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  • Unregistered Vehicles on roads to face hefty Fines & Imprisonment under MVA

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    Srinagar, April 29: In view of rising instances of unregistered vehicles plying on the roads, the Regional Transport Officer Kashmir has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to address the same.

    According to the SOPs, the first offence of an unregistered vehicle being found on roads will be met with a ₹5,000 penalty under the Motor Vehicles Act, while the second offence will result in a ₹10,000 fine or a prison sentence for the owner which may extend to one year, or both.

    Additionally, non-display of registration mark on High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs) will be similarly punishable.

    “The showrooms must adhere to the rule of releasing vehicles with registration numbers on HSRP without fail. In case it is found that dealers have violated this norm, not only will the face penalty under MVA, but they will be held liable for any crimes committed using such vehicles”, an RTO official said.

    To ensure uniform implementation of laws, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) have been put in place. These SOPs require enforcement teams to record and preserve evidence of vehicles without registration numbers by taking photos or videos.

    Furthermore, enforcement teams must also prepare a daily report of vehicles fined or impounded and send it to the control room.

    Additionally, a fortnightly report of all vehicle challans/impounds, along with their respective Supplier Dealers, shall be presented to RTO/ARTO. This report can then be used to take action against the dealers, which may include forfeiture of their security deposits.(GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

  • Unregistered Vehicles on roads to face hefty Fines & Imprisonment under MVA

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    MVD Kashmir issues SOPs to tackle Unregistered Vehicles

    Srinagar, April 29 (GNS): In view of rising instances of unregistered vehicles plying on the roads, the Regional Transport Officer Kashmir has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to address the same. 

    According to the SOPs, the first offence of an unregistered vehicle being found on roads will be met with a ₹5,000 penalty under the Motor Vehicles Act, while the second offence will result in a ₹10,000 fine or a prison sentence for the owner which may extend to one year, or both. 

    Additionally, non-display of registration mark on High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs) will be similarly punishable.

    “The showrooms must adhere to the rule of releasing vehicles with registration numbers on HSRP without fail. In case it is found that dealers have violated this norm, not only will the face penalty under MVA, but they will be held liable for any crimes committed using such vehicles”, an RTO official said.

    To ensure uniform implementation of laws, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) have been put in place. These SOPs require enforcement teams to record and preserve evidence of vehicles without registration numbers by taking photos or videos. 

    Furthermore, enforcement teams must also prepare a daily report of vehicles fined or impounded and send it to the control room. 

    Additionally, a fortnightly report of all vehicle challans/impounds, along with their respective Supplier Dealers, shall be presented to RTO/ARTO. This report can then be used to take action against the dealers, which may include forfeiture of their security deposits.(GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )

  • Two Pak intruders apprehended along LoC in Poonch

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    Poonch/Jammu, Apr 29: A father-son duo from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) were apprehended by the Army near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, officials said.

    Sardar Abdul Hamid and his son Abbass of Polas village were nabbed by the troops in Gulpur sector shortly after they intruded into this side from across the border, the officials said.

    They said the questioning of the duo is in progress and it was not immediately clear whether they crossed the border inadvertently or with some intention.

    However, no incriminating material was recovered from their possession, they said.–(PTI)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

  • JK Reports 43 Fresh Covid-19 Cases

    JK Reports 43 Fresh Covid-19 Cases

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    SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir reported 43 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday.

    They said that 28 cases each were reported from Jammu and 15 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 481594.

    Among the cases, 174960 are from Jammu division and 306634 from Kashmir Valley.

    Providing district wise details of the cases, they told GNS, Jammu reported 21, Udhampur 1, Rajouri 0, Doda 2, Kathua 0, Samba 4, Kishtwar 0, Poonch 0, Ramban 0, Reasi 0, Srinagar 2, Baramulla 3, Budgam 4, Pulwama 0, Kupwara 0, Anantnag 2, Bandipora 1, Ganderbal 2, Kulgam 0 and Shopian 1.

    There was no death either from Jammu division or the Valley during the time. So far 4790 people have succumbed to the virus and among them include 2357 from Jammu division and 2433 from the Valley.

    Besides, they said, 32 Covid-19 patients recovered during the last 24 hours—10 from Jammu division and 22 from Kashmir Valley. There are now 336 active cases— 184 in Jammu and 152 in Kashmir. (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Minga Sherpa assumes charge as Director Information

    Minga Sherpa assumes charge as Director Information

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    SRINAGAR, APRIL 29: Minga Sherpa today assumed the charge of Director, Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), Jammu and Kashmir, here.

    Minga Sherpa is 2017 batch IAS officer from AGMUT cadre who hails from Darjeeling, West Bengal.

    Outgoing Director, Akshay Labroo; Joint Director, Information Kashmir, Mohammad Aslam and other senior officers of the department were present on the occasion.

    Subsequently, after assuming the charge, the Director interacted with the officers and officials and was briefed about working of the department. He asked the employees to work with utmost sincerity and dedication.

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

  • J-K Rail Project: Country’s First Cable-Stayed Rail Bridge In Reasi Completed

    J-K Rail Project: Country’s First Cable-Stayed Rail Bridge In Reasi Completed

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    Jammu, Apr 29: The work on the country’s first cable-stayed railway bridge at Anji Khad in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir has been completed, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

    The completion of the bridge drew praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is keenly monitoring the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL), which will provide rail connectivity between the Kashmir Valley and the rest of the country.

    “In 11 months, India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge (Anji Khad) is ready…,” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tweeted on Friday, sharing a video of the completed bridge. The total length of the cable strand used in the bridge is 653 km.

    Reacting to Vaishnaw’s tweet, the prime minister wrote “excellent”.

    The completion of Anji Khad bridge, having a single pylon with a height of 331 metres above the river bed on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), is yet another major breakthrough achieved by the Indian Railways, which is expecting to complete the Rs 37,000 crore project by the end of this year.

    Minister of State for Railways Darshana Vikram Jardosh, who recently inspected the USBRL project by visiting various key locations including Anji Khad bridge and the nearby iconic Chenab bridge, termed the completion of the country’s first cable-stayed bridge as “another milestone” despite difficult geographic conditions.

    “I visited the bridge site and congratulated everyone for successfully installing all 96 cables of the bridge in a record time of 11 months. This asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge crosses the deep gorges of Anji river, a tributary of river Chenab,” she said.

    Jardosh said the bridge connects tunnel T2 on the Katra side and Tunnel T3 on the Reasi side.

    “It has been the PM’s vision to make Indian railways the best in the world. Overcoming geographic and climatic challenges, our engineers and railway officials have conquered the invincible,” the minister said.

    Described as a “true engineering marvel”, the bridge has 48 cables each on lateral and central spans with work on its pylon started in 2017, officials said, adding the pylon is standing 191 metre from its foundation level.

    They said It is the second highest railway bridge after the iconic arch bridge over Chenab at Kauri, which is the highest railway bridge in the world being 359 metres above the river bed level — 35 metres higher than the iconic Eiffel tower in Paris.

    Anji Khad bridge has a total length of 473.25 metres, while the length of the viaduct is 120 metres. The central embankment has a length of 94.25 meters, the officials said.

    They said the bridge has been designed to handle heavy storms of strong winds and even explosions.

    In October 2016, the Railways decided to build a cable-stayed bridge at Anji Khad after the plan to build an arch bridge similar to Chenab bridge was abandoned due to vulnerability of the structure, primarily due to concerns over geological stability of the region.

    The Railway Ministry sanctioned the construction of the railway line from Udhampur to Baramulla via Srinagar in phases — 25-km Udhampur to Katra in 1994, 118-km Qazigund to Baramulla and 129-km Katra to Qazigund in 1999.

    In view of the importance of the USBRL in providing seamless and hassle-free connectivity to Kashmir, the 272-km-long rail link was declared as a “National Project” in 2002.

    Out of the total 272-km USBRL project, 161-km was commissioned in phases with first phase 118-km Qazigund-Baramulla section commissioned in October 2009, followed by 18-km Banihal-Qazigund in June 2013 and 25-km Udhampur-Katra in July 2014. The work on 111-km Katra-Banihal stretch is going on.–(PTI)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

  • 40 Year Old Found Dead In Srinagar

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    SRINAGAR: On Saturday afternoon, a Katra resident was found dead in the Batamaloo area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district.

    An official stated that a 40-year-old man was discovered unconscious at Batamaloo bus stand, following which the police were informed.

    The man, identified as Rakesh Kumar, a resident of Katra, was transported to SMHS hospital Srinagar, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

    Meanwhile, police have initiated an investigation in this regard. (KNO)”

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • FCIK Demands Action Against Government Order Violators

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    SRINAGAR: The Federation of Chambers of Industries Kashmir (FCIK) has expressed concern over non-compliance of government orders by various departments regarding the procurement of 25% of their total annual procurement of goods or services from Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and has urged for strict action against violators of orders.

    In a statement issued to the press, the FCIK regretted that a government circular issued under No: FD-Code/240/2022-02-1899 dated 24-02-2023 issued by the Finance Department Codes Division, which makes it mandatory upon all government departments and Public sector undertakings to earmark and procure a minimum of 25% of the total overall annual procurement of goods or services from MSMEs, besides earmarking 3% from within the 25% target for earmarking for micro and small enterprises owned by women, was openly being flouted.

    The FCIK has informed that the violation was mainly being done by the engineering departments under the garb of “providing and fixing” affixed to the nomenclature of any industrial product in their NITs to convert its configuration to a so-called works contract. “In some cases where the engineering departments make it open for both MSMEs and the contractors, the work order is grabbed by the latter for having quoted lesser rates than a manufacturing unit,” said the spokesman of FCIK, surprised that “how was it possible that a contractor who ought to procure industrial goods from a manufacturing unit before their installation could win the very contract from the same manufacturing unit in a tendering competition”.

    The FCIK has drawn attention to the government towards the use of untested, unauthentic, low-quality, and deviation in the use of material in many of these works contracts. “Whereas the power transformers, conductors, and other equipment manufactured by the local industry were subjected to multiple and rigorous testing before delivery, such a process was dormant in most of the works contracts,” said FCIK, adding that this paved the way for the installation of untested and substandard goods. It has also been observed that many contractors were using imported deodar-resembling timber against the specified deodar specie mentioned in the contracts, informed FCIK. “Such imported timber is far less in cost than Deodar, which is sold only by the J&K State Forest Corporation alone,” said FCIK, adding that “departments required to ascertain in the first instance that how could a contractor quote rates below the average sale price of JKSFC if he didn’t intend to deviate from specifications later”. FCIK had recently taken up the matter of the use of Rajasthani Kota stone in place of local devri stone tiles in the “smart city project” which amounted to brazen deviation from the specifications. All such quality issues could be taken care of only when these industrial goods were procured by industrial units, claimed FCIK.

    FCIK has urged upon all Administrative departments to monitor that their subordinate offices adhere to the government instructions regarding earmarking and procurement of 25% of their annual requirements from MSMEs besides segregating industrial goods from works contracts. The Finance department has already established that a meager cost towards the installation of an industrial product could not change its nomenclature to a works contract, informed FCIK.

    FCIK has invited the attention of Principal Secretary PWD and Chief Engineer R&B towards the NIT No: 05 of R&B/Khanabal/2023-24/E-Tendering/1035-44 dated 24-04-2023 issued by Executive Engineer, R&B Division, Khanabal for 16 various works and has sought their intervention in making the concerned to change the eligibility criteria for specified industrial related works to keep it restricted to registered MSMEs only.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • One Dead, Another Injured In JK Road Accident

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    SRINAGAR: A truck conductor died while driver was injured after the vehicle hit an electric pole in Shalteng area of Srinagar on Saturday evening.

    An official said that a truck hit an electrical pole at Shalteng chowk due to which its conductor received an electric shock.

    He said that conductor was shifted to JVC hospital where doctor him declared dead on arrival. “The condition of the driver is said to be stable”.

    He has been identified as Kala, a resident of Punjab. Meanwhile, police have taken cognisance of the incident.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Sheetal Nanda inaugurates Childcare Institute ‘Parisha’, adoption centre ‘Phulwari’ at Ramban

    Sheetal Nanda inaugurates Childcare Institute ‘Parisha’, adoption centre ‘Phulwari’ at Ramban

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    Ramban, April 29 (GNS): Commissioner Secretary, Social Welfare, Sheetal Nanda, who is on one day tour of Ramban district, inaugurated the newly opened Child Care Institution for Girls, ‘Parisha’ and Specialized Adoption Agency – ‘Phulwari’ here today.

    Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Mussarat Islam, PO ICDS, Jahangir Hashmi, Deputy District Election Officer, Lal Chand, ACR-R, Giasul Haq, District Social welfare Officer, Rahul Gupta, Tehsildar, CDPO, along with other senior officers were present on the occasion.

    After inaugurating the Child Care Institution for Girls – ‘Parisha’, Commissioner Secretary went round the premises and inspected the facilities being made available there including rooms and pantry.

    While distributing Shishu and Nutrition Kits under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and Poshan Abhiyan among the beneficiaries at Chanderkote, Sheetal Nanda issued directions for convergence of Anganwari centres with those schools where kindergartens have been sanctioned within 200 metres of each other.

    Deputy Commissioner assured Commissioner Secretary that an exercise shall be carried out to ensure that Anganwari Centres and new kindergartens which are in close proximity are converged in the larger interest of the children below 06 years of age.(GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )