Srinagar, June 23 : A 19-year-old person was killed after he fell down from a moving train in Panzgam area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Reports reaching said that the youth namely Mohd Aqib Shah son of Abdul Salam of Kellam, Kulgam fell down from the moving train at Track number KM36 of GRP POST Panzgam area of Awantipora.

The incident occurred when the train was moving towards Banihal from Srinagar.

In the mishap, the injured youth was shifted to Sub-District Hospital Awantipora where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival.

A police officer also confirmed the incident to GNS. (GNS)

Srinagar, Jun 23 (KNS): Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) has said that Indian stubborn approach towards the Kashmir issue is the sole reason behind the ongoing bloodbath and miseries of the people of Kashmir. It is again the result of the continued Kashmir dispute that people face hardships on every step and their overall development is at a halt.

While paying tributes to the youth martyred in recent days, Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party has said that due to the lingering Kashmir dispute, Kashmiris are shouldering the coffins of their loved ones every day.

In a statement issued, JKDFP Spokesperson said that funerals of young boys have become a routine affair in Kashmir and since past 70 years particularly the last three decades, more than one lakh people have fell to the Kashmir dispute. It is because of New Delhi’s stubborn approach that Kashmir continues to witness bloodshed. The Government of India (GoI) must shun its rigid approach and take concrete steps to resolve the vexed issue of Kashmir for the everlasting peace in the region.

Spokesperson also urged the world community to use their good offices for the long-lasting resolution of Kashmir issue so that the bloodbath and miseries inflicted in Kashmir would end. The Spokesperson praised the JKDFP incarcerated chief, Shabir Shah for his straightforward approach towards the Kashmir issue but strongly condemned New Delhi for jailing its political opponents. (KNS) 

Srinagar, Jun 23 : Director Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) Kashmir Mohammad Qasim Wani on Sunday visited Anantnag to review supply position of essential commodities for Amarnath Yatra and routine public distribution in the south Kashmir areas.

 Director CAPD Kashmir said all arrangements for supply of essentials to both Amarnath yatris and the general public are in place.

Regarding availability and distribution of sugar, the Director CAPD Kashmir said, “due to the subsidy issue for which the proposal has been sent to the government fresh sugar supplies are yet to come but 5000 quintals of sugar left in-utilised were distributed rationally on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr this year and more 10, 000 quintals left un-utilised in Jammu were brought to Kashmir and distributed.”

Exuding the confidence that government will soon resolve the subsidy issue in the case of sugar stocking, the Director CAPD said, “sugar availability would be ensured very soon.”

Talking about the distribution of rice and kerosene oil, the Director said, “both ration and kerosene oil are freely available in all the districts of Kashmir valley and bottle necks are removed wherever people complain of inadequacy.”

Saying that he also reviewed the issues coming up during Government’s public outreach program ‘back to village’, the Director CAPD said, “he has directed the officers of his department to ensure on spot redressal of the grievances coming up during public interactions held under ‘back to village’ program.” (KNS) 

Says mainstreaming of state’s political problems party’s lasting contribution

Srinagar, Jun 23 : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senior leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar on Sunday termed the PDP as only consistent voice that seeks an end to the problems being faced by the people of the state.

Interacting with party workers and civil society members in north Kashmir’s Bandipora, Akhtar said that whether in power or out of power, the PDP has been consistent in seeking the resolution of Kashmir and that the party believes that the Constitution of the country has enough room to accommodate the aspirations of the people and protect their identity as guaranteed by the constitution itself. “We will continue to do that and also to bring out the state from the state of artificial siege that we have found ourselves in for the past seven decades,” Akhtar said.

The PDP leader added that the party will bounce back in a revitalised form on the state’s political scene and that it will continue to push for peace with dignity which is the focal point of its agenda. He said that the workers are committed to the agenda of the party and the vision provided by its founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Mehbooba Mufti, Muzafar Hussain Beigh and his other colleagues who founded the party in the very trying circumstances.

He added that the lasting contribution of the PDP in the state is the mainstreaming of the political problems of Kashmir and that the party will continue to seek the implementation of its pro-peace agenda till durable peace is restored in the state.

He added that Bandipora has seen major development initiatives during the brief PDP rule after the 2014 polls and that post 2002, when PDP came to power for the first time, Bandipora remained on government’s priority in more ways than one.

Akhtar said that it was during that time that district status was accorded to Bandipora besides a separate District hospital and Degree College was established there. “Road infrastructure has been massively built in the district by the PDP government soon after it came to power in the year 2015 with developmental works worth 156 crores approved. It includes the main Srinagar Bandipora road which is being constructed as a decent link for the first time in history. Besides that major road infrastructure is being built in Nadihal, Arihal, Sumbal, Athwado, Sonarwani, Chandaji and Kootasathri. In addition to that wide network of inner link roads has been established in the district connecting even the far-flung hamlets with main towns,” Akhtar said.

The PDP leader also highlighted the health infrastructure prioritized by the PDP led dispensation in Bandipora with establishment of blood bank, dialysis centre and specialized diagnostic centre. (KNS)