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Hello Jammu News at 7:55:00 PM 0

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 17: Governor N.N.Vohra has congratulated the SKUAST-K team comprising Fallah Nazir of Delhi Public School and Mehvish Hameed, Msc. Agri Engineering, SKUAST-K, for being selected among top 15 winners of the India Innovation Growth Programme, 2.0-University Challenge.
The Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India had called for an open competitive call for India Innovation Growth Programme, 2.0-University Challenge. Accordingly the team jointly conceived a project on “House Hold Waste Management” –an idea for developing a compact, easy to operate, efficient composter which shall work under cold climate of Kashmir.
These two students defended the proposal before a team of experts from IIT Bombay, representatives of the Lockheed martin-TATA Trusts and a group of industrialists on 29-06-2018 at IIT Bombay. The expert panellists appreciated and encouraged the two member students for the commitment of social responsibility.
The team received the citation and a cheque of Rs. 10.00 lac on behalf of SKUAST-K at an impressive function chaired by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister, Science and Technology at New Delhi on 02-08-2018.
Lauding the University for the achievement, Governor urged Prof. Nazeer Ahmed, Vice Chancellor of SKUAST-K to emphatically promote research and innovation in the University with emphasis on finding solutions to local issues and problems.
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 Directs time bound clearances
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 17: Governor N.N. Vohra chaired a meeting at the Raj Bhavan to review the status of vacancies and the pace of recruitments in the Higher Education Department. The meeting was attended by Advisor to Governor, Mr Khurshid Ahmad Ganai; Chairman Public Service Commission, Mr Abdul Latief Deva; and Commissioner Higher Education Department, Ms Sarita Chouhan.
Ms Chouhan informed that during 2014-18, 2357 vacancies of sanctioned gazette positions in the Department had been referred to the Commission which had, till August 2018, made selections to fill 1500 vacancies; 857 vacancies are still pending selection.
Gazetted posts include Assistant Professors, Librarians and Physical Training Instructors in Government Degree Colleges; Assistant Professors employed in Government Colleges of Engineering and Technology and in Schools of Architecture.
After extensive discussions regarding the potent factors which delay the process of selections by the Public Service Commission (PSC) the Governor gave the following directions: (i) Chairman Deva will draw up a prioritised list of the order in which recruitments to various posts shall be finalised by the PSC, considering the urgency of timely filling posts for the five new Medical Colleges;  (ii) to ensure that there are no delays in the concerned Administrative Secretary promptly replying to any query raised by PSC in regard to equivalence of varied qualifications, all such references shall henceforth settled by an empowered Committee, chaired by Chief Secretary, which shall comprise Administrative Secretaries of Higher Education Department, Health and Medical Education Department, Agriculture Department, General Administration Department, ARI & Trainings Department and Law Department. This Committee : (a) shall examine all cases involving issues regarding equivalence of Degrees (particularly in the context of new and emerging disciplines) and their relevance to the post for which selections are required to be made; (b) shall take into account the general norms of equivalence of Degrees which are adopted by premier higher education institutions in the country and national level education regulatory authorities; (c) shall decide all cases within thirty days of the references received from the PSC; (iii) delays in the selection process of the Commission also take place for want of timely clarifications in regard to reserved, non-reserved and other categories of posts by indenting departments; in all such cases it shall be the personal responsibility of the concerned Administrative Secretary to reply to the reference received from the Commission within ten working days.
Recalling the decision taken a few days earlier to provide secretarial strength to the PSC to visibly speed up the pace of its selection processes, Governor noted that cases had come to his notice where the concerned Administrative Departments are responsible for considerable delay in informing the PSC about the details of vacancies arising in the ensuing calendar year. Governor also discussed these delays with Chief Secretary who shall now be taking quarterly review meetings with Chairman PSC to ensure against any pending issue resulting in thwarting the selection process.
It was further decided that Commissioner Higher Education shall undertake a fortnightly review of vacancies at all levels in the Higher Education sector and personally ensure that there is no pending issue which can delay the PSC’s selection process.
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Hello Jammu News at 8:28:00 PM 0

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 16: Dr. Farooq Abdullah, MP, and former Chief Minister, met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here today.
Governor had discussions with Dr Abdullah  about the forthcoming elections to Panchayats and Urban Local Bodies. Dr Abdullah welcomed Governor’s decision to conduct these long pending polls and said that his Party looked forward to the people in the State participating in very large numbers in both the elections. He also discussed with Governor certain development projects which were not moving well.
Governor discussed with Dr Abdullah certain ideas for promoting the welfare of youth in the State.
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Hello Jammu News at 7:42:00 PM 0

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 16: Sh. Parvez Ahmed, Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Bank, called on Governor N.N. Vohra, at the Raj Bhavan today.
Sh. Ahmed apprised Governor about the Bank’s overall performance particularly the scale of its lending in Agriculture, Horticulture, Handicrafts, Hospitality & Tourism, Poultry, Sheep & Goat Rearing and other upcoming sectors; lending for the implementation of Govt. of India flagship schemes under the Prime Ministers Mudra Yojana (PMMY); expansion of Bank branches, support to Start Ups to enable entrepreneurs to start their own MSME units and other ventures etc.
Governor stressed the important role which the Bank is expected to play for triggering the rapid growth and development of the State and advised Chairman Parvez Ahmed to progressively strengthen the Bank’s internal controls and system for ensuring high efficiency on all fronts.
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Hello Jammu News at 7:41:00 PM 0

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 16: Sh. Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, Advisor to Governor, had extended discussions with Governor N.N. Vohra about the to date status of various important schemes and programmes relating to the Departments under his charge at Raj Bhavan here today. He also briefed Governor about certain important administrative issues which call for urgent discussions in the State Administrative Council.
Governor and Sh. Ganai reviewed various important issues relating to the entire arena of school, college and university education and possible initiatives to be taken for regaining the trust of youth.
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Hello Jammu News at 7:40:00 PM 0
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 16: A delegation of PDP led by Sh. Abdul Rehman Veeri, former Minister, met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan today.
The delegation expressed concerns relating to the legal challenge to the Article 35-A of the Indian Constitution; raised issues relating to the security concerns of their Party members arising from threat of attacks on its leaders and workers; up - gradation of schools and creation of new colleges as decided by the outgoing government; engaging unemployed youth who had been given training in the tourism and floriculture sectors; need for conservation of Dal and Wullar Lakes; and allowing ERA to also handle World Bank aided projects.
The delegation thanked Governor on his decision to hold the long overdue elections to the Urban Local Bodies and Panchayats.
Governor urged the PDP delegation to raise awareness about the vital importance of the forthcoming elections to empower people and establish urban and rural self- governing democratic bodies.
The delegation comprised Abdul Rehman Veeri, Dr Mehboob Beig, Sh. Ghulam Nabi Lone, Sh. Mohammad Khalil Band, Sh. Zahoor Ahmad Mir, Sh. MohammadYousuf Bhat, Sh. Ashraf Mir, Sh. Rafi Ahmad Mir and Sh. Nizamudin Bhat.
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SRINAGAR, AUGUST 16: Governor N.N. Vohra has expressed grief over the sad demise of former Prime Minister Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Paying tribute to the former Prime Minister, with whom he had the privilege of working for some time, Governor described him as an astute and visionary leader whose thinking was deeply infused by humanism. He recalled Sh. Vajpayeeji’s continuing endeavor to evolve an amicable resolution of issues relating to Kashmir.
 In his message Governor has prayed for peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family members.

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Hello Jammu News at 7:54:00 PM 0
Urges Security Agencies to ensure minimum inconvenience to people 
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 11: Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam reviewed the preparations for Independence Day functions at a high-level meeting convened at Civil Secretariat here this afternoon.
Principal Secretary, Home R K Goyal, ADGP Law & Order, Muneer Ahmad Khan, Principal Secretary Planning, Development & Monitoring, Rohit Kansal, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, Commissioner Secretary General Administration Department, Hilal Ahmad Parray, Secretary Education, Rigzian Sampheal, Secretary Information, Sarmad Hafeez, IGP Kashmir, S P Pani and other senior officers of the civil and police administration attended the meeting.
Director General Police, S P Vaid, DIsGP, Deputy Commissioners of all the 22 districts and District SSPs attended the meeting through video-conferencing.
The meeting was informed that the Governor N N Vohra shall preside over and take salute at the main function to be organized at SK Stadium Srinagar, while Advisor to Governor B B Vyas will take salute at the provincial level function at Parade Ground Jammu. Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC Leh will take salute at Leh, while respective Deputy Commissioners shall take salute at all the remaining District headquarters. ADCs, SDMs, Tehisldars and Senior-most Government functionaries will take salute at the Sub-Divisional and Tehsil level.
Chief Secretary received comprehensive brief from the Divisional Commissioner, DCs and District SSsP about the logistic and other preparations put in place for the Independence Day functions in all the districts including cardinal functions at Srinagar and Jammu.
He asked the civil and police administration to prepare for the sequence of programmes scheduled for the Independence Day across all venues in the State. He said all preparations should be made to ensure graceful Independence Day functions with necessary security arrangements put in place.
He instructed the police that while making security arrangements, it should be ensured there is least inconvenience to the people. “The public should be facilitated to reach the venues to participate in the celebrations,” he said.
Chief Secretary sought details of traffic management, parking facility, seating arrangement, electricity, public address systems, cleaning, drinking water, toilets, fire-fighting and medical facilities.
He called for designating Nodal Officers at the provincial and district levels to coordinate with the concerned authorities the logistics and other arrangements at the venue. He also called for illumination of government buildings and other important edifices across the State.
The Chief Secretary was informed that full dress rehearsal for the Independence Day is scheduled on 13 August, 2018.
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Hello Jammu News at 7:53:00 PM 0

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 11: Governor N.N. Vohra administered Oath of Office to Justice Gita Mittal as Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court at an impressive Oath Ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan today.
The Warrant of Appointment of Justice Mittal as Chief Justice of the J&K High Court was read out by the Registrar General of the High Court.
After administering Oath Governor congratulated Justice Mittal and wished her a highly successful tenure as Chief Justice of the State High Court.
Mrs. Usha Vohra, First Lady; Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Sh. Omar Abdullah, former Chief Ministers; Sh. B.B. Vyas, Sh. K Vijay Kumar and Sh. Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, Advisors to Governor; serving and retired Judges of Supreme Court and J&K High Court; Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Sh. D.C. Raina, Advocate  General; Dr. S.P. Vaid, Director General of Police; high ranking Civil, Judicial and Police officers; senior Advocates; members of Justice Mittal’s family and a large number of her friends were present on the occasion.
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Srinagar, Aug 9: Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has directed the Public Works Department (PWD) to conduct a physical and financial audit of the Mughal Road to ascertain the reasons behind its poor maintenance.

The strategic Mughal Road provides alternate connectivity to Kashmir with rest of the country. "The governor expressed dismay over the dilapidated condition of the Mughal Road and directed the PWD to undertake a physical and financial audit to fix responsibility for the poor maintenance of this strategic road," an official said after Vohra chaired a high-level meeting here yesterday.

Officers from public works, planning and monitoring and finance departments took part in the meeting.

Recalling his recent journey on the Mughal Road, the governor said the strategic link was in poor condition, causing great inconvenience to commuters.

Commissioner Secretary of Public Works Department Khurshid Ahmad Shah informed the governor that various measures are being taken to make Mughal Road an all-weather link.

Further, National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) has floated a tender for construction of a tunnel on the 84-km-long road.

The governor also expressed concern over the inordinate delay in the completion of the 7-km stretch from Katra Railway Station to Kakryal in Reasi district. (PTI)
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SRINAGAR, AUGUST 8: Sh. Imran Rahi, President J&K People’s Party and Chairman Forum for Permanent Resolution of J&K, met Governor N. N. Vohra at Raj Bhavan today.
Sh. Rahi discussed with the Governor issues relating to public welfare and efforts required to maintain peaceful environment in the State for achieving growth and development at a satisfactory pace. He welcomed Governor’s decision to conduct long pending polls to the Urban Local Bodies and Panchayats. 
Governor urged Sh. Rahi to sustain his endeavours for promoting a peaceful environment in the State and generating awareness among people about the benefits of electing their representatives to Urban Local Bodies and Panchayats for ushering in an era of decentralised democratic growth and development in all our towns and villages. 
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SRINAGAR, AUGUST 8: Sh. Amod K Kant, Member Coordinator NITI Aayog - Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Standing Committee, accompanied by Sh. Rakesh Ranjan, Joint Secretary, NITI Aayog, met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan today.
Sh. Kant informed Governor about a number of issues relating to the implementation of various State and Central Government welfare schemes in J&K and how a larger role to be played by the CSOs could be beneficial not only in generating a widespread awareness of these schemes but also enable the targeted groups being able to avail full benefits available under the welfare schemes.
Governor highlighted the special concerns of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly in the context of the very large resource gap in funding the annual plans and the need for long-term planning for securing balanced growth and development of the State. In this context Governor lauded the role being played by NGOs in various sectors and hoped that, in the obtaining environment in the State, the CSOs in J&K would be able to play a truly significant role in development schemes and welfare programmes being implemented/ delivered with much higher success.
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Hello Jammu News at 8:59:00 PM 0

Shri Amarnathji Yatra 2018
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 7:  Governor N.N. Vohra, Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), today reviewed with Sh. Umang Narula, CEO, SASB, the arrangements put in place at various Yatra Camps and enroute for carrying out sanitation/cleaning work. This entire campaign being implemented by the Shrine Board is in close collaboration with the Pahalgam Development Authority and the Sonamarg Development Authority in their respective areas of jurisdiction. CEO informed that in view of thinning of the Yatra and the return movement of Langars and Service Providers, Sanitation and Camp cleaning in all the Yatra Camps and enroute has been intensified and every effort is being made to ensure that all plastic and other non-biodegradable materials, including plastic bottles, is cleared from the tracks and along the hill slopes and brought down to Baltal and Nunwan where plastic materials, ( predominately consisting of plastic bottles) are crushed in the Shredding Machines specially installed by the Shrine Board.
CEO informed that as per past practice, sanitation drives in the Yatra area, under the supervision of Camp Directors, are being conducted in a co-ordinated manner, with support from other Government Departments deployed in the Yatra area, to ensure that the entire area  including camps /tracks is made litter- free with special focus on the collection & disposal of non –bio-degradable materials.  It was also informed that mild steel scrap and other wastes lying at the Holy Cave, Panjtarni  and Sheshnag  is being transported by ponies to the nearest roadhead at Chandanwari and Domel for its further disposal. CEO further stated that as directed by the Governor, the Camp Directors are devoting special attention to ensure that complete cleanliness is maintained all along the banks of rivers Lidder and Sind.
While reviewing the functioning of STPs installed at Base Camp Nunwan and Baltal, CEO informed that the STP installed at Nunwan Base Camp has been recently upgraded using Moving Bed Bio Reactor Technology of 300 KLD capacity and its functioning is being constantly monitored to achieve satisfactory results as mandated under SPCB norms.  Similar approach has been adopted in the case of existing STP as  Baltal Base Camp.  It was also informed that sufficient manpower has been engaged for the operationalization of STPs and microbial consortium is regularly used for the faster degeneration of waste.    
CEO informed that newly installed machinery viz. 5 MT capacity Mechanical Segregator; Auto-Composter; and 1 MT capacity Disintegrator at Sarbal near Pahalgam by the Pahalgam Development authority has proved very useful for scientific treatment of both degradable and non-biodegradable solid waste not only of Pahalgam town but also of t he waste collected from the Yatra area.
Governor was further informed that, as per his directions, General Manager, (Works) and General Manager (Sanitation) of the Shrine Board are making frequent visits to various Yatra Camps and both the tracks to monitor the ongoing Sanitation work.
Governor has directed CEO to further intensify the sanitation drives in the entire Yatra area to ensure that all the Camps and tracks are totally free from any waste on the conclusion of the Yatra.
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SRINAGAR, AUGUST 7: Mr. Kenneth I. Juster, Ambassador of United States of America to India, accompanied by Mr. Alexi Lefevre, Political Officer and Mr. Sukesh, Senior Political Specialist, called on Governor N. N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan today.
Ambassador discussed with Governor matters relating to further strengthening of the rapidly advancing India–US understanding on several fronts, particularly in regard to issues relating to the war against terrorism. Governor mentioned to Ambassador Juster the many areas which have a very high potential for Indo–US collaborations and wished the Ambassador a useful stay at Srinagar.
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Hello Jammu News at 8:32:00 PM 0

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 2: A 14-member delegation of All J&K Panchayat Conference, led by its Chairman Sh. Shafiq Mir, met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan today.
The delegation lauded the Governor’s decision to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act 1989 to restore the direct election of Sarpanches and taking steps for strengthening the grass root level self-governing institutions in the rural areas. The delegation emphasized that the Panchayats are entirely non-political, community centric institutions which promote growth and development in sync with the aspirations of people living in the villages. They requested that the District Administration in the State should be directed to involve the erstwhile Panchs and Sarpanches for tackling various issues in the Panchayat areas. The delegation also highlighted the pressing security concerns of the All J&K Panchayat Conference members.
 Governor urged the Panchayat Conference delegation to lose no time in starting preparations for the elections which are planned to be held in October-December this year. He urged Sh. Mir and his colleagues to spread awareness amongst the general public about the apolitical character of the Panchayats and their crucial importance in enabling the villages to plan and decide their development priorities and be also responsible for implementing the village development programmes.
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SRINAGAR, AUGUST 2: Sh. Surinder Ambardar, Member of the State Legislative Council, called on Governor N. N. Vohra at Raj Bhavan today.
Sh. Ambardar apprised Governor about certain matters relating to the Kashmiri Migrants and welcomed the forthcoming elections to urban and rural self-governing bodies. Appreciating Sh. Ambardar’s initiatives at the ground level Governor advised him to spread awareness about the high importance of establishing the grass-root level democratic framework.

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SRINAGAR, AUGUST 2: Sh. M.Y. Tarigami, MLA Kulgam, met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan today.
Sh. Tarigami informed Governor about the development programmes in his district which were languishing for want of the funds required for their completion. Governor assured to examine and early determine the way forward to ensure the optimization of the investments already made in the incomplete projects.
Sh. Tarigami welcomed Governor’s decision to organize polls for the restoration of the democratic framework at the grass-root level. Governor urged the Legislator to spread awareness about the high importance of the forthcoming elections to Municipalities and Panchayats.
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SRINAGAR, AUGUST 2: Sh. Sham Lal Sharma, former  Minister, called on Governor N. N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan today.
Sh. Sharma informed Governor about development issues relating to the Jammu region and the people’s high expectation from the outcome of the forthcoming elections to Panchayats and Municipalities.
Governor appreciated Sh. Sharma’s endeavors and urged him to encourage large scale participation of people to re-establish urban and rural self-governing bodies all over the state.

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SRINAGAR, AUGUST 2: Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz, former Union Minister, met Governor N.N. Vohra at Raj Bhavan today.        
Prof. Soz presented a copy of his recently released book, “Kashmir Glimpses of History and the Story of Struggle” to the Governor. He also informed Governor about some of his concerns relating to the effective functioning of health and other institutions in J&K.
 Prof. Soz congratulated Governor on his decision to conduct the long pending elections to Municipalities and Panchayats and stated that this will greatly strengthen the democratic framework.

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