Giving some positive news for the sinking town of Joshimath, Disaster Management Secretary Ranjit Kumar Sinha on Wednesday said that the water discharge in the town has reduced to 100 litres per minute (LPM) from 540 LPM.
Uttarakhand’s Joshimath town is ‘sinking’ as hundreds of houses, buildings and roads in this Himalayan town have developed huge cracks. As the cracks in nearly 600 dwellings, roads and fields are widening, the water is gushing out of it sending the people into panic with most of them abandoning their properties. To make matters worse, several landslides have also been reported
Status of one kept in sealed cover, 2 refuse inductions Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Aug 3: The Department of Personnel and Trainings today issued a formal notification for induction of 16 officers of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) into Indian Administrative Service (IAS). Click here to watch video A total of 28 inductions were approved by the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) in its meeting with top officials of J&K Government and DoPT last month. Of them, eight have retired […]
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J&K mulls 5 point strategy to fight COVID spread
JAMMU TAWI, APRIL 21: In a bid to intensify its efforts against the spread of Covid, J&K administration today stated that it is working on a 5 pronged strategy to contain the spread of corona virus in J&K.
Financial Commissioner, H&ME, Atal Dulloo expressed that the situation is challenging but not out of control. He said that J&K has made ample preparations to meet the challenge. He gave out that the department is working on a 5 pronged strategy to restrict the spread of virus.
ON TESTING AND CONTAINMENT: Duloo said that 40,000 tests are being conducted per day of which 10,000 are Rapid Antigen Tests and 30,000 RTPCR. “Our testing rate is 2500 per million,” he said.