Shopian: While people in Shopian struggle for access to clean water, many callous orchardists here have cut water supply pipelines to use the water for sanitation and sprays in their orchards and vegetable gardens. Hundreds of households in the district have thus been deprived of water supply, locals told Kashmir Reader. Villagers of Trenz, which […]
Shopian: Another hailstorm within two days in south Kashmir damaged apple fruits and buds in about a dozen more villages on Sunday. Orchardists said that the hailstorm lasted for around 25 minutes in the afternoon and damaged 50 to 80 percent of the apple crop in the area. The villages which were affected due to […]
Shopian: Shopian administration on Saturday booked seven ‘notorious’ forest smugglers under Public Safety Act, these persons according to police sources were involved in forest smuggling, attacks on forest protection employees and causing damages to forest property. Officials of forest department and revenue even though refused to reveal the names of the persons, who have been […]
Shopian: A brief but intense hailstorm wreaked havoc in Shopian and Kulgam villages, damaging vegetable and fruit crops, on Friday. The hailstorm lasted for about ten minutes but it was so intense that it didn’t let anyone move from where they were standing. Orchardists and other locals said that hailstones brought down fruit, leaves and […]
One among the militants lays down arms, arrested Shopian: Seven-day-old and four-day-old militants were among three militants killed in an overnight encounter at Kenigam village of Shopian. Another militant who had joined ranks hours earlier, a brother to seven sisters, surrendered before the government forces. All the three slain militants as well as the one […]
Shopian: Army soldiers on Wednesday fired shots in the air after noticing suspicious movement at Kenigam village in Imamsahib area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. It was followed by Cordon and Search Operation in the area. Police sources said that two persons roaming suspiciously were asked to stop by the army. But they fled. They […]
Shopian: Government forces on Monday carried out cordon and search operation at Reshipora village in Zainpora area of Shopian. Locals from Reshipora said that around 12 noon, forces laid siege around one of the village localities and carried out searches in a few houses. However, the operation was called off within an hour and half […]
Shopian: The authorities may claim that they are fully prepared to deal with the challenge of Covid-19, but in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, which has 360 active cases of this disease, none of the health centres including the district hospital have a CT scan machine. Shopian on Saturday reported 47 fresh cases of Covid-19 in […]
Shopian: Government forces on Saturday carried out a cordon and search operation at Ratnipora village of Shopian. Locals from the village said that searches were carried out at Bonpora locality of the village which comprises around 50 households. They said that siege was laid by the forces around the locality and later door-to-door searches of […]
Shopian: Even after sanctioning more than two-hundred crore rupees for 36 water supply schemes meant to tackle the menace of contaminated drinking water in this south Kashmir district, the majority of its population continues to face this years-old problem. The contaminated water according to locals is adding to their woes amid the Covid-19 pandemic when […]