Nitesh Sangral

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Nov. 27:  The rapid growth of the internet and computer technology over the past few years has led to the growth in new forms of crime-dubbed cyber crime. But the state police department is facing some difficulties to trackers due to professionals and software.  After terrorist attacks in Delhi and they have been linked to emails sent from cybercafés from Kishtwar District. The state police department announced the Police officials are fully geared up to face the challenges and the force has successfully dealt with various situations especially cyber crime. Source said that the state police have three cyber police stations would be made functional in the State.  Two of the cyber police stations were to be setup in Srinagar and another in Jammu. In Jammu city, it was to come up at Gandhi Nagar, cyber police stations. He further said that, not a single cyber police station has made operational so far. There is shortage of experts, w...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Nov 25: Near four months have been passed to begin the fixing of High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) on vehicles in the Jammu and Kashmir State, but the transport departments has so far fixed only 41,000 HSRP on different kind of vehicles. The departments have no proposal to fix Plates on fast track. It is pertinent to mention here that the Jammu and Srinagar cities have begun fixing High Security Registration Number Plates (HSRP) on vehicles in line with an apex court order. The project is taking moreover time to complete the fixing work of number plates. Source said that the state is close to a million to registered vehicles, according to transporter department.  “As many as 9,82,190 vehicles of different kinds, including goods and passenger heavy motor vehicles (HMV) and light motor vehicles LMV, are registered with the transport department  . Out of these 5, 99,553 vehicles are registered in Jammu Division alone,” he added. “...

Winter arrives heating systems go out of order in hospitals Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Nov 23: The health institutions of the state always remain in discussion for one or another reason. With the onset of winter, the heating systems installed in the hospitals have started hogging limelight. As per people, the heating systems are non_functional. It is pertinent to mention here that the state health department installed heating system in all the health institutions falling under the cold zone area of the state. This facility was especially added in labour rooms. Hospital source said that two years have passed since the installation of heating systems. But now these LPG cylinder fitted heaters have become defunct due to the lack coordination of concerned authorities. “Some of the hospitals in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch besides; Doda, Bhaderwah, and Kishtwar have heating system but are non-functional,” he added. He informed that heating systems in the district and...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Nov 21: The Jammu Police is totally blind when it comes to use of Close Circuit Televisions (CCTV) cameras for record crime related activities, as most of the CCTV cameras are not functioning, but it wants to install 100 more. Amazingly, the demand has raised eyebrows as the old one are not being repaired which were installed at the cost of more than Rs 50 lakh about four years back. Similarly, the traffic police department also sent proposal of 82 Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) cameras install in the city for streamline traffic and deal with the traffic violators here. Of these, 34 CCTV cameras have already been installed in the city and work is going on fast track to install the rest of the cameras. Pertinently, the Jammu and Kashmir government has spent of corers of rupees on these CCTV cameras and installed most of crowed place across Jammu. But despite the spent corers of rupees, these cameras are proved blind alley. Sources said police had a...

Nitesh Sangral   JAMMU, Nov 20: Even after seventy two hours police and intelligence agencies are clueless about the people involved in the mysterious blast at Narwal, which killed one person and injured five others. Even as police have rounded up 16 suspects persons, including a prominent Deobandi scholar and Islamic jurist Mufti Faizul Waheed, but still there is no headway in knowing the real hand behind the incident. . The point is that since the Darbar move, city is under strict blanket of security has raised questions about the efficiency of the intelligence agencies. Over 16 suspects picked up from different areas for questioning but nothing has been achieved in the matter till this time. Officials said that a former militant  and presently teacher at a madrassa in Bhathindi area of the city, Mufti Waheed was picked up at 2 am on Sunday morning and released within half-an-hour with a direction to return to the police station in the morning. Mufti a...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Nov 12: With Panchs and Sarpanchs facing threat from Militants, government has decided not to remove the CRPF battalions from the state for anti-Naxalite operations. The decision has been taken after Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahudin threatened to attack the Panchayat members as they are representing the Indian rule in J&K. was started the process of resignation to the sarpanches and panches posts and the State authorities have, however, stated that they have received only 50 resignations since the panchayat polls were held last year after a gap of nearly three decades. CRPF officials said that, while 129 Battalion of the CRPF has already been shifted to Kokrajhar, two companies of the Jammu-based 152 Battalion have also reached Kokrajhar. “Apart from these two battalions, the Home Ministry in a fresh order has asked us to identify one more battalion, which has to be shifted out of J&K,” he said. Now the central and state governments...

Nitesh Sangral Jammu, November 9: Inaction of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) to lift garbage from various parts of the city is creating major health hazard for the residents. Its not only the solid waste, but the foul smell creating unpleasant experience for commuters who pass through various localities. Many of the people alleged that shopkeepers are major contributors of the garbage as some of them lack civic sense and dump their solid waste on roadsides. However many local residents claimed that dump has created many health problems for the residents. "We daily have to inhale the foul smell which has affected our health. We cannot even eat food properly", said Amit Gupta, a shopkeeper near New Plot. Jammu generates nearly 350 tonnes of garbage daily and it is expected that the there will be tremendous increase in the solid waste generation in next decade. “As there is shortage of manpower and lack of coordination within the JMC and JDA, it seems t...

DGM (Region) FCI in list of corrupt officers Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Nov 08: Employees Union of Food Corporation of India (FCI) have demanded shifting of DGM (Region) Rajesh Kumar from Jammu, after his name has been listed in ‘Doubtful Category Officers’ list for misusing their official positions. Nearly 14 officers across the North India are on the list, prepared by the Corporation in 2011. Bhartiya Khadiya Nigam Karamchari Sangh (BKNKS), Food Corporation of India Executive Staff Union (ESU) and Food Corporation of India Class IV Employees Union are spearheading the campaign against the officer. . As per the directions from Union Food Ministry DGM (Region) has been debarred for increments for three years and a fine of Rs 50,000 has been imposed against the officer. “The question is despite knowing fully that Rajesh Kumar is in the doubtful category, why was the officer posted in J&K. We have been demanding his removal for last one year”, said senior union le...

Floating rules: Most of the drivers of commercial vehicles, without uniform Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Nov 06: While administration is claiming that it is formulating a comprehensive city mobility plan to streamline traffic in Jammu, but authorities have failed to implement a simple decision: Ensure drivers and conductors wear a proper uniform. The order to wear uniform was issued in 2009, directing drives and conductors of commercial vehicles like matadors and busses to wear Khaki colour shirt and trouser, to identify them but no one has taken it seriously. Interestingly, whereas the traffic police officials have deployed, it is each time seems the traffic police officials busy to gossip with their colleagues. Computers manage the traffic jams by themselves and traffic police stand at there and watching these things. Official’s source said that the traffic police department has given time to drivers and conductors to wear the uniform and safe form the challan. The policy h...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Nov 02: With festive season going on and the people gearing up to celebrate it with great pomp and show, the pickpockets and thieves have started making strides in the busy markets and isolated houses. It is not just the locals but the pickpockets from some neighboring states too have especially reached the city to make the most of the festive season. According to sources in the police department, gangs of pickpockets from many neighboring including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi have already landed in the city. Many of these pickpockets, who are mainly unidentified, are keeping the police on their toes. Sources revealed that these gangs of pickpockets are well organised and work systematically and have already divided the entire city into beats. "These gangs have worked out their modus operandi and have fixed their targets including the city mini buses, railway stations and crowed areas, they added. Source said that in carrying out thei...

Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Oct 31: Banquet halls continue to defy norms set by the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) as they continue to operate without required facilities. It is pertinent to mention here that there are near about 114 banquet halls in Jammu region, mostly used for marriage and other social functions. But most of them do not have the required infrastructure, particularly parking space and firefighting equipment. The J&K High Court had passed clear cut instructions that the running of the Banquet halls with no parking spaced should be seized and put under lock and Key.  Further stated that there would be time limit for DJ’s playing the music. Source said that the last year the JMC was launched a drive against the illegal functioning of banquet halls and JMC officials also was given clear warned to these halls owner to full fill the requirements and ultimatum to them. “More than two dozen banquet halls continue to run illegally without the necessary parking space...