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PDD, PHE, Irrigation Deptt miss deadlines Incomplete projects trigger cost escalation 6/6/2021 12:18:58 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 5: The J&K exchequer has suffered a loss of hundreds of crores due to the alleged dilatory style of functioning of the administration. Sources told Early Times that cost of six projects being handled by Public Works Department (PWD) was revised by a whooping Rs 224.92 crores. However, there were no specific reasons given for revising the costs of the pending projects. The documents reveal that for public works in Jammu region, the number of incomplete projects was 574, sanctioned at the cost of Rs 2452.69 crore, the cost was later revised to the tune of rupees 2518.93 crore, resulting the extra expenditure of Rs 1328.10 crore. In Power Development Department Jammu, the total number of incomplete projects was 30 for which Rs 525.29 crore were sanctioned. Owing to the incompletion of these projects, their costs were later revised to Rs 655.53 crore, resulting in an extra expenditure of Rs 401.16 crore. In Public Health Engineering Department Jammu, the total number of incomplete projects was 56. These projects were sanctioned at the cost of Rs 81...   READ MORE

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COVID-19: Grim situation contradicts admin claims 6/6/2021 12:18:47 AM Malik Masood Early Times Report Jammu, June 5: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 Jammu and Kashmir UT has been throwing up many surprises on the medical front. The pandemic has consumed many lives across Jammu and Kashmir. Non-availability of the paraphernalia and the infrastructure to meet the exigencies have added to the miseries of patients, who have also suffered in absence of proper medicare. However, in the ensuing pandemic, the administration kept on making tall claims about it meeting all the exigencies but on the ground, the situation has remained grim. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) that came forward to help the ailing people of Jammu in view of...   READ MORE   Expired RT-PCR kits used in Anantnag, allege locals Will look into the matter, says Chief Medical Officer 6/6/2021 12:18:37 AM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, June 5: In a shocking development, the Health Department were spotted using expired RT-PCR kits for conducting COVID-19 tests at Ranibagh testing centre here in south Kashmir. A group of locals informed Early Times that employees and officials posted at Ranibagh testing centre used the expired RT-PCR kits despite their objections. “We raised objections but they didn’t stop and continued to use these expired RTPCR kits,” they alleged. “The...   READ MORE   COVID-19 recovery rate reaches 89.14%; J&K records 1448 new cases, 25 deaths 6/6/2021 12:17:42 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 5: The COVID-19 recovery rate in Jammu & Kashmir reached 89.14 percent after 2,615 virus affected patients recovered in the past 24 hours. The union territory reported 1,448 new cases following which the positive cases reached 2, 99,050; with 25 fresh deaths the death toll reached 4,051. Srinagar district reported 222 cases followed by Baramulla district 140 cases, Budgam district 136 cases, Kupwara district 125 cases, Pulwama district 107 cases, Jammu district 106 cases, Anantnag district 95 cases, Rajouri district 80 cases, Kulgam and Poonch district 59 cases each, Ganderbal district 54 cases, Doda district 51 cases, Bandipora dis...   READ MORE   Health workers risk their lives to defeat COVID-19 Reach out to far flung areas on foot to carry forward inoculation drive 6/6/2021 12:17:36 AM Ankit Kessar Early Times Report Rajouri, June 5: Putting their lives at risk, the formidable health workers have been continuously making efforts to reach out to far flung areas of tehsil Kotranak in Rajouri district by covering difficult terrain on foot to carry forward COVID inoculation drive. A video has gone viral, wherein health workers can be seen crossing several nallahs on foot to reach out to rural areas of block Kandi of tehsil Kotranka for conducting COVID vaccination witho...   READ MORE   Cancellation ‘open admission of wrongdoings’, no action against officer raises eyebrows Director Colleges’ mass transfer orders on retirement day 6/6/2021 12:17:11 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 5: On one hand the Higher Education Department had rescinded transfer orders issued by the outgoing Director Colleges on the last day of his superannuation, which was an open admission of wrongdoings committed by outgoing officer but so far no enquiry has been initiated, which has raised many eyebrows. Pertinently, the Higher Education Department had rescinded several orders issued by outgoing Director Colleges, involving transfers of large numbers of non-teaching and Class-IV employees in government degree colleges. The orders rescinded by the Higher Education were 164-DC-HE of 2021 dated 31-05-2021 issued under endorsement No. DC-HE/DPC/JD/2021, dated 3...   READ MORE   PWD violates work order; blacktops 2 lanes, leaves another untouched AEE says work to be handed over to JMC, locals allege officials, contractors nexus 6/6/2021 12:16:55 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 5: Public Works (R&B) Department (PWD) has carried out blacktopping of two lanes in a same ward here but has dropped one lane in the vicinity despite work order being allotted for repairing all the lanes. To put a lid over the controversy the department is claiming that the leftover work will be carried out by Jammu Municipal Corporation, locals have claimed. According to the work order in possession of Early Times the repair works had to be carried out at Nagbani Machallian, Gajaysingh Pura road, Patoli Brahmana and allied link roads. All these lanes fall in ward no. 65 and are in the same area. Locals said that around 400 meters stretch of road at Na...   READ MORE   Delay in payments leaves biomedical equipment defunct in Jammu hospitals 6/6/2021 12:16:39 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 5: Higher-ups in the government have taken serious note of delay in clearing bills of the company engaged in maintenance of biomedical equipment installed in hospitals across the Jammu region. It is all due to inordinate delay in payment that many important machines are lying defunct in most of the hospitals across Jammu region. Highly placed sources said that Union Government as part of its nation-wide Biomedical Equipment Management and Maintenance Programme (BEMMP), had transferred funds to the J&K to ensure that no machine remained defunct for a long. “Although funds are in the kitty of concerned department, authorities are deliberately delaying...   READ MORE   India emerging leader of climate justice: PM Modi World Environment Day 6/6/2021 12:16:34 AM Agencies New Delhi, June 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (June 5, 2021) said that India has set an example in the world when it comes to protecting the environment, adding that the country’s capacity for renewable energy has increased by more than 250 percent in 6-7 years. While addressing a virtual meeting on Word Environment Day, jointly organized by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, PM Modi said, “Today, India is setting an example in front of the world that when it comes to protecting the environment. It is not necessary to block development works while doing so. Economy and Ecology both can go together, ...   READ MORE   Authorities unmoved as pollution leads to sickness in Udhampur 6/5/2021 11:56:31 PM Ashwani Sharma Early Times Report Udhampur, June 5: The industrial pollution in the Battal Ballian area has made lives miserable and with the authorities concerned in no mood of doing anything the same has left the locals high and dry. Locals informed that the pollution remains at its peak especially at night hours and that too within 2-3 km area at Battal Ballian. “Many times we raised the issue with the Industries department but no action was taken,” they added . “Every day in the ...   READ MORE   ADGP Jammu’s interference helps victim to get his money back from fraudster 6/5/2021 11:56:10 PM Rajesh Tandon Early Times Report Jammu, June 5: The interference of IGP Jammu Mukesh Singh and SSP Jammu in duping case helped the victim to get his lost money back from the fraudster within four days of the complaint. After publication of news item by Early Times in the duping case, where a fraudster claiming himself an employee in Civil Secretariat had duped Rs 80,000 from a gullible person in pretext of providing a job of SPO the authorities woke up and took action. Talking to Early Times, the victim expressed his thanks to ADGP Mukesh Singh, SSP Jammu and reporter of Early Times who consistently followed the matter and helped the victim to get his hard earned money back. On ...   READ MORE   Sinthan road thrown open for medical emergencies 6/5/2021 11:55:49 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, June 5: Much to the respite to the people of Kishtwar District, in its first leg—the District administration today threw open prestigious Sinthan road connecting Kishtwar District with Srinagar via Anantnag for medical emergencies. As per the details available with Early Times, DC Kishtwar after taking formal approval from the Divisional Administration order to throw the road open for Medical emergencies only while the road will be thrown open for the normal movement of the people once the COVID situation improves beside the bottlenecks on road stretch from Alloo farm to Sinthan will be improved by the NHIDCL. 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