Shopian: With every passing day, the rates of Kashmiri apple continue to plunge in Delhi and other Indian markets. The rates according to growers have come down from Rs 1300-1550 per box to Rs 600-900, particularly at Delhi’s Azadpur fruit and vegetables mandi. On Thursday, 250 truckloads of apple from Kashmir reached Azadpur Mandi, but […]
Shopian: A new menace, theft of apple boxes, which earlier was rarely seen by apple growers and traders in Kashmir, is now being reported frequently in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Since the advent of autumn season, more than a dozen such incidents have happened in the district, with hundreds of apple boxes being stolen by […]
Several of them found outside the animal husbandry office Shopian: At the end of autumn, when all the chores are done and Kashmiris go into a sort of hibernation for the winter, abandoned horses are let out to fend for themselves in Shopian streets. Some injured, others maimed, and most looking for food, these horses […]
Shopian: Though Shopian has the least number of active cases of Covid, just 18, among the 10 Kashmir districts, a weekend lockdown was imposed in the district on Saturday with police and other law-enforcing agencies forcing shopkeepers and other business establishments to close down. While Kashmir division on Saturday witnessed 2,122 Covid cases, Shopian recorded […]
Shopian: Mounds of snow are piled alongside roads in Shopian town, causing traffic jams and immense problems to public movement. Locals are demanding that the authorities utilise all men and machinery to remove snow from the town areas, particularly from roadsides. According to officials from the Municipal Committee, all the snow which is creating problems […]
Shopian: After 4.5 feet of heavy snowfall in upper belts of district Shopian, authorities are struggling to restore road and power connectivity in many areas of the district. Officials maintain that about 90 percent of priority-first roads and 80 per cent of priority-second roads have been cleared of snow by the Mechanical Engineering department. They, […]
DC monitoring snow clearance, restoration of essential services: Official Shopian: Snow clearance from roads and streets is proving impossible in the absence of adequate machines in Shopian district, amid continuous snowfall since Friday noon which has completely disrupted road connectivity, power and drinking water supply in many areas. All transport remained off the roads on […]
Shopian: Continuous snowfall since Friday noon in Shopian district has disrupted road, power, and drinking water services, a situation which is likely to remain the same as the weatherman has forecast moderate to heavy snowfall in the district till Saturday evening. After light to moderate snowfall on January 5, the intensity of snowfall in this […]
Kashmir’s apple industry suffers as import of Iranian apples continues, despite poor quality, threat of new fungal disease Shopian: Import of huge quantity of Iranian apple has had a devastating effect on the Kashmir apple industry. Rates have plunged by 40 percent since mid-November, traders based in Kashmir say. The rates of Kashmiri apple started […]
Shopian: With the increase in intensity of cold conditions, and abrupt increase in electricity tariffs by the government, Hamams have become vital for many people to save themselves from the bone-chilling cold. Kashmir, like last year, is facing severe cold conditions after recent snowfall. Gulmarg on Thursday froze at minus 9.6 degrees Celsius while Pahalgam […]