An urgent meeting was called by the Director Agriculture Kashmir Mr. Altaf Andrabi today on 11th March 2019 to foresee the stocking/availability of various fertilisers in the valley.

Various fertilizer companies apprised the Director Agriculture that sufficient quantity has been made available to the farming community spanning different districts across the valley. 

The availability of DAP has been made to the tune of 23000 Mts against the requirement of 28500 Mts which amounts to 81% of requirement.

The Availability of MOP has been made to the tune of 12277 Mts as against requirement of 14400 Mts which amounts to 85%.

The Availability of UREA has been made to the tune of 17840 Mts as against requirement of 48000 Mts which amounts to 37%. 

However 9000 Mts of UREA are in the transit between Udhampur rake point & Valley.

In addition, the companies namely IFFCO, CHAMBAL, IPL & NFL assured the Director agriculture Kashmir that there is a plan to supply more than 30000 mts of UREA, 10000 Mts of MOP & 9000 mts of DAP and will be made available by the end of this month.

The director agriculture appreciated the efforts of the companies in making the fertilisers available in time to the farmers of the valley. He directed the companies to augment the district wise positioning of fertilisers especially in the districts of Bandipora, Ganderbal & Srinagar so that the farmers of these districts may not suffer. He stressed that the companies must make all out efforts to procure UREA on priority within the shortest period of time as its requirement is on peak at this time.
 
The companies  acknowledged the scarcity of Urea, which is caused due to continuous closure of National Highway but assured that when the supplies starts pouring in, there will be no shortage of any kind of fertilizers.
 
Sadly, some unscrupulous elements having vested interests have given wrong statements in the press to defame and undermine the efforts of companies and their transporters in making timely availability of fertilizers. It is on record that these elements have looted the money of the companies and CBI enquiry has been initiated against them which monetizes into more than 2.5 Crores. 

The fertilizer companies re-assured the farming community and orchardists that they will not leave any stone unturned in fulfilling professional and social commitments towards them.

Baramulla, 11 March: Deputy Commissioner Baramulla Dr G N Itoo today informed that all arrangements have been made for the smooth, free and fair conduct of Lok Sabha elections, the announcement of which has been made yesterday by the Election Commission of India.

DC stated this during a press conference organized by him here at DC office with regard to the implementation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and other election related queries.

Dr Itoo, who is also the District Election Officer informed that polling in Baramulla parliamentary constituency shall be held in Phase ist on 11th of April 2019. The notification will be issued on 18th of March and the last date for filling of nominations will be 25th of March. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on 26th of March whereas the last date for the withdrawal of candidature shall be 28thof March. The polling and the counting shall be held on 11th of April and 23rd of May respectively.

Regarding the Model Code of Conduct which came into force from 10th of March, DC asserted that any violation of the prescribed rules and guidelines envisaged into MCC shall be taken seriously and stringent action as per law will be initiated.

Elaborating the requisite arrangements put in place for the smooth conduct of elections, the DC said that all the required polling stations have been identified where arrangements for minimum assured facilities have been made. He said that various committees regarding surveying and expenditure have been constituted adding that other necessary arrangement, if any shall be finalized upto 31st of March.

Meanwhile, DC appealed the voters and political parties to participate in said elections with full zeal and enthusiasm and sought cooperation of various stakeholders to play a proactive role in strengthening democratic setup.

Responding to a question about the establishment of polling booths in various educational institutions, the DC said that the academic session will not be disturbed for which alternative arrangements have been made.

Regarding the smooth and secure voting in polling booths located along LoC, the DC said that in case of any exigency a comprehensive plan has been formulated so that safe and secure polling is ensured.

SSP Abdul Quyoom, Deputy District Election Officer Sameer Jan, DIO Mudassir Hussain and others concerned were present on the ocassion.

SRINAGAR, MARCH 11: District Election Officer Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Monday directed the concerned agencies to ensure setting up of all basic minimum facilities at all polling stations across the district within a week.

The DEO who was speaking in a meeting convened to review the facilities at polling stations instructed for setting up all basic facilities by March 18.

Superintending Engineers Power Development Department, Roads & Buildings and Public Health Engineering, Chief Education Officer Srinagar among other concerned officers attended the meeting.

The concerned departments were instructed to set up ramps for voters with special needs, electricity with lighting and heating, water supply, toilets among other facilities at all 857 polling stations set up at 407 polling locations across the district.

ADC KK Sidha and JD Planning Yaseen Lone were also present in the meeting.

Srinagar, Mar 11,: Army Monday said that it killed 18 militants including 14 commander of Jaish-e-Muhammad in 21 days, the outfit that owned the lethal Lehtpora Pulwama attack.

   This was revealed by Army’s 15 Core Commander Lieutenant General KJS Dhillon in a joint press conference that was also addressed by IGP CRPF Zulifkar Hasan and IGP Kashmir SP Pani.

  “Since Lethpora attack, we are after JeM militants and in 21 days killed 18 militants including 14 commanders from Jaish-e-Muhammad. Out of these 18 militants, 10 were locals and 8 from Pakistan,” Commander Dhillon said adding that 2 each slain militants were affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujhadeen.

  He said that in a signification operation at Pinglish they managed to kill the main conspirator Mudasir Ahmed Khan of Midora Tral village. “Besides Mudasir another JeM militant Khalid from Pakistan was also killed. In three weeks time, we have managed to kill top commander of Jaish. Ever since Lethpora attack, we are after the militants of Jaish,” he said adding that operation against JeM will continue in Kashmir.

    While divulging information about the slain commander Mudasir Ahmed, IGP Pani said that he was an active recruiter from past one year. He added that his killing is a major setback to Jaish.

   IGP SP Pani said that recruitment of militants has come down drastically.

   In response to a question, IGP CRPF Zulifkar Hasan said that the killing of Mudasir should not be taken as an avenge to Lethpora attack.

   KJS Dhillon denied the reports that people are facing hardships due to convoy movement. “It takes only 2 to 4 minutes for a convoy to pass. People have to understand and cooperate with security forces,” he said and denied the reports that soldiers are harassing commuters during convoy movement.

   While responding to a question, IGP Pani said those who participate in funeral processions are miscreants. (CNS)