Shopian: Delay in Covid-19 test reports is putting expecting mothers to great discomfort in Shopian district. Many expecting mothers have been put under isolation despite their samples for Covid-19 tests having been taken many days ago. Family members of Saleema Bano (name changed) said that she was reported Covid-19 positive on 6 July and was […]
Shopian: Three Shopian villages in South Kashmir are facing drinking water problems since a decade, with locals from these areas saying that the government is insensitive in providing a proper water supply with one of the villages being fed contaminated waters . Villagers of Checki-Sangran, a locality comprising hundreds of souls told Kashmir Reader that […]
Shopian: After a month’s lull, guns boomed in Shopian again on Saturday as government forces killed three militants in a pre-dawn encounter at a Shopian village. The encounter between a joint team of government forces and militants broke out in the orchards of Amshipora village which is situated some six kilometers from district headquarters. Police […]
Shopian: Playing with their own lives and those of others, people in Shopian are attending in large numbers cricket and volley tournaments that are being held in the district while the death toll in J&K due to Covid-19 has crossed the 222 mark and scores of patients are battling for life in hospitals. The number […]
Shopian: Commissioned in 1980s, water supply scheme at Safnagri village of Shopian yet to be completed while a large number of inhabitants in the area face water scarcity since decades. Locals said that they have no water to drink and are forced to use water from far away contaminated canals and wells which have been […]
Shopian: Despite the least population (about 3 lakh) among south Kashmir districts, Shopian has had the second-highest number of Covid-19 cases detected in the region (901). There have also been 17 deaths of Covid-19 patients, again second-highest in the region. Doctors in Shopian strictly warn against violations of guidelines such as wearing of masks and […]
Locals demand early repairs, officials say sought expert advice on this occurrence Shopian: The key road from Shopian to tourist resort and famed water fall of Aharbal is in deplorable condition as this 15 kilometer road has developed massive fissures at over a dozen places due to subsudence. The road via Chottipora and Sedow village […]
Shopian: As the traditional pear varieties in Kashmir were facing many challenges, like low market rates, diseases, and brief shelf life, private importers in association with the horticulture department have brought about half a dozen new pear varieties to Kashmir which have better features than those of the locally grown varieties. The new imported varieties […]
SHOPIAN: A vital road link from Nagbal to Narwani is in deplorable condition with locals demanding immediate black topping of this road which connects over a dozen villages with district headquarter of Shopian and each other. Locals in the area told Kashmir Reader that the links roads connecting with this road have been being macadamised […]
Market rates of local cherry also pick up, growers happy now Shopian: Saplings of European sweet cherry imported and planted last year in Kashmir have grown and produced fruit in just one year. This European variety of cherry is bigger in size than the 10 locally grown cherry varieties. The European sweet cherry was imported […]