Adnan Dar

Baramulla, February 20: The District Child Welfare Unit Baramulla in collaboration with Elite organization held a day long Awareness program to sensitize the people about centrally launched Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) and justice juvenile Act.

Delivering key note address, the legal probation Officer of Baramulla Unit, Mir Kaiser informed the participants about the role and responsibilities towards the child protection as a civilized society.

“The protection of children should be our top priority. ICPS provide a safety net to the children in need of care and protection besides the children in contact with law. The government established this full fledged service for their safety and security”
He further highlighted the issues of child sexual abuse and child labor.

“Previously, the violence against juveniles used to go unnoticed. There was no suitable mechanism to deal with children who needed immediate relief and rehabilitation. They were treated as adults and kept with hardcore criminals. The juvenile justice system along with ICPS came into force to provide a healthy and safe environment to these children”

“The main purpose of the service is to provide support to the susceptible children who have been the worst victims of the violence”
Addressing the gathering Member Child Welfare Committee, Baramulla Nazir Ahmad underscored the significance of the child rights
“The child rights are the fundamental rights. Every child has a privilege to live in a safe and secure environment as the future of any nation depends on the healthy blooming its children” he said
Child Protection Officer Institutional Care, Shnawaz shareef accentuated the need for raising the standards and establishment of the children homes in the districts.

‘The NGOs operating the child care institutions should make sure they run these institutions by adopting the proper guidelines mentioned in the ICPS. The child must not feel isolated or depressed in the institutional homes. They must be provided with home like environment so that they will not feel alien” he said.

The program was attended by the officials of the Child Welfare Committee and Juvenile justice board members of the district.

Social worker DCPU baramulla presented the vote of thanks to the guests and participants. She also thanked the chairman of the elite organization for coordinating with the unit and providing the platform for such awareness programs which can go a long way in creating a healthy child protection system in the district.

In view of the inclement weather conditions, the Divisional administration in Kashmir has ordered further extension in winter vacations in colleges across the division.

Divisional Commissioner Baseer Ahmad Khan said all colleges across the Kashmir division scheduled to reopen tomorrow after winter vacations will now reopen on Saturday February 23.

He said the decision has been taken in view of the inclement weather conditions prevalent in the division.

Srinagar, Feb 20 : As weather remained cloudy throughout the day, the weatherman on Wednesday predicted rains and snow till Thursday afternoon, saying that Jammu would receive moderate rains besides hailstorm.

Deputy Director of Meteorological department (MeT), Mukhtar Ahmad said, “There is possibility of light rains in plains of Kashmir from this evening while as hilly areas would receive another snowfall.”
He added moderate rains would also lash Jammu region while there is possibility of hailstorm in the region as well.
Ahmad further added Batote and other adjacent areas would receive heavy rains from his evening as per the fresh forecast.
However, MeT Deputy Director informed that weather would significantly improve from Thursday afternoon. “The weather would remain dry till next few days from Thursday afternoon,” he said.
Meanwhile, the overnight rains triggered landslides on Srinagar-Jammu highway following which authorities had halted the traffic movement on 300 km long stretch. 
“At few places in Ramsoo-Ramban sector, landslides occurred on Sgr-Jmu highway triggered by fresh rains in the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday,” officials said.
The traffic as per officials was temporarily halted as ‘a precautionary measure’. 
They said traffic on the highway will be allowed after the road is cleared. (KNS) 

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SRINAGAR, Feb 20: The Coaching Centres Association of Kashmir (CCAK) has decided to offer free admission to the students who were expelled from other states during the recent days, so as to prevent their academic loss.

In a statement issued here the Association said that the students fleeing from outside states due to harassment and physical attacks are in no position to return back immediately, which will threaten their academic career. “We have faculty and means to provide them the education in the majority of subjects. Be it BBA, BCA, B. Tech, MBA or any other subjects, we have the requisite faculty,” said Dr B.A Shah Spokesperson of CCAK.

“Some of the stories we have learnt from the students are harrowing and the experience will haunt them for a long time. We want to minimize their loss and also prevent them going into a situation like Post Traumatic stress.”

The association said that it will ensure the studies are not affected. Terming the expelling of students as a conspiracy, the Association said that various steps are being taken to mitigate the situation. “Together with likeminded educationists and academicians, we are finding the solution to the problem. According to our estimates, we have enough trained faculty and infrastructure to accommodate majority of the students. We can provide the facility for majority of subjects which the students have been studying.”

The Association sought removal of barriers for entrepreneurs to establish world class educational institutes of higher learning in Kashmir. “Not only the students will be provided safe and quality education, but it will also create employment for at least 50000 unemployed persons,” said Shah. “We can truly create a vibrant knowledge sector here.”

Meanwhile taking strong note of failing to provide security to thousands of students the Association is teaming up with legal experts to take the culprits to court. “Our students pay crores of rupees in fee and even the landlords are given rent in advance for the year. And when the need of hour comes, all of them conspire to throw the Kashmiri students out,” said Shah. “We are mulling to sue all such colleges and landlords who evicted the Kashmiri students. We will ensure that all students are adequately compensated because some of the students are from middle class or even poor families who sold their belongings to give better education to their wards.”

The association has called all students who have returned to contact: Paul’s Cambridge, Parraypora, Mob. No 9469888444 (Mr Mehraj), 9469888555 (Mr Arshid) or visit Coaching Centres Association office Opp Hotel Broad View behind Civil Secretariat Srinagar for further details.