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| SMC under scanner for 'sabotaging' bad weather preparedness | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 13: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation has come under scanner for allegedly sabotaging the administrative preparedness for the bad weather forecast as was made by the weatherman.
Sources said the Raj Bhawan has got inputs that some officials in the civic body, who are accused of large-scale corruption and other maladministration, may have deliberately failed the administration to sabotage the good work of Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu.
It was reliably learnt that the government has sought a detailed report from the administrant in this regard.
Around a week ahead of the recent rough weather in Kashmir, the Metrological department had predicted heavy snowfall and rains in the valley issuing advisory for the administration to be ready.
As with regard to the preparedness for the clearance of snow from colony lanes and bylanes and to prevent waterlogging in the summer capital of Srinagar, the SMC was directed to be at the tenterhooks.
But on November 6-7, when it rained followed by snowfall, the SMC was visible nowhere. This was in stark contrast t... | |
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| Pak-sponsored terrorists continue to play dirty games in Kashmir | | 100 days of uncertainity | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 13: Despite passing of 100 days, life in Kashmir continues to remain out of gear. Uncertainity has been prevailing in the Valley since 5 August when centre reorganized Jammu & Kashmir and bifurcated it into two Union Territories - J&K and Ladakh.
Reports leading from Kashmir reveal that people are fed up and want normalcy to return but the Pakistan sponsored terrorists and their agents are enforcing shut down and are threatening the common people.
An analyst said, "Private Sector in Kashmir has been worst hit as shops and educational institutions have remained closed for the past hundred days and public transport vehicles have been off the roads since Augu... | |
| | | | Will new committee make skeletons tumble out of closets? | | Govt constitutes panel for Dal Preservation | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 13: As the government has accorded sanction to the constitution of Committee to finalize the draft of the notification for declaring Dal Lake and its surrounding areas as Eco-Sensitive Zone, the question is arising whether it will expose the past governments for making the famed water body a money minting machine.
On November 7, this year vide government order number 09 of JK(GAD) of 2019, the the commute was constituted to take measures aimed at preserving Dal Lake without delay.
As per the officials within the administration, the committee has been tasked to submit the detailed report within a period of one month and it is being speculated that it may al... | |
| | | | Patients administered expired Saline at DH Udhampur | | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Nov 13: Shocking but true that worst working culture in District Hospital Udhampur has been exposed few day ago when it was learnt that a patient was being administered expired medicine .
Attendants of the patient (name withheld) noticed that the bottle of Normal Saline being administered to the patient had expired on October 2019.
Immediately the attendants alerted the hospital staff and the concerned nurse promptly changed the bottle with a... | |
| | | | Components of SBM scheme still await implementation in JK | | | |
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 13: Jammu and Kashmir may have been declared 'open defecation free', but several components of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) scheme are yet to be implemented in the new union territory.
On October 2, 2018, Jammu and Kashmir was declared 'open defecation free' after constructing 15. 42 lakh toilets in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh since August 2015 under the SBM scheme.
However, authorities have failed to implement several components of centrally sponsored scheme, which could have generated desirable results on the ground.
Take instance, Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBAR-DHAN), which is component of SBM was launched in Febru... | |
| | | | CHC Basohli, Trauma Centre Mahanpur become showcase | | MOs running hospitals in absence of Specialist docs | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 13: Shocking it may sound but it is a harsh reality that the two premier health institutions of Basohli viz Community Health Centre and Trauma Centre Mahanpur are running without specialist doctors, consequently the health care is adversely affecting in the mountainous and hilly tehsil of Kathua.
Sources informed that in both the health institutions, the specialist doctor post i,e General surgery, Orthopaedic, Ophthalmology, Paediatrics, Gynaecology, Radiology and ENT but all the specialist posts are lying vacant in both Trauma and CHC except only ENT specialist are available in Trauma Centre Mahanpur while only single post of Gynaecology is fulfilled in Comm... | |
| | | | Killings' on hilly roads going unabated; authorities are not ready to implement guidelines | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 13: The Doda road mishap that claimed the lives of 16 persons including three kids has exposed the government's slackness in implementing guidelines of its much-touted road safety policy, which was formulated on 2016.
Even after passing of three-year nothing has been done to protect lives on the road because murders on the roads, especially in the Doda, Ramban and Kishtwar districts, are going unabated but those at the helm of the affairs are shamelessly watching such gruesome incidents on the roads.
Amid an unprecedented rise in the road accidents in Jammu hilly areas of province, the government is sitting over a report of the house committee of Jammu and ... | |
| | | | Lt Governor reviews School Education, progress of languishing projects and Department of Prisons | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 13: Lt. Governor Girish Chandra Murmu reviewed the progress of languishing projects being funded by the Jammu and Kashmir Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation Ltd. He also reviewed the status of Prisons department and School Education sector in separate meetings held at the Civil Secretariat, here today.
BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance; Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to Lt. Governor were among the ... | |
| | | | Extra money to carry cell phones, cameras inside country's largest underground aquarium in Jammu irks tourists | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 13: The tall claims of Jammu and Kashmir administration of promoting tourism and taking it to new heights fell flat as the tourists visiting the country's largest underground aquarium here, were not happy with the J&K Fisheries Department, which charged extra money for carrying cell phones and cameras inside the complex.
Bagh-e-Bahu Aquarium, that surrounds the Bahu Fort at over 220 metres in length, has been titled as the largest underground aquarium in the ... | |
| | | | 4 RDD officials suspended for misappropriating funds | | | |
Early Times Report
Poonch, Nov 13: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Poonch Rahul Yadav today suspended four officials of Rural Development department in misappropriation of funds for non-existence works in Mendhar block.
According to sources, the DC Poonch has ordered an enquiry following allegations of misappropriation of funds RDD Officials. "The ADDC Poonch in the inquiry report submitted that some work of MGNREGA works shown executed in Galutta kangra Panchayat, Block Mendhar during the year 2019-20, were not been found executed on the site and public of the area has also confirmed that the said work had not been executed anywhere in the panchayat", sources told Early Times, adding that o... | |
| | | | 4 died, 5 injured after vehicle carrying Mata Sarthal Devi pilgrims meets with accident | | | 
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Nov 13: ammu Nov 13: In yet another fatal accident on roads in Chenab Valley in less than 24 hours of a tragic accident in Marmat area of Doda were killed of 17 persons including three children,s and five women, four persons today died in another accident in Sarthal area of Kishtwar District while five people received injuries including two critically who were later airlifted to Government Medical College Jammu for advance treatment.
As per the details avai... | |
| | | | People confused on working style of GREF | | |  Arun Trisal
Early Times Report
Bani, Nov 13: GREF - General Reserve Engineer Force,a road construction authority's biased attitude while constructing a defence road from Basohli-Bani to Bhadarwah that would link further with Anantnag district , is raising eye-brows of victims whose land falls under construction of road.Pertinently, GREF has started Road construction Project through its sub agency 69 Road construction company. The state Revenue department gave road map for the constructi... | |
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