Rajouri, Feb 25:– Carrying forward it’s efforts to bring government buildings into public use, two more Panchayat Ghar buildings have been vacated from illegal occupants here in Rajouri district.
Officials said that the two buildings that have been vacated include one of Alal panchayat in Thanamandi and another one is of Badal in Khawas.
They said that panchayat ghar Allal in Thanamandi tehsil was illegally occupied for 20 years while panchayat ghar Badal Khawas was under illegal occupation since 2003.
” Executive magistrates of the area assisted by police got both the buildings vacated and brought the same in public use.” Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Rajesh Shavan said.
He added that more such buildings under illegal occupation are being identified and shall be vacated soon.
” We appeal to people who are illegal occupants of government buildings to vacate the same on their own and to co-operate the administration.” Deputy Commissioner added.
Rajouri February 25 :–Resentment has been witnessed among the people and government contractors after the rates of Bajri, sand, etc have approximately been doubled following the district administration has stopped the functioning of 21 stone crushers (seized). On February 6, District Administration had stopped the operation of 21 stone crushers operating illegally in Rajouri, Sunderbani, Nowshera Manjakot, Khawas, Darhal, Beripattan , Kalakot ,Siot and Kotranka tehsils. The District Mineral Officer was asked to check the documents of the crusher owners and allow only those to operate who possess valid licenses, environment clearance. But till today, none of the crushers could be made operational allegedly for not having the valid documents. Contractors and people of the district alleged that they have been forced to purchase construction material (Bajri, sand etc) at double rates. Contractors alleged that they will be forced to stop construction work if the stalemate continues for a few more days. “We are left with two options, Either to stop/suspend construction on alloted works or to continue with increased rates resulting in finacial losses” contractors alleged. Shafqat Wani, President Pir Panjal Contractor Association alleged that people are forced to purchase Bajri for Rs 8000 (per tipper) against the fixed rate of Rs 4000 and sand for Rs 12000 (per tipper) instead of Rs 6000. On Tuesday, to resolve the issue a meeting of the contractors and stone crusher owners was chaired by Rajesh Kumar Shavan DDC, but according to contractors, it remained inconclusive. Contractors have appealed to Lt. Governor to intervene and allow the contractors to lift the construction material from the ‘Nallahs’/other resources (within 12 km radius) as per clause mentioned by the department in the allotments of the works. In the meeting, authorities suggested the contractors to lift material from legally operating crushers at Akhnoor which is about 120 Kms from Rajouri. “It is not feasible for the contractors to lift the material from Akhnoor” the contractor association alleged. “The matter has been taken up with higher authorities. The District Mineral Officer has been directed to check the required documents soon and allow the stone crusher to operate having valid documents” said Th Sher Singh, Additional DC. The owners of 5 stone crushers are also allowed to sell their seized material, he added.
Srinagar,February 25 :- A high level delegation of Jammu and Kashmir rehabar -e- taleem teachers forum( JKRETTF) met director School education Kashmir Mohammad Younis Malik on Thursday and apprised him of various problems and difficulties faced by teachers and reiterated for their immediate redressal.
According to a press statement issued here by forum Chief spokesman MA Wani said that ,the delegation headed by Forum Chairman Farooq Ahmed Tantray demanded the Immediate release of pending salaries of the teachers who were stopped due to so-called verification from last more than two years.He said that these teachers and their families are in the verge of starvation.He further told the education director that files of time bound promotions have been prepared for two years which are yet to be completed and teachers are facing severe mental distress.
Forum delegation also reiterated the demand of shifting of teacher grade II and III to substantive posts , highlighted the issue of overlapping, pending Regularization and orders of TG2 and TG3, highlighted the issue of reduced RRET teachers, the issue of teachers who have enhanced their academic qualifications and formulating a transfer policy in favor of teachers posted under the RET scheme.The Director education assured the delegation that all the legitimate demands of the teachers will be resolved on priority basis.During the meeting forum chairman also thanked the director for issuing more than 40 orders of TG2 and TG3. Apart from them, the forum delegation also met with the Joint Director Samgra and demanded immediate resolution of the issues related to them. Forum chairman was accompanied by Chief Finance Secretary Javed Gul, District President Kulgam Intikhab Alam, Zonal President Kulgam Nisar Ahmed and others.
Rajouri, February, 25:– Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Rajesh K Shavan on Thursday chaired a meeting to finalise the arrangements for smooth conduct of OMR based objective type written exam for Class IV posts to be conducted by J&K Service Selection Board..
The meeting was informed that the examination shall be held on 27th, 28th and 01 March,2021 from 12 noon to 2 pm at 22 examination centers.
It was decided that Superintendents,Deputy Superintendents, and supervisors shall be engaged for the purpose,besides required invigilators i.e one invigilator on every 24 students while Magistrates shall also be appointed at all the examination centers.
Moreover,the Information Department was asked to ensure full video coverage of each examination center.
The concerned officers from Jal Shakti Department and PDD were directed to ensure drinking water facilities and uninterrupted power supply respectively at the examination centers.
The Health authorities were directed to keep the provision of sanitizers and thermal scanners at the entrance of the examination centers.
The Police Department has been directed to ensure the full proof security arrangements during the examination process so that the exam can be conducted in a peaceful manner.They were also asked to deploy police escort while transportation of the sensitive material.
It was also decided that proper signages would be installed at each examination centre so that the students don’t find any inconvenience while searching their respective centre.It was also decided that the facility of additional desks and other logistics would also be provided at each examination centre by the Head of the institution.
It was also decided in the meeting that relaxation would be given to the students to sit in the examination if they have reached late in the examination centres but the the cut time would be same for everyone.
Mobile phones and other electronic devices would not be allowed inside the exam center.Candidates would only be allowed to carry two ball-point pens and hall tickets inside the exam hall.
DDC called for maintaining close coordination among the concerned departments for smooth conduct of exams.
