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Three major elections scheduled in J&K including Panchayats, ULBs, LS: CEO

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Srinagar, April 23: The CEO J&K said the Election Commission had stated that upcoming elections will be inclusive with special facilities for Persons With Disabilities, and 4-5 type of other physical disabilities like deaf and dumb, blind etc.
“Now, every Polling Station will know how many persons with disabilities it has and their voting will be facilitated with Braille option, wheel chairs and other requisite facilities. Similarly, citizens above 80 will not be required to wait in queue for casting their votes. They will be called during lean period of voting,” Pole said.
As far as Kashmiri migrant voters are concerned, their maximum number after Jammu is in New Delhi and the Relief Commissioner has held a camp there.
An AERO has also been designated in New Delhi and he has been given powers so that the migrant voters don’t face any problems in registration.
Few days back, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar had stated that ongoing Special Summary Revision in Jammu and Kashmir will not impact the schedule of Assembly elections.
He had also mentioned that there is vacuum in Jammu and Kashmir which has to be filled.
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

April 23, 2023
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 )

April 19, 2023
Telangana: ULBs, electricity dept to ensure sufficient water supply in summer

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Hyderabad: In view of the temperature soaring up in the state, the Public Health and Municipal Engineering department has issued instructions to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to ensure safe and sufficient water supply under its limits in summer.
To ensure continuous water supply, the ULBs have been directed to coordinate with the electricity department while the municipal commissioners and engineers have been asked to coordinate with the irrigation department to ensure the timely release of water into canals.
“Owing to increased demand for fresh water in the summer season, the ULBs have been asked to follow a few guidelines on specific issues,” an official from the department said.
To ensure uninterrupted pumping, municipal commissioners have been instructed to arrange required capacity generators at all pumping stations if required.
In addition to this, all the water sources will be equipped with safeguards to avoid contamination of drinking water and to prevent sewage water from entering the freshwater pipelines.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 6, 2023