The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Tuesday issued notice to Chief Engineer Power Development Department (PDD) regarding unscheduled and irregular power cuts.

SHRC chairperson, Justice Bilal Nazki today admitted a complaint regarding unscheduled and irregular power cuts during winter in Kashmir valley and issued notice to Chief Engineer PDD Kashmir, Hashmat Qazi for filing his report within a week on a complaint.

Qazi has also been directed to specify as to why power cuts are effected even without notice.

Earlier, the commission had received a complaint, which reads that as the chilly winter season has begun to start with the recent snowfall, the only power supply agency ion J&K i.e, Power Development Department has started unscheduled and irregular power cuts in metered and non-metered areas in whole of the Kashmir Valley as the result of which people at large, particularly students are facing immense hardships in cold days and nights.

As per a communication of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, there is a danger of avalanches from 12thNovember 2018 to 13th November 2018 in avalanche prone areas of Bandipora, Baramulla, Anantnag, Kulgam, Budgam, Kupwara, Ganderbal, Leh and Kargil districts of Kashmir Division.

The Deputy Commissioners of the concerned districts have been asked to advise people not to venture out in avalanche prone areas during the period.

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Inspector General of Police (IGP) Security, Jammu and Kashmir, Alok Kumar was on Tuesday transferred as Inspector General of Police (IGP) Traffic, Jammu and Kashmir.

Basant Kumar Rath who was the IGP Traffic, J&K was however transferred and attached in the office of commandant general, Home guards/ Civil Defense/SDRF.

According to an order under number 1552-Home of 2018, dated 13-11-2018, “Alok Kumar, IPS (JK-1997), IGP Security, J&K is transferred and posted as IGP, Traffic, J&K vice Basant Kumar Rath.”

It further adds that “Basant Kumar Rath, IPS (JK-2000), IGP Traffic J&K transferred and attached in the office of commandant general, Home guards/ Civil Defense/SDRF till further orders.”

A woman from Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) has been elected unopposed as Sarpanch and Panch in Khumriyal area of north Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara district.

Arifa Begum (35) had come to this part of Kashmir along with her husband Ghulam Mohammad Mir via Nepal in 2010. Arifa, originally a resident of Palandari village in Muzaffarabad had submitted her nomination papers for both Panch as well as Sarpanch wards in Khumriyal-B in the frontier district.

There were no nominations against her and as such has been declared elected unopposed for both Panch and Sarpanch wards, an official from the district administration said.

While talking to GNS, Ghulam Mohammad Mir said that he crossed over Line of Control (LoC) in 2001 and remained there till 2010 before returning home via Nepal along with his wife Arifa.

“During my days in Pakistan to earn the livelihood, Mir said adding “during the time I marred Arifa”.

A security officer told Global News Service (GNS) that Mir had ex-filtrated in 2001 for arms training and had returned in 2010 and later surrendered. He said that the Arifa has been provided adequate security as part of the government decision of securing all the candidates contesting Panchayati elections in Jammu and Kashmir state.

Deputy Commissioner Shopian has directed officers and officials of Horticulture and Agriculture departments to fast track the loss assessment exercise and submit their reports in short time.

Talking to KNS, DC Shopian Dr. Owais Ahmad said that he has dire ted the officers and officials of horticulture and agriculture departments to submit their loss assessment reports after a detailed survey of the snow hit orchards in the district to him in short span of time.

Saying that he has already apprised chief secretary about the losses caused to orchardists in Shopian district, the Deputy Commissioner said that he has also directed the concerned experts of agriculture and horticulture departments to provide technical guidance to snow hit orchardists. He also said that the concerned officers and officials of R&B department have been also directed to keep men and machines in a state of preparedness to meet any eventuality in the wake of fresh snowfall in the district.

DC Shopian also said that the projects including those related to echo tourism taken up for execution would be completed in the given time.

Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Monday chaired a meeting here to review the progress of the ongoing Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP) in the State.

DILRMP is an integrated programme aimed at modernizing land records to minimize the scope of land/property disputes and enhance transparency in land records maintenance system. It is 100% centrally funded with main components including computerization of all land records, mutations, digitization of maps and integration of textual and spatial data.

The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, Finance, Financial Commissioner, Revenue, J&K, Commissioner Secretary, Revenue, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Secretary, IT, Commissioner, Survey & Land Records, J&K, other senior officers and representative of vendor M/S Ramtech Software Solutions Pvt Ltd.

Financial Commissioner, Revenue, J&K briefed the meeting about the progress achieved under the programme till 31st October, 2018. In the phase-1, Srinagar and Jammu districts have been taken up for implementation. In the 2nd phase 10 more districts and in the 3rd and final phase starting from April 2020 to March 2022, the remaining 10 Districts will be covered. The entire process in the State has been targeted to be completed by 31st March, 2022.

Giving details of the progress achieved under phase-1, Financial Commissioner, Revenue said that out of the 6.60 Crore Revenue documents and 55000 Revenue maps targeted to be scanned, 2.50 Crore Revenue documents and 45,000 Revenue maps have been scanned so far. As many as 1.30 Crore Revenue documents and 16000 Revenue Maps have also undergone Quality Check during the same period.

Financial Commissioner, Revenue, J&K further informed that 100% Revenue documents of Central Record Room Jammu have been scanned. However, he added that 100% scanning of Revenue documents in Central Record Room Srinagar will take some more time.

Chief Secretary asked Financial Commissioner, Revenue, J&K to work out a month and district wise work completion schedule in consultation with the vendor and ensure that the task of scanning the remaining 4 Crore Revenue documents and maps is completed by June 2019. He said 100% scanning of Revenue documents of Central Record Room Srinagar should receive focused attention throughout the coming months, as it forms the bulk of the work load i.e close to 2.5 Crore Revenue documents.

Chief Secretary also emphasized the need to ensure that State Data Centre to host permanent record of digitized Revenue documents is made fully operational by March, 2019.