Monday, November 17, 2008
Bridge at Jhelum caves in, 25 labourers missing
At least 25 labourers were reported missing today after a bridge on which they were working caved in into the Jhelum river in Uri area of Baramulla district of North Kashmir 92 kilometers from Srinagar. Police has registered a case.
Police and army have launched a search for the missing men and they were able to retrieve three bodies when this report was being filed.
According to senior police officials the Parampila bridge broke up in the middle and plunged into the river when several labourers were working on it. “They were shifting the sand from the middle of the bridge,” the officials said adding the bridge was complete some days and the authorities were looking for a date for its inauguration. “We have recovered the bodies of three labourers and are trying to locate more than 20 others. Many are feared dead,” said a senior police officer.
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Police and army have launched a search for the missing men and they were able to retrieve three bodies when this report was being filed.
According to senior police officials the Parampila bridge broke up in the middle and plunged into the river when several labourers were working on it. “They were shifting the sand from the middle of the bridge,” the officials said adding the bridge was complete some days and the authorities were looking for a date for its inauguration. “We have recovered the bodies of three labourers and are trying to locate more than 20 others. Many are feared dead,” said a senior police officer.
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Labels: authorities, Jhelum caves, Jhelum river, Jhelum river in Uri area of Baramulla district, labourers missing, missing men, north Kashmir, Parampila bridge broke up
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Bus to move every week across Line of Control
Despite “tough talking” and chill in talks owing to accusations, India and Pakistan on Monday announced a series of Kashmir-related confidence building measures (CBMs).
At the end of day-long foreign secretary level talks here, both sides announced to increase the frequency of two bus services from fortnightly to weekly from next month and introduce triple entry permits with effect from October 1. They also decided to allow a maximum of 60 persons per crossing.
The designated authorities will also start exchanging applications for permits by e-mail from October 1 that will be required to be backed up by hard copies.
Also from October 1, clearance will be processed within a week in case of emergencies like death of close relative across LoC, but the stay in such cases would be limited to maximum seven days.
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At the end of day-long foreign secretary level talks here, both sides announced to increase the frequency of two bus services from fortnightly to weekly from next month and introduce triple entry permits with effect from October 1. They also decided to allow a maximum of 60 persons per crossing.
The designated authorities will also start exchanging applications for permits by e-mail from October 1 that will be required to be backed up by hard copies.
Also from October 1, clearance will be processed within a week in case of emergencies like death of close relative across LoC, but the stay in such cases would be limited to maximum seven days.
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Labels: authorities, bus services, CBMs, frequency, Hyderabad House, india, Indian Foreign Secretary, jammu, kashmir, LoC, pakistan, Pakistan Foreign Secretary, permits, weekly
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Stray cattle-a permanent nuisance
It is not just the people of Jammu city who feel that the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has failed to rid the winter capital of stray cattle, even the traders at different wholesale fruit and vegetable markets too acuse the Corporation of having failed to act swiftly on the issue.
Stray animals including cows, buffaloes, bulls and dogs can be seen roaming in these markets and the most affected are traders and small fruit and vegetable vendors who have been running their business along the footpaths. Due to lack of pastures, cattle owners leave their animals to roam around the streets, roads and wholesale fruit and vegetable markets.
Besides this, there have been several incidents where people have been injured by stray cattle but still the Corporation has failed to take the matter seriously. There had been cases where cattle caught from one zone were released in other zones. All this proves that the issue is not being tackled seriously.
Talking to the Kashmir Times, a fruit and vegetable trader Naresh Sharma at wholesale fruit and vegetable market Narwal complained, “Despite repeated pleas to the concerned authorities, no action so far has been taken to redress the problems being faced by the trading community here. It is difficult to run business in these conditions as stray cattle have already injured large number of people and concerned authorities have not taken measures to tackle the problem.”
He further complained, “Stray cattle not only cause huge loss to fresh fruits and vegetables on daily basis but also create several problems for traders and consumers.” Interestingly, right from rounding up stray cattle, releasing them or taking them to cattle pounds, the whole process is not just expensive but impractical due to monetary and infrastructure limitations faced by the JMC authorities.
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Stray animals including cows, buffaloes, bulls and dogs can be seen roaming in these markets and the most affected are traders and small fruit and vegetable vendors who have been running their business along the footpaths. Due to lack of pastures, cattle owners leave their animals to roam around the streets, roads and wholesale fruit and vegetable markets.
Besides this, there have been several incidents where people have been injured by stray cattle but still the Corporation has failed to take the matter seriously. There had been cases where cattle caught from one zone were released in other zones. All this proves that the issue is not being tackled seriously.
Talking to the Kashmir Times, a fruit and vegetable trader Naresh Sharma at wholesale fruit and vegetable market Narwal complained, “Despite repeated pleas to the concerned authorities, no action so far has been taken to redress the problems being faced by the trading community here. It is difficult to run business in these conditions as stray cattle have already injured large number of people and concerned authorities have not taken measures to tackle the problem.”
He further complained, “Stray cattle not only cause huge loss to fresh fruits and vegetables on daily basis but also create several problems for traders and consumers.” Interestingly, right from rounding up stray cattle, releasing them or taking them to cattle pounds, the whole process is not just expensive but impractical due to monetary and infrastructure limitations faced by the JMC authorities.
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Labels: authorities, buffaloes, bulls, cow, dogs, jammu City, JMC, monetary, nuisance, permanent, problem, roaming, stray animals, Stray cattle, traders, vegetable markates
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