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"The Ignored Treasure"

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"THE IGNORED TREASURE" 

A well researched, Informative & Articulative Write up Published in the News Now, a leading English Daily of Jammu and Kashmir State, written by SAHIL  RASGOTRA.     

THE NEWS NOW MAGAZINE PUBLISHED ON 28/MAY/2017

http://epaper.thenewsnow.co.in/index.aspx?page=13

THE IGNORED TREASURE

by: SAHIL RASGOTRA

Libraries. Some call them ‘raucous clubhouses for free speech’ and some ‘delivery rooms for the birth of ideas’. Many have warned us time and again that sans libraries, we have ‘no past and no future’ while many others have assured us that with them, ‘we have best protection against tyranny, xenophobia and ignorance’. My personal favourite is a quote from the great Albert Einstein which goes like this- “The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.” However, what he didn’t talk about was what happens inside it and how.

Ever since the public-library system started in country around 1910, we have around two dozen states of present era that has laws enacted regarding establishment of libraries open to the public. A century later, we sit in the largest democracy of the world without much to boast about our libraries. While there is no exact figure available, owing to large, diverse nation that India is, Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, a trust which funds public libraries and comes under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture pegs the number at Thirty-five thousand libraries. Before we get happy, it is to be noted that calculating the ratio of library per people, the number is not so good at one library per 36000 people. Nations like China and United States of America boasts of a better figure at one library per 25000 people and 19000 people, respectively. With the advent of technology and its accessibility to common masses, many have taken to internet for the purposes which libraries used to serve back in the day. The books with a distinct smell of paper have been replaced with e-books available on smart phones and computers easily, while every newspaper or magazine today is available online which one can access anytime of the day, sitting anywhere and this has marred the entire concept of public library, drastically. The only section of society whose connect with libraries remained unaffected was the generation of people too old to transform their old school habits of reading into digital tablet readers, and students who are still dependent upon these institutions for preparing for academics and competitive purposes. The libraries, however, hold an advantage which not many others reading platforms can match- that of rare and special books and manuscripts. These books, most of which are one of their kinds are priceless in the way that it is near impossible to find them anywhere else in the open market as well as in famous collections worldwide. Not only such books tell us timeless tales on different subjects including law, spirituality, religion, academics, history, health, politics, culture and art, written by local, national and international authors, but some of them are also the first edition copies, adding more to their value.
 The chapter of libraries in the state of Jammu and Kashmir begun as early as in 1879 when Maharaja Ranbir Singh, then ruler of state launched state’s first public library named after himself, Sri Ranbir Singh Central Library at Kachi Chawni, followed by SPS Library at Srinagar in 1898 by Maharaja Pratap Singh. In 1904, the Department of Research & Publication was established and in 1961, a separate Department of Libraries, Research & Museum was created in J&K and district libraries were set up at Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla, Leh, Doda and Udhampur. As of today, a total of 137 public libraries are functional across the state, open for general public. Of these, 70 are in different districts of Kashmir region, followed by 56 in Jammu region and 11 in Ladakh region.
 We visited the oldest of the lot, SRS Central Library, to know more. The 138 years old school building still exudes the classic architecture and serenity of its kind. There is reasonable number of people in its reading room, majorly being school and college students who have brought with them their own books, making full use of quietness it provides. The library, on the left side, however, reeks of silence of a different kind. A couple of minutes later, chief librarian Irwin Kour Raina starts telling more about this historic library, “The library boasts of an amazing collection of books besides some of the most rare books and manuscripts which sit as the crown in the diamond studded this place wears in the list of all libraries in the state.” Some of these books, as Raina informs, includes The Valley of Kashmir by Walter R. Lawrence (1895), Aiane-i-Akbari by Abu-Fazl (1274), Shah Nama Firdousi by Wazir Anjum (1874), Mohezzan Alldarya by Mohammad Hussain Shezayi (1382), Kitabul-muqads Bible Naya Meezan Ahad Nama by Babu Rai Baroda Kanth (1824), Karaya Deen Rahimi Yaney Media Medica by Rahim Khan (1847), Aien- Hath se Likhi Gayi Kitab (1842), The Golden Book of India by Sir Roper Letwbridge (1893), the Tourists Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Shardo and Co. by Arthur Neve Ed. (1923), Tarikh Aqwam Poonch by Mohammad Din Mouq (1936), Wall Street to Cashmere by John B. Ireland (1859), The History of the World; from the creation of the World by Samuel Shuckford (1727), The Marriage of his Highness: The Yovaraja of Mysore - Photo Albums (1910), Boasholi Painting by M.S.Randhawa (1959) and many others. Some of them (not mentioned here) are so old that they can’t put a specific date on them. The library with total number of titles standing at 64920 books has a total of 12470 registered members over the years, which is a significant number in itself. However, the enrollment of new members has seen a steady decline in past few years. “In last one decade, the number of new members enrolled each year has changed from 220-250 odd to 120-140 members,” Raina informs, adding that majority of these are students preparing for competitive and academics exam and some senior members for whom visiting library has become a routine. The reason for this decline is obvious, the present generation has grown up to be technically advanced and visiting library has become ‘inconvenient’ for something which they could do sitting back home.
 

Breathing Life Back Into Libraries

In a bid to revive the dying libraries across India, National Mission on Libraries (NML) came into being in 2014, the Union government allocating Rupees 400 crore for mission over next three years. While as many as 8 states and Union Territories didn’t even bother to apply for the money available, others who did couldn’t spend all of what was made available to them. Such is the state of affairs in this country. Our state didn’t find place in list of most efficient ones, however, it doesn’t features in that of least efficient as well. Sitting at 17^th position, Jammu and Kashmir has spent 27.20 percent of the available funds, just above the national average. The efforts have been made by authorities at state level but do they reflect? We asked Raina who tells, “Of course they do. Not only NML, the state authorities have embarked on this journey long time back. We have fully functional websites here, online catalogues, details of manuscripts, journals and other essential information. Department of Libraries & Research has started implementation on the Automation & Networking of Public Libraries Project way back in 2011 and most of our collection has been digitalized, available online for readers to read.” It was also added that department is regularly tapping into resources to scale up infrastructure, buy more books, digitise existing books and train staff.
 However, all these efforts have not been as successful as expected. The number of new members joining the library has been consistently low all these years and that of citizens, others than students, joining as members is reducing seriously. The department, it seems, has also admitted to this fact and has concentrated its efforts in a direction more specific to students. From this year onwards, free of cost, coaching classes for preparation of competitive exams like NEET, JEE, PMT, CET and Civil services as well as over 2500 plus hours of video lectures, 75,000 questions with answers, 150 e-books and hard books have been made available at SRS Central library and others government libraries across the state.
 While all this is commendable, one cannot ignore the grey shades in the picture. 

The Bad Books

As if things were not bad enough already, some elements concerning these libraries as well as many beneficiaries have stooped down low enough to put a blot on the functioning of these institutions. In what can be termed as absolutely horrible administration, hundreds of books, most being rare, have gone missing from the collection of some of the major libraries in the state in past one decade or so.
 In an RTI application filed by Raman Sharma, a prominent RTI activist of the city, it was revealed that as many as 2400 books have been damaged in the historic Sri Ranbir Singh Central Library in a period of 10 years, from 2005-2015. Not only this, but in same period, 327 rare books borrowed from library by the members were not returned back. While the rules of library allow members to borrow books only for a period of 14 days but some members have not returned the books borrowed in February 2005, till date. “These 327 books, though estimated by department at seventy odd thousand Rupees, are actually priceless as their other copy or edition is not available in the market. Written in Dogri, Urdu and Hindi languages, these books were actually a part of our history, our culture,” Sharma said. He also informs that SRS Central library isn’t the only one to meet this fate. The University of Jammu won a lot of appreciation and praise when it renamed its massive central library having over four Lakh books to Dhanvantri Library as a tribute to the freedom fighter, Dhanvantri. Set up in 1965 in a single room, this library is a pride of state in what is a four storey building with three large reading halls. However, it is only a shame that those who have served the varsity at the helm of affairs have turned defaulters, not having returned books borrowed from the library for years! And it is not one Vice-chancellor we are speaking of, but five of them!! So much of respect for the great freedom fighter. Raman had filed another RTI query seeking the status of books borrowed and not returned from Dhanvantri Library the reply to which came with some shocking revelations. While University gives time of one month to return the book, some influential persons haven’t bothered returning books for as long as eight years, causing a loss of 589 precious books to the library. The interim list of over 150 defaulters released by varsity included the names of at least 5 former Vice Chancellors, many high profile officers of the state bureaucracy and senior faculty members of different departments of the university besides staff members of the Central Library itself. The list also included several other bigwigs including former Members of Legislative Council, former Education Commissioner, ex-Registrar, Controller Examination, Superintendent, Assistant Director and Medical officer. Many officers of honorable Governor’s office who is also the Chancellor of the university also featured in the list!
 Intersetingly, Sharma informs, in both these cases, neither the membership of the Book defaulters was terminated nor suspended.  “The authorities didn’t even serve a notice to the defaulters,” told Sharma.
To reach a certain conclusion in this case is a little complex than others. While the country and its citizens have come of age, armed with all the latest means of technology, making the decline in library visitors a bit acceptable, it is almost heartening to see the things go down like a setting sun. There is very doubt that the authorities are trying to revive the reading culture in libraries, however, there is still a lot of room for improvement.

The onus of making this tradition stays alive and flourish rests on us, the readers, a lot. Why would they construct a new building or renovate an existing one, if we are not ready to leave the comfort of our house and visit a reading room? I am sure, majority of us, reading this, hadn’t visited a library in a long time. I am also sure, that many of us, would visit one, soon.

Much of this might seem like a waste of time in an age where everything is available right on your smartphone. But think again. A quiet reading corner all to yourself, the occasional rustle of paper, the hum of slow turning ceiling fans (not applicable to Air Conditioned Libraries), the entire rarified atmosphere of the library and a good book, rare in many cases, in the hands. Well.

RTI reveals No ban on Scribbled Currency Notes

File Complaint if Banks Refuse to Accept Scribbled Notes : RBI in an RTI Reply

File Complaint if Banks Refuse to Accept Notes with Writing on them : RBI in an RTI Reply

Jammu, 24/May/2017: Reserve Bank of India have clarified that it had not issued any circular to banks not to accept Indian Currency notes with scribbling or writing on them with pen or pencil.

While  responding to an RTI application of Jammu resident Raman Sharma in this regard, the Central Public Information Officer of department of Currency Management of  the Reserve Bank of India vide his office letter no. RBIND/R/2017/51409/1  dated 22/May/2017 have made it clear that the reserve bank have not issued any circular or directive to the banks not to accept Indian legal currency notes with writing on them.

The CPIO of the bank in his official communication have also informed that one   may register a complaint in case of refusal by the bank to accept the scribbled notes and if the bank’s reply is not satisfactory then complaint may be register with the Bank’s Ombudsman.  Moreover in the reply the Reserve bank have also made it clear that one may even exchange scribbled or notes with writing on them at the RBI exchange counters .

In the reply, the RBI also referred the press notes issued by it on 31/Dec/2013 wherein it is being stated “ in the wake of rumours circulating in the matter that from January, 01, 2014, the banks will not accept banknotes with anything written on them, the Reserve bank has urged members of the public not to fall prey to such rumours and to use their bank notes without any fear, the RBI has clarified that it has not issued any such instructions”.

It is pertinent to mention here that recently after Nov-8 last year after the demonetization of Rs. 2000 and Rs 500 notes,  mostly bank staff members refused to accept  currency notes with written anything on them citing direction of the Reserve Bank of India thus cause lot of inconvenience    to general public.

While expressing satisfaction over the reply and clarification by the Reserve Bank of India in this regard, Raman Sharma the applicant thanked the RBI and urged the people not to believe hearsay and in case any bank refuse to accept their hard earned money with written something on it just fight for the right , however he also appealed the people not to deliberately deface the currency notes as it may create difficulty in identifying the genuineness of the legal currency notes because with scribbling and writing on them hides very important security features of the currency notes.  

Many private and public sector banks have even  pasted notices cautioning the account holders that writing anything on bank notes is a criminal offence and such notes shall not be accepted in their bank branches.

Samba Police Deactivates its Defunct Website

CM Secretariat’s Directive Compels Samba Police to Deactivate its Defunct Website

Jammu, 21/May/2017: Following Complaint of a citizen and then after communication from the chief minister’s secretariat, the Samba Police finally compelled to deactivate its official website that was serving obsolete information to the citizens for years together. On 10^th of this month, Jammu resident Raman Sharma had filed a complaint with the Chief Minister Grievance Cell complaining that the official website of Samba Police ‘Samabpolic.gov.in’ was serving obsolete information to the citizens and the visitors of the website.

In his Complaint through JK CM grievance Cell (66498), the complainant had submitted “The clock and calendar of district Police Samba perhaps not moving with the Indian Standard Time and Calendar Years and this is the reason that even till date their website is informing people that Sh. Ashok Parsad , IPS is Director General of State Police, moreover the picture of the former DGP of the state is also published there prominently along with former IGP Jammu, former DIG Jammu Kathua Samba Range, even the photo of former SSP Samba along with his name is mentioned and shown as incumbent SSP in the website.”

The complainant had also questioned the digitalization and modernization of records in the state police when the government of India and the state government were spending million of rupees for it. He had also demanded a probe to identify the negligent officers of the Samba police who did not updated the contents of the website after year 2013.

Taking cognizance of Raman’s complaint, the CM secretariat on 18/May/2017 forwarded the complaint to SSP Samba to dispose of it an earliest and thus finally the district police deactivated its websites perhaps to undertake necessary upgradation of the content and information. 

http://jkrtiact.blogspot.in/2017/05/samba-police-website-defunct-since-last.html

Activists Appeal JKPSC to Expedite RTI Replies

Jammu, 11/May/2017: Concerned over the difficulties faced by the candidates due to delay in getting information under Right to Information Act from Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC), today a joint appeal has been made by activists and lawyers to the government and the JKPSC to expedite the process of furnishing RTI replies to the applicants wherein candidates demand copies of their answer keys, merit list or any other information related to exam and declared results.

Citing the example of recently declared result of KAS-2017(Prelim) wherein  several candidates being not satisfied with the result have filed RTI applications to the JKPSC and asked for certified copies of their exam answer scripts  and other allied information but unfortunately the JKPSC has not been able to respond to their applications expeditiously but waiting for upper time limit of 30 days to respond to their applications.

In the  joint appeal endorsed by RTI activists Deepak Sharma , Raman Sharma  and Advocates of J & K High court  Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed, Vilakshan Singh, Hunar Gupta and Dewaker Sharma  they demanded that in such cases where the question of one’s future is attached, the officers should show some sanity and furnish the information without delaying tactics.

Referring  section 7 (1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Right to information act 2009 , the activists plea stated that it’s amply clear in the law that the information should be provided to an information seeker at an earliest and 30 days time is the maximum limit.  

 They also quoted the verbatim of the law, “...the PIO on receipt of a request unders section 6 shall expeditiously as possible but  in any case 30 days...” and urged that PIOs should understand the law in perspective and provide the information  expeditiously.

Sample RTI APLICATION FOR JKPSC : 

http://jkrtiact.blogspot.in/2013/10/sample-rti-application-for-jkpsc.html

  

http://www.thenewsnow.co.in/newsdet.aspx?q=28920

Samba Police Website Defunct Since Last 4 Years

Complaint  filed Against Samba Police for Publishing Obsolete Information on its Website

Jammu, 10/May/2017: A complaint against district police Samba is presented before the Chief Minister,  Mehbooba Mufti for  serving obsolete information to the citizens through their  official website  “ Sambapolice.gov.in” .

In the complaint, submitted through online portal popularly known as CM grievance cell, (No: 66498) by a Jammu resident and RTI activist Raman Sharma it is being submitted that the samba police website is showing Ashok Parsad , IPS as Director General of State Police and his photo is also published  along with former IGP Jammu, former DIG Jammu-Kathua-Samba Range, even the photo of former SSP Samba along with his name is mentioned and shown as incumbent SSP in the website. Whereas there is no mentioning of name or photo of factual incumbent officers.

Expressing displeasure over the out dated information served to the people through district police  website , the complainant has submitted “It is really very unfortunate that on one side the Union  government of India and even the state government of Jammu and Kashmir  is taking various measures for digitalization and modernization of our police force and spending crores of rupees for computerization of records but on the other hand there are some people who defying it with impunity”.

Sharma has also alleged that obsolete information published in the website reveals that the website has not been updated for years as no officer of the district police ever took  pain to update the information on their official website.

Demanding inquiry in the negligent act, he has urged the CM to order a high level probe to identify the delinquent officers/official and direct the officers to immediately update the webpage. Snapshot of the webpage http://sambapolice.gov.in/  have also been attached with the prayer to the Chief Minister.

Anticipating any revengeful action from any inattentive officer whose negligence and incompetency is being exposed in the petition, in his complaint to the CM, the petitioner have made it clear that he should not be unnecessarily harassed for highlighting this negligence of the police department.

It is pertinent to mention here in the website it is clearly mentioned that it was last updated 4 years ago on 09/Dec/2013.

ON 18/May 2017 CM's Secretariat forwards Complaint to SSP Samba and then this Website goes off, deactivated.

CM Secretariat’s Directive Compels Samba Police to Deactivate its Defunct Website

Jammu, 21/May/2017: Following Complaint of a citizen and then after communication from the chief minister’s secretariat, the Samba Police finally compelled to deactivate its official website that was serving obsolete information to the citizens for years together. On 10^th of this month, Jammu resident Raman Sharma had filed a complaint with the Chief Minister Grievance Cell complaining that the official website of Samba Police ‘Samabpolic.gov.in’ was serving obsolete information to the citizens and the visitors of the website.

In his Complaint through JK CM grievance Cell (66498), the complainant had submitted “The clock and calendar of district Police Samba perhaps not moving with the Indian Standard Time and Calendar Years and this is the reason that even till date their website is informing people that Sh. Ashok Parsad , IPS is Director General of State Police, moreover the picture of the former DGP of the state is also published there prominently along with former IGP Jammu, former DIG Jammu Kathua Samba Range, even the photo of former SSP Samba along with his name is mentioned and shown as incumbent SSP in the website.”

The complainant had also questioned the digitalization and modernization of records in the state police when the government of India and the state government were spending million of rupees for it. He had also demanded a probe to identify the negligent officers of the Samba police who did not updated the contents of the website after year 2013.

Taking cognizance of Raman’s complaint, the CM secretariat on 18/May/2017 forwarded the complaint to SSP Samba to dispose of it an earliest and thus finally the district police deactivated its websites perhaps to undertake necessary upgradation of the content and information. 

Email IDs OF Journalists Cannot be Shared Under RTI: PIB

PIB Denies Sharing Email Ids of Journalists under RTI

Jammu, 03/May/2017:  Raising a legal debate, Press Information Bureau (PIB), the nodal agency of the Government of India to disseminate information to the print and electronic media on government policies and programmes has refused to share information under RTI act about email ids of Journalists available with it.

In response to an online RTI application of Raman Sharma a resident of Jammu , Nidhi Pandey, Central Public Information Officer and  Additional Director General of Press Information Bureau refused to share information wherein the applicant  had sought information about the email ids of accredited journalists. Citing email ids of journalists as  ‘Third Party information’, the senior officer of the PIB denied sharing information with the information seeker.  However the Press Information Bureau provided a general list depicting name, their organization and category of the 2333 journalists accredited with the Bureau.

The denial of sharing email ids of accredited journalists under RTI Act claiming it as ‘Third Party’ information instigates a legal debate because as per section 11 of the Right to Information Act 2005,  Third Party information is,  “  the information or record which relates to or has been supplied by a third and has been treated as confidential by that third party “. 

The applicant, Raman Sharma in his reaction to the denial of sharing email ids of accredited journalists by the CPIO  said he would seek legal opinion in this regard and if required,  a review appeal before the appellate authority shall be submitted within next few days. 

However Sharma refused to attach any motive or prejudice on part of  CPIO or the Press Information Bureau in denying information and said it is a question of law and the CPIO reserves the right to deny information which she believes is not giveable under the provisions of the RTI Law.

Published in The News Now, Kashmir Times

IMPA Organizes RTI Training Program for Senior Officers

29 Senior Officers Trained Including FAAs & PIOs Trained

Jammu, 28/April/2017: To familiarize senior officers of the state government about the Right to Information Law,  JKIMPA, Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development organized 3-Days training program on  Right to Information Act under the coordinatorship of Dr. Sunita Zalpuri Kaul, Professor and head of center for good governance and administrative reforms.   

The senior officers including designated Public Information officers and first appellate authority (officers) belonging to  department of Social Welfare, Agriculture, Police, engineering health and Education department attended the training program.

In continuation of the training program, on 2^nd day,  the participants were also provided opportunity to attend one day seminar on Right to Information Act, organized by the J & K State Information Commission, inaugurated by Chief Secretary, B R Sharma and attended by Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) J&K, Khurshid A Ganai and G R Sufi former Chief Information Commissioner.

Guest faculty including Senior advocate DC Raina also interacted with the participants and apprised the trainees about the latest court rulings about the RTI law whereas Raman Sharma, RTI practitioner through power point gave a detailed presentation and shared his experiences about the RTI Act and also replied queries of the senior officers.  Dr. Mahesh Kaul and Dr Vivek consultants of the JKIMPA also remained present during the program. 

Dr. Sunita Zalpuri Kaul,  course director and  Riyaz Ahmad Shah, Financial Adviser of JKIMPA awarded certificates to  participants  and asked officers to follow the proper procedure in dealing with RTI pleas. 

http://www.earlytimes.in/m/newsdet.aspx?q=201787

Terrorism in J & K Claimed over 40,000 Lives

Since 1990’s Cycle of Violence in J & K

Over 40,000 Lost their Lives in Terror Attacks

Jammu, 29/April/2017:As per latest data released by the union ministry of home affairs it has been disclosed that over forty thousand human lives have been lost in terror attacks in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir state right from year 1990 to 31/March/2017 and during the same period over 13000 security personals have also been injured in such incidents.

The reply has come to fore in response to an online RTI plea of Jammu resident Raman Sharma, wherein vide his application dated 26/02/2017, he had asked the CPIO of Ministry of Home Affairs to divulge information related to loss of human lives and damage caused to properties belonging to civilians in terror related attacks in Jammu and Kashmir state.

In her reply dated 17^th April/2017, Deputy Secretary cum Chief Public Information Officer of the home ministry has provided the records of 28 years which reveals that right from year 1990 to 31^st March 2017, 40,961 humans have lost their lives in different terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir state including innocent civilians, brave soldiers and dreaded terrorists. It’s been informed  that 13941 Civilians and five thousand fifty five Security personals sacrificed their lives whereas 21,965 terrorists have also been neutralized.

During the last 28 years, 13502 soldiers have also been injured fighting with the terrorists. However skipping some queries, the MHA asked the applicant to ask information related to other queries including loss and damage of property from the Jammu and Kashmir state government as this data was not available with the union government.

The data compiled by the information seeker further reveals that year 2001 witnessed the most violent era, wherein 3552 people lost their lives comprising 996 civilians, 536 security personals and 2020 terrorists besides injuries to 1587 security force personals however the maximum number of civilians were killed in year 1996 which claimed 1341 lives followed by year 1995 where 1031 civilians sacrificed their lives .

After year 2006, there had been a steep decline in the terror related causalities till 2012 which can be said as the most peaceful year in the last 3 decades, in year 2012 there were only 102 causalities including fifteen Civilians, 15 Security Personals and 72 terrorists, only 65 security men  received  injuries while fighting with terrorists. From 2013 onward  there is a vertical rise in the killings due to terror attacks and last year’s killings in terror attacks is more than double that of year 2012, total 247 people lost their lives in 2016 including 15 civilians, 82 security men and 150 terrorists. Till 31^st march of this year, 52 lives have been lost so far comprising 5 civilians, 12 armed force personals and 35 terrorists. 

Data Analyzed

Sought Information  

1. Intimate Year wise number of terror related Blasts-Gun Fire incident happened in State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.

2. Intimate year wise number of civilians being killed in Terror related incidents in state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.

3. Intimate Year wise number of male/female and children below the age of 14 being killed in terror related incidents in state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.

4. Intimate Year wise number of male/female and children below the age of 14 being wounded/injured in terror related incidents in state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.

5. Intimate Year wise number of terrorists killed in state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.

6. Total year wise number of army-men and other members of the security agencies got killed in the terror related incidents in the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.

7. Total year-wise number of army-men and other members of the security agencies who are injured/wounded in the terror related incidents in the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 01/Jan/1990 to till date.

8. Year wise detail of amount property belonging to civilians and government established being destroyed in terror related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir during the above said period. 

9. Intimate year wise number of citizens/families who were forced to migrate from their place of residence due to militancy in the state since 01/Jan/1990 to till date.

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कश्मीर में साल 1990 से 9 अप्रैल 2017 तक हिंसा में 40,000 से ज्यादा जानें गईं

नई दिल्ली: जम्मू कश्मीर में जारी अलगाववादी हिंसा के दौरान पिछले तीन दशक में 40 हजार से ज्यादा जानें जा चुकी हैं. साल 1990 से 9 अप्रैल 2017 तक की अवधि में मौत के शिकार हुए इन लोगों में स्थानीय नागरिक, सुरक्षा बल के जवान और आतंकवादी शामिल हैं. कश्मीर में हिंसा को लेकर एक आरटीआई के जवाब में गृह मंत्रालय की ओर से जारी ताजा आंकड़ों के मुताबिक पिछले 27 सालों में अब तक राज्य में आतंकवादी गतिविधियों और आतंकवाद विरोधी अभियानों में 40961 लोग मारे गए हैं. जबकि 1990 से 31 मार्च 2017 तक की अवधि में घायल हुए सुरक्षाबल के जवानों की संख्या 13 हजार से अधिक हो गई है.

मंत्रालय की उपसचिव और मुख्य सूचना अधिकारी सुलेखा द्वारा आरटीआई के जवाब में स्थानीय नागरिकों, आतंकवादियों और सुरक्षा बल के जवानों की मौत का 1990 से अब तक का हर साल का आंकड़ा जारी किया है. आंकड़ों के मुताबिक राज्य में बीते तीन दशक की हिंसा के दौरान मारे गए लोगों में 5055 सुरक्षा बल के जवानों की शहादत भी शामिल हैं. जबकि 13502 सैनिक घायल हुए. राज्य में जारी इस आतंकी हिंसा के दौरान स्थानीय नागरिकों की मौत का आंकड़ा 13941 तक पहुंच गया है. आंकड़ों के मुताबिक आतंकी हिंसा के शिकार हुए लोगों में सबसे ज्यादा 21965 मौतें आतंकवादियों की हुई है. आरटीआई में मंत्रालय ने कश्मीर की आतंकवादी हिंसा में संपत्ति को हुये नुकसान की जानकारी देने से इनकार कर दिया. मंत्रालय ने इस बारे में कोई आधिकारिक आंकड़ा नहीं होने के कारण जम्मू निवासी आरटीआई आवेदक रमन शर्मा से जम्मू कश्मीर सरकार से यह जानकारी मांगने को कहा है.

आंकड़ों के विश्लेषण में स्पष्ट होता है कि तीन दशक के हिंसक दौर में मौत के लिहाज से साल 2001 सर्वाधिक हिंसक वर्ष रहा. इस साल हुई 3552 मौत की घटनाओं में 996 स्थानीय लोग और 2020 आतंकवादी मारे गए. जबकि सुरक्षा बल के 536 जवान शहीद हुए. हालांकि स्थानीय नागरिकों की सबसे ज्यादा मौत (1341) साल 1996 में हुई. आंकड़ों के मुताबिक साल 2001 में आतंकवादी हिंसा से जानमाल को सर्वाधिक नुकसान होने के बाद साल 2003 से इसमें लगातार गिरावट दर्ज की गई है. साल 2003 में 795 स्थानीय नागरिकों और 1494 आतंकवादियों की मौत के अलावा 341 सुरक्षा बल के जवान शहीद हुए. इसके बाद साल 2008 से स्थानीय नागरिकों और सुरक्षा बल के जवानों की मौत का आंकड़ा दो अंकों में सिमट गया है. साल 2010 से साल 2016 तक स्थानीय नागरिकों की मौत का आंकड़ा 47 से गिरकर 15 तक आ गया है.

इसके उलट इस अवधि में शहीद हुए सुरक्षा बल के जवानों की संख्या में बढ़ोतरी दर्ज की गई। इस दौरान शहीद हुए सुरक्षा बल के जवानों की संख्या 69 से बढ़कर साल 2016 में 82 तक पहुंच गई. हालांकि साल 2017 में 9 अप्रैल तक 5 स्थानीय नागरिक और 35 आतंकवादी मारे गए. जबकि सुरक्षा बल के 12 जवान शहीद हुए हैं. वहीं इस साल 31 मार्च तक सुरक्षा बल के 219 जवान घायल हो चुके हैं. गत 9 अप्रैल को श्रीनगर लोकसभा क्षेत्र के उपचुनाव के बाद कश्मीर घाटी में अलगाववादी हिंसा तेजी से भड़की है. इसे रोकने के लिए राज्य में सुरक्षा बलों का अभियान जारी है.http://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/over-40000-lost-lives-since-1990-in-terror-attacks-in-jk/325775