JAMMU, Mar 23: Surrounded by lush green forests and snow clad mountains, 40,000 tulips in red, yellow, white, purple await visitors in Kud and Sanasar of Udhampur and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Like Kashmir, we want tourists to also visit the Jammu region and enjoy the natural beauty of Sanasar and Kud areas. To give impetus to tourism in the region, 40,000 tulips bulbs have been planted in the Kud belt of Udhampur district and Sanasar in Ramban […]
UPDATED: May 25, 2021 15:58 IST
The Udhampur DDC members also took a strong note of the incident and demanded strict disciplinary action against the policemen. (File photo)
Authorities in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir have set up a fact-finding committee to look into the grievances of a District Development Council (DDC) member against police after she was stopped at a checkpoint, officials said on Tuesday.
Latti DDC member Pinky Devi has accused the police of highhandedness after she was stopped at a checkpoint while on her way to meet Udhampur Deputy Commissioner Indu Kanwal Chib on the weekend.
“The issue regarding an incident of argument by police naka party with Devi was taken up by DDC Chairperson Udhampur, Lal Chand with Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sargun Shukla.
Rs 1.2 crore monetary aid disbursed to construction workers
ANI
18 May 2021, 03:56 GMT+10
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 17: Udhampur Deputy Commissioner Indu Kanwal Chib on Monday disbursed a financial assistance to the tune of Rs 1.20 crore for 12,000 active registered construction workers of the district.
They will each be given Rs 1,000 for the Month of May and June to tide over difficulties amid the COVID-induced lockdown.
The financial assistance has been provided by the Labour department under Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Board (JKBOCWWB) for May, Assistant Labour Commissioner Pradyot Gupta informed. He added that the amount was released to the construction workers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.