Day: May 15, 2023

GNS ONLINE RAJOURI 
SHYAM SOOD

200 plus students enrolled while school has only 3 classrooms: Sarpanch.
Funds sanctioned for additional classrooms lapsed twice as people refused to provide land: ZEO.

RAJOURI, MAY 15:–Students in a classroom of government middle school (GMS) at Dandote in Kotrnaka sub-division of Rajouri district had a miraculous escape when a large steel part of a window fell on the students due to the dilapidated condition of the school building.
Four students received injuries and were shifted to Community Health Center (CHC) at Koteraka.
The students have been identified as Arif Hussain (7th class); Wasim Hussain, Raya Devi & Rashid Ali (all 6th class students).
It is pertinent to mention here that the school building was declared unsafe a few years back, but due to the callous approach of the concerned authorities teachers were forced to hold classes in the unsafe building.
Manzoor Naik, prominent and senior BJP leader from Budhal Assembly Segment said that GMS Dandote was started in the year 1958 as basic activities school, and in the year 2008 it was upgraded as a middle school.
“Unfortunately, due to the callous approach of the concerned education department, students are suffering miserably as the school building is in dilapidated condition and about to collapse. This has been brought to the notice of the concerned department several times, but officials failed to resolve the genuine issue and today several students were injured due to the falling of a steel window of one classroom,” said Naik.
When the mishap took place, every concerned official/officer woke up and are talking about action in this matter.
“For more than 200 students there are only three classrooms and one office room. The entire building has been declared unsafe in the past, but the authorities concerned didn’t pay any heed to our repeated concern about the urgent repairs of the building for the safety of the children,” said Sarpanch.

A local said that the contractor had used sub-standard material in the construction work in nexus with concerned officials.
Alaf Din, Zonal Education officer (ZEO), who rushed to the school on the direction of the higher authorities, also admitted that the existing school building is in a dilapidated condition and was declared unsafe.
“In the past, the department has sanctioned Rs 14 lakh funds for the construction of additional classrooms and Rs 5 lakh for the construction of a boundary wall. But the funds lapsed twice as people refused to provide additional land” said ZEO.
He further added, in a fresh proposal Rs 20 lakh has been sought for the construction of additional classrooms, but the problem of land availability for the construction of additional rooms still prevails.
Meanwhile, Chief Education Officer (CEO), Sultana Koser has constituted a -3 member committee to conduct an in-depth inquiry into the incident of GMS Dandote and asked to furnish a detailed report along with personnel comments to proceed further in the matter.
The members include Principal, Mussarat Hussain Shah (HSS Trala); Principal, Roop Lal (HSS Kandi) & Lecturer, Rajesh Kumar Modi (BHSS Rajouri).
“In consultation with the members of Panchayat, it has been decided to shift the school to nearby Panchyat Ghar till any decision is taken for the construction of a new school building,” said ZEO.
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BUDHAL MAY 15 :–Department of AYUSH Rajouri on Monday organised a free Mega Ayush Camp in Gram Panchayat Kewal Lower of Block Budhal in Rajouri District.

The Camp was inaugurated by Sarpanch Gram Panchayat Kewal Lower Mr Mohd Farooq Inqlabi in presence of prominent social activists. Camp was organized on the direction of Director Ayush J&K, Dr. Mohan Singh, under guidance of District Ayush Officer Rajouri Dr Rakesh Kumar Shan.
Among others, Medical Officer AHWC Phalni, Dr Swaran Singh, Volunteers Mr Zahir Ahmed, Shamsher Ahmed, Mohd Asif and other social activists of the area gave their services during the camp.
About 220 People were given Ayush immunity booster medicines including Staff of health department, and other people of Kewal Lower, Kewal Upper and Shahpur.
Awareness regarding health, hygiene was also given to the People.
Sarpanch Mr Mohd Farooq Inqlabi thanked Ayush Department Rajouri for organising the camp.

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SAYED ZAHID

RAJOURI MAY 15:– Panchayat Keri ward 2/6 tehsil Khawas of Rajouri district facing shortage of drinking water from several years.The concerned authorities must be address the problem so that people do not suffer.

local ppeoples of Keri panchayat told GNS ONLINE said that our ward 2 suffering more due to shortage of drinking water.The villagers alleged that that they brought the issue into the notice of concerned officials several times but nothing was done in this regard. Peoples said that they have been deprived drinking water for decades due to lack of clean drinking water even in this advanced age. Peoples are forced to bring drinking water for their homes after passed the distance of three to four kilometres by foot.

Mohd Syed, local resident of Keri Panchayat ward no 2, accused the peoples of Keri Panchayat of not having clean drinking water for serval’s years. They have been demanding drinking water, the demand of the said people’s allegedly being ignored by the Jammu and Kashmir administration and the Rajouri district administration.The authorities must see to it why the problem has remained unresolved. Similar issue at other places too must be addressed.

The Jal Shakti Department is working to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to all the households.Some success has been made in this direction and efforts are on to achieve the target at the earliest. Such steps are very useful and helpful for the people. But such schemes will be more helpful when adequate supply of water is also provided.

It has been noticed that during summer there are reports of drinking water shortage from various areas of Khawas tehsil The problem gets aggravated. The problem is not something new. It is there for long now. A permanent solution has to be found for resolving the problem. Why should people suffer every summer; there must be an end to this suffering.

The authorities rather than going for shortcut methods must deal with the issue with more seriousness. Experts say that there is more demand for the water also due to increase in population, and then water is overused and wasted also.
However, even today in remote areas, peoples are facing many kinds of problems due to lack of clean water. Fetching water from the village on foot is becoming difficult due to which people have started fetching water on horses while half a day is spent fetching water at home.

While it is the responsibility of the Jal Shakti Department to provide adequate water supply, the responsibility for using this water judiciously lies with the people’s The overuse and wastage of water must be avoided as it also leads to water shortage.

The responsibility to use water judiciously increases more for the people in such situations. They too are fully aware that lack of adequate snowfall in winter is going to create water shortage in summer.

There is a growing need to tackle the water shortage problem with serious measures at the government level. The water scarcity related problem is going to grow in future. So it needs special attention and special focus.peoples of keri panchayat ward no.2 have requested the U T LG administration jammu and kashmir and Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Vikas Kundal to provide clean water facilities to the people of Keri Panchayat Ward No. 2 people’s of Keri Panchayat have been faced many difficulties and suffering from water shortage for years.