Jammu, May 5 (PTI) The Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir has redrawn boundaries of most of the assembly seats in Jammu region to maintain an equitable population ratio and has increased the number of constituencies to 43 from 37. The commission has also given larger representation to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities in Jammu by reserving seven and five seats for them respectively. The three-member commission signed its final report on Thursday. The new seats have been carved out in six districts -- Doda, Kishtwar, Samba, Rajouri, Kathua and Udhampur. With the addition, Doda, Kishtwar and Samba will now have three seats each, Udhampur four, Rajouri five and Kathua six constituencies. Kishtwar district has gained one assembly seat of Padder Nagseni. The new seat in Doda district is Doda West. Jasrota is the new seat in Kathua, Ramnagar in Udhampur and Ramgarh in Samba. While the commission has given in to the public outcry and retained the Suchetgarh constituency in Jammu district, it has done away with some seats of Kashmir or got new names for constituencies. There was no increase in the number of seats of Jammu (11), Reasi (3), Ramban (2) and Poonch (3) districts. While the commission has reserved five seats -- Rajouri, Thanamandi (Rajouri district), Surankote, Mendhar (both Poonch district) and Gulbgarh (Reasi) -- for the ST community, seven seats -- Ramnagar (Udhampur), Kathua, Ramgarh (Samba), Bishnah, Suchetgarh, Marh and Akhnoor (all Jammu) -- have been reserved for the SC community. In Reasi district, Gool-Arnas constituency has been redrawn as a new seat, Shri Mata Vaishnodevi. All other constituencies in the district have had pockets added or deleted, but the total number has been retained at eight seats. The Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat has seen an increase of four new assembly segments, while two went to the Jammu parliamentary seat. The total number of poll constituencies will rise from 83 to 90, with 43 in the Jammu region and 47 in Kashmir. In the current state House, Jammu has 37 members and Kashmir has 46. The proposed increase of six seats in Jammu division was on expected lines, political observers in Jammu said. While no new constituency has been proposed in Jammu district which has 11 seats, the BJP may get a boost in Rajouri-Poonch and Doda-Kishtwar belts since seats have been created along with reservation for the first time for STs comprising the Gujjar and Bakarwal communities. Forming the third largest ethnic group after Kashmiris and Dogras in J&K, the two groups reside largely in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, besides Anantnag, Ganderbal and Bandipora areas of Kashmir. Most of the representations regarding the change of names of the proposed constituencies were accepted by the commission in view of the public sentiment. These name changes in Jammu region included naming Padder assembly constituency as Padder-Nagseni, Kathua North as Jasrota, Kathua South as Kathua, Khour as Chhamb, Mahore as Gulabhgarh, and Darhal as Budhal.

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Jammu, May 4 (PTI) Two girls were killed in rain-related incidents as heavy downpour lashed various parts of the region on Wednesday causing a landslide on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway that led to its closure, authorities said. A thick cover of cloud benighted the region that witnessed rain in the early hours of Tuesday, bringing down the temperature by over 3 degrees celsius, they said. A 13-year-old girl sustained critical injuries as she was struck by lightening in Manwal area of Udhampur district. She succumbed to injuries in a hospital on Tuesday night, officials said. In another incident, an 18-year old girl, who had gone to collect fire wood from forest in Charala area in Doda district, died after a tree fell on her due to high-velocity wind, they said. According to officials, a few houses in Jammu region and power lines in Doda, Kishtwar, Reasi, and Rajouri districts suffered damages after trees fell on them. However, all power lines have been restored. Banihal in Ramban district and Bhaderwah in Doda district saw a drop of 11 degrees in temperature, Batote saw of drop of 7 degrees, and Kathua district witnessed a drop of 6 degrees in its temperature. Katra in Reasi witnessed a fall of 4 degrees, the officials said. Landslide at Samroli resulted in blockade of Jammu-Srinagar highway, they said.

Rain-related incidents kill two in Jammu, national highway closed

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Jammu, Apr 24 (PTI) Amid multi-tier security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will dedicate India's first 'carbon neutral panchayat' to the nation apart from inaugurating and laying foundation stone of development projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore to give fillip to speedy development of Jammu and Kashmir. A red alert has already been sounded in the Union Territory following the encounter on Friday near Sunjwan Army camp on the outskirts of the city which averted a major attack with the gunning down of both the terrorists armed with suicide vests and large quantity of arms and ammunition. Barely hours before his arrival in Palli hamlet, a blast took place in agriculture field, some kilometres away from the venue triggering concern in the security establishment. However, the police suspected that the blast was caused by a lightning strike or a meteorite. Modi is arriving here to participate in the celebration for the National Panchayati Raj Day and address 'Gram Sabhas' across the country. He will also visit Palli Panchayat in Samba district. Also read | Fewer terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, increased development since 2019, The residents of Palli are awaiting arrival of the PM as they are upbeat over Modi's visit to their village, which is set to become the first carbon-free solar panchayat. From the macadamised roads to the recently launched electric bus service, the village located just 17 kilometer from the winter capital Jammu is witnessing a major transformation with an upgraded Panchayat Ghar, renovated government high school building, a new pond and improved playfields and the 500 KV solar plant installed in a record time of nearly three weeks. Seeking to develop and rejuvenate 75 water bodies in every district of the country, the prime minister will launch a new initiative named 'Amrit Sarovar'. The government has been focussed on bringing about wide ranging reforms to substantially improve governance and enhance ease of living for the people of the region at an unprecedented pace following the “constitutional reforms” of August 2019, a reference to the abrogation of Article 370 and making the erstwhile state into a union territory, the PMO had said. Modi will inaugurate the Banihal-Qazigund road tunnel, built at a cost of over Rs 3,100 crore. The 8.45-km-long tunnel will reduce the road distance between Banihal and Qazigund by 16 km, and reduce journey time by around one and a half hours. He will also lay the foundation stone of three road packages of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, being built at a cost of over Rs 7,500 crore. Also read | Amarnath yatra to commence on June 30: All you need to know, Among other projects, Modi will lay the foundation stone of Ratle and Kwar hydroelectric projects, a 850 MW facility to be constructed on Chenab river in Kishtwar at a cost of around Rs 5,300 crore, and 540 MW Kwar hydroelectric project to be build in on the same river at a cost of over Rs 4,500 crore. In order to further expand the network of ‘Jan Aushadi Kendras’ in Jammu and Kashmir, and to make good quality generic medicines at affordable prices available, 100 centres will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi. Modi will also inaugurate a 500 KW solar power plant at Palli, which will make it the country’s first panchayat to become carbon neutral, the PMO said. During his visit, he will also hand over ‘SVAMITVA’ (survey of villages and mapping with improvised technology in village areas) cards to beneficiaries under the scheme. The cards will give villagers documentary proof of their ownership of properties so that they can use them for financial benefits if required. He will also transfer award money to panchayats which are winners of awards given across different categories. The PMO noted that the ‘Amrit Sarovar’ project is part of the celebration of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’.

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Jammu, Apr 16 (PTI) Chingam village has become the first remote hamlet in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district to register 100 percent Covid vaccination, the Army said on Saturday. Located 50 kilometres from Kishtwar town, the village has been adopted by the Army with an aim to reduce the hardships of the people and ensure the implementation of COVID-19 protocols, thus saving precious lives and breaking the chain of the virus, Jammu-based Army PRO Lt Col Devender Anand said here. He said with dedicated efforts of the Army, the civil administration and the people, Chingam has become a model village by achieving 100 percent COVID-19 vaccination. “Chingam village has become the first one in the region to achieve 100 percent vaccination of people to include 12 to 14 year age category,” the Lt Col said. Kishtwar is the largest district of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which includes a large number of remote locations with limited access to basic medical facilities. “The challenges thrown by COVID-19 pandemic to such places necessitated attention in terms of medical support and awareness to the local populace,” the Army PRO said. “Continued awareness among the local population has resulted in zero case of coronavirus,” he added.

Army’s adopted village in J-K’s Kishtwar registers 100 percent Covid vaccination

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Jammu, April 4 (PTI) The Delimitation Commission, which has been tasked to redraw the boundaries of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday began its two-day long meetings with public and civil society for receiving suggestions and objections on its draft delimitation proposal for the union territory. The Commission on March 14 has put its report in the public domain and invited objections and suggestions from people. The commission has published its report in the gazettes of India as well as Jammu and Kashmir. The commission has begun meetings at the Convention Centre here with members of the public, civil society and political parties from all districts of the Jammu region, while a similar public sitting will be held at SKICC in Srinagar on Tuesday, officials said. It has met 20 such delegations and members of the public from Ramban, Rajouri, Poonch, Kishtwar, Kathua and Doda districts and heard them and received their representations, the officials said. The members of the public and elected representatives raised various demands in terms of carving out new segments of assemblies and also raised objections about the draft in which various areas have been merged with other areas of assembly and parliamentary constituencies. The people from Kathua, Udhampur, Doda, Ramban, Kishtwar, Rajouri and Poonch districts are currently participating in the public sittings from 10.00 am while the people from Reasi, Samba and Jammu will participate in the second half-sittings at the Convention Centre from 2.00 pm, they said. The official said that the people from Srinagar, Budgam, Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian will be part of the public sittings at SKICC in the first half on April 5 while the people from Ganderbal, Bandipora, Kupwara and Baramulla will participate in the sittings in the second half on the same day at the same venue in Srinagar. Delimitation Commission, comprising Justice (retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai as chairperson, the Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and State Election Commissioner (SEC) K K Sharma as its members, was set up on March 6, 2020, with one year term. However, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, its term was extended on March 6, 2021, by one year. It also has five associate members: three National Conference Lok Sabha members (Farooq Abdullah, Hasnain Masoodi and Mohammad Akbar Lone), BJP MP Jugal Kishore and Union Minister Jitendra Singh. According to the draft proposal, there has been no increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats in J&K. Similarly, there is no reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the parliamentary seats of the union territory, it said. The Jammu division will have Jammu-Reasi and Udhampur-Doda constituencies while the Kashmir division will have Srinagar-Budgam and Baramulla-Kupwara. The Anantnag-Poonch seat will be part of both the divisions, the draft said. The report said the total number of seats in the assembly has been increased to 90 with reservation of seven seats for SCs and nine for STs. The three-member commission has proposed six more seats in the Jammu region and only one additional seat in Kashmir in the proposed 90-member house. Kashmir will have 47 assembly seats and the Jammu region 43 seats, the report said.

Delimitation Commission begins two-day interaction with public, J-K political leaders

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Srinagar, Mar 29 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir's COVID-19 caseload increased to 4,53,690 on Tuesday with 13 fresh infections while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,750, officials said.Of the fresh cases, one was reported from the Jammu division and 12 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said.Srinagar district recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 11, followed by one each in Kishtwar and Kulgam. Seventeen of the 20 districts in the union territory did not report any fresh cases.There are 142 active COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir. So far, 4,48,798 people have recovered from the viral disease, the officials said.

J-K reports 13 fresh COVID-19 cases

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Jammu, Mar 16 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said Pakistani handlers were pushing terrorists into the union territory to harm civilians and disturb the prevailing peaceful atmosphere. Over the past two weeks, the evil designs of terrorists once again came to light when they targeted panches and sarpanches. The sinful acts of harming and killing innocent people evoked strong condemnation from all quarters, the police chief told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Kishtwar district. The DGP, along with Additional DGP of Jammu Mukesh Singh, visited Kishtwar to inaugurate a cricket tournament being hosted by the police department in the memory of Deputy Superintendent of Police Aman Thakur who laid down his life in an encounter with terrorists in south Kashmir's Kulgam in February 2019. Sarpanches Sameer Bhat and Shabir Ahmad Mir were killed in Srinagar and Kulgam districts on March 9 and March 11, respectively, while an independent panchayat member, Mohammad Yaqub Dar, was gunned down by terrorists in Kulgam on March 2. Pakistani handlers are pushing them (terrorists operating in J&K) to harm innocent people by targeted killings and grenade throwing. Two civilians, including a girl, were killed in one such grenade attack in Srinagar (on March 6),” the police chief said. On counter-terrorist operations, he said, Over the past few days, we have carried out over half-a-dozen successful operations, including the one in Srinagar which resulted in the killing of three terrorists (on Wednesday). These three terrorists were involved in the killing of Kanmoh sarpanch (Bhat). Eleven terrorists have been killed in seven encounters in different parts of Kashmir Valley since March 10. While two militants were killed in Pulwama and Srinagar's Hazratbal on March 10, three encounters in Pulwama, Ganderbal and Kupara left four terrorists dead and one more arrested. Another militant was killed in Pulwama on March 15. The DGP said the culprits behind the killing of a sarpanch in Kulgam, a CRPF personnel in Shopian and an Army jawan in Budgam were also arrested. CRPF jawan Mukthar Ahmad and soldier Sameer Ahmad Malla were killed by terrorists in Shopian and Budgam districts on March 12 and 10, respectively. Both of them had come home on leave when they were attacked by the terrorists. Those behind the killing of a sarpanch in Kulgam were arrested and the main terrorist was identified and is being chased. The module behind the CRPF jawan's killing was busted and similarly, the culprits involved in the killing of army jawan were also arrested and the terrorist identified and he too will be neutralised,” Singh said. He said, “The operations against terrorists will continue so that the people can live in a peaceful atmosphere and the killings at the hands of Pakistani terrorists and local terrorists at the behest of Pakistani agencies is stopped.” Asked about fear among Panchayati Raj Institution members in the wake of recent attacks, the DGP said there is no need to panic. Providing security to every individual is not possible everywhere but we are making efforts to provide a peaceful atmosphere through area security... We are providing security (to individuals) following intelligence input,” he said.

Pakistani handlers pushing terrorists into J&K to harm civilians, disturb peace: DGP

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Bhaderwah (J&K), Mar 13 (PTI) As many as 100 farmers from different villages of Chenab valley were on Sunday imparted basic technical know-how to grow aromatic plants under the Union Government's 'Aroma Mission 2', officials said. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM) Jammu organized the day-long training cum awareness camp on 'cultivation, processing, value addition and marketing of aromatic crops' here, the officials said. They said the awareness programme saw participation of 100 farmers drawn from different villages of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts. Commanding Officer of Bhaderwah-based 4-Rashtriya Rifles Col Rajat Parmar, who was chief guest, appreciated efforts of CSIR-IIIM and motivated unemployed youth of the region to take full advantage of opportunities being provided under Aroma Mission. He assured all the necessary support from the Army for upliftment of the farmers and unemployed youth of Bhadarwah.

J-K farmers get basic training under 'Aroma Mission 2'

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Jammu, Mar 11 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir government has set up a honey processing unit in the winter capital of the Union Territory and registered 340 beekeepers of the Jammu division for the facility.KK Sharma, Director, Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare, Jammu, inaugurated a 100 kilograms capacity unit established under the apiculture development scheme at Krishi Bhawan here on Friday.Sharma said the honey processing unit consists of an automatic honey processing plant, moisture reduction unit, storage chamber, and bottling unit.It performs multi-functions, including preheating, processing, moisture reduction, filtration and bottling of the honey, he said.The unit will go a long way in helping the bee-keepers of the Jammu division as the department will facilitate the processing of crude honey produced by the farmers free of cost, he added. The bee-keepers will be provided with a logo under the Jammu kheti brand as well as testing for successful marketing of honey for remunerative returns, the director noted.It was informed that the Madhu Kranti portal has been developed by National Bee-Keeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) and 340 bee-keepers of the Jammu division have been registered to date on the said portal.This will facilitate full tracking and hassle-free movement and migration of bee colonies for chasing bee flora outside the UT, Sharma said.Pertinently, the department is promoting Ramban white honey of autumn season under one district one product, which is known for its best quality, colour and taste. Moreover, honey is also produced in Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Kathua, Samba, Rajouri and other districts of the Jammu division, he said. Beekeeping forms the potential part of integrated farming and can play an important role in doubling the farmer's income, being a non-competitive off-farm activity besides income and employment generating venture due to wide agro-climatic diversity enabling round the year bee flora availability.

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