B.Sc
Forestry as eligibility
Sir,
A report titled ''limiting
the scope of B.Sc degree (DE, Feb 20)''
was published by A.D Singh. For kind
information of the public the basic
qualification for the posts of Range
Forest Officer is B.Sc Forestry in all
over the country. It is further stated
that after doing MBBS, B.E, B.V.Sc and
B.Sc Agriculture, one can be appointed as
Assistant Surgeons, Assistant Engineer,
Assistant Vet. Surgeons and Assistant
Agriculture officers. Why can't then B.Sc
Forestry be made as a basic qualification
for the post of Range Officer and ACF's.
People in our State are not aware about
the fact that there is large advancement
in the field of forestry sector all over
the world. The management of forests is
purely a technical and scientific
assignment which requires seasoned and
technically specialized officers but not
ineligible and unqualified incumbents
having simple B.Sc. degree.
Due to all those
ambiguities, the Govt has neither
conducted restructuring of staff strength
in the forest department nor appointed
Range Officers and ACF's in the last 10
to 25 years. Consequently, the forests in
our State become degraded and are
depleting at an alarming rate resulting
into destruction of wildlife habitat
leading to man animal conflict. Besides
this, chances of appointment in Govt.
services have reduced to zero for
Forestry graduates and post graduates as
they have no other option other than to
serve in the Forest Department. Let them
take pity on these forestry graduates who
are heading for the nightmare of age bar
(of 37 years) and worst suffering a lot
which is none of their fault but wrong
policies of state administration. Now,
the Govt. has moved towards right
direction and have taken very good
decision by considering B.Sc. Forestry as
eligibility for the posts of Range Forest
Officers and Assistant Conservator of
Forests by removing all ambiguities which
would have their existence for the last
25 years.
Yours
etc...
Raj Kumar
Supwal,
Samba
Gilgit
manuscripts
Sir,
A news report titled,
''J&K Archives Deptt bags... (D,E Feb
''20) made a happy reading. It is
satisfying that the State Archives
Department has done a commendable job of
preserving the world renowned and
priceless Gilgit manuscripts. These
manuscripts were found accidently by some
men while digging in Gilgit area. Then,
the then State archives head, Pandit
Madhusudhan Koul was deputed by the State
Government to bring them to Srinagar.
These manuscripts now form
the priceless treasure of the Sri Partap
Singh Museum Srinagar. These are one of
the oldest manuscripts of the country and
have been dated around 5th or 6th century
AD. These birch bask manuscripts are
extremely fragile and called for great
care and attention during the process of
their preservation. In this regard under
the National manuscript mission about ten
lakh manuscripts are to be preserved and
then put on the internet. The process has
already started and now the scholars and
students can have access to these on the
net. It is not clear whether the Gilgit
manuscripts too are on the net or not. If
they are then it is good if they are, if
not then efforts should be made to make
them available on the net for the benefit
of the scholars and students.
Yours
etc...
M N Walli
Roop Nagar
Jammu
Make
Katra a Sub Division
Sir,
A news report published in
this paper (Feb 20) about the pressing
demand for more administrative units for
the state I would like to submit that in
the same report the news about the demand
by the people of Katra was put forward.
It is well known that the people of Katra
are enterprising. But it is also an
established fact that Katra has some of
the myriad problem which are not unique
to other districts.
The town of Katra commands a
great focus and attention all over the
State because of its unique status as the
base camp for the pilgrimage of Mata
Vaishno Devi Ji. The huge rush of
pilgrims about fifteen to twenty thousand
per day makes the town teeming with a
floating population which grows day by
day. In addition to that the population
of the town has increased manifold. Thus
the capacity of the town the cater to the
needs of its floating population of
pilgrims as well as its permanent
residential population calls for a new
approach in administering the town. In
addition to that the town is emerging as
a premier centre of higher education
after the establishment of Mata Vaishno
Devi University. Hence it is high time
that for the proper administration and
devolution of powers the unique town of
Katra be made a special sub-division
soon.
Yours
etc...
R L Gupta
Katra
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