Review ban on quarrying in Lethpora: MP Masoodi to administration

PAMPORE: Member Parliament for Anantnag parliamentary Constituency, Justice (retired) Hasnain Masoodi, has appealed Lieutenant governor administration to review the decision of banning of quarrying in Letpora and adjoining areas. He told Kashmir Reader that district administration Pulwama banned the quarrying in Letpora and adjoining areas without any justification. “The ban has disempowered the villagers and […]

Unscheduled power cuts irk Pampore residents

Constraint will remain till supply improves: PDD official

Pampore:  Unscheduled power cuts irk residents  Pampore town in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The residents told Kashmir Reader that they have been protesting for past six months against PDD for resorting unscheduled power cuts. They said that after the protests, the PDD officials were directed by district administration for providing the town with three hours […]

Gusainard Gujjar village of Pampore dismayed over lack of basic amenities BDC Pampore assures grevience redressal

PAMPORE: The residents of Gosainard Gujjar Basti Ladhoo area of Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have criticized the government for lack of lack of basic amenities. Mohammed Yaseen Poswal, a resident of Gosainard and representative of the community said that their locality has no macadamised road. “Our locality is connected with main road passing […]

Pulwama family appeals govt to rescue their stranded son from China

PULWAMA: Relatives of a Kashmiri medical student studying at a university in Wuhan province of China have appealed government to evacuate him and bring him home. Relatives of Manzoor Ahmad Dar, student from Trichal village of Pulwama pursuing MBBS in HUBEI University of Wuhan Chinese medicine told Kashmir Reader that their son was not allowed […]

Lethpora residents demand relocation of high tension wire

PAMPORE: The residents of Lethpora village in Awantipora demand relocation of high tension line passing through residential area- which they said is threatening their lives. Manzoor Ahmad, a local said high tension supply line was laid through Lethpora village many years ago. He said that the department used wooden poles to erect the supply line. […]

Leopard mauls elderly in Pampore

PAMPORE: Presence of a leopard has created panic among residents of Pamporeand an elderly resident of Khankahbagh area was mauled. Locals informed that a leopard has been roaming in the area for past couple of weeks. “In a video captured in CCTV camera, the leopard was seen roaming on a road near EDI complex,” a […]

Pampore locals demand probe in damages to power equipment at receiving station

PAMPORE: People on Monday carried protest rally from the main town to Tehsil office Pampore against frequent breakdown in 6.3 MVA transformer at PDD’s Pampore receiving station. The rally was jointly carried out by Civil Society Pampore, Auqaf Committee Pampore , Falah Behbood committee, traders and other prominent resident groups. Latter, the representatives met with […]

Several delegations call on BJP leader, project demands

PAMPORE: A number of delegations from different villages in Balhama area of Srinagar called on Er Aijaz Hussain, national youth vice president of BJP to seek his intervention in mitigation of their grievances. Delegates from Khonmoh, Zewan, Panthachowk, Balhama, Zewan and Wuyan Pampore villages said that they turned the attention of the vice president towards […]

Shutdown, protests in Pampore against PDD

PAMPORE: A shutdown was observed on Friday at Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district against frequent breakdown of transformer. Over 300 residents assembled at Tehsil office Pampore and staged a peaceful protest against Power Development Department (PDD). They raised slogans against PDD. Their representatives held a meeting with Tehsildar Pampore Ishtiyaq Mohi-ud-Din, AEE STD Arshid […]