Day: July 30, 2021

SHYAM SOOD
Rajouri July 30 :–As per information few persons allegedly using Dak Bunglow at Sunderbani for criticising the government and its policies and have also occupied a room illegally for this purpose.
Taking cognizance of the matter Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Rajouri, Tahir Mustafa Malik (under the order of Deputy Commissioner) has asked the concerned officials of the PWD(R&B) to vacate the room by taking necessary assistance from the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) & SHO Nowshera Police station.
ADM has also directed the Executive Engineer PWD(R&B) Nowshera to serve notice to the occupant official for the payments of the rent under the rules.
In an order issued today, ADM has also directed the Executive Engineer to serve notice to the officer also who has facilitated the trespass without valid permission from the concerned Tehsildar/ ADC for the recovery of the rent due to PWD.
“In future no person shall be allowed to occupy any room of Dak Bunglow at Sunderbani, Nowshera Kalakot without authorization either from concerned AE, PWD, or Tehsildar, the order read.
The order further said that the rooms at the first floor of Dak Bunglow in the district, which comparatively is upgraded shall not be opened without permission from the District Administration. The VIP suits shall not be allotted to any one without the specific permission of District Magistrate or the Superintending Engineer, PWD, and ADC (HQ) in emergent cases.
The order further said the premises of Dak Bunglow shall not be allowed for any criticism of the government/ its policies and it shall be the responsibility of the Executive Magistrates, in their area of jurisdiction to ensure the same.

It is pertinent to mention that one Engineer of PWD Rajouri also harassed by former MLA Rajouri and Apni Party leader for a room accommodation issue in Rajouri few days back.

SHYAM SOOD
Rajouri July 30:--One Pacca house, 28 Kacha houses were fully damaged, 4 Pacca & 14 Kacha houses were severely damaged, 24 Kacha houses were partially damaged while 6 cattle shed suffered damages and 15 cattle were killed during the last three days due to incessant rain/flash floods in the Rajouri district.
Two cattle shed were also damaged and 3 cattle were killed on July 28.
Recent incessant rains followed by flash floods have caused heavy loss to crops and Kachha houses (mud houses) in the Kotranka sub-district in Rajouri district.
Manzoor Naik a prominent social and political activist of the area has appealed to the LG Government for suitable compensation/relief for the affected poor people who have no approach to district /sub-district administration.
‘During the last five days, torrential rains have caused extensive damage to crops, fruit trees, and property. Revenue teams will take a lot of time to prepare the details of the damages while the affected poor people need immediate help from the state government” said Manzoor Naik.
The worst affected tehsils include Chasana, Budhal & Kotranka and people affected by torrential rains, floods, landslides in these Panchayats needs urgent help from the administration.
Manzoor demanded a fair and transparent survey of the affected people by the revenue officials because, like in the past, poor people having no resources to contact revenue teams will find no mention of their losses in the lists and the blue-eyed ( faced no losses) will get the benefits.
“About 80 percent of families in these areas are totally dependent on agriculture and heavy rains have caused huge damage to the crops and the farmers are under tremendous anxiety.
“These affected people besides heavy losses to crops and fruit trees are also worried about the well-being of their family members working as labourer in other states of the country,” said Manzoor.
He has appealed to the LG Administration for adequate compensation/relief for the affected families.

Rajouri, July 30: Choudhary Zulfikar Ali, Vice President, Apni Party strongly opposed any move to auction Anas River as it would damage the ecosystem.
Choudhary Zulfikar Ali said that the administration should desist from auction of Anas which is the only fresh water River in Jammu Province. “We will not allow any attempt to auction the river so that the mineral is extracted by the contractors. The mineral sand, and stone are enough to cater the needs of locals. However, massing extraction will damage the ecosystem,” he said.
He was addressing a public meeting in Kotranka, Rajouri. “Exploitation of the natural resources will not be tolerated as it would be proven disastrous and against the sustainable development,” said the Former Minister.
He said that natural calamities are occurring across the world, and in J&K due to the unplanned developmental activities. “We shall not allow such a kind of development which is done to exploit natural resources and cause damage to the ecosystem,” he said.
He also expressed concern over the snail pace of developmental works in Rajouri district which were started by the previous Govt. He demanded the projects like Anas irrigation project, Kotranka-Khawas road, Degree college building Kotranka, eco-tourism park, amusement park at Kotranka, all PMGSY roads and other sectors are the glaring examples of snail pace of developmental activities in the district.
He demanded that the developmental works should be taken up on priority and they should be completed within a time frame.  
 
 

Poonch July 30:– President Peoples Democratic Party District Poonch Shamim Ganie has urged upon the Lieutenant Governor (J&K) to waive off the Kissan Credit Card (KCC) loan of the farmers belonging to Sub-Himalayas or hilly districts of Poonch and Rajouri J&K as their crops have been damaged due to untimely precipitation, flash floods and draught during monsoon initial face. As a result, the helpless farmers are unable to pay their instalments. In addition, young labourers who work at different parts of country and also acts as a farmer during sowing and harvesting period could not help their families during prolonged lockdown under Covid-19 pandemic.

Shamim has said that the KCC was launched by NABARD and RBI to meet the financial requirement of the Farmers related to crop production. He said that the scheme was launched to save the farmers from high interest rates by money lenders and brokers. In view of covid-19 situation, EMI was extended up to 31, August, 2021, but now they have to pay instalments in upcoming months. However, due to prolonged lockdown under Covid-19 pandemic, Draught from several months and recently heavy rains and flash flood in this particular region have damaged the crops completely. It has become very difficult for farmers to pay remaining instalments of KCC loan.

Shamim further said that farmers families members who used to work in private sector, menial jobs and Labourers have also lost their part time jobs and works. It is pertinent to mention that the income of the farmers including their families have decreased drastically in last several months due to prolonged lockdown and natural calamities. There is huge financial crisis to the farmers of this region as they are only dependent on timely monsoonal rains. Moreover, the government has also not given any financial help to the beleaguered farmers of the region.

Shamim has stressed upon the Government of India and Jammu and Kashmir to waive off the KCC loan. He also demanded to government to constitute a Agricultural assessment committee to review the impact on farmers from Covid-19 prolonged lockdown, natural calamities and livelihood of farmers in this particular region of J&K as they are under huge financial stress.

SHYAM SOOD
After a gap of a few days, the number of active cases has been reported in double-digit in Rajouri district with thirteen persons tested positive out of 1902 reports received today.
The positivity rate in the district is 0.68%, while the recovery rate is 97.50%, and overall positivity rate is 2.37% and the district has recorded 225 fatalities since the first face of Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite about Rupees Seventy Thousand fines collected today across the district from the violators of Covid-19 SOPs, the people mostly avoid wearing the masks and keeping the social distancing and it could become a reason in a sharp increase in the active cases during next coming days.
The district currently has 48 active cases out of 7046 persons tested positive during the 2nd wave of Covid-19.
Out of 48 active positive cases at present,23 are in home isolation,13 in Panchayat CCCs, and 12 are under hospital isolation, including 4 in GMC Rajouri, 4 in the Army hospital and 4 in the hospitals out of the district.
Reports said that the 45 plus age group has fully been vaccinated (102%) in the district, while the vaccination of the 18-45 years age group is going on at present (40%).
101% health care workers and 98% front-line workers have also been vaccinated in the district as per reports.
District Administration under the overall supervision of Rajesh Kumar Shavan, District Magistrate (DM) is continuously fighting the pandemic.
Testing and subsequent isolation of patients and the mass vaccination drive is going on across the district.
Rajesh Kumar Shavan, DM has appealed to the people of the district to go for the vaccination and to follow the Covid Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) & other SOPs for their safety against the pandemic.