Sub-Divisional Magistrate · 2019–2021

Karnah-Tangdhar

Dr Bilal Mohiuddin Bhat's first independent field charge was Karnah-Tangdhar, a sub-division of Kupwara district on the Line of Control, reached over the 10,000-foot Sadhna Pass and cut off by snow for several months each year. He held the post from October 2019 until his transfer under Government Order No. 246-JK(GAD) of 2021 dated 16 March 2021, with the additional charge of Sub-Registrar.

Patients airlifted from Tangdhar by Army helicopter, January 2021
Patients airlifted from Tangdhar by Army helicopter, January 2021 Photo: Kashmir Life

Role and Context

The posting coincided with the first year of COVID-19. He chaired the sub-division's early awareness meetings in March 2020, briefed the press on restrictions, and arranged home delivery of offline school assignments to students without internet access during the lockdown. Winter stocking was reviewed in September 2020, with three months of rations in place and LPG allocations raised from 2,400 to 20,000 cylinders.

Border administration included visits to LoC villages after cross-border shelling to have live shells defused, a Rs 20 crore plan for 300 individual bunkers, the distribution of 40 poly-greenhouses to families at Nachiyan and Shamspora under the Cluster Model Village Scheme, and reviews of PMGSY roads and land compensation. Seven patients were airlifted from Tangdhar to Srinagar by Army helicopter on his direction in January 2021. On 21 April 2020 he survived an avalanche that buried his vehicle at Sadhna Top on the return from a COVID review; he, his security officer and driver were pulled out by the Army's avalanche rescue team.

Case Studies

Documented Initiatives

  1. Reviewed plan for 300 individual LoC bunkers at Rs 5 lakh each (Rs 20 crore scheme)

    Border & rural infrastructureMedia report · Source

  2. Distributed 40 free poly green houses to families at Nachiyan and Shamspora under the Cluster Model Village Scheme

    AdministrationMedia report · Source

  3. Reviewed PMGSY roads (Dildar-Tad, Khawarpora-Chamkote) and land/walnut-tree compensation

    Border & rural infrastructureMedia report · Source

  4. Seven patients airlifted from Tangdhar to Srinagar by Army helicopter on his directions

    AdministrationMedia report · Source

  5. Reviewed ITI Karnah trades and pending infrastructure

    Education & readingMedia report · Source

  6. Managed Sadhna Pass closures: one-way traffic orders; highway reopening after 3 ft snow

    Disaster responseBorder & rural infrastructureMedia report · Source

  7. Winter stocking review: 3 months' rations in place; LPG cylinders to rise from 2,400 to 20,000; kerosene reserves boosted

    Border & rural infrastructureMedia report · Source

  8. Survived an avalanche that buried his official Bolero at Sadhna Top on return from a COVID review; he, PSO and driver pulled out by Army Avalanche Rescue Team (Chowkibal)

    Disaster responseHealthMedia report · Source

  9. Ordered home delivery of offline assignments to students without internet during lockdown

    Education & readingBorder & rural infrastructureMedia report · Source

  10. Chaired early COVID-19 awareness meeting of sectoral officers, tehsildars, school heads and doctors in Karnah; briefed media on restrictions (videos 20-21 Mar 2020)

    ElectionsHealthMedia report · Source

  11. Visited LoC villages and directed defusing of live shells fired from across the border after skirmishes

    Disaster responseTourism & sportMedia report · Source

Documented Outcomes

No outcome figures beyond those in the initiatives above have been published for this posting.

Photographs

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Media

Kashmir Reader

Major reshuffle in bureaucracy

Transfer order: Bilal Mohi-ud-din Bhat, SDM Karnah-Tangdhar, posted as Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam.

All 37 reports from this posting

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Related Documents

No separate documents beyond the news record are on file for this posting.