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rise to 1.47 lakh
NEW DELHI, May 26:
The nationwide tally of
COVID-19 cases crossed 1.47
lakh today with States like
Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and
Odisha reporting significant
rise in their numbers amid
large-scale return of migrant
workers from other States.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen
Patnaik warned of more chal-
lenging days ahead and called
for a new strategy to check the
pandemic.
The numbers rose further in
the worst-hit states including
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Lockdown has
failed: Rahul
NEW DELHI, May 26:
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi today said the four
phases of the nationwide lock-
down have "failed" and not
given the results that Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
expected as he urged the Centre
to spell out its strategy for
"opening up" the country.
Addressing an online press
conference, he expressed con-
cern that India is the only coun-
try which is relaxing the lock-
down when the virus is "expo-
nentially rising".
He said that if the
Government functions haphaz-
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No politics behind
Delhi visit: Omar
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 26:
Former Chief Minister Omar
Abdullah today denied any
political reasons for his New
Delhi visit and dismissed that
his party National Conference
(NC) was divided on the key
issues on Kashmir.
Omar took to Twitter to
refute suggestions that his visit
was linked to moves for forma-
tion of an Advisory Council.
"Finally I am in Delhi for
the first time since 3rd August
2019. There is nothing political and Kashmir.
about my visit, whether linked
to the matter above or the polit- Kulgam, he was referred to
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Houses damaged,
cattle perish in
Pak shelling
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Pakistan Medical Superintendent of
army today resorted to heavy
mortar shelling and firing on the
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Line of Control (LoC) in
Balakote sector of Poonch dis-
trict causing damage to some
houses and killing and injuring
few cattle.
Pakistani troops started
heavy shelling at 3 am which
continued till 5.30 am, reports
said, adding the Indian side
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3 injured in shell
explosion
SRINAGAR, May 26:
Three persons were injured
when an old shell, used as
artillery firing range by the
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Army, exploded in Tosa-
Maidan in central Kashmir dis-
trict of Budgam. A senior police
official said that an accidental
shell blast took place in Tosa
Maidan (old artillery range)
Khag area of Budgam.
"Three persons were injured
and have being shifted to hospi-
tal," he added. Official sources
(Contd on page 4 Col 7)
HC for mechanism
on domestic violence
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 26: High
Court has directed all the trial
courts for evolving proper
mechanism in order to provide
payment of maintenance to the
domestic violence victims dur-
ing lockdown.
Hearing suo moto cog-
nizance on domestic violence
on women and other persons
through video conference, the
Division Bench of Chief Justice
Gita Mittal and Justice Rajnesh
Oswal directed the trial courts
to evolve a suitable and appro-
priate method and means so that
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PM meets NSA, CDS, 3 Service chiefs
India to go ahead with infra
development along China LAC
NEW DELHI, May 26:
India will not stop infra-
structure development proj-
ects in strategic areas along
the nearly 3,500-km Sino-
India border notwithstanding
China's well-coordinated
efforts to stall them by
attempting to vitiate the situa-
tion in areas like eastern
Ladakh, Government sources
said today.
As the tense stand-off
between the Chinese and Indian
troops in Eastern Ladakh contin-
ues, top commanders of the
Indian Army will carry out an
in-depth review of the situation
in several areas along the Line
of Actual Control (LAC) at a
three-day conference beginning
tomorrow.
The main focus of the delib-
erations will be on the situation
in eastern Ladakh where Indian
and Chinese troops were locked
in an eyeball-to-eyeball face-off
in Pangong Tso, Galwan Valley,
Demchok and Daulat Beg Oldie,
the sources said.
In view of the nearly 20-day
standoff between the two sides,
the Indian Army has significant-
44 test +ve in Kashmir, J&K tally 1769
Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, May 26:
Forty four persons tested posi-
tive in Kashmir today for
Coronavirus taking the num-
ber of cases in Jammu and
Kashmir to 1769 with 1420 in
Kashmir while one person
died of COVID-19 today in the
Valley.
A 90-year-old COVID-19
positive man from Kulgam dis-
trict of South Kashmir today
died taking the overall death toll
of Coronavirus to 24 in Jammu
A resident of Khaloora
SKIMS Soura from GMC
Anantnag yesterday and
breathed his last around 5:45 am
today.
"The patient was suffering
from pneumonia with chief
complaints of fever and breath-
lessness," Dr Farooq Jan,
Dialysis unit shut as lone RO Plant
of SSH Jammu goes out of order
Dialysis’ patients turned away
Govind Sharma
JAMMU, May 26: The
dialysis patients had a harrow-
ing time today as due to some
fault in RO Plant of
Government Super Speciality
Hospital (SSH) Jammu, dialy-
sis of even a single patient
could not be done in the
Hospital.
Several distressed attendants
of the dialysis patients who had
prior appointment for dialysis in
SSH Jammu, rang Excelsior
office and told that they were
sent back by the doctors and told
to come on some other day as
the RO Plant of the Hospital was
not in working condition.
Anil Verma, who is a small
shopkeeper told that his 70-year-
„ J&K Govt not informed prior to decision
Sudden stoppage of water in 2 Kathua canals
by Punjab Govt hits sowing of paddy crop Do not mingle COVID-19 emergency with law & order: Doctors
Avtar Bhat
JAMMU, May 26: With
suddenly shutting down of
Madhopur Headworks falling
in neighboring Pathankot dis-
trict for 10 days by Water
Resources Department of
Punjab Government for
restoration works from May
24 to June 2, the supply of
water to two irrigation canals
of J&K UT which are the life-
line of farmers in twin districts
of Kathua and Samba has
been completely stopped.
The sudden decision on the
part of Punjab Water resources
Department without taking their
J&K counterparts into confi-
dence has generated a lot of
resentment among the farming
JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020
ly ramped up its presence in sen-
sitive border areas in North
Sikkim, Uttarakhand and
Arunachal Pradesh besides
Ladakh to send across a message
that India will not be wilting
under any aggressive military
posturing by China, the sources
said.
Separately, Chief of
Defence Staff Gen Bipin
Rawat and the three service
chiefs held a meeting with
Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh. Army chief Gen MM
Naravane is learnt to have
apprised Singh about the cur-
rent situation in the disputed
areas.
Government sources said
Singh has conveyed to the mili-
tary brass that there was no need
for reviewing the implementa-
tion of any of the key projects
along the Line of Actual Control
(LAC) in Ladakh, Sikkim,
Uttarakhand or in Arunachal
Pradesh in view of the aggres-
sive behaviour by Chinese
troops in several sensitive areas.
The Chinese side has been
particularly peeved at India lay-
ing a key road in the Finger area
90-yr-old man dies, J&K toll 24
SKIMS said.
He aaded that his sampling
was done at around 6.30 pm yes-
terday and it tested positive at
9.08 pm same day. "The patient
was then shifted to Isolation
facility where he died this morn-
ing," he added.
Nodal Officer for COVID-19
at the Government Medical
College Srinagar, Dr Salim
Khan, told Excelsior that out of
the 590 samples processed at
Microbiology Laboratory at CD
hospital here, 25 tested positive
for the virus and nine of them
were repeated.
He said among all the cases,
14 were from Baramulla and
include 3 pregnant women-20-
year-old from Sopore, 27-year-
old from Tengpora besides 35-
year-old from main Baramulla-
and 8 members of a family from
Hardo Ichloo-8-year-old girl and
old mother use to come for dial-
ysis twice a week in the Hospital
and they cannot afford to miss
the same as her mother's both
kidneys have been damaged and
missing or delaying for a day or
two may be dangerous for her
life.
He said SSH Jammu is such
a big institution and there must
be backup RO Plant. "How
administration of the Hospital
can be so negligent,"? he ques-
tioned and appealed the authori-
ties to make some alternative
arrangement.
"We are poor people and
cannot afford to go to private
hospital for dialysis. If my 80-
year-old father will not under-
go dialysis, he will die," said
Mohan Das, a farmer hailing
Police stops CMO Bandipora’s official
vehicle, senior LD docs harassed
Irrigation canal turns dry in Kathua on Tuesday.
community in the twin districts
who are busy in sowing the Water Resources Department
Kharif crop including paddy Chandigarh through a notifica-
which needs water for irrigation tion under Rule 63 framed under
from very first day. the Northern India Canal and
of Pangong Tso Lake area
besides another road connecting
the Darbuk-Shayok-Daulat Beg
Oldie road in Galwan Valley.
In the last five years, India
Ladakh LG
meets PM
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26:
Amidst heightened tension
between Sino-Indian troops
in Eastern Ladakh,
Lieutenant Governor of
Ladakh Radha Krishna
Mathur today met Prime
Minister Narendra Modi in
New Delhi and briefed him
on the situation prevailing
along Line of Actual Control
(LAC) with China.
Mathur is also scheduled
to meet Defence Minister
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has been focusing on improving
road and other key infrastructure
along the LAC as part of efforts
to bolster military preparedness
to deal with any challenge from
the Chinese side.
3 women aged 25, 27 and 50
years and four men aged 20, 22,
27 and 53 years-while among
others include 45-year-old from
Wankara, 26-year-old from
Dangerpora and 29-year-old
from Tangmarg. Five of the
cases were reported from
Bandipora and included among
others 20-year-old and 24-year-
old men from Sumbal and 30-
year-old man from Tulail Gurez.
Four cases were reported from
Ganderbal and includes a preg-
nant woman -25-year-old and
23-year-old youth from Kangan
besides 28-year-old man from
Shuhama and 32-year-old from
Saloora while two were from
Pulwama-21-year-old youth
from Armulla and 20-year-old
from Telangam.
Principal SKIMS Medical
College, Bemina, Dr Riyaz
Untoo, told Excelsior that out of
from RS Pura area. He said
that they waited for about 2
hours in the Hospital and then
they were told to come on
Thursday as there was some
problem in RO Plant.
Official sources told
Excelsior that some fault erupt-
ed this morning in RO Plant of
SSH Jammu due to which the
dialysis could not be done in the
Hospital. They said that the RO
Plant was functioning properly
till last evening but when it was
started today, it didn't work.
Sources said that there are 30
dialysis machines in SSH
Jammu and all are functional.
"While 20 machines are old, 10
were installed about 3-4 months
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The Punjab Government
The situation in eastern
Ladakh deteriorated after around
250 Chinese and Indian soldiers
were engaged in a violent face-
off on the evening of May 5
which spilled over to the next
day before the two sides agreed
to "disengage" following a
meeting at the level of local
commanders.
Over 100 Indian and Chinese
soldiers were injured in the vio-
lence.
The incident in Pangong Tso
was followed by a similar inci-
dent in North Sikkim on May 9
Since then, Chinese military
has increased its strength in
Pangong Tso lake, Galwan
Valley, Demchok and Daulat
Beg Oldi, and is resorting to
"aggressive patrolling" in these
areas. The India Army is also
carrying out similar exercise in
the region, sources said.
Meanwhile,
Minister Narendra Modi
Prime
today held a meeting with
National Security Adviser Ajit
Doval, Chief of Defence Staff
General Bipin Rawat and the
three service chiefs with a
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471 samples processed, 19 test-
ed positive and include 12 from
Budgam out of which 11 are
men and one woman aged 20,
25, 27, 31, 32, 40, 42, 42, 44, 50
and 42 respectively-seven of
them are from Magam, four
from Soibug and one Narbal- six
from Srinagar are five women
and one man aged 17, 30, 38, 50
and 52 include three from
Alamgiri Bazar and two from
Hawal.He said three among the
positive cases were passengers
of flight from Dubai. "Out of
155 passengers, 3 samples tested
positive," he said. Among them,
one each is from Narbal
Budgam and Srinagar.
Medical Superintendent
SKIMS, Dr Farooq Jan, told
Excelsior that among the 1325
samples were processed today
and 10 tested positive. Out of
these cases, four are from
Baramulla, 3 from Kupwara,
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Recovery of Rs 1.39 cr compensation for violating law
NGT upholds JKPCB order,
declines relief to MC Udhampur
Mohinder Verma
JAMMU, May 26: Taking
tough stance against unabated
discharge of untreated sewage
into the river, the National
Green Tribunal has declined
any relief to the Municipal
Council Udhampur and
upheld the order of the Jammu
and Kashmir Pollution
Control Board whereby
Environmental Compensation
to the tune of Rs 1.39 crore has
been imposed on this urban
local body.
Moreover, filing of applica-
tion before the National Green
Tribunal challenging the order
of the Pollution Control Board
has clearly established that pro-
tection of environment is a least
Drainage Act 1837 notified that
Madhopur Headworks will
remain closed from May 24 to
June 2 for a period of 10 days to
under take the repair works of
gates of Madhopur Headworks.
The Water Resources
Department of Punjab had inti-
mated all the concerned includ-
ing Commissioner Indus
Commission Ministry of Water
Resources Government of India
as well as Chief Engineer, Water
Resources, Hanumangarh
Junction, Rajasthan but not the
riparian UT of J&K whose two
canals-Kathua Canal and Ravi
Canal are getting water from
Madhopur Headworks.
According to sources the
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REGD. NO. JK-71/18-20 Vol No. 56
RNI No. 28547/65 No. 144
A girl carrying eatables walks towards her destination in Jammu.
Alarming: Source of 190 Corona patients’
virus untraced, Govt calls for precautions
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, May 26: As 27
more persons tested positive
for COVID-19 today across
Jammu region taking number
of positive patients in past
three days to 125, the Jammu
and Kashmir Government
said that the threat is not over
as 481 returnees of the Union
Territory from different parts
of the country have reported
positive for the virus while
source of virus of 190 patients
hasn't been traced, which has
become a new phenomenon
and major challenge for the
Health authorities in their
fight against the pandemic.
Today's 27 positives include
two Army soldiers hailing from
Platan Pallanwalla in Akhnoor
and Kaluchak, two women from
Janipura, another woman from
Indreshwar Nagar, R S Pura, a
32-year-old youth from Trikuta
Nagar, a 33-year-old travel
agent from Chorli, Bishnah, all
in Jammu district, four members
of a family in Poonch, a two-
year old boy and two family
members of an already positive
couple in Bari Brahamna area of
Samba district. Today's two pos-
Protection of environment least priority for H&UDD
priority for those at the helm of
affairs in the Housing and Urban
Development Department, who
otherwise should have ensured
scientific disposal of waste right
from the day the first notice was
issued to the Municipal Council
Udhampur.
The National Green Tribunal
while dealing with a case titled
Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti and
Another Versus Union of India
and Others had last year decided
to levy Environmental
Compensation under the
'Polluter Pays Principle'. The
Tribunal even prepared formula
for working out the compensa-
tion for polluting environment
Irfan Tramboo
SRINAGAR, May 26: The
resident doctors and faculty
members of Government
Medical College (GMC),
Srinagar during a protest
today said that the police per-
sonnel on roads should not
mingle the COVID-19 emer-
gency with any law and order
situation.
Scores of doctors and faculty
members assembled here at the
Super Specialty Hospital,
Shireen Bagh to protest the
alleged highhandedness of the
police, who as per them, have
been indulging in the harass-
ment of doctors on the roads on
a daily basis.
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4 of family, couple's 2 kin, 2-yr-old
boy, 2 jawans among 27 more test +ve
itive cases of Army have taken
total positive cases of security
personnel to 10 in Jammu
region.
Official sources told the
Excelsior that the Government
was seriously monitoring the sit-
uation developing in Jammu and
Kashmir due to surge in
Coronavirus cases especially
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after the return of stranded per-
sons from different parts of the
country via trains, buses and
now flights.
Noting that a total of 481
such persons, who had returned
in different modes of transport
to Jammu and Kashmir from
various Indian States, have so
far tested positive for
Coronavirus, the sources said
this has made a number of dis-
tricts as hubs of the virus though
they were Corona-free about 15
to 20 days back.
"There are as many as 190
Corona patients in Jammu
through effluents, municipal
solid waste and sewage etc.
Accordingly, the J&K
Pollution Control Board on the
basis of the reports about illegal
and unscientific dumping and
disposal of solid waste took up
the issue with the Chief
Executive Officer of the
Municipal Municipal Council
Udhampur through series of
communications.
However, there was no posi-
tive response and the reckless
handling and disposal of solid
waste on the hill slopes along-
side National Highway contin-
ued besides putting a part of the
waste to fire intermittently.
The doctors said that instead
of providing them with a safe
passage while they are on their
way to attend to their duties, the
security forces on the ground
usually create hurdles for them.
"We are putting our lives at
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risk, even the lives of our fami-
lies, but how are we being treat-
ed on roads, we are out to help
people and the attitude towards
us is totally unfortunate," a doc-
tor said.
Dr Syed Maqbool, who was
detained by police and lodged in
Police Station Zadibal earlier,
was also part of the token
protest. He said that if the doc-
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and Kashmir who have no
travel or contact history but
have still tested positive for
COVID-19,'' they said, adding
there were three categories of
such patients, the first being of
those persons whose history of
virus is now known and there
are 85 such positive cases.
Fifty-four persons have test-
ed positive for Corona across
J&K during random sampling in
Red Zones while 51 have been
infected in the hospitals. All of
them were without travel history
and had no contact with posi-
tives.
"Ramban district didn't have
a single Coronavirus patient
about 20-25 days back. Today,
their numbers is 74, the second
highest in 10 districts of Jammu
region behind 109 of Jammu
district. In a single day yester-
day, Ramban reported 30
Corona cases and majority of
them were returnees and their
contacts,'' sources said, adding
Kathua was also a Corona-free
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Finally, the Pollution
Control Board worked out the
Environmental Compensation
and asked the Municipal
Council Udhampur to pay Rs
1.39 crore for polluting the
environment by resorting to
illegal and unscientific dump-
ing and disposal of solid waste.
Shockingly, there was no
compliance to the directions of
the Pollution Control Board by
the Chief Executive Officer of
the Municipal Council
Udhampur and this compelled
the Board to approach the
Deputy Commissioner
Udhampur for recovery of
(Contd on page 4 Col 1)
tors are risking their lives, they
should be treated accordingly.
"We don't take things lightly
amid the pandemic, even if leav-
ing home might kill us, we will
not stop from serving people,"
he said.
He appealed to police as well
as the administration to ensure
safe and smooth passage for
doctors in every situation. "If
they have to stop others, they
can do that, but they should not
create issues for us," he said.
Another faculty member of
the GMC, Srinagar who also a
part of the protest told Excelsior
that the police have to separate
COVID-19 health emergency
and the law and order situation.
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9419149720 09811078720 Pooja Gupta and Sanjay Gupta (PABA) [Daughter and Son-in-law] SH NANAK CHAND GUPTA GRIEF STRICKEN: W/o Karan Dev Singh And All Bali Parivar, Bhaddu-Teh. Billawar A.E. UEED
GRAND CHILDREN (RETD) (Sale Tax Inspector) Sardar Karandev Singh -Husband
Tania, Lakshay, Agam, Anirudh, Sumeera, Bhavin, Arnav Amarjeet Singh -Son

TENTH DAY/KRIYA/RASAM PAGRI

With profound grief and sorrow, We inform the sad demise of our
RSVP
M/S ROHMETRA TRADERS
Daughter and Son-in-law
Srd Jasvinder Kour
Grand Daughters & Sons-in-law
Gagandeep Kour & Dilbag Singh
3RD DEATH ANNIVERSARY
S. Raghubir Singh
beloved Sh. Baldev Singh Sambyal (Retd. -T.S.O, CAPD) R/o Ward
Grand Son & Maternal Grand Son
Amandeep Kour & Amarjeet Singh OF SH. TILAK RAJ GUPTA
No. 13, Chack Manga Rakwal, Samba. Gurpreet Kour & Sandeep Singh

UTHALA
Paramveer Singh Navdeep Kour (Maternal) & Inderjeet Singh
"Selfless soul always loving & kind
TENTH DAY will be performed on 30th May, 2020 (Saturday) at 9 a.m
at our residence. Jasmeet Singh (Maternal) Mob No. 9469648613, 9419230802 Such are memories you leave behind
KRIYA will be performed on 2nd June, 2020 (Tuesday) Atinder Singh (Maternal)
You fell asleep on your birthday without a Goodbye
RASAM PAGRI will be performed on 3rd June 2020 (Wednesday)
With profound grief and sorrow, we regret to But memories of you will never die"

TENTH DAY
at our residence at 10:00 a.m.
Deeply Remembered By Happiest birthday Daddy!! Missing you badly.... Love you.
Smt. Raj Kumari - Wife
inform about sad demise of Sh. Rajesh Kapoor
Sons and Daughter-In-Law S/o Late Sh. Sardari Lal Kapoor (Poonch wale) Yearningly remembered by:
Mr. Pankaj Sambyal & Mrs. Rajni Manhas R/o House No 36, Lane No, 5, Kabir Colony, With profound grief & sorrow, we inform Bimla Gupta (Wife)
Mr. Gourav Singh & Mrs. Pooja Jasrotia
Daughters & Sons-In-Law Poonch House, Talab Tillo, Jammu. the sad demise of our beloved Nisha & Raman Gupta
Mrs. Bhawana Rajput & Mr. Kamal Singh The UTHALA will be performed on Wednesday Smt Mohini Jee W/o Sh Kashi Nath orig- Pooja & Rohit Gupta SH. TILAK RAJ GUPTA
Mrs. Isha Jamwal & Mr. Sudesh Jamwal
27th of May 2020 at Kabir Mandir, Kabir Colony Sanjay & Nidhi Gupta
Miss. Mandavi Sambyal
Brothers & Bhabhi Ji Poonch House Jammu at 4 pm.
inally resident of Tral, Pulwama at pres- (Cont No. 9469002527)
Sh. Balbir Singh & Smt. Darshana Devi SH. BALDEV SINGH SAMBYAL GRIEF-STRICKEN ent Kartholi, Bari Brahmana Jammu.
Sh. Delbir Singh & Smt. Sneh Lata (RETD. -T.S.O, CAPD)
Tenth Day will be performed at Muthi
Sh. Mohaan Singh & Smt. Kamlesh Devi
Grand Children:- Harshika, Adayaksh, Tanzil, Aryan, Abantika, Binni, Ashita, Ananya, Achu, Sona
Mob. 9419207676, 9906223182, 9796239904, 9906064627, 9491392169, 9419146267
Smt. Yashoda Rani Kapoor (Mother)
Smt. Karuna Kapoor (Wife)
Sh. Rajesh Kapoor Ghat Near Directorate of School OBITUARY
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise
Vansh Kapoor (Son) Education on 2nd June 2020 (Tuesday) of our beloved Smt. Usha Rani Koul W/o Sh. Shambu
Konika & Deepika Kapoor (Daughter) at 8.00 AM. Nath Koul originally resident of Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar
TENTH & THIRTEENTH DAY KRIYA Smt. Arti & Dr. Kuldeep Kapoor (Bhabhi & Brother)
Late Smt. Suman & Sh. Rajeev Kapoor (Bhabhi & Brother)
Smt. Bhavna & Rahul Kapoor (Bhabhi & Brother)
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sh Kashi Nath - Husband Smt Mohini Jee
at present Savitri Apartments, Sec-2, Rajinder Nagar,
Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, UP on 24-05-2020.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Tenth Day Kriya of our beloved mother Sharma Family, Razdan Family S.N. Koul - Husband
Smt. Sonia & William kapoor (Bhabhi & Brother)
Smt Pushpa Parihar is on 29 May 2020 Mob. 1) 9419137328 2) 9419635014 3) 9419649089 9419297189, 7006483445, 08130393617 Sudesh Kr. Koul & Sarla Koul - Son & Daughter-in-law
and Thirteenth Day Kriya is on 01 June Virendar Koul & Kiran Koul - Son-in-law & Daughter
Ravinder Tickoo & Renu Tickoo - Son-in-law & Daughter
2020.
BHOG/ANTIM ARDAS OBITUARY FROM MALYUN SIDE Grand Childrens: Sidharth, Rahul, Rohit, Mohit & Himalya
It is due to the prevailing restrictions and With immense grief & sorrow, we inform the
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:- SMT. USHA RANI
With profound grief and sorrow we inform the sad Kouls, Dhars, Rainas, Talashis, Tickoos & Panditas
precautions for COVID-19, no gathering demise of S. Bhupinder Singh Bali S/o S. Late Amar sad demise of our revered Smt. Dulari Koul KOUL
Ph.No: 9650403585, 9205829814, 9811355439
is being held at our residence on both of Singh Bali R/o Nandpur Rakwala (Nandani) who left for (Bentathi), originally resident of Upper Lane,

Heat wave in several parts

heavenly abode on 20 May 2020.
these days. Purshyar, Srinagar, Kashmir, at present
Aramb Shri Akhand Path Sahib at our residence on
Your prayers and condolences for the departed 27 May 2020 (Wednesday) at 10.00 am. residing at 177, State Bank Nagar, Paschim
soul are requested on following numbers. Bhog Shri Akhand Path Sahib at our residence on Vihar, New Delhi on 26-05-2020. The

of North, West India

29 May 20 (Friday) at 10.00 am. Shabad & Antim
Col. Shailender Parihar -9734481304 Ardas at our residence from 10.00 am to 11.30 am.
Col. Shivinder Parihar -9419713113 Smt Pushpa Parihar Grief Stricken
Parents
Late Sdn. Jaswant Kour & Late S. Amar Singh Bali
MASWAR AND VAHARVAR S. Gurdeep Singh Bali - Son
Sdn. Navpreet Kour - Daughter-in-law
Sdn. Rupinder Kour - Daughter
Maswar and Vaharvar of our S. Arvinder Singh Sasan - Son-in-law Mob:- 7006352922,
beloved father Sh A.K. Koul Bali Medicos Belicharana
(And all Bali & Sasan Family)
will be performed on 28th and
29th of May 2020, at our resi-
dence H. No. 28, Lane No. 7,
BHOG AND ANTIM ARDAS
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform
K.B. Nagar, Bantalab. the sad and untimely demise of our beloved
DEEPLY MISSED BY: S. Gian Singh Kapoor (Retired Army Man)
S/o Late S. Hakam Singh R/o W.No.6,
Smt. Nirmala Koul -Wife
Sister-in-law Sh A.K. Koul Mohalla Khorinar Poonch -185101.
Arambh Shri Akhand Path Sahib:
Smt. Sheela Koul Friday, 29-5-2020 at our residence at 9.00 am.
Daughter & Son-in-law Bhog Shri Akhand Path: Sunday 31-5-2020 at
Anjana & Sanjeev our residence at 9.00 am to 11.30 am.
Ajay Koul -Son GRIEF STRICKEN
Rohit & Sumit -Nephews S. Harpal Singh Kapoor
Mob: 9469393635, 9622066834
SAMAST KOUL FAMILY AND JAD FAMILY
Mourning From Malyun Side shall be per-
formed at H.No. 33, Sec 1-A, East
Extension, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.
Grief Stricken NEW DELHI, May 26: the regional forecasting centre
Uma Shori Thusu- Sister-in-Law of the.
S. Bhupinder Singh Bali Veena Rani Thusu- Sister-in-Law Several parts of North and The all-time record for
Smt. Dulari Koul
Jawahir Lal & Sheela Thusu- Brother & Bhabi
(Bentathi)
West India reeled under scorch- Safdarjung in May is 47.2
Hira Lal Thusu- Brother
9419101944 M.No. 9419143037, 6005084565, 9419279144
ing heat wave with the tempera- degree Celsius, recorded on
ture touching 50 degree Celsius May 29, 1944.
in Rajasthan's Churu district on The last time the Palam
MOURNING FROM MALYUN SIDE
With profound grief & sorrow we inform the sad demise
of our beloved sister Smt. Usha Koul (Bengashi) W/o
Tuesday, even as the meteoro-
logical department predicted
Observatory recorded such a
high temperature in May -- 47.6
Shamboo Nath Koul of Jawahar Nagar (Sgr) Kmr and D/o very heavy rainfall in Assam and degree Celsius -- was on May
Late Darshan Pandit Dhar of Zainapora , Kashmir A/P
Rajinder Nagar, Ghaziabad UP on 24-05-2020.
Meghalaya till May 28. 18, 2010, Srivastava said.
Mourning from Malyun side will be held at our resi- The national capital recorded The IMD said the weather
dence H.No 80 General Lane, Saraswati Vihar, Bohri
Jammu.
a maximum of 47.6 degree stations at Lodhi Road and Aya
GRIEF STRICKEN: Celsius in the Palam area, while Nagar recorded their respective
Bhabis & Brothers most places here saw their max- maximum at 45.4 degree and
Smt. Roopa Dhar & Sh. Brij Lal Dhar
Smt. Phoola Dhar & Sh. Rattan Lal Dhar imum temperatures six notches 46.8 degree Celsius.
Sh. Laxmi Nath Koul -Brother-in-law above the normal. Srivastava said some respite
S. Gian Singh Kapoor Sisters & Brother-in-laws Smt. Usha Koul (Bengashi) In large areas, a heat wave is from the stifling heat was
Smt. Koushaliya Rani & Sh. J L Raina
(Retired Army Man)
Smt. Jaya Tickoo & Sh B L Tickoo declared when the maximum expected on Thursday due to a
Smt. Khama Talashi -Sister temperature is 45 degree Celsius fresh western disturbance and
Contact No: 9906330899, 9958030143
for two consecutive days and a easterly winds at lower levels.
Note: Be safe, Stay at home
severe heat wave is when the Dust storm and thunderstorm

CHOUBARSI 2ND DEATH ANNIVERSARY Treat with urgency pleas against payment of mercury touches the 47 degrees-
mark for two days on the trot.
In small areas like Delhi,
with winds gusting up to 60
kilometres per hour is likely
over the National Capital
full wages during lockdown: SC to Centre
Four year have passed just like the blink of Time flies fast
eyes, beloved father you left all of us. But Life goes on at its own pace. heat wave is declared if the tem- Region on Friday and Saturday,
your sweet memories will remain in our But some memories can never be perature soars to 45 degree the official added.
hearts. Your fragrance and teaching of forgotten or erased, from the mind of the NEW DELHI, May 26: It said there may be small Celsius even for a day, accord- Heat wave conditions con-
truth-fulness will go on enlighting our paths. industries which are affected ing to the India Meteorological tinued unabated at many places
dearest ones. You will always remain in
Magnificient journey of your life is an The Supreme Court today due to the lockdown and if they Department (IMD). in Uttar Pradesh with Allahabad
our thoughts.
inspiration for all of us. asked the Centre to "treat with cannot earn, how are they Severe heat wave conditions being the hottest place in the
Choubarsi of our beloved Late Sh. Ashok DEEPLY MISSED BY: Geeta Lalotra urgency" the issues raised in going to pay wages to their prevailed in parts of Rajasthan, state at 47.1 degree Celsius, the
Kumar Dogra S/o Late Sh. Dherumal will with the mercury touching 50 meteorological department said.
be performed on 28th May 2020
LALOTRA FAMILY W/o Sh Romesh Chander Lalotra the petitions challenging the
Home Ministry's March 29
workers.
It had also observed that if degree Celsius in Churu district. Such conditions are likely to
(Thursday) at our residence Purani Mandi This is the second-highest continue for another three-four
notification asking private Government does not help
Mohalla Malhotrian at 12.30 pm. maximum temperature recorded days over the State, it added.
Deeply Missed & Remembered By:
Smt. Urmila Dogra - Wife
Late Sh. Ashok Kumar Dogra
OBITUARY establishments to pay full
wages to workers during the
these small companies, then
they might not be able to pay in the district in the month of Heat wave conditions con-
"With profound grief and sorrow we COVID-19 lockdown, saying their workers. May in the last 10 years. tinued unabated at a few places
Son & Daughter-in-law
Mr. Gautam & Nisha Dogra regret to inform the sad and untimely lot of people are affected by it. The counsel appearing for The district had recorded a over the State. There was a
Mr. Neeraj Dogra - Son demise of our son in law Mr. Pintoo Ji A bench headed by Justice one of the petitioners had high of 50.2 degree Celsius on severe heat wave at isolated
Grand Children: Aahana Dogra Bhat S/o Sh. Chuni Lal Bhat and H/o Ashok Bhushan, conducting argued that firms are going out May 19, 2016, according to the places over East Uttar Pradesh,
& All Dogra Family Mrs. Ranu Bhat on 24th May at Delhi. All hearing through video-confer- of work as they do not have Meteorological (MeT) the MeT office said.
Mob. No: 9419140441, 9858070707 last rituals (Kriya) will be performed at encing, asked the Government orders for production of goods Department. It said Allahabad continued
to file its response on the batch and they are being prosecuted Bikaner, Ganganagar, Kota to be the hottest place in the
his Jammu residence Bohri .
and Jaipur recorded maximum state, recording a maximum of
CONDOLENCE GRIEF STRICKEN Mr. Pintoo Ji Bhat
of petitions and posted the mat-
ter for hearing after a week.
due to the government circular.
An association of Micro, temperatures of 47.4 degree 47.1 degree Celsius.
With profound grief and sorrow, Kaul, Saproo, Dhar , Gadoo Attorney General K K Celsius, 47 degree Celsius, 46.5 Day temperatures rose
Small and Medium Enterprises
Members of JAMMU PRINTERS ASSO- And Lalla entire family Venugopal told the bench, also (MSMEs) has said in its plea degree Celsius and 45 degree appreciably over Gorakhpur and
CIATION (Regd.) regret the untimely comprising Justices S K Kaul Celsius, respectively, it said. Faizabad divisions, it said.
Mobile No. 7701968427, 9560660101, 7006608902 before the apex court that the
demise of Sh Dawarka Nath Chopra, and M R Shah, that the Centre The weather office has pre- The temperatures were
MHA order was passed without
Father of Ashok Chopra, Prop. M/s dicted severe heat wave condi- markedly above normal over
has issued a new notification due care and deliberation on
Jammu Printing Press, Moti Bazar, BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE on May 17 which supersedes the financial implications for
tions in Churu, Bikaner,
Hanumangarh and Ganganagar
Varanasi and Faizabad divisions
and appreciably above normal in
Jammu and pray to almighty give peace May the winds of Heaven blow softly the March 29 Ministry of employers.
Sh Dawarka Nath districts during the next 24 the remaining divisions of the
to the departed soul. and whisper in your ear Home Affairs (MHA) order. The small industrial units
Chopra hours. state, the MeT office said.
JAMMU PRINTERS ASSOCIATION (REGD.)
How much we love and miss you and "Treat this with urgency. have said that making full pay-
wish that you were here. In Delhi, the Safdarjung Haryana and Punjab includ-
Lot of people are affected," the ments would lead to their clo- Observatory, which provides ing Chandigarh were in the grip
Miss you and Love you "Shivam"
OBITUARY DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:
Pawan Salgotra (Father)
bench told Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta, who was also
sure, which, in turn, would
cause permanent unemploy-
representative figures for the
city, recorded a maximum of 46
of severe heat today, with Hisar
turning out to be the hottest
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our
beloved Swargiya Dalip Kumar S/o Sh. Banarsi Lal, on 26 May
Jyoti Salgotra (Mother) appearing in the matter. ment and adversely affect the degree Celsius, as Delhi swel- place in the region at 48 degrees
2020 at 2 AM, at our residence- 162/4, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu. Shiv Pawan and Ubey Adhotra (Didi and Jija Ji) "Although, notices were economy. tered under a scorching heat Celsius.
His dedications were purely religious and noble in addition to the Bhavya Shivam Salgotra (Little Brother) Shivam Salgotra
purity and self-less mode of living style throughout his time on issued in these matters but no The association has further wave. Hisar in Haryana recorded its
FRIENDS AND FAMILY counter affidavit has yet been
the earth. May his soul find eternal peace.
GRIEF STRICKEN
contended that during this The last time the mercury at hottest day of the current sum-
Smt. Kanta Rani (Mother) filed on behalf of the Union of unprecedented situation, vari- the Safdarjung weather station mer season so far, with the max-
MASWAR/VAHARVAR
Sh. Banarsi Lal (Father)
Sh. Rameshwar Manawa (Son)
Smt. Sapna Manawa (Daughter-in-law)
India," the bench noted in its ous Governments across the touched the 46-degree-Celsius imum temperature settling five
Ashutosh & Uday Shankar Manawa (Grandsons)
One year has passed since you left us order. globe have taken measures for mark was on May 19, 2002, said notches above the normal, the
Daughter & Son-in-law:
Smt. Monika & Sh. Yogeshwar Kaushal
but your memories are always with us. "Solicitor General prays for the benefit of workers/ employ- Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of MeT Department said. (PTI)
Smt. Sonika & Sh. Ravi Shori
Smt. Snigdha & Sh. Sunny Shori
MASWAR/VAHARVAR of our beloved and is granted a week's time to ees, but the Centre without tak-
Brothers & Bhabhis Swargiya Dalip Kumar
Sh. Uttam Kumar & Smt. Anjna Manawa father Sh. Vasudev Koul S/o Late file counter affidavit to the writ ing any such step has put the
Sh. Parshotam Kumar & Smt. Anuradha Manawa
Sh. Koshal Kumar & Smt. Ramni Manawa Sona Koul of Village-Shairgund, petition(s) to enable the court entire burden on the employers/
Dr. Brahmjyot & Smt. Rashmi Manawa
Sh. Pavitor Jyot & Smt. Sakshi Manawa Anantnag (Kmr) at present-Opposite to know the stand of Union of owners to pay full wages.
And all other family members and friends
49/2 Bhagwati Nagar, near Carewell India on different issues raised The top court on May 15,
Medicate Jammu shall be performed in the writ petition(s)," the while hearing a plea filed by
HOMAGE on 27th and 28th May 2020 at our
residence.
bench said. Hand Tools Manufactures
With deepest sorrow and a heavy heart, we The apex court had on May Association, comprising of
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:
announce the loss of our beloved Shri Munnu Ji SH. VASUDEV KOUL 15 observed that the March 29 MSMEs, on the issue had asked
Smt. Lalita Koul-Wife
Koul S/o J. N Koul (Y.K Pora) who breathed his last notification, directing compa- the government not to take any
on 24th May, 2020. Daughter & Son-in-law
Reeta Pandit & Sudesh Krishen Pandit
nies to make payment of full coercive action against them
We find ourselves short of words to express our grief
on this untimely demise and an irreplaceable loss Sons & Daughter-in-laws wages to workers even while for failing to pay full wages to
that leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled. Sanjay Koul & Adeeta Koul not being in operation during its employees till next week.
FROM MATERNAL SIDE Ajay Koul & Jyoti Koul the lockdown period, was an It said today that its interim
Ganjoo Parivar (Wanpoh)
Raina Parivar (Chowgam) Grand Children: omnibus order and there was a order of no coercive action
Shri Munnu Ji
Rahul, Vidhi, Yudhish, Akshit & Rakshit larger question involved which passed in one the pleas would
Bhat Parivar (Vessu)
Dhar Parivar (Y.K Pora)
Koul
Mob: 9469214197, 9419303069, 9858255653 needs to be answered. continue. (PTI)
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Ladakh LG meets Dr Jitendra,
discusses COVID situation
Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 26 :
Ladakh Lieutenant Governor R K
Mathur today called on Union
Minister Dr Jitendra Singh and dis-
cussed COVID situation and other
Ladakh Lieutenant Governor, R K Mathur calling on Union
Minister Dr Jitendra Singh at North Block, New Delhi on
Tuesday.
issues including revival of develop-
ment activity in the newly created
Union Territory. He also thanked
the Minister for his day-to-day sup-
port and for facilitating central
assistance during the entire period
of pandemic.
Dr Jitendra Singh formally con-
veyed to the Lieutenant Governor,
the Government's appreciation for
the consistent diligence and effort
with which the Union Territory
administration had dealt with the
COVID pandemic and also suc-
ceeded in containing it. He noted
that it was Ladakh which had
DGP sanctions welfare loan,
caused initial alarm for the entire
country when suddenly a number
of cases reported Corona positive
from among the returnees, who
were coming back from Iran pil-
grimage, but it goes to the credit of
the administration and the civil
society that Ladakh is among the
first to gradually come out from the
Corona assault.
Dr Jitendra Singh thanked
Prime Minister Narendra Modi for
his clear instructions to give priori-
ty to peripheral areas of Ladakh and
North East, as a result of which Air
Cargo supplies started reaching
there even before the lockdown. As
of today, the store of ration, vegeta-
bles and fruit in Ladakh is in much
bigger quantity than it would have
normally been otherwise in this part
of the year, he added.
The Minister also had a word of
praise for the two young Deputy
Commissioners of Leh and Kargil
and the two SSPs of these two dis-
tricts respectively who were in
touch on day-to-day basis and coor-
dinated for different issues from
time to time, which helped in facil-
itating supply of medical equip-
ment and later the movement of
people returning from different
parts of the country.
Mathur apprised Dr Jitendra
Singh of the current situation and
said that now an effort is being
made to revive the development
activity. He also discussed some of
the projects related to power gener-
ation and construction work which
had got delayed due to the pandem-
ic and said that very soon these
would be revived.
Among the various projects in
the pipeline, Dr Jitendra Singh also
mentioned the project for process-
ing of "Leh Berry" for which the
Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) has prepared a
plan.
Kansal inspects JPDCL File replies with promptitude:
data recovery & call centre AG to Law Officers
Excelsior Correspondent data recovery/ call centre of
Power Distribution
JAMMU, May 26: Corporation Limited (JPDCL),
Principal Secretary Power here at Gladni.
M a n a g i n g
Director, JPDCL
briefed the working of
data recovery/ call
centre and informed
that various complaint
calls regarding power
shutdown, billing and
generation of OTP of
Consumers are being
received here. After
receiving calls the
complaints are for-
warded to duty offi-
cials for resolving the
issues of consumers at
the earliest.
Kansal expressed
satisfaction over the
Principal Secretary Power Rohit functioning of the cen-
Kansal during visit to JPDCL data recov- tres and advised the
ery centre. officers to further gear
up their efforts to
Development Department,
Rohit Kansal today inspected reach out each and every con-
sumer.
The Principal Secretary
directed the officers to take
more innovative steps for
resolving issues of the con-
sumers and upgrading call
centre/ data recovery centre
with modern techniques. He
also asked them to ensure
100% e-distribution of elec-
tricity bills to consumers.
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Advocate
General, D C Raina today
chaired a meeting regarding
expeditious disposal of pending
litigations of the UT of J&K at
the Civil Secretariat.
Besides, Secretary to
Government Department of
Advocate General D C Raina interacting with Law Officers at Jammu.
Law, Justice and Parliamentary
Affairs, Achal Sethi, the meeting
was attended by the Special
Secretaries, Additional
Secretaries, Deputy Legal
Remembrancer /Senior Law
Officers/Public Law Officers
and the Legal Assistants posted
in different departments at
Jammu.
All the Law Officers were
directed to compile the informa-
tion of court cases within three
days and forward the same to the
office of the Advocate General
and Secretary to Government
Department of Law, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs.
The detail of the cases,
which have become infructuous
and the cases worth to be con-
tested on its merits was also
sought.
The Advocate General
stressed upon the officers to file
replies/statement of facts and
Letter Patent Appeals with
promptitude, so as to avoid fre-
quent personal appearance of
Administrative Secretaries.
The officers were directed to
flag the important cases and
ensure that they are attended to
with priority and try to get them
disposed of in a time bound
manner.
The Advocate General made
it clear to the officers present in
Provide Rs 50 lakh insurance cover
to PDD employees: JKEEGA
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Expressing
the meeting that there is a need
to change the age old system and
the performance of the Law
Officers will be taken note of.
"The working of the Law
Officers will be reviewed at dif-
ferent levels and those officers
who will perform their duties
promptly and in time bound
manner will be rewarded/appre-
ciated," the Advocate General
said.
The Secretary Law, Justice
and PA assured the Advocate
General that all the Law Officers
will come up to the expectations
of the Government and will per-
form their duties more diligently
and provide the information
within three days positively as
directed by him.
JPDCL, Yasha Mudgal and
apprised her about the panic in the

relief for 69 police personnel HC Bar Association submits serious concern after an employee
of JPDCL was found positive for
minds of hundreds of Power
employees in the field who are
working round the clock 24x7 to
COVID-19 yesterday in Jammu,
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: In order
the self-treatment or for the treat-
ment of their dependants.
Similarly, rupees one lakh each
memo to LG, projects demands J&K Electrical Engineering
Graduates Association has
provide smooth and reliable power
supply amid COVID-19 infection
spread. It has been seen that spike
to provide assistance to personnel Doctors protesting at SSH Srinagar on Tuesday. Excelsior Correspondent UT of Chandigarh, grant of demanded Rs 50 lakhs insurance
has been sanctioned in favour of of infection has risen in last few
to meet expenses on health, edu- -Excelsior/Shakeel stipend to the young lawyers cover for all the employees of
58 police personnel to meet the days and Power Department
JAMMU, May 26: The PDD and allied Corporations.
Consultant Doctors demand action
cation of wards, marriage etc., the expenses for self-marriage or mar- having practice of less than 5 employees are also not untouched
Director General of Police (DGP) office bearers of J&K High years, opening of registration A spokesman of the
riage of dependant. Loan of rupees to it.
Dilbag Singh today sanctioned Court (HC) Bar Association office in the Special Tribunal Association said that the Power
one lakh has been sanctioned in They said during this COVID-
welfare loan/relief of over rupees
sixty eight lakh fourty thousand
favour of one police personnel for
his ward for higher education. The
against policemen harassing medicos Jammu today met Lt Governor
G C Murmu and submitted a
Jammu at the earliest, provid-
ing sufficient number of per-
engineers and employees are
important stake holders during this
19 pandemic situation, the engi-
neers as well as employees of DIS-
in favour of 69 police personnel. loan is recovered in installments memorandum of demands. manent benches of CAT at pandemic as 24x7 uninterrupted
Excelsior Correspondent reproach to their community COMS are at high risk as they
The assistance has been sanc- from the personnel. President of the power supply is the main require-
by indulging in such gratuitous suitable place convenient to have to visit the field areas for
tioned out of Contributory Similarly, welfare relief has SRINAGAR, May 26: The Association, Abhinav Sharma ment for all the essential depart-
acts," the statement said. lawyers and grant of funds for maintenance and repair of power
Central Police Welfare Fund been sanctioned in favour of three Society of Consultant Doctors apprised the Lt Governor ments to work smoothly. This cru-
(CPWF). "We can confirm that some construction of Bar Office and network and to ensure 24x7 power
police personnel at different rates (JKSCD) today demanded regarding the hardships faced completion of two Halls. cial time, and even otherwise,
Welfare loan that ranges from of our colleagues have been supply to the quarantine centers
for self treatment and treatment of action against the erring by the advocates because of The Lt Governor gave almost every essential utility is
rupees fifty thousand to rupees heckled and harassed by some spread across all over J&K.
their dependants. This monetary policemen harassing doctors the complete lock down. The patient hearing to the office supported by electricity.
two lakh has been sanctioned in high-headed and biased ele- Besides the engineers as well as
assistance is not recovered. and other works on roads while office bearers including Rohit bearers of the Bar Association Taking serious note of the
favour of ten police personnel for ments in the police force there- employees of Transmission,
it expressed deep regret over a Bhagat (vice president) and and assured every possible issue, a delegation of JKEEGA led
by creating an atmosphere that Generation and Trading
Poppy destroyed, 10 arrested series of unfortunate incidents vitiates and undermines the
Abhishek Wazir (general sec-
retary) brought into the notice
help. by its president, Harvrinder Singh
called upon Managing Director
Corporations have to ensure com-
taking place wherein doctors morale of our healthcare war- plete maintenance and upkeep of
of the LG multifarious prob-
Excelsior Correspondent have been harassed on roads.
A statement issued here
riors," it said. lems being faced by advocates Man detained for BSF attack EHV lines and Grid Stations,
Generation Power houses and
SRINAGAR, May 26: Police today destroyed a huge junk of It said that the healthcare in general and young advo-
poppy cultivation spread over more than 40 Kanals of land in vil- said that during the past few workers are under tremendous Excelsior Correspondent SLDC.
weeks doctors including senior cates in particular.
lage Chersoo area of Awantipora in district Pulwama. physical and psychological SRINAGAR, May 26: Police today detained a man for ques- JKEEGA demanded that Rs 50
doctors, paramedics and The LG was told that about
Led by the SDPO and SHO Awantipora, Police said that 10 pressure while dealing with the tioning his alleged role in the attack on the Border Security lakhs Insurance cover as extended
reportedly healthcare profes- the lack of basic facilities in
pandemic. to Police personnel, Healthcare
* Watch video on www.excelsiornews.com sionals of either gender have the court premises particularly Force (BSF) personnel in Pandach area of Srinagar last week.
providers, Community Health
Besides this, it said, the the district court complex Police in Soura detained a man Waseem Ahmad Ganai son
people involved in the cultivation of illegal poppy have been been harassed and misbehaved doctors are made to queue in workers and Private healthcare
with by some elements within where almost 1000 lawyers are of Ghulam Mohammad Ganai of Dargah Road, Pandach. He
arrested under relevant sections of the NDPS Act. was taken for questioning in a case related to killing of two BSF staff may also be extended to the
the police while they were on compelled and forced to sit in
Those arrested have been identified by the police as Bashir Ah * Watch video on open and consequently personnel at Pandach few days ago. engineers and employees of Power
Bhat S/o Ab Ghani Bhat, Bashir Ah Bhat S/o Late Akli Bhat, Mohd their way to work or in the www.excelsiornews.com Development Department on dep-
process of discharging their exposed to bare hot tempera- Police said Waseem Ganai is a known stone pelter of the
Akram BhatS/o Late Gh Mohd Bhat, Ab Rashid Bhat S/o Late Ab area and has been detained by police several times in different utation to Power Corporations of
Majeed, Gh Mohi Din ReshiS/o Sanaullah Reshi, Mohd Iqbal professional duties. tures during summer months
long lines meant to chaff off FIRs. Union Territory of J&K or any
ReshiS/o Late Ab Ahad R/Reshi, Ali Mohd Bhat S/o Gh Mohi Ud "Strict action must be when the temperature rises up
lockdown defaulters. "This Three persons were injured when an unexploded shell other Insurance cover of similar
Din Bhat, Ab Hamid Reshi S/o Ab Aziz Reshi, Bashir Ah Wani S/o ensured against those misguid- to 47 degree Celsius.
notwithstanding the fact that exploded in Tosa Maidan area of Khag in district Budgam pattern may kindly be provided
Ghulam Ah Wani, Imtiyaz Ah ReshiS/o Late Ahad Reshi. ed elements within the police The Bar Association mem-
these doctors plead their case today. The area was used as firing range by the army and Air during this COVID-19 pandemic.
All are stated to be the residents of Chersoo Village. who are bringing discredit and bers told the Lt Governor that
for allowing easy access but Force and shells was an unexploded one. MD JPDCL gave a patient
due to complete lock down
almost always these pleas fall Those injured have been identified as Morifat Ahmad Bhat hearing to all the genuine
there are about 1500 lawyers
on deaf and indifferent ears," it son of Mohammad Abdullah Bhat, Mohammad Yaqub Gania demands of the association and
belonging to various districts
said. son of Mohammad Yusuf Gania and Asif Ahmad Wani son of assured that she will put forward
of Jammu division who were
JKSCD, after conveying a Ghulam Hassan Wani residents of Dasan Beerwah in district the genuine demands of the asso-
practicing in the High Court
virtual meeting chaired by its' Budgam. ciation to the higher authorities.
and District Court Jammu, and
president Dr Maajed Jehangeer
living in rental accommoda-
and attended by senior func-
tions are unable to go back to
tionaries including Dr Masood
their home town because of
Rashid and Dr Irfan Shams
sudden lock down and conse-
condemned this behaviour by
quently they are facing acute
some black sheep within the
financial crisis.
force which tantamount to
Submitting a memorandum
nothing less than harassment,
bitter denunciation. to the LG, the Association
JKSCD has appealed the demanded release of addition-
senior officials of the police al financial assistance to the
especially the IGP Kashmir, to needy lawyers, providing
facilities to lawyers of Jammu
Workers brought from Ladakh before being shifted to quarantine centre in Bhaderwah area of facilitate the smooth working
division at par with those prac-
Doda district on Tuesday. -Excelsior/ Basharat Ladakhi of all healthcare professionals
in these trying times. ticing in National Capital and

Locals protest, claim

missing boy was murdered
Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 26: The
relatives of the deceased missing
boy and locals of Udhampur
town staged protest near District
Hospital today alleging that boy
whose body was recovered near
Dudar Nallah bridge was mur-
dered.
Rehmbal police had recov-
Migrant workers being registered at Samba before being sent to Katra for their onward journey ered the unidentified dead body
to States in trains. -Excelsior/ Abhishek Badyal of youth, who was today iden-
tified as Deepak Matoo (20),
son of Ved Prakash, a resident
of Adrash Colony, Udhampur.
Today morning, family
members and locals held protest
in front of District Hospital
Udhampur, claiming that
Deepak has been murdered .
They said on Monday morning
about 10 am he left for work on
his Scooty bearing registration
No. JK14E-7326. They said that
family started his search after he
did not return. He went missing
mysteriously. His body was
unfortunately found at Duddar
Nallah under Rehmbal Police
Station. They demanded proper
investigation into the matter.

Power shutdown
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Chief
Engineer, (Distribution) JPDCL,
Jammu has informed that to
carry out the preventive mainte-
nance of 132 KV S/C Gladni-
Kalakote Transmission Line, the
power supply to the areas fed
from 132/33 KV Grid Station
Akhnoor and Kalakote will
remain affected on May 27 from
7 am to 2 pm.
Similarly, to execute work of
branch cutting and replacement
of worn out conductors of Top
Tier of 33 KV Phalata and 33
Kids wearing joker masks enjoying an unusual ride in Srinagar. KV Jindrah feeder, , the power
-Excelsior/ Shakeel supply to Jhajjar Kotli, Jindrah,
Phalata, Salal, Katra, Reasi,
SMVDU and adjoining areas
will remain affected on May 27
from 8 am to 5 pm.
Meanwhile, to facilitate the
shifting of electrical utilities for
construction of NH-44 in
Udhampur- Batote section, the
shutdown of 132 KV CSTL
between Udhampur and Batote
Section is being observed from
May 27 to June 02 (on continu-
ous basis) from 9 am to 5 pm.
During the shutdown, the
affected areas shall be fed from
220/132/33 KV Grid Station
Ramban and 220/132/33 KV
Grid Station Mir Bazar
Srinagar.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020 (PAGE 4) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU
From page 1
No politics behind Delhi visit: Omar Alarming: Source of 190 Corona patients’ India to go ahead with infra
ical Advisory Council reportedly A newspaper article by
being formed. I need a change of Sadiq, the political secretary to virus untraced, Govt calls for precautions development along China LAC
scene and some medical follow Omar when he was the Chief district about a month ago and aged 14 and 10 years and 26-year
focus on bolstering India's available about the meeting.
up and that is why I'm here", Minister, on the political today they were placed at No. 3 old nephew, all of whom had
returned from New Delhi in a military preparedness to deal Official sources said NSA
Omar tweeted. roadmap ahead skipped any ref- in Jammu region with 53 cases.
train on May 19 and were sam- with external security chal- Doval has been closely moni-
His comments come in back- erence to Article 370 which Asserting that it was neces-
pled at Railway Station Jammu, lenges, Government sources toring the evolving situation
drop of perceived differences prompted Mehdi, party's 'chief sary to bring back the stranded
have tested positive for COVID- said. along the LAC in Ladakh as
between two senior party leaders spokesman, to comment: "This persons of the Union Territory to
their homes as both Centre and 19. The military brass is learnt to well as in north Sikkim and
Tanvir Sadiq and Agha Ruhullah provokes a question in my mind. have apprised Modi about the Uttarakhand.
Mehdi over the events of August What is a political process for J&K Governments were commit- SSP Poonch Ramesh Angral
ted to this, sources said the said they were under administra- evolving situation in eastern "China's strategy to put mil-
5 last which saw virtual abroga- you? Only an election? If we go Ladakh, though officials main- itary pressure on India will not
Government will continue to tive quarantine and have been
tion of Article 370 that gave spe- with a reason and stand our tained that the agenda of the work. We want restoration of
bring all left-out people back but, shifted to the hospital.
cial status to Jammu and course, even being detained is a Meanwhile, a Community pre-scheduled meeting was to the status quo along the LAC,"
A man points to damage caused to his house in Pakistan at the same time, will subject
Kashmir. part of political process." Health Centre (CHC) Surankote discuss the ambitious military said an official on the condition
shelling at Balakote sector of Poonch district on Tuesday. them to sampling and administra-
Omar maintained that the A Twitter war broke out Nursing Orderly who had earlier reforms and ways to boost of anonymity.
-Excelsior/Rahi Kapoor tive quarantine till they are tested
NC remained committed to chal- between Sadiq and Mehdi, fol- tested positive for Corona but was India's combat prowess. In the meeting, the top mili-
negative.
Houses damaged, cattle perish in Pak shelling lenging, "using all lawful lowing which he removed party
"Major worry for the called back from the GMC People in the military estab- tary brass is learnt to have
retaliated effectively. Sandiot, Upper Gulad and sur- means", what happened in chief spokesperson designation Rajouri over confusion on his lishment said the Prime apprised Modi about the imple-
Government remains untraced
Five houses suffered partial rounding areas of Balakote lead- August last year. He said that the from his Twitter handle today. report, has tested negative in the Minister was briefed about the mentation of key infrastructure
source of infection of some of the
damage in Pakistan shelling in ing to panic among the locals. views expressed by both the Mehdi said in a series of second sample. situation in Ladakh. There was projects along the LAC, the de-
Corona positive cases including
Balakote while six cattle per- However, there was no leaders are personal. tweets that holding Assembly four Orthopedic patients who "Sister-in-law (bhabhi), 35 no official comment or details facto border with China. (PTI)
ished and four others were human loss of life. "@RuhullahMehdi & @tan- elections in the Union Territory reported positive for the virus in years, and nephew, 10 years, of a
injured. Casualties or damage on virsadiq are both valued col- should not be the only goal of the Government Medical man, who along with his wife had 44 test +ve in Kashmir, J&K tally 1769
Heavy shelling was reported Pakistan side couldn't be ascer- leagues and friends. As far as mainstream politicians. College, Jammu yesterday, an tested positive at Bari
I'm concerned that both are enti- "Many of my colleagues are Barahamana in Samba district 2 from Shopian and one from Kulgam 228, Srinagar 189,
from Panjni, Suhala, Darhati, tained immediately. Income-Tax lawyer of Trikuta Budgam. Kupwara 169, Bandipora 143,
tled to an opinion and to dis- detained under PSA. Others Nagar, who died of COVID and after returning from New Delhi,
NGT upholds JKPCB order, agree with each other. Neither's including me are put under other ailments at ASCOMS also tested positive for COVID
today,'' SSP Samba Shakti Pathak
Those from Baramulla
include two men, one boy and a
Baramulla 147, Shopian 131,
Budgam 77, Ganderbal 31 and
views, expressed in private house detention. My heart goes Sidhra the other day and another
declines relief to MC Udhampur capacity, change the stand NC out to them and I wish and pray doctor of Trikuta Nagar, who was said.
The family of the couple had
woman aged 48, 30, 15 and 28
from Hanjiveera, Hanjiveera,
Pulwama 28.
The officials said till date
amount along with the interest 60 days but the present application has taken in the SC & outside for their immediate release. But, suffering from renal failure and
regarding 5th Aug", he tweeted. believe me their and our (house) was undergoing dialysis,'' sources already been isolated and now Pazipora and Hanjiveera respec- 142901 travellers and persons in
as arrears of land revenue. is beyond 90 days from the two positive persons have been tively. Those from Kupwara contact with suspected cases
In the meanwhile, the impugned order". Omar Abdullah tweeted: detention is a political message said, adding the list was long.
"Besides that we are a democrat- and process itself," Mehdi said. A pregnant woman of sent to hospital. include three men aged 22, 23 have been enlisted for surveil-
Municipal Council Udhampur The Tribunal has further A two-year old boy from Bari and 24 are from Watergam, lance which included 32714 per-
ic party and we value all shades Sadiq, in an apparent refer- Akhnoor in Jammu district and
approached the National Green observed, "the Municipal Brahmana, who was contact of a Handwara and Handwara respec- sons in home quarantine includ-
of opinion within our wider fam- ence to the former Minister's another from Vijaypur in Samba
Tribunal challenging the order of Council has not shown taking of positive family member and 25- tively. Two women aged 25 and ing facilities operated by gov-
ily though sometimes it is better criticism, said he does not need a district had become Corona posi-
the J&K Pollution Control Board. any meaningful steps for per- tive but authorities couldn't find year old woman from Samba also 34 are from Vehil Shopian. The ernment, 62 in Hospital
However, the Tribunal has forming its duty of treating the them amongst ourselves before certificate from anyone and it tested Corona positive tonight.
we decide to make them public. was easy to comment sitting their source of infection. Budgam positive is a man aged Quarantine, 902 in hospital iso-
declined any relief and upheld the sewage and not discharging Similarly, a 40-year old woman Two workers of Ramnagar in 25 from Khospora. lation and 33573 home surveil-
order of the Board. untreated sewage in river or on I've burnt my hands a few times with one's family and occasion- Udhampur district who had travel
by not following my own ally tweeting to show how brave from New Plots suffering from So far Anantnag has 278 lance. Besides, 75626 persons
"Reliance has been placed land as is said to have been kidney ailments had tested posi- history of New Delhi and were COVID-19 patients, highest in have completed their surveil-
on the timelines fixed by the done". advice." they are. under administrative quarantine
tive in the GMC Jammu though all districts, followed by lance period.
"Now, the Environmental have also tested Coronavirus pos-
Tribunal beyond which direc-
tion is for recovery of compensa- Compensation payable by the
Police stops CMO Bandipora’s official she had no travel history or con-
tact with positive persons. itive. Dialysis unit shut as lone RO Plant of
tion. However, the direction Municipal Council Udhampur will District Magistrate Udhampur
doesn't debar exercise of statu- go beyond Rs 1.39 crore as 12%
vehicle, senior LD docs harassed "Almost daily, the Health
Department was now receiving 5- Dr Piyush Singla said the duo SSH Jammu goes out of order
tory powers for violation of envi- interest has to be calculated, which "What we are facing is not move ahead as there were barri- have been shifted to the COVID
6 Coronavirus positive cases in back," they said, adding around cian of the company was called
ronmental norms to recover cost was clearly mentioned in the order", any law and order situation, it is cades erected there," the faculty Jammu and Kashmir, who neither hospital from the quarantine cen-
pandemic and cannot be dealt member said. tres and their contact tracing is 40-50 patients used to undergo who told that the PCB Board of
of restoration of environment official sources said, adding "the have any travel history nor they dialysis daily here but after out- the RO Plant has been damaged
from violators to give effect to shocking aspect is that even till date with the same measures that are She added the police told are contacts of any positive on.
put to use during any typical them that they were not their Nine persons of Jammu dis- break of Coronavirus, the num- and it needs to be replaced.
the statutory mandate of the the Municipal Council Udhampur patients,'' the sources pointed out, ber of beneficiaries has come Dr Sharma said that the
Water Act", a Bench of the has not initiated steps to ensure sci- law and order situation; and servants. "We got up and tried to adding this is a new phenomenon trict were tested positive today.
such a change in the mindset remove the barricades our- They included two women- down to 30. Principal GMC Jammu, Dr
National Green Tribunal headed entific disposal of the solid waste". which was worrying the authori- "SSH Jammu is the lone hos- Nasib Chand Digra today dis-
has to come from the top," he selves, but they shouted at us ties. one aged 65 and another 40 years
by its Chairperson Justice "All this has clearly estab- pital in Jammu where dialysis is cussed the matter with
said. like anything. The CRPF men Asserting that the threat is not old, hailing from Janipura, both
Adarsh Kumar Goel has men- lished that protection of envi- being done even during spread Divisional Commissioner
On the other side, while the started the shouting and the yet over, they said the people of whom under administrative
tioned in the order, the copy of ronment is least priority for quarantine after their return from of COVID-19 pandemic. Jammu, Sanjeev Verma and
which is available with EXCEL- those at the helm of affairs in the earlier incident of detaining the J&K police joined them," the reporting positives other than the
doctor was still in the news, doctors said. quarantine centres will lead to Gurugram (Haryana) and New Government Hospital, Gandhi arranged special travel passes
SIOR. Housing and Urban Delhi. Nagar has also 4 dialysis for the company official who
The order further read: "While Development Department", Chief Medical Officer (CMO), They said that it took them more hotspot areas across the
Bandipora Dr Tajamul Hussain at least 30 minutes to get out of Union Territory as entire locality A 33-year-old travel agent machines but one of them has has to come with the required
this Tribunal has directed levy of sources said while disclosing from Chorli, Bishnah, who had been kept for dialysis of COVID part of the RO Plant from
compensation mandatorily, it can- that on persistent default of was stopped and was not there. The senior doctors had to where a person tests positive for
COVID-19 is declared retured from New Delhi along positive patients while 3 others Panipat.
not be read to mean that for viola- Municipal Council Udhampur allowed to move beyond a naka call their Medical
Containment/Red Zone. with his wife and daughter and have been reserved for dialysis "The company has assured
tion of law for the earlier period, the matter was even taken up set up by the police after the Superintendent, who then had to was under administrative quaran-
CMO was scheduled to visit a call the concerned SHO. They said the people need to of COVID suspects," sources that the requisite part will reach
the Tribunal has deprived the with the Principal Secretary to tine at a hotel, has tested positive
nearby quarantine centre. "Only after that we were exercise utmost caution while vis- said. "In such circumstances, Jammu tomorrow and if it goes
statutory authorities from recover- Government, Housing and for the virus. A 32-year old youth
The concerned health offi- allowed to proceed ahead, oth- iting offices, shops or other places where the poor dialysis patients by its commitment, the RO Plant
ing compensation. It is not the case Urban Development from Trikuta Nagar also tested
cial was seen protesting after he erwise we were stuck there," the of work and markets by maintain- will go,"? they questioned. will be functional by tomorrow
of the applicant that law has not Department with the request to ing social distancing; wearing positive tonight. A woman from
was stopped by the police in a doctors said. They further said that even evening or Thursday morning,"
been violated inspite of directions get the practice of illegal dump- masks etc. and take all other pre- Indreshwar Nagar, R S Pura in
video that was circulated on Confirming, the incident, ASCOMS & Hospital, Sidhra said the MS. He added that they
and timelines laid down by the ing and unscientific disposal of cautions issued in the guidelines Jammu district has also tested
social media platforms. Medical Superintendent of Lal has two RO Plants. "One is used might operate the dialysis
Supreme Court". waste stopped. listed from time to time by the Corona postive.
Dr Tajamul told Excelsior Ded Hospital Dr Shabir An Army soldier, who was a at a time and another has been machines by direct supply of
"Even otherwise, the applica- "It is really a matter of serious Health Ministry, Centre and UT
that despite knowing every- Siddiqui told Excelsior that it resident of Platan in Pallanwalla kept as standby for such emer- water but as that might be risky
tions are not maintainable as statu- concern that instead of asking the Governments.
thing, the policemen did not was unfortunate that the senior- tehsil of Akhnoor and had gency situations but surprisingly for the patients so they avoided
tory appeals are provided. Even if Municipal Council Udhampur to On second day of resumption
ensure scientific disposal of solid allow his vehicle to proceed most doctors were stopped. He returned from New Delhi along such a big Government Hospital that.
the application is treated as appeal, of air operations, six flights today
the same is beyond the period of waste the Housing and Urban towards the quarantine centre. said that he will apprise the with his wife and kin, today test- like SSH Jammu do not have He said that they have sought
reached Jammu Airport carrying any backup RO Plant," they the help of ASCOMS &
limitation and the period for which Development Department advised "I had to call my Deputy higher-ups about the daily hap- 177 passengers and left with 246, ed Corona positive. However, his
delay can be condoned under the CEO of the Council to knock Commissioner who told me to penings of this sort and will wife and kin tested negative. All regretted. Hospital for dialysis of their
Director Airport Parvat Ranjan
Section 16 of the NGT Act, 2010", the doors of the National Green handover to the policeman on demand action. three were under administrative When contacted, Medical emergency patients till their RO
Beuria told the Excelsior. Three
the order said, adding "period pre- Tribunal against the order of the duty, but they just yelled at him The doctors who were flights each came from Srinagar quarantine at a private hotel. The Superintendent (MS), SSH Plant is made functional and its
scribed for filing appeal is 30 days Pollution Control Board", sources and did not budge. It was only stopped said that their resident and Delhi today, he added. jawan has been sent to hospital. Jammu, Dr Arun Sharma said management has agreed to their
which can be extended by further said. when a DySP reached the spot doctors keep on complaining Beuria said in three New Another jawan, aged 30, tested they have both CMC and AMC request and assured that after 2
and apologized and our vehicle about such incidents on and off. Delhi flights, 38, 35 and 79 pas- positive in Kaluchak. He had with a company named pm, they can consider the
COVID cases rise to 1.47 lakh was allowed to move," he said. "This is very unfortunate and sengers arrived while from travel history of Haryana.
A 23-year old boy from
Fregenius and today the techni- patients from SSH.
Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil further. A professor and a couple of should not happen at all," they Srinagar the numbers in three air- Sudden stoppage of water in 2 Kathua canals
crafts were extremely low at 11, 2 Muthi, 32-year-old man from
Nadu as well, while Delhi, At a press briefing, Health senior faculty members of Lal said. Satwari who had returned from
Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Ded Hospital in Srinagar were Meanwhile, the Doctors and 12 respectively. He added by Punjab Govt hits sowing of paddy crop
that 35, 75 and 38 passengers left Haryana, and two youth aged 26
Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Karnataka Agarwal said, "The recovery rate harassed today evening after the Association Kashmir (DAK) and 40, who were under quaran- decision on the part of Punjab headworks is held from ending
and Andhra Pradesh also figured in the country continues to police and paramilitary person- announced that black band for Srinagar in three flights for
Jammu while in New Delhi tine centres and had returned Government has also put the December to middle of April
among the States and Union improve and is presently 41.61 nel did not allow them to pro- protests across Jammu and from New Delhi and Haryana, Irrigation and Ravi Tawi depart- every year. But what compelled
ceed further. Kashmir will be held following bound aircrafts, there were 32, 38
Territories reporting new cases. per cent. The COVID-19 fatality have also tested positive in ments of J&K UT into trouble as the Punjab Government to go for
A female faculty member back to back episodes of man- and 28 persons on board.
Some experts flagged an rate has reduced from 3.3 per cent Jammu district. All of them were the employees of the the restoration work this time
Two flights landed at Leh
urgent need for more intense sur- on April 15 to 2.87 per cent which told Excelsior that she along handling and harassing the doc- under quarantine. Department are facing the wrath when the sowing season is on
Airport carrying 179 passengers
veillance and monitoring in areas is among the lowest in the world." with several other doctors trav- tors. from New Delhi and left with 34, Four workers of Kathua dis- of farmers as both Kathua as peak and paddy seedlings have
where migrants have returned to In its morning update, the eling in their private vehicles "We are announcing a one Director Leh Airport Sonam trict, who had travel history, today well as Ravi Canals have turned also grown in the fields at various
contain the outbreak and warned Ministry said the COVID-19 were not allowed to move. day black band protest on Norboo said. tested positive for COVID-19, dry for last three days after the places which are dependent on
that their tallies may go up due to death toll has risen to 4,167 and "There is a faculty parking Wednesday (27 May) against Meanwhile, 5071 migrant District Magistrate Kathua OP Punjab Government started the irrigation water for their survival.
resumption of domestic flights on the number of cases has climbed from the backside near the the excesses by Government workers were today dispatched Bhagat said, adding that they restoration of Madhopur When contacted, Executive
top of the special trains and to 1,45,380 in the country, regis- Children Park, we left from forces against the healthcare by the J&K Government in three have been shifted to the hospital Headworks. The farmers Engineer, Irrigation Division,
flights. tering an increase of 146 deaths there and were stopped near the providers," president DAK Dr special trains from Katra to Bihar, from quarantine centre. dependent on irrigation water Kathua Braham Jyoti said that
The Union Health Ministry, and 6,535 cases since Monday 8 stadium and were not allowed to Suhail Naik said. Nodal Officer and CEO Shri A 26-year old youth of for sowing the paddy crop and water was stopped suddenly in
however, said the recovery rate AM. It put the number of active Ramban with travel history of
for COVID-19 cases in the coun- cases at more than 80,000 and Lockdown has failed: Rahul Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board
(SMVDSB) Ramesh Kumar told Kerala tested Corona positive
summer vegetables cultivated in
the vast belt of twin districts
the two canals of J&K being fed
by the Madhopur Headworks
try has seen an upwards trend and recoveries at over 60,000. the Excelsior. today.
ardly and takes ad-hoc measures There are many critical ques- have gone dry, sources added. including Ravi Tawi and Kathua
is better than many other coun- However, a PTI tally of fig- Kumar said so far 21686 Four more persons were today
during the non-lockdown peri- tions that the Government is not treated for Coronavirus and dis- Sources said before going Canal. He said the paddy sowing
tries, while the fatality has fallen ures announced by different od, the country will face a sec- providing us answers to, which migrant workers have been sent ahead with the decision of starting has started in the Kathua belt
States and UTs, as of 9.30 pm, put to different States from Katra charged from the hospital taking
ond wave of coronavirus which need to be addressed urgently, the restoration works of and the farmers worries have
WEATHER the total number of confirmed will be "extremely devastating". he alleged. including Madhya Pradesh, number of total recoveries to 11,
Medical Superintendent CD Headworks for 10 days the Punjab naturally increased as the water
cases across the country at Chhattisgarh and Bihar.
JAMMU : The Congress leader asked Gandhi said the Prime Hospital Jammu Rajeshwar Government was supposed to supply needed for the crop has
Partly cloudy 1,47,505 and a death toll of 4,268. An official statement issued
the Prime Minister to play Minister had said the war Sharma said. inform its counterparts in J&K as been hampered.
TEMPERATURE It also showed a higher number of by the Union Territory
Max: 41.9 Degree C aggressively on the front foot against Coronavirus would be Meanwhile, in a rare incident the two canals supplying water to He said that his Department
recoveries at over 63,500. (PTI) Government said they have so
Min: 25.6 Degree C and tell the country on what he won in 21 days, but 60 days a horse has been home quaran- thousands hectares of irrigation was not informed by the Water
RELATIVE HUMIDITY far evacuated 94,621 stranded
intends to do moving forward. later, it is now clear whether the tined while his owner has been land in J&K have turned dry when Resources Department of
RH-I (Morning):
RH-II (Evening):
22.0 per cent
22.0 per cent
DISCLAIMER He said the Prime Minister who lockdown has not been able to
persons of Jammu and Kashmir
in buses through Lakhanpur, sent to administrative quarantine the Kharif season has started and Punjab Government of the deci-
Sunset on Wednesday: 07.29 p.m. ‘‘Daily Excelsior’’ does not initially played on the front foot defeat the virus. in Thannamandi area of Rajouri sowing of paddy crop is on peak sion which they were supposed
Sunrise on Thursday: 05.25 a.m.
special trains which were almost
take responsibility for the has now gone on the back foot With the number of new regularly reaching at Udhampur district. which is totally dependent on irri- to before start of restoration
SRINAGAR:
Partly cloudy contents of the advertise- as he is not seen. cases increasing exponentially, and Jammu Railway Stations "A team of police intercepted gation water. work.
TEMPERATURE ments (Display/ Classified) He, however, said he did not he said, it is clear that the Prime and flights. a man today evening who had The farmers, while express- Executive Engineer, Ravi
Max: 31.7 Degree C
carried in this newspaper. rate Modi's performance saying Minister and his Advisors had "So far, 33 trains have land- travelled to Rajouri district from ing their ire against the unilater- Tawi Division, Kathua, Sudesh
Min: 13.2 Degree C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY The paper does not endorse he is not a professor and "that underestimated the scale of the ed at Jammu and Udhampur Kashmir via Mughal road along al decision of Punjab Kumar also said that his
RH-I (Morning): 56.0 per cent the same. Readers are would be inappropriate for me to battle India had to launch to Railway Stations from different with his horse in Thanamandi Government said that last year Department higher ups were not
RH-II (Evening): 29.0 per cent do". defeat coronavirus. States and UT carrying around area," Chandan Kohli, SSP their Kharif crop was also informed by the Punjab
LEH: requested to verify the Rajouri told the Excelsior.
Gandhi further said if money The Prime Minister was 26797 stranded passengers destroyed due to heavy rains and Government as the water for
TEMPERATURE contents on their own before He said that the man was hailstorm in the Jammu belt in irrigation to paddy crop is need-
Max: 24.2 Degree C is not given in the hands of the quick to take centrestage in the while 67172 persons have
Min: 8.0 Degree C acting there upon.’’ returned home in buses from intercepted along with the horse the month of November - ed at this juncture by farmers.
poor and small and medium early stages of this battle,
industry, there could be "serious Gandhi said, adding now he has Lakhanpur, the gateway to and immediately put under quar- December and they also fear He said the Ravi Canal feeds the
Edited, Printed, Published by Kamal Rohmetra and owned economic damage" in the coun- stepped back when his leader- Jammu and Kashmir in Kathua antine for having a travel histo- worst this time again with the irrigation land in both Kathua
by Daily Excelsior. Executive Editor Neeraj Rohmetra. try as he sought to know the ship is most needed. district,'' the official statement ry. sudden stoppage of water at a and Samba districts up to
Printed at Daily Excelsior and Excelsior Printer Pvt Ltd, government's plan to support However, he said said. "We have sent the horse time when the farmers have Vijaypur and naturally stopping
Janipura, Jammu and published from EXCELSIOR HOUSE, migrants and various States in Governments in Congress- It added that 478 stranded owner to administrative quaran- started the sowing of paddy crop of water in the canal has worried
Janipura, Jammu 180007 (J&K). Phones: 2537055, 2537901, passengers returned to J&K via tine but kept the horse in-home and other summer vegetables. the farmers in this entire belt.
fighting the COVID-19 pandem- ruled states are fighting
2539178. Fax: 0191-2537831 and 2530272 Editor's Lakhanpur during last 24 hours quarantine till further action," Farmers asked why the He said "we get 200 cusecs
ic. valiantly against the virus, but
Residence: 2431830, 2433288. E-mail: editor@dailyexcel- while 763 persons reached in 13th Kohli said adding that decision Punjab Government did not initi- of water for Ravi Canal from
"We want to ask the they are struggling because the
sior.com. Advertisement Manager Ajay Mengi 9419187959. train from New Delhi to Jammu. on conducting sampling or test- ate the renovation work of the Basantpur and 100 cusecs from
Government, what is their strat- funding that the Central gov- ing of the animal depends on the
For Advertisement queries: advt@dailyexcelsior.com. Meanwhile, 27 persons today Madhopur Headworks in the Lakhanpur while the Kathua
egy as far as India's opening up ernment should have made report of his owner.
Residence Nos: Jammu Bureau Chief: Sanjeev Pargal tested positive for Coronavirus in beginning of April when there Canal which is maintained by
is concerned and what precau- available to them has not been Jammu region including nine in Meanwhile, an administra-
(2538475), Special Correspondents: Mohinder Verma tions they are going to take, how forthcoming. was no need of irrigation water Irrigation Department of J&K
(9419185803), Gopal Sharma (9419180803), Avtar Bhat Jammu district, four each in tive official expressed that the which is the harvesting period of gets 200 cusecs of water. This
are they thinking and how they "What India is facing now Samba, Poonch and Kathua, two caretakers have been directed to
(9419142184), Nishikant Khajuria (9419143132), Srinagar are going to support the is a result of a failed lockdown. Rabi crop. They said the restora- way J&K will not get 500 cusecs
Office: 2 Pratap Park Srinagar. Phone: (O) 2450213, New in Udhampur and one in Ramban use Personal Protective tion work of irrigation canals and of water for 10 days," he added.
migrants and our states?" he It is pretty clear that the four district. Equipment (PPE) kits while
Delhi Advertisement Office: 3/15, INS Building, Rafi Marg. asked. stages of lockdown have not Four members of a family dealing with the horse and he
Chief: H.S. Paul 9810068545 (M), 25465596, 23327178 He said it is important that given the result that the prime including a 40-year old man from will be monitored by veterinary
3 injured in shell explosion
(O), 23350331 (Fax). Mumbai Advertisement Office: C/o the Government share concrete minister expected," he said. village Dodi in Surankote tehsil experts till four weeks period of said that the condition of one of was not extended by the then
S. J. Business Centre, Islam Building Room No. 17/18, Ist plans for how it intends to deal He said though he does not of Poonch district, his two sons quarantine. the injured is critical. In past, Government. After that, Army
Floor, 46 Veer Nariman Road. Chief: K.S. Nitin with the migrants crisis and how wish get into why the govern- dozens of people have lost their launched a sanitization drive to
9322509953 (M) 22883904, 22821859 (O) 22845484 it plans to scale up testing which ment failed, but with the dis- Ladakh LG meets PM lives while scores of others clear the live old shells in the
(Fax). is urgently needed. He also said ease profile not reducing and is Rajnath Singh and Home ing, the Lieutenant Governor of injured due to explosion of old area.
To subscribe Excelsior Internet Edition, send-e-mail at: the government should seek the shooting up instead the govern- Minister Amit Shah in next cou- Ladakh is understood to have shells in the meadow. However, few incidents of
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JTFRP starts work on Div Com visits Zanskar Sub-Division,

Sidhra-Surinsar road project
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: With the
start of work on the upgradation
of 18.30 km long Sidhra-Surinsar
road project, Jhelum Tawi Flood
Recovery Project(JTFRP) funded
by the World Bank has started
BJP leaders during a press conference at Jammu on Tuesday. work on various infrastructure
projects across the Jammu
BJP committed to fulfill promise Division.
The work on the project was
150 mm Wet Mix Macadam and
Granular sub-base (G-II) 200mm.
He said other components of the
road upgradation include con-
struction of six pipe culverts,
1084 metres of breast wall, 652
metres of lined drain, 2800
metres of crash barriers and 833
metres of parapet.
Dr. Abid directed the engi-
neers and contractors to ensure
that the work be completed with-
takes stock of development works
Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, May 26: Divisional
Commissioner/ Secretary UT
Ladakh Saugat Biswas made two-
days visit to Zanskar Sub-Division
to take stock of the on-going
Former Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta kickstarting works and people’s grievances and
blacktopping of Rani Talab road on Tuesday. demands.
He was accompanied by the
Kavinder kick starts blacktopping District Magistrate Kargil Baseer-
ul-Haq Chaudhary. Councillors,
and other required measures as per
the set protocols.
The Div Com also took a
detailed review of the status of
implementation of Jal Jeevan
Mission (JJM) to provide and safe
and adequate piped drinking water
to every household by 2024 and
instructed officers concerned to
work with zeal and enthusiasm for
the implementation of the scheme
in Zanskar Sub Division so that

of 50,000 jobs: Vibodh Gupta

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) has promised
50,000 jobs to the youth of J&K
and party is committed to fulfill
it. The initial process for the
same has been started by UT
administration by notifying
10,000 jobs and recruitment
process will begin from June,"
said BJP J&K general secretary,
Vibodh Gupta while addressing a
press briefing.
He was accompanied by State
secretary, Arvind Gupta, chief
whip Municipal Corporation,
Jammu, Parmod Kapahi and
office secretary, Tilak Gupta.
Vibodh strongly asserted that
the Modi Government is reli-
giously and sincerely working to
ensure employment for all in
J&K. He said, "there will be fair
and just distribution of jobs con-
sidering the destitute and ignored
sections of J&K. He further said
that BJP is the most preferred
Director Agriculture reviews arrangements
for smooth supply of fertilizers
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: In back-
drop of COVID-19 pandemic, a
review meeting was held today
at Krishi Bhawan, Talab Tillo in
order to discuss the various
issues related to smooth supply
of fertilizer during the Kharif
2020-21 in both divisions of the
UT under the chairmanship of
Director of Agriculture, Jammu,
Inder Jeet, who is also the con-
troller of fertilizers for J&K UT.
The meeting was attended
by Ch. Mohd Iqbal, Joint
Director Agriculture, Inder Jeet chairing a meeting at Jammu
on Tuesday.
Director Agriculture
(Extension) Kashmir, S.
Inderjeet Singh, Deputy
Director (Central) Jammu, A. H.
Salaria, Assistant Director Law
Enforcement Jammu, Bahadur
Ram, DGM IFFCO Jammu,
Prem Lal, State Manager NFL,
Swatanter Sharma, State
Marketing Manager, IFFCO,
Manish Jain, Manager
Marketing CFCL, Divyansh
Verma , Representative IPL,
and Akhil Vaid, DBT coordina-
tor JK UT.
Issues concerning smooth
supply of fertilizers in the UT of
J&K, excess stocking reflected
in Mobile Fertilizer
Management System (MFMS)
portal particularly in Kashmir
LIC launches Pradhan Mantri
Vaya Vandana Yojana
party by youngsters in J&K.
Lambasting opposition parties
Vibodh said that national security
is paramount and therefore oppo-
sition should restrict themselves
from promoting false propaganda
on Domicile & abrogation of
Article 370. He said that J&K has
rejected their false propaganda
and exhibited their faith in vision-
ary politics of Prime Minister,
Narendra Modi and Home
Minister, Amit Shah. He said the
notification of 10,000 jobs will be
followed by more developments
in other sectors including the pri-
vate sector and tourism.
BJP secretary, Arvind Gupta
said that history will remember
Modi Government as the glorious
era for J&K. "During BJP
Government J&K witnessed rev-
olutionary changes in every
front," he added. He said that
party is committed to the welfare
of common people and every step
for the development of J&K will
be taken.
valley and POS machines were
discussed thread bare in the
meeting.
Speaking on the occasion,
Inder Jeet directed all the partic-
ipants to work in coordination
to sort out all fertilizer related
issues and strategize how to
upload the real time data of fer-
tilizer stockings till date on
MFMS portal.
Taking note some irregulari-
ties at wholesale level, he
instructed the enforcement
agency of the department to
look into the matter seriously
and take action against violators
including cancellation of fertil-
izer license. He further said that
fertilizer is the main input for
agricultural and Horticultural
crops and any lacuna from any
quarters is unacceptable in time-
ly stocking/supply of the fertil-
izer in the UT.
Inder Jeet called for full
facilitation of fertilizer dealers
in up gradation of POS
machines to 3.0 version imme-
diately. For training of fertilizer
dealers on operating POS
machines, he instructed the
Coordinator DBT J&K to con-
duct trainings through video
conferencing and short videos
in local languages on “How to
operate POS”.
today formally kick started in
presence of Chief Executive
Officer, JKERA/JTFRP, Dr. Syed
Abid Rasheed Shah, who last
week during a meeting had direct-
ed the engineers and contractors
to start work on the road and
bridge projects in Jammu
Division after guidelines were
issued by the Ministry of Home
Affairs, and J&K Union Territory
administration for resumption of
developmental activities while
following the Standard Operating
Procedures (SOPs) as stipulated
in guidelines.
On the occasion, it was
informed that work on the sub-
project is estimated to cost Rs
16.70 crores and will be further
strengthened by laying of flex-
ible pavement which will com-
prise 04 layers of 30 mm
Bituminous Concrete, 70 mm
Dense Bituminous Macadam,
Officials of Lupin Ltd giving essential items to Director I&C gather the data of the problems
Anoo Malhotra.
Lupin Limited extends
helping hand to people
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: M/s
Lupin Ltd.,Bari Brahamana
throug their CSR function
Lupin Human Welfare and
Research Foundation
(LHWRF) donated about 1500
three ply masks and 700 bottles
of hand sanitizers to Director
Industries and Commerce
Jammu for further distribution
to the people affected by the
COVID-19 epidemic. The items
will be delivered to the front
line Corona warriors like doc-
tors and paramedics in the
peripheral hospitals.
It is pertinent to mention
here that Lupin Human
Welfare and Research
Foundation (LHWRF) has
already donated INR 21 crores
to PM CARES Fund and good
volume of food items like rice,
flour, pulses, sugar, salt, edi-
ble oil etc. was distributed to
migrant labourers/needy fami-
lies in surrounding areas of
Bari Brahamana. Vinod Raina
Chrungoo meets Chief Secy,
raises important issues
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Ashwani review the policy and the issue of
Kumar Chrungoo, senior BJP and "registration" of the "migrants" be
Kashmiri Pandit leader, met Chief stopped forthwith.
Secretary, J&K, BVR
Subramanyam, at Civil Secretariat, framing of a 'Citizens Charter' for
here today and discussed a number the RC Department that would
of important issues with him. publicly declare the duration in
in the stipulated timeline of 12
months to prevent cost overruns
of Rani Talab to Ashram road
on the project and also directed Excelsior Correspondent
that all SOPs like social distanc-
ing and health and hygiene JAMMU, May 26: Giving a
push to the development activities
measures be strictly implemented
in Gandhi Nagar constituency, for-
during execution of the work for
mer DyCM and ex-MLA Gandhi
prevention against the COVID-19
Pandemic. Nagar constituency, Kavinder
Gupta kick started the blacktop-
The upgradation of Sidhra
ping work from Rani Talab to
–Surinsar road project will bene-
Ashram road. The work will be
fit 5 lakh people living in the
executed by the PWD.
area as it would give a boost to
Gupta on the occasion also
tourism in the region by reducing
interacted with people and took
the travel time to the famous
stock of their day to day problems
tourist destinations of Surinsar
and Mansar in Jammu divisionbeing faced by them due to the
COVID-19.
which are visited by thousands
of tourists every. This would The people projected various
developmental issues which were
usher in a new era of socio-eco-
mainly related to upgradation of by
nomic development in the region
lanes, water supply, sanitation, etc.
besides providing the people of
Gupta assured them to take up all
the region with better access to
the works of by lanes for upgrada-
education, health and employ-
ment opportunities. tion which are in deplorable condi-
tion and have already been
approved for the same. He said
soon the ongoing COVID-19 pan-
demic will be overcome and the
funds would be with the elected
councillors of JMC and thus the
developmental works will get a
boost, he added.
He said the party workers from
BJP and elected councillors should
reach to the door steps of the peo-
ple to aware them about the
Centrally sponsored schemes and
being faced by the inhabitants so
that the genuine demands are met
in a phased manner.
Gupta was accompanied by
BJP district president-Vinay
Manager, Tushar Chaudhari
Sr. Executive and Satish Saraf
Sr. Executive were present on
the occasion.
It is pertinent to mention
here that the industrialists of
Jammu have donated maks,
sanitizers PPE kits, Thermal
Scanners, Sanitizers, Ration
kits and other items during the
lockdown due to COVID-19.
Pertinently, the industrial
sector of J&K has also donated
about Rs 32,11,000 in cash in
various relief funds like PM The representatives of Shree Amar Kshatriya Rajput Sabha
presenting photo frame of Maharaja Hari Singh to RK Chhibber,
Cares Fund, J&K Relief Fund
and State Disaster Management
Authority.
Chairman of J&K Bank in his office in Jammu.
The Director I&C, Jammu Kshatriya Sabha presents Maharaja Hari
Anoo Malhotra thanked the
industrialists and appreciated Singh’s photo frame to Chhibber
their efforts. She also appealed
Excelsior Correspondent
to the other industrialists to
come forward and help the
JAMMU, May 26: As a tribute
needy.
to the contribution of Maharaja
The CSR initiatives are
Hari Singh for the formation of
being performed as per the
J&K Bank, president Shree Amar
directions of Commissioner
Kshatriya Rajput Sabha, Thakur
Secretary I&C Manoj Kumar
Pavitar Singh today presented a
Dwivedi.
photo frame of the Dogra king to
RK Chhibber, the chairman of
J&K Bank for installation in his
office.
Highlighting the socialist
approach of Maharaja, Pavitar
added. Singh said that our state was
He said "time has come to blessed to have the leadership of
Hari Singh as he brought many
social changes during his regime.
“Maharaja was a visionary and
Chrungoo also suggested
his religion was justice to all
which he practiced during his rule.
He made primary education com-
Gupta, councillor, Ward-45, Raj
Rani, Sat Pal Choudhary, Naresh
Singh, Raj Singh Randhawa,
Narinder Koki, Sahil Mahajan,
Ritika Dhiman, Vinod Sharma and
Vicky Choudhary among other
prominent citizens of the area.
He also said the projects for the
up-gradation of drainage system
for the Gandhi Nagar constituency
areas such as Shastri Nagar, Rajiv
Nagar, Kalika Colony, Gangyal,
Gandhi Nagar, Chhanni Himmat,
Bathindi and other localities have
either been completed or soon
work will be started and they will
be completed before rainy season
starts. After the up-gradation of the
approved drainage systems in the
areas people will be relieved of the
problem of water logging during
the rainy season.
Gupta said, "Our karyakartas
are doing tremendous services in
different types of activities during
the Corona crisis from providing
helpline numbers to various cate-
gories as per the needs''. He
appealed public to follow the
guidelines issued by the
Government to fight against the
pandemic so that it is mitigated at
the earliest.
Vinay Gupta and councillor
Raj Rani complimented former
Dy. CM and MLA Gandhi Nagar
for his sincere efforts for overall
development of the constituency
and reaching out the public during
the lock down period and provid-
ing them with the ration kits and
other utility items.
pulsory, introduced laws prohibit-
ing child marriages and opened
places of worship to the lower
castes,” said Singh and added that
the installation of the photo frame
of the Maharaja was a small tribute
to him after 80 years of the estab-
lishment of the J&K Bank.
R K Chhibber thanked presi-
dent of the Sabha for presenting
the photo frame of the Maharaja
and reminding his role in the for-
mation of J&K Bank with the help
of businessmen and other promi-
nent citizens of the erstwhile J&K
state during his regime.
Others who were present on
the occasion included Abhijeet
Singh Jasrotia, Ashish Katoch,
Kuljeet Singh, vice president,
Retd. Col Sushil Singh Pathania,
Rakesh Singh and Pawan Manhas.
representatives of religious orgnai-
sations and Sub-Divisional level
officers were also present.
Div Com met with the joint
delegation of Zanskar Buddhist
Association, Anjuman Moin-ul-
Islam and Gonpa Association and
delegation of Councillors
Div Com Ladakh Saugat Biswas chairing a meeting at Zanskar.
LAHDC-K, Block Development
Council members, Karsha Gonpa,
Sarpanches, Lambardars, Muslim
Youths and Women Association
and a delegation of Merchant
Association.
Div Com gave a patient hear-
ing to all the grievances and
demands of the people of the
Zanskar valley and assured of
early redressal of the same.
He also chaired a meeting with
the head of the departments of
Zanskar Sub-division and reviewed
their functioning. While inquiring
from the SDM Zanskar and other
officers concerned about the pace
of progress of various ongoing
developmental works, Biswas
instructed them to complete the
works within the stipulated timeline
while laying due focus on quality
and quantity parameters.
Biswas directed the BMO
Zanskar to furnish a detailed pro-
posal about the requirement of
machinery and equipments at
CHC Padum so as to provide the
patients with all modern facilities
at the health institution. He also
instructed the ZEO Zanskar to
ensure submission of the detailed
plan for reopening of schools
highlighting social distancing
measures, hand washing, hygiene
DSS terms HC's recent
orders as landmark
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Amid strict
observance of social distancing
and other Coronavirus preventive
precautions, the Dogra Sadar
Sabha (DSS) J&K held a press
conference at Sabha Bhawan,
Dogra Hall, here today.
Th Gulchain Singh Charak,
former Minister and President DSS
along with other office bearers
addressed the media persons.
Boosted by the High Court's
recent verdict on varied timings
and their long outstanding and
repeatedly projected demand of
doing away with the 'darbar move',
the Dogra Sadar Sabha welcomed
the High Court order to do away
with the 92 year old practice of var-
ied court timings.
Calling the order a much need-
ed litigant friendly decision,
the objectives of the mission are
implemented in letter and spirit.
He along with the DC Kargil
visited Karsha, Sani, Shella and
several other villages and interact-
ed with the public representatives
including BDC Chairpersons,
Sarpanchs and Panches as well as
prominent citizens of these areas
to know about their developmental
needs and grievances.
The locals projected their
demands and grievances which
mainly included the augmentation
of drinking water supply and
mobile communication, posting of
doctors at CHC Padum, reopening
of schools and other related
demands.
Responding to the issue of
doctors, the Div Com also gave on
spot directions to DC Kargil to
ensure that the recently transferred
doctors join their duties at CHC
Padum within 2 days time.
The Div Com also instructed
the Executive Engineer PWD
Zanskar to restore all water supply
schemes in the area within a
week’s time besides also ensuring
that the remaining work of Padum
Motorable Bridge is completed
within a month.
Biswas assured the locals that
the issues related to mobile con-
nectivity would be addressed soon
by taking up the matter with Jio
Company and other telecom oper-
ators. He also informed the locals
that to facilitate students and read-
ing enthusiasts, steps would be
taken to open libraries in every vil-
lage of the Sub Division.
for the whole year from both the
capitals i.e. Jammu and Srinagar
simultaneously.
Charak elaborated that the aim
of his meeting the press was to
reach out and appeal to seek the
support and views from all Jammu
leaders representing the political,
social, religious, intellectuals, opin-
ion makers, traders and other
organizations of Jammu about the
various issues projected by the
Dogra Sadar Sabha J&K as the
oldest and historical organization
of the State.
"The DSS had started the
Jammu festival as a platform for
local talent, artists and artisans. It
was a window to showcase Dogra
culture and traditional Duggar folk
music and dances in two weeks
long district wise celebrations.
Over the years, it was reduced to an

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26; The
Government of India has intro-
duced Pradhan Mantri Vaya
Vandana Yojana (Modified-
2020), with modified rate of
pension for citizens aged 60
years and above.
LIC of India is solely autho-
rised to operate this scheme.
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana
Yojana (Modified- 2020) is a
non-linked, non-participating,
pension scheme subsidized by
the Government of India.
This plan will be available
for sale commencing from May
26, 2020 for three financial
years i.e. up to March 31, 2023.
This scheme can be purchased
offline as well as online from
LIC of India.
Policy term is of 10 years
and for policies sold during the
first financial year i.e. up to
March 31, 2021, the Scheme
will provide an assured rate of
return of 7.40% p.a. payable
monthly (i.e. equivalent to
7.66% p.a.) for the entire dura-
tion of 10 years .For the policies
sold during the next two finan-
cial years, the applicable assured
rate of interest, at which the pen-
sion payment shall be made, will
be reviewed and decided at the
beginning of each financial year
by Ministry of Finance,
Government of India.
Total amount of purchase
price under all the policies under
this plan (UIN: 512G336V01)
and all the policies taken under
earlier versions of Pradhan
Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
(with UIN 512G311V01 and
UIN: 512G311V02) allowed to a Chrungoo also presented books which the cases would be
senior citizen shall not exceed titled, "A Saga of Sacrifice- Praja resolved and finalised by the
Ind, Cong Councilors demand fumigation
office and also
Rs 15 lakhs.
The scheme can be pur- display the rela- drives as Corona cases increase in city
chased by payment of a lump tive departmental Excelsior Correspondent slowed down. It is very unfortunate
sum purchase price. The pen- head responsible that even red zone areas are being
sioner has an option to choose for the decisions. JAMMU, May 26: Congress ignored," the memorandum read.
either the amount of pension or The Health and Independent Councilors of "There is a strong need to
the purchase price. At the time Insurance Jammu Municipal Corporation increase men and machinery but
of purchase, the pensioner can Welfare Scheme (JMC) here today staged a protest there is a shortage of Safai
choose monthly/quarterly/half in the UT may be demonstration demanding resump- Karamcharis," it said.
yearly or yearly mode of pen- initiated for the tion of fumigation drives in the city The protesters claimed that
sion. general public as cases of deadly COVID-19 pan- development work in the city is
now which was demic have increased in Jammu. being done on pick and choose Former Minister and President DSS Th. Gulchain Singh
The minimum purchase
price for monthly mode is Rs delayed due to The protesters tried to take out basis and demanded PPE kits for Charak addressing media persons in Jammu on Tuesday.
the COVID lock- a rally to Raj Bhavan to submit a doctors, paramedical staff and —Excelsior/Rakesh
1,62,162, for quarterly mode Rs BJP leader Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo pre-
1,61,074, half yearly the same is senting a book to CS BVR Subramanyam at down situation Charak said that the order will go a outsourced expensive one day pro-
Rs 1,59,574 and for yearly mode Civil Secretariat Jammu on Tuesday. keeping in view long way in reducing the suffering gramme displaying Punjabi music
Rs 1,56,658. the PM Narendra of the litigants and the time and through paid artists. We demand
The maximum pension one Modi's vision in quantum of pendency cases, revival and proper organization of
can get under this Scheme will Parishad Movement" and "Adv. regard to "Aushman Bharat" to adding that it has brought J&K Jammu Festival in its original
be Rs 9,250 per month, Rs. P.N.Bhat-Symbol of struggle & include all the "registered Union Territory one more step form," Charak maintained.
27,750 per quarter, Rs 55,500 sacrifice" to him. migrants" in the scheme irrespec- closer to rest of the nation obliterat-
Chrungoo said that the tive of their family income and
* Watch video on
per half-year and Rs 1,11,000 ing the 'special status syndrome'.
per year. recruitment of youth in the current location. www.excelsiornews.com
Talking about the High Court's
On survival of the pension- Government and semi- Chief Secretary, BVR observation on 'darbar move', He said that DSS admired and
er during the policy term, pen- Government jobs in the UT is of Subramanyam made it clear that President DSS called it a landmark fully supported the domicile cer-
sion in arrears (at the end of paramount importance. The the recruitment process will have verdict which may impact the his- tificate decision and welcomed the
each period as per mode cho- process should start in the month a timeline and the Government Congress and Independent Councilors of JMC during a tory of J&K bringing solace, com- 18th May notification, adding
sen by the pensioner) shall be of June this year and the results proposes to initiate and process protest demonstration at Jammu on Tuesday. fort and justice to both the regions however, it has been very harsh by
payable. should also come out in a stipulat- the recruitment during this year in of the Union Territory, which were not granting the domicile to
On death of the pensioner ed time. all circumstances. The PM pack- deprived of governance for about Gallantry Awardees and families of
memorandum to the Lt Governor, Safai Karamcharis.
during the policy term, the pur- Chrungoo said that there was age recruitment for the displaced G.C Murmu but cops stopped them Implementation of 73rd and seven months and will save the those Armed forces and PMFs per-
chase price shall be refunded to a great potential for reform in the Kashmiri Pandits for the remain- midway. 74th Constitutional Amendment fruitless draining of well over Rs sonnel who have laid their lives in
the nominee/legal heirs. On sur- Relief Organisation which ahs ing posts will also be completed The protesting Councilors Acts in J&K UT was another 600 crore per annum. line of duty while defending or
vival of the pensioner to the end been responsible for registration by August 15 this year.
* Watch video on demand of the protesters. He said the decision taken by protecting J&K.
of the policy term, purchase displaced people. This process of Interviews for all categories of The protesting Councilors Maharaja Ranbir Singh during Charak reiterated the earlier
price and the final pension registration has been going on for class 3 posts will also be done www.excelsiornews.com included Gourav Chopra, Dwarka 1872 was to checkmate Russian demand of removing the barriers
installment shall be payable. the last three decades. Due to the away with. The reform process in alleged that no attention is being Choudhary, Ashok Singh Manhas, designs in Afghanistan; promote blocking the road in front of the
Loan upto 75% of purchase positive changes that have taken the RC office will be put on prior- paid to recruit sanitation workers to Kamal Singh, Prof. Yudhivr Singh, economic interests and road con- Secretariat.
price is allowed after 3 policy place over the last one year, the ity and things will move to bring overcome the shortage of man- Pritam Singh, Bhanu Mahajan, nectivity up to the northern bor- During the press conference,
years. The scheme also allows issue of forcible migration stands succor to the people. He said that power and demanded the resigna- Rajni Bala, S. Sucha Singh, Ritu ders; that needed close and physi- the DSS President was accompa-
for premature exit for treatment ruled out. Keeping the issue of the Health Insurance Scheme for tion of JMC Mayor, Chander Choudhary, Anita Sharma, Sobat cal supervision in those days of nied by PS Gupta, GA Khwaja,
of any critical/terminal illness of "migration and registration" open all the residents of J&K will be Mohan Gupta. Ali, Shamma Akhtar, Rajinder poor transportation. Col (Dr) Virendra K. Sahi,VrC,
self or spouse .The surrender goes against the fundamental implemented soon once the "The Coronavirus cases within Singh Jamwal, Inderjit Kour, The DSS demanded that after a Gambhir Dev Singh Charak,
value payable in such cases shall spirit of the policy drafted and Pandemic situation is brought the JMC limits are increasing and Mohi-ud-Din, Ghar Singh Chib successful trial this year, the secre- Amanat Ali Shah and Sdr
be 98% of purchase price. evolved three decades ago, he into near control. the process of sanitization has been and others. tariat should continue to function Hakumat Singh.
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Sino-Indo face-off in Ladakh
Sarvadaman Indo conflict." The recent transgressions by Chi- Demchuk Sector where the Indus flows. Reacting eye in the region. The '" provocations and disturb-
na should not be taken lightly as sometimes these to such ambitious moves of China, the Indian ing behavior by China reflects its expansionist

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ino - India tensions have started escalating
Historic and innovative decision in a few more sectors along the border in
Eastern Ladakh, Sikkim and other
minor pin- pricks could result into snow balling
of heightened tensions which otherwise could be
detrimental to the overall peace, stability and tran-
Government has so far adopted conscious
approach despite grave provocation from Chinese
end by referring to such face-offs between the two
mindset in the region which has resulted into a ral-
lying of like- minded Nations whether in the
ASEAN or coming together of Nations through

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n an era of bringing in necessary changes in
the system wherever it impliedly calls for and
when obsolete practices, stale and weary pro-
cedures , time consuming and not so pro people
'conventions' are being replaced by such changes
which are required in tune with the demand for the
same all over, a historic and momentous decision
has accordingly been taken in respect of timings
of operation of all courts in the UT of Jammu and
Kashmir and in the UT of Ladakh. It may be
specifically noted that a practice in vogue for 92
years in a row, had thus finally to be consigned to
the pages of history. Uniformity, consistency,
homogeneity and what is called as 'sameness' are
seemingly now heading towards getting a niche in
the existing system hence all courts in Jammu
division shall open at 10 am with one hour break
and close at 4 pm while in Kashmir division these
shall open half an hour late , ie; at 10.30 am with
one hour break and close at 4.30 pm.
We feel that the decision is a giant step taken
towards protecting and rather respecting the rights
of the litigants and, therefore, deserve all praises.
The practice of change in court timing has
become a sort of an obstacle in ensuring equal
access to courts to all litigants as litigants from far
flung and mountainous terrains find it quite difficult
and trying to reach courts by 8 am in summers .
These litigants , willy-nilly , could claim that they
felt deprived of their fundamental right to seek
relief and redressing of their grievances from
courts and ultimately in the dispensation of jus-
tice . Therefore, if bringing in uniformity in court
timing with courts across the country is termed as
litigant friendly and a sincere effort in dispensation
of justice, it would be only a correct and fair
assessment.
In fact , more or less, court timings across the
country are uniform and similar except in
Rajasthan and that too, for three months of April,
May and June only when the mercury shoots up to
areas.Eastern Ladakh particularly has been wit-
nessing the heightened tensions after a violent
clash between the lndian and Chinese troops in the
Pangong Tso sector on 5th-6th of May,2020. This
violent clash between the rival troops has result-
ed into injuries to troops on both sides.. It is to
mention here that the same area has been the site
of clashes and confrontations in the past also. As
a result of recent clash,both India and China have
reinforced their troop deployment in the area. It is
also learnt through reliable sources that not only
troop reinforcement as well as mobilization but
also fortifications had taken place in the strategi-
cally important areas like Demchok, Chumar and
Daulat Beg Oldie.
Now,the Galwan Valley has emerged as a
flashpoint after the Chinese troops had pitched
some tents near a river and had also brought in
some boats in the area. Besides taking these steps,
China had also undertaken some kind of construc-
tion activity which has been opposed by Indian
troops near the Galwan river. While India is pos-
itively defending her boundaries,China is unnec-
essarily resorting to provocative and aggressive
measures to escalate tensions in the area. Indian
leadership is showing sagacity and wisdom to
tackle the matter amicably by way of indulging
in the back channel diplomacy. China is having
boundary problems with many countries includ-
ing Vietnam and India as well. Some sources said
that the dragon has started flexing muscles to
intimidate different Countries including India.
But these unholy tactics of China are not going
to work against India. India believes in the poli-
cy of peaceful Co -existence but this policy of
India has been oftenly mistaken by some neigh-
boring countries like China and Pakistan. Both
these hostile neighbours always try to push in their
hidden agenda to achieve their respective nefari-
ous objectives. This is despite the fact that India
has been completely transformed and possesses a
credible level of nuclear detterance to safeguard
her territorial integrity and sovereignty. Signifi-
cantly, it is to mention here that "the Galwan area
remained a flashpoint even during the 1962 Sino-
Economic wars are the new norm
Harsha Kakar Venezuela, in most cases even
without UN approval, bear mer-
quility in the area. Further, China is totally unre-
liable country having her own ambitious expan-
sionist plans to lay claim over the territories of
other neighboring countries. China has become
habitual of pitching tents in disputed areas,which
is often followed by way of undertaking some kind
of construction activity and this has become a sort
of re-curring tactics of People's Liberation Army
(PLA) of China over the past several years.
If we look at such Chinese tactics minutely, it
will become clear that in the year 2013, there was
also an intense military face-off that lasted for
nearly 21 days and this 21 days period also wit-
nessed the two rival armies pitching tents and
indulging in banner drills after it was reported that
the PLA troops had intruded almost 19 kilometers
deep inside the Indian territory mainly in the Dep-
sang Bulge area of the DBO sector. Likewise, in
2018, the Chinese troops had intruded into the
sought to move for a trade deal,
after fake initial posturing. It
armies from time to time as incidents arising due
to the different perceptions of the boundary lines
between India and China.Recently, General Mk
Nanavane has maintained that "Such things hap-
pen when there is a change of Commander on the
ground. A new Commander wants to show that he
is different from the others. This is the reason a
face-off usually occurs. "Taking due cognisance
of Chinese transgression in Eastern Ladakh,
Ms.Alice wells,outgoing US Assistant Secretary
for South and Central Asia maintained that
"Ladakh, South China sea are reminder of threat
posed by Beijing. " She further maintained that
after several instances of Chinese incursion by
land and air across the line of Actual control, such
face-off between the Indian and Chinese troops
occurred. Even the Chinese helicopters were seen
operating in Eastern Ladakh ,thereby, prompting
India to dispatch her fighter jets to keep hawkish
Taiwan and demands for its backed by its public.
readmission into the World China also broke European
diplomatic groupings like the trilateral alliance
with US,Japan and India or the Quad.The Quad
refers to a grouping of US,India, Japan and Aus-
tralia. The current willful transgressions by Chi-
na should be viewed seriously, otherwise , China
would continue with her low level arm twisting
tactics.
No doubt, US has supported India but the Indi-
an Army is capable of dealing with China on its
own. Thus, time has come to modernize the vari-
ous branches of Army on war footing basis to
achieve a credible level of readiness to effective-
ly deal with both China and Pakistan. China has
already opposed the granting of Union Territory
status to Ladakh without any valid reason. The
open interference of China in India's internal
affairs deserves condemnation by all patriotic
forces. The inept handling of COVID-19 by Chi-
na in wuhan has been condemned by almost all
the leading nations across the world. Had China
shared valuable details about COVID-19 during
the early stages, the things would have been quite
different across the globe today. Already China
has behaved irresponsibly and created mess for
people globally, thereby, putting in jeopardy eco-
nomic activity to a large extent worldwide. Chi-
na is facing heat of her irresponsible actions as
many countries including Japan, US ,UK etc.have
started relocating their industrial assets from Chi-
na. Recently, US has delisted leading Chinese
companies from trading in US stock exchange and
many such punitive actions are already in pipeline
to isolate China.
Indian security establishment should redraw
and review both long term and short term plans
to counter the repeated misdeeds of rogue coun-
tries like China and Pakistan in order to protect
India's long term security and economic interests.
With Modi as P.M. the effective synergy could be
achieved to protect India's vital interests in all
spheres. Let's hope that Good sense should pre-
vail over Chinese leadership in days to come for
overall peace and stability in the region.
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and Indo-China economic com-
petition. Its Global Times stated

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as high as above 50 degrees Celsius. Even the conomic actions are cur-
rently preferred options
Supreme Court located in Delhi, which sees tem- for powerful nations to
peratures from April almost till November which display their disapproval and
are much higher than those in Jammu, functions impose punishment on adver-
saries. Wars involving the mili-
from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm through out the year tary are costly in political,
without any change. The timing of the courts dif-
human and economic cost, pun-
ferent for summer and winter seasons respective- ishing economic actions are not,
ly , therefore, was not in congruence with all other especially for the nation impos-
ing it.On the contrary, the nation
courts in the country. Chief Justice of High Court
hit by imposition of additional
has, therefore, ordered that all the courts in both tariff or economic sanctions, the
the UTs will follow uniform timings round the year results can be financially devas-
tating.
irrespective of weather conditions terming more Economic pressure has, on
than 9 decades practice as "negatively impacting occasions, changed Govern-
valuable constitutional rights of the litigants." ment thinking, compelling them
to toe desired lines. It has bro-
Rhetoric of 'harsh weather ' conditions could not
ken alliances and regional
have any impact on the decision to follow uniform grouping. There are also
timings as temperatures in Orissa, Punjab, Tamil instances of the nation standing
Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana etc were as one against economic pres-
sure from a known adversary or
higher , if not harsher, than in the UTs of Jammu bully, Australia being a recent
and Kashmir and Ladakh. example. Economic actions
The beauty of the manner in which the critical range from enhanced tariffs to
economic sanctions. The effec-
decision and breaking a hitherto considered as
tiveness of economic sanctions
irreversible practice was all arranged, is on the increases when it is backed by
basis of a detailed discussion with all the stake military force.
holders including Judges of the High Court, President Donald Trump
prefers employing economic
Judicial Officers and representatives of the Bar measures against adversaries,
Association. Hence with acquiesce of everyone rather than military force. Sanc-
in respect of and also directly related to the tions against Russia, Iran and
change , an innovative decision was taken which
was set to be implemented right from June 1 or a
few days from now.
Uniform timings have more advantages and
could be helpful in disposal of cases with greater
Government schools also fair better
Showkat Ahmad Wani
ease. Calling for documents and papers required
it. To enforce its writ, the US uni-
laterally threatened nations
which sought to bypass its sanc-
tions. The power of US sanc-
tions flows from the centrality of
its financial system in the glob-
al economy, and the dollar's sta-
tus as the world's dominant
reserve currency.Iran and
Venezuela are currently facing
internal dissent with a dwindling
economy,especially with the
Coronavirus spreading unabat-
ed.
International commerce is
two sides of the same coin. It is
dependent on demand within the
recipient nation and the ability to
produce with the seller. Multiple
nations produce similar prod-
ucts, the difference between
them lies is quality and price. It
may not be possible to alter
prices but easy to reject on
grounds of quality. Such rejec-
tion is also a form of economic
actions.
The US trade war with Chi-
na, commencing with placement
of additional tariffs on Chinese
goods, impacted the Chinese
economy. China always banked
on the US market for demands.
With enhanced tariffs, demands
dropped.This began destabiliz-
ing the Chinese economy and it
Government school students
often help their families in domes-
was aware that it would be the
ultimate loser. An adhoc trade
deal was signed in Jan this year
providing some relief to China.
With the spreading pandem-
ic, Trump's rhetoric against Chi-
na is rising by the day. The trade
deal is all but off with possibly
additional tariffs being imposed.
The added threat of moving US
manufacturing out from China,
partially back within the US and
balance in friendly nations,
would hurt China as never
before. It is being forced to
rebound and attack nations
which would gain from China's
loss.
Major Chinese companies
bank on the US market for fund-
ing and hence prefer to register
themselves on US stock
exchanges. The US Senate deci-
sion, last week, to de-list Chi-
nese companies from US stock
exchanges would hit these com-
panies hard. China has no retal-
iation to this unilateral US
action.
Added to this is loss of Chi-
na's global credibility, with
nations demanding a probe into
the origins of the virus and sub-
sequent handling by China. Dis-
play of anger against China
implies growing proximity to
teaches with satisfaction as he has
to teach only 5-6 classes for the
Health Assembly. China
responded with vigour employ-
ing two strategies. Nations
located in proximity faced mili-
tary threats, while nations locat-
ed at a distance faced economic
actions.
Australia was the first nation
to be economically targetedby
China. China was employing the
strength of its large market to hit
Australia economically. China
turned down Australian beef for
Russian, claiming it did not
meet Chinese standards. This
was the first time in decades that
China took such an action. It
also refused to procure Aus-
tralian barley and iron ore. The
reasons were flimsy, but inten-
tion was evident. It was to com-
pel the Australian government
from backing US criticism
against China. China visualized
that this would lead to internal
pressures on the Australian gov-
ernment compelling it to back
down.
The Chinese government,
adding insult, refused to take a
call from the Australian Trade
Minister and termed Australia
as the 'most loyal US attack dog.'
For Australia, it was a battle of
economy versus principles.
Australia struck to principles,
19 management duty. Contrary to
this the private school teacher has
Union unity in taking a joint
stand against it by enticing Hun-
gary. Hungary refused to join
the EU in backing for observer
status for Taiwan and has also
permitted Huawei to establish
5G networks within the coun-
try,as it is dependent on Chinese
funding.
With the world economy in
recession, nations feared Chi-
nese Government owned enti-
ties taking over key sectors and
companies surreptitiously.
Thus, countries including India,
have passed laws against it,
angering China, which has
realised that its global econom-
ic influence would be impacted.
The decision being taken by
multiple Governments, includ-
ing from Europe, Japan and the
US of moving manufacturing
units out from China has led to
panic within the CCP. It has
begun countering this move by
challenging possible recipient
nations including India, Viet-
nam, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Its proximity to these
nations enables it to display
increased aggression against
ASEAN nations in the South
China Sea and Indian along its
borders. China has begun ques-
tioning India's economic rise
Saturdays),and stationary items,
which at most of the places are
in an editorial on 05 May, 'inten-
sified Sino-Indian (economic)
competition lies ahead.'
With the ongoing pandemic,
Chinese firms have almost
stopped production as global
orders have reduced. Internal
reports indicate workers
protesting lack of salaries while
demanding reduced rents. Chi-
nese investments in its signature
Belt Road Initiative is also
impacted. Recipient nations are
unable to repay Chinese loans,
seeking extensions, while the
contracting Chinese economy
places restrictions on future
Chinese investments. Hence, in
the ongoing economic war, cur-
rently, China is the loser.
Economic wars are on,
despite nations moving into
recession. China adopting the
economic option of targeting
adversaries, is almost alone.
Ultimately, it is China which
would face economic
downslide, loss of credibility
and markets. Its offensive eco-
nomic and military actions are
making it lose allies. At some
stage, it may be compelled to
rethink.
The author is Major General (Retd)
feedbackexcelsior@gmail.com
ent circumstances ,but what about
rest 90% of parents who may be

for hearing the cases from offices and institutions
which generally open at 10 am would be quite
helpful for litigants especially the Government
departments, as the timings between the courts
and the UT departments were not coinciding
which resulted in hardships to litigants as also
caused delays in hearing and disposal of cases.
Taking the alibi of
COVID reports
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ducation Department
came out with an order
wherein parents were
advised to pay the tuition fees to
the private schools for the lock-
down period, so that management
of these private schools is able to
pay their teachers their wages and
the poor teachers may not suffer.
Due to this development new
debate has begun on social media
regarding this decision of the
Government and different ver-
sions are put forth regarding the
tic chores and in far flung /back-
ward areas, children of secondary
class miss sufficient no. of school
days, for they venture out for
working as labour to supplement
the dwindling economy of their
families. In comparison, the stu-
dent of a private school comes
from an affluent family having
educated background and is nev-
er supposed to help their families
in domestic chores, not to think of
their kid going to earn for their
family. In Government schools
whole day.
On the other hand in Govern-
ment schools, at primary level for
five classes, we have maximum of
three classrooms and two or three
teachers for teaching all five
classes, each teacher has to teach
12- 14 classes in five hours and
the justice he would be able to do
with his assignment is not diffi-
cult to conclude.Same is the case
with our upper primary Govern-
ment middle schools where we
have five classrooms for lodging
not to perform these types of
duties and he devotes all time to
his teaching profession.
It is a fact that a lot of highly
educated , talented youth join
these private schools not as a first
choice but as a compulsion to earn
a few bucks till they get some
Government job or some other
means of livelihood, where they
can at least fulfill the basic needs
of his/her family, educate his/her
siblings, which otherwise is
impossible in his/her assignment
also provided to the children from
these schools itself, however there
may be a few exceptions .Invest-
ment in a private institution is
purely a business plan with the
sole motive of earning money
which no one can deny and
through above activities such
plans are meticulously executed.
One fails to understand that when
the management of these private
institutions earn millions of
rupees through different means
because of these teachers, why
pondering and struggling to make
both ends meet for their families
and will not be in a position to
respond positively to the human-
itarian issue of private teachers
raised by the managements of
these schools.
The Government schools like
Ranbir Higher Secondary School
Jammu , HSS Kothibagh , SPHSS
Srinagar , District Higher Sec-
ondary Schools and a number of
others , where there is sufficient
staff and required infrastructure

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hould a patient visiting a Government hospi-
tal for recurring dialysis treatment be asked
to submit coronavirus test report as a pre-
condition ? Should, again, a patient needing
urgent surgery to save life be asked for such report
as a precondition etc are certain vital questions
which must be answered by those responsible to
treat human beings in critical conditions in hospitals
run by the Government. Most of the victim patients
and their attendants feel that in many a case, such
alibi is resorted to just to avoid the urgent treatment.
Is there any order from the Government to that
effect that latest COVID test reports should be
insisted upon as a mandatory condition? Besides,
such a report was not available instantaneously
after samples taken but after three days and till
then, should the patient be allowed to go critical to
irretrievable levels?
While we all are beholden and praises for the
medical fraternity and the para-medical staff in
respect of their total commitment and sense of serv-
ice and duty towards treating the virus infected per-
sons and otherwise dealing overall with the pan-
demic , however, some instances of glaring unre-
sponsive and avoiding tactics like the ones under
development. In addition per-
formance of private school teach-
ers is being compared with gov-
ernment school teachers and the
later are ridiculed and looked
down up,not today, but every time
such issue is discussed. It is estab-
lished fact that private schools
show better results in 10th and
12th board examinations. The
results of private institutions
remain more than eighty percent
and our Government schools
show results round about sixty
percent. The contribution of pri-
vate institutions to the education
sector is praiseworthy and can not
be overlooked but at the same time
Government schools can not be
ignored in terms of achievements
they exhibit irrespective of the
shortcomings in the system which
are beyond their control. Let us
first try to understand what differ-
entiates the two sides that places
them poles apart. Our Govern-
ment schools have children of
lesser God coming from those
families which are economically
downtrodden and their families
lack educational background. Our
students are always lacking nec-
essary stationary items as their
parents seldom afford while as a
student of a private school is
always in possession of every-
thing that is required for teaching
learning. A Government institu-
tion has to admit every Tom ,Dick
and Harry and can not deny
admission to any one , can not
admit students on the basis of a
written / viva voice test ,and even
have to admit those students who
are expelled for one or other rea-
son by other schools, whereas our
private schools admit students
strictly through tests (written
/viva) and in many cases even
parents are also made to sit in the
examination to see if they have
educational background. Thus
the private schools always ensure
that they admit best talent from the
society. If we will compare infra-
structure , the private schools are
having best infrastructure in terms
of well furnished classrooms,
seating arrangements, laborato-
ries, toilet, electricity and drink-
ing water facilities. There are suf-
ficient teachers and a teacher
eight classes and routinely four to
five teachers and each teacher has
to teach 10-12 classes daily. The
Government teacher has to prove
his worth as manager mid day
meals , Polling Officer or Presid-
ing officer in election, enumera-
tor or supervisor in census. He
also acts as BLO for election com-
mission of India assignment,
Supervisor for health audit, socio
economic census , examination
duty and the latest one i.e covid-
as a private teacher.
The maximum private institu-
tions have amassed fortunes
because they get huge amounts
from the parents in the name of
huge admission fees, annual fees,
bus fees, identity card fees, excur-
sion fees and what not. In addi-
tion, a parent has to dole out and
lighten his pocket for books, (nec-
essary/unnecessary), uniform not
single but two or three types, (at
places different for Fridays and
they play victim card at the time
of any tragedy like flood, political
insecurity resulting in long shut-
down, or the situations like the
recent pandemic Covid-19, which
forces the closure of schools for
months together.
They put at front the unem-
ployed educated youth (their
teachers) before the society and
announce that if people pay
tuition fees, these unemployed
will get wages and if people do not
pay, these teachers will suffer.
Paying fees to the schools is obli-
gation of every parent but one fails
to understand, could not have the
management and unions of these
business units decided to pay
these educated and talented youth,
at least some succor from the
earnings they have amassed with-
out playing the victim card. After
normalization of situation the par-
ents may have been asked to pay
the fees. Mere 4% parents are
Government employees , and less
than that are dealing with essen-
tial services whose income more
or less continued and could pay
tuition fees to the schools in pres-
come out with praiseworthy
results and during the last decade,
the trend is changing and the Gov-
ernment schools are grabbing
places in first twenty positions of
board results. Such things make it
amply clear that Government
schools can also compete with the
private institutions but they have
to be provided adequate staff and
requisite infrastructure. The
administration , the society needs
to understand that in-spite of
aforementioned innumerable
lacunae in the system, coming out
with round about 60% results in
board exams needs to be admired
and appreciated and ridiculing/
mocking the Government teach-
ers often now and then is not sen-
sible. There may be scope of
improvement on part of govern-
ment teachers, there may be teach-
ers who shrik work, but generaliz-
ing the whole community is not
fair dealing. The problems in the
system are not in their control and
need to be addressed at higher lev-
els of administration.
(The author is I/C Lecturer Pol.Sc HSS
D H Pora Kulgam)
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reference, are uncalled for and unacceptable. (The views expressed by the authors are their personal)
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Minimizing the cost of Lockdown Pandemic Politics Anil Anand

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Bharat Jhunjhunwala green signal to enter. All per- mented social distancing. How- can then be “locked down” in about 21,000. Each coach will tomatic treatment. The Union OVID-19 pandemic- as India struggles hard to overcome
sons having come in the contact ever, this has imposed a huge case a positive case is found. In require, say, three Corona Government can send packets

B
razil has adopted the
approach of facing
Corona head-on. They
have accepted the fact of large
numbers of people dying and,
hopefully, the remaining devel-
oping immunity. No wonder, at
the time of writing, the numbers
of cases in Brazil were 1464 per
million people against 58 for
China and 86 per million for
India. These cases impose a
huge economic cost. Econo-
mists used the concept of “Years
Life Lost” to value such deaths.
The amount of money a person
is willing to pay for living an
additional year multiplied by
the number of years lost
becomes the economic value
lost because of a death. Brazil
has incurred an economic huge
cost—and counting—because
of these deaths. The emotional
cost is also huge.
China, on the other hand,
has adopted contact tracing to
successfully control the spread
of Corona Virus. All persons
venturing on the street have to
have an app on their phones that
tells the Government of their
movements. They have to iden-
tify themselves at the door of a
restaurant. The sensor checks
their temperature and gives
of a person found to be Corona-
positive can be traced through
the app and quarantined. The
economic cost is less because
economic activities can resume
with full speed. However, suc-
cessful implementation of this
approach requires a proactive
Government machinery to trace
the contacts and to quarantine
them. The situation can become
much worse if quarantine is not
strictly implemented. Another
negative is that leakage of such
data can be devastating. For
example, a thief can know when
you are not in the house. The
Government can also track its
political opponents. Yet anoth-
er problem is that Chinese cul-
ture considers the King as
beneficent and the king recipro-
cates. Indian culture considers
the King as oftentimes perverse
and expects the “Brahmin” to
restrain him. The Brahmins,
alas! have abandoned their this
responsibility. As a result the
Indian King is bereft of any con-
trol and can easily go haywire.
Surveillance in such situation is
a sure recipe for disaster. I am
not in favour of this approach
for these reasons.
New Zealand and Kerala in
India have successfully imple-
economic cost. People have
been left without work for long
periods. Economy has come to
a standstill. Bigger danger is
that infections can come in a
second wave once the economy
is opened.
The Brazil model is not suit-
able for us because of the emo-
tional- and economic costs of
large numbers of deaths; and the
China model is not suitable
because we value our political
freedoms. The only option
available to us is to implement
the Kerala model of social dis-
tancing combined with raising
immunity to prevent a second
wave of infections. The way
forward is to open up all pro-
ductive activities—industries,
construction and even schools
where a specific set of persons
are coming in contact with each
other—and ensure isolation of
this set with rest of the society.
The Government can appoint
“Corona Inspectors” and ask
the establishments them to pay
for their services. This can be
initially allowed for in-situ
works. The establishments can
be required to establish bar-
racks for the stay of their work-
ers. Schools can be asked to go
residential. The establishments
this way we can start large num-
bers of productive activities and
also ensure quick isolation in
case of an infection. We had 58
lakh Government teachers at
the primary level in and 21 lakh
at secondary level in 2011. The
Government can close two-
thirds of the schools having less
enrollment and shift those stu-
dents to larger residential
schools. That will release about
one-half or, say, 40 lakh teach-
ers. Those released can be made
Corona Inspectors and their
services can be “sold” to the
establishments wanting to
restart. This will reduce the
financial burden on the Govern-
ment. Even otherwise they can
be given this duty. Eight persons
have been quarantined in my
village while four Government
teachers are getting salary-
without-work. The Govern-
ment can easily ask these teach-
ers to do 8-hour shifts to ensure
the success of the quarantine.
There will be no additional cost.
Similarly, the numbers of
operative railway stations and
trains can be reduced by two-
thirds. The total numbers of pas-
senger coaches run by the rail-
ways was 62,000 in 2016. The
railways can reduce these to
Inspectors in 24 hours or total
63,000 Inspectors. The number
of employees of the Indian Rail-
ways was 12.3 lakhs in 2019.
About 20 percent or 2 lakhs can
easily be released by the reduc-
ing the number of stations and
trains. These can be appointed
as Corona Inspectors to ensure
social distancing in every
coach. The number of busses
can similarly be reduced and the
released drivers and conductors
can be made Corona Inspectors
on those that are running.
Needless to say, cost of pro-
duction in our factories will
increase due to the arrangement
of the barracks for workers, the
fare of trains and busses will
increase due to lower occupan-
cy due to social distancing. But,
and this is important, the econ-
omy will resume at full pace.
The second step that must be
considered is to implement our
traditional wisdom in tackling
the Corona crisis. We have used
turmeric, basil, neem and gin-
ger since ages to increase the
immunity of our people. The
Government of Uttarakhand
sent a bottle of sanitizer to my
home—free of cost. I heartily
congratulate the Government
for this. But this is only symp-
containing turmeric and other
immunity-increasing material
every month to all the house-
holds in the country free of cost.
The supply of these materials
will create jobs and economic
activity. The Government can
also include a bottle of Ganga
Water in the package. The
National Environment Engi-
neering Institute Nagpur has
found that waters of Upper Gan-
ga have an “unparalleled” num-
bers of beneficent viruses called
bacteriophages. These can pre-
vent the entry of the disease-
creating Corona Virus in the
lungs. Other studies show that
inhalation or topical application
on skin can led to the beneficent
bacteriophages entering the
human body. Unfortunately, our
medical establishment is driven
by big pharmaceutical compa-
nies that do not like cheap-, eas-
ily accessible and harmless
remedies for diseases. They
want the Government to put its
money in ventilators that have
to be produced by big compa-
nies and plasma therapy that can
be subsequently sold by big
Pharma.
(The author is formerly Professor of
Economics at IIM Bengaluru)
feedbackexcelsior@gmail.com
this serious challenge with the number of virus affected
cases having crossed the one lakh figure, there is a raging
debate on the Governments', both Centre and the states, response
on this front. The debate is likely to get shriller by the day and
rightly too. The logical end to this debate should be a fair assess-
ment of our strengths and weaknesses so as to prepare the system
for any such future challenge.
This seems unlikely and the root cause of this unlikelihood
lies in the nature of Indian democracy, and also the nature of polit-
ical leaders- it changes and varies from being in the opposition to
be on the treasury benches. As we are in the midst of fighting the
deadly virus the strong ruling party and the scattered and
sequestered opposition parties seem nowhere to be near giving an
impression of waging this fight back in a united manner. This is
not the time for blame-game but certainly for a fair assessment
even at the levels of the public, as to how much the Governments
have been able to deliver on ground. It should also entail assess-
ing their politics-whether it was focused on public welfare or on
electoral issues.
The biggest crisis that the pandemic has unfolded, as its off-
shoot, is that of the migrant workers. From Kashmir to Kanyaku-
mari, and from Kutch to Arunachal Pradesh there is a steady stream
of lakhs of workers taking all available modes of transport, and if
not that walking on foot irrespective of the distance to reach their
villages and towns. Is it a panic reaction or are they really running
for their lives to the psychological safety of their homes and
hearths? It is a mixture of both resulting due to the abject failure
of primarily the Centre and to some extent several state govern-
ments to adopt a coordinated approach and inability to foresee the
events.
The manner in which the migrant workers issue has been mis-
handled is a glaring index of the failure of the governing system
on many fronts. The handling lacked both planning and above all
the compassion. It was due to lack of coordination that the Con-
gress and BJP's UP government led by Yogi Adityanath had been
fighting on the road on the issue of former offering to provide
1000 buses for ferrying migrant workers and the latter refusing
on one pretext or the other. The refusal or acceptance could have
been done in a more dignified manner. Ultimately the fight turned

Of Durbar move and other issues

Yoginder Kaul, IPS Retd
suffered immensely both on account of militan-
cy and remaining is nibbled by Noval Corono19
ed adequate work to address the earning capaci-
ty of reverse migration of all able bodied and edu-
ing within six months, impacting their lives. A
small number was ready who had lesser domes-
out to be political with the migrant worker ending up becoming a
football.
Notwithstanding the tall claims being made by the powers that
be, the governance system has been thoroughly exposed in its
entirety. It has been exposed at the levels of the Centre, and it has
been exposed in the states irrespective of the colour and creed of
the political party ruling there. Making tall claims is endemic to

D
urbar move was a necessity while inte-
grating the state of J&K in nineteenth cen-
tury when state was formed after Mahara-
ja Gulab singh took reign following a treaty with
English empire in 1846.This was necessitated to
make an organic entity with vast territorial juris-
diction of three diverse regions which included
Gilgit ,Baltistan,Ladakh and two main regions i.e
Jammu and Kashmir in 1871.The regions were
at variance on most of the factors of culture, eth-
nicity, language, habits besides physical features
of rugged terrain of Karakoram on northern side
but was strategically important for Britishers
against Russians expansionist empire who had to
encroach other areas to get access to warm areas
towards sea route.
The Durbar move strategy secured many
goals till the fresh reorganisation of state on
August 5,2019 in integrating the inorganic enti-
ty into organic mass well to be called largest
domain of the then Maharaja. A part of which
was forcefully and illegally occupied by kabalie
raiders aided and abetted by the then newly cre-
ated Pakistan when the state was about to accede
to India on the basis of its secular ideals in
1947.The autocratic state lasted more than a cen-
tury besides adopting the practice of Darbar
move in 1872 by Maharaja Ranbir Singh to give
equal attention to both regions when Valley and
Ladakh used to remain cut off for more than six
months.Then the same got truncated and one
third of our land is held by so called POK illegal-
ly and further venturing to create further instabil-
ity through their proxies for last three decades
resulting in bloodshed and uncertainty in this
region with tampers always on high with cross
border cease fire violations during the current
year.This they did after undertaking three
attempts which failed ,due to peoples resistance
and through exercise of franchise and peoples
Government after 1947 besides superior might of
our country.
The Durbar move policy was carried forward
after 1947 by Awami Government by the peo-
ples representative Government which resulted
in overall development of all the three regions
though there had been occasional discomforts
among the regions but were addressed by the then
dispensation relieving them with some relief to
some extent. The over all development is visible
but much remains to be done still, with aspira-
tions growing seeing progress of our neighbour-
ing states.
The Corona pandemic which has entered into
4 th phase , bringing the decline in economic
activity and large scale migration of all daily
wagers and students back to their native places
following complete lockdowns of life and eco-
nomic activity. A new challenge after 149 years
is to be addressed on priority to save each rupee
to be spent for the welfare of citizens of J&K who
these days .It will take a long time to recover to
reach where from pandemic corono started
spreading its tentacles.
It is a view, that we can think off to keep the
UT secretariat for at least at one place for a min-
imum period for ten years with UT assembly ses-
sion held in other part of region giving equal
importance to both regions.Already the infra-
structure for housing the offices and residential
facilities exist that have been created with a prop-
er maintenance deptts. with annual budget to care
for their upkeep over past seven decades.
All the Deptts have separate regional direc-
torates in the both regions, functioning independ-
ently with adequate powers delegated. Besides,
the IT aid is presently in operation to monitor all
the Distt Hqts by way of periodic interaction to
keep the UT Hqts apprised with latest develop-
ment and follow up of monitoring.. A few senior
positions can be upgraded by way of a Financial
Commissioner delegating more powers to over-
see the admin affairs of Division to further
strengthen and oversee subordinate Divison
offices which will have maximum impact in pres-
ent functioning and productivity is certainly to
improve with. No office time will be lost as cer-
tain places have less than eight months of work-
ing time with the transit time of one month lost
in a year .Many important decisions are delayed
which gets relegated and lose their timely effi-
cacy till fresh files are traced and correspondenc-
es made on subject.
The Panchayati Raj institutions need to be
strengthened with more delegation of powers and
made to work at grass root participation to make
panchayats nodal agencies to gear the develop-
mental activity. The MGNREGAS and other
rural employment generating schemes be provid-
cated person to take benefits in their own villages,
who lost jobs in view of lockdown and declining
economical activity and create assets in their
local area for general utility.
Already the UT Govt in past have compiled
all important aspects on urgent needs which a
village is falling short during Back to Village pro-
gramme exercise.The available manpower with
technical skill can be best used to make the vil-
lages and urban centres Atamanirbar to a large
extent with the already schemes announced by
the Govt and recently by Union Finance Minis-
ter also .
The infrastructure of Health needs major
push to provide health care for detection of coro-
na patients with isolation wards,ICU and Quar-
antine centres till proper procedural treatment is
available to treat patients with such
symptoms.Further the benefits of Ayushman
Bharat scheme is made to all who require treat-
ment within state. It need to percolate down to
the needy persons along with the new Medical
colleges already set to be made properly
equipped and functional by utilizing the profes-
sional service and attract best talent to multiply
our Health human and parastaff resources.The
same needs to be extended to other important sec-
tors viz. education,social service, Jal Shakti
Deptts,Power,Local Bodies with emphasis on
adequate sanitation cover and manufacturing
protective gear against Corona.Disaster manage-
ment which has acquired importance to build
capacity at local level before it assumes danger-
ous potential to manage in time of emergency
such natural and man made disasters.
Initially this Darbar was not liked by the offi-
cialdom who thought it brings lot of inconven-
ience to the officials in settling and again shift-
tic responsibility used to enjoy as an excursion,
but the same became an attraction in last few
years with largesse being showered on the offi-
cers and official of Rs. 20000/per move regular-
ly in six months each getting multiplied twice
with good accomodation to most move employ-
ees maintained/hired on Govt expenses at a dis-
tance of 300 kms from each state Capital.The vol-
ume of officials with large paraphernalia got
increased to more than five thousand from 33
Deptts. with the incentive of both allowances for
dislocation, free transit time of two weeks .It
must be an unique example in the present age
when a region suffers most in all aspects, the seat
of Govt remains away. A class cropped up enjoy-
ing best of the two worlds when we have large
scale unemployment besides a huge number of
daily wagers appointed at different times who
remain languishing after spending major portion
of life fighting for their rightful dues by way of
protest and demonstrations on opening of each
durbar at both the places to redress their genuine
issues. A class of smart civilians who used to hop
at both places had special skill into secretariate
corridors to move files .The state has among the
largest number of service petitions pending in
Hon'ble courts for administrative decision on
many important issues, many of them are sen-
iority and framing of rules in the deptts which are
vital for administrative functioning. This gave
rise to highest number of litigations due to rea-
sons known best to the who supervise the func-
tioning of those Deptts when officials are clam-
ouring to have a separate bench of CAT in UT to
address their grievances.
We can, think of keeping rotational capital
Hqts for a period of ten years that can bring effec-
tiveness in administrative set up to address the
urgent issues of development of infrastructure.
This can boost rural development measures to
make best use of resources saved to be used for
manpower training,use local raw material,
increase power generation ,road connectivity
and irrigation canal facility net work to those
areas which are falling short of it.Introducing fast
growing cash crops, horticulture ,tourism, giving
quality employable education with skills at plus
12 level.The traffic jams and air pollution levels
can be kept under check.This can save around
Rs.400 crores annually which was pointed by
Hon'ble High Court J&K in this season due to
bad financial position.The present adversity is to
be used as an opportunity with behavioral change
with less intention of scoring political points on
flimsy issues rather than on long term to benefit
the masses and overcome the impact of pandem-
ic situation which may take long time to recover
our lost pace of development and to put us on
right progressive track.
feedbackexcelsior@gmail.com
a democratic system such as ours and the current situation is no
exception. However, given the nature of the pandemic and the
dangers posed by the virus, it was expected that the focus would
be on the issue itself and the vast multitude of masses but that was
not to be.
Various models, some initially true and others imaginary, tout-
ed as the success stories have been sent crashing by deficient han-
dling of the challenge on the health front. Starting from monolith-
ic model of the centre wherein there is little role for the states,
despite the federal values enshrined in the Constitution, to
Bhilwara model of Rajasthan, to Agra Model of Uttar Pradesh, to
Delhi model, to Tripura and many other states, in the ultimate the
COVID-19 virus exposed these all. The common thread is the
deficient system.
Yes, the COVID-19 virus is new and unknown to the scien-
tists' fraternity and logically the Governments would not know
anything about it. But a good administrative set up in place and
run with the spirit of carrying everyone along could go a long way
in reducing the sufferings. The bureaucratically top-heavy admin-
istrative sets up at the Centre and the states with bureaucrats, bar-
ring some exceptions, willing to blindly follow their political mas-
ters, and a lack of talent in the political executive, are the bane of
the problem afflicting the set up.
Truly, the COVID-19 pandemic has thoroughly exposed the
vulnerabilities of the healthcare system, but it has also exposed
the inadequacies in some other related sectors such as education,
general administration and more significantly the Research and
Development.
Keeping aside the tall claims of the Government on achieve-
ments in healthcare front, the pandemic has proved beyond any
doubt that the system is grossly inadequate. It is inadequate in
terms of quality infrastructure and trained manpower or the med-
ical paraphernalia.
The COVID-18 pandemic has already sounded an alarm bell
on fixing the system with a sense of urgency. This urgency flows
from the glaring fact that if the deadly virus could shake the sys-
tem in developed countries such as USA and United Kingdome,
India should certainly do some serious thinking.
Another significant reflection of this shortcoming was in very
low number of COVID-19 tests that India has carried out. This
was primarily due to lack of testing equipments and related facil-
ities. Rather than facing the truth the Government agencies con-
cerned are indulging in suppressing data on the number of tests.
So, it resulted in a showdown between the Union Health Ministry
and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR).
By now it is clear that nothing would stop the migrating work-
ers from travelling to their homes and certainly not the force as
has been tried at some places in the states such as Uttar Pradesh,
Maharashtra and Bihar. Although they have been subjected to
immense sufferings due to inapt handling, lack of coordination
and mal-administration, there is still chance to act on this front.
It makes no difference what is the mode of transportation and
who is providing it, the Governments of the day should accept any
offer that could help in transportation of the migrant workers to
their native places in a safe and dignified manner and with as less
trouble as possible. The red-tapism should be quelled and the polit-
ical leaders and political parties should stop viewing the problem
from the prism of electoral politics.
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China’s Chicanery
Ameet Kumar Bali for sweeping global reforms in deadly and irresponsible
international organization.

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hina lied about the nature of virus and its
extent, number of infected people, number of
deaths it caused and lied about the virus being
transmissible among humans. The virus started in
Wuhan China. Being a hub of many industries, people from all over
the world are travelling in and out of Wuhan. The most serious con-
cern is that China intentionally allowed millions of its infected peo-
ple to travel all over the world on Chinese Lunar Year. In this way,
human carriers from China spread the COVID-19 virus around the
world. China regime is basically authoritarian in nature and hence
the information coming out of China is heavily filtered and total-
ly controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. All countries around
the world were deceived to misjudge the epidemic and caught by
this pandemic.
All the countries are badly hit by the deadly corona virus. Chi-
na communist party is totally misleading the world by censoring
and controlling their news and media. It is well known proverb,"
To hide a lie, a thousand lies are needed." The same thing is wit-
nessing in the contradictory statements made by the Chinese offi-
cials that in inception they claimed the virus came from the wet
market and now said that there is no such wet market in China.
When Donald Trump called it as "Wuhan or Chinese virus" then
the China Communist Party officials called it as "American Virus".
Undoubting, this COVID-19 came from Wuhan. The question
that should be asked now is this - was the outbreak deliberate or
by accident? Was it an act of war or an outcome of Chinese incom-
petence? It is believed that China Communist Party was well aware
of the nature of virus and its threat to their existence. The China
Communist Party's ambition is to become leading economy and
country of the world. They don't want to suffer the effects of this
pandemic alone while others stayed safe and increased their
strength relative to China. The China Communist Party has lied,
is lying, and will continue to lie about corona virus to protect the
regime.
COVID-19 virus may force many countries to rethink global-
ization, World Health Organization, their over-dependence on Chi-
na and China's unsuited and unique political ideology. It would not
be wrong to say that China is no more communist country. She is
a capitalist as USA now. The difference is of the political system
- Diversified Democracy verse centralized one party rule. In a dem-
ocratic country where anyone can become capitalist and there will
be checks and balances. But in China there are no checks and bal-
ance, no opposition and free media. China seems as a trouble mak-
er to the globalised world of the 21st century since the way in which
it handled and slowly informed the deadly virus to the world and
turned the whole world into lockup and quarantine centre.
The pandemic has ravaged open and close countries, rich and
poor, East and West.
But the positive global response is missing to contain the virus
at a limited place.
This raises a question against the process of globalization and
exposing the globalised system of the world. The crisis is forcing
a major re-evaluation of the interconnected global world.
It cannot be denied that the global agency W.H.O also failed in
declaring pandemic timely and keeps the international communi-
ty alert to Covid-19. World Health Organization's response was
too slow to raise the alarm in January. It issued only an advisory
to exercise caution trav-
elling to Wuhan; it took
China at its word and
assured other countries
that there was no clear
evidence of human to
human transmission.
Strong evidence supports
that initially W.H.O gave
the impression of a non
transmissible virus and
even criticized some
countries for cancellation
of their flights from
Wuhan later proved that
was entirely false and has
put a big question mark
on the credibility and
involvement of very old
and important organiza-
tion of the peaceful
world. Dr. Tedros's
actions have forced us to think, why WHO not blaming the China
Communist Party for misinformation about the contagious virus?
It would be right to say just owing to WHO's callous and China
centric approach. The helpless and systematic failure of interna-
tional organizations like UNs and W.H.O to anticipate and address
the great risks of COVID-19 declined the public trust, truth, trans-
parency and accountability in global world. There is an urgent need
It would not be wrong to say that China is manifest-
ing a mindset of conflict and aggression rather to have the
mindset of cooperation. If china had nothing to hide why
are they being so defensive? Now they are threatening
countries that want fair investigation over Covid-19. The question
is what's wrong with investigating to know the source of virus and
should be no reason to oppose because the whole world is under
lockup and affecting their life and security. Such incident forces
all to know and inquest to learn what went wrong so that it would
not happen again.
They don't want any investigation because without confirma-
tion it can just continue to deny. China is in denial mode and play-
ing aggressive and combative diplomacy rather sharing all data
related to virus. The way in which China Communist Party is deal-
ing and behaving, definitely a threat to world freedom, democra-
cy and human existence.
China communist party could have prevented many deaths if
they play responsible role by informing the world timely and open-
ing its research files and data bases for inspection. China has lost
its credibility. They have been exposed and humiliated. China Com-
munist Party feels threatened so it's making threats. It has been
exposed and every nation sees the truth. Now the largest exporters
of goods since 2019 has now turned into exporter of deadly virus.
In 2020, perception of the world towards china has radically
changed after the deceptive COVID-19. China and other nations
need to be transparent about their outbreaks and the world should
understand this is a war which is very unconventional and silent.
It is slightly less lethal, infuriating more frustrating than deadly.
All the democratic and peace loving nations should come
together and form a new world order. In present time, world is look-
ing for leadership who lead the world and fulfill the vacuum of
responsible and trustworthy international organizations with much
peace and prosperity. The whole world should definitely learn from
this deadly virus. Besides, efforts should be made to make world
free from biological chemical and nuclear arms. If the world does-
n't wake up, then the whole humanity will be destroyed.
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20 fresh cases reported in CISF Chardham project

NEW DELHI, May 26: Gadkari lauds BRO for achieving
The Central Industrial Security Force on Tuesday reported 20
fresh coronavirus cases, with 18 from its unit that guards the Delhi Chamba tunnel breakthrough
airport, officials said. NEW DELHI, May 26:
The over 1.62 lakh personnel strong force has a total of 78
active COVID-19 cases, while 132 personnel have recovered from Union Minister Nitin
the disease till now. Gadkari on Tuesday lauded the
According to official data, the force reported 20 fresh cases Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Preeti Sudan and the OSD, MoHFW, Rajesh Border Roads Organisation
since Monday, with 18 from its unit that guards the Indira Gandhi Bhushan along with senior officers of the Health Ministry holding a high-level review meeting with (BRO) for achieving break-
International Airport, while one case each was detected from its the Chief Secretaries of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh through in the 440-metre long
NTPC Koldam unit in Himachal Pradesh and from the Punjab and through video conference, in New Delhi on Tuesday. tunnel below the busy Chamba
town and termed it as an
Health Secretary interacts
Haryana secretariat in Chandigarh.
"All the 18 personnel detected positive from the Delhi airport 'extraordinary feat' in nation-
unit were already under quarantine as part of contact tracing of building during the pandemic.
The BRO achieved the
with officials of 5 states
other infected personnel. They were not on duty," a senior CISF
officer said. major milestone by successfully
"Now that their test reports have come, the personnel have been digging up the 440-metre long
shifted for medical isolation," the officer said. NEW DELHI, May 26: Factors that need to be taken to continue programmes tunnel below the busy Chamba
A total of 25 personnel from this Delhi airport guarding unit are focused on for an effective con- for TB, leprosy, COPD and non- town on Rishikesh-Dharasu
The Union Health Ministry tainment strategy were pointed communicable diseases like road, National Highway no 94,
under treatment at present. on Tuesday suggested five states
The Delhi airport CISF unit has been continuously working to out such as perimeter control, hypertension and diabetes, and which will facilitate all-weather Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs
reporting a surge in COVID-19 diligent house-to-house survey treatment for injuries and trauma connectivity to Chardham -- Nitin Gadkari participating in breakthrough event of Chamba
facilitate passengers boarding or de-boarding special rescue flights cases over the last three weeks to
from or to India during the lockdown period and the unit is now through special surveillance due to accidents. Gangotri, Kedarnath, Yamunotri Tunnel under Chardham Pariyojana through video conference
analyse the trends in containment teams, testing, active contact- It was advised that mobile and Badrinath -- a Rs 12,000 on Tuesday.
securing the IGI after a limited number of regular commercial zones and adopt course correc-
flights began from Monday. tracing and effective clinical medical units (MMUs) could be crore ambitious project. scheduled date of completion of which 10 projects of 151 km
tion measures through proper management. stationed at quarantine centres, "I congratulate the entire
The force also reported that 10 personnel have recovered since January 2021, he said. have been sanctioned.
implementation of micro-plans. "It was also emphasized that temporary sub-health centres set BRO team for their extraordi-
Monday, including eight personnel from the unit that guards the He said BRO has been work- These include five projects
The states are Uttar Pradesh, each containment zone has to be up in existing buildings and nary feat in nation-building
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSEL), a ing in some of the very difficult of 99 km length on Rishikesh -
Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh analysed to check the trends and additional frontline workers amidst this global pandemic...
defence PSU and warship building facility in Kolkata. terrain and ensuring implemen- Dharasu( NH-94), two projects
and Madhya Pradesh. adopt course correction meas- utilised, the statement said. Ever since the catastrophe that
A total of 40 CISF personnel from this unit were detected with tation of critical projects. for constructing 22 km on
Union Health Secretary ures through proper formation It was also advised that the hit Kedarnath, we were commit-
COVID-19 infection including a personnel who succumbed to the Director General of BRO Lt Dharasu- Gangotri Highway
Preeti Sudan held a high-level and implementation of micro- link with Ayushman Bharat -
disease. ted for an all-weather connectiv- Gen Harpal Singh said, BRO (NH-108) and three projects for
review meeting through video plans. The activities within the Health and Wellness Centres
Official said 38 personnel from the GRSEL CISF unit have ity to Chardham and this is an started the work on North Portal constructing 32 km on
conference with the chief secre- buffer zone were also reiterat- needed to be established so that
now recovered and only two men are being treated. important milestone," Road of this tunnel in January 2019 Joshimath to Mana (NH-58)
taries, health secretaries and ed," the statement said. immediate health check-ups
Similarly, a total of 22 personnel from the Delhi Metro unit are Transport, Highways Minister but work on South Portal could road.
National Health Mission (NHM) The states were asked to could be arranged. Tele-medi-
undergoing treatment, while 7 from its Delhi-based Government Gadkari said while inaugurating be started only after October BRO is slated to complete
buildings security unit and one each from BARC, Mumbai and directors of these states, the assess the existing health infra- cine services can to be rolled out the breakthrough event of 2019 due to stiff resistance four projects aggregating a
Mumbai Port Trust, one at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd and Health Ministry said. structure in terms of quarantine from these centres, it said. Chamba Tunnel through video from locals on account of safe- length of 53 Km out of 10
five from the Mumbai airport security unit are being treated apart "These states are witnessing a centres, hospitals with ICU, ven- To meet the surge in incom- conference mode. ty concerns and compensation ongoing projects ahead of their
from few others. surge in COVID-19 cases since tilator and oxygen beds, and ing migrant workers, ASHAs The breakthrough was com- issues. scheduled between June and
The force has repored three deaths from coronavirus. the last three weeks as lockdown strengthen them looking at the and ANMs can be given addi- pleted amidst threat of COVID- The loss in time was com- October 2020, the statement
The CISF guards 63 airports at present apart from securing vital rules have been eased and inter- need for the next two months, tional incentives, the ministry
state migration has been 19 and nationwide lockdown, pensated by day and night said. The Minister asked the
infrastructure in the nuclear and aerospace domain. (PTI) according to the statement. said. the Minister said.
allowed," the ministry said in a working shifts along with use BRO to be ready with all pre-
Use of data emerging from "The states were advised to
Lockdown forces 50 pc statement.
The states were briefed on
the 'Aarogya Setu' application
was also pointed out to the par-
ensure implementation of PPE
guidelines with respect to the
He said the breakthrough of
this tunnel will go a long way in
facilitating speedy movement of
of modern technology, he said. liminary works related to
The Chamba tunnel is a remaining packages which
Horse shoe type tunnel with 10 were stuck as they fell in eco-
of Indians to eat less
their individual case trajectory ticipating states, it added. outreach teams and were asked traffic, reducing congestion and metre carriage way width and logical sensitive zone and a
with respect to fatality rate, dou- Regarding non-COVID to rope in NOGs, SHGs, private distance to Chamba town and 5.5 metre vertical clearance. high-powered committee report
bling time, testing per million essential health services, the hospitals, volunteer groups etc., easing the movement of yatris The sanctioned cost of this tun- was awaited, assuring that he
NEW DELHI, May 26: and confirmation percentage, it states were reminded that imme- for augmenting their strength," on Chardham Yatra and bring nel is Rs 107.07 crore and will get in touch with con-
said. diate measures needed to be the statement said. (PTI)
Vegetable prices may vary in Delhi and Bengal due to markets economic prosperity. awarded cost is Rs 86 crore, cerned authorities to expedite
crash and cyclone Amphan, but one factor is common between the
two -- people are eating less during Lockdown.
A survey involving the 5,000 households across states to under-
Delhi violence: Court extends by 30 days He said the latest Austrian
technology has been used in
construction of the Chamba tun-
including Rs 43 crore for tunnel the same.
and Rs 43 crore for 4.2 Km
approach roads to tunnel.
He also asked the BRO to
ensure beautification drive
stand the impact of the COVID-19 induced Lockdown informed
that half of them were found to be eating fewer items and less num-
ber of times to overcome the crisis.
judicial custody of JCC members nel. The tunnel will be through
for traffic by October 2020
almost three months before its
Gadkari said BRO has been along the highway including
entrusted with 251 km and this plantation of green species
consists of 17 packages out of besides other methods. (PTI)
A significant 68 per cent of the rural households said they had NEW DELHI, May 26: police plea for Haider and The police on Tuesday clari-
reduced food items in their meals, 50 pc had reduced the number
of times they were eating in a day and 24 pc had borrowed food A Delhi court Tuesday
Safoora, it said the applications
for the rest will be taken up on
fied before the local court that
for the purpose of the extension Haven’t arrested anyone in case against
extended by 30 days the judi- the day their judicial custody of remands, the District Judges
Tablighi Jamaat members: Delhi Police
grains. While 84 pc of the households said they got ration through
PDS, one-sixth of households still remained deprived. cial custody of Safoora Zargar would expire. had deputed duty Metropolitan
The survey titled -- 'COVID-19 induced Lockdown -- How is and Meera Haider, Jamia It put up the matter for fur- Magistrates in jails situated in
the Hinterland Coping?' -- covered 5,162 households across 47 dis- Coordination Committee mem- ther hearing on May 28. Delhi and the remand of the NEW DELHI, May 26: lawyer Ashima Mandla, appear- However, Maulana Mohd Saad
tricts in 12 States between April end and mid of May. bers booked under the stringent Saifi and Ishrat are in judi- accused persons were extended ing for the petitioners, urged and the Markaz Management
anti-terror law -- Unlawful cial custody till May 30 and the in terms of the directions issued The police told the Delhi that all foreign nationals who did not inform any Health
The survey, conducted by some leading civil society organisa-
Activities (Prevention) Act -- in judicial custody of Hussain will by the High Court. High Court on Tuesday that it have tested negative for the Department or other govern-
tions, warned about fast depleting stocks with more than one-third
a case related to communal vio- expire on May 29. Advocates Akram Khan and has neither arrested nor detained virus be released from institu- ment agency about the huge
of the households surveyed, saying they did not have any surplus
lence in northeast Delhi during The police said in its appli- Ritesh Dhar Dubey, appearing anyone in the case lodged tional quarantine to alternate gathering inside the Markaz.
from the kharip crop.
protests against the Citizenship cation that there was sufficient for Haider and Khatoon respec- against members of Tablighi accommodations, factoring "They deliberately, willful-
They said that their stock would last only till May end.
Amendment Act in February. evidence against the accused tively, had earlier told the court Jamaat for participating in the social distancing. ly, negligently and malignantly
The survey also showed that more than one-third of the respon-
Additional Sessions Judge persons to be charge sheeted that the accused have been false- religious congregation at The counsel said they will disobeyed the lawful directions
dents did not have seeds for the upcoming kharip season and near-
Dharmender Rana remanded under the invoked sections of ly implicated in the case. Nizamuddin Markaz during the submit places of alternate promulgated in this regard.
ly half expected to get crop loans.
them to further custody till June UAPA, other sections of IPC Advocate Mehmood Pracha, COVID-19 lockdown. accommodation during the day Written notices were also issued
With the Lockdown affecting income, nearly 22% of the house-
25 after they were produced and other acts in the case. appearing for Khatoon, had said The court sought the and the costs and expenditure of to Maulana Mohd Saad and the
holds were found to have borrowed money from their family and
before him through video con- The application was moved that she has been falsely booked response of Delhi Police and the the alternate accommodation Markaz Management.
16% from money lenders. Also, 22% arranged for money by sell-
ferencing from Tihar jail. as District and Sessions Judge under the anti-terror law. AAP government on a plea will be borne by the communi- However, they refused to pay
ing livestock while 14% mortgaged household items.
Haider is a PhD student and of Patiala House Courts had The accused have also been seeking release of 916 foreign ty. any heed. The premise was
The survey also cautioned about Covid's impact on education Zargar is a MPhil student of passed an order on May 22 that charged under sedition, attempt nationals, who participated in They said the authorities inspected by SDM/Defence
of children in rural households. Asked about postponement of dis- Jamia Millia Islamia Additional Sessions Judge to murder, murder, criminal con- the event and are being held in will inspect the accommodation Colony on various dates,
cretionary expenses, nearly 29% of households did not rule out University. Dharmender Rana shall deal spiracy, promoting enmity institutional quarantine since and will file a status report between March 26 and 30," it
their children dropping out of school. (UNI) Besides Haider and Zargar, with the entire remand work between different groups on March 30 despite having tested before the court which will hear said.
Cybersecurity measures no longer theoretical Jamia student Gulfisha
Khatoon, activist Khalid Saifi,
pertaining to UAPA, SC/ST Act,
PMLA Act, Securities and
grounds of religion, race, place
of birth etc.
negative for COVID-19.
It was hearing a petition
the matter on Thursday.
The court also took on
The report said around
1,300 devotees from various
former Congress councilor Exchange Board of India Act, Jamia Alumni Association filed by 20 of the 916 foreigners record two status reports filed
'nice-to-haves' for businesses: WEF Ishrat Jahan and suspended Drugs and cosmetics Act and President Shifa-Ur-Rehman, who said the continued deten- by Delhi Police and the con-
states as well as foreign coun-
tries were found residing in the
AAP councilor Tahir Hussain Official Secrets Act. Jamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha tion violates the very fabric of cerned SDM who said the premises without maintaining
NEW DELHI, May 26: were also produced before the This comes after the Delhi and Umar Khalid have also been Department of Revenue (Delhi)
liberty. any social distancing and no
With COVID-19 pandemic having forced individuals, organi- court through video conferenc- High Court had issued notices to booked under UAPA in the case. A bench of Justices Vipin has not kept these foreign one was seen following the
sations and the global economy to become more reliant on the ing. both the Centre and the Delhi Khalid has not been arrested yet. Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar, nationals under any type of cus-
directions such as use of facial
internet and digital ways of doing business, an urgent action plan Police had moved an appli- government over continued According to the FIR, the conducting the hearing through tody and it is just looking after
mask and hand sanitisers to
is required to deal with possible cyber attacks and data frauds, a cation seeking to extend the detention of Khatoon, 25-year- communal riots from February video conferencing, was also them and providing all possible
facilities. restrict the spread of the virus.
WEF study said on Tuesday. judicial custody of Haider, old MBA student under UAPA 23-26 was a "pre-meditated con- informed that more than 900 "Maulana Mohd Saad and
"COVID-19 is confronting every organisation with limits of its Safoora and Hussain for 30 when the Special Courts which spiracy" and hatched by Khalid foreign Tablighi Jamaat atten- The police, in its status
report, said the menace and haz- others had allowed a huge gath-
ability to learn and change in an environment where speed is days and till June 14 for Jahan can extend her custody have not and his associates. All the asso- dees, including the petitioners, ering to assemble inside a
and Saifi. been functioning due to coron- ciates were linked to two differ- have joined investigation of the ard of COVID-19 viral infec-
everything and where delaying key decisions can have a dramatic closed premises, over a pro-
While the court allowed the avirus-induced lockdown. ent groups, FIR said. (PTI) case and were served notices tion during large gatherings was
impact on business operations," the WEF said. tracted period of time, without
Indian-American couple under the CrPC. verbally conveyed to Maulana
With the instantaneous shift to the digital realm, cyber any semblance of social dis-
Delhi government standing Mohd Saad and the manage-
resilience and cybersecurity are no longer theoretical nice-to- ment of Markaz on several tancing or provision of masks
haves, thus making companies and countries painfully conscious counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra
occasions, including during and sanitisers and have thereby
of the fragility of the critical systems upon which they vitally
depend and that must be secure and resilient, it added.
The World Economic Forum (WEF), a Geneva-based interna-
develops low-cost ventilator and advocate Chaitanya Gosain
said the investigation is being
conducted on a day-to-day basis
meetings held in the police sta-
tion in March in this regard.
caused a situation where a high-
ly infectious disease such as
Coronavirus (Covid-19) infec-
and the police will file a charge "The meeting in the police
tional organisation for public private partnership, said COVID-19 WASHINGTON, May 26: by ventilators, he said. to become a global manufactur-
sheet in the case before the con- station was taken by the SHO tion may spread and threaten the
has accelerated the global transition to a new reality of unprecedent- The ventilator developed at ing of low cost ventilators and
An Indian-American couple cerned trial court within a week. on March 24 and was attended lives of the inmates and the gen-
ed digital dependency, heightened cyber risks and vulnerabilities. the Georgia Institute of export across the world at a rate
has developed a low-cost During the hearing, senior by members of Tablighi Jamaat eral public at large," it said.
According to the WEF's 'COVID-19 Risks Outlook: A Technology uses electronic sen- that is affordable to all. Markaz Management.
portable emergency ventilator advocate Rebecca John and (PTI)
Preliminary Mapping and its Implications' study, cyberattacks and sors and computer control to Professor Ranjan said that
which is soon to hit the produc-

Lockdown is India’s ‘success’, Rahul

data fraud are considered the most likely technological risks of manage key clinical parameters the low-cost ventilator has been
tion stage and will be available such as respiration rate, tidal developed keeping in mind the
COVID-19 for the world. in India and the developing
The WEF said it has developed five principles to support busi- volume (the amount of air requirements of countries like
world at an affordable rate to moved into and out of the lungs India and those in Africa, where

making ‘wrong’ statements: BJP

ness leaders reinforce the cyber resilience of their organisations in help doctors deal with the
an unforeseen and instantaneous new reality, as all leaders and
COVID-19 patients.
organisations have been forced to adapt business models faster Prompted by the lack of ade-
than anyone was prepared for, to ensure existential survival.
quate ventilators during the
To bolster cyber resilience and secure operations, these princi- coronavirus pandemic, Devesh
ples urge the leaders to foster a culture of cyber resilience; focus Ranjan, a professor and associ-
on protecting the organisation's critical assets and services; balance ate chair in the prestigious
risk-informed decisions during the crisis and beyond; update and Georgia Tech's George W
practice response and business continuity plans as the business Woodruff School of Mechanical
transitions to the 'new normal'; and strengthen ecosystem-wide col-
Engineering and his wife
laboration. These principles provide a framework for responsible
Kumuda Ranjan, a practising
decision-making and action in this crucial period to help organisa-
family physician in Atlanta,
tions balance short-term goals with medium- to longer-term imper-
developed the emergency venti-
atives, the WEF said. While these principles might have been
lator from concept to prototype
known before the pandemic, their relevance, benefits and impera-
in just about three weeks-time.
tives are underscored by the new reality, its pace and scale. (PTI)
"If you can do a manufactur-
WHO suspends clinical trials ing of scale, it can be produced
(item cost) in less than USD
100. Even with a price point of
of hydroxychloroquine USD 500, they (the manufactur-
er) would have enough money
GENEVA, May 26: to make sure that they are mak-
ing enough profit in the market,"
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Professor Ranjan said.
Tedros Adnom Ghebius has temporarily suspended the clinical trial He said a ventilator of this
of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) on COVID-19 patients, while the type, on an average in the US,
safety data of the anti-malarial drug was being reviewed. costs USD 10,000. R a n j a n ,
On May 22, The Lancet Medical Journal published an obser- however, clarified that theirs
vational study on HCQ and chloroquine and its effect on COVID- was not an ICU ventilator,
19 patients, who were hospitalized, according to the WHO chief, which is more sophisticated and
says a Xinhua news report. costs more.
This Open-AirVentGT has
The authors of the study reported that among patients receiving
been developed to address acute
the drug, when used alone or with a macrolide, they estimated a
respiratory distress syndrome, a
higher mortality rate. "The Working Group of Solidarity Trial, rep-
common complication for
resenting 10 of the participating countries, met on Saturday (May
COVID-19 patients which caus-
23)," Tedros said in a virtual press conference on Monday and pro-
es their lungs to stiffen, requir-
vided a comprehensive analysis of all the evidence available glob-
ally and Agreed to review critical evaluation." (PTI) ing their breathing to be assisted
during each cycle), inspiration
and expiration ratio, and pres-
sure on the lungs.
"The whole goal of this proj-
ect was to make a low cost
makeshift ventilator that gives
those controls to the physician,"
Dr Kumuda told PTI, noting that
there is going to be a global
shortage of ventilator given the
massive spread of coronavirus,
which so far has killed more
than 345,000 people globally
and infected over 5.4 million.
In the United States till
Monday, more than 98,000
Americans had died and nearly
1.7 million had tested positive.
Scientists are racing against
time to develop a vaccine or
come out with a therapeutic
treatment.
Born and brought up in
Patna, Bihar, Ranjan earned his
degree in engineering from
Regional Engineering College,
Trichy followed by Masters and
PhD from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and has
been teaching at Georgia Tech
for the last six years.
Kumuda moved with her
parents to the US from Ranchi
when she was six. She did her
medical training and residency
in New Jersey.
Both Ranjan and Kumuda
said that India had the potential
the affordability care is a very
big factor in providing health-
care to the people.
The idea was to develop a
lost cost ventilator, which can be
manufactured very easily using
the already available supply
chain in India, he said.
Rajan said that the team has
been approached by Georgia
Tech alumni in Ghana and India
to set up manufacturing lines in
their countries.
"The impact of this could be
significant if other parts of the
world are hit by the COVID-19
pandemic. Having equipment
that can be made quickly where
it is needed and with the kind of
control system doctors need
could really help address the
worldwide impact of this virus,"
he said.
The prototype is now being
developed into a real product by
Singapore-based Renew Group,
headed by Ravi Sajwan, an
Indian-American from
Uttarakhand.
"We have built a wide col-
laborative network with a single
focus of getting more ventilators
into the most disadvantaged
health systems in the world in
order to help doctors and
patients dealing with COVID-
19," Sajwan said. (PTI)
NEW DELHI, May 26:
The BJP on Tuesday reject-
ed Congress leaders Rahul
Gandhi's statement that the
lockdown had "failed" in its pur-
pose, saying the doubling rate of
coronavirus infection has fallen
to 13 days from three before the
lockdown, which, it asserted, is
a "success" of India.
BJP leader and Union minis-
ter Prakash Javadekar said the
Modi government's decision to
impose the lockdown has
ensured that India suffered
much less than countries like the
US, France and Spain. He took a
swipe at the Congress, saying it
is doing politics at a time when
the nation is fighting the
COVID-19 pandemic.
India's efforts to combat
coronavirus have drawn praise
from the world over but attract-
ed opposition from the
Congress, he said.
"Rahul Gandhi's press con-
ference today is an example of
the politics the Congress is
doing. What he said is wrong as
well. The COVID-19 doubling
rate was three days before the
lockdown and it is 13 now. This
is India's success," Javadekar
said.
He said the Congress earlier
asked why the lockdown was
imposed and is now raising
questions again when it is being
relaxed.
"This highlights double-
speak and hypocrisy of the
Congress," the senior BJP leader
said.
He said over 45 lakh migrant
labourers have been ferried back
home in over 3000 trains, and
this is historic, he said.
On Gandhi's demand that the
Centre give cash to the poor, he
said BJP-ruled states like Uttar
Pradesh and Karnataka have
given cash to migrants and
asked which Congress-run state
has done so.
Citing various welfare provi-
sions of the the Centre, includ-
ing five month free ration for
over 80 crore poor, transfer of
Rs 2000 to nine crore farmers
and Rs 500 to 20 crore women,
and free gas cylinders to eight
crore households, Javasekar said
these measures in real term are
more than Rs 7,500 demanded
by Gandhi for the poor.
"People don't like such nega-
tive politics. The coun-
try is speaking in one
tune and the Congress
has struck a different
chord. That is why the
party is becoming dis-
connected with peo-
ple," he said.
Gandhi on Tuesday
said the four phases of
nationwide lockdown
have "failed" and not
given the results that Prime
Minister Narendra Modi expect-
ed as he urged the Centre to
spell out its strategy for "open-
ing up" the country.
The Congress leader
expressed concern that if the
government functions haphaz-
ardly during the non-lockdown
period, the country will face a
second wave of coronavirus
which will be "extremely devas-
tating". (PTI)
DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU
GRP on toes round the clock
in fight against COVID-19
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Standing
tall, the unsung heroes of
Government Railway Police
(GRP) Jammu, have been work-
ing round the clock for over a
month as frontline warriors sav-
ing numerous lives in fight
against the COVID-19 pandem-
GRP officers being briefed by their senior at Jammu Railway
Station.
ic.
The frontline warriors, work-
ing behind the scene working
24x7 since the lockdown was
announced on March 24, partic-
ularly since, special COVID
trains started plying with strand-
ed passengers on board and the
departing with the same from
Jammu Tawi Railway Station.
The GRP officers with teams
of their men every day start their
exercise in the wee hours and
continue till late night with the
departure of last train from the
platform.
"Everyone across the coun-
try is engaged in fighting against
the pandemic and similarly we
are performing our duties round
the clock," a senior GRP official
here told UNI on Tuesday.
"Like doctors, executive
police, sanitary workers and
other Corona warriors, we are
also on toes 24x7 with a motive
to contain spread of the pandem-
ic and execute smooth function-
‘Provide accommodation to
package employees in Valley’
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: A meet-
ing of the social activists and
members of Vitasta Samaj
Sewa was held under the lead-
ership of Ashok Ji Koul, chair-
man of the organization which
discussed various issues con-
fronting the displaced people
of the camp.
The meeting among others
was attended by Chand Ji
Bhat, president of the organi-
zation, Vijay Kumar Saproo,
Vijay Pandita, Shadi Lal and
Chandji Kher.
Addressing the meeting
Ashok Koul made an appeal to
the Lt. Governor of JK UT for
allotment of residential
accommodation to PM pack-
age employees posted in
Kashmir Valley. He also
demanded constitution of a
team from the community
which will look into the issues
confronted the community
YRS demands opening
of all religious places
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Yuva
Rajput Sabha (YRS) today
demanded to open all religious
places including temples,
mosques, churches, gurud-
waras and others religious
places.
While addressing media
persons, the Sabha president
Surinder Singh Gilli said that if
the administration could open
wine shops amid the ongoing
lockdown by maintaining
ing at the platform on the arrival
and departure of the trains," said
an official. He further said that
around 213 GRP personnel
including officers of SSP, SP,
DySP, Inspectors, Sub
Inspectors ranks besides ASI's,
head constables and constables
are engaged for the last over one
month and are aggressively per-
forming duties selflessly.
"The GRP machinery acti-
vates at around 0400 hrs every
day, hours before the arrival of
the first train and then begins the added.
real test," said an officer adding
that requesting passengers to
maintain social distancing by
standing in a circle upto the reg-
istration counter, then them
monitoring upto the sample col-
lecting centres, checking stamps
after sampling, lining them and
escorting to the tent area where
the passengers are provided famous Sholey film style, a drunk
meals and then have to make man climbed a cell phone tower in
them de-board buses to their
respective destinations.
"Starting from arrival of train
and making passengers to board
the buses, is a very hectic exer-
cise but all is done in a planned
manner with the management of
entire staff from top to bottom,"
said an officer adding that it has
also to be ensured from both the
ends that passengers do not de-
board the train in a hurry to pre-
vent accidents and for that addi-
and bring the same in the
notice of the Government for
redressal.
Koul said this social
activists group is trying to
reach all needy who are in dis-
tress for medical help, ration
and other day today problems
during the present lockdown.
In his address Chand Ji
Kher expressed confidence
that the Relief and
Rehabilitation Commissioner
T K Bhat took various
steps in solving the issues of
camp inmates during the pres-
ent Corona Virus pandemic by
himself visiting the camp and
non camp areas to take the
stock of the situation there.
The TRT inmates compli-
mented him for the timely
action in making provision of
advance payment relief and
rations of the two months oth-
erwise the relief holders would
have been put to grave hard-
ships.
social distancing then why it
has closed down all the reli-
gious places across the UT.
He further said that the
administration had recently
opened all the wine shops with
the condition that every one
must follow the guidelines of
the lockdown such as social
distancing, masks and others in
front of wine shops. On the
same pattern, it can also open
all the temples, mosques,
gurudwaras and churches
across the UT, he added.
CDPO Arnas
suspended
Excelsior Correspondent
tional deployment is made''. JAMMU, May 26: Director
Social distancing, escorting General, Women & Child
passengers to the counters, reg- Development, Mir Tariq Ali
istration, deployment on both today suspended Ramesh
'Foot Over Bridge', Sampling, Chander, I/C Child
Stamping, segregation outside Development Project Officer,
the railway station for further Arnas holding additional charge
action for district-wise boarding of ICDS Project, Reasi under
of buses, are the steps to be fol- suspension.
lowed as per the SOPs and Official sources said that
guidelines, which the GRP is officer had avoided to attend an
important meeting amid
outstandingly performing, the
COVID-19 held at Jammu
officer said.
"With the help of local recently. Therefore, the DG
administration, we have to work taking serious view of his con-
in close coordination to fight duct, placed him under suspen-
aggressively against the pan- sion pending inquiry. He has
demic," an officer added saying been attached to the office of
that in case there is no move- Deputy Director, ICDS Jammu.
ment of buses on the national Consequent upon this
highway due to temporary clo- action, Child Development
sure, the GRP teams have to Project Officer, ICDS Project
ensure that the passengers do Udhampur, shall hold the
not meet anybody in between. charge of ICDS Project Arnas
"Not only at the Jammu Tawi and Supervisor looking after the
Railway Station but the GRP charge of CDPO, ICDS
men escorting the tracks upto Project, Migrant Jammu shall
Lakhanpur also have to remain lookafter the charge of ICDS
more alert and vigil so that no Project Reasi. Joint Director,
passenger de-board the moving Mission Directorate, ICDS,
train or jump outside after leav- J&K, DS Katoch has been
ing the platform," an officer appointed as inquiry officer, the
sources added.
Drunk man climbs tower,
threatens suicide
Excelsior Correspondent dent of Ward No. 8 Ramngar town,
climbed a mobile phone tower,
UDHAMPUR, May 26: In after allegedly drinking liquor and
started threatening family members
and locals of the area to jump down
and commit suicide.
A large number
of people of the local-
ity gathered there.
The family members
also repeatedly
requested him to
come down. He was
demanding that
entire land should be
transferred to his
name. He was facing
a revenue case in the
court with his sister
over land dispute. He
was also threatening
sister to withdraw
case and transfer land
on his name.
This drama con-
tinued for about two
hours. The people of
the area then reported
Drunk man being brought down from the the matter to local
tower by cops at Ramnagar. Police Station. Then
SHO Ramnagar,
Ramnagar town today and threat- Jasbinder Singh along with police
ened to jump down and end life team and a Naib Tehsildar rushed
over family land dispute. to the spot. They started convincing
Reports said middle- aged Raj Raj Kumar to come down. The
Kumar, son of Dhani Ram, a resi- negotiations continued for long.
Even his family members also
2 leopards pleaded and asked him to come
create scare down.
Amidst long drama, on the per-
Excelsior Correspondent suasion of police, he came down.
The police registered a case against
REASI, May 26: Two leopards him and started investigation.
have created scare after they were
spotted in Salal Dam area near 3 nabbed with
Damtop village in Reasi district on
Monday. illicit liquor
Reports said two leopards were
Excelsior Correspondent
seen roaming freely and were also
captured on the CCTV camera RAJOURI, May 26: The
during the intervening night of police nabbed three persons
* Watch video on during Excise raids in
Nowshera area and seized 10
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liters of illicit liquor.
May 24-25, 2020. With this s scare Official sources said that a
has been created in the adjoin ham- raid was conducted by
lets and the villages. It has also Nowshera police party at vil-
created panioc among the Salal lage Lamberi where a local vil-
Dam field staff. lager- Girdhari Lal was found
It is pertinent to mention here selling illicit liquor near his res-
that during the lockdown, several idence. Five liters of illicit
animals were spotted in various liquor was recovered from his
areas of Reasi. Few weeks back, possession. A case FIR No.
two leopards were also spotted near 88/2020 under 48-A Excise Act
Katra city and one was later on cap- has been registered by Police
tured by Wildlife Department staff. against him. The person has
Near the new Tarakote track forest also been arrested.
area, a leopard and two bears were The police also conducted
also seen by locals few days back. raid at village Dabbar where
Alion was also seen roaming freely two persons namely- Yogesh
near Bhairo temple on Bhawan Kumar and Mohan Lal were
track in Katra. found distilling illicit liquor in
forest area near Shahia Morh.
Five liters illicit liquor was
seized by cops on the spot. A
case FIR No. 86/2020 was reg-
istered against the accused per-
sons who were also arrested.
Distribution of
ration, essential
items continues
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Distribution
of ration and essential items among
needy persons continued here.
Members of MD Bandey
Memorial Society Poonch led by
Er Saleem Bandey covered the vil-
lages Banwat and Dhokri situated
near LoC and distributed the essen-
tial commodities. Naib Sarpanch
Faiz Hussain, Manzoor Hussain
Panch, Shahzad Akhtar, Manazar
Hussain and Ghulam Hameed
prominent villagers and members
of the Trust Jaleel Khawaja Joint
Secretary, Imran Shah Publicity
Secretary, Sohail Kirmani, Jagjit
Singh, Riaz Ahmed, Asif Kirmani,
Rafiq Sheikh and Mohammad
Iqbal Bhat were also present.
Arun Chowdhary President
Arya Pratinidhi Sabha Jammu
and Kashmir along with executive
members of the Sabha paid visit to
Arya Nagar, Dindekalan on Ranbir
Singh Pura road and distributed dry
ration and other food essentials to
the needy people. President and
Mantri of Arya samaj Dindekalan
assisted in the distribution exercise.
Senior Congress leader,
member PCC and Pradesh
Returning Officer Youth
Congress Election Commission
Sajjad Tariq distributed ration kits
among the people of district
Rajouri.
Jammu and Kashmir Police
distributed ration and vegetables
among thirty five families living in
various areas of Bhaderwah at
Ganpat Bazaar. The ration and veg-
etables were distributed by a team
led by Additional SP Bhaderwah
Raj Singh Gouria and Tehsil
Bhaderwah Zeeshan Tahir. Satish
Chander Kotwal, Raju Charak,
Puneet Mehta, Hans Raj, Amresh
Kotwal, Sanjay Singh, Ravinder
Kotwal and many others were pres-
ent on the occasion.
Trucker arrested
with poppy straw
Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, May 26: A trucker
was arrested with 26 kilograms of
poppy straw.
As per police sources, on spe-
cific information, a team from
Ramsoo Police Station laid a naka
and intercepted a truck bearing reg-
istration number JK02AR-3044.
During checking, 26 kilograms
of poppy straw was recovered from
the vehicle and the driver identified
as Karpal Singh, son of Chattar
Singh of Gunda, District Rajouri
was arrested on the spot.
A case under FIR Number
43/2020 under Section 8/15 NDPS
Act has been registered at Police
Station Ramsoo and investigation
started.
Police team led by SHO
Ramsoo DySP (Prob) Dr Sumit
Sharma made the arrest under the
supervision of Ashish Gupta,
SDPO Banihal, Sanjay Parihar,
Additional SP Ramban and
Haseeb-Ur-Rehman SSP Ramban.
Bootlegger
held with liquor
Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, May 26: District
Police Samba in the jurisdiction of
P/S Ghagwal arrested one bootleg-
ger and recovered a total of 22 bot-
tles of JK Desi Whisky from his
possession.
Acting on specific information
regarding the sale of illicit liquor at
village Chann Matloni, Ghagwal, a
police party of PS Ghagwal rushed
to the spot and arrested one person
namely Rakesh Kumar, S/o Hans
Raj of Village Chann Matloni,
Ghagwal who was selling illicit
liquor to the general public at exor-
bitant rates in a meat Khoka in con-
nivance with its owner namely
Kamal Kumar (Billa), S/o Chunni
Lal of village Chann Matloni.
During checking in the Khoka,
22 bottles of JK Desi Whisky (180
ml each) were recovered.
However, on seeing Police Party,
the owner of the meat shop
(Khokha) managed to fled away
from the shop.
In this regard, a case FIR No.
48/2019 U/S 48 (A), 48(F) Excise
Act has been registered at P/S
Ghagwal and manhunt launched to
nab other accused person.
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HC for mechanism on domestic violence
maintenance of payment be
granted to the victims of domes-
tic violence despite lockdown.
"It shall be open for the trial
courts to use any mode of com-
munication including mobile
phones, emails, landline phones
and e-modes of payment to ensure
that the dependents in whose
favour maintenance orders have
been passed, actually receive the
maintenance", the DB directed.
Court observed that the
maintenance would have been
awarded so as to enable the
complainants to meet their
essential needs. Court added that
efforts should be made by
DLSA to ascertain the welfare of
the persons who had sought
maintenance and those granted
be in need of assistance.
Court has also directed for
compliance of directions already
passed by the court with regard
BMS plans nationwide movement
on major labour issues
NEW DELHI, May 26:
RSS-affiliated Bharatiya
Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has pre-
pared an action plan for a
nationwide movement on five
major labour issues that have
emerged due to the coronavirus-
related lockdown in the country,
the trade union said today.
As part of the action plan, the
trade union will approach Lok
Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs to
put pressure on the Government
to change its policies and per-
ception related to the major
labour issues.
Pathetic condition of
migrant workers, huge job loss-
es, refusal to pay wages, unilat-
eral suspension of labour laws
and increase in working time to
12 hours and unbridled privati-
zation are the five major issues
that have emerged due to the
lockdown, the Union said.
The union announced organ-
ising a massive contact pro-
gramme from next month to
educate workers on the changes
that are brought in different
Passenger on IndiGo’s flight tests
COVID positive; airline ‘grounds’ crew
COIMBATORE/MUMBAI,
May 26:
A passenger onboard an
IndiGo flight that operated on
Monday from Chennai to
Coimbatore has tested positive
for Coronavirus and the airline
has grounded the flight’s crew
for 14 days.
The 24-year-old man,
whose swab test results came
on Tuesday, is now at the ESI
hospital in Coimbatore for fur-
ther treatment, officials said.
This is possibly the first
case of an air passenger testing
positive for coronavirus after
domestic flight services
resumed
Monday.
operations on
In a statement on Tuesday,
IndiGo said that a passenger
who travelled on 6E 381 from
Chennai to Coimbatore on
May 25 evening has tested
positive for COVID-19.
“All our aircraft are regu-
larly sanitised as a standard
operating procedure, and the
aircraft operating this flight
was also immediately disin-
fected as per protocol.
“The operating crew has
been grounded for 14 days and
we are in the process of noti-
fying other passengers as per
the government guidelines, to
ensure safety of our passen-
gers and staff,” the statement
said.
The airline said it has
received confirmation from
the Coimbatore airport doctor
that the passenger tested posi-
tive for coronavirus and is
currently quarantined at the
ESI state medical facility in
Coimbatore.
“He was seated on-board
the aircraft with all precau-
tionary measures including
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020 (PAGE 9)
to child visitation in the manner
as observed by the Supreme
Court. The member Secretary
SLSA has been directed for fil-
ing of report before the court
before next date of hearing.
Member Secretary SLSA has
been directed for placing a
report as to whether the arrange-
ments directed by the Supreme
Court are being applied by the
Courts of J&K and litigants
regarding ensuring visitation of
the children with their parents.
Court said this exercise may
require ascertaining the details
of the cases where orders for
visitation have been passed as
the attention of the court has
been drawn to this issue.
Union Counsel has been
directed to submit the report
regarding the mechanism in
Ladakh to meet the needs of vic-
tims of domestic violence, elder-
fields related to organized and
unorganized workers.
The BMS had supported the
protest called by central trade
unions on May 20 against the
proposed suspension and
changes of labour laws in vari-
ous states, including the BJP-
ruled ones.
The action plan was decided
after the meetings of national
office bearers, state general sec-
retaries and Federation general
secretaries of Bharatiya
Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on May
24-25, the BMS said in a state-
ment.
Under the plan, the BMS
would start help desks to assist
contract workers particularly in
big industrial areas, PSU and
Government sectors. Help desks
will also be started to assist
agricultural workers, daily-
wage workers, self-employed
workers, etc. Throughout the
country, the union said.
Besides the mass contact
programme, the union will also
hold seminars on June 13-14 on
respective industries-related
face mask, face shield and
gloves, as were the other pas-
sengers,” it said, adding that
no one else was seated in his
vicinity, significantly reduc-
ing the possibility of transmis-
sion.
The person was working in
the room service wing of a
star hotel in Chennai, the offi-
cials said. This is also the first
coronavirus positive case to
be reported in Coimbatore
after a gap of 21 days.
However, officials said the
case would be included in the
official count of Chennai as
per protocol.
India to expand Vande Bharat Mission
NEW DELHI, May 26:
India is planning to bring
back home its one lakh stranded
nationals from 60 countries under
the second phase of the Vande
Bharat Mission, officials said
today.
The second phase of the mis-
sion was to end on May 22.
However, the government
extended it till June 13.
External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar held a meeting on
Tuesday with all the agencies and
ministries involved in the mega
evacuation exercise.
In a series of tweets, he said
the focus of the meeting was to
ramp up the scale of the Vande
Bharat Mission and enhance its
efficiency.
The target will be to bring
back one lakh passengers from
60 countries in the second phase,
he said, adding the government is
increasing the entry points as
well as expanding feeder flights
Gautam Navlakha brought to
Mumbai, sent in judicial custody
MUMBAI, May 26:
A special NIA court here
today remanded civil rights
activist Gautam Navlakha,
arrested in the Elgar Parishad-
alleged Maoist links case, to
judicial custody till June 22.
The activist, who surren-
dered before the National
Investigation Agency last
month, was brought to the city
by the agency earlier in the day
and produced before the court.
Earlier, he was in judicial
custody till June 22 in Delhi; the
court here continued his remand.
Navlakha was sent to Taloja
jail near Mumbai.
Booked under the stringent
Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act, he surrendered
before the NIA on April 14 after
the Supreme Court denied him
any relief.
He could not be brought to
Mumbai earlier due to the
nationwide lockdown, special
ly abuse, child violence and vio-
lence against transgenders.
It is mentioned that the
Social Welfare Department in
J&K has already taken steps for
providing assistance to victims
of domestic violence including
women, elderly persons, child
abuse and transgenders.
The report of SWD discloses
that there are 28000 such work-
ers in the J&K UT with their
persons associated with each
Panchayat Raj Institutions and
Urban Municipal Wards and
every Anganwadi Center looks
after approximately 400-500
households.
With regard to establishing
of 'One Stop Centers' these are
being developed in accordance
with the guidelines issued by the
Ministry of Women and Child
Development, Government of
India.
issues like corporatization of
defence production units, PSU
in strategic sectors, providing
livelihood to lakhs of migrant
workers.
From June 15 to 30, BMS
activists will contact Parliament
members of Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha on the five major
problems that are confronting in
the labour field due to COVID-
19 measurers, to pressurise the
government to change percep-
tions and policies, the BMS
said.
Over a dozen states, includ-
ing BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh and
Gujarat, either made amend-
ments or proposed changes to
existing labour laws as part of
larger efforts to help businesses
that have been hit hard by the
coronavirus pandemic.
The Government announced
the nationwide lockdown from
March 25, 2020. Following the
lockdown, lakhs and lakhs of
migrant labourers working in
various parts of the country
started moving towards their
home states. (PTI)
On Monday, over 130 pas-
sengers arrived in Coimbatore
from Chennai and Delhi after
the Centre allowed resumption
of domestic flight services and
all of them underwent the nec-
essary test for coronavirus in
line with the health protocol
guidelines of the Tamil Nadu
government.
Domestic flights recom-
menced operations on Monday
after a gap of two months. The
services were suspended on
March 25 in the wake of the
nationwide lockdown to curb
spreading of coronavirus
infections. (PTI)
to various destinations in India.
The second phase of the evac-
uation mission began on May 17.
The minister said Indians are
also returning home through land
borders starting Tuesday.
He said arrangements are
being made for amnesty benefici-
aries in the Gulf region and that
Naval evacuation of Indian fish-
ermen in Iran will happen in
June.
Jaishankar also said that Air
India will shortly shift to direct
ticketing to facilitate bookings
abroad.
In the first phase of the mis-
sion from May 7 to 15, the gov-
ernment evacuated around
15,000 people from 12 countries.
As per the government’s poli-
cy for evacuation, Indians having
“compelling reasons” to return
like pregnant women, elderly
people, students and those facing
the prospect of deportation are
being brought back home. (PTI)
public prosecutor Prakash
Shetty said.
Navlakha and ten other civil
liberties activists were booked
under the UAPA for allegedly
having links with Maoists and
conspiring to overthrow the gov-
ernment.
The Pune police had regis-
tered the case initially following
caste violence near Koregaon
Bhima war memorial in the dis-
trict.
According to police, inflam-
matory speeches and provoca-
tive statements at the Elgar
Parishad meet held in Pune on
December 31, 2017, triggered
the violence the next day.
Some of those who organ-
ised the meet had links with
Maoists, they claimed.
During the probe, police
arrested several left-wing writ-
ers and activists including
Varavara Rao and Sudha
Bharadwaj.(PTI)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020 (PAGE 10)
SAI resumes sports activities in
capital’s JLN, National stadiums
NEW DELHI, May 26:
The Sports Authority of
India (SAI) today started activi-
ties in two out of its five stadi-
ums in the national capital after
the Central Government green
lighted resumption of outdoor
sports in a phased manner.
According to a SAI state-
ment, sporting activities have
resumed at the Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium, Major Dhyan Chand
National Stadium from Tuesday
afternoon in slots of one hour
which needs to be pre-booked
online.
However, activities in Indira
Gandhi Stadium and Karni
Singh Shooting Range are
expected to start in a week's time
as logistics are being worked
out.
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Swimming Complex will remain
shut as use of swimming pools
continue to remain barred in the
fourth edition of the coron-
avirus-forced nationwide lock-
down which ends on May 31.
"Detailed guidelines have
been made available to the sta-
dia administrator and they have
been briefed comprehensively to
ensure adherence to government
guidelines of health and
hygiene," the government body
said in the statement.
While archery, table tennis,
badminton and lawn tennis have
started in Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium initially, activities at the
Major Dhyan Chand National
Stadium will depend on avail-
able facilities.
"Initially, sporting activities
are being started in those disci-
plines where no contact is
required among players and
minimal sharing of equipment is
needed," the SAI said.
"In keeping with the guide-
lines of the government on
social distancing and hygiene, it
has been decided a maximum of
only 50 per cent of sports facili-
ties in various stadia will be
made operational to ensure
social distancing. (PTI)
IOA President ‘dissolves’ Ethics
Commission; Secy Gen says it’s illegal
NEW DELHI, May 26:
The fissures among the top
officials of the Indian Olympic
Association have come out in the
open with Secretary General
Rajeev Mehta terming President
Narinder Batra's decision to dis-
solve the Ethics Commission
"illegal".
Batra and Mehta have been at
loggerheads for some
time with the IOA
president recently
making a statement
that he will take over
much of the responsi-
bilities of the secre-
tary general.
Mehta had had hit
back, saying handling
of day-to-day affairs
of IOA is his job.
The latest tussle is on the issue
of the term of the Ethics
Commission of the IOA headed
by retired justice V K Gupta. The
Commission was appointed in
2017.
Mehta wrote to the Executive
Council members, National
Sports Federations and state
Olympic bodies that the "dissolv-
ing of the IOA Ethics
Commission (2017-2021) by the
president vide letter dated
19/05/2020 has been found to be
illegal and the commission is
reinstated".
"An inquiry on the matter is
undertaken by the chairman of the
IOA Legal Commission. Issues
regarding the Commission/
Committees would be discussed
Artists body demands financial assistance
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: In order
to discuss the plight of artists and
those connected to this line, a
meeting of All Artists
Association (AAA) was held
today in which prominent artists
participated and discussed the
difficulties being faced by major-
ity of them during the lockdown.
In the meeting, it was pointed
out that due to lockdown, the cul-
tural activities have come to a
complete standstill with many
financially poor artists and others
connected to the line have been
hit hard monetarily. "They need
immediately financial help
enabling them to make both ends
meet during the tough time," stat-
ed a spokesperson of the
Association.
in the next meeting of the
Executive Council of the IOA,"
Mehta wrote.
The IOA Legal Commission
is headed by senior vice-president
and senior advocate R K Anand.
On his part, Batra asked the
administrative staff to put the let-
ters for record.
Mehta claimed that the
Annual General Meeting of the
IOA held in
December 2017 had
authorised Batra and
himself to
appoint/nominate
chairman/convenor/
members of the com-
mission and commit-
tees and he has not
given any consent to
new appointments or
removal.
In a separate letter to the
members of the IOA Ethics
Commission, Mehta said Batra's
letter to remove them "holds no
force of any kind". He requested
the members to ignore the letter
(from Batra) and continue with
their job.
Mehta said a member of the
Ethics Commission can only be
removed from office by a deci-
sion of the Executive Council and
according to the Ethics Rules.
The rules provide for a four-
year term of the Ethics
Commission.
Mehta clamed the Ethics
Rules were sought to be changed
and he said "there has been a clear
case of breach of trust and mis-
handling". (PTI)
During the meeting, it was
also highlighted that the payment
on account of programs conduct-
ed by various artists has been
pending for years together in the
Doordarshan Jammu and
Academy of Art, Culture and
Languages Jammu and demand-
ed that their payment be released
immediately.
AAA appealed the
Government to provide financial
assistance to all the artists and
also those connected to the field
as immediate relief for their sur-
vival.
Those artists who attended
the meeting included
Dharminder Kohli, Tilak Raj
Tagotra, Surinder Manhas,
Rakesh Anand, Romesh Singh
Chib, Ram Pal, Aditya Bhanu,
Sahil Mahajan etc.
ICC has successfully finished
cricket in last 10 years: Akhtar
NEW DELHI, May 26:
The ICC has "successfully
finished" cricket in the last 10
years and brought it down to its
knees, former Pakistan pacer
Shoaib Akhtar has insisted in a
scathing criticism of the sport's
global body.
During a conversation with
Sanjay Manjrekar for
ESPNcricinfo's podcast, Akhtar
expressed his anguish at some
of the playing conditions in
white ball cricket, which has
made it a game only for the
batsmen.
Akhtar was sharp in his crit-
icism after Manjrekar asked for
his take on a trend that fast
bowlers are going a bit slow in
limited overs games, especially
T20s, while spinners are bowl-
ing faster.
"Can I tell you something
bluntly? They (ICC) are finish-
ing the cricket. I am openly say-
ing that in last 10 years, ICC
has successfully finished crick-
Bournemouth’s
Ramsdale shocked by
Coronavirus diagnosis
LONDON, May 26:
Bournemouth goalkeeper
Aaron Ramsdale described
finding out he had tested posi-
tive for Coronavirus as "scary
and worrying", despite display-
ing no symptoms.
The England under-21 inter-
national was one of two positive
cases from the second round of
testing carried out by Premier
League clubs as they gear up for
a return to action next month.
"It's definitely a shock -- I've
not been in contact with any-
body and I've now got it,"
Ramsdale said.
"I'm showing no symptoms
so the fact that a healthy young
person could potentially have it
is definitely scary and worry-
ing." Ramsdale tested negative
in the first round of testing and
believes he must have contract-
ed the virus while shopping.
"This last week, I've done
the usual things like going to
the supermarket and going to
the petrol station to fill my car.
"Once you've contracted
the virus, it shows in your
blood. (PTI)
DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU
et, and I would say job well
done guys. Jo socha thaa apne
woh kiya (You did what you
intended to)," Akhtar said in his
inimitable style.
Akhtar feels that the number
of bounc-
ers per
o v e r
should be
increased
as there
are two
new balls
and only
f o u r
fielders
outside the circle for the better
part of an ODI game.
"I have been saying repeat-
edly that change bouncer rule
(one per over). You have two
new balls and four fielders out-
side. Please ask ICC whether in
last 10 years, quality of cricket
has gone up or gone down.
Where are those Sachin versus
Shoaib contests?"
Speaking about Tendulkar,
Akhtar said that he is one with
whom he never got aggressive,
as there was a lot of respect for
the world's best batsman.
"But yes, I would try to out-
think him. Like in the 2006 tour
of Pakistan, I knew he had ten-
nis elbow problems and he can't
hook or pull me, so I bowled a
barrage of bouncers to keep him
quiet," Akhtar said.
Talking about pull shots, the
speed merchant said that at his
DPS Udhampur holds
E-UNISON Chap-3
Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 26: The
most awaited and the last ses-
sion of E- UNISON 2020 Chap-
3 wrapped up with the felicita-
tion ceremony at Delhi Public
School (DPS), here today.
The event commenced with a
colourful cultural programme.
Dr Priyadarshni Nayak,
Chairman CED Foundation was
the chief guest on the occasion,
while Vivek Gupta, Managing
Director DPS Udhampur was
the guest of honour. The occa-
sion was also graced by
Principal of the institution, Dr
Kunal Anand.
All the four sessions of E-
UNISON 2020 were thought
provoking with lot of hard work
and dedication of the students.
The kids exhibited their great
literary skills and validated their
point of views confidently. It
was a great learning experience
for the kids in terms of their
researching, debating and pres-
entation skills.
The results: Bilingual
Turncoat:
Winner-Samarth Sharma
Bhardwaj, XB; First runners-up
Playing in bio-secure environment
is unrealistic, feels Dravid
NEW DELHI, May 26:
Former India captain Rahul
Dravid feels the ambition to
resume cricket in a bio-secure
environment is "unrealistic",
giving a thumbs
down to the concept
primarily floated by
the England and
Wales Cricket
Board.
Seeking to
restart its cricket
season after weeks
of inactivity owing
to the COVID-19
pandemic, the ECB
recently announced that it
would have in place bio-secure
venues to host Pakistan and the
West Indies later this summer.
But batting great Dravid is
not convinced with the con-
cept.
"It is a bit unrealistic to
have things at the level, the
ECB is talking about.
Obviously, the ECB is very
Football makes gleeful return to
Coronavirus-scarred Wuhan
WUHAN, May 26:
For nearly three months foot-
ball enthusiasts in Wuhan were
left kicking their heels indoors as
the Coronavirus raged in the
Chinese city at the epicentre of
the outbreak.
But since the harsh lockdown
on the city of 11 million people
ended in early April amateur foot-
ballers have been gleefully rip-
ping off their face masks and lac-
ing up their boots again.
"It was a long time to be in
lockdown so we had to do some
exercise at home," said Wang
peak Virat Kohli would have
found it difficult to play that
shot against him because of his
express pace.
"I would have come wide
off the crease and tried to shape
that new ball out and lured him
into driving. Something that
James Anderson has done with
him. Having said that he would
have scored as many runs as he
scored now had I also played."
Akhtar thought that it would
have been a treat to watch if
Kohli was pitted against Wasim
Akram, Waqar Younis and
Shane Warne in their prime.
"He could have judged him-
self where he stood in front of
these bowlers," he said.
Manjrekar asked him
whether the culture of produc-
ing tearaway quicks is still
there in Pakistan or they are
happy producing fast medium
bowlers.
"People like me should have
been in PCB and I would have
produced fast bowlers. Fast
bowlers should be like leopards
which would hunt down its
prey.
"I would have produced 12
fast bowlers and prepared them
on every aspect, technique,
mannerism, studies, diet, what
to do with the body.
"I would have built a com-
plete brand. You don't get fast
bowlers from people who are
by nature ghulaam (sub-
servient)." PTI
- Ritvik Sharma, XA; Second
runners-up-Shubham
Chakroborty, XB.
Conventional Debate:
Winner-Aastha Singh, XA; First
runners-up- Kashvi Chowdhary,
XB; Second runners-up-
Sidharth Thakur, XI.
Special Mention- Nikunj
Jandial, XI.
Jam Session: Winner-
Ashriya Khajuria, IX B: First
runners-P- Ishita Gupta, IX B;
Second runners-up-Mahi, IX B.
Panel Discussion: Best
Panel- Rakesh Sharma PGT,
Antriksh Gupta XII and Muskan
Sharma (Alumni); Most
Promising Panel- Divya Sharma
PGT, Heena Kudyar PGT,
Priyanka Gupta XII and Yuvika
Verma XII.
Special Mention- Suhani
Nargotra, XI.
Dr Priyadarshini Nayak
appreciated the students and the
educators in this lockdown.
Principal Dr Kunal Anand
also praised the students, teach-
ers and extended thanks to the
Management for good show.
The vote of thanks was pre-
sented by ex- Head Girl of the
school, Komal Atri.
keen to conduct these series
because they have had no other
cricket...," Dravid said during a
webinar conducted in support
of YUVA, a non-profit organi-
sation.
"Even if they
are potentially able
to create a bubble
and manage it in
that way, I think it
will be impossible
for everyone to do
it with the kind of
calendar that we
have, with the trav-
elling that you do
on tours and the
number of people involved," he
added.
Not just the ECB, even
South Africa has suggested that
the scheduled tour by India can
be tried out in a bio-secure
environment.
All of us are hoping that
things will evolve with time
and get better once we have
better medication. (PTI)
Zijun, 42.
"I used to juggle the ball with
my son at home and pass the ball
to each other, and sometimes we
went to the underground garage
to do exercise."
Another player who finally
enjoyed a run-out on a warm
evening under floodlights said it
was liberating to be able to kick a
ball again with friends and team-
mates.
They did so without their
masks covering their faces,
although some players kept them
dangling around their necks.
"Before the lockdown was
lifted everyone felt so oppressed,"
said the 45-year-old, who would
only give the surname Wen.
“We need to do physical exer-
cise. After the lockdown was lift-
ed, we resumed training one time
per week. I'm very happy."
Professional footballers were
affected too. (PTI)
DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU
Former MLA for waiving off
payment of electricity, water bills
Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, May 26: Ashok
Kumar, former MLA Ramban
and a senior Congress leader
strongly urged the Government
of Jammu and Kashmir to waive
off the payment of three months
electricity and water bills seeing
that many poor migrants and
daily rated workers were under
huge financial crunch due to
ongoing third month of pro-
longed lockdown amid COVID-
19 pandemic.
Ashok said that many people
of Jammu and Kashmir especial-
ly, the people belonging to hilly
districts of Ramban, Doda and
Kishtwar and the region of Pir
Panchal which comprise districts
of Rajouri and Ponch have
become jobless under the protract
lockdown.
He further said that as the
number of positive cases in the
Union Territory of Jammu and
Kashmir was increasing every-
day and it has become imperative
to extend lockdown so that prop-
er implementation of the social
distance could be maintained,
adding at the same time, it was
the duty of the respective
Governments to protect their citi-
zens in such a huge crisis of
COVID-19 pandemic that would
First time DSR Culture adopted in Kathua district for sowing ration at home.
paddy seed on Tuesday.
Agri Deptt introduces DSR
Culture to save labour
Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, May 26: To over-
come the shortage of labour in
the field of agriculture for sow-
ing the paddy crop, due to the
prevailing lockdown, the
Agriculture Department has
introduced a novel scheme
Direct Seeded Rice (DSR)
Culture for the first time in
Jammu and Kashmir. The DSR
refers to the process of establish-
ing a paddy crop from seeds
sown in the field rather than by
transplanting seeding from nurs-
ery. This novel mechanism will
help in improving short duration
and high yielding varieties,
nutrients and weed management
techniques and encourage the
farmers to shift from traditional
system of transplanting to DSR
culture said Arun Gupta , Chief
Agriculture Officer, Kathua .
He said that the Department
has taken initiative to introduce
the DSR technology first time in
J&K following the labour crisis
in lockdown as a large number
of migratory laborers returned to
their home states after the lock
down. He said that the DSR cul-
HC seeks response from
Police on journalist’s plea
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 26: High
Court has sought response from the
police to the plea filed by journalist
Gowhar Nazir Geelani for transfer-
ring the investigation of FIR from
Cyber Police to J&K Police, regis-
tered against him under the offence
of Unlawful Activities Act.
Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey
issued notice and sought response
from the Police by or before May
28. The notice issued, however, was
by counsel appearing on behalf of
the Home Department. He has been
directed to file his objections by
next date of hearing in the matter
with a copy of objection in advance
to Geelani's counsel.
Geelani's petition seeking
quashing of FIR is already pending
before the court and during the pen-
dency of the case the investigation
of FIR has been transferred to
60 kg poppy straw seized, 2 arrested
Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 26: The police recovered nearly 60 kg of
poppy straw on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway near Jakheni
and arrested two drug peddlers today.
A police spokesman said that a police party during routine
checking at Jakheni Naka intercepted a truck, bearing registra-
tion No. PB 05Q-7191 for physical check.
During checking, 60 kg of poppy straw was recovered from the
vehicle by cops on duty. The accused driver namely- Yoga Singh,
son of Mohinder Singh, resident of Subhash Colony, Amritsar
alongwith Lucky Singh, son of Avtar Singh of Meota Road,
Amritsar were arrested on the spot and recovered poppy straw was
also seized.
In this connection, a case FIR No. 211/2020 U/S 8/15 NDPS
Act was registered at Police Station, Udhampur. Further investiga-
tion was in progress.
only be possible if there was
some relaxation by Government
in this regard.
"In Chenab Valley there are
three mega Hyrdopower electric-
ity projects which are functioning
from the long time. The annual
profit turnover of these projects
is hundreds of crores. Moreover,
many people had been affected
during the construction of these
mega projects and Government
had promised to provide free
electricity to the people who are
inhabited in its peripheral areas
or Chenab region," Ashok main-
tained.
He said, on the contrary,
many far flung villages were still
without electricity. Kumar fur-
ther said that the step of privatis-
ing electricity in Jammu and
Kashmir was to check the losses
and theft of electricity in its dis-
tribution, however, the produc-
tion of electricity on the cost of
the lives of poor people of
Chenab region was painful as
these projects have also damaged
the ecology and forged landslides
and devastated their homeland.
Ashok stressed upon the
Government to provide free
power to the people of Chenab
Valley which comprised of dis-
tricts of Ramban, Doda and
Kishtwar.
JAMMU, May 26: Former
Minister and senior Congress
leader Raman Bhalla today said
that we can't neglect the needy peo-
ple during Coronavirus outbreak,
asking Govt to help out those
affected the most by the pandemic.
He said it was the
Government's responsibility to
ensure that not a single citizen goes
hungry, adding Government
should provide each needy person
-Excelsior/Pardeep Bhalla demanded Central
ture also saves the irrigation
water, it involves lowest sowing
cost, good yield and the mission
of PM Modi to double the
income of farmers is also ful-
filled though this novel tech-
nique. The biggest component is
saving money and time. Besides,
the farmers are encouraged
towards new tactics and technol-
ogy in the field of agriculture
following the day to day chal-
lenges faced by them all over the
country. The new technique
guarantees high yield in agricul-
ture produce, he added.
The DSR culture was intro-
duced at village Saidpur, Nagari
in the presence of numbers of
farmers by Chief Agriculture
Officer, Kathua, Arun Gupta and
district Agriculture Officer,
Extension, Sanjiv Rai Gupta.
The farmers have new expe-
rience of DSR culture as some
farmers have taken its trial in
wheat sowing season and got
good results. The farmers said
that its good option to replace
the labour with DSR culture
involving lowest cost of sowing
and minimum efforts in the
field.
Police station Sadder Srinagar on
April 22.
Questioning the transfer of
investigation of FIR, he has filed a
separate petition through his coun-
sel Soleh Peerzada on various
grounds. Advocate Peerzada while
highlighting the grievance and
apprehension regarding the arrest of
the petitioner invited the attention of
the court to the objections filed by
the police in his previous petition.
Court, however, has not taken
any view on these submissions and
said that it is for the respondents to
deal with the issue. The further hear-
ing of both the petitions has been
fixed for May 28.
Geelani submits that the con-
tents of FIR furnished details
regarding the alleged commission
of offence by him do not disclose
the cognizable offence which is the
basis for registration of case by the
Cyber Police Station.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020 (PAGE 11)
JKTF discusses problems, nominates EDUCATION MISCELLANEOUS
@ SOCIAL DISTANCE
executive body for Kishtwar unit
Excelsior Correspondent utive body of district Kishtwar.
Sajad Hussan Khurwani was HOME
KISHTWAR, May 26:
Jammu Kashmir Teachers
nominated as care taker district
president, Tilak Raj and Shoket TUTORS For Class 1st to 10th
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executive body of the district general secretary, Girdhari Lal
unit. Sharma as additional secretary,
Dansala Mandi residents of Samba district protesting against
Meeting over a video confer- Vijay Parihar as chief co-ordina- water scarcity on Tuesday. -Excelsior/Badyal
ence, provincial secretary Mohd tor and Anil Kumar as co-ordi-
Ashraf and provincial joint sec- nator, Krishan Lal as chief
retary Sanjeet Sharma discussed organizer, Ghulam Husaan Dansala Mandi residents
various problems and demands Malik as organizer, Beeni
of the teaching community like
transfers of Lecturers, Masters
Parshad was nominated as chair-
man of the district body while
protest against PHE Deptt
and Teachers who have complet- Yasir Ahmed Malik was nomi- Excelsior Correspondent for drinking water in this scorch-
ed their tenure of mature stay in nated as stage secretary. ing heat for the last one month
the hard zones of district Swami Raj as chief advisor, SAMBA, May 26: The locals but neither the district adminis-
Kishtwar, regularization of ReTs Naveed Ahmed as advisor, of Samba, Ward Number 7 tration nor the PHE Department
into RReTs and conversion of Jaideep Kumar Rana as chief Mandi Dansala protested against is looking into the problem.
left out ReTs into Teachers spokesperson, Sunil Khajuria as the PHE Department today alleg- They said that the PHE
Grade II and III, release of pend- spokesperson, Deepak Sharma ing that water shortages has been Department Samba has been
ing arrears, dues/salaries and as chief publicity secretary, brewing for the past one month. several times requested to restore
rationalization of teaching staff. Rajesh Sharma as additional Protest was led by Ravinder the supply of water, but every
During the meeting, mem- publicity secretary, Musarat Singh Lovely, Sarpanch of Kehli time the Department officials
Mandi. give a false assurance only.
bers discussed with chairman, Hussian Khurwani as chief con-
Local women Kamla Devi, The Sarpanch reiterated the
Ganesh Khajuria the issue of vener, Rajesh Kumar as conven-
Santosh Devi, Prakasho Devi, demand of the people to supply
surplus teachers of district er, Dheeraj Kumar as chief legal
Poonam Devi and Chanchala water to the people and warned
Kishtwar who are without advisor, Mudasir Khurwani as
Devi who took part in the protest agitation in case Department
salaries since March 2015 and legal advisor, Arif Husaan
said that they have been craving failed to concede the demand.
are waiting for their transition Zargar as auditor and Jeevan Lal
into Teachers Grade II & III. as additional auditor, Ayaz
Meanwhile, the JKTF chair-
man along with senior central
Husain Wani as financial secre-
tary, Parveen Kumar as addition-
NMC urges Govt to reconsider
leadership of the Forum recom- al financial secretary while
mended nomination of care Jumen Gujar was nominated as freezing of DA order
taker district president and exec- as media incharge. Excelsior Correspondent the leadership of Prime Minister,
Narendra Modi while the employ-
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1) Sharma girl, Junior Statical Assit. Govt 91 B
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encing under the presidentship of Dr Secretary and Principal Secretary JK Samba, the girl was recovered
P P Raina discussed various issues UT to save Plus 2 PSC Lecturers of from the New Bus Stand Samba.
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5) Divorcee girl, Gupta MBA, 87 B.
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9) Khatri Boys, J&K Bank PO, 87,89 B
PLACEMENT
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the executive committee members restore trust and glory of qualified handed over to her family mem- REAL ESTATE 11) Rajput Boys(Govt Engineer, 85) (Captain, 87, 90)
12) Khatri Boys, Junior Engineer, Govt 84,88,90
who demanded assured career pro- lot. bers at P/S Samba. Lane Opp. Little Champ Play Way School
The family member expressed CRESCENT PUBLIC SCHOOL New Plot, Chapri, 9419187579, 9682149912
gression (ACP) which has not been The meeting also demanded
considered for Plus 2 Cadre till date. promotion of 3000 regularized lec-
gratitude to district police Samba FOR SALE CRESCENT (DISCO) ROAD SHAADI MUBARAKH
in reuniting the girl with them. JANIPUR, JAMMU
They also stressed upon regulariza- turers (DPC +PSC) and senior lec- Accordingly the missing report 17 MARLA PLOT AT Ph. No. 0191-2535337 MATRIMONIAL
tion of all incharge cadre officers turers, equalizing the pay and grades was closed. * 1989 born, Sharma Boy, MBA, Govt Employ (Bank
RAJINDER NAGAR Walk-In-Interview Manager).
from Lecturer to Joint Director level of Physical Education Lecturers at
SWARN VIHAR * 1988 born, Gupta Boy, MD, Assistant Professor.
who are waiting eagerly since par with lecturers of School
2003/2008 but regretted that the Education Department, taking over
VRS Union for POLICE COLONY.
Required Immediately
1. TGT (Science) : B.Sc/M.Sc with B.Ed
* 1990 born, Sharma Boy, B.Tech/ MBA, Govt Employ
(Bank).
Department is delaying the process. of Physical Education Lecturers by clearance of dues OWNER PH. NO.
(For Chemistry & Bio)
2. Counsellor : Relevant Degree
* 1990 born, Khatri Boy, B.Tech, AE, Govt. Employ.
* 1988 born, Khatri Boy, B.Tech, Govt Employ (Bank).
All Caste Welcome
Regarding the placement of sen- the School Education Department 7006778107, 9622932525 3. Yoga Teacher : Relevant Degree
122-A/D, Green Belt Gandhi Nagar, Jammu
ior lecturers as ZEOs and equiva- and get them regularized at an earli- Excelsior Correspondent Ph: 7298350401, 9797744912
lents, the Association appealed the est.
Principal Secretary School
JAMMU, May 26: Volunteer
The members stressed upon to Retirement Scheme (VRS) Union FOR SALE Shaadi Mubarakh Matrimonial
Education Department to fill all the consider the School Education of J&K RTC, Jammu in its meet- Rishtey of all caste
Registered corner plot 23
vacant posts of ZEOs out of 1500 Department's Plus 2 Cadre as the ing strongly criticised the attitude Brahmin, Mahajan, Khatri,
senior lecturers as both are equiva- Feeding Department for KAS and of the Finance Department and Marla Front at KUD main Rajput, Sikh, Kashmiri Pandits,
lent posts but the seniority will be reorganization of School Education Authorities of Transport
Bazar opp Kailash Bar for SC, OBC, Choudhary, Divorce
intact for further promotion as Department with bifurcation into Department towards VRS. and Widow Cases also available.
Principals. three Directorates-- Elementary, “These two departments are sale.. 122 A/D Green Belt Gandhi
The Association demanded pro- Secondary and Higher Secondary. hell-bent upon to harass us with-
out any logic as our issues are
Contact @ 8493996184 Nagar, Jammu.
Ph. 7298350401/9797744912
Baru demands renovation crystal clear,” aid Dev Raj Bali,
MATRIMONIAL
President of the Union. REQUIRED
of Talab Tillo road The demands projected by the 1. Accountant for a Bottling plant
Khatri, B.Tech (NIT), MBA(XIMB), 91
born slim boy, 5'8", Working in
Union included the release of the (Computer Knowing) at Phase 1st
Excelsior Correspondent Cost of Living Allowance Gurgaon at 20 Lac pkg. Father Sr Govt
I.G.C. Samba Officer & Mother working. Respectable,
(COLA) from 1999, 6TH Pay
JAMMU, May 26: Sanjay Kumar Baru, J&K BJP Executive 2. Whole sale depot Incharge Simple, Jammu based family. Looking
Commission Arrears with effect
Committee Member and JMC councillor called on Executive (Computer Knowing) at Deeli for simple, homely, meritorious working
from 2006 and implementation of girl. Preferably B.Tech/M.Tech, MBA,
Engineer, PWD to discuss bad condition of Talab Tillo road. Channi Himmat, Jammu.
Corporations’s benefits. MBBS/MD, MSc., PhD.
Baru, apprised the Executive Engineer “PWD” Rajesh Bhagat Cont. No:- 9419133892
Mr Bali said, in the previous
of the dilapidated condition of Talab Tillo main road and the diffi-
budget of the UT Govt, Rs 100 Between 01 pm to 03 pm Contact: 9419200904
culties being faced by the commuters and the residents of the area.
crore, their dues just to the tune of
Baru, while highlighting the bad condition of the road, said that
the condition of the road deteriorates after every few months even
16, 76,000 were to be cleared, but
the story was totally different.
REQUIRED ACCOMODATION Wanted MATRIMONIAL
Wanted Mahajan/Gupta or Khatri boy as a
Required 1500 Sqft hall Shastri Nagar or adjoining
after the repairs. He asked the PWD Officer for taking immediate Marketing Sales Boys & Girls : 05 suitable match for Mahajan girl belonging to a
He warned that the Union will Required 15000 sqft space Channi Bypass. reputed Gupta familly DOB 29-11-1990, Time
steps regarding renovation of the road. Baru, demanded that imme- Required 2 BHK house Talab Tillo, Trikuta Nagar.
be compelled to protest if their For Jammu City. 6.55 PM, Place of Birth Jammu, Height 5’.2½”
diate patch works and full blacktopping of the road be done with- Required 500 sqft area Amphalla, Rehari Colony. - Qualification BAMS working as Medical
issues were not redressed at an
in the lock down period. And FMCG Experience candidates with Officer in NHM under contractual basis. Boy
earliest. Tolet 2/3 BHK Rehari, New Plot, Bakshi Nagar. should be Govt. employee/suitabley adjusted/
PWD Officer, Rajesh Bhagat, listened to all the issues put forth own two Wheeler need apply. Businessman of the same caste or Khatri born
The meeting among others Tolet 3 BHK G.floor Digiana, Trikuta Nagar.
by the Councillor. He assured the councillor that all the necessary Tolet Shop Rehari, Ambphalla, Nanak Nagar. Salary negotiable.
before Nov. 1990 Kundli Milan is must.
was attended by Surinder Singh Interested person may contact/Whatapp No.
steps will be taken to ease out the difficulties being faced by the Tolet Shop Janipur, New Plot, Gandhi Nagar.
and Balwinder Singh. M -7006587598
9419171592 or Contact on
masses. Mob: 9419125732, 9796247303 Email - mrinalmahajan1409@gmail.com
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SC takes cognizance of migrants’ miseries, says
there have been certain lapses by Centre, states
NEW DELHI, May 26:
Taking cognizance of the
miseries of migrant workers, the
Supreme Court on Tuesday said
there have been "inadequacies
and certain lapses" by the
Centre and the states, and asked
them to provide transport, food
and shelter immediately free of
cost.
Referring to various media
reports showing the "unfortu-
nate and miserable conditions"
of migrant labourers walking on
foot and cycling long distances
after the lockdown, the top court
issued notices to the Centre, the
states and union territories and
sought their replies by May 28.
Although the Centre and the
states have taken measures to
provide relief to the migrants,
the court said there have been
"inadequacies and certain laps-
es". Effective concentrated
efforts are now required to
redeem the situation, it added.
"The adequate transport
arrangement, food and shelters
are immediately to be provided
by the Centre and State
Governments free of costs," said
the court which took the suo
motu (on its own) cognizance of
the situation.
The order by the court came
amid criticism by activists and
lawyers that the judiciary was
not doing enough in tackling the
migrants crisis after the coron-
avirus lockdown and in making
the executive accountable. The
national lockdown was imposed
on March 25 leading to job loss-
es and forcing lakhs of migrant
workers to head to their faraway
native states.
The apex court on May 15
observed that it is impossible for
the courts to monitor or stop the
movement of migrant workers
across the country and it is for
the government to take neces-
sary action in this regard.
"We take suo motu cog-
nizance of problems and mis-
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had been stranded in different
parts of the country. The news-
paper reports and the media
reports have been continuously
showing the unfortunate and
miserable conditions of migrant
labourers walking on-foot and
cycles from long distances,"
said a bench of Justices Ashok
Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul
and M R Shah.
The top court added that "in
the present situation of lock-
down in the entire country, this
section of the society (migrant
labourers) needs succour and
help by the concerned
Governments especially steps
need to be taken by the
Government of India, State
Governments/ Union Territories
in this difficult situation to
extend helping hand to these
migrant labourers".
It said the migrant labourers
have also been complaining of not
being provided food and water by
the administration at places where
they were stranded or in the way
that is highways from where they
proceeded on foot, cycles or other
modes of transport.
"This Court has also
received several letters and rep-
resentations from different sec-
tions of society highlighting the
problem of migrant labourers.
The crises of migrant labourers
are even continuing today with
large sections still stranded on
roads, highways, railway sta-
tions and State borders."
"We are of the view that effec-
tive concentrated efforts are
required to redeem the situation.
We, thus, issue notice to the
Union of India and all
States/Union Territories to submit
their responses looking into the
urgency of the matter," it added.
The bench said, "We direct
the suo motu petition to be taken
up day-after-tomorrow and we
request the learned Solicitor
General to assist the Court and
by the next date of hearing bring
in the notice of the Court all
measures and steps taken by the
Government of India and to be
taken in this regard".
It listed the matter for May
28, and directed the apex court
registry to serve a copy of the
order to the Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta, as well as the
States/Union Territories through
their standing counsel today
itself so that appropriate
responses be brought before the
court at the earliest.
The Centre had told the top
court that migrant workers across
the country were being provided
transportation by the government
to their destinations but they have
to wait for their turn rather than
start walking on foot amid the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The top court had refused to
entertain an application seeking a
direction to the Centre to ask all
District Magistrates to identify
stranded migrant workers and
provide shelter, food to them
before ensuring their free trans-
portation to native places in view
of the recent incident near
Aurangabad in Maharashtra
where 16 workers headed to their
homes in Madhya Pradesh were
mowed down by a goods train.
Mehta had told the top court
that subject to the agreement
between the state governments
everybody would get a chance
to travel to their destinations.
Advocate Alakh Alok
Srivastava, who had filed the
plea, referred to recent incidents
of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar
Pradesh where migrant workers
were killed in accidents on high-
ways.
"How can we stop it?" the
bench observed, adding that states
should take necessary action on
these issues as it was impossible
for the courts to monitor who is
walking and who is not walking.
Srivastava had filed the plea
soon after the Aurangabad inci-
dent.
Earlier, the top court had dis-
posed of the PIL seeking
migrant workers' welfare during
the pandemic and consequential
lockdown, saying the Centre
and states are taking appropriate
steps to provide them relief.
(PTI)
NBE asked to consider holding common
counselling for admissions in PG Medical
NEW DELHI, May 26:
The Supreme Court today
said that from next academic
year, the National Board of
Examination (NBE) should con-
sider having a "common or sin-
gle online counselling" for
admissions in Post Graduate
Medical Courses leading to
Degrees and Diplomas and the
seats in DNB (Diplomate of
National Board) courses in the
country.
A bench comprising Justices
U U Lalit and Dinesh
Maheshwari, however, refused
to order the common coun-
selling for the current academic
year to NBE which conducts
NEET PG (National Eligibility-
cum-Entrance Test for Post
Graduate) examination.
"Since the petitioners have
approached the court at a stage
where the entire process has
been undertaken and many can-
didates have been allocated var-
ious courses in the Counselling,
we do not deem it appropriate to
pass any direction for the pres-
ent year.
"However, going by the
assertions made in the response
filed by the Medical Council of
India, we may observe that a
common counselling or single
online counselling in the com-
ing years would definitely take
care of any similar grievance,"
the bench said in its judgement.
The NBE, an autonomous
body under the Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare, was
established to improve the qual-
ity of medical education and it
conducts postgraduate and post-
doctoral examinations. The
degree awarded by NBE is
called Diplomate of National
Board.
DNB is a postgraduate or
postdoctoral diploma in which
the training lasts for three years
and FNB is a fellowship in a
sub-speciality where the train-
ing lasts for two years.
The apex court noted down
the submissions of the NBE and
said that the authority was
agreeable "in principle" to con-
duct common counselling from
the next year.
"Consequently, while refus-
ing to pass any directions in so
far as the present year is con-
cerned, we hope that the author-
ities will be able to have com-
mon counselling for DNB PG
seats along with all Post
Graduate seats leading to
Degrees and Diplomas … for
coming years starting with
NEETPG 2021 Examination," it
said.
The verdict came on a plea
filed by four medical students
seeking directions to the Centre,
NBE and others to conduct "sin-
gle counselling" for filling up
seats in the PG Medical and
DNB Courses.
Alapati Jyotsna and others
had secured certain ranks in the
NEET PG test and in the coun-
selling, undertaken by the
Medical Counselling
Committee, they could not get
degree courses of their choice.
"Their grievance is that it is
only after the regular seats of
Post Graduate Courses leading
to Degree and Diploma are
exhausted that the counselling
for DNB courses is undertaken;
and those who have secured any
seat in courses leading to
Degrees and Diplomas are dis-
entitled to lay any claim for
DNB courses," the apex court
said while noting down the
grievances of students.(PTI)
No major side-effects of HCQ, can be used
as preventive COVID treatment: ICMR
NEW DELHI, May 26:
No major side-effects of
antimalarial drug Hydroxy-
chloroquine (HCQ) have been
found in studies in India and its
use can be continued in preven-
tive treatment for COVID-19
under strict medical supervision,
the Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR) said today.
The ICMR's statement came
against the backdrop of the
World Health Organization
(WHO) temporarily suspending
the testing of the drug as a
potential treatment for COVID-
19 over safety concerns.
"The COVID-19 is an evolv-
ing field and we do not know
which drug is working and
which is not working. Lots of
drugs are being repurposed for
COVID-19, whether for prophy-
laxis (treatment given or action
taken to prevent disease) or for
treatment of the disease.
"During these six weeks, we
got some data in India, mainly
observational studies and some
case control studies. We found
there were no major side affects
except for nausea, vomiting,
palpitation occasionally. Hence
in our advisory, we've recom-
mended that it should be contin-
ued for prophylaxis as there is
no harm. Benefit may be there,"
ICMR Director General Balram
Bhargava said at a press briefing
here on Tuesday.
He said it has been "clearly
advised that HCQ should be
taken with food, not on empty
stomach".
"We also emphasized that
one ECG should be done during
the treatment. We expanded the
use of HCQ from healthcare
workers to front-line workers
also, considering the potential
benefits," he added.
Bhargava said that
Chloroquine is a very old anti-
malarial drug used for nearly 100
years and Hydroxychloroquine is
even safer and is widely used for
malaria.
"Taking biological plausibil-
ity, in-vitro data and the avail-
ability and safety of this drug
[HCQ], we had recommended it
for use under strict medical
supervision," the ICMR DG told
the press conference.
"It was very popular drug
suddenly when the American
government also started using it
and they got fast track approval
or emergency use authorisation
for it. We also thought that it
may be a useful drug for preven-
tion of COVID," Bhargava said.
He said that risk-benefit stud-
ies of the HCQ were conducted at
the AIIMS, the ICMR, and also in
three public hospitals in Delhi.
"Looking at the risk and ben-
efits we found that we should
not deny it to our frontline and
healthcare workers dealing with
the COVID-19 patients. At the
same time we have also said that
the use of PPE should be contin-
ued," he stressed.
Referring to an ongoing
nationwide ICMR study to assess
the efficacy HCQ as a preventive
medication against COVID
among healthcare personnel in
hospitals, Bhargava said the soon-
to-be-published findings will also
talk about how many of the sur-
veyed people were wearing PPEs,
what were the side-effects and
how many benefited.
Bhargava further said the
ICMR has ramped up testing
facilities and over one lakh sam-
ples are being tested per day now.
While India had just one lab
-- NIV, Pune -- on January 17, it
has 612 laboratories (430 public
and 182) private labs now, he
said.
The capacity has been
increased by augmenting number
of labs, shifts, RT-PCR machines
and manpower, he said.
"Guidelines have been issued
to states advising immediate test-
ing for symptomatic and home-
quarantine for asymptomatic
migrant workers. Besides, most
states have been working with the
National Tuberculosis
Elimination Programme to deploy
TrueNat machines for COVID-29
testing.
"Indigenous manufacturers
of RT-PCR kits, VTM, swabs
and RNA extraction kits have
been facilitated," he said.
Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary
in the Ministry of Health, said the
recovery rate for COVID-19 cases
in the country has seen an
upwards trend and has improved
from 7.1 per cent in March, when
the lockdown was initiated, to
11.42 per cent during the second
phase of lockdown.
It improved to 26.59 pc in
the third phase and to 41.61 per
cent now, he said.
The ICMR in its revised
advisory on May 22 recom-
mended use of the HCQ as a
preventive medication for
COVID-19 for asymptomatic
healthcare workers in non-
COVID hospitals and frontline
staff on surveillance duty in
containment zones and paramil-
itary/police personnel involved
in coronavirus related activi-
ties.(PTI)

OFFICE OF THE STATE TAX OFFICER

STATE TAXES DEPARTMENT,
CIRCLE F, JAMMU
NOTICE
Whereas, an inspection u/s 67 of the J&K GST SGST Act, 2017
was conducted at the Gowdown of Mr.B.K. Bhat, situated at RG
Complex, Satyam Resort Road, Trikuta Nagar Extension Jammu
on 13.02.2020; and
Whereas, during the inspection, 39 nags containing footwear,
socks and tobacco i.e. taxable goods were found without support-
ing documents and were seized on spot and brought to the office
of the Additional Commissioner, State Taxes Department, Adm &
Enforcement, Excise and Taxation Complex, Rail Head Jammu for
disposal under rules; and
Whereas, 21 nags of footwear were released to the claimants,
after receiving tax and penalty from the said claimants; and
Whereas, 15 nags of chewing tobacco and 3 nags of socks were
also seized along with the aforesaid goods at the time of inspec-
tion; and
Whereas, after the expiry of four months, no one appears to
claim the ownership of these goods; and
Now therefore, the said unclaimed goods are to be confiscated
for levy of tax and penalty as per the provisions of section 130 of
J&K GST SGST Act 2017.
However before proceeding further, through the medium of
this notice any person having claim over the goods is informed to
approach to the office of Additional Commissioner, State Taxes
Department, Adm & Enforcement, Excise and Taxation Complex
Rail Head Jammu along with documentary proof regarding own-
ership of the goods within fifteen days from the date of issuance of
this notice.
In case the goods are not claimed within 21 days from the date
of publication of this notice, it shall be presumed that goods are
unclaimed and shall be liable for confiscation and thereafter
shall be auctioned in accordance with the relevant provisions of
the J&K GST SGST Act 2017 and rules made thereunder.
Sd/-
Dr. Varinder Gupta,
DIP/J-880 State Tax Officer,
Dt: 26-5-2020 Circle F, Jammu.