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| LG Sinha’s surprise inspection keeps admin on toes | | Respite for Covid hit in Jammu! | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: Even as Jammu continues to struggle to come out of Covid crises in the wake of “higher mortality”, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, is keeping the administration on toes to give the much-needed respite to the people.
While the officials may have been thinking that the LG would avoid visiting the hospitals, which are supposed to be Covid hotspots, Sinha has taken them by surprise. Observers said it was for the first time that any head of Jammu and Kashmir was more concerned about the welfare of people than his own health in these testing times.
“When all VIPs avoid visiting Covid hotspots across the country, lest they get infected, he is the only one showing the way... And this is appreciable,” said a doctor on the condition of anonymity.
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| Senior doctors asked to frequently visit COVID wards | | Impact of LG’s viist | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: Taking serious note of on-going deaths of helpless COVID patients in Government Medical College & Hospital (GMC) Jammu, authorities have ordered senior faculty members of the GMC to make frequent rounds of wards where Corona positive patients are getting treatment.
This decision has been taken after visit of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at GMC Jammu on Sunday to review situation in Jammu’s premier health institute. The Lt Governor enquired about COVID care facilities, availability of oxygen support beds, functionality of oxygen generation plants, besides compliance of earlier directions including regular rounds of HoDs and senior doctors in the ward... | |
| | | | Mehbooba prefers politics over lives of people | | True colors of the Green Brigade! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: The partiality and prejudice PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and her rush to hog the headlines are ruthlessly getting exposed amid the prevalent COVID crisis in Jammu and Kashmir as she through her tweets has been preferring tweets overplaying a constructive role in helping government to tackle the situation.
The PDP president has been the chief minister of J&K for more than two years and must be in possession of ample experience that she could share to help the state get out of the crisis which are at present looming large and even make her more than three lakh followers on twitter about the SOPs and guidelines for COVID. However, what is ironic to find ... | |
| | | | Health Deptt in no hurry to commission Covid hospital in Kashmir | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 17: Construction of a COVID-19 dedicated hospital by the Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) has been taken up on war footing basis by the concerned agency in the Jammu region, but in Kashmir the people at helm seem to be in no hurry in this regard.
The divisional administration of Kashmir had identified a piece of land at Reshipora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district for the construction of COVID-19 hospital and the DRDO had in fact started the process for the same. The authorities felled dozens of trees for the construction of hospital and it was expected that the work would be started soon, but that was not to be.
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| | | | Govt orders transfer of 33 KAS officers | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 17: Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday ordered transfer of 33 KAS officers in the interest of the administration with immediate effect.
According to an order issued here, Narinder Singh Bali, KAS, Special Secretary to the Government, Youth Services and Sports Department has been transferred and posted as Additional District Development Commissioner available vacancy.
Muzaffer Ahmad Peer, KAS, awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, has been posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Ganderbal, against an available vacancy, reads the order, a copy of which lies with GNS.
Ms. Kanta Devi, KAS, Deputy Labo... | |
| | | | Inadequate supply, excess demand skyrockets prices of fruits | | Coconut, Papaya, Orange, Kiwi become expensive | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 17: The strained supply of fruits as well as excessive demand among the common public due to Covid-19 crisis has pushed the prices of most fruits quite high, making them out of bounds for the common masses across Jammu.
According to businessmen dealing with fruits in Narwal Mandi as well as fruit vendors most of the fruits to Jammu were imported from other states of the country. Due to the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, the demand for fruits especially of Coconut, Papaya, Kiwi, Citrus fruits including Mosami and Orange have increased exponentially. The doctors usually recommend to all the public to increase the intake of citrus fruits along with Coconut... | |
| | | | Raj Bhawan’s Covid kits scheme helps J&K people | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: Even as many were finding it hard to afford to treatment for the Covid-19, the distribution of free Covid kits has come as a major relief for the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
In its war against CoronaVirus, Jammu and Kashmir Government has start distributing COVID kits to positive patients from across the Union Territory.
As per the Twitter Handle of the Directorate of Public Relations (DIPR), J&K, COVID kit to be distributed amongst all those testing ... | |
| | | | LG Manoj Sinha thanks PM Modi for providing 7 Oxygen plants to J&K | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 17: Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, seven oxygen plants reached Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir at 12:45 pm on Monday from Munich, Germany. Lieutenant General of the union territory Manoj Sinha took to Twitter to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his intervention.
“My deepest gratitude to Hon’ble PM @narendramodi for providing 7 Oxygen plants to JK UT. With his intervention, these Oxygen plants were airlifted by @IAF_MCC from Munich, Germany and safely landed at Srinagar Airport today at 12:45 pm,” Sinha tweeted.
He added, “New Oxygen Plants including 5 of 1000 LPM, one of 1500 LPM and one of 600 LPM capacity will further add 7100 LPM to the ex... | |
| | | | With 73 deaths JK reports highest number of COVID-19 casualties in one day; 3344 new cases | | Positive cases 247952, active positive 50852, recovered 193878, casualties 3222 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 17: The union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reported the highest number of Corona Virus deaths in a single day as 73 more people died due to the virus in the past 24 hours. With this the death toll reached 3,222 even though 3,344 new infections were reported during the same period of time.
Jammu district reported 24 deaths followed by Rajouri district 10 deaths, Srinagar district eight deaths, Poonch district six deaths, Udhampur district five deaths, Kathua, Kupwara and Shopian districts three deaths each, Samba, Ramban, Reasi, Anantnag and Bandipora districts two deaths each and Kulgam district one death.
Jammu district reported 613 fr... | |
| | | | NGOs leading from front to carry out disinfectant drives in COVID hit areas | | Govt yet to formulate teams for disinfecting houses accommodating Corona positive cases | |  ASIF IQBAL NAIK
EARLY TIMES REPORT
KISHTWAR, May 17: Following the surge in COVID-19 cases in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the government has yet to formulate a policy to disinfect the houses that are lodging COVID positive cases in home isolation.
As a result of this laxity on part of the government, the majority of the areas that have been declared as micro-containment zones are continuously posing a grave threat of spreading the virus at a large scale. But contrary to the r... | |
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