Commissioner, JMC inspected Developmental works of Corporation. Mr. M. Raju (IAS), Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation conducted an extensive tour of Jammu city and inspected the ongoing Projects under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) as well as developmental works of Corporation being executed at different sites viz. MAM Stadium, Drainage Project from Pawan Ice Cream to AG Office, Up-gradation/construction of drainage from Kamla Place on words, construction of drainage from Top Sherkhania, Sarika Vihar and also inspected green patches being developed at Jeevan Nagar etc. Funds under AMRUT meant for undertaking construction of lanes, drains, deep drains, nallahs, developmental of green spaces and parking etc. so that there can be no obstruction in free flow of water during monsoon, providing of parking facilities to the citizens as well as development of green spaces to give neat and green look to the city and also to create healthy atmosphere. He also inspected the ongoing works of Bus Queue Shelters at Kunjwani Bye Pass road. He gave on spot directions to the concerned officers for completion of ongoing developmental works in a time bound manner and also directed them to directly approach him in case they face any difficult in respect of on going development works. Among others R.S. Jamwal (KAS), Joint Commissioner (A), Neeraj Gupta (KAS), Chief Accounts Officer, Ranjit Singh (KAS), Secretary, Kushal Chand, Joint Commissioner (W), Executive Engineer (E), Surjit Singh,, Rajan Sharma, Executive Engineer, UEED, S.K. Wali, Executive Engineer (T), Talat Mehmood Khan, Chief Transport Officer alongwith field staff also accompanied during the tour. Page 1
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Celebration of World Environment Day Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation Mr. M. Raju (IAS) chaired the meeting in connection with celebration of World Environment Day on 5 th of June 2017. In order to celebrate World Environment Day, Jammu Municipal Corporation is organizing awareness programme on source segregation with the participation of social organizations, NGO s, students and general public. In the meeting arrangements for celebration of event were finalized. As per schedule of the event a rally shall be flagged off from Mini Market Trikuta Nagar at 07:00 A.M which shall culminate at JDA Park Opp. RBI Bank Railway Road at 07:30 A.M where Plantation of saplings, Swachhta and source segregation oath, performance of Nukad Natak and Prize distribution to the winners of wall painting competition & Swachh Jammu Opinion Poll shall be done. Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation appeals to all the social organizations, NGO s, students and general public to come forward and make this event a huge success as the theme of World Environment Day is Connecting people to Nature. Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation issued instructions to JMC officers/officials to work with zeal & dedication to make the event successful in a big way. The meeting was also attended by Joint Commissioner (A), JMC Sh. R.S. Jamwal (KAS), Chief Accounts Officer, JMC Sh. Neeraj Gupta (KAS), Joint Commissioner (W), JMC Sh. Kushal Chand, Secretary, JMC Sh. Ranjit Singh, Assistant Commissioner (Rev.) JMC Mrs. Vinakshi Koul (KAS), Health Officer, JMC Dr. Anita Salgotra and other senior officers of JMC. Page 3
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JMC organized wall painting competition In order to celebrate World Environment Day on 5th of June 2017, Jammu Municipal Corporation organizing a number of awareness programs on source segregation with the active participation of social organizations, students and NGOs, general public and field functionaries of JMC Today on 3-6-2017 as a part of awareness program, Commissioner Jammu Municipal Corporation, Mr. M Raju (IAS) inaugurated a wall painting competition at Right side of the wall adjoining footpath from Asia Chowk to Govt. Women collage Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. A large number of students of different schools and colleges such as SRML Higher Secondary School, Commerce Collage, and Science Collage participated in the wall painting competition. Students who participated in the competition are Himanshu, Vishal Sharma, Ayush Jamwal, Suman Preet Kour, Shubam Bali, Sourav Pandey, Karandeep Singh, Sarabhjeet Singh, Mohinder Kumar, Aman Kanathia and Shakil Ahmed. Names of wall painting competition winners will be finalized for prize distribution on 4th of June and prizes to the winners will be distributed by the Chief Guest on 5th of June 2017 in the function organized on World Environment Day by Jammu Municipal Corporation at JDA park opposite RBI Bank, Trikuta nagar, Jammu. Besides this, JMC also conducted a Swacch Jammu Public opinion poll within the JMC limits and the wards selected through the opinion poll will be considered as 1 st, 2nd and 3rd and prizes will also be distributed amongst the winners by the Chief Guest in the same function. Main motive of Jammu Municipal Corporation for celebration of World Environment Day to give a massive thrust to making the issue of source segregation into a mass movement by active participation of general public. Page 5
During the wall painting competition R.S. Jamwal (KAS), Joint Commissioner (A), JMC, Neeraj Gupta (KAS), Chief Account Officer, JMC, Ranjit Singh (KAS), JMC, Secretary, JMC, Dr. Anita Salgotra, Health Officer, JMC, Dr. Jaswant Singh, MVO, JMC and other officers of JMC also remain present. 03 June 2017 Page 6
JMC Celebrates World Environment Day Civil Society to come forward to save Environment for better future: Dy. C.M Jammu Municipal Corporation celebrates World Environment Day today on 5th of June, 2017 at Trikuta Nagar, Jammu where a number of awareness programmes were organized focusing on the issues of environment with lot of creative activities and enthusiasm to bring positive changes in the environment. Hon ble Deputy CM, Dr. Nirmal Singh flagged off the rally on World Environment Day from Mini Market, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu which ended up at JDA park Trikuta Nagar. Rally was also accompanied by Hon ble Speaker Sh. Kavinder Gupta, Member Legislative Assembly Sh. Vikram Randhawa, Commissioner, JMC Mr. M.Raju (IAS), VC JDA, Sh. Rajesh Shavan (KAS), Joint Commissioner (A), JMC Sh. R.S Jamwal (KAS), senior officers of JMC and members of various social Organizations, NGO s like Sulabh International, Market Associations, Senior Citizens and people from different walks of life. On this occasion plantation of saplings at JDA park, Trikuta Nagar Jammu was done by the dignitaries to aware and spread a message to plant more and more trees to save our environment. Thereafter Swachhta and source segregation oath was taken by the Dy. CM, other dignitaries, Officers and general pubic. During the oath all the participants pledge to start segregating waste at source and to be committed to devote atleast two hours a week and aware atleast 100 people to make them a part of this Campaign to keep our surroundings Clean and Green. Prizes were also distributed amongst the winners of wall painting competition at the function which was organized by Jammu Municipal Corporation. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes including Mementoes, appreciation certificates and cash prizes of Rs. 5000/-, Rs. 3000/- and Rs. 2000/- respectively were also distributed to the winners of wall painting competition. 1st prize was given to Mr. Aman Kanathia of G.G.M Science College, 2nd prize to Mr. Shubham Bali and Ms. Samanpreet Kour of SPMR College of Commerce and 3 rd prize to Mr. Mohinder Kumar of G.G.M Science College. Page 7
Under Swachh Jammu Public opinion poll 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes were also distributed amongst the winners which was conducted by Jammu Municipal Corporation. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes including Mementoes, appreciation certificates and cash prizes of Rs. 10,000/-, Rs. 7000/- and Rs. 5000/- respectively were also distributed to winners of Swachh Jammu Public opinion poll. 1st prize was given to Sh. Bansi Lal, Sanitary supervisor, JMC and its team of W.No. 30, 2nd prize to Sh. Majid, Sanitary supervisor and its team of W.No. 60 and 3rd prize to Sh. Vijay Kumar, Sanitary supervisor and its team of W.No. 14. A Nukkad Natak was also presented by Newsline under the banner of Swachh Bharat Mission. A significant message was delivered through this Natak by the Newsline artists over the World Environment Day. They stressed upon to save our environment by focusing on Swachhta, to action against Wild life crime and replanting of forests. During the address to participants, Speaker, Sh. Kavinder Gupta appreciated the role of JMC for taking steps towards making Jammu City clean and green and also lauded the role of general public for adopting positive measures towards Swachhta Abhiyan. Dy. Chief Minister Dr. Nirmal Singh in his address appealed to the general public that there is a need to do something effective in order to reduce the rate of climate change. He impressed upon to save and utilize many natural resources for better life of our future generations. Dy. Chief Minister also stressed upon to adopt three techniques like reduce, reuse and recycle for effective measures in lessening the impact of our bad activities over natural ecosystem. These steps will help us in solving environmental issues in near future. While taking oath Dy. CM also stressed upon to adhere to oath practically, mindsets to be changed, award to those who work with zeal and dedication and punish those who are on part of laxity in their work, judious use of electricity. He also appreciated the role of JMC, Social Organizations, Market Associations, Civil Societies, NGO s, Sulabh International, students from various schools and colleges, Nukkad Natak team for their awareness message regarding environment. Page 8
The Main motto of celebrating of World Environment Day is to know and solve all the environmental issues. This years theme Connecting People to Nature, implores us to get outdoors and into nature, to appreciate its beauty and its importance and to take forward the call to protect the Earth, we share. The theme invites us to think about how we are part of nature and how intimately we depend on it. The programme ended up with vote of thanks and a pledge to understand our mistakes and act positively to neutralize the bad effects of those mistakes. 05 June 2017 Page 9
Commissioner, JMC issues directions to make Jammu City Dark Free Zones. To make the Jammu City Dark Free Zones, the Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation, Mr. M.Raju (IAS) accompanied by Joint Commissioner (Works) and Engineers and field staff of Electric Wing of JMC took stock of different areas where JMC has installed street lights in various wards & main roads in the vicinity of High Court, Janipur, Roop Nagar, Bantalab Road, B.C. Road, University Road, Railway Road, Bye Pass Road, Channi Himmat & adjoining areas during night hours. He issued on spot directions to the concerned Officers to make all the street lights functional and undertake repair wherever required. He added that it is the aim of the JMC to make Jammu fully illuminated and free from dark zones. The process of installation of new street lights in uncovered areas/dark zones like Sainik Colony, Hazuri Bagh, Talab Tillo, Channi Rama, Bantalab, Keran, Barnai, Muthi, Subash nagar is also in progress. The Commissioner, JMC further directed the Engineers of Electric Wing of JMC to keep liaison with Power Development Department so that power connections could be given to the street lights to be installed in uncovered areas. He directed the concerned to replace the non-functional street lights on war footing basis. 20 June 2017 Page 10
JMC SEALS THE PREMISES AT SAINIK COLONY, Jammu On the instructions of Sh. M. Raju (IAS) Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation Jammu and under the supervision of Sh. R.S. Jamwal (KAS) Joint Commissioner (Administration), the Enforcement staff led by the Enforcement Officer while taking action against the violations sealed the premises of Sh. Prem Sagar S/o Sh. Tulla Ram at Plot No: 9, Sec No: B, Sainik Colony, Jammu who was raising the construction for commercial purpose against the residential approved building plan in violation of the land use of the area from residential to commercial one. The sealing operation has been conducted with the help of Police Force from District Police Lines, Jammu. The Jammu Municipal Corporation appeals to the General Public to refrain from making encroachments and unauthorized constructions / Conversion in violation of land use otherwise strict action as admissible under rule leading to demolition / sealing will be taken. Page 11
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