Cardiologist on a mission

Dr Sushil Kumar Sharma, Head of the Department of the Cardiology Department of Government Medical College (GMC), is on a mission to educate maximum population of the Jammu region about heart and allied diseases so as that people can take preventive measures. For the past three years, Dr Sharma has been regularly organising cardiology camps in different areas of the region on every Sunday. So far, Dr Sharma has held over 150 awareness camps to educate the people about the causes of heart and other diseases. The Jammu region is prone to heart diseases so Dr Sharma has taken an initiative to minimise impact of this deadly disease in the region. Not only this, Dr Sharma has also invited a number of doctors from abroad to provide advanced treatment to patients in Jammu. —Dinesh Manhotra

 Pandits again in dilemma

The recent mob attack on transit camps at Haal, Pulwama and Vessu, Anantnag housing minority Hindu employees in Kashmir following the elimination of Hizb militant commander Burhan Wani has dashed further hopes of Pandits for their resettlement in their homeland. The sense of peace which made Pandit youth choose to return under the Prime Minister employment package in 2010 was shattered by the violence which engulfed the Valley, especially south Kashmir. With the government ignoring the incidents and failing to reach out to them, the minorities are dejected now. The majority of the Pandit youth are unable to fathom the reason why they were attacked by mobs who were protesting against the death of the militant commander when they had no role whatsoever in the path chosen by the militant and resultant action of security forces. Their only desire was to return to resettle in their homeland which their families were forced to leave in 1990 and they lived prime of their youth in squalid one-room camps of Jammu, which become their refuge. — Sumit Hakhoo

 Hide-and-seek game

The astonishing buzz in the city, particularly in a particular area, for the past few days has been the hide-and -seek game being played by the Power Development Department regarding the supply of electricity. A 330KV transformer caught fire a couple of days ago at midnight, allegedly due to load-shedding and sent the entire area into darkness. However, electricity was restored the next afternoon nearly 22 hours later after a new transformer was installed. Again the same thing happened next midnight and electricity was restored today at 4 pm, nearly 18 hours later. This time, a lineman came to the area with folded hands appealing to the people to make judicious use of electricity.  — Vikram Sharma