Sunday, October 11, 2009

A Sarpanch is ‘more powerful’ than Gov, CM

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BITTER BUT TRUTH; IT HAPPENS ONLY IN J&K


*Governor, N.N Vohra in a significant decision had ordered cancellation of attachment of all the Government employees, both Gazetted and Non-Gazetted.

*"All attached employees will be relieved with immediate effect to report to their original place of posting from where they were withdrawn before such attachment", the order said.

*Government had also directed the Treasury Officers (TOs) not to entertain salary bills of those employees who have been attached or transferred, along with the post, unless the report of their original place of posting certificate is not recorded by the Drawing and Disbursing Officers on the monthly salary bill.

By Ajmer Alam Wani

JAMMU, OCT 11: For majority, it will be a big surprise to know that in Jammu and Kashmir State, a Sarpanch is more powerful to State Governor and the Chief Minister (CM). Though many may read this as a joke, but in practical, it has been established that from time to time the orders passed by the state Governor and the Chief Minister (CM) were thrown to winds even at the lowest level of administration.

It seems that the administration at the lower rung in Jammu and Kashmir state has no respect or the fear of the highest authorities of the state the Governor and Chief Minister (CM) as the orders of these two top authorities are not given importance, than what to talk about their implementation and obeying. Sources revealed that under the influence of a Sarpanch in Bhaderwah Assembly segment, three teachers who happen to be the relatives of a Sarpanch are working on choice attachments. Despites bans on attachments, sources revealed that the Sarpanch has managed the choice attachments of his son in law, son of sister and daughter in law.

According to sources, a teacher namely Ghulam Farooq whose original place of posting is Middle School Jangalwar, is enjoying choice attachment for the last seven years at Zonal Education Officer (ZEO) Thathri. The said teacher is son in law of a Sarpanch. Flouting all the set guideline, even a Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT), teacher namely Naseer Ahmed whose original place of posting is Middle School Sunarthawa is enjoying choice attachment at Girls School Lopa Thathri. The said ReT teacher is son of Sarpanch’s sister.

The Sapranch even managed the choice attachment of his daughter in law Fehmida Parveen who is also a ReT teacher at MS Bachara but has been attached to CEO office Doda.

There are other many choice attachments like a teacher namely Abdul Quyoom of Middle School Shamdalian which falls in Education Zone Batyas has been on choice attachment for the last 9 years at Boys High School Thathri while one Rakesh Singh teacher of Middle School Dadian has been on choice attachment at Boys School Thathri since his appointment in 2002. Sources said that many more teachers are enjoying choice attachments at their favorite places.

Though the Jammu and Kashmir Government has been beating the drums by raising hollow slogans that the bold decision have been taken by ordering detachment of all the attached teachers to restore accountability and revive education activity throughout the state but the influential people have managed to steal the show and the top heads of the state have been confined to just pass the orders and issue directions. The practical part remains with the officers and they act as per their lobbies, influence, convince and interests.

Relevant to mention here that earlier the former Chief Minister (CM) Ghulam Nabi Azad had ordered for cancellation of all attachments and later non other than the present Governor of the state, N.N Vohra in a significant decision, had ordered cancellation of attachment of all the Government employees, both Gazetted and Non-Gazetted. "All attached employees will be relieved with immediate effect to report to their original place of posting from where they were withdrawn before such attachment", the Government order issued under Governor’s rule said.

Worthwhile to mention here that a large chunk of Government employees, mostly in Health and Medical Education and Education Departments, had been attached under political influence during past sometime. The employees posted in rural and far off areas use their influence and managed to get themselves attached in urban areas.

Interestingly, the Government had also directed the Treasury Officers (TOs) not to entertain salary bills of those employees who have been attached or transferred, along with the post, unless the report of their original place of posting certificate is not recorded by the Drawing and Disbursing Officers on the monthly salary bill, but what has been happening, how they manage it, if not a mystery is a big scandal.

Though all Heads of the Departments were asked to submit a compliance report to the Administrative Department concerned regarding such detachments within a period of two weeks from the date of issue of the Order, with a copy to the Chief Secretary but many heads changed but the maximum attachments remain intact.

Oxygen content in Ladakh up by 50 %: Scientists

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CLIMATIC SCREAMER


  • Ladakh is located between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the Himalayas in the south at a height of nearly 12,000 feet and has a rarefied atmosphere.
  • 'Oxygen content in the atmosphere has gone up by 50 percent. Wheat cultivation, horticulture and greenhouses are also adding to the oxygen delivery,' W. Selvamurthy, chief controller (R&D) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said.

Anyone visiting Ladakh for the first time can be left gasping for breath due to low oxygen levels in the high altitude region. But a successful plantation drive has brought about environmental changes - driving up oxygen content by 50 percent and, most unusually, making it rain, say Indian scientists.

Ladakh is located between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the Himalayas in the south at a height of nearly 12,000 feet and has a rarefied atmosphere. But scientists of the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), which is behind the plantation drive, have found a marked increase in oxygen content.

'Oxygen content in the atmosphere has gone up by 50 percent. Wheat cultivation, horticulture and greenhouses are also adding to the oxygen delivery,' W. Selvamurthy, chief controller (R&D) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said.

Most of the Ladakh region is a cold desert with nearly no vegetation. The oxygen content is much lower than that in the plains.

'Most of Ladakh has been a dry cold desert. But when you go today there will be lots of greenery. The poplar and willow trees given by DIHAR are growing very well. The greenery is very important as it brings rainfall and that is good,' said Selvamurthy.

Green, yellow and orange poplar and willow trees now adorn the otherwise barren landscape of the region. The result of the plantation drive is showing up in rains - a phenomenon never witnessed in Ladakh before.

The DIHAR headquarters in Leh district and in its attachment at Partapur yearly give about 20,000 trees to local people for plantation. But due to the extreme climatic conditions, which see the mercury plummeting to minus 50 degrees Celsius, their survival rate is abysmal.

'We used to have mud houses as it never used to rain in Ladakh. But this year it rained,' said Rinchen, a local.

Buoyed by the results, DIHAR is planning to undertake organised cultivation of seabuckthorn, a plant better known here as Leh Berry that has high concentrations of vitamins A, B2 and C and grows wildly. Over 11,500 hectares in the region are covered by the shrub.

'We will be cultivating this plant (seabuckthorn). We may undertake aerial seeding. We still need to discuss the ways and means to do it,' Selvamurthy said.

For this, DIHAR has joined hands with the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC).

'Plantation and cultivation will help in the economic development of the region and LAHDC has shown a lot of enthusiasm in the project,' said the scientist.

Ladakh, which used to depend on the import of vegetables from Chandigarh, now produces 78 varieties of these and is able to meet 58 percent of its vegetable needs internally.

'We have now 78 varieties of vegetables being produced by locals here. We have given various greenhouses to the army and the locals for horticulture,' said DIHAR's director Shashi Bala Singh.

'We have been able to produce 13 types of apple here with the collaboration of scientists and local farmers.'