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Massive fire at Bone and Joint Hospital exposes LG admin again Non- implementation of Fire Safety Act reason behind gutting of premier health institute? 3/6/2022 12:00:22 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 5: The recent massive fire incident at Kashmir’s Bone and Joints Hospital has exposed once again the non-serious approach of the LG administration in implementing the Fire Safety Act and making its clauses implementable in government buildings and hospitals. Non-implementation of Fire Force Act (1967) to ensure that safety equipment are installed in buildings has also been blamed for the frequent fire accidents. Unplanned urbanization has exposed Srinagar to many civic problems, including the vulnerability to fire accidents. In some areas of the city, houses are stacked so close together that every time a fire breaks out, there is every chance of it spreading far and wide causing maximum damage. In many areas of the city, there is no adequate fire gap between the houses and as result when fire breaks out in these localities fire brigade cannot douse the flames effectively. In the not so distant past, the city has witnessed several major fire incidents in which scores of houses were gutted because the congestion posed a major hurdle to the fire t...   READ MORE

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Ganderbal youth, who tried to save his building by burning himself, dies Naib Tehsildar suspended, Tehsildar attached; no explanation sought from DC 3/6/2022 12:00:12 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 5: A youth, Amir Ahmad Shah, son of Abdul Hamid, who set himself ablaze during demolition in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district 10-days ago, died at SKIMS, Soura on Saturday. Shah in a bid to prevent the razing of his building to ground on February 22 set himself ablaze. The youth setting himself on fire had evoked strong criticism from every section of the society. The divisional administration had ordered a probe following which a Naib Tehsildar was suspended and Tehsildar was attached. However, no explanation was sought from the Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal. General Secretary of Peoples Conference, Imran Raza Ansari while talking to Early Tim...   READ MORE   Govt fails to give data of total investment in J&K Govt handout on NSWS reflects own contradictions 3/6/2022 12:00:01 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 5: Although the incumbent bureaucratic government in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday claimed that over seven decades there was no industrial development in J&K but the authorities have failed to give data of total investment in the Union Territory during the last one and half year. The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Saturday issued a long handout to claim that with the introduction of National Single Window System (NSWS) but the authorities in its press note has failed to give exact figure of total investment in J&K in general and Jammu region in particular during the last one and half year. “With the launch of the new Industrial Development Scheme, gover...   READ MORE   NHIDCL takes people hostage, electricity lines suffer damages due to contractor’s negligence 3/5/2022 11:59:56 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 5: Due to open violation of the contract norms, the contractors engaged by the National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited has gone haywire while carrying out the road widening and road upgrading on the National Highway 244 from Kuriya to Chatroo as a result of which the transmission and electricity lines passes through the area suffered massive damages as a result of which the people are facing inconvenience both on damag...   READ MORE   ‘Dogra identity under threat in J&K’ 3/5/2022 11:59:34 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 5: Congress on Saturday observed that the Dogra identity is under threat due to steps taken by the government during the last over two years. Party observed that Jammu and Kashmir has lost its identity as a special status Dogra state in the country with a unique historical background and people will never forget that they lost their rights and powers as state subjects. The party observed that before August 5, 2019, Jammu and Kashmir was known as Dogra state and it was the crown of India because of its unique identity, history, and secular values. “The Dogra state was decimated, divided, and downgraded into a UT not better than a large Municipal body on ...   READ MORE   JKPCC office Pulwama locked due to non-payment of rent 3/5/2022 11:59:28 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Mar 5: The Jammu & Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (J&K PCC) office Pulwama has been locked due to non-payment of rent. The Corporation office housed in a private building has been closed due to non-payment of rent. The owner of the building locked the building since the Corporation failed to pay the rent. The employees could be seen roaming in the area following the locking up of the office. The landlord alleged that he has been forced to take extre...   READ MORE   Admin installs streetlights upside down; Roads suffer darkness as ‘aliens get light’ Ulta Pulta! 3/5/2022 11:59:18 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 5: In a shocking incident of administrative failure, streetlights are being installed upside down in Jammu and Kashmir, exposing the lack of accountability in the Power development department, in particular, which is executing the multi-crore project in Srinagar and Jammu cities. In one such recent incident, the freshly installed streetlights were found upside down in Rainawari area of old Srinagar. The residents were shocked to see that the lights were inst...   READ MORE   Govt fails to create facilities for tourists at Gharana wetland Wetland has no road, boards to identify bird species, bird guides 3/5/2022 11:58:06 PM Early Times Report R S Pura, Mar 5: Gharana wetland in R S Pura has no proper road connectivity, not boards to identify the bird species that reach there and no bird guide, who could help visitors understand why this wetland is so important. The person who wants to visit the wetland has to wade through the lanes to reach there. And after arriving at the wetland he has to look for a space from where he can watch the birds. “Usually people watch birds through binoculars and the ones who hav...   READ MORE   Admin locks CHC Akhnoor washrooms, patients suffer 3/5/2022 11:56:56 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 5: Community Health Centre (CHC) Akhnoor is presenting a true picture of absolute neglect since the washrooms of the health institution have been closed and termed as ‘not in use’ by the hospital administration. The patients who are admitted at CHC Akhnoor are facing numerous problems since they have to either go out in open to attend to the nature’s call or find some other alternative in this regard. The patients as well as attendants have voiced concern o...   READ MORE   PM to launch Pune Metro Rail Project today 3/5/2022 11:56:18 PM Early Times Report Pune, Mar 5: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will inaugurate the Pune Metro Rail Project and lay the foundation stone of various development projects. At 1100 hrs he will unveil the statue of Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the premises of Pune Municipal Corporation. The Statue is made up of 1850 kg gun metal and is about 9.5 feet tall. At 1130 hrs, the PM will inaugurate 12 km stretch of the total 32.2 km Pune metro rail project which is an endeavour to provide world class infrastructure for urban mobility in Pune. Foundation Stone of the project was also laid by the Prime Minister on December 24, 2016.The entire project is being built at a t...   READ MORE

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