Shyam Sood
Rajouri March 22:–Under the ongoing initiative of the district administration for the ‘face-lifting’ of the district, especially Rajouri town, Rajesh Kumar Shavan, DDC has directed the concerned officials to take special measures.
“Keeping the surroundings neat and clean is the foremost duty of every citizen and the need of an hour is to work in tandem to make the district neat, clean, green, and smart,” said DDC.
He asked the officials of Food Safety to make sure that the inner and the outer walls of all the shops being operated in the district are painted with white polish and got repaired.
“Ensure cleanliness and sanitation in all the restaurants in the town besides to ensure that every restaurant has a functional toilet facility and valid license to operate” DDC said.
Install hoardings at specific locations to spread awareness among the general public about the benefits of cleanliness and sanitation, healthy food habits, and the harmful effects of unhygienic food on Health.
DDC asked FCS&CA and Food Safety officials/officers to conduct market checking on a routines basis to inspect the sanitary condition of the shops and strictly enforce the market rates.
“Also conduct surprise checking of the campus of the JK Police, Army and BSF to ensure that quality food is provided to the employees working in these departments” DDC said.
DDC also asked Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to vaccinate all the shopkeepers and the persons working in the shops to avoid the risk of the COVID19 infection.
Chief Education Officer (CEO) was instructed to provide the list of 25 schools from where the ‘Eat Right India Movement’ ,a massive movement by the Government of India to improve public health in India and combat negative nutritional trends to fight lifestyle diseases.
DDC also asked CEO and the Project Officer, ICDS to ensure that quality food is served to the students and children in schools and Anganwadi centres.
DDC asked Project Officer, ICDS, and Chief Medical Officer to organise special training sessions for the ASHA and Anganwadi workers and make them aware of the benefits of cleanliness and sanitation in life to spread this message in the entire society.
The meeting was also joined by Sher Singh, Additional DC; Shamim-un-Nisa,CMO; Liakat Choudhry, Additional SP; Kartar Singh, PO, ICDS; Gulzar Hussain,CEO & Muzzafar Mir, AD, FCS&CA,Narinder Kumar,DIO.
Day: March 22, 2021
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DDC asked to paint shops white under ongoing initiative of face-lifting of Rajouri town.
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First time woman SSP took charge of Rajouri district.
Shyam Sood
Rajouri March 22:–Ms Sheema Nabi Qasba, IPS today took over the charge of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Rajouri district.
Her predecessor Chandan Kohli, IPS has today also taken over the charge of SSP, Jammu district
Soon after assuming the charge, she held an introductory meeting and asked the officers/ officials to work with dedication.
Ms Sheema Nabi Qasba was born and raised up in Srinagar and was inspired by Kiran Bedi , IPS (retd).
She had joined the J&K police in 2016 and was posted SDPO, R.S Pura in 2020 and was later transferred and posted as SP (East) Srinagar on officiating basis.
Ms Sheema, Nabi Qasba has become the first woman police officer to take the reign of the border district of Rajouri. -
ZEO Drabshalla visited Bunjwah, Attended day long teachers convention at Government Middle School Wachak Mohalla Tanta Bunjwah,
Jammu Mar 22 :–The Zonal Education Officer Drabshalla Mr. Sewa Ram,visited Bunjwah and holds one day teachers convention at Government Middle School Wachak Mohalla Tanta in Block Bunjwah, wherein various teachers falling in Cluster Patnazi, Buddhar, Kither and adjoining areas remains present.
During the course of convention various issues pertaining to reform education sector in Bunjwah were discussed.The student teacher ratio, reformation of education sector, restoration and maintenanceof damaged school buildings,disbursement of scholarship, uniform, books and other issues were raised during course of convention.
BDC Chairperson Bunjwah Choudhary Maryam Begum also remain present and raise issues of various schools.
Incharge Cluster Head and District President NPS Teachers Association Mr. Zakir Hussain Mir, requested all teachers to perform duties with dedication and put forth various issues pertaining to education sector of Bunjwah and seeks early redressals.
Zonal Education Officer Drabshalla asks teachers fraternity to perform their legitimate duties with zeal and zest in reforming education system in Bunjwah. Adding that various funds are allocated to school heads for various works in the institution and in increasing the ratio of literacy.
He further stressed upon teachers to avoid all such practices and complaints that will forces the authorities to take action against you. Adding that any sought of suggestion and issue of any institution, feel free to inform for early redressal.
ZEO Drabshalla urged upon cluster heads to puts National Flag on roof of every school and provide badges to students.
The teacher fraternity of Bunjwah including Owais Rasool, Zakir Hussain Mir, Rifat Malik and others highly presents votes of thanks to ZEO Drabshalla for visiting Bunjwah and hopes that society will moves forward with better education. -
Deputy Commissioner Rajouri should Revoke the Order of Suspension; Otherwise engineers and contractors shall go on strike.
Rajouri March 22:–In a bizarre order the District Development Commissioner Rajouri Rajesh Kumar Shavan suspended a Junior Engineer for not deputing the men and machinery at night for the construction of a road in double shift. The whole engineering fraternity strongly condemned the action of the authority and allege that this order is absolutely without any application of mind as even a layman knows that deputing men and machinery at site is the job of contractor not a junior engineer as such suspending an engineer for this is nothing but absolutely misuse of authority by the District Development Commissioner. The Engineers further said that the authorities want to reign a sense of terror in the engineers for the reason best known to the perpetrators of such bizarre order. Some of the engineers also said that the delay in execution of various work is only due to seizure of stone crushers for about one and a half month by the authorities.
When contacted regarding the matter President District Contractor Association Rajouri Ashfaq Magray said that we have signed agreement of the works with the competent authority in which the method of execution of the work is clearly mentioned and in the whole agreement there is no clause regarding execution of the work in double shift. He further said that the District Development Commissioner cannot direct anything outside the purview of the tender document as it amounts to creating a new agreement for which we are neither willing nor bound to do. When Contacted the President Peer Panchal Contractor Association Shafqat Wani regarding the matter, he said that the District Development Commissioner is totally acting without any application of mind firstly in seizing the whole stone crushers of district Rajouri and thereafter allowing them to operate after wasting one and an half month of peak working season. He further said that as per the terms and conditions of the contract , the powers to do communication with the contactor lies with the authorities not less than the rank of Executive Engineer, as such suspending Junior Engineer for this is nothing but a sheer misuse of official position.
Whereas some of the contractors namely Mohd Yaqoob, Shakoor Ahmed ,Lucky Sharma also allege that to save his skin from the grudge of the higher authorities for low performance in construction of various infrastructure projects due to arbitrary seizure of stone crushers, the said officer is now harassing engineers and contractors to work in double shift, for which the contractors are not agreeing.
Sources further said that in case the District Development Commissioner don’t revoke this strange order , the engineers and the contractors shall go on strike, which will further result into delay in completion of the developmental works.
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DDC suspend JE for derliction of duty
Shyam Sood
Rajouri March 21:–In an order issued today,DDC Rajesh Shavan has placed under suspension a junior engineer of PWD (R&B) for failing to achieve the assigned target in the stipulated time period.
Danish Ahmed, junior engineer posted with Rajouri PWD(R&B) division was entrusted with the job of completion of approach road to under- construction Government Medical College at Maira (Nagrota) by or before March 31 this year.
The junior engineer was directed to complete the work by deploying men & machinery round the clock (double shift).
“But the official (junior engineer) has failed to achieve the targets set so far and has shown dereliction of duty” the order said.
An inquiry has also been initiated in this matter. “Pending inquiry into the matter, Danish Ahmed, the junior engineer is here placed under suspension with immediate effect. During the suspension period, he will remain attached in the office of Assistant Executive Engineer, PWD (R&B) sub- division, Sunderbani” order reads.
Executive Engineer, PWD, Rajouri division has been asked to depute another junior engineer in his place.
Meanwhile, the Pir Panjal Contractors Association (PPCA), Rajouri has strongly condemned the suspension of the junior engineer for just he was not working in the double shift.
Important to mention, the execution of the works was slowed down during Covid-19 lockdown and due to recent closure of the crushers and the contractors couldn’t manage the works in double shifts on short notices.
For double shifts, the contractor has to make additional arrangements of power/generators, men power & machinery which were not possible at a short notice.
“Contractors are facing man problems in executing the allotted works in the absence of adequate material due to long closure of the crushers, shortage of labour. We have decided to meet the DDC with our grievances” said Shafqat Wani, president, PPCA.
Sources said the engineers of PWD(R&B) may also meet the DDC reportedly to revoke the suspension order.
“As it was Sunday today, another JEWISH be deputed on Monday” said
Mohd Zubair, XEN, PWD.
DDC said : “No compromise with quality & target of timely completion of the works,”.
