Akshay Azad

Transfer industry churns unabated in Higher Education Department  Asstt Professors 'buy' convenient city postings Akshay Azad JAMMU, Mar 15: In brazen violation of State transfer policy, nearly 20 percent of Assistant professors out of total 101 who were transferred recently in Higher Education Department, have secured their postings within city limits, either through their close allegiance with higher ups or by offering huge money. In-spite of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's open declaration before public to curb the unabated growth of transfer industry, same is minting huge money for higher ups of the department and for Government representatives. According to the recently transferred Assistant professors of colleges, on March 12, 2013 under Government order 120-HE of 2013, out of total 101, 20 have secured their posting within city limits, while out of total 60 professors of Jammu region, 13 have secured their postings within 20 kilometers of city, dependin...

Where is State Pollution Control Board? Scores of Industrial-units sit over heaps of hazardous waste; none bothers Akshay Azad JAMMU, Mar 11: In brazen violation of environment related norms, several industrial units falling in yellow and red category in Jammu and Kashmir are storing more than 20,000 metric tonnes of hazardous waste annually inside their own premises, since their establishment in state. The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) gives only permission of 90 days to these industrial units for storing the hazardous waste, but in absence of any disposal facility the permission is being extended since last many years, inviting threats of tragedy in industrial areas. Sources in SPCB informed Early Time Plus that as per the last inventory submitted by State Pollution control Board (PCB) to Central Pollution Control Board in the year 2007, 194 industrial units were producing 16958.16 metric tonnes of hazardous waste annually. "In the last five years, more ...