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| Strange! Govt wants to connect Purmandal through tourism circuit | | Tirath Sthan in shambles; victim of neglect, official apathy | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 19: Government has announced to develop pilgrim tourism circuit connecting Mata Vaishno Devi, Purmandal- Utterbehni, Mansar-Surinsar and Shiv Khori, but it seems to be yet another announcement made without taking into account the ground situation.
Purmandal, an ancient sacred place (tirath sthan), visited by thousands of devotees in Jammu region has been completely neglected by the government.
Due to lack of maintenance the entire area around Puramandal is in ruins. The park has turned into a jungle as it has not been maintained.
According to the locals the tirath sthan is spread over hundreds of kanal of land is in the name of Lord Shiva. “Such an important religious destination has been neglected by all the regimes in Jammu and Kashmir. No development... | |
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| Bureaucrats mislead Centre on pure drinking water supply in schools, Anganwari centres | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 19: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and the entire central government is working assiduously to develop Jammu and Kashmir as model Union Territory but those at the helm of affairs in J&K are misleading the Union Government.
Instead of providing authentic information regarding the implementation of welfare schemes on the grassroots Babus of J&K forwarding misleading and inaccurate reports to give the impression that schemes have been successfully implemented at ground level.
A recent example of misleading the Union Government is the claim of J&K administration of providing pure drinking water in all schools and Anganwari cent... | |
| | | | Inefficient administration force ‘strategic assets’ to come on streets against power cuts | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 19: Agitation launched by the border dwellers of the Arnia sector against unscheduled power curtailment has exposed tall claims of the administration to streamline power supply.
Failure of the administration to ensure power supply in the border area is a serious issue because the uninterrupted power supply is required to keep a watch on the activities of anti-national elements.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh has recently described people living on the border... | |
| | | | Apni Party leader shot dead in Kulgam | | 2nd killing in last 72 hours, Bukhari condemns | |  Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Aug 19: In another incident, terrorists on Thursday evening shot dead an Apni leader in Devsar area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.
Reports said that JKAP leader Ghulam Hussan Lone was shot at outside his residence in which he received critical injuries. “Injured political leader was declared brought dead at a nearby hospital,” they said.
Abdul Rahim Rather, District President JKAP Anantnag confirmed the killing Ghulam Hussan Lone and s... | |
| | | | General Manager DIC misbehaves with subordinates, employees observe pen down strike | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Aug 19: The employees of District Industries Centre (DIC) Anantnag on Wednesday observed a pen down strike against the alleged misconduct of General Manager. They alleged that the GM slapped and misbehaved with some employees.
The employees, who didn’t work during the last two days, alleged that the officer violated code of conduct by beating and slapping employees.
Around thirty (30) employees of District Industries Centre Anantnag have filled a written compliant with Director Industries and Commerce Kashmir and sought his intervention. A copy of the compliant signed by all the 30 employees have been shared with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Sec... | |
| | | | Life of people at stake due to indifferent approach of BRO near Kheora area | | |  ankit kessar
Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Aug 19: The general masses of the Kheora locality near Industrial area of Rajouri are facing dire problem due to defunct slab over a nalla. Everytime this slab gets defunct after repairement and can even cost the life of innocent people who on daily basis are forced to cross it.
BRO is taking the issue in a very casual approach. When contacted one official he claimed to repair the slab within week with some other scheduled work but in case if somethin... | |
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