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Did PDD play Jaspal Bhatti in name of smart metering? Pre-paid meters nowhere, deadlines keep extending 1/16/2022 11:05:18 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 16: The much-hyped smart pre-paid metering project of the Power Development Department in Jammu and Kashmir is ruthlessly in shambles, raising a question mark over the veracity of the claims being made by the authorities in the betterment of electricity supplies on the ground. Sources privy to this have told Early Times that the project has failed to take off and not even a sizable chunk of the so-called smart meters have been anywhere installed in Jammu as well as in Srinagar. “There is no pre-paid metering anywhere existent on the ground. No major area has seen an installation of such meters. This is the reason that the power scenario is worsening and we need no betterment in electricity anywhere. The entire project looks frighteningly farce and fabricated,” sources said. It was informed further that the PDD was not even sure how many meters it was ought to install in the twin capitals of the erstwhile state. There was no ground survey done. The numbers were flimsical. At times, it was being projected that one lakh meters were being installed....   READ MORE

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Amid record COVID cases Forest Deptt organizes trekking expedition 1/16/2022 11:05:05 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 16: While the Jammu district is breaking all previous records of single-day highest Corona positive cases, different departments are facing pressure from the higher-ups to conduct outdoor activities for publicity. The incumbent Jammu and Kashmir government is more worried over publicity rather than working on the ground to minimize peoples’ misery. It is a coincidence that on Saturday the J&K government announced weekend restrictions to break the chain of the virus but same time the Department of Wildlife Protection today organized a trekking expedition to Surinsar-Mansar Wildlife Sanctuary from Mansar to Bari Kap covering a distance of 7.5 Kilometres. As...   READ MORE   Amid Covid spike, lack of coordination on restrictions adds to ‘chaos’ 1/16/2022 11:04:56 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 16: Even as Jammu and Kashmir claims to be fully prepared to fight the spike in Covid, the alleged lack of coordination on weekend restrictions has hit the administration leading to chaos. Sources said there was a “total lack of coordination” between the officials in the Civil Secretariat and those on deputation at the Raj Bhawan leading to “chaos in decision-making.” Sources said on January 15, the people had to face tough time when all of a sudden the administration announced weekend restrictions in some of the districts, when people were already out for work and markets on. Sources said the civil administration and the Raj Bhawan officials had issued co...   READ MORE   145 doctors, 130 MBBS students, 130 paramedics test positive in Sgr hospitals in 15 days 1/16/2022 11:04:46 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 16: A major health crisis is brewing in Kashmir after 145 doctors, 130 MBBS students & 130 paramedics tested positive for COVID in GMC Srinagar & associated hospitals in the last 15 days. One of the officials here in the GMC told early times that Most of them have mild symptoms. “Almost everyone has received COVID Vaccines. No hospitalization. However they are in isolation and hopefully shall report back in a week's time,” the official said. The official said that Hospitals are most frequented places by infected persons. “Visit hospitals only in case of emergency. No need to visit your near and dear ones admitted in hospitals or isol...   READ MORE   Amid Corona Tsunami Govt yet to decide on operating with 50% staff 1/16/2022 11:04:40 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 16: Amidst the third wave of COVID and its Omicron variant raising the risk of infections, different sections of the society are repeatedly urging the government to operate with 50 percent staff on a roaster basis to break the chain. But authorities on the other hand appear to be adamant to decide in this regard despite Corona Tsunami in the Jammu district. During their meeting with Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Dr. Raghav Langer to formulate a strategy to check the spread of the virus urged traders’ federations of the Jammu division raised this issue. Traders’ federation asked the Divisional Commissioner that the government offices should also operate...   READ MORE   Bhaderwah: 10 family members live in tin shed, PMAY an illusion for them 1/16/2022 11:04:30 PM Early Times Report Bhaderwah, Jan 16: Mehboob Wani and his ten family members have been living in a tin shed in a remote village in Bhderwah area for the past many years. For Wani and his family Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana has proved to be an illusion. “I have given a number of applications to the authorities to include my name in the list of beneficiaries under PMAY but my pleas have gone in a vain. No one wants to listen to me,” Wani said. He said, “I am a daily wager. My earnings are...   READ MORE   Govt harassing some media houses for exposing its failures, says former MLC ‘During Azad’s regime no news organization was targeted for writing against administration’ 1/16/2022 11:04:20 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 16: Launching scathing attack on the JK UT administration for its dictatorial attitude, former MLC and senior Congress leader Naresh Gupta said that the government has been harassing some media houses for exposing its failures by blocking their advertisements. Talking to Early Times, Naresh Gupta strongly condemned the move of the present LG led administration for curbing freedom of speech and said that not only media houses, even common masses have been made t...   READ MORE   Govt remains busy in development forgets to pay wages of safai karamcharis 1/16/2022 11:03:52 PM Ashwani Sharma Early times report Udhampur, Jan 16: The Safai Karamcharis engaged in door to door garbage collection has started strike and blocked road in the town here today in protest demanding release of their pending wages which they claimed are not paid to them for the last two months. These Safai Karamcharis were engaged by private contractor whom Udhampur Municipal Committee had outsourced the garbage collection contract from every household in the town and about 40 such Safai ...   READ MORE   Dirty Niki Nehar punctures Smart City claims 1/16/2022 11:03:32 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 16: The Nikki Nehar in Talab Tillo area remaining unclean punctures the tall claims about Jammu being developed as a Smart City. “We haven’t seen anyone from Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) coming forward to clean Nikki Nehar. It’s filled with garbage and has turned into a drain,” locals said. They said, “The government is spending crores on development and on taking measures to keep Jammu clean but someone needs to ask the helmsmen, is this cleanliness and...   READ MORE   2 injured in Sgr grenade attack 1/16/2022 11:02:12 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 16: Terrorists hurled a grenade on joint patrol of police and CRPF in Saraf kadal area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Sunday evening, leaving a policeman and a civilian injured. A top Police officer said that terrorists threw grenade towards police and 23 battalion CRPF at Saraf kadal. However while earlier reports suggested that no one was injured, it been now been confirmed one policeman and a civilian suffered minor injuries in the blast. They have been identified as senior grade constable Mehraj Ahmad of police post Fateh Kadal Srinagar. Mehraj, they said, have injuries on left side of upper chest and left leg. The civilian has been i...   READ MORE   "India feels proud": PM Modi on 1 year of vaccination drive 1/16/2022 11:01:38 PM Agencies New Delhi, Jan 16: Lauding India's COVID-19 vaccination drive as it completes a year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it has added great strength to the fight against the pandemic and has resulted in saving lives and protecting livelihoods. When the pandemic first struck, not much was known about the virus. However, our scientists and innovators immersed themselves in developing vaccines, he said. India feels proud that our nation has been able to contribute to fighting the pandemic through vaccines, PM Modi tweeted. "I salute each and every individual who is associated with the vaccination drive," he said, adding that the role of our doctors, nurses and healthca...   READ MORE   Sujma faces pesky power cuts 1/16/2022 11:01:28 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 16: The government’s tall claims promising uninterrupted electricity to the Union territory residents have fallen flat, as residents here in Green Valley Sujma near Shiv Mandir, claim they are facing long power cuts. The locals said that they are facing prolonged "full day" power cuts in this cold season. "In absence of the power supply, we face inconvenience,” they said. A local resident, Mohmmad Aslam, said, “Most of the time there are power cuts in this area. With Covid-, the problem is felt even more acutely as work from home and online education have become the norm,” he said. Another resident who works in private sector said that t...   READ MORE   JEs recruited under PM package face discrimination 1/16/2022 11:01:21 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 16: Facing the worst ever discrimination due to the causal approach of the incumbent the Jammu and Kashmir Government, the junior engineers recruited under the Prime Minister’s Employment Package warned to go on strike against promotion policies of the department concerned. These engineers are serving in different parts of the Kashmir Valley but they are being deprived of promotion benefits which is a glaring example of discrimination. These junior engineers have given one week's notice to the higher-ups to solve their genuine issues. “It is requested that the justice be delivered within a week failing which we may be forced to go on tool down strike besi...   READ MORE   Ditched, pot-holed Katra-Reasi road mocks at admin’s claims of development 1/16/2022 11:00:58 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 16: Despite the claims of development by the Jammu & Kashmir administration the situation on the ground speaks about under development or less development and that too in areas which are strategically located or are located near the district headquarters. Despite being important the road connecting Reasi town with the holy town of Katra is in shambles with scores of ditches and pot-holes marking their presence along the route. The presence of ditches as well as...   READ MORE   Young boy shoots video to expose admin claim 1/16/2022 10:59:09 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 15: A video of a young boy showing dilapidated condition of the road at Mendhar, Golad in Poonch district has gone viral on the social media. A young boy along with his friend is seen pointing towards the sliding road in the hilly area and mocking the administration. “Is this what you call a road? It is caving in from all the sides as there are no crash barriers,” the boy is heard saying. When his other friend asks him whether he wants to give any message...   READ MORE   Hall was made in memory of Sheerwani who sacrificed his life before Pakistani raiders, Kabalies in 1947 Massive fire gutted ’Sherwani Hall’ in Baramulla 1/16/2022 10:55:01 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Jan 16: A massive fire has broken out today afternoon inside ‘Sherwani Hall’ in this north Kashmir district. An eyewitness said that the fire broke out at around 2:15 PM this afternoon inside the structure –used as banquet hall for political and social functions. A fire and emergency department official said that, "our men and machinery were on job to contain spread of the blaze, unfortunately the fire spread due to the blast of gas cylinder th...   READ MORE   Machine operator, his brother killed in road accident in Gundow Doda 1/16/2022 10:54:44 PM Anzer Ayoob Early Times Report Doda, Jan 16 : Two brothers including a teenager were killed while another was seriously injured in a late night road accident after the JCB skidded off the frozen road and fell into a deep gorge at Shalala area under Gandoh police station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, police said. Police said that the accident took place at 11.30pm late last night when the brothers in early 20s, were coming from Bharti area and were heading towards Bhatyas on Thathri-...   READ MORE

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