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| It’s official: Jammu bearing brunt of power crisis, people suffer unheard | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20: Even as the administration in J&K is trying to give a rosy picture of the power crises in the Union Territory, an official correspondence has exposed that the people of Jammu are facing the brunt of the “emergency.”
The Managing Director Jammu Power Development Corporation Limited in an official document has said that there was a state of “emergency” in Jammu.
In a letter vide number 124-MD/IPOCI dated the 20.12.2021, the MD said: “There is an emergency power situation in the Jammu province and the general public is facing the brunt of non-availability of power.”
The shocking revelation has been made in the official correspondence about the issues being faced in charging of feeders. While the government has claimed that electricity has been restored in most parts, this documents exposed the grim reality of how the people of Jammu have been yet again left to fend for themselves.
A major power breakdown has pushed large parts of the Union Territory to darkness as thousands of employees of the Power department have gone on indefinite strike.
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| Power shutdown continues in J&K | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20: Residents of many cities in Jammu & Kashmir faced power shut down on second consecutive day, as Power Development Department (PDD) employees continued their strike against the proposed privatisation of electricity in the Union Territory.
The PDD employees have been on strike since Sunday against the J&K administration decision to privatise the department and merge it with the Power Grid Corporation of India.
Jammu University has postponed offline and online examination for undergraduate and postgraduate students tomorrow in view of the strike.
The PDD employees held anti-government protests in Srinagar and Jammu demanding in writing from the Lieute... | |
| | | | Calling Army to handle power crisis admin’s failure: HCBA | | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 20: J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu under the leadership of its President M K Bhardwaj held a protest Dharna while demanding providing essential services in Jammu like transmission of electricity supply, water supply and health facilities. The protesters demanded shifting of all judicial work (like CAT, registration work, DRT and tribunal) within court premises.
The protesters demanded establishment of consumer forums in the court premises adding that e... | |
| | | | Chenab Valley reels under darkness, only 30% power restored | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Dec 20: The electricity woes in power generation hub of Chenab Valley i.e. Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban districts continued for third consecutive day today due to employees of Power Department going on an indefinite strike across Jammu and Kashmir.
The PDD employees are protesting against the government’s decision to privatise and unbundle the existing Power Department into different corporations including its merger with Northern Grid of India.
As per the details available with Early Times, the employees in all the three districts held strong protest against the government’s move. The talks between the representatives of the employees unio... | |
| | | | Tall claims of good governance exposed: Mehbooba Mufti | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 20: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday alleged that deployed Army engineers in the wake of the strike by power employees had exposed the “tall claims of good governance”.
Mehbooba Mufti also tweeted that the Central government had made clear the “criminal agenda” behind the scrapping of the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 so that they can “loot” the natural resources of the region.
“GOI has made its criminal agenda ... clear. Motive behind state sponsored loot of our natural resources - illegal auction of sand mining to outsiders, conversion of agricultural land to privatising p... | |
| | | | Power crisis force JU to postpone exams | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20: Jammu University on Monday announced that all the online, offline exams scheduled for Tuesday (December 21) stand postponed due to the ongoing strike of the employees of Power Development Department.
The Jammu University cited the ongoing power crisis in the region as a reason for postponing the exams. The exams that were scheduled for Monday were also postponed.
It’s in place to mention here that many areas in Jammu region are reeling under darkness due to the PDD employees going on indefinite strike against the decision of the government to privatize the power sector. Students are finding it hard to prepare for the exams due to the ongoing electri... | |
| | | | Delimitation Commission proposes six seats for Jammu province, one for Kashmir | | Kathua, Samba, Reasi, Rajouri, Kisthwar, Udhampur to get one seat each in Jammu province | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20: The Delimitation Commission has proposed six seats for Jammu province and one seat for Kashmir Valley.
The Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, headed by retired Supreme Court Judge, Ranjana Prakash Desai, was constituted by the Centre on March 6, 2020, to redraw Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of the Union Territory in accordance with the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which bifurcated the state into union territories of J&K and Ladakh.
According to Section 60 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, “...the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall be i... | |
| | | | Downgrading J&K into UT closed all doors of development: Azad | | J&K Resources being sold to outsiders | |  Anzer Ayoob
Early Times Report
Doda, Dec 20: Former J&K Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said that downgrading Jammu Kashmir into a Union Territory has closed all doors of development in the erstwhile State.
While addressing a public rally at Bus Stand Doda, Azad said that everything in Jammu and Kashmir has been degraded and people are caught in uncertainty. “Laborers are without work, land holders are terrified, daily wagers are without salary and th... | |
| | | | Tourism Deptt disburses Rs 1.47 crore into wrong bank accounts | | GOI seeks recovery, Govt in a fix, pubic purse dented | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20: A startling revelation about the violation of GOI grants by Jammu and Kashmir’s Tourism Department has come to the fore with documents unraveling that Rs 1.47 crores were disbursed in violation of the financial norms.
Documents in possession of Early Times reveal that the Finance Department released Rs 1.47 crore to the Tourism Department for waiver of loans in respect of 19 houseboat owners who had turned defaulters with Banks for loans taken earlier as one-time settlement of these cases.
The Director Tourism, Kashmir, as per the documents in March 2018 disbursed Rs 1.47 crore to nine banks for settlement of these loans, which were not eligible to b... | |
| | | | COVID-19: J&K reports 105 new cases, one death | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 20: The Government today informed that 105 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 27 from Jammu division and 78 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 339932.Also, 01 COVID death has been reported from Kashmir Division.
Moreover, 192 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 32 from Jammu Division and 160 from Kashmir Division.
The Bulletin informs that no new case of Mucormycosis has been reported today, thus the total number of confirmed cases remains 50 across J&K..
On COVID vaccination, the bulletin infor... | |
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