SRINAGAR, AUGUST 30: Minister for R&B, Gardens, Parks and Floriculture Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, accompanied by Minister of State for Power, Housing and Urban Development, Mohammad Ashraf Mir today, visited several parts of Sonawar constituency and took stock of progress of ongoing bridge and road projects coming up there.
The Minister inspected under construction 50 bed hospital at Harwan, Danihama-Darbagh road, Gandtal Darra-Faqir Gujri road and bridge coming up at a nallah near Dachigam.
Reviewing the progress of 6-lanning of Sonawar-Galander road project, the Minister instructed Chief Engineer to start tendering process immediately, so that work on the project is started. He asked him to take up widening of Sonawar-Batwara portion of the road with the authorities of Cantonment Board and resolve the issues, if any, with the officers of Board.
The Minister also inspected on-going work of 50 bed hospital coming up at Harwan. He was informed that work is going on in full swing on this Rs 7.51 crore project and will be completed as per schedule next year.
While inspecting widening and up-gradation of Danhama-Darbagh road, the Minister was informed that road has been completed and only approach road of the bridge, constructed on the road, is yet to be completed. He was told that the land owners whose land has been acquired for the purpose are demanding land compensation on higher rates. Minister asked the Chief Engineer to settle the land compensation cases, so that remaining work of the project is completed early.
The Minister also instructed concerned executive engineer to get half of 4km Gandtal Darra-Faqir Gujjri road during this season and rest in next year. He also asked him to get Aasthan Mohalla road macadamized with new specification of 75 mm.
Syed Altaf also inspected ongoing work of a 27X1 mtr span bridge near Dachigam on which Rs. 96.45 lakh are being spent by R&B department. He instructed chief engineer to take necessary steps for widening of Harwan-Shalimar road.
The Minister also inspected Harwan Park and directed officers of Floriculture department to take necessary steps for proper maintenance of the park. Responding to the complaints of the visitors for charging high entry rates, the Minister asked the officers to look into the matter and ensure that visitors are charged as per fixed rates of Rs 10 to adults and Rs 5 to children. He said this rate should remain operative in other Govt parks also.
IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY your year ahead will be a time to cast your eagle eye over your personal finances and see where you can tighten up your handling of money. You’ll be generally confident about the long term but not all the advice coming your way will be reliable. Enthusiastic friends will keep your morale high but they won’t always be realistic. You’ll be pulling strings behind the scenes and staying alert for new openings. Loved ones will be sympathetic.
ARIES: Maybe you do want to be absolutely truthful about certain matters now. But don’t get dramatic about it all. If you are too direct, you will ruffle feathers around you. You won’t feel like socialising, just temporarily, but there are other activities which attract. Anything mystical or spiritual will hold your attention since you are tuned into deeper levels of awareness. You will also very helpful and compassionate as far as other people are concerned.
TAURUS: Superficial answers will not do for you at the moment. You want to get right down to the root of things, and will keep digging and investigating until you find out the answers and solutions which make you feel secure. It’s not a good idea to make up your mind instantly about one plan until you’ve had a chance to discuss it with everyone around. Too much advice can make you bewildered and a bit confused. But not enough input and you make the wrong decisions.
GEMINI: Your social party chit-chat is even more sparkling than usual, so you will be the general favourite. You will be more emotional in public than usual, which may feel strange, but it lets other people see the more human side of you. So you will attract more sympathy, and at the same time be more sensitive to what’s going on around at work. You will look to your work situation to give you strength and encouragement more so than home for the next couple of days.
CANCER: With Mercury in your house of work at the moment you have a more practical approach than usual, an appetite for detail and oodles of common sense. Mates may find you a stickler for everything being just so. Your intuition will be working well, so you can look ahead and know a little of what is coming ahead. A real attack of the wandering feet will make it tricky to settle down to anything requiring concentration. But why should you? You don’t want to be stuck in a corner.
LEO: You are coming across as strong minded, forceful but always entertaining in your way of expressing yourself. You have a fiery, positive approach to tackling problems and will sweep companions up in your enthusiasm. A hidden Moon may be making you a bit possessive about material things or about things from the past. Be sentimental but don’t hang on too tightly, or dig your heels in too much. You need to stand firm until you find the answers you’re looking for, but then roll with the flow.
VIRGO: You will have a more imaginative way of thinking and speaking than usual. This can be useful, since you are absorbing a good deal of information from your surroundings, almost without noticing. Don’t go leaping into a situation too emotionally and then find you don’t really want to see it through to the end, because you can sometimes lose courage about things. Today’s is a fragile kind of energy, so it will be important to aim yourself towards nice, happy, reassuring mates.
LIBRA: You can be sharp in your comments at the moment if you speak before you think. But you can also be tolerant and flexible in your views when you have time to consider. It’s a rather self-sacrificing kind of day which means you have to put aside your own need for frivolity and indulgence just to make sure that everyone else is getting what they want. Just polish your halo and console yourself with the thought that you will get your rewards in a couple of days.
SCORPIO: With Mercury now in your house of personal finances, you are in a common sense mood, showing practical flair and determination. You may be slow to make up your mind, but you will be absolutely unshakeable when your decisions are made. Try not to be too possessive. Maybe you do feel like clutching and clinging a little more than usual, but it won’t be wise. Have your entertainment and enjoyment without pinning close mates down or they may want to skip off elsewhere.
SAGITTARIUS: Your agile, restless mind is coming up with original inspirations at the moment, but you will not always be good at following your ideas through. Maybe you are trying to juggle too many balls in the air at once. When you get the chance to have a private moment in peace and quiet, you can think about personal matters which have been tucked into the background, maybe mull over the past. If you let things come to the surface in your mind you can really sort them out.
CAPRICORN: You will be coming up with wonderful ideas, but you may find it difficult to put them into words. Your uncanny intuition may be fragile, but it will be accurate all the same. If you can speak to companions in a cooler, more rational way, they’re likely to connect better. But you will be whizzing around at high speed, doing all sorts of things in a very lively way. Check out in advance whether what you’re doing is necessary – sometimes you don’t stop to think things through.
AQUARIUS: Get your original, experimental ideas out into the world. You can make a difference by what you say and motivate companions out of their ruts. Your need for security may be pushing you one way, and your desire for extravagance pulling you the other. Blame it on the Moon which makes you point in opposite directions at once. It makes you want to be solidly protected, but it also tempts you to feed your body things that feel, smell and taste good, and they never come cheap.
PISCES: You have a very clear mind capable of grasping ideas and putting them to work. You should be organising well at the moment but need to develop more of a sense of humour. Try to put yourself into other people’s shoes when you can. That way you know what you want and what they want as well. There could be a point where you get yourself all stewed up about something that basically isn’t quite as important as you’re making it out to be.
Jammu, August 29: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is to lead an all-party delegation for a visit to Jammu and Kashmir on September 4. It is being expected that the delegation is to interact with different sections of the society as part of efforts to bring peace in the Valley which has seen unrest since July 8. This information was provided by a spokesperson of the Home Ministry.
The Home Minister met with BJP President Amit Shah, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley MoS for PMO Jitendra Singh this Sunday to discuss the conception of the all-party delegation. According to highly placed sources, the discussion included the possible individuals and groups with whom the delegation may interact during its tour of the troubled state.
The government has already requested different political parties to convey the names of their representatives who will be part of the team.