Agriculture
Graduates to get fertilizer licenses
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 3: Minister
for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Abdul Aziz
Zargar has called for a comprehensive perspective
planning to attain food security adding that
diversification and multicropping should be the
hall mark of state’s agriculture strategy.
Speaking at a
review meeting of agriculture and allied
departments here today, the Minister underscored
the need for coordinated efforts to increase food
grain production by making adequate quantities of
basic agriculture inputs especially hybrid seeds,
fertilizers available at their door-steps.
The Minister also
called for a focused attention to improve seed
replacement ratio in consonance with the national
average to increase productivity at desired
level.
The meeting
discussed several measures to further improve the
overall performance of the agriculture department
with special focus to streamline the sales and
stocking of chemical fertilizers and distribution
of high yielding seed varieties to the farmers.
It was decided to
provide fertilizer sale and stocking licenses to
the un-employed agriculture graduates on large
scale. The JAKFED would provide financial
assistance to these authorised license holders
for transportation of fertilizers. A joint
meeting of the agriculture graduates and
representatives of IFFCO, NFL, JAKFED and
Cooperatives would be held shortly to evolve a
foolproof mechanism for fertilizer availability
to the farmers round the year.
The Meeting was
informed that a model Integrated Mushroom
Development Centre (IMDC) on the pattern of
Solan, Himachal Pradesh would be set up shortly
at Krishi Bhawan, Jammu to promote mushroom
cultivation in a big way.
Various
functions held to observe Disabled Day
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 3: In
connection with the ‘International Day of
the Disabled People’ various functions were
organised to highlight problems being faced by
the disabled.
The J&K
Handicapped Welfare Association took out a rally
which started from Parade Ground and culminated
in front of the office of the Divisional
Commissioner. Large number of handicapped persons
participated in the rally.
A delegation of
the Association handed over a memorandum of
demands. They demanded speedy implementation of
Disability Act 1998, appointment of Disability
Commissioner, promotion and transfer policy for
handicapped, grant of nomination to State
Legislative Council, grant of soft loans to the
disabled by NHFDC.
While addressing
the rally, R C Sharma, state president of the
Association said that this rally was outcome of
the non-acceding of the demands of the
handicapped by the Government.
Javed Iqbal
Sidiqui, Shabir Ahmed Samyal, Falail Singh
Charak, Yashpal Sharma, Avtar Singh, Yashpal,
Deepak Sharma, Sanjeev, Mohinder and others
addressed the rally.
NSM College of
Education observed ‘International Day of the
Disabled People’. On this occasion a
symposium was organised on the topic
"Disability, could it be taken as a
stigma?". The participants spoke about how
we can commit ourselves to promote the full
participation of disabled people in social life,
developmental as well as preventive and
rehabilitative measures.
Deputy Director,
Social Welfare, Anil Sharma was chief guest on
the occasion while as Vandana Kapoor and Sonali
Arun Gupta were guests on the occasion.
S M Shishu Niketan
High School, Anand Nagar, Patta Bohri observed
World Disabled Day.
A special meeting
of the executive committee of the J&K
Confedration of Voluntary Social and Charitable
Organisations was held under the chairmanship of
Daya Sagar, president. The meeting was held in
connection with the World Disabled Day. Meeting
highlighted various problems being faced by the
disabled persons.
Speaker
reviews rehabilitation arrangements at Poonch
Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu,
Dec 3: Speaker
Legislative Assembly, Tara Chand today visited
quake affected areas of Poonch and reviewed the
relief and rehabilitation measures. He
distributed 25 cheques of Rs. 30,000 each amongst
the affected families of village Gurpur, Karmara
and Khari.
Member Parliament,
Madan Lal Sharma, MLA, Dr. Romesh Sharma, G. M.
Jan and Divisional Commissioner, Mr. B.R.Sharma
were accompanying the Speaker.
Speaking to a
gathering at village Karma, Mr. Tara Chand said
that efforts have been made by the Government to
properly rehabilitate the affected people and his
today’s visit to the area was to take stock
of the relief measures and interact with people
to get apprised of their welfare.
He said, besides
State Government, the Centre has provided huge
amount for the affected people and the day is not
far when the villages damaged in the devastated
earthquake would be rebuilt with all basic
amenities, he added.
Earlier, the
Speaker chaired a district officers’ meeting
at Dak Bungalow Poonch and took stock of the
rehabilitation measures underway in quake
affected areas.
Ware
House traders’ plea to lift restrictions
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 3: The
Traders Federation Ware House has expressed that
due to the restrictions imposed on the vehicles
in entering cities of Jammu and Srinagar between
8 am to 8pm, the trading community was facing
grave hardships.
Addressing a press
conference here today, senior Member of the
Federation and former president, Chamber of
Commerce and Industries, Ramesh Chander Gupta and
senior vice president of the Federation Ved
Parkash Gupta said the decision is adding to the
problems of trading community in the Ware House/
Nehru Market which are the hub of business
activities in Jammu.
They appealed the
administration to understand the problems of
traders and find a way out. When there is no ban
on movement of trucks to and fro in Sabzi Mandi,
Kunjwani and fruit Mandi why the truck movement
has been banned in Ware House, asked Ramesh Gupta
?.
Mr Gupta said
the ban on the movement of trucks will lead to
scarcity of essential commodities in Jammu and
other places and it will directly affect 5000
people including 1000 businessmen, 1500 employees
and 3000 laborers working in Nehru Market and
Ware House daily.
Ramesh Gupta said
it is the market of global competition and when
the traders are not allowed to do business during
day how can they compete in the market, he asked?
Mr Gupta said over
10 years back the then Vice Chairman Jammu
Development Authority (JDA), P G Dhar
Chakaraborty had proposed to shift the Ware House
to Bachan Depot behind the Fruit Mandi Narwal but
the move was shelved due to political reasons. He
maintained that the traders will have no
objection if the Ware House is shifted to a
suitable place.
NIIT
Bari Brahmana's IT talent search drive launched
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 3: Ashwani
Kumar, MLA Bishnah, today launched NIIT Bari
Brahmana’s IT talent search drive and gave
certificates to students at a function held at
Bishnah.
Speaking at the
function at Government Higher Secondary School,
Bishnah, Mr Ashwani Kumar appreciated the mission
for computer literacy started by NIIT Bari
Brahmana.
He underlined the
importance of computer education among the young
generation as this field has vast potential and
wide-range of openings.
He commended the
Principal, Devinder Kour; Principal, GHSS,
Jitendra and Principal, Bikram Memorial High
School for coming forward for taking up this task
of spreading computer literacy in this part of
the State.
NIIT’s talent
search programme was organised to evaluate the
inherent knowledge and skill among the students
of the rural background.
Col Prem Singh
(retd) Director, observed that the most students
have an inquisitiveness and interest but the
social-economic conditions hinder their career
prospects in computer education. He said the
computer literacy must be geared up especially in
the rural areas and among youth, he added.
Col Singh hoped
that with the activities like these, NIIT’s
mission will help in bridging the digital divide
in the society.
About 1500
students took part in this programme, he claimed.
Ramika Dalmotra, Deepika Anand and Jaspreet Kour
also spoke on the occasion.
Clear
stand on Kashmir migrants: JSM to Govt
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 3: Jammu
State Morcha has asked the Union and State
Governments to clarify their policy with regard
to rehabilitation of the migrants especially
those from Kashmir valley as the present approach
was not only confusing but also intriguing.
Commenting on the
media reports that more than 5200 two-room sets
are being constructed in Jammu for the migrants
from the Kashmir valley, spokesman of the Morcha
Onkar Seth said that it was strange that on one
hand about 10,000 such sets are being constructed
in the Valley for rehabilitation of these
migrants, and on the other hand thousands of
tenements are being constructed in Jammu.
He said while day
in and day out it is being parroted that Kashmir
was incomplete without Kashmiri Pandits for past
many years but on the ground steps are being
taken to shut doors on their return to homes in
the Valley.
Mr Seth said the
appointments in the Valley are not offered to
Kashmiri Pandits or other minority communities
thus virtually driving them out and working on
the evil designs of terrorists and
fundamentalists.
Six events
held ahead of valedictory
‘Umang’ festivities on
peak as JU organises
fire crackers show
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 3: Ahead
of a formal conclusion tomorrow, festivities
during the ongoing North Zone Youth Festival at
Jammu University reached at peak in the form of a
fire crackers show which was organised on the
campus, this evening.
The campus ground,
where the show was organised, seemed dousing in
different glows and flashes as fire crackers were
lit amidst cheers and yelling by the
participants.
During the show, a
cultural programme was also organised in which
rich Dogra heritage was depicted through folk
dances and songs.
Vice-Chancellor
Prof Amitabh Mattoo, alongwith Dean Students
Welfare Prof Keshav Sharma and a number of the
University students and faculty members attended
the show.
Earlier, the
Indian Group song competition at RS Auditorium
enthralled the audience. Nine teams, each
comprising of six participants, from different
Universities participated in the event.
The participants
were allowed to sing one folk song and one
patriotic song. The participating teams were from
PTU Jalandhar, Punjab University Chandigarh, Guru
Nanak Dev University Amritsar, Kumaun University
Nainital, Punjabi University Patiala, Jamia Milia
Islamia University, SKUAST Jammu, MU Rohtak and
JU.
Team of Guru Nanak
Dev University, Amritsar, comprising Sugandha
Mishra, Karandeep Rohini, Gurpreet, Jatinder and
Megha, presented patriotic song ‘Dil Hai
Watan Hamara’ while Punjabi University
Patiala team sung Jhoomti Chali Re Pawan’.
Other events, held
today on fourth day of the ‘Umang’,
were Folk Orchestra, Rangoli, Mime, Debate and
Skit.
In Mime event,
which was held at Abhinav Theatre in the morning
session, ten Universities participated. The
subjects allotted for the event were; Agriculture
and Environment. JU team, comprising Neha, Jyoti,
Sonal, Aasha and Monika from GCW Gandhi Nagar,
presented a mime on the topic ‘Save
Environment’ while Jamia Milia’s’
‘Kashmir’ and MDU Rohtak’s
‘Water Conservation’ were also
appreciated.
In the skit
competition, social issues were highlighted
besides comedy and sattire on the ills of
society. Participating Universities in the skit
competition included; PU Chandigarh, JMI New
Delhi, SKUAST Jammu, HP University, AMU, KU
Kurukshetra, Punjabi University Patiala, KU
Srinagar, PAU Ludhiana, CSMU Kanpur, JU, GNDU
Amritsar, MDU Rohtak and SMVDU Katra.
Fifteen teams
participated in the debate competition, the topic
of which was ‘Judicial Activism is a danger
to Parliamentary Democracy’ while 12
participants from different universities
displayed their talent in the Rangoli
competition.
Teams from MDU
Rohtak, Kurukshtra University and GNDU
participated in Folk orchestra competition.
The five-day Youth
Festival will culminate tomorrow with the holding
of a formal valedictory function at Abhinav
Theatre at 2.30 p.m.
2 killed
in accidents
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 3: Two
persons were killed in separate road accidents
while as a woman died after consuming poisonous
substance.
Police spokesman
said that one person was killed and another
received severe injuries when a speeding Army
vehicle knocked them down at Digiana. Both were
rushed to Government Medical College Hospital
where one of them succumbed to injuries.
The condition of
injured was stated to be critical when reports
last came in.
The deceased has
been identified as Vijay Kumar, son of Shallo Ram
of Davlad R S Pura. The injured is Parveen Kumar,
son of Dewan Chand.
One Naveen Kumar,
son of Jatinder Nath of Kathua, who was admitted
in Government Medical College Jammu on November
26 for the treatment of injuries he received in
accident, succumbed to injuries today.
Meanwhile, a
woman—Naseem Akhtar, wife of Gulzar Ahmed of
Kote Dhara died after consuming poisonous
substance at her residence. She was rushed to
hospital when spotted unconscious by family
members and doctors immediately provided her
stomach wash treatment followed by other
medicare.
But she could not
fight for her life and died.
Roop Krishan, son
of Hari Krishan of Talab Tillo also consumed
poisonous substance at his residence. He,
however, survived due to the timely treatment
given to him at GMC Jammu.
Police has taken
the cognizance of the incident.
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