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  • Five Year Term Of SMC, JMC and Other ULBs To End In Oct- Nov

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    SRINAGAR: The five-year term of urban local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir would end in October- November this year, officials said.

    Quoting an official, KNO reported that Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Jammu Municipal Corporation, Municipal Councils and Committees of the Union Territory would complete their five-year term later this year.

    “The Srinagar Municipal Corporation would complete its term on November 05, 2023 while Jammu Municipal Corporation’s term would end on November 14, 2023,” he said, adding that the five  year term of an ULB is counted from the day of their first meeting.

    The first meeting of SMC was held on November 6, 2018 and that of JMC on November 15, 2018. Juniad Azim Mattu and Chander Mohan Sharma were elected as mayors of SMC and JMC after ULB elections, respectively.

    According to the official, the five-year term of municipal Councils and Committees would also come to end in October- November this year.

    The last urban local bodies polls were held in four phases in October 2018 during Governor’s rule in the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir. While voter turnout remained impressive in Jammu region, only 3.1 percent of the eligible electorate exercised their voting rights in Kashmir.

    Only 31541 votes were polled in the valley against the total electorate of 1032498.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Srinagar City To Go Garbage And Dumpster- Free: SMC

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    SRINAGAR: In a move towards making Srinagar city garbage and dumpster free, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has added 150 new collection and transportation  vehicles, and starts its path-breaking GIS based and real time GPS monitored 100% door to door Segregated Waste Collection system and

    The SMC has initiated removal of dumpsters to make city free of dumpsters and garbage.

    Commissioner SMC, Athar Aamir Khan has issued a revised area and ward wise deployment schedule of Garbage Collection Vehicles across the city to ensure 100% collection of segregated dry and wet waste.

    SMC has added more than 150 vehicles to its existing fleet including 100 new light motor vehicles for door to door primary collection and around 50 new heavy motor vehicles including modern compactors for secondary transportation.

    All vehicles have been enabled with GPS devices for real time monitoring. The GIS mapping and geo-fencing of all areas and wards up to lane level has been done to ensure efficient and timely waste collection. The areas and households to be serviced by each vehicle have been mapped.

    The Integrated Solid Waste Management IT System under Smart City project will enable comprehensive monitoring. It has been enabled with features including live location tracking, route & time deviation alerts, grievance redressal and quality assurance tools.

    The garbage collection vehicles will reach each and every household and every commercial establishment including shops in Srinagar City. People will have to necessarily hand over the segregated waste to SMC garbage collection vehicles.

    SMC is closing down all the garbage vulnerable points as well as the sites where dumpsters used to be located. It has been prohibited to deposit waste at such points now onwards. General public as well as commercial establishments shall handover the waste to SMC’s vehicles only and shall refrain from putting them at any other place.

    The notification issued by Commissioner SMC, Athar Aamir Khan also informs the general public that in case Garbage Collection vehicle doesn’t come to their house or establishment or is not on time, the local ward level officers shall be contacted or SMC’s control room shall be informed. The contact details of concerned ward level officials and details of vehicles deployed in each area have been shared in the public notification.

    The success of the initiative is heavily dependent on the participation and cooperation of the general public. Segregated waste collection will help SMC better manage the waste at the Achan site.

    SMC is also working on the project for removal of legacy waste and biomining and bioremediation of existing waste at its Achan Landfill site. The legal waste removal plan has been prepared in consultation with IIT Jammu and NIT Srinagar and has been projected for funding under SBM 2.0 (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • All Pet Shops To Be Registered with the SMC: Commissioner

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    SRINAGAR: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has directed all the pet shop owners to get their establishments registered with the corporation.

    The Commissioner SMC, Athar Aamir Khan Monday said that a formal order in this regard will be issued by Tuesday, adding that the corporation has already decided to get all the pet shops registered with them.

    “We are issuing a notification in this regard, which will be circulated through newspapers and agencies. The notification will be issued today or tomorrow,” he said, adding that all the pet establishments will have to be necessarily registered with the SMC and anyone found without registration will not be allowed to operate.

    “There was already a criterion for the pet establishments. Some of these establishments are already registered with the SMC while some are yet to get registered. We have streamlined a process in this regard and all the pet establishments will have to be registered properly. Only after having proper registration, the establishments will be allowed to operate,” he said. (KNO)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • SMC Assures Completion of Road Projects on G-20 Meet Routes Before April 15

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    GNS News Desk

    Srinagar, Mar 11 (GNS): The Srinagar Municipal Commission (SMC) has been working tirelessly to ensure that everything is in place for the upcoming G-20 summit whilst one of the major concerns being the road infrastructure leading to the venue which needs to be completed before the commencement of summit.

    The SMC, under the aegis of Commissioner Athar Aamir Khan has assured of completion of the road project before April 15.

    “The clock is ticking and the pressure is on for the SMC to deliver on their promise”, Athar Aamir Khan said adding as the construction workers continue to toil hard, the city is abuzz with anticipation for the G-20 summit.

    “Those projects which are important as per the requirement of the G20 summit will be finished before April 15 and the already issued guidelines will be duly followed,” Khan as per GNS said.

    “We are on our toes and our first priority is to finish the projects of Lal Chowk [the heart of the city] at an earliest. If the weather suits our target, it is fixed and we will complete the full project in due time,” Aamir said.

    Talking about the recent scarcity of water supply in Srinagar city, Aamir said that such a situation arises when work is done on any road. “The damaged pipes will be replaced and the water supply will be fixed soon. Our site engineers and technicians are trying their level best not to damage any sort of pipeline, and if it happens, it will get replaced on priority.”

    “As the Chief of the Smart City project, I would like to request everyone to have patience and give us some time”, he said. (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )

  • SMC Assures Completion of Road Projects on G-20 Meet Routes Before April 15

    SMC Assures Completion of Road Projects on G-20 Meet Routes Before April 15

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    Srinagar, Mar 11: The Srinagar Municipal Commission (SMC) has been working tirelessly to ensure that everything is in place for the upcoming G-20 summit whilst one of the major concerns being the road infrastructure leading to the venue which needs to be completed before the commencement of summit.

    The SMC, under the aegis of Commissioner Athar Aamir Khan has assured of completion of the road project before April 15.

    “The clock is ticking and the pressure is on for the SMC to deliver on their promise”, Athar Aamir Khan said adding as the construction workers continue to toil hard, the city is abuzz with anticipation for the G-20 summit.

    “Those projects which are important as per the requirement of the G20 summit will be finished before April 15 and the already issued guidelines will be duly followed,” Khan as per GNS said.

    “We are on our toes and our first priority is to finish the projects of Lal Chowk [the heart of the city] at an earliest. If the weather suits our target, it is fixed and we will complete the full project in due time,” Aamir said.

    Talking about the recent scarcity of water supply in Srinagar city, Aamir said that such a situation arises when work is done on any road. “The damaged pipes will be replaced and the water supply will be fixed soon. Our site engineers and technicians are trying their level best not to damage any sort of pipeline, and if it happens, it will get replaced on priority.”

    “As the Chief of the Smart City project, I would like to request everyone to have patience and give us some time”, he said. (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

  • Div Com, Commissioner SMC Hold Meeting With Trade Federations And Civil Society Bodies

    Div Com, Commissioner SMC Hold Meeting With Trade Federations And Civil Society Bodies

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    SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri and Commissioner SMC, Athar Aamir Khan along with senior officials from Srinagar Municipal Corporation on Saturday held a detailed meeting and discussion with the representatives of various trade federations to discuss the proposed property tax within Srinagar Municipal limits.

    Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Kashmir Hoteliers Association, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industries, KCIF, KTMF, CCIK, Kashmir Economic Alliance and many other trade federations and civil society bodies attended the meeting.

    Div Com and Commissioner SMC gave a detailed presentation to all stakeholders about the property tax. The process and method of property tax calculation was discussed with the members present.

    It was impressed that the property tax adopted by J&K is a progressive model. The tax to be collected will go into the account of the local bodies only and will be used for the development of the respective city only. The Tax rates are among the lowest in the country, they informed.

    The members present calculated the model test cases of commercial as well as residential properties.

    The tax is to be paid annually not monthly and Residential properties up to 1000 sqft have been exempted from the tax so are the agricultural land and the religious places.

    The tax slabs have been kept in a very progressive manner so that the distributive Justice is taken care of.

    Meanwhile, the property tax will be effective from 1st April, 2023.

     

     

     

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Remove Illegal Encroachments Along Dhood Ganga Nallah Within A Week: SMC

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    SRINAGAR: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Saturday warned people to remove the illegal structures built over the Dhood Ganga Nallah.

    In a notice, Srinagar Municipal Corporation Commissioner Athar Aamir Khan said that Dhood Ganga Nallah from Alochi Bagh to Chatabal is an important channel for the management of storm water and for preventing of urban flooding in the Srinagar City.

    The rejuvenation and restoration of Dhood Ganga Nallah from Alochi Bagh to Chatabal has been taken up under Srinagar Smart City Limited with Drainage Circle (Civil), SMC as the executing Agency, it reads.

    “Whereas, it has been found that a number of encroachments and illegal structures have come up on the site of Nallah; Whereas, removal of these encroachments and illegal structures and restoration of Nallah is important for flood and storm water management in the City,” reads the notice.

    “Now, therefore, through this Public Notice, all such individuals/encroachers are given 07 days’ time from the issuance of this notice to remove all encroachments/illegal structures erected on and along the Nallah, failing which Srinagar Municipal Corporation shall initiate action including removal of these encroachments at the risk and cost of the offenders/encroachers,” reads the notice issued by Srinagar Municipal Corporation Commissioner Athar Aamir Khan.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Court Grants Bail To Two SMC Employees    

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    SRINAGAR: A local court on Wednesday granted bail to two SMC employees who were arrested for demolishing a traffic booth and allegedly assaulting traffic personnel on duty in the summer capital Srinagar.

    “The accused persons namely Niyaz Ahmad and Ovais Farooq have been arrested in the case under FIR no; 06 0f 2023 under sections 353, 120B, 506 and 364 IPC on 07-02-2023. Offences under section 364 IPC is not made out against the accused persons. At most, the offence under section 363 IPC can be said to be made out in the case which is bailable, the rest of the offences in question are not very severely punished,” news agency KDC quoted Court of city judge/JMIC Srinagar, Ajay Kumar as having said.

    While disposing the prayer of remand application by police, Court in an order said “The accused persons are the government officials and there is no threat of them fleeing the course of justice. The facts and circumstances of the case are such that there is no need for their further interrogation by the police.”

    The prayer for remand by the police of the accused persons is refused and the accused persons are directed to be released on bail on furnishing personal bond and surety bond before the court in the sum of Rs 50,000 provided they are not required in any other case, court said.  The accused shall cooperate with the investigation officer in the investigation of the case and shall not threaten any prosecution witness.

    Earlier, SMC has started enquiry into the matter of Niyaz Ahmad Gabroo I/C Ward Officer Ward No. 30 and Ovais Farooq Khan Tax Assistant Ward 30 and have also put them under suspension. Ghulam Hassan Mir, Joint Commissioner Planning SMC, shall do the detailed enquiry and submit a detailed report within 7 days, SMC said.

    “An incident has come to notice wherein one SMC employee aggrieved by challan on not having HSRP, came back and broke a traffic booth with others, later assaulted traffic personnel on duty. In this regard FIR has been registered in Shergari PS against delinquent SMC employees, “police had said.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Three SMC Employees Arrested For Demolishing Traffic Booth, Kidnapping Cop

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    SRINAGAR: Police on Tuesday arrested three SMC employees for demolishing a traffic booth and allegedly assaulting traffic personnel on duty in Srinagar.

    Taking to social networking site Twitter, Srinagar police wrote: “An incident has come to notice wherein one SMC employee aggrieved by challan on not having HSRP, came back and broke a traffic booth with others, later assaulted traffic personnel on duty. In this regards FIR has been registered in Shergari PS against 3 delinquent SMC employees.”

    “All three (3) accused have been formally arrested in the case after legal formalities. The three(3)had also kidnapped the traffic personnel in a car after creating ruckus. FIR No 06/2023 stands registered in Shergari PS,” said Srinagar police in a tweet.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Three SMC Employees Booked in Srinagar For Breaking Traffic Booth, Assaulting Traffic Personnel: Police

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    Srinagar, February 07: Police on tuesday said that it has lodged FIR against three SMC employees for breaking traffic booth as well assaulting traffic personnel on duty in Srinagar.

    In a tweet, Srinagar police wrote, “An incident has come to notice wherein one SMC employee aggrieved by challan on not having HSRP, came back and broke a traffic booth with others, later assaulted traffic personnel on duty. In this regards FIR has been registered in Shergari PS against 3 delinquent SMC employees, “.(GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )