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Promise of first ‘Awaam ki Awaaz’ episode yet to be fulfilled Arrogant Babus are a stumbling block in implementing LG’s visionary agenda at grassroots 2/21/2022 11:54:19 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 21: To directly connect with the masses to solve their problems, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has started a pro-people “Awaam Ki Awaaz” programme similar to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ in April 2021 but a coterie of Babus at the helm of the affairs appear to be the biggest stumbling block in translating LG’s vision to the reality. Instead of facilitating the sincere efforts of Lieutenant Governor’s “Jan Bhagidari” in the governance process, this coterie of Babus is misleading him about the implementation of his visionary agenda at the ground level. In the first episode of ‘Awaam Ki Awaaz’ on April 18, 2021, the Lieutenant Governor had promised to create job opportunities at the village level to stop migration from villages to cities. But, the same promise is yet to be fulfilled. Those at the helm of the affairs appear to be adopting a callous approach towards solving vital issues like employment and providing basic amenities to the people. Responding to the suggestion of Ramdev Sharma, a senior citizen from Jammu who had ...   READ MORE

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Babus turn Kashmir’s entry point into garbage dumping site Heaps of dirt welcome entrants, locals suffer, admin absconding 2/21/2022 11:53:54 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 21: At a time when the Jammu and Kashmir administration is making claims of ensuring sanitation across the UT for the greater common good, the piles of dirt and garbage at Qazigund seem to be bellying such farcical claims to the core. Pictures of piles of garbage in the main markets of Qazigund are widely being circulated on social media with people questioning such a non-serious approach of those at the helm in mitigating the sufferings of the masses. The p...   READ MORE   Fed-up with false promises of BJP leaders, BSF-CISF aspirants seek Mehbooba’s help 2/21/2022 11:53:38 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 21: Fed up with the repeated “false” assurances of BJP leaders, aspirants of Border Security Force (BSF) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Monday sought the help of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to get their issue resolved. A delegation of BSF, CISF aspirants today met Mehbooba Mufti and apprised her of their genuine issues and sought her help to get these issues solved. The helpless youth urged the PDP president to take up their issue...   READ MORE   Busy with musical concerts, JK babus dump unsung heroes of PDD 2/21/2022 11:53:19 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 21: Even as the Jammu and Kashmir administration has been spending “big money” on musical concerts and other festivities of sorts, the “unsung heroes” of the Power Development Department and their families have been “left to fend for themselves.” In the last two months, at least two linemen of the Power department got wounded while one of them lost his life in the line of the duty. The one who was wounded in Kashmir succumbed to his injuries while the other one who was wounded in Jammu is bedridden with amputated limbs. But the higher ups of the department did “little or nothing for them.” On January 9, a PDD daily-wager lineman was electrocuted in B...   READ MORE   Jobless 10+2 contractual lecturers have nowhere to go 2/21/2022 11:53:11 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 21: More than a thousand 10+2 Contractual Lecturers, who served for several years at various Higher Secondary Schools, were abruptly disengaged a few years ago while with the passage of time they are on the verge of getting over aged. Now, in their late twenties and thirties, they are jobless and have nowhere to go. Seeking absorption and regularization of their services, 10+2 Contractual Lecturers alleged that the government has turned a blind eye towards t...   READ MORE   ‘LG Sahib give our school back’ 2/21/2022 11:53:02 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 21: Children of Orbit Girls School, a private school at Peerbagh, on Monday staged a protest against the merging of their school with another school. “LG Sahib give our school back. Is this Beti Bacho, Beti Padhao campaign. If you don’t give our school back we will sit on the road and won't eat and drink anything,” said a 6-year old girl. The school in question ‘Orbit Girls School’ according to parents has been merged with another school without taking ...   READ MORE   Bemina colony turns into cesspool, admin unmoved 2/21/2022 11:52:49 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 21: Residents of sector 11 Hamdaniya Colony at Bemina here staged a protest against the authorities for failing to construct a proper drainage system in the area. “Road leading to our colony remains waterlogged in winter as well as summer season. For the past four years we have been running after the officials to get this drainage system repaired but no one wants to listen to us,” residents said. They said that all the claims about development are “confine...   READ MORE   Govt High School Lam victim of official apathy, awaits upgradation 2/21/2022 11:51:29 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 21: The residents of Lam village and adjacent localities in Nowshera tehsil of Rajouri district have demanded from the government to upgrade the only High School in the area to Higher Secondary level. Government High School (GHS), Lam was established in 1982, however, even after four decades it has not been upgraded to the Higher Secondary level. Inhabitants of the area said that forty year old Government High School, Lam has not been upgraded to Higher Secondary level by the Department of School Education in spite of repeated requests. Locals of the area said that the government should consider the demand to upgrade the school so that the children of th...   READ MORE   Bajalta village without electricity, gets power bills every month 2/21/2022 11:51:23 PM Early Times Report Udhampur, Feb 21: Residents of village Bajalta in Udhampur district who have never seen electricity get power bills regularly every month. According to locals the government has not been able to develop a power transmission system for the village till date. “Despite getting no electricity we get power bills every month. Our children study under candle light and under the open sky even after 75-years of independence,” they said, adding, “The PDD has failed to bring elect...   READ MORE

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