SRINAGAR, A meeting of Select Committee on "the Jammu and Kashmir Prohibition on conservation of Agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes Bill 2011" was held under the chairmanship of the Minister for Revenue and Chairman Select Committee Raman Bhalla, here today. Threadbare discussion was held on various issues relating to the amendment of the Bill.

Appeals religious leaders to play role
SRINAGAR, In a clarion call to the civil society in general and religious, political and social leaders in particular, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has sought coordinated and well-knit approach to address the deep concern of female foeticide and girl child sex ratio decline in the State.

"The drastic decline in the male-female ratio in the 0-6 age group

JAMMU, Shri Amarnath Barfani Langers Organisation (SABLO) held a meeting at Chandigarh today in which representatives of various NGOs from Punjab, Haryana, J&K, H P, Chandigarh, Delhi and UP also participated. R K Goyal, CEO, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) was the chief guest on the occasion.

SRINAGAR, The Government today made it clear that no complaints of shortage of potable drinking water would be tolerated and the concerned engineers would be accountable for the smooth supply of drinking water to people.

At a high level meeting of officers and engineers to review the sector, Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din directed the Chief Engineers, PHE, Kashmi

Underscores urgency of Zojila tunnel
SRINAGAR, May 11: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today drove from Srinagar to Gumri to inspect the progress of upgradation and widening of Srinagar-Leh National Highway project being executed by BECONS under Prime Minister's Reconstruction Programme from Srinagar to Gumri and by Vijaya from Gumri to Leh.

Omar Abdullah received brief about the present status

JAMMU, In an initiative beyond politics, NCP state president Th Randhir Singh formed new 31-member committee to protect environment and save the mother earth.

Addressing media persons here today the NCP chief said that global warming has created major problem in the world. The Committee on the nature has taken pledge to protect the environment and save the mother earth.

SRINAGAR, Underlining afforestation significant measure to regenerate degraded forests, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Tuesday called for large scale plantation under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA).

JAMMU, Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla today distributed cheques among the drought hit families of Samba district which has received Rs. 4 crore as the first installment to provide relief to the affected families of 2009 drought under CRF.

So far Rs. 32 lakh have been distributed among various affected families of the border district, which forms the part of Rs.

SRINAGAR, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Mission, currently on a 5 day visit to the State to finalize sub-projects to be taken up under the Tranche-2 of Loan-II (J&K Urban Sector Infrastructure Development Program - JKUSDIP) being executed by J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA), held extensive discussions here today with a team of ERA officers headed by Mr B.B Vyas, Principal Secretary to the

UDHAMPUR, Minister for Public Health Engineering, Irrigation & Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din convened a meeting of officers of PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control of district Udhampur to review the status of various water supply schemes and other PHE installation besides taking stock of problems being faced by the department in meeting drinking water requirement of the districts here today.

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