Need of
awareness about dengue
Sir,
With the cases of dengue
spreadin in the metropolis of Delhi and
in Jammu as well it has become incumbent
upon the Department of Health of the
State to create awareness about dengue.
Here too like in other parts of the
country people use large number of
coolers. They too keep standing water in
them without making sure that it does not
breed different kinds of mosquitoes. In
this context the health department has to
remain on high alert. The various steps
that help to control deadly dengue have
to be told to the people over print and
audio-visual media. Jammu Municipality
has a responsibility too in this regard.
Wherever stagnant water is found it needs
to be sprayed with DDT or chlorine. The
Municipal Corporation has an active role
in the eradication of dengue. Above
people have a role too in its control.
After all maintaining cleanliness all
around is an important measure that is
the responsibility of the people. So a
holistic approach need to be adopted to
control any possible epidemic of dengue
before hand.
Yours
etc...
Upasana Kaul
Talab Tillo
Jammu
Mumbai
blasts uncovered
Sir,
The recent cracking of the
July 11 Mumbai blasts by the State Police
of Maharashtra has again proved the role
of the militant groups based in Pakistan.
The Mumbai Police Chief has also said
that there is irrefutable evidence of the
intelligence service, ISI, of Pakistan in
the blasts. It proves a deadly nexus is
on to destabilise our country. Indian
Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon has
said that Pakistan will be presented with
new hard and irrefutable evidence of the
role of LeT and ISI has made Pakistan
uneasy. But as in past they will only
refute the role of ISI for reasons which
are obvious.
In this backdrop the Havana
meeting between Musharraf and the Prime
Minister and the decisions made at that
meeting will come under strain. After
Ramzan the Foreign Secretaries of the two
countries will meet. Let us hope that
something good will transpire at the
meeting. Meanwhile we have to keep our
selves at maximum alterness. We can never
remain complacent in the face of such
nefarious activities aimed against our
country.
Yours
etc...
Navneet Gupta,
Jullaka Mohalla
Jammu
Hindi
fortnight celebrations
Sir,
Functions are being
organised to celebrate Hindi fortnight.
It appears as if a work done statement is
submitted to the concerned higher
authorities about the celebrations. If we
have a hard look on the overall attitude
towards Hindi we will not be surprised
that we have failed as a nation to make
Hindi a truly National language. This is
also important to admit that states in
the south and north east are not in
favour of Hindi being made as a national
language; but how can be conceive a
nation without a national language. In
this context the views of M. S Golwalkar
were for more practicle. According to him
Hindi should be made a National link
language and not a National language
because of the simple fact that every
language of India is its national
language. In this way Hindi can be made
acceptable to all. All said and done
nowadays we have willy nilly accepted
English as our link language. What will
be the scope of Hindi undersuch a
scenario is anybody's guess. But without
doubt Hindi, which has the flavour of
India's soil and is repository of a great
literature is forgotten slowly.
Yours
etc...
S K Mahajan
Gandhi Nagar
Jammu
Traffic
jam at Bakshi Nagar
Sir,
The road near RRL quarters
at Bakshi Nagar has been dug perhaps for
making an underground drain. This work
was undertaken some months back. Although
the width of the road is not more than
fifty feet still half portion of the road
is open after being dug out. This has
created problems for the smooth flow of
traffic. On one side the road is too
narrow to pass while as on the otherside
the yawning gap on the otherside is too
dangerous for anybody. Traffic moves at a
snail's pace on the road. At peak hours
the flow of traffic is hampered. No
wonder huge traffic jams are a common
sight on this road. The concerned
authorities should expediate the work on
the road. Afterall the development of the
State is claimed to be on a fast track, a
snail's pace work on this small chunk of
road length is definitely unwelcome.
Yours
etc...
Ajay Kumar
Bakshi Nagar
Jammu
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