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More dark days ahead in JK as Power Deptt runs short of engineers! Around 400 posts vacant, admin unmoved 3/3/2022 1:02:42 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 2: Even as Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing unusually frequent power outages putting people to inconvenience for the last few months, the Power Development Department is “running short” of the engineering staff. The Early Times has accessed official documents which hint at the “alarming shortage” of engineers in the PDD as around “400 posts are lying vacant.” Officials said it was for the first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir that such a big number of posts were lying vacant in the department dealing with the deliverance of basic services thereby affecting the deliverance of power supply to the consumers. The official documents reveal that the shortage of engineers ranging between the posts of Assistant Engineers and the Chief Engineers and even Directors is “alarmingly big.” Officials said around three posts of Executive Directors are lying vacant while as six posts of Chief Engineers are also lying vacant. The officials said over twenty posts of Superintending Engineers and more than forty posts are Executive Engineers ar...   READ MORE

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Unlike Eid, no on-time salary for Govt employees on Maha Shivratri KPs disgruntled, rue over LG admin’s indifferent attitude 3/3/2022 1:01:18 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 2: The Jammu and Kashmir government seems to have once again forgotten the Kashmiri Hindu employees on the auspicious occasion of Maha ShivRatri known popularly as ‘Heerat’. No measure was taken to ensure that the employees would get their salaries ahead of the festival. Heerat’ was celebrated with gaiety in Jammu and Kashmir on March 1, this year. The practice for other festivals like Eid is that the government orders disbursement of the salaries of government employees ahead of the festival. Even when Heerat’ was being celebrated on March 1, no order or directive was issued by the LG admin, directing the Drawing and Disbursing Officers of the government ...   READ MORE   Can’t survive in Rs 1500/ per month, implement MWA: Chowkidars ‘Govt has failed to increase our wages for past 6-years’ 3/3/2022 1:00:49 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 2: All J&K Chowkidar Association staged a protest here on Wednesday demanding an increase in their wages. Talking to reporters, representatives of the association, said, “We are being paid Rs 1500/ per month. It’s difficult to feed our families in this meager amount. The government should implement the Minimum Wages Act (MWA).” “We are around 5500 chowkidars across J&K. We have to cooperate with every department and provide them with details of births and d...   READ MORE   Aspirants resent withdrawal of posts advertised by JKPSC, JKSSB 3/3/2022 12:59:53 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 2: Expressing their resentment over Jammu and Kashmir government’s decision to withdraw all the posts advertised by recruiting agencies including JKSSB and JKPSC before October 2019, several aspirants of various posts staged a protest here today. Speaking to media persons the protesting aspirants said that hundreds of candidates had completed different levels of selection process including appearing for written tests and interviews but when only selection list...   READ MORE   Casual labourers threaten indefinite strike ‘Bureaucrats want us to work on meager wages forever’ 3/3/2022 12:58:58 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Srinagar, Mar 2: Casual labourers staged a protest here on Wednesday demanding that 61000 daily wagers should be regularized and Minimum Wages Act (MWA) be implemented in the Union Territory. Talking to reporters they said, “If the government fails to fulfill their genuine demands they will be left with no other option other than going on an indefinite strike.” The protesters said that the government is not paying any attention towards their genuine demands and is treati...   READ MORE   Panch’s killing punctures normalcy balloon 3/3/2022 12:57:50 AM Early Times Report Kulgam, Mar 2: Amidst tall claims about normalcy returning to Kashmir militants once again struck in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district and shot dead a Panch on Wednesday evening. Officials said that Panch identified as Mohammad Yaqoob Dar of Kulpora Srandroo Kulgam was shot from point blank range. Medical Superintendent of District Hospital Kulgam, Dr. Muzaffar Zargar said that Panch was brought dead to the hospital. After the attack security forces cordoned off the area and launched searches to nab the assailants. The killing of a Panch has come at a time when the government is claiming that Kashmir situation has returned to normal and everything is hunky-dory...   READ MORE   Huge garbage dump in front of GHS Pouni, expose SBM claims 3/3/2022 12:57:27 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Reasi, Mar 2: Although union government has launched various cleanliness drives like Swachh Bharat Mission, Swachta hi Sewa hai but these drives are not seen on ground level in various places of Jammu and Kashmir. Reasi administration has failed this drive where a huge dump of garbage is seemed in front of main gate of Government Girls High School Pouni, which is inviting many impeaches and pandemics. Locals of Pouni have accusingly said that the concern authorities of P...   READ MORE   Vikram Chowk area roads in bad shape 3/3/2022 12:56:53 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 2: One of the prominent area in Jammu city is Vikram Chowk situated on the banks of river Tawi which remains abuzz with all trading activities as Ware House and Nehru Market falls in its west while famous shrine of Mata Mahakali popularly known as Bawe Wali Mata and historical Bahu Fort besides University of Jammu in its East and southern part of Jammu remains connected with this very place with rest of the Jammu. The vital link between the city from south to ...   READ MORE

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