Indus Water Treaty-Pak officials to visit Jammu over lake proposal by IANS

Indus Water Treaty-Pak officials to visit Jammu over lake proposal
by IANS 

Posted on Feb 19, 2011 at 12:35pm IST

Jammu: Three Pakistani officials dealing with the Indus Water Treaty will arrive on Sunday to inspect the design and the site of a proposed artificial lake in Jammu.The lake is to be built by using the waters of river Tawi, a tributary of the Chenab, one of three rivers that flow from Jammu and Kashmir into Pakistan. The others are Jhelum and Indus.

Under the World Bank-brokered Indus Water Treaty of 1960, Pakistan can monitor the usage of the water of these rivers on the Indian side.

According to official sources, the Pakistani team would be in Jammu for three days and examine all the records, the site of the proposed lake and the flow of river Tawi which passes through Jammu city. 

news.outlookindia.com | Jammu:Interlocutors Visit Kashmiri Pandit Migrant Camps

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Jammu:Interlocutors Visit Kashmiri Pandit Migrant Camps in Jammu

| Oct 28, 2010

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Two of the three Centre-appointed interlocutors visited migrant camps of displaced Kashmiri Pandits at the outskirts of the city here to study their living conditions and understand their problems.

Journalist Dileep Padgaonkar and academician Radha Kumar drove to Muthi and Buta Nagar migrant camps early this morning to get a first-hand experience of living conditions, problems and aspirations of displaced Kashmiri Pandits here.

The community raised demands for the implementation of Prime Minister's Rehabilitation and Employment Package. They also claimed that the state government was ignoring them by not implementing the package, which was announced in 2005-06.

The interlocutors were told that Kashmiri Pandits can only return to the Valley if their safety and dignity were assured and would not live on the mercy of militants and separatists.

The issues related to the community like minority killings, employment, encroachment of land and properties and destruction of over 150 temples and shrines of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley were also raised.

The interlocutors assured them that their viewpoint, problems and aspirations would be reflected in their reports to the central government.

Last evening, the interlocutors had gone to Kotbalwal Central Jail to meet senior separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah and Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi.

Although, the interlocutors stayed in the room of Superintendent for about an half hour, they did not meet the two leaders.

The two demanded record of the number of the militants and separatists lodged in the jail from the Superintendent.

In Jammu, Padgaonkar decried the separatists for not meeting the team of interlocutors.

"We will not ask them to meet us if they are not interested," he said, adding the team had met everyone in the Valley except separatists.
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Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh- Ethno Linguistic Areas

Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh- Ethno Linguistic Areas 

 

Renowned Singer Late Kundan Lal Sehgal from Mastgarh Jammu- Salutes to Sehgal

Salutes to Sehgal 

It is after a long gap, the son of soil Kundan Lal Sehgal was remembered by the people here. The Academy of Arts, Culture and Languages has organized a programme yesterday remembering the legend. 

A few years back, Raghunath Bazaar Association, lead by its president Mr. Baldev Khullar had launched an audio cassette in which choicest songs of the late Sehgal were played on the occasion of celebration of 150th anniversary of Raghunath Bazar. 

The late K L Sehgal was born on April 4, 1904 at Mastgarh Jammu. His father Amarchand was associated with the court of Maharaja Pratap Singh. He had his education in the Sri Ranbir High School and later in Prince of Wales College (GGM Science College). 

Later he left Jammu to earn his livelihood. During his various assignments he landed at Kolkotta where he got his break as a singer as well as an actor. He died in 1948 at the age of 44. 

The K L Sehgal hall of the Cultural academy is a befitting tribute to the singer who enthralled the world of music.