Udhampur-Baramulla rail project fails to meet target
The Centre had announced 17 years ago that people of Kashmir would be provided a cheap and easy mode of transport to Jammu, but the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link is still nowhere near completion.
View ArticleDevelopment and displacement in Chenab Valley after construction of power...
Has the regional displacement widened in the post-reform period? This study attempts to probe into this by analysing growth rates of aggregate and sectoral domestic product of major states in the pre...
View ArticleIssue notices to hotels flouting pollution norms in Gulmarg: HC
Wants Pollution Control Board to crack down on defaulters Taking note of the fact that hotels at the famous tourist resort Gulmarg are running without sewage treatment plants (STPs), the High Court has...
View ArticleSecond hydel project in Uri ready to generate power
240-MW project on Jhelum to provide 12% free electricity to state The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has added another feather to its cap as the Uri-II hydroelectric project is ready...
View ArticleHC directs Govt to file status report on water bodies’ conservation
High Court today asked the Government to file status report about the creation of 225 posts for closure of Watershed Development project to make functional the Wullar Conservation Management Authority.
View ArticleAssembly Panel recommends framing of demarcation policy for wet, rakh lands
The House Committee of Legislative Assembly constituted to ascertain the factual position regarding the illegal encroachment of wet lands and conversion for residential purposes in Srinagar, Baramulla
View ArticleRevision of Srinagar Master Plan being carried out: Kichloo
JAMMU, Feb 19: The draft Srinagar Master Plan was put in the public domain once, but was withdrawn due to the fact that the required notification of the Government was pending which is pre-requisite as
View ArticleBrisk polling expected in Baramulla hinterland, near boycott in towns
The election mood is palpable in this village, 14 km from Baramulla town of north Kashmir. Posters of Muzaffar Hussain Beigh stand out on the rustic walls of Chandoosa, which is also the native village...
View ArticleHC warns hotels without sewage treatment plant
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued a warning to the hotels in the state which are without sewage treatment plants (STPs) but are operating 19 rooms. The court, in its orders made available today,
View ArticleIn north Kashmir, floods displace 2.55 lakh
At least 150 villages with a population of nearly 2.55 lakh people have been hit hard by floods in Bandipore, Baramulla and Kupwara districts of north Kashmir. While three persons have died in Kupwara,
View ArticleNo lessons learned: J&K clears forests despite flooding risks
Even after the catastrophic floods witnessed by the state, 26 projects have been awarded Forest Clearances (FC) by the state forest department. While 25 projects were granted forest approvals and 142.54
View ArticleHepatitis A breaks out in Baramulla villages
More than three dozen persons have been tested positive for Hepatitis A in Dangiwachi area and its adjoining villages of Rafiabad in Northern Kashmir’s district of Baramulla. The Health Officials told
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of municipal solid...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raja Muzzaffar Bhat Vs U.T. of Jammu & Kashmir dated 08/07/2020. Grievance in the application was that there was dumping of municipal solid
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of solid waste in...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raja Muzzaffar Bhat Vs U.T. of Jammu & Kashmir dated 08/07/2020 regarding dumping of municipal solid waste in Wular lake around Ningli Tarzoo
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