36 % decline
in militancy violence: Govt
SRINAGAR, May 15 : The
state government today claimed 36 percent decline in militancy related violence
last year as compared to 2011. The claim was made during a meeting of
consultative committee for the departments under chief minister’s charge.
The meeting was
told that 54 static bunkers were removed in public places in Srinagar and various government and private
buildings vacated and restored for their original purposes. Under the Amnesty
Scheme devised for youth involved in stone-pelting, the orders to the
withdrawal of 196 cases involving 1432 persons have been issued by the
government. 86 percent of the 184330 cases received during last three years for
issuance passport have been cleared till March 14, 2013. The Draft Jammu and
Kashmir Police Bill 2013 has been uploaded on the official website of the
department in the last week of January 2013 for inviting suggestions from the
public.
Chief
minister Omar Abdullah, while chairing the meeting, suggested identification of
subjects in each departments and flagging these for deliberation and discussion
in depth in the next meeting to make meetings of the consultative committee
more purposeful and meaningful. "This is also the practice in the
Parliament”, he said, adding that such deliberations prove result-oriented and
beneficial for improving and upgrading various functions of the departments
besides highlighting issues of greater public importance for urgent focusing.
The meeting was
attended by Minister of State for Home, Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo, Minister of
State for Power, Viqar Rasool, Legislator, Ajat Shatru Singh, Chief Secretary,
Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, Principal Secretaries Sonali Kumar, B. B. Vyas, Suresh
Kumar, Director General Prisons, K. Rajindra, various Commissioner Secretaries,
Heads of the Departments and senior officers.
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