10-day
NSS camp concludes at Atman
College
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec
9: The 10 day NSS camp
organized by the NSS unit of
Atman College of Education
concluded here today in which
over 130 volunteers participated.
The
theme of the camp was
"Health and Hygiene".
The unit is headed by Mr Jagmohan
Sharma, Programme Officer cum
convenor, Dr Mudhir Sharma co
convenor and Ms Sangeet, Deputy
convenor of the programme.
During
last ten days the volunteers who
were divided into different
groups visited all the slums of
Sector 6 and 7 of Channi Himmat
in routine in order to give them
the concept of health, hygiene
and healthy happy life.
The
volunteers provided training to
the people how to keep their
surroundings clean, prepare and
eat hygienic food, keep their
body clean. They also apprised
them about the advantages of
taking bath daily, cutting nails
in routine and brushing teeth
etc.
The
volunteers also urged the women
folk to take the care of their
infants who often fall sick due
to un hygienic feeding and
unhygienic surroundings.
The
programme concluded with
interactive session and quiz
competition which was organized
in the college premises. The
students who answered the
questions were given away prizes.
LAHDC
Kargil, Leh resolve to stress on
education, power
Excelsior
Correspondent
KARGIL, Dec
9: Both the Hill
Councils of Kargil and Leh have
resolved to give stress on
education, agriculture and power
to make Ladakh a prosperous
region.
This
was stated by CEC LAHDC Kargil,
Haji Asgar Ali Karbalaie and CEC
Leh, Tsering Dorje while
addressing the concluding session
of seminar at Kargil here today.
The programme was organized by 8
Mountain Division of Army on the
topic "Toards a progressive
Ladakh.
Haji
Karbalaie gave a detailed
political and developmental
scenario with special attention
on education, health, power,
tourism etc.
Mr
Tsering Dorje gave a detailed
account of development scenario
in Leh and held that Ladakh Hill
development Council has already
drafted a Ladakh Vision- 2025 for
Leh district giving stress on
Agro based industry, Information
Technology, Tourism, Eco-friendly
sustainable industry etc.
During
the meeting the incident occurred
last year in Bodh-Kharboo was
also touched and both the CECs
resolved to work unitedly to foil
such occurrences with iron hands.
Dr Asghar
Ali stresses on education of
women
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec
9: Eminent scholar, Dr
Asghar Ali Engineer, today
stressed the need for laying
stress on education of women.
Addressing
one day orientation programme for
women organized jointly by
J&K State Commission for
Women and K B Public Higher
Secondary School, run under the
aegis of Gurjar Desh Charitable
Trust here today, Dr Asghar Ali
said that women empowerment can
be ensured only through
educational advancement.
Expressing
happiness over large number of
girl students hailing from far
off areas in the school, Dr
Asghar Ali said this speaks of
the urge amongst younger
generation for educational
advancement.
Dr
Asghar Ali hailed the educational
advancement programmes of Gurjar
Desh Charitable Trust and hoped
that Trust would give a further
boost to such programmes.
Mrs
Reeta Jitendra, an eminent
educationist while speaking on
the occasion called for laying
greater stress on education of
women. The Principal of the
school, A G Mir presented welcome
address, while students of the
school presented a cultural
programme.
Dr
Ali presented certificates and
other prizes on behalf of the
Trust to students of the school.
PAC for
improvement in functioning of
health sector
Excelsior
Correspondent
Jammu, Dec
9: The Public Accounts
Committee (PAC) of State
legislature has directed the
Health and Medical Education
Department to upgrade Medicare
facilities in all health
institutions especially in rural
areas so that the benefits of
health schemes percolate to
needy. The Committee issued
specific instructions to the
Department to make judicious use
of Government funds and orders of
costly equipments should be
placed before ensuring trained
manpower for the particular
equipment so that the investment
so made may not remain
unutilized.
These
views were expressed by the PAC
during its visit and inspection
of Government Medical College,
Jammu, office of the Food and
Drug Control Organization and
Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar
here today. The Committee
inspected these offices in the
backdrop of certain Audit Paras
of Comptroller & Auditor
General’s report pertaining
to the Health & Medical
Education Department.
The
Committee examined some equipment
in these institutions for which
Audit has raised objections that
these equipments have not been
put to use for long time. The
Committee found that most of the
equipments under Paras were
functional at present. However,
these equipments took some time
to become operational due to
shortage of trained manpower and
other technical reasons which
were beyond the control of
administration, the Committee was
told.
While
inspecting X-ray Mobile Van of
GMC meant for conducting X-rays
on the patients of rural and
far-flung areas from where the
patients cannot afford to visit
city, the Committee observed that
the machine could not serve the
very purpose for which it was
purchased.
The
Committee directed the Principal
GMC to take immediate measures to
make the van operational and
deploy some doctors on rotational
basis to visit in rural areas for
the purpose. The Committee asked
the Secretary Health and Medical
Education to conduct an inquiry
and fix responsibility for
keeping the van un-operational
for many years
The
Committee suggested for
initiating long-term measures to
train manpower to use the latest
equipments as per advancement in
medicare sector for meeting the
future requirements. ‘This
should be made a regular
feature.’ The Committee also
suggested for creating exclusive
workshop by the Department so
that the faulty equipment could
be repaired by the department
itself instead of spending huge
funds on the fee paid to
engineers from various firms from
outside the State to come and
check the equipment.
The
Committee asked the Secretary,
Health and Medical Education
K.B.Jandial accompanying the
Committee to arrange lists of all
the operational and
non-operational equipments in
SKIMS, GMC, Jammu, Srinagar, Food
and Drug Control Organization and
other health institutions of the
State along with their date of
purchase and becoming
non-functional with reasons.
The
Committee also stressed need for
strengthening the Food and drug
Laboratory and suggested for
devising a mechanism to test the
samples of milk and edible oils
coming from other States at the
entry point at Lakhanpur.
While
briefing the Committee about the
measures initiated by the Health
and Medical Education Department
for improving the entire health
infrastructure in the state, Mr.
Jandial said that Department has
identified areas which need
immediate attention and a
well-knit strategy would be
adopted to tackle them on
priority. To upgrade the
infrastructure, the Department
has made out a proposal for
creating one drug laboratory for
two districts for quick disposal
of samples at district level
which is under active
consideration, he added.
Besides
Chairman of the Committee, Ajay
Sadhotra, Sham Lal Sharma, Abdul
Gani Vakil, Sakina Ittoo, Javed
Rana, Qaiser Jamsheed Lone and
senior officers of Health and
Medical Education Department
including Director Health
Services, Jammu Dr. Jasbir Singh
also accompanied.
Rs 14,18,162
recovered by Commercial Taxes
Vigilance Wing as penalty
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec
9: The Vigilance and
Inspections Wing of Commercial
Taxes Department Jammu Division
has recovered a penalty of Rs
14,18,162 during November 2006 as
compared to Rs 4,32,133 recovered
in the November 2005. This has
resulted in an increase of Rs
986029 in recovery of the penalty
in the month .
This
was disclosed in a review meeting
of the Department convened by
Deputy Commissioner Commercial
Taxes (V&I), M L Sharma.
The
meeting was also informed that
overall revenue generated
amounted to Rs 194.45 lakh as
compared to Rs 69.39 lakh till
November last year. There has
been approximately an increase of
Rs 80.06 lakh showing
corresponding increase of 115 %.
The increase to revenue generated
and the amount of penalty
recovered from tax evaders has
been due to increase in vigil and
the frequency of checking
enhanced by the Vigilance and
Inspections Wing of Commercial
Taxes Department, Jammu Division.
This
was stated in a Departmental
handout issued here today.
Taj
distributes cheques worth Rs 1.32
cr
among IAY beneficiaries
Excelsior
Correspondent
Baramulla,
Dec 9: About 504
new houses would come up in twin
blocks of Uri constituency under
Indira Awaz Yojana scheme for
which cheques to the tune of
Rupees 1.32 crore were
distributed among the
beneficiaries of Uri and Boniyar
blocks today by Minister for
CA&PD and Animal Husbandry,
Taj Mohi-ud-din at a function
organized by Rural Development
Department. Minister also
distributed Rs 6 lakh among 60
beneficiaries under family
benefit scheme and Nylon thread
among 150 beneficiaries.
Speaking
on the occasion Minister said
that the coalition Government is
determined to ameliorate the lot
of down trodden by implementing
various welfare schemes in letter
and spirit. Stressing the need
for active cooperation of people
to build the damaged
infrastructure the Minister said
that effective measures have been
taken for overall development
with a missionary zeal.
He
said that out of Rs. 29 crore
earmarked for Uri Rs 9.85 crore
are being spent on road sector
during current financial year
besides water supply schemes are
being developed and improved. He
said that schools are functional
in every nook and corner of the
Uri Sub Division and one degree
college will also be constructed
in near future. He said that a
tele medicine facility is
available in the Sub district
Hospital Uri and assured the
people of Uri that during next
two years no body will be left
without the own house. He said
that both central & State
Government were very much keen
about the welfare of the people
of Uri and reminded that the UPA
chairperson Sonia Gandhi did not
celebrated her birthday last year
on this very day the 9th
December. He said that whenever
we meet her she always discusses
the rehabilitation of the people
affected by the earthquake.
Bakra
murder case
4-day police
remand to accused
Excelsior
Correspondent
Jammu, Dec
9: The Bahu-Fort
Police today produced accused
namely Rajesh Dogra alias Mohan
Cheer, Vikas Singh alias Vicky
Thakur, and Naresh Singh alias
Sonu, who are allegedly involved
in the much publicized murder
case of Sanjay Gupta alias Bittu
alias Bakra and prayed for
extension in the police remand.
Special
Excise Magistrate Inder Singh,
while granting four days police
remand of accused persons said
that the Bahu-Fort Police moved
an application for extension of
police remand of the accused
persons. The accused have been
remanded to police custody, which
period is expiring today.
The
investigation of the case is
going on and accused are involved
in the commission of offence
under section 302 RPC (murder)
r/w section 3/25 Arms Act.
The
Court further said that taking
into consideration the gravity of
offences, the police remand of
the accused is extended for
another four days, subjected to
medical examination after every
48 hours. The Court directed the
police that after expiry of
police remand accused shall be
produced before the competent
Court.
HC quashes
detention order under PSA
Excelsior
Correspondent
Jammu, Dec 9
: Justice YP Nargotra
of State High Court Jammu wing in
habeas corpus petition filed on
behalf of detenue Abdul Qayoom,
who was detained under Public
Safety Act vide the order of
District Magistrate Udhampur
passed on September 13, 2005 on
the ground that detenue indulged
which is pre-judicial to
maintenance of security of state
and the order sent to home
department for approval of the
Govt, on September 24, 2005, the
Govt accorded the approval to the
detention order directing the
determination of the period of
detention on the basis of opinion
of the Advisory Board, has
allowed the petition and quashed
the detention order.
In
the 14 pages judgment, Justice YP
Nargotra after hearing Advocate
Sindhu Sharma appearing for the
petitioner and Additional
Advocate General BS Salathia
appearing for the state, observed
that Court cannot act as Court of
appeal to sit over the order of
the detaining authority. In
exercise of this Court writ
jurisdiction what is required to
be considered by the Court is
whether there was credible before
the detaining authority on the
basis of which a reasonable
inference could have been drawn
as regards the adverse effect on
the interest of the state or on
the maintenance of the public
order and whether the detaining
authority has considered all the
relevant material which could
have influenced his satisfaction.
Non consideration of such a
relevant material by the
detaining authority renders his
satisfaction drawn invalid which
vitiates the detention order.
The
court further observed that in
the present case the detaining
authority appears to have drawn
the satisfaction that detenue was
likely to indulge in activities
pre-judicial to the interest of
the state on the basis of his
involvement in FIRs mentioned in
the grounds of detention. There
is nothing in the grounds of
detention or in the detention
order to show that the authority
was aware of the fact that the
detenu remained in custody for a
period of about 7 years as an
under trial prisoner and had been
bailed out only about four months
earlier or that he stood
acquitted in the three cases.
These
admitted facts may have or may
not have weight with the
detaining authority while
deciding the question about the
preventive detention of the
detenu, but it was necessary that
he should have taken the said
facts into consideration before
ordering for the detention of the
detenu. As this has not been done
in the present case, the
satisfaction drawn by the
detaining authority is rendered
invalid which vitiates the
detention order in question. For
the reasons the writ petition is
allowed the detention order dated
September 13, 2005 issued by the
District Magistrate Udhampur for
detaining the detenu quashed and
the detenu shall be immediately
set-free, if not required in any
other case.
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