Jammu & Kashmir

Baramulla, 09 January:- Today Amod Ashok Nagpure -IPS assumed the charge as Senior Superintendent of Police district Baramulla. On his arrival at District Police Headquarters Baramulla, the new SSP Baramulla was received by ASP Baramulla R K Parihar, DySP DAR DPL Baramulla, Peerzada Aijaz Ahmad -JKPS and Ab Gani Lone, Accounts Officer DPHQ Baramulla where also present on this occasion. The new SSP Baramulla was accompanied by outgoing SSP Rayees Mohammad Bhat-IPS, who handed him the charge.

Later on, after assuming the charge, SSP Baramulla made a round of DPHQ complex and visited all branches, and interacted with officers/officials.

Kulgam: January 09, 2023:- Sahil Sarangal-IPS assumed the charge as Superintendent of Police, Kulgam. On his arrival at District Police Office Kulgam, the new SP Kulgam was received by Addl. SP Kulgam Shabir Ahmad, besides DySP HQRS Kulgam, DySP DAR Kulgam, DySP OPS Kulgam,DySP PC Hatipora and other officers/officials were also present.

The new SP was presented guard of honor by the contingent of Jammu & Kashmir Police of District Police Kulgam.

After assuming the Charge, SP Kulgam convened an introductory meeting with Police Officers of District Kulgam and impressed upon the officers to work with dedication and zeal to fulfill the aspirations of the people.

Salvatore International School became the first private school in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir to roll out the Digital Literacy curriculum of National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology NIELIT, a capacity building arm of Ministry of Electronics and Technology & Information Technology, Govt. of India. This is a watershed moment in school education, as the students will be earning the prestigious skill certificates from a National Level body right from class 5th onwards. NIELIT offers a bouquet of Digital Literacy Courses ranging from ACC to ECC spanning from 20 hours to 200 hours.
NIELIT’s CCC course and O Level (IT) are National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) aligned courses at Level 3 and 4 respectively and have been made part of essential qualifications by many state/UT governments of the country.
These courses, with a special emphasis on “Digital India” and “Skill India Mission”, are in line with NEP-2020. This initiative also falls in line with the vision of Shri Manoj Sinha, Hon’ble Governor of UT of Jammu and Kashmir who has taken special interest in making UT of J&K a Digitally empowered UT. It would transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
Shri Deepak Wasan, ED NIELIT Jammu & Kashmir said that this programme will make students market-ready and job-ready as soon as they pass out from the school itself. The aim is to create competitive and innovative students.
The promoter of the school said that this is an ideal initiative to tap the demographic dividend of the country by providing IT literacy to students from a young age. The curriculum is ladder based, starting from scratch programming to Internet of Things.

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Sopore, Jan 09 : Bashir Ahmed War – the man who introduced Kiwi fruit cultivation in Kashmir dies after a brief illness at his residence in Warpura village of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on late Sunday evening.

War, (65), a renowned businessman of Sopore was known for his wit and jovial nature. War has done his LLB degree from Aligrah Muslim University. Being scientifically very sound made him a member of Kashmir’s horticulture board and would often visit to international countries for research.

Bashir Ahmed, as per the family was suffering from a Pneumonia and was on medication, however, on Sunday late evening he complained of breathing complications and was subsequently shifted to SDH Sopore, but breathed his last on the way to hospital.

Various social-policitical organizations including Fruit growers and dealers association, traders federation Sopore, Ex MLA Haji Abdul Rashid Dar and others express grief and sorrow and condole the demis of War.

War, was known as Kiwi man after he established his own Kiwi orchard which got media attention of local, national and internationally and was the talk of the town – thus changing Sopore’s ‘Apple Cultivation’ notion, of which the town is famous for and is being called as the Apple Town.

He had suggested that the Horticulture sector in Kashmir needs a relook for introduction of new varieties of fruits for better use of land and resources.

Zeeshan Qadir, Jan 08, JK Revolution:- People of sopore show warm welcome to Newly appointed SDPO Rayees Ahmad Mir. As the said officer is very honest and people friendly.

Besides the official has remained Dy.SP Traffic and (ACB) and proved his worth.

People of Sopore accord warm welcome and Great pleasure on appointing said official in their area and expect Good work from the Said SDPO. (JK Revolution)

Bandipora, Jan 07 : The authorities have failed to complete the construction of the New Type Primary Health Centre (NTPHC) in Zurimanz area of Bandipora even after seven years.

Locals told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the construction agency has come up only with the concrete structure and the work on the hospital has remained on halt for years with the building remaining abandoned.

They said that the patients are facing a lot of difficulties in the village and its surrounding areas, as the village does not have proper facilities in the old building of the health centre.

Abdul Ahad a local said that the health centre is currently operating out of a rented room where all types of facilities are not available to patients.

Mushtaq Ahmad, another local, said that the government should take the necessary steps and should complete the pending work on a top-priority basis so that people will get relief.

An official said that the lack of funds forced them to stop the further construction work of the building. Once the funds will be released the work will be started,” he said—(KNO)

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Sopore, Jan 07 : A public convenience in Sopore opened a few months ago has been closed in the face of water scarcity.

Residents told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) toilets have been locked for the last eight days as it lacks water facility.

The most affected are women and children as there is no toilet facility in the town.

Director ULB Kashmir, Mathoora Masoom told KNO that she is not aware about the issue and will look into it.

She assured the issue will be resolved at the earliest.

An official at Jal Shakti department Sopore told KNO that the washroom block is without a proper agreement for water connection. “We had provided them with a water facility on a temporary basis on their request for an inaugural ceremony,” the official said.

Municipal Committee President Masarat Kar denied washrooms are shut for lack of water facility for the last eight days saying they are shut for the last three days due to freezing of water pipes.

On the agreement issue, she said that the Jal Shakti department has not informed them about it—(KNO)

Srinagar, Jan 07 : The J&K administration has procured modern snow clearance machines worth Rs 40 crores out of the total budget of Rs 78 crores this year, while as the authorities on Saturday claimed that men and machinery have been put in alert mode in the wake of snowfall prediction.

Some of the machines with hydraulic power systems will be pressed for the first time during the road clearance.

Talking exclusively to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Chief Engineer Mechanical Engineering Department (MED), Rasheed Ahmad Dar, said that a total budget of Rs 78 crores were allotted to procure the machines and vehicles for snow clearance in Jammu and Kashmir. “The machines and vehicles worth Rs 40 crores have reached us so far while the machines worth Rs 38 crores will arrive soon,” he said.

He said that at present there are three snow cutter machines available, which is meant for heavy snowfall and has been procured at the cost of Rs 18 crore. Besides, two trucks, 30-40 snow 4×4 trucks that are specially meant for Kashmir are presently available.

Dar further informed that a total of 252 machines are available with the department for snow clearance. “The number of machines available with us was 150 only till 2020, but the number has been increased to 252,” he said.

About the weather forecast by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Chief Engineer MED said that the man and machinery has already been geared up and a total of 15 control rooms including 10 district control rooms have been established.

He also said that there is possibility of snowfall across Kashmir including Srinagar and special control rooms have been established at some areas including Gurez, Gulmarg and other places.

The Chief Engineer further added that the road clearance over a total of 9000 kilometers falling under MED’s jurisdiction will be ensured very swiftly.

However, he appealed to people not to park their vehicles on the roadsides to ensure that the road clearance work is not hampered. “The people should cooperate in this regard. The people should not park their vehicles on the roadsides,” he said—(KNO)

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Baramulla, Jan 07 : At least two families were rendered homeless after a massive fire gutted two residential houses at Jalal Sahib Mohalla area of Old town Baramulla in north Kashmir on Saturday.

Reports reaching the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that at least two residential houses were damaged after a massive fire engulfed a house in the Old town area of Baramulla this morning.

The fire reportedly broke out due to leakage in an LPG cylinder and quickly spread to other nearby residential house.

Police and firefighters reached the spot and doused the flames with the help of locals.

There was no loss of life in the incident, however, two houses were gutted completely and property worth lakhs of rupees got damaged, rendering the families homeless.

The affected house owners have been identified as Abdul Majeed Bhat and Abdul Qayoom Bhat—(KNO)