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Jammu

Municipal Corporation employees go on indefinite strike, dump garbage on roads

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Jammu today resembled a dumping ground as striking municipal workers littered streets with garbage after starting their indefinite strike. They are demanding reorganisation of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) and regularisation of service of the contractual safai karamcharis. The resultant stink across the city made life miserable for residents and commuters and gave a unpleasant look to the city. Hundreds of safai karamcharis along with Class IV employees of the Municipal Corporation held a demonstration in different parts of the city against the government and Municipal Corporation alleging that their…

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Drinking water coolers cry for repair, cleanliness

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Even as the temperature has touched 40°C in Jammu, about 100 drinking water coolers installed by the Municipal Corporation in the city remain dry in want of repair. In most parts of the city, water coolers are in a very bad condition and stagnant water and garbage lay outside them, giving a repulsive sight to people passing through the area. Most of the coolers were installed after 2005, when the municipal elections were conducted and councillors used their ward development funds to install them in various parts of the city.…

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Shun differences, BJP leaders told

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The BJP high command, which has been closely monitoring the second coalition stint with the PDP, seems dissatisfied with the “conduct and wisdom of its ministers and legislators”. The Centre is reportedly disappointed because after the passage of one month’s time in the new coalition, BJP leaders have not produced any encouraging result. BJP national vice-president and Jammu and Kashmir affairs in charge Avinash Rai Khanna presided over a party meeting today at Vir Bhawan, the RSS headquarters in Jammu. This meeting was being perceived as an assignment by the…

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Cool days ahead in Jammu: Met

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The overcast sky today brought much-needed respite to the residents of Jammu from the sweltering heat. As the mercury touched 42.4°C yesterday, the Agromet advisory bulletin came to the rescue of the people announcing a “cool break” for a few days. The Metrological Department that had forecast rainfall and thunderstorm today, also has predicted another five days of cool weather for Jammu. As per the Meteorological Department, the weather will remain partially cloudy to cloudy with chances of light rainfall/thunderstorm at a few places in Jammu district. Winds may blow…

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Two buildings, shed removed in encroachment drive

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An anti-encroachment drive was today jointly launched by Auqaf, Jammu Municipal Corporation and district administration in the Khatinkan Talab area of the city. During the drive, two illegal buildings and one shed were removed. The anti-encroachment drive was initiated on the request of locals who wanted easy access to the Jamai Masjid area. It was the long-pending demand of the authorities of Jamia Masjid to remove illegal structure and start widening of road to the main mosque of the city. Today under the overall supervision of the district administration, the…

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Doda faces threat of waterborne diseases

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Doda residents are facing impending threat of waterborne diseases as the crucial water treatment plant in the city has been defunct for the last six months and people are forced to drink untreated water. Situated about 5 km away from Doda town, Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department’s water filtration plant in Moochan village is not working smoothly as its clarifier and circular are defunct and unable to blend chemicals such as alum and chlorine in the water properly. Locals complained that unfiltered and muddy water was being supplied to them…

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Jammu sizzles at 41° Celsius

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The state’s winter capital Jammu experienced another hot day today with the mercury rising to 41 degree Celsius, five notches above normal. The maximum temperature was recorded at 41.2 degrees Celsius, 5 notches above normal while the minimum settled at 23 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal for this time of the year,” an official from weather department said. Meanwhile, the comparatively colder Chenab valley region also experienced a steep rise in day temperature. Mountainous Bhaderwah town recorded 30.5 degree maximum temperature and 10.2 degree Celsius minimum temperature, Banihal recorded…

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MoU signed for establishing IIT-Jammu

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In a major step towards setting up of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Jammu, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today in presence of Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh. The MoU was signed by Secretary, Higher Education Department, Hemant Kumar Sharma and Director, IIT-Delhi, Prof V Ramgopal Rao. Congratulating the people of the state, the Deputy CM said the government was committed to setting up IIT-Jammu with the highest standards, parallel to other IITs in the country. He also expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Human Resource…

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Protesters block highway, seek closure of wine shop

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Residents of Chann Morian village and adjoining areas of Kootah panchayat today held a demonstration and blocked the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway for more than two hours, over the shifting of a wine shop from Chadwal to their village. Protesters assembled at Chann Morian under the leadership of Sarpanch Kant Kumar Sharma and Shamsher Singh and raised slogans against the re-opening of the wine shop, demanding its closure. Sarpanch Kant Kumar said the Excise Department allowed the opening of shop near the highway, without acquiring a no-objection certificate from the institution…

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Health Dept steps in to check milk adulteration in Jammu

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Sets up nakas at entry points of city to prevent supply of poor-quality milk As the urban local bodies across the state have failed to check milk adulteration, the Health Department has decided to launch a comprehensive campaign to check supply of poor-quality milk to the residents of the state. The Health Department has decided to set up nakas at various places across the state to ensure that only unadulterated milk is supplied to people. The Health Department has taken the initiative following directions of Health Minister Bali Bhagat, who…

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