Nitesh Sangral

CCTV Cameras defunct in GMC premise                                                                                                          Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Jan 04: A Large and significant Government Medical College (GMC) hospital of the Jammu Province is always headlines in newspapers due to different reasons. This time the almost Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTV) cameras are out of order in the premises of hospital last from some months. It is pertinent to mention here that the State Government Health Department claimed, they provide the complete facility to GMC hospital Jammu time to time. 16 CCTV cameras installed in the GMC Hospital but last some months it is dysfunctional. Official source said that as ...

Rehris outnumber vehicles on busy roads, JMC sleeping Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Jan 10: The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) seems to have turned blind eye towards nuisance created by “Rehris” across the city. These rehris not only lead to traffic chaos, but also cause hindrance in movement of pedestrians in busiest areas. There are around 500 to 800 rehris in the city. These rehris cause traffic jam and sometimes even lead to accidents. “It’s really very difficult to move on roads especially during the evening hours when rehriwallas are in full swing. They not only cause hindrance to smooth movement of vehicles on road but also create nuisance. Sometime they come to middle of the road to attract customers”, said Raju Singh, a resident of Nai Basti. Another citizen from Gandhi Nagar Surjit Singh observed that rehris cause problem for pedestrians as footpaths in several areas of the city were occupied by extended encroachments by shops. The carts on roads leave no room for t...

 Edu deptt wakes up from deep slumber Coaching centres asked to get registration, stop co-education Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Jan 08: After acid attack on female teacher at tuition centre in Srinagar, the Education Department has once again directed all the tuitions centres to register their institutions besides, asking for restriction on co-education and improvement in infrastructure. The department has warned that if guidelines were not met, the institutions will be closed. Interestingly, in 2010 the department made a committee that had asked the private schools as well as tuitions centres to submit their fee structure in written so that guidelines and fee structure could be devised in general. Since then more than two years have passed but the committee did nothing on the vis-à-vis agenda given to her. Now, the department has asked the tuition centres to get them registered. Pertinently, there are thousands of private tuitions centres running across the State. Off...

Traffic police get 15 days to bus  operators  wear uniforms Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Jan 04: A Large and significant Government Medical College (GMC) hospital of the Jammu Province is always headlines in newspapers due to different reasons. This time the almost Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTV) cameras are out of order in the premises of hospital last from some months. It is pertinent to mention here that the State Government Health Department claimed, they provide the complete facility to GMC hospital Jammu time to time. 16 CCTV cameras installed in the GMC Hospital but last some months it is dysfunctional. Official source said that as per reports of GMC, there sixteen CCTV cameras are installed in various places (emergency block, OPD, Emergency and OPD entrance etc) in GMC but for the last some time they remain useless. He also said that the concerned authority have sent many time reminder to higher authority regarding non-functional of these CCTV cameras. He fur...

Jammu Becoming ‘rape’ capital of J&K Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Dec 24: While the New Delhi is simmering with protest against the rape of 23 year old medical student, but looking at the rape graph cases in the Jammu and Kashmir, the figures are shameful reminder that state has failed to curb violence against women. As per the data, in Jammu district alone nearly 150 incidents of rape have been reported in last four years, which is highest in the list of rape cases and molestation with the women It an astonishing disclosure, which shows the vulnerability of womenfolk in Jammu and Kashmir, nearly 1336 rape cases have been registered in the state since 2007, in different police stations of the state. As per the data Jammu district tops the list with 150 incidents, 130 cases were registered in Rajouri. 120 rape cases have taken place in Srinagar in last four years. It is a matter of concern that most of the victims where below the age of 18 years. It shows that women have b...

Alarming: 30 per cent rise in cancer cases in Jammu and Kashmir Nitesh sangral JAMMU, Dec 19: Nearly 1800 cancer patient have been registered in the Regional Cancer Centre Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital Jammu this year. There has been 20 to 30 per cent rise in the number of patients every year in the state and it is matter of concern. The hospital data disclosed that in the year 2009 alone the total number of cancer patients who came to RCC to receive treatment was 1,400. An alarming rise as in 2004, the number of new cancer cases in J&K was reported to be at 1,164. As per the data state has been witnessing an increasing number of cancer cases–up from 803 in 1997 to over 1,300 in 2007. It is further says that the state reported 1,266 cancer cases in 2006, 1,185 in 2005, 1,168 in 2004, 1,058 in 2003. Between 1998 to 2002, the number of cancer cases had jumped around 6.3 per cent–937 in 1998, 901 in 1999, 952 in 2000 and 996 in 2002. Head of the Centre, Dr...

Broken dream of software Technology park (STP) in Jammu Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, Dec 16: The much awaited multi crore, Software Technology Park (STP) which was conceived about six years back, to boost the export and create job opportunities for the highly qualified software technicians in J&K has turned out to be a broken dream. Thanks to the ill management, lack of publicity and planning, the park resources have remained unutilized. The establishment of STP was first mooted by State Government in 2003 and was approved Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in March 2003 and land was provided for it at Bari- Brahmna. The project was constructed with the assistance of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) to meet the needs of the software exporters in the state. But Audit scrutiny by CAG has revealed that there is nothing on record to indicate that government had carried out any survey to find out the market for the software to be developed at the cen...