SHOPIAN: Authorities on Saturday sealed 53 shops at Wachi village of Shopian which is a red zone as three covid19 cases from the area have been reported since the last five days. An official said that the shopkeepers there didn’t listen to the verbal communication and violated the guidelines issued in wake of covid19 pandemic. […]
SHOPIAN: The Jamia Masjid in Shopian which had fallen into disrepair due to court cases of corruption against its managing committee members is now seeing better days. Donations from the locals and efforts of the district administration have together led to renovation of the mosque. New electric fittings have now been put in place, interiors […]
Shopian: Pulwama hospital will quarantine 15 staffers after two patients were found positive on Tuesday, days after their surgeries took place in the hospital and were let go home after sample collection. A female patient from Arihal village, according to hospital sources, was operated on last Thursday and was discharged on Saturday after sample collection […]
Shopian: Hailstorm again stormed Shopian, Kulgam villages and extensively damaged the horticulture and agriculture crops . Locals from many areas from the twin districts told Kashmir Kashmir Reader that hailstorm has heavily damaged the crops. In Kulgam districts an intense hailstorm witnessed in whole Aharbal belt including villages like Manzgam, Nowgam and adjoining villages caused […]
Shopian: Pulwama hospital will quarantine 15 staffers after two patients were found positive on Tuesday, days after their surgeries took place in the hospital and were let go home after sample collection. A female patient from Arihal village, according to hospital sources, was operated on last Thursday and was discharged on Saturday after sample collection […]
Shopian: Not locusts but porcupines have wreaked havoc on orchards and fields in Pulwama damaging vegetables, eating barks of apple trees, almond trees and eating corms of saffron. Farmers from many areas said that number of animal, rodents, increased in last few years causing damage to fruit trees particularly almond and vegetables such as potatoes […]
Shopian: Shopian administration is set to throw open Mughal road for allowing transportation of cherry to Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu. An official from Shopian told Kashmir Reader that the snow clearance on Mughal Road has been completed a few days ago. However, some areas which come under Poonch district are yet to be […]
Shopian: One of Kashmir’s biggest mulberry nurseries, at Losedenow village in Shopian district, has been such a victim of official apathy that with every passing day it’s land is shrinking while illegal encroachments are growing. Once spread over a hundred kanals, the land has shrunk to a fraction of it, said an official of the […]
Shopian: With the arrival of cherry harvest season in Kashmir, Aglar Mandi in Shopian has started limited operations to dispatch the fruit to different parts of the country amid Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. Cherry is the first fruit which is being harvested in Kashmir and like in many areas, orchardists in Shopian have also started […]
Shopian: Hailstorm wreaked havoc in Pulwama and Shopian villages on Friday causing damage damages to standing crops. Heavy hailstorm was witnessed in Pulwama and Shopian villages including Rajpora, Abhama, Bagh Sangerwani, Drakladan, Achgoza, Drabgam, Pargochi, Losedenow and adjacent villages. An grower from Drabgam told Kashmir Reader that heavy hailstorm caused serious damages to fruit and […]