Jammu Apr 20 PTI Asserting that the mercury may rise up to 47 degrees Celsius here this summer Jammu Municipal Corporation Commissioner Avny Lavasa on Wednesday appealed to the people to keep water bowls for stray animals to help them beat the heat Lavasa said the scorching heat is not only taking a toll on humans but also affecting stray animals cattle and birds Every year a number of animals and birds die of heat stroke and one major reason behind their untimely death is lack of access to drinking water she said We can save these animals and birds from the plight of summer months by putting a bowl of water outside our homes at prominent places and offices the JMC commissioner said Lavasa further pointed out that lack of water induces aggressive behaviour in animals and putting water bowls outside homes and offices can keep them in check She appealed to the people to let humanity prevail in these tough times by caring for these voiceless creatures The winter capital Jammu recorded the seasons hottest day on April 11 at 396 degrees Celsius which was 75 notches above normal PTI AB NB CK CK

Jammu Feb 18 PTI Under the smart city project Jammu will soon have an integrated command and control centre an intelligent traffic management system and a web-GIS based e-bill pay for civic services officials saidDivisional Commissioner of Jammu Raghav Langer who is also the chairman of the board of directors Jammu smart city limited JSCL on Friday reviewed the progress and implementation of projects awarded to the Bharat Electronics Limited and JaKeGaJSCL has signed a contract agreement with Bharat Electronics Limited for setting up the integrated command and control centre for Jammu city for Rs 53 crore officials saidIt will integrate all civic and essential services on a single platform to facilitate monitoring and addressing public issues in real-time they saidThe project will help in establishing a collaborative framework where input from different functional departments of Jammu Municipal Corporation and other stakeholders can be assimilated and analysed on a single platform resulting in aggregated city-level informationThe command centre will be one place from where traffic CCTV water and other services would be integrated into a single command room officials saidThe intelligent traffic management system will detect black-listed vehicles automatic number plate recognition red light and speed limit violation triple riding detection no-helmet detection among othersOf the 64 junctions of Jammu city the BEL team has selected 44 junctions for implementation of the project in the first phase officials said PTI AB NSD NSD

Jammu Dec 18 PTI Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday inaugurated Adopt-A-Park programme of the Jammu Municipal Corporation which will provide an opportunity to local communities welfare associations and others to contribute in the upkeep and clean up of neighbourhood parks As many as 17 public parks have already been adopted by aware and responsible citizens at different places of Jammu city under the initiative Speaking at the event organised at Trikuta Nagar here the Lt Governor called upon individuals businesses and other organisations to adopt a park and make a difference in their neighbourhood He said peoples participation and community support is required to establish beautiful and well-maintained parks It is our collective responsibility to build a resilient ecosystem to address the challenges of climate change Conservation and protection of trees and plants is embedded in our ancient culture and traditions We must follow our ancient cultural system which propagates environmental protection and talks about our coexistence in complete harmony with the nature he noted Sinha said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made many efforts to give a safe environment to the coming generations and urged the people to make collective efforts for conservation of nature and its resources He said the Jammu and Kashmir administration is running several campaigns in collaboration with schools non-government institutions village panchayats and urban plantation committees to combat the challenges of global warming and climate change The UT administration has set a target of planting 13 crore saplings this year and this goal can be accomplished only with large scale participation of the responsible citizens the Lt Governor added PTI TAS SRY

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 11 (ANI): Jammu Municipal Corporation recently awarded a Kashmiri migrant living in the district's Hakkal village for rescuing over 368 street animals, and rehabilitating them with the help of trust.

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 25 (ANI): Development work is in full swing for the development of Jammu and Srinagar as smart cities.

Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 22 (ANI): An advocate has said that an RTI query has shown that former Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta and two other persons had occupied "state land" illegally but the BJP leader has denied the allegations.