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| One by one, schemes for power reforms dying silently in JK | | Blunders of past bear fruits at present | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 29: It is official now, the power generation schemes in Jammu and Kashmir have taken a back seat with centrally sponsored schemes worth crores of rupees neglected, forgotten and ruthlessly undermined by the helmsmen of the past.
After the failure of Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) which was announced to reduce aggregate technical and commercial losses in power distribution and management across state utilities, another centrally sponsored scheme namely Deen Dayal Upadhaya Grameen Joyti Yojna (DDUGJY) is on the brink of dead end due to no work executed on ground on this scheme.
DDUGJY was otherwise meant to provide continuous power supply to rural areas of the erstwhile state. The scheme was ought to enable to initiate much awaited reforms in the rural areas. It was set to focus on feeder separation (rural households & agricultural) and strengthening of sub-transmission & distribution infrastructure including metering at all levels in rural areas. This would have helped in providing round the clock power to... | |
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| ‘BJP leaders fail to project sentiments of Jammu people’ | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 29: Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) may not find it easy to make a comeback in Jammu due to the failure of its regional leadership to convince the centre to address the sentimental issues.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said that most of the people in Jammu region had expected that this time around the government won't ignore their long pending demand of declaring a holiday on the birth anniversary of the last Dogra ruler of Jammu & Kashmir Maharaja Hari Singh. "When the BJP was in opposition its leaders used to rake up this issue vociferously. But after coming into power the BJP leaders from Jammu couldn't do much about it," the analyst added.
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| | | | Ram Madhav's football diplomacy raises many eye-brows | | | |
Jammu, Dec 29: Unscheduled visit of BJP's point-man in J&K Ram Madhav's visit to Jammu and Srinagar has raised many eye-brows because he visited both the capital cities without informing local party leaders. Ram Madhav reached Srinagar on Thursday and arrived at Jammu on Friday.
Credible sources said that none of the BJP leaders were aware of the visit of Ram Madhav and all of them surprised when they got information about his visit. "It appears that there is no communication with local unit of BJP with high command", sources said.
Ram Madhav claimed at Srinagar that he came especially to watch football match of Real Kashmir but aim of his visit was entirely different because on the sam... | |
| | | | Under MMSFES, Food supplies department curtails 50% ration supply | | | | SAAHIL SUHAIL
EARLY TIMES REPORT
ANANTNAG, Dec 28: In an unprecedented development, the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs has started curtailing ration supply under Mufti Mohmmad Sayed Food Entitlement Scheme (MMSFES).
A group of consumers told Early Times that Ration storekeepers across the Kashmir have stopped providing promised quantity of ration to them on the pretext that they weren’t receiving the required quantity.
“From past three months the storekeepers are distributing only 7 kgs of rice per person instead of 10Kgs of rice under NFSA and MMSFES Scheme,” Anantnag residents told ET.
They alleged that the officers of the department weren’t giving satisf... | |
| | | | After NC and PDP, PC leaders exploring alternatives | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 29: Even as some of the leaders from the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party have either already quit the party or are “exploring options of joining some national parties”, the same is becoming true for the Peoples Conference led by Sajad Lone.
Sources said some of the leaders from the party are “fed up of the politics” of Sajad Lone who is presently under detention in Srinagar, and look ahead to explore alternatives.
Sources said some of the leaders from the PC are in touch with leaders from some national parties and may join the same in the coming weeks.
Sources said at least two of the leaders from the party are in talks with other par... | |
| | | | BDO Arnia provides irrelevant information to RTI applicant that too after wait of months’ together | | Applicant had sought names and address of beneficiaries of SBM | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 29: The Block Development Office (BDO) Arnia has provided irrelevant information to an information seeker, who had sought names and addresses of the beneficiaries under Swatch Bharat Mission in the panchayat Treva. Moreover this irrelevant information was provided to the applicant after two months of delay that too after the applicant filed a first appeal before authority.
RTI applicant Deepak Bharti informed Early Times that on September 26, he had filed an RTI application before Public Information Officer (PIO) in BDO office, in which he had sought names, father name, ward number of the beneficiaries of Individual Household Latrines under SBA-R in panchay... | |
| | | | No underground bunkers and tunnel for residents of Kupwara district | | Promises falls flat, dream confined to eyes | | | S TAHIR-UL HAQ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
KUPWARA, Dec 29: No promise whatsoever be it a matter of tunnel or bunkers was fulfilled with the people that are living along the Line of Control (LoC) in Karnah, Keran, Tangdhar, Teetwal and Machil sectors or other places, of this north Kashmir district.
Sadiullah Khan of Tangdhar sector telephoned Early Times said that, Pakistan violated ceasefire violations in this north Kashmir district on Thursday, and the fact is that a people are gripped in ‘fear psychosis’ and they want to shift permanently to the plain areas of Kupwara district.
“From past several weeks, there is an intermittent fire and mortar shelling from Pakistani side due to which the... | |
| | | | Himayat has transformed lives of J&K youth: PM Modi | | | |
NEW DELHI, Dec 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the youth of Jammu and Kashmir have been shown a new way to forge ahead with confidence by the ‘Himayat’ programme that is helping them transform their lives.
Talking to the countrymen in the last edition of Mann Ki Baat this year, Prime Minister Modi said with such a unique placement linked skill development and enhancing programme in place, the youth of Jammu and Kashmir are being provided with a platform through which they are now forging ahead by getting employment.
He also mentioned about various youths who had trained under the programme and got placements in corporate sectors.
Himayat offers a wide range of skill dev... | |
| | | | Hard Zone Transfer Policy proves to be pick and choose affair | | | | ANKIT KESSAR
Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Dec 29: The District Development Board (DDB) Rajouri in a bid to ensure stability in education sector in hard zones had framed a Hard Zone Transfer Policy. But the policy framed to streamline the system is now proving to be a pick and choose affair which is also violating several norms of main educational transfer policy.
Hard zone transfer policy clearly defines that a teacher has to serve in a hard zone within the district for one year for once in whole service but it was seen in previous as well as recent transfers of teachers to hard zones on December 13 that some teachers, who have been transferred to hard zones have already served there. The... | |
| | | | Border area residents claim scam in funds under BADP | | | | ANKIT KESSAR
Early Times Report
NOSHWERA, Dec 29: Several residents of border area has claimed discrepancies in the use of funs under Border Area Development Programme (BADP).
The Sarpanch of the Deeing-Kalal area in Nowshera Sector, Ramesh Choudhary claimed that the zero line border area of their panchayat has not got any help under BADP for the last so many years. He highlighted that he visited the office of the Deputy Commissioner's office Rajouri on several occasions in the last five years but got nothing except utter disappointment. Choudhary suspect that there is a great possibility of a scam under BADP initiated by the Government of India.
When contacted Chief Planning Officer R... | |
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