settle their
case or revoke the orders.
These employees
need justice as their families and children are
in great distress and pain. The authorities at
the helm of affairs should take a lenient view
and revoke the dismissal orders.
Swami Paul also
stressed on reforms in educational system saying
the small children are today over burdened with
books and syllabus which needs a change. He said
instead of incorporating the lessons about
region, State and Country a third standard
student is today asked to know about the latitude
and longitude or about London and Washington
which is no use to him.
He said though
politicians can play an important role in
transformation of society yet they shirk their
responsibility for obvious reasons. In response
to a question Swami Paul said if he is compelled
by the circumstances tomorrow he may even think
about joining politics for reformation of the
prevailing system.
However, he
maintained that about tomorrow only God knows
every thing better.
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Allegedly harassed, senior
doctor quits job to join
electoral fray
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: Allegedly harassed and victimised
by the local legislator-cum-Minister, a senior
doctor has resigned from the Government
services—over 13 years before his scheduled
retirement—to take on the Minister in
political battlefield from the prestigious
Akhnoor Assembly segment.
Dr Gafoor Ahmed,
who had his last posting as Medical Officer in
the sub district hospital, Akhnoor had sought
voluntary retirement from the services at the age
of 45 few days back and his request has been
accepted by the Government.
"The only
reason behind my premature retirement is to teach
a lesson to Minister of State for Flood Control
and Irrigation Pt Govind Ram Sharma, MLA Akhnoor,
who subjected me to harassment and mental agony
during last six years", Dr Gafoor told
EXCELSIOR today while confirming that he had
relinquished the Government job.
"I have
suffered a lot for six years and not it’s
time for me to take revenge", Dr Gafoor, who
enjoyed wide respect among the people of entire
Akhnoor tehsil for providing ‘cheap and
best’ treatment to the poor and down-trodden
people, thundered.
Gafoor, who was
most likely to get the mandate of Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP), is probably the only doctor in
Medical Officer’s rank in the State, who
used to charge just Rs 10 as consultation fee in
his clinic named Chowdhary Nursing Home, located
in Akhnoor town. And the fee of Rs 10 is also
charged only from 50 per cent of the patients
while rest of the patients, who are drawn from
far off areas of Akhnoor and are not in a
position to pay even this much of meager amount,
are examined free of cost.
BSP president
Sheikh Abdul Rehman confirmed to EXCELSIOR that
Dr Gafoor was being considered by the BSP for
party mandate from Akhnoor. "The
doctor’s name is under active consideration
of the party but a final decision was expected to
be announced in the presence of BSP supremo
Kanshi Ram, who was in the town for last three
days", he said is determined to contest the
election from Akhnoor segment at any cost. While
he was confident of getting the BSP mandate but
maintained that even if he was not given the
ticket, he would go ahead and contest against
Govind Ram Sharma as an independent candidate.
Dr Gafoor, who had
sacrificed his due promotion as Block Medical
Officer (BMO) about five years back to avoid
transfer and serve the people of Akhnoor, alleged
that as soon as Govind Ram Sharma took over as
Minister of State for Health he got me
transferred to Rajouri. "But as a Court
stayed my transfer, I was posted at Chowki Choura
where he (the Minister) tried to get me
suspended. From there, I was again transferred to
Jogma, right on the international border",
he said.
Dr Gafoor
attributed his harassment to his growing
popularity among the people of Akhnoor in view of
cheap medicare provided to the people which,
according to him, was not liked by the Minister.
Dr Gafoor, whose clinic as well as well-equipped
nursing home always remained packed with the
patients mostly drawn from Akhnoor tehsil, was
confident of sharply cutting into NC’s vote
bank.
In 1996 Assembly
elections, Govind Ram Sharma had won Akhnoor seat
by a margin of about 250 votes over his nearest
rival of BJP’s Chowdhary Ram Swaroop. The
then BSP candidate Lakhbir Singh had finished
third—just 900 votes behind the winner.
Congress (I) nominee Dharampal Sharma had
finished fourth while Congress (I) rebel Kuldeep
Sharma had polled about 5000 votes to came fifth.
However, the
charges levelled by Dr Gafoor were denied by the
NC candidate Pt Govind Ram Sharma. "The
charges are purely political", he said
describing them as ‘baseless’.
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Justice Sethi questions
necessity of Evacuee Property Act
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: Former Supreme Court Judge Mr
Justice (Retd) R P Sethi has questioned the
necessity of the Evacuee Property Act and said
the Evacuee Property Department has outlived its
existance since long.
Addressing a
function organised by SOS International
Organisation for PoK Refugees to honour him, Mr
Justice (Retd) Sethi termed the act as the enemy
protection act and pointed out that those who
migrated to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) have
not come back. He lamented that the condition of
those refugees who migrated from PoK have
remained pitiable as no worthy help has been
extended to them by both State and Central
Governments so far.
"We are all
in some way or the other responsible in not
bettering their (PoK refugees) lot and the
Government also cannot be absolved of this
fault," he said.
He said the Human
Rights Organisations have also remained
stunningly silent on these issues and it was time
they raise their voice in favour of these people.
In his address, Mr
Rajiv Chuni, Chairman of SOS International
Organisation for PoK Refugees, highlighted the
problems of PoK refugees and criticised both the
State and Central Governments for not paying any
heed to the problems of refugees.
"PoK refugees
have also been discriminated by the successive
State and Central Governments and till today no
step has been initiated to mitigate their
sufferings", he alleged and said that it is
the need of the hour to unitedly fight for the
cause of these hapless people.
Criticising the
State Government for raising the issue of
Resettlement Bill and implementing SRO 215, Mr
Chuni questioned why Chief Minister Dr Farooq
Abdullah is interested in calling back the people
who have been settled in Pakistan and said that
Dr Abdullah is least concerned about the
settlement of PoK Refugees.
"These
Government have always made PoK Refugees
scape-goat and promised moon during elections but
after winning the elections none came forward to
listen to the grievences of PoK refugees",
he further alleged and said that even Prime
Minister of India Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee always
adopted discriminatory policy towards these
people which is evident from the fact that during
his recent visit to the State he announced
package for Kashmiri migrants but not for PoK
refugees.
Messrs Y P Gupta,
vice-chairman of SOS International, Sohan Singh,
retired Chief Conservator of Forests and K D
Sethi, elder brother of retired Justice R P Sethi
were also present on the occasion.
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Power in Jammu to remain
effected for 15 days
Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu,
Aug. 25: In connection with the urgent
capital maintenance at various 33/11KV Receiving
Stations the power supply in Jammu district shall
remain effected on the stations one by one for
the next fortnight.
According to the
Superintending Engineer Electricity Circle-I,
Jammu Mr. K.B. Sharma the efforts shall however
be made to supply extra power for the effected
period so that six hours total curtailment is
adhered as here-to-fore.
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Kathua
Mahajan Baradari holds election
Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA,
Aug 25: The election of Mahajan Baradari
Kathua was held here today under the supervision
of Master Lal Chand Gupta. These polls were held
after a gap of 27 years.
Prof Sain Dass
Gupta was elected the president of the Baradari
unanimously.
Speaking on the
occasion, he assured the members that he will
take all steps in looking after the welfare of
the community.
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NGO
to provide medical assistance to needy in Valley
SRINAGAR, Aug 25: A Non-Governmental
Organisation has decided to provide medical
assistance in the form of drugs, surgical
equipments and monetary help for expensive
medical tests to poor patients admitted in the
Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences at
Benima.
"We have
decided to adopt poor patients admitted in the
hospital who have little sources to fulfil their
medical needs," founding chairman of the NGO
Friends of Humanity, Farooq Ahmad Bhatt, told
reporters at a blood donation camp conducted by
it in the hospital premises yesterday.
Thirty-four
volunteers, mostly doctors, donated blood at the
camp which was inaugurated by Director of the
institute Mehraj-ud-Din.
"We choose
the hospital for this mission as most of the
members of the organisation are serving in it as
doctors and para-medical staff," Farooq
said.
He said his NGO
has organised 65 free medical aid camps
throughout Kashmir Valley during the past few
years and had treated thousands of patients.
Medicines worth Rs
50 lakh collected from medical companies in the
form of free samples were distributed among the
patients at these camps, he said.
In addition,
crutches, clothing, study material, rice,
utensils and other items were given to the
deserving people, mostly orphans, widows and
physically handicapped persons.
Farooq said the
NGO has never approached anybody, including the
Government, for financial aid. "It is due to
the contribution of my colleagues in the
hospital, friends and relatives that the
organisation is in the forefront of helping the
needy," he said. (PTI)
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Ajat
Shatru addresses meetings in Nagrota constituency
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: National Conference is the only
party in the State, which can and is in a
position to provide stable Government in the
State’’, said Minister for Information
and Transport Mr Ajat Shatru Singh while
addressing series of public meetings at Jandial
Thath, Karry and Tung villages of block Bhalwal
of Nagrota constituency.
Mr Singh, who is
on election tour of the constituency said,
"when Dr Farooq Abdullah took over the whole
set up was in ruine". "There was no law
and order, educational institutions, bridges,
building etc were burnt. People in the Valley
were not in a position to remain out of their
houses after 5 PM but now the story is totally
different", he said.
Mr Singh said that
conspiracy is being hatched to divide the people
of State. He further said that people of State
are fully aware and knows better the role played
by the National Conference to get people of the
State together. He said that it was due to the
efforts of our elders who made Jammu, Ladakh and
Kashmir as one. The slogan of division raised by
vested interests have no stand.
Referring to the
youth, Mr Singh said that they have a great
responsibility as far as the development of the
State was concerned. Mr Singh, said that during
the last six years various development works were
executed in the State and more is to be done, so
that people of the State are self-sufficient in
every sector.
Mrs Bimla Luthra,
MLA and Haji Mohammed, MLC also spoke in the
rallies and stressed upon the people to vote
en-mass for NC.
On these occasions
Janak Singh, Anwar Khan, (Sarpanch), Mohinder
Singh, Sain Khan, Mohammed Sadiq, Sham Lal,
Ravinder Singh and Dawarka Nath also spoke.
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Govindram
seeks voteson performance basis
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: Minister of State for Works Mr
Govind Ram Sharma has appealed the people to vote
for National Conference on the basis of its
performance during the past six years.
This was stated by
Mr Sharma while addressing meetings at Mawa,
Karoda, Nawa Khoo, Dhok Jagir, Ghaink Jagir,
Badyal Khurd, Gurah Jagir, Jamotian, Kodewala,
Salyote, Bal Saroh and Chowki Choura in Akhnoor
constituency.
Appealing the
voters to strengthen the hands of Dr Farooq and
Omar Abdullah, Mr Sharma told the people that
National Conference has fulfilled all the
promises made to the people six years ago despite
various problems like militancy and financial
crunch.
Mr Sharma reminded
that the programmes of National Conference are
people-friendly and held that the party had
programmes and policies, which can bring
prosperity in the State. He said many leaders of
other parties were joining NC because of its
popularity among the people.
Those who spoke on
the occasion included Messrs Sansar Singh, Suresh
Sharma, Baba Parshotam Dass and various Sarpanch
and Panches.
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Brahman
Sabha organises one-day conference
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: Members of Jammu Central Brahman
Sabha organised a one day conference here today
to discuss problems confronting the community.
According to a
release, Mr Inderjeet Khajuria, president of the
Sabha presided over the conference. Over two
hundred representatives of the community attended
this day-long programme. Pt Mool Raj Shastri was
the chief guest whereas, Pt Dwarka Nath Shastri
and Dr J K Sharma (former Director Health) were
the guests of honour.
Mr Khajuria in his
address laid stress on the unity of the
community, democratic functioning of the Sabha
and transparency of funds collected and spend by
Sabha. To enlist the support of entire Brahman
community for social reforms and strengthening
the community bonds a 51 to 101 member-advisory
committee of the Sabha comprising prominent
scholars religious leaders and prominent
personalities was proposed to be constituted. It
was also resolved that all the members of the
executive of the Sabha will be elected.
For transparency
of the accounts, it was resolved to constitute
two separate committees one for raising funds and
one for its spending on Sabha activities. It was
also decided to form audit committee for periodic
auditing of the accounts.
Mr Khajuria
disclosed that out of the total sum of Rs 43,766
collected by the Central Brahman Sabha for
celebration of Bhagwan Parshu Ram Jayanti, a sum
of Rs 6250 was spend and a balance amount was
lying in the bank. Besides this, a sum of Rs 5100
and ration of 500 quintals was donated by the
Sabha in the celebrations. It was resolved that
amount lying in the account of the Sabha be
contributed for construction of Bhagwan Parshu
Ram Bhawans at various places.
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Sanskrit
week celebrations conclude
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: The week long celebrations in
connection with observance of Sanskrit week
organized by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed
University) concluded with the valedictory
function here today.
As per a release,
Dr Jitender Udhampuri, Station Director, Radio
Kashmir Jammu was the chief guest on the occasion
while Dr G Ganganna, Principal of the Sansthan
presided over the function.
In his address, Dr
Jitender Udhampuri expressed his pleasure that
the institution has been made a Deemed
University. He said the measure would go a long
way in promoting and improving the quality of
Sanskrit teaching.
He said that
Sanskrit is the language of our culture and it is
the medium through which we can have access to
the best of our cultural heritage and knowledge.
Dr G Ganganna
appreciated the cooperation extended by the print
as well as electronic media in making the
programme as success. He showed his pleasure that
the function has been graced by the participation
of the leading academicians and the intellectuals
of the state.
He also expressed
his gratitude towards the teaching staff and the
administrative staff particularly Mr Ram Krishan
and the students for making every effort to make
the celebrations a success.
Prizes were
distributed among the winners of various
competitions held during the week. The award
winning speakers among students were Shankar
Kumar Jha, Nandan Kumar Jha, Jagdish Raj, Vikas
Sharma, Uttam Kumar, Mohan Lal, Miss Menu Singh,
Varchas Kam, Prakash Sharma, Jitender Sharma,
Rakesh Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Miss Shakti Sharma,
Miss Poonam Malik, Anil Kumar and Prakash Kumar
Sharma.
The students who
received cash prizes for participation in various
cultural items were Darshan Devi, Sushela Devi,
Mukesh Rani, Urmila Devi, Raghvendra and Mukesh
Kumar.
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Roopnagar
JDA Housing Colony welfare Asso
frames committee
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: A meeting of Roopnagar JDA Housing
Colony Welfare Association was held under the
presidentship of Mr S C Kaushal to select the
executive body.
As per a release
the office bearers were selected unanimously.
They included Messrs B K Thappa as senior vice
president, Mrs Shanti Mahajan and Pradip Kumar
Ticku as vice presidents, Manmohan Pal Gupta as
joint secretary, Dr V K Handoo as additional
secretary, Atul Dubey as publicity secretary,
Yogeshwar Singh as assistant publicity secretary
and Pankaj Sharma as assistant financial
secretary.
The executive
members are C P Koul, Rajinder Gupta, B R Badyal
and M L Sharma.
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Kashmiris
allege harassment over EPIC
BARAMULLA
(KASHMIR), Aug 25: Notwithstanding
assurances of the Election Commission that
obtaining an Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC)
was not mandatory for voting in the coming Jammu
and Kashmir Assembly polls, people in this north
Kashmir border district allege harassment by
security forces over non-possession of EPICs.
"Security
forces have been repeatedly asking for photo
identity cards. They do not honour our existing
identity cards and there have been cases where
the cards were thrown into the river,"
Basheer Ahmad, a resident of Baramulla old town
said.
The story is no
different in Pattan tehsil in the district. The
residents allege security forces have been
regularly visiting the area and forcing the
people to get the EPIC made.
"I do not
need the election photo identity card to exercise
my franchise during the Assembly polls but to
escape the wrath of the security forces I have
come to Pattan tehsil office to apply for an
EPIC," Ghulam Ahmad Mir from Banjiwara
village said.
A defence
spokesman denied the allegaStions terming them as
baseless.
"We are no
way involved in the election process. Our job is
only to provide peaceful atmosphere," the
spokesman said.
He said
"identification is being asked from the
people during frisking which is a routine matter
and has been going on for so many years."
"We are not
specifically asking for the EPIC as sole proof of
identification," the spokesman said.
But the police
posted at the tehsil office have allegedly made
the things even more difficult for them.
"They are not allowing us to go in to the
tehsil permises to submit our forms. They have
threatened to beat us several times if we
persist," Mir said.
However, the
police personnel maintain they are just complying
with the orders of the tehsildar.
Tehsildar Mohammad
Shafi Lone passed the buck onto the present
security situation in the State.
"A hand
grenade was hurled at the tehsildar’s office
in Beerwah in Badgam district. How can we be sure
of the credentials of the people coming
here?" he said.
He said village
heads and representatives have been bringing the
forms to them in bulk and the issued EPICs were
also being handed over to them for distribution.
Asked if the
practice would not give rise to the possibility
of misuse of the card, Lone said "it is not
possible for us to prepare and distribute all
these cards individually to all people. We will
have to concentrate on one aspect at a
time". (PTI)
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JKPP
asks people to vote for Jammu statehood
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party, a
constituent of Jammu Statehood Front, organised
public rallies at Shakti Nagar, Gurah
Bakshinagar, Bhagwatinagar and Rehari Colony to
muster public support in favour of candidates who
have clear cut commitment towards the just cause
of Jammu state.
Mr Uday Chand,
president JKPP, said that in Assembly election,
the people of Jammu have only one point agenda
that whether they prefer to elect the people or
the parties who are responsible for slavery of
Kashmiri rulers for the last 55 years or a person
who is fighting for the cause of Jammu State,
they only way out to get relieved from
exploitation.
Mr Dev Raj Baru,
senior vice president flayed NC Government for
having failed on all fronts to mitigate the
sufferings of people of Jammu region.
Mr Mohan Singh,
president Duggar Manch, asked the electorates to
examine the role of political parties and asked
the people to remain vigilant from the political
parties.
Mr Sat Paul Saini,
general secretary of JKPP held responsible
Government of India for wrong delimitation of
Jammu region Assembly and Parliament seats, which
made people of Jammu slaves of Kashmiri rulers. S
Inder Singh and Mohd Ayub Ayan also addressed the
gatherings.
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JPF
takes out Sandesh Yatra
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: To highlight the discrimination and
disparities with Jammuites and to start struggle
for Jammu people, a Sandesh Yatra was held
yesterday by JPF which started from Aap Shambhoo
Mandir Chowk, Roopnagar by its president Mr
Satish Poonchi in which a large number of people
participated.
As per a release
before start of Yatra Mr Poonchi pledged to make
any sacrifice for the noble cause of obtaining
rights of Jammu people. He expressed his resolve
to continue Sandesh Yatra to every part of Jammu
province to enlighten the people about
discrimination being meted out with people of
Jammu and aims and objects of JPF.
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BSNL
building inaugurated, new exchange commissioned
Excelsior
Correspondent
UDHAMPUR,
Aug 25: New Telephone Exchange building was
inaugurated by Chief General Manager
Telecommunication (BSNL) J&K Circle here
today.
An official
spokesman disclosed that the total amount
involved in the construction of building is about
Rs 60 lakhs.
Mr Chhabra also
commissioned 2000-line CDOT new exchange
replacing 1400 lines by making inaugural call to
Mr Rajinder Singh GM (O&D) J&K Circle.
At present total
number of working connections is about 1200 and
there has been a waiting list of 163 which is
likely to be wiped out with in 1-2 months.
This exchange is
having facilities like call waiting, call
transfer, morning alarm, abbreviated dialing,
ISDN (video conferencing) etc. Channels between
Doda and Udhampur shall also be increased from 90
to 150 in order to give smooth access for STD/ISD
regional dialing with code 95.
The new cable work
for traditional 1600 lines is likely to start so
that demand for NTC’s in Doda town may be
put on current.
The CGMT also
declared that installation and commissioning of
Internet Node type C-III is shortly to be started
which will remove the problem of frequent
disconnection of internet connections.
Doda-Kishtwar OFC route will also be completed by
March 2003.
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Rich
tributes paid to SOG cop
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: Rich tributes were paid to Mr Rakesh
Fotedar an Assistant Sub Inspector of SOG who
laid down his life while fighting terrorists in
Kupwara district of Kashmir Valley few days back
at a meeting here today.
The meeting was
chaired by MLC, B L Bhat and among others who
paid tributes to the departed soul include Rattan
Lal Pandita, Makhan Lal of Youth Wing and Shiban
Ji Raina. It said the sacrifice given by this
valiant soldier to fight terrorism will always be
remembered.
People protest at Mansar
Excelsior
Correspondent
UDHAMPUR,
Aug 25: People today held a demonstration
at Mansar and disrupted traffic in protest
against the highhandedness of Tourism
Department’s local authorities.
The people alleged
that Tourism Department had imposed unnecessary
instructions on movement of local people around
the lake. Moreover, they alleged, the local
Tourism official always misbehaved with them
whenever they approached him in connection with
their grievances.
Reports said the
local people called off their protest following
intervention by police but threatened the
protests if action was not taken against the
officers.
Power shut down on
Tuesday
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: The power supply shall remain
disrupted on August 27 from 7 am to 1 pm to the
districts of Poonch and Rajouri due to carrying
out urgent works on 132 KV Gladni-Kalakote line.
The shut down
shall be subject to fair weather conditions. The
Maintenance and RE Circle-I Jammu has regretted
the inconvenience to be caused to the public on
this account.
All India Megh Sabha
holds meet
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25; President of Raipur-Domana unit of
All India Megh Sabha, Mr Shanker Lal, has termed
the decision of BJP High Command to field Bansi
Lal Bharti from the constituency as unfortunate.
As per a release
in an emergency meeting Mr Shanker Lal disclosed
that the Sabha has apprised the BJP office
bearers at the State and Central level not to
field three times defeated candidate but no
attention was paid towards our requests. He said
the policy of BJP to field again and again a
defeated candidate will harm the party.
In the meeting
chaired by Mr Shanker Lal, it was unanimously
decided to protest the candidature of Bansi Lal
Bharti.
JKSF forms new unit for
Jammu
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Aug 25: The J&K Students Federation
(JKSF) constituted its Jammu district unit headed
by Mr Surjeet Singh today.
As per a release,
a meeting in this connection was held here today
under the chairmanship of Anuj Tandon state
president of the organisation. While Surjeet was
elected unit president, Sandeep Sharma- vice
president, Bhupinder Singh -general secretary,
Devinder Singh —secretary, Ashok Kumar
-joint secretary, Atul Singh -chief organiser,
Rahul Abrol-organiser, Kuldip as advisor,
Pankaj—publicity secretary while Vicky as
treasurer.
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