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  • Dengue cases on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir

    By PTI

    JAMMU: Dengue cases are on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir.

    The mosquito-borne viral disease has claimed 11 lives and left nearly 6000 people sick in Jammu and Kashmir this season, an official said.

    Jammu district alone accounted for the highest 4,464 dengue cases, he said.

    Against this backdrop, the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Saturday intensified fogging drive to control the spread of the disease.

    The fogging drive was launched by JMC Mayor Rajinder Sharma from M A stadium to cover the areas where a high number of dengue cases has been reported, the official spokesman said.

    He said the areas covered during the drive included Rehari, Paloura, Janipur, Sarwal, Rajpura, Subashnagar, New Plot, Roopnagar, Talab Tillo, Bakshinagar, Muthi, Gandhinagar and Channi Himmat.

    The spokesman said the fogging drives will be done in all wards of the JMC in the coming days in coordination with the anti-malaria wing of the health department in Jammu.

    ALSO READ | Over 900 dengue cases in October, toll rises to 1,876 in Delhi  

    “Such drives shall continue to completely eradicate dengue from the city,” Sharma said, directing the health wing of JMC to put in place a sufficient number of men and machinery for conducting fogging in each and every area of the city.

    According to health officials, a total of 11 persons died due to dengue in Jammu and Kashmir this season, while nearly 6000 others have tested positive for the infection.

    The mayor appealed to all the inhabitants of Jammu city to avoid the accumulation of water at their homes, empty water coolers, and pots and keep the surroundings neat and clean.

    JAMMU: Dengue cases are on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir.

    The mosquito-borne viral disease has claimed 11 lives and left nearly 6000 people sick in Jammu and Kashmir this season, an official said.

    Jammu district alone accounted for the highest 4,464 dengue cases, he said.

    Against this backdrop, the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Saturday intensified fogging drive to control the spread of the disease.

    The fogging drive was launched by JMC Mayor Rajinder Sharma from M A stadium to cover the areas where a high number of dengue cases has been reported, the official spokesman said.

    He said the areas covered during the drive included Rehari, Paloura, Janipur, Sarwal, Rajpura, Subashnagar, New Plot, Roopnagar, Talab Tillo, Bakshinagar, Muthi, Gandhinagar and Channi Himmat.

    The spokesman said the fogging drives will be done in all wards of the JMC in the coming days in coordination with the anti-malaria wing of the health department in Jammu.

    ALSO READ | Over 900 dengue cases in October, toll rises to 1,876 in Delhi  

    “Such drives shall continue to completely eradicate dengue from the city,” Sharma said, directing the health wing of JMC to put in place a sufficient number of men and machinery for conducting fogging in each and every area of the city.

    According to health officials, a total of 11 persons died due to dengue in Jammu and Kashmir this season, while nearly 6000 others have tested positive for the infection.

    The mayor appealed to all the inhabitants of Jammu city to avoid the accumulation of water at their homes, empty water coolers, and pots and keep the surroundings neat and clean.

  • Jammu Municipal Corporation: Congress boycotts election to posts of mayor, deputy mayor

    By PTI

    JAMMU: The Congress on Friday boycotted the election to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in protest against the “open ballot” voting process.

    Corporator Rajinder Sharma of the BJP has polled 57 votes, while Congress candidate Dwarka Nath Choudhary got one vote, sources said.

    The BJP and the Congress were in a straight contest for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor.

    The Congress corporators boycotted the election in protest against the change of procedure of voting from secret ballot to open ballot.

    “The change of procedure from secret voting to open ballot was undemocratic. It was not done in the past. In protest against this, our corporators have boycott the polling,” chief spokesperson of J&K Congress Ravinder Sharma told PTI.

    “Although we did not have the majority, we have put our candidates for the contest. But this undemocratic step has forced us to boycott it,” he said.

    The BJP maintained that it had majority and its mayoral candidate won the election with a thumping majority.

    “The election for the post of mayor has taken place. A total of 59 votes were polled — 57 went to BJP candidate Rajinder Sharma, one vote was declared invalid and one vote went to the Congress candidate,” BJP corporator Baldev Singh Billoria told reporters here.

    He said the election to the post of deputy mayor started subsequently.

    The posts fell vacant last month following the resignation of incumbent mayor Chander Mohan Gupta and his deputy Purnima Sharma, both from the BJP, to focus on strengthening the party ahead of the assembly elections scheduled to take place after the conclusion of ongoing special summary revision of electoral rolls.

    Two candidates each — Rajinder Sharma and Baldev Singh of the BJP and Dwarka Nath Choudhary and Sonika Sharma of the Congress — submitted their papers for the two posts on the last day of the filing of nominations on October 17, officials said.

    In the 75-member Jammu Municipal Corporation, the BJP has 44 corporators, the Congress 13 corporators and the rest are Independents.

    Chander Mohan Gupta and Purnima Sharma took over their respective posts on November 15, 2018 after the BJP won the civic body during the Urban Local Bodies elections which were held in four phases from October 8-16 in 2018 after a gap of 13 years.

    JAMMU: The Congress on Friday boycotted the election to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in protest against the “open ballot” voting process.

    Corporator Rajinder Sharma of the BJP has polled 57 votes, while Congress candidate Dwarka Nath Choudhary got one vote, sources said.

    The BJP and the Congress were in a straight contest for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor.

    The Congress corporators boycotted the election in protest against the change of procedure of voting from secret ballot to open ballot.

    “The change of procedure from secret voting to open ballot was undemocratic. It was not done in the past. In protest against this, our corporators have boycott the polling,” chief spokesperson of J&K Congress Ravinder Sharma told PTI.

    “Although we did not have the majority, we have put our candidates for the contest. But this undemocratic step has forced us to boycott it,” he said.

    The BJP maintained that it had majority and its mayoral candidate won the election with a thumping majority.

    “The election for the post of mayor has taken place. A total of 59 votes were polled — 57 went to BJP candidate Rajinder Sharma, one vote was declared invalid and one vote went to the Congress candidate,” BJP corporator Baldev Singh Billoria told reporters here.

    He said the election to the post of deputy mayor started subsequently.

    The posts fell vacant last month following the resignation of incumbent mayor Chander Mohan Gupta and his deputy Purnima Sharma, both from the BJP, to focus on strengthening the party ahead of the assembly elections scheduled to take place after the conclusion of ongoing special summary revision of electoral rolls.

    Two candidates each — Rajinder Sharma and Baldev Singh of the BJP and Dwarka Nath Choudhary and Sonika Sharma of the Congress — submitted their papers for the two posts on the last day of the filing of nominations on October 17, officials said.

    In the 75-member Jammu Municipal Corporation, the BJP has 44 corporators, the Congress 13 corporators and the rest are Independents.

    Chander Mohan Gupta and Purnima Sharma took over their respective posts on November 15, 2018 after the BJP won the civic body during the Urban Local Bodies elections which were held in four phases from October 8-16 in 2018 after a gap of 13 years.