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As JK admin talks of ‘Ease of Doing Business,’ local business units face extinction threat 3/6/2022 11:51:41 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 6: Even as the administration in Jammu and Kashmir has been “talking tall” about introducing “Ease of Doing Business”, scores of local business units in J&K complain of being at the verge of extinction. The administration has been claiming that after “dismal performance for over seven decades in the industrialization sector”, Jammu and Kashmir has entered into “a new age of developmental trajectory” with the integration of ‘Single Clearance Window Portal’ with the National Single Window System (NSWS), from industrial units to other business ventures, the local entrepreneurs, who had been struggling for survival say “things have become so tough due to babu raaj that many of them may face closure soon.” The administration has been blowing the trumpet when the industrialists have already pressed the “panic button.” In September, the business community of Jammu and Kashmir claimed that 85% of the industrial units may face closure in the valley by current fiscal end and demanded that the government should include these existing units in the Prime Minis...   READ MORE

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Jambu Zoo still a distant dream for Jammuites 3/6/2022 11:51:28 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 6: Developed by Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department, the much-hyped Jambu Zoo coming up at Khanpur near Nagrota in the city outskirts along Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is still a distant dream for the Jammuites. What to talk of the completion of the prestigious Jambu Zoo when even the entrance of the prestigious project is still under construction. The dream project has already missed several deadlines for the completion of its first phase as in July 201...   READ MORE   ‘Berozgar Se Swarozgar’-another cruel joke with unemployed youth 3/6/2022 11:51:02 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 6: Very much like other schemes of the incumbent Jammu and Kashmir Government, ‘Berozgar Se Swarozgar’ is another cruel joke with unemployed youth of the Union Territory. Although the bureaucratic government in J&K claimed that this scheme was launched to provide adequate job opportunities to the youth and make them self-dependent, the authorities have failed to give the exact number of youth who have been provided benefits under this scheme. Highly placed sources said that instead of giving benefits of this scheme to deserving candidates, only influential persons, who are already running the broad business of their families, have taken benefits of such sc...   READ MORE   I want to do something better in life, says minor Bakerwal boy ‘Didn’t attend school for 2-years as we are poor’ 3/6/2022 11:50:20 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 6: Tall claims of the government to set up mobile schools for the children of Gujjar and Bakarwal community in Jammu and Kashmir seem confined to papers only. A head of a Bakerwal family that had set up its migratory home near Jumbo Zoo in Jammu, while talking to a news channel said, “We are packing our bags and moving to Anantnag as the schools have reopened. Our children have not gone to schools for the past two years.” The family head said that he along wit...   READ MORE   Rajeev Nagar, Raheem Nagar residents don’t even remember name of their MLA, Corporator ‘They never visited us, we have become used to living with dilapidated roads, choked drains’ 3/6/2022 11:49:56 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 6: Residents of Rajeev Nagar and Raheem Nagar don’t even remember the name of the BJP MLA, who won the 2014 assembly elections as no politician has visited them during the past so many years. Residents of Rajeev Nagar while talking to local news channel said, “Helmsmen and politicians don’t consider us as human beings. The roads haven’t been repaired for the past many years, the drains are choked and there is no proper system for garbage disposal.” They said...   READ MORE   PDD implements shutdown as summer sets in 3/6/2022 11:49:30 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 6: The summer season may have set in the Jammu division, but it has not made any difference for the Power Development Department (PDD) since the Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL) has announced a shutdown from today up to March 9. The shutdown schedule as drawn up by JPDCL has come in for sharp criticism from the people and they say that in the name of maintenance and repairs the PDD is putting the people of Jammu to trouble on regular basis. The department has asked the people to finish their works, jobs and assignments well before time so that they do not face any problem. The common masses have said that the maintenance as well as rep...   READ MORE   Deposition of silt, dumping of garbage in Ranbir Canal evoke concern 3/6/2022 11:49:13 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 6: Residents of Jammu have expressed concern over the deplorable condition of the Ranbir canal and said that the people at helm have failed to set the things correct at the canal even though historical significance is attached to the canal. The Jammu residents while expressing their anger said that due to wrong dredging lot of silt has been deposited in the Ranbir canal and the same can be seen on the upper surface of the canal. They said that the people at h...   READ MORE   Shiv Sena demands free electricity, water for J&K 3/6/2022 11:48:58 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 6: State President of J&K Shiv Sena Unit, Manish Sawhney, on Sunday demanded free electricity and power for the people of the Union Territory. Sawhney, who led a protest of Shiv Sena workers here, said, “J&K has a potential to generate 20000 Megawatts of power and is providing electricity to many states across the country. If the states which don’t even generate one Megawatt are giving 300 units of free electricity to their people why can’t J&K government do ...   READ MORE   Amid normalcy claims, terrorists hurl grenade in heart of Sgr City; one dead, 34 injured 3/6/2022 11:47:57 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 6: Tall claims of J&K Government about normalcy having been restored in Kashmir were punctured yet again on Sunday when terrorists hurled a grenade at busy Hari Singh High Street market leaving one person dead and 34 others wounded. Officials said a grenade was lobbed by ultras on security forces at the Hari Singh High Street market, which exploded on the road, wounding 35 persons, including a policeman. The injured were shifted to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh ...   READ MORE   Dilapidated road just a head of Women College Gandhi Nagar exposes call claims of admin 3/6/2022 11:09:46 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 6: Dilapidated portion of road near the Government College for Women Gandhi Nagar has exposed the tall claims of development which are rented by Administration. Although this is only a 50 meters long stretch which has been lying in bad condition for the last many months together. The entire stretch has developed huge potholes due to which several accidents are reported. “This is a State Highway and it always remains busy all the time as thousands of vehicles...   READ MORE

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