Day: September 7, 2022

GNSONLINE RAJOURI
SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI, SEPTEMBER 07:–Dr. Mohd Haseeb Mughal, IPS, Deputy Inspector General (DIG)of Police, Rajouri-Poonch Police Range on Wednesday chaired a security and crime review meeting here at Rajouri.
Besides Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mohammad Aslam, the meeting was attended by all the Sub-Divisional Police Officers (SDPOs), and Station House Officers (SHOs) of district Rajouri.
The meeting was held in the conference hall at District Police Line (DPL).
The agenda of the meeting was crime review, law & order, terrorism scenario, drug trafficking, traffic management, redressal of public grievances in time bound manner, and initiative for the welfare of the Jawans.
At the outset of the meeting, SSP Rajouri addressed a welcome note to DIG R-P Range and all the participants.
All the supervisory officers/ SHOs were briefed to gear up their investigating officers (IOs) for disposal of the under investigation cases.
The supervisory officers/SHOs were also briefed about the disposal of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) cases.
Special focus was laid on the Counter Insurgency Operations, strengthening of the intelligence grid at the police station levels, and were advised to beef up the security of the police units by strengthening the Perimeter Security.
SHOs were directed to fix their target on a monthly, fortnightly, weekly and daily basis in order to achieve better results on all the agendas of the meeting.
Those who attended the meeting include SSP, Mohd Aslam, JKPS; SDPO Nowshera; Deputy SP HQs (Rajouri); Deputy SP Operations (Rajouri); SDPO Thanamandi; Senior Prosecuting officer, DPO (Rajouri), and all SHOs of the Rajouri district and RPHQ/DPO staff.

GNSONLINE RAJOURI
SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI, SEPTEMBER 07:–District Magistrate Rajouri, Vikas Kundal on a written complaint placed Assistant Co mmissioner Panchayat (ACP)- a J&K Administrative Service (JKAS) officer- for allegedly using derogatory against his subordinate, a Secretary Panchayat.
Sanjeet Sharma, Secretary Panchayat in a written complaint claimed that he along with his three colleagues, namely Zaheer Malik; Utish Ashok, both Secretary Panchayat; and Tahir Mirza, MIS operator along with Abdul Rashid Kohli, ACP on Tuesday went to a restaurant for lunch.
“Others ordered non-vegetarian meals while being a vegetarian, I ordered a vegetarian meal. On my being vegetarian, the ACP started giving a lecture on the importance of non-vegetarian meals including beef” said the complainant in the complaint.
“Objectionable comments of the ACP on the religious sanctity shocked me which was unbearable & unacceptable at any cost. Being my senior, I objected where I can, but he didn’t stop & continue to disrespect our religion” the complainant added.
He further said after my objection (being a subordinate) to stop such remarks, ACP threatens me with quashing the post.
The ACP also made more derogatory remarks against the complainant and his religion which can’t be made public.
After receiving a written complaint against the ACP, Abdul Rashid Kohli for making some objectionable remarks against a particular community while having lunch at Blue Moon restaurant with his four subordinates during office hours, Vikas Kundal in order placed the ACP under suspension and initiated an inquiry into this incident.
“This conduct of the officer is not only a violation of service conduct rules, but also an issue of hurting religious sentiments of other community and has the potential of creating law & order problems within the district” read DM order No.DMR/JC/22-23/2245-47 dt 6/9/2022.
“Keeping in view of the above, Abdul Rashid Kholi, ACP is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect. A committee headed by Pawan Parihar, ADDC Rajouri shall enquire the matter & report within 15 days” the order read.
Vikas Kundal, DM in his order has also sought confirmation of the order from the Secretary, General Administration Department (J&K Government) & requested to post another officer as AC Panchayat Rajouri.
Meanwhile, Vibodh Gupta, ex-MLC and General Secretary J&K BJP has demanded the arrest of the ACP in order to restore confidence among the minority community.
Islamic Welfare Organisation (IWO) Rajouri through its president Shafqat Mir has demanded revocation of DM’s suspension order and demanded action only after completion of the investigation in this matter.
“It is morally wrong to initiate an action against ACP and the District Administration should first conduct a thorough investigation & then initiate an action,” said Mir.

GNSONLINE RAJOURI

RAJOURI, SEPTEMBER 07:– To redress the public grievances at their doorsteps, the District Administration Rajouri on Wednesday organised a public outreach camp at Gambhir Muglian area of block Manjakote under the aegis of weekly Block Diwas programme.

The event was presided over by the District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal.

BDC Manjakote, Shamshad Begum; CPO, Mohammad Khurshid; PO ICDS, Shoket Mehmood Malik; ACD, Vijay Kumar; SE Hydraulics, JP Singh, LDM, Jyoti Prakash Sharma; Tehsildar, Javed Chowdhary and other district and sectoral officers, Sarpanches, panches, and people in large numbers attended the event.

The public and their representatives apprised the DDC about several issues and demands of their areas. They demanded macadamisation of roads, augmentation of health facilities, up-gradation of schools, meeting paucity of staff in government institutions etc.

Specific issues projected during the event were the construction of a building for Niabat, repair and renovation of PWD Dakbunglow Manjakote and PHC Gambhir Muglan, meeting paucity of staff at PHC Gambhir Muglan, shortage of electric wires, scarcity of water, etc.

Some more demands projected included the renovation of GMS building Gambhir Muglan, inclusion of eligible beneficiaries under PMAY-G, meeting paucity of staff at GMS Gargalla, construction of boundary wall of HSS Gambhir Muglanetc.

The Officers of different departments also highlighted the benefits of the schemes and programs being implemented in the district and motivated the public to avail the benefits of the same. They also responded to the queries about their departments raised by the public during the event.

The DDC gave a patient hearing to the issues and demands projected by the public during the event and passed on-spot directions to the concerned officers to take adequate measures to redress the genuine public concerns in a time-bound manner.

Addressing the participants, the DDC said that the District Administration is holding such grievance redressal camps to take an appraisal of local issues from the general public for precise and on-ground assessment and to ensure their time-bound solution.

“Persistent efforts are being made to provide quality services to the common masses, that too at their doorsteps to ensure that they don’t face any inconvenience,” he said.

Referring to scores of self-employment generation schemes, he urged the local youth to avail the benefits of the same to earn livelihood with dignity and honor and become job providers too.

Seeking the active cooperation of the general public in the developmental process, he said that although the Distt Admin is working at its full potential for the holistic development of the district, active cooperation from the generalpublic is a must in this regard.

Responding to the demand for renovation of different roads, he asked the concerned officers to take adequate measures in this regard and repair the roads as soon as possible.

Regarding water scarcity, the DDC assured that all the district households would be provided functional tap water connections with the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission.

“All your grievances have been documented and the same will be redressed in a time bound manner with the intervention of the concerned quarters,” he added.

During the event, the participants were also educated about the ill effects of drugs on health, while the parents were asked to keep a close watch on their children and immediately take cognizance if they notice anything suspicious or if there is a change in behavior of their children.

GNSONLINE RAJOURI
SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI, SEPTEMBER 07:–The Changolgah hamlet situated in Darhal tehsil in Rajouri district and just 6 kilometers from Darhal town (Tehsil HQ) craves basic facilities, especially road connectivity, alleged its residents, including Sarpanch Afsar Malik.
“Even in the 21st century, we don’t have road connectivity and the irony is that we have to walk through thick forests and after crossing a seasonal rivulet to reach the village by foot,” said residents.
“ In the absence of a bridge the residents have come up with a temporary footbridge constructed of wooden logs to cross the rivulet and whenever there were heavy rains, wooden logs washes away along with flood water, causing inconvenience to students, employees, and especially patients to reach their destinations”, said Afsar Malik Sarpanch.
Inhabitants of the area alleged Changolgah is the only helmet in the Darhal tehsil that remains cut off from the rest of the tehsil during rains and is also a most backward area in the tehsil.
We have been deprived of even basic facilities by the successive regimes as no one has even bothered to visit the helmet. We don’t have any facility in our area, including safe drinking water, all-weather road connectivity, health care facilities etc, they added.
The inhabitants of the area have appealed to Lt Governor Administration, higher authorities of PWD(R&B), and District Administration to come forward to mitigate their main problem of a bridge over the the stream.
“Patients, people and especially women & students face risk to their lives while crossing the stream over wooden logs. In the past many people have lost their lives as they couldn’t get timely medical help in the absence of a bridge” said Haneef Malik.
He added that whenever there was rain, the level of water increased in the stream, & students miss their classes.
During elections, politicians come to visit our helmets only to get votes with the promise that they will resolve all our issues and later renege on their promises, the people of Changolgah alleged.
“At present better road connectivity and a bridge over the rivulet is the only demand of the inhabitants of Changolgah which would also help in mitigating other problems of the people,” said Javed Ahmed.