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Srinagar, March 24: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said its response to the demand for restoration of high speed internet services in Jammu and Kashmir is much “calibrated” and the internet services in the UT are being upgraded according to the needs.
It, however, added that the final call will be taken by the government of J&K UT after assessing the situation on ground and getting security clearance of all concerned.
Talking to Kashmir In-depth News Service (KINS), exclusively over phone from New Delhi, K Vijay Kumar, who was advisor to the former Governor in J&K Satya Pal Malik, and is now senior security advisor in the MHA on J&K affairs and left-wing extremism, said: “Our response to the issue (restoration of 4-G services) is steadily calibrated. Internet services are being upgraded according to the needs,” he said.
“They (Govt in J&K UT) have to look at various parameters like society, environment, situation to lower down restrictions,” he said, adding that the J&K UT government is taking certain steps for lifting curbs like releasing detainees.
Kumar suggested to talk to Home Secretary as he was not directly linked to comment on the issue.
The high speed internet services were snapped across J&K prior to the GoI’s announcement on August 5 last year in the wake of roll back of J&Ks’ special status and slicing of erstwhile state into two UTs—J&K and Ladakh.
Of late, at a time when J&K is under tight grip of fear triggered by the pandemic Covid-19 with Kashmir witnessed one positive case and Jammu three, the demand for restoration of 4-G services have gone shriller with even top officials from the government demanding it as a means to know various methods being adopted by the global community to fight the Coronavirus.
Last week, when National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah was released after J&K government revoked is PSA detention, he too demanded restoration of 4-G services. Today, when J&K government released his son and former chief minister Omar Abdullah after 232 days, he also vociferously sought restoration of 4-G services for learning the means to fight Covid-19. Earlier, Srinagar Municipal Corporation’s Mayor Junaid Azim Matoo too had urged government to restore high speed internet services.
Top officials from the police and administration had been maintaining that the if high speed internet would be restored, there were apprehensions that vested interests and anti-peace elements both within the UT and across the LoC would utilize it to foment trouble in J&K by spreading radicalization campaign and fake propaganda.(KINS).

Srinagar March 24: Medical Superintendent SKIMS Soura Dr Farooq Jan said only one patient of coronavirus is admitted at the hospital so far.
“We have only one positive case at SKIMS who was detected last week. No fresh case has been detected here so far,” he told Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS).
Two more positive cases were detected from Srinagar on Tuesday taking the number to three. However, MS said they were not detected at SKIMS.
” 2 more cases reported positive in Srinagar. One has confirmed travel history outside India. Full details regarding the second being ascertained,” Rohit Kansal said here in a tweet. (KINS)

Srinagar: In the light of Islamic teachings and as is a precedent in Islamic history during such times , Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid appeals to people to offer Namaz at home, as the corona virus pandemic spreads. The Anjuman has already suspended all congregational prayers at Jama Masjid Srinagar for the time being

As the world battles Covid 19, Muslim communities around the globe like others, are also carefully considering how best to continue with our religious activities, while trying to minimise the spread of the coronavirus. With the increasing rate of transmission, the number of deaths, and limited medical facilities available, all Islamic scholarly and medical advice points towards the curtailment of social contact as the key towards reducing the spread.

Hence It is our public duty as Muslims to protect one another from harm, and it is evident the most effective way to do this now is to avoid social contact as much as possible. This includes in all walks of life, whether social, work or the mosques. It has become imperative that this extraordinary step is taken to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all as is being done in many Muslim countries.

Anjum Auqaf on behalf of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who continues to be under house arrest, urgently requests people to undertake these measures needed in such unprecedented times and put our trust in Allah and his mercy and pray for the safety and protection of mankind in this grave crisis.

Govt Urges People Not To Panic, Follow Shutdown, Other Measures Strictly

Srinagar, March 24 (GNS): Two people, who had arrived from Saudi Arabia and New Delhi recently, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, official sources told GNS.

As of now, three persons have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kashmir Valley while the tally of such patients in the entire J&K has gone up to 6. Three cases were reported from Jammu earlier this month.

A senior officer in government also confirmed to GNS that two persons have tested positive and urged people not to panic. “We are dealing with the situation and people are requested to strictly follow the shutdown and other precautions such as maintaining hygiene and social distancing strictly,” he added.

Sources said that as part of the procedure, the samples of the duo were sent to an outside laboratory for cross-checking purposes and at both laboratories, the tests came out to be positive.

They said one of them is a resident of Natipora Srinagar and had returned from Saudi Arabia on March 16 in the same flight (443-Air India) which was boarded by the 67-year-old woman who tested positive on March 18, becoming the first COVID-19 case in Kashmir. The Natipora resident is 57-year-old and had reported to the CD hospital only a couple of days backs, causing a great deal of worry administration.

The other person is said to be a resident of Hyderpora Srinagar, aged around 65-years, who had returned from New Delhi recently after being part of a ‘Tablighi Jamaat’ attended by people from Indonesia and Malaysia.

As already reported by GNS, the duo was yesterday moved to separate isolation facility at CD hospital, which has since been converted into a Covid hospital along with two other hospitals—SKIMS Bemina and JLNM Rainawari. (GNS)

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Srinagar, Mar 24: Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema, an amalgam of various religious bodies in Kashmir and Anjuman-e-Auqaaf Jamia Masjid on Tuesday urged people across Kashmir to form Mohalla committees and to collect Baitul Mall(charity) for helping poor and destitute in the present challenging times.

The MMU and Auqaf urged people to form small groups of youth volunteers in every area who would identify the families who are in dire need of food and other essential commodities.

A spokesman of Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) told wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the lock-down imposed by the government in a bid to prevent spread of pandemic Covid-19 has triggered a crisis in Kashmir as a large chunk of people including labourers, orphans, widows and other downtrodden people are in a dire need of monetary support and other essential things needed to survive.

“We request people across the Valley to form small groups of youth volunteers under the patronage of area/village elders to identify the needy and help them by raising Baitul-Maal on daily basis,” he said.

Similar views were expressed by the spokesman of Anjuman-e-Auqaaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar who stated that in the present challenging times, there is a need of taking care of poor and needy. ” In Kashmir there are hundreds of families who are in need and may be on the verge of starvation.

The panic triggered by the Pandemic Covid 19 has added to miseries of these people. So it’s the collective duty of people of Kashmir to extend a helping hand to these people who are in dire need of support at this juncture,” he said, adding that every Mohalla/Locality must have a team of volunteers who would collect essential items like rice , edibles, oil , gas and other items for the families in need—(KNO)

The Saudi government has indicated that this year the Hajj – 2020 may be cancelled.

They conveyed all Hajj Facilitating Companies to wait for sometime and not to make any deal with any hotel, trainer or ticket agencies. Untill any official decision made.

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