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_ARTO B’la Launches On-ground Trial for issuance of Driving Licence_
SNS KASHMIR
BARAMULLA, FEBRUARY 22:
Assistant Regional Transport Officer Baramulla, Mubashir Jaan launches a special on-ground trial in which an array of activities are to be performed by a candidate desirious to obtain a driving licence.
While elaborating the details, the ARTO said that in this trial, various aspects which are necessary for safe driving are being tested which includes up slope and down slope vehicle movement, applying common sense, using brakes at suitable distance among other aspects. He added that the trail has been launched as per the provisions of central Motor Vehicle Act.
Meanwhile, ARTO along with a team of officers/officials from various departments viz police, revenue, municipality etc conducted an inspection drive in Sopore in order to check whether transporters and other concerned stakeholders are following the requisite rules and regulations.
The inspection drive was conducted upon the directions of DC Baramulla Mohammad Aijaz Asad as part of his endeavours to provide smooth and hassle free public services.
During inspection, 20 vehicles were blacklisted for violating several norms and regulations as enshrined in Motor Vehicles Act. The ARTO said that such drives shall be conducted on routine basis so as to ensure smooth movement of vehicles as well and the commuters.
‘Will strive hard to take forward my father’s mission, vision; won’t allow J&K to being a ring of war for India-Pak, dialogue best way to resolve issues’
SNS KASHMIR
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 22 :
Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir must do his duty and that she will do her own adding that “if police plans to arrest her for her work, so be it.”
“Let IGP Kashmir do his duty. I will do my job the way I am doing. If police wants to arrest me for what I am doing, so be it,” Mehbooba told reporters at her Gupkar residence after being re-elected as the PDP chief. Interestingly, in his recent presser, IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar without naming any politician had stated that some political leaders were instigating people by spreading false rumours. He had stated that police won’t hesitate in preparing a dossier and if needed, action would also be taken against such politicians.
The PDP chief said that she continue to strive hard to take forward her father late Mufti Muhammad Sayed’s mission and vision. “I want to see the end to sufferings of people that include denial of body of a slain son to his father. I won’t allow Kashmir to become a ring of war for India and Pakistan and instead Kashmir should become a bridge of peace between the two nations. Dialogue is the best way to resolve issues,” she said—(KNO)
Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday said that those who are demanding early assembly elections in the UT must cooperate with the Delimitation Commission to complete the exercise at the earliest.
“Those demanding early Assembly polls in J&K must help and cooperate with the Delimitation Commission so that the process is completed and Assembly polls are held in the UT,” he said in reply to a query that when assembly polls are going to be held in the UT, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). The LG was speaking to media men at Jammu.
He said instead of criticizing the delimitation process and staying away from the exercise, the politicians who want early assembly polls must help to end the exercise. “Once the Delimitation exercise ends in J&K, the Election Commission of India will assess the situation and accordingly announce the poll dates,” he said.
Asked about the growing incidents of militancy in Srinagar, the LG Sinha said that only two incidents have happened in the city where a module that was involved in the attack on a Dhaba owner was busted and three accused arrested. “In the second incident, two policemen were killed, who were unarmed. I condemn such acts. Let me tell you that militancy won’t be allowed to grow at any cost,” he said.
On PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti advocating dialogue, he said India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) will take care of such things—(KNO)
The former chief minister of erstwhile J&K state was on Monday re-elected as the president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Mehbooba has been the party president since 2016, after succeeding her father Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, who passed away in January 2016.
PDP spokesman said that Mehbooba was unanimously re-elected as party president for the period of three years, adding that her name was proposed by senior party leaders including Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura and Khurshid Aalam.
Sources said that PDP held elections for the post of party president today and the members of the electoral college from Kashmir & Jammu provinces voted to elect the party president in Srinagar and Jammu respectively.
Notably, the three-year term of Mehbooba as the party president ended on October 31st last year but fresh elections as per the spokesman were not held due to COVID–19 Pandemic.
For smooth conduct of the elections, Surinder Choudhary was the Returning Officer for Jammu whereas Satpal Singh Carak was Observer.
In Srinagar, the proceedings were conducted by Chairman election board A R Veeri—(KNO)
Qayoom wani shocked on the death of Manzoor kirmani in road accident at Khatua
SNS KASHMIR
SRINAGAR FEBRUARY 22 : Qayoom wani shocked on the death of Manzoor kirmani in road accident at Khatua. In a condolance message from jammu Chairman jammu kashmir civil society forum (JKCSF) and former president EJAC Ab Qayoom wani expressed shock and grief on death of Famous religious scholar and member Muslim principle law board Manzoor Ahmad kirmani in a road accident at Khatua jammu Wani said that the deceased was a pious human being with great qualities. Wani said that the deceased was a famous religious scholar and has contributed a lot in the field of religion besides his remarkable social work. Wani prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul and courage to the bereaved family to bear this loss wani showed sympath and solidarity with the whole kirmani family of Handwara at this time of grief.
A doctor died due to a massive cardiac arrest in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday afternoon.
Chief medical officer Anantnag, Mukhtar Ahmad Shah told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the doctor namely Aashiq Hussain from Lal Bazar area of Srinagar suffered a massive cardiac arrest at his clinic in Anantnag town.
He said that Ashiq was immediately shifted to district hospital Anantnag where doctors declared him dead on arrival—(KNO)
Workshop Was Inaugurated By District Development Commissioner Baramulla.
SNS KASHMIR
BARAMULLA FEBRUARY 22:
Continuing with it’s humble and result oriented efforts Adbee Markaz Kamraz continues with its efforts and second Kashmiri script workshop with District officer of Baramulla was held at AMK Head office Kanispora Baramulla today. The work shop was Inaugurated by Mr Aijaz Asad (IAS) Distt Development Commissioner Baramulla;25 District officers were in the class room. Celebrating mother language day with a commitment and distinct style.
Baramulla,February 22:Police on Monday claimed to have busted a fake job racket by arresting five people including two Constables of Railway Protection Porce Budgam. In a statement, Baramulla police said that on a specific information Police station Baramulla arrested Five persons namely, Hafizulla Lone son of Gh. Hassan lone resident of Diver Lolab, Ashiq Hussain Naik son of Ghulam Nabi Naik resident of Kralgund Qazigund Kulgam and Ather-ul-islam son of Ab Samad Lone resident of Devar Lo lab Kupwara, Ajaz ahmad lone son of Abdul Gani Lone resident of Tujer Sharif Sopore and Abdul Rashid Wani son of Abdul Aziz Wani resident of Nagbal Khag Budgam with fake and forged appointment orders in Agriculture Department and registered a criminal case under FIR NO 17/2021 u/s 420,467,468,471/IPC. The statement further states that during the course of investigation it came to fore that a gang is operating from Srinagar, Budgam, Baramulla in which two constables of Railway Protection Force Budgam, running a fake Job racket and duped so many persons and collected hefty amounts. During the course of investigation of the case five persons have been arrested and three fake orders have been seized so for from the possession of accused persons. Investigation of the case is going on, further arrests and recoveries are expected, reads the statement.
LG made suggestions for giving further push to the developmental process in J&K
After 5th August 2019, J&K got new opportunities of socio-economic development that were not there for many decades: LG
From job creation to entrepreneurship, we are going to make J&K a model of Industry 4.0, says the Lt Governor
· Lt Governor requests GoI for setting up of Dry Port in J&K with customs clearance facility to increase trade within & outside the Country
· To boost tourism and trade in J&K, LG requests for regular commercial International flights for Srinagar & Jammu
· Air Cargo capacity for J&K needs to be enhanced to enable easy transportation of perishable items
Government aims to take J&K export worth from Rs 1400 cr to Rs 5000 cr in next two years, says the LG
SNS KASHMIR
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 20:
Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today participated in the 6th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog, through virtual mode.
During the meeting, the Lt Governor highlighted major reformative measures taken by the UT Governor, besides apprising the meeting about the new trajectory that the UT has undertaken in the past 17 months.
At the outset, the Lt Governor, on behalf of the people of Jammu & Kashmir, expressed gratitude to the Hon’ble Prime Minister for his unstinting support in accelerating the pace of development in the UT.
“After 5th August 2019, Jammu & Kashmir got new opportunities of socio-economic development that were not there for many decades. J&K is passing through a period of transition for development, peace and prosperity. Today, among the people of Jammu & Kashmir, there is an outlook of hopeful optimism”, remarked the Lt Governor.
While making suggestions for giving further push to the developmental process in Jammu and Kashmir, the Lt Governor requested the Government of India for considering the demand for setting up of Dry Port in J&K with a customs clearance facility to increase the trade within and outside the Country.
To give a boost to tourism and trade in J&K, the Lt Governor requested that Srinagar and Jammu be opened to regular commercial International flights.
The Lt Governor observed that the UT Government is aiming to take J&K export worth from Rs 1400 cr to Rs 5000 cr in the next two years. Air Cargo capacity for J&K needs to be enhanced to enable easy transportation of perishable items, he added.
He requested for simplification of certain permissions under Water Act and Air Act, 1981 along with clearances and reduction of time period from 4 months to 30 days so that clearances can be obtained easily and in a short time for setting up industrial units.
The Lt Governor suggested for setting up Regional Office of MoEF in J&K for speedy disposal of Environment Clearances cases for larger projects.
He also suggested that the Government of India may consider specific product based funding programs. National Saffron Mission has succeeded because of it focus on one product, he added.
Infrastructural projects need to be devised considering the needs of 20-25 years from now. New road construction technology like cold mix plant and use of pre-fabricated bridges could be promoted to reduce the construction time-period, suggested the Lt Governor.
Speaking on the Economic reforms, the Lt Governor observed that the existing industrial landscape is being transformed into futuristic, profitable and sustainable ecosystem, leading to livelihood generation, better education, skill development and better quality of life.
“From job creation to entrepreneurship, we are going to make J&K a model of Industry 4.0, the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Government is working on promoting institutional readiness, increasing entrepreneurship and attracting investments. The multiplier effect of industrial transformation will be felt across the entire length and breadth of the UT”, said the Lt Governor.
New Industrial Development Scheme, with an outlay of Rs.28,400 Crore, has been approved by the Government of India for encouraging investment in manufacturing and service sectors in J&K, which will help in stepping up economic development in Jammu & Kashmir, the Lt Governor affirmed.
Underscoring the important interventions made by the UT Government for execution for the languishing projects, the Lt Governor said that JKIDFC, a model which NITI Aayog has commended as a best practice, has approved 2367 projects worth Rs. 7125.49 crore so far.
On health sector, the Lt Governor observed that J&K Government is spending 2.86 % of its budget in the Health sector which is more than the national average. Upgradation of health infrastructure and improving healthcare services has led to an overall improvement in the key health indicators in J&K, he added.
Speaking on priority sectors, the Lt Governor observed that J&K is heavily relied on agriculture sector and tourism sector. We plan to introduce automation IOTs, cloud computing to create smart factories to supplement existing trades, imaging sensors in orchards, smart logistics for improved margins and smart manufacturing for increased revenue making opportunities, the Lt Governor maintained.
On Education sector, the Lt Governor said that from this session, education will be imparted in all 5 official languages, besides Bridge course is being initiated to meet the study loss due to COVID pandemic.
Translation of local folklores and those of other states for cultural exchange and understanding is being done, he added.
The Lt Governor also spoke on AB-PMJAY SEHAT Scheme, J&K’s performance in Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), G.I. tagging of Kashmiri Saffron, promotion of Basmati Rice, High Density Plantation and Aspirational Blocks in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Lt Governor also thanked the Hon’ble Prime Minister for announcing a new Gas Pipeline Project in Budget 2021 for the development of J&K.
With the efforts of Central Government under the guidance and leadership of Prime Minister, the country has been transformed into hub of Start-ups and innovation. I strive to bring the same development
Hundreds of tourists, locals participate in various colourful activities
SNS KASHMIR
PAHALGAM, FEBRUARY 21:
The two-day Pahalgam Winter Carnival concluded with much fanfare witnessing the participation of hundreds of locals and tourists in various colourful activities and cultural programmes.
The Pahalgam market wore a festive look where tourists enjoyed Tonga rides, horse rides while the locals street artists also enthralled the onlookers with various traditional folk and cultural shows.
Various snow sports activities including snowshoeing, mountain biking were also held in which athletes from various districts participated enthusiastically. The main functions were organised at Pahalgam Club where the artists drawn from various parts of the Valley throughout the two days demonstrated their skills live in Calligraphy, Painting, Pottery, needle art, singing etc.
Some of the notable artists like Saima Shafi known as Kral Koor did a live demonstration of pottery, Shafiya Shafi painted Shikara Boat besides soulful performances from Rabab Players and singers kept the audience glued to these events.
In the evening, the cultural and musical concert and scintillating performances by famous singers like Waqar Khan, Noor Muhammad, Shazia Bashir, Abid Ali, Adil Manzoor, Shugufta and their groups, Fusion music by Irfan Bilal, besides comedians like Anil Chingari and other artists captivated the jam-packed audience with some popular numbers and acting skills.
A quiz competition about Pahalgam during the evening event was also held which also generated a lot of response from the audience. Anchors and comperes also kept the audience glued through their skilful conduct of the programme.
About 40 stalls displaying traditional art, craft, ethnic cuisine, street food, etc had been set up at the Club by various departments including Tourism, JKTDC, Handicrafts, Forest, Fisheries, Horticulture, Floriculture, Industries, Agriculture Departments, J&K Women’s Development Corporation, Handicraft Department’s School of Design, Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering, Adventure Tour Operators of Pahalgam and other Private Entrepreneurs to showcase their unique products. While expressing satisfaction over the successful conduct of the event, Director Tourism Kashmir Dr. GN Itoo said the Carnival received a huge response and created a lot of buzz about the tourism activities in Kashmir. He said the main aim of the event was to promote Pahalgam as a winter destination and invite tourists from across the country to the Valley for holidays. “This event has been a part of our series of promotional programmes to revive the tourism sector which had been adversely affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to promote the popular resort for the winter season also. With the successful conduct of the event, a positive message has got across the country that Kashmir is abuzz with activities and travellers can come and enjoy their holidays,” he said. Deputy Commissioner Anantnag Anshul Garg also attended the function in the evening and highlighted the tourism potential of the Pahalgam. Later, cash prizes, mementos and certificates were also distributed among innovative artists jointly Sponsored by Tourism and Delhi Public School, Athwajan Srinagar.
Rs 10,000 as first prize was given each to five artists for their best artworks.
CEO Pahalgam, Mushtaq Ahmad Simnani, Joint Director Tourism, Tabassum Kamili, SDM Pahalgam, Naseer Ahmad, Deputy Director Tourism Publicity Ideel Saleem, Deputy Director, Registration, Ahsan-ul-haq Chishti, Assistant Director Pahalgam Bilal Ahmad, were also present during the 2-day Carnival.
The 2-day Pahalgam Winter Carnival was organised by the Directorate of Tourism Kashmir in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation, Pahalgam Development Authority, District Administration Anantnag, Pahalgam Hotel & Restaurant Owners Association and Pahalgam Hotel & Guest House Owners Society.
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