5 years on, KU’s residential quarters remain incomplete

5 years on, KU’s residential quarters remain incomplete

As Project Remained In Limbo, It Needs ‘Some Work’ To Revive: VC Srinagar: The residential quarters for employees of the Kashmir University continues to be a distant dream as their construction remains unattended and abandoned for more than 25 years now. The callous approach of the authorities toward the completion of these structures has been […]

South Kashmir’s largest village grapple with potable water shortage

South Kashmir’s largest village grapple with potable water shortage

Anantnag: Thousands of people still need potable, clean drinking water – here in Breenthi area of Dilagam in the Anantnag district – as a significant part of a water supply scheme still needs to be completed, more than four years after the work was first started on it. Breenthi is one of the largest villages […]

Road to Kulgam’s ‘tourist village’ buried under snow

Kulgam: The people living in Hallan village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district have been facing acute hardships as the administration has failed to clear the snow off a 4-kilometer stretch between the village and nearby Manzgam, their only link to the outside world. The fresh, heavy snowfall in the area has further deepened the crisis […]

Rahul Gandhi cancels BJY Over ‘complete collapse’ of security arrangements

Rahul Gandhi cancels BJY Over ‘complete collapse’ of security arrangements

Police Denies, Says There’s ‘No Security Lapse At All’ Anantnag: Rahul Gandhi On Monday alleged that there was a “complete collapse” of security arrangements in the Qazigund area of Anantnag district Friday morning, during his “Bharat Jodo Yatra”, following which he canceled his walk after treading only one Kilometre of the scheduled eleven Kilometres. “The […]

Illegal Mining Of Boulders Goes On Unabated In Anantnag

Illegal Mining Of Boulders Goes On Unabated In Anantnag

Anantnag: The alleged illegal mining of boulders and sand from Anantnag water bodies continues unabated and that too in broad daylight, notwithstanding the inclement weather, right under the nose of the administration. The illegal miners are plundering major water bodies including Lidder River, Jhelum, and Brengi Nallah in different parts of this South Kashmir district. […]

Hajin Mini-Secretariat In Limbo, Courtesy Dearth Of Funds

Hajin Mini-Secretariat In Limbo, Courtesy Dearth Of Funds

Srinagar: The alleged lack of funds for the proposed mini-secretariat, here in the Hajin area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, is playing a major impediment to the timely completion of the project. Non-payment of bills has also left the contractor of the project “disillusioned and dejected”. The project was sanctioned more than five years back, […]

Decongestion Plans Hit As Grade Separator At Sanatnar Awaits GoI’s Nod

Decongestion Plans Hit As Grade Separator At Sanatnar Awaits GoI’s Nod

Srinagar: Taking the sheen off of decongestion plans, for the Nowgam-Bemina stretch of NH-44, one of three grade separators awaits a nod from the concerned Union Ministry, even as the work on the other two is going on in full swing. Three grade separators (flyovers in common parlance) were identified on this stretch of the […]

Decade on, KU’s Kupwara campus a non-starter

Decade on, KU’s Kupwara campus a non-starter

Srinagar: More than a decade after it was sanctioned, and the execution of the project was taken up, the Kupwara campus of Kashmir University remains a non-starter much to the disappointment of hundreds of students in this remote North Kashmir district and its adjoining areas. The campus was sanctioned to give students from remote areas, […]

People Suffer As New Paediatric Hospital In Bemina Lacks Pharmacies

People Suffer As New Paediatric Hospital In Bemina Lacks Pharmacies

Srinagar: The attendants of children, being treated at the Pediatric Hospital in Bemina, on Friday said that they face severe hardships and inconvenience in absence of pharmacies near the hospital. They have to either walk a few hundred meters or cross the bustling national highway to get to the pharmacies located on the other side […]

With Company Tight-Fisted, 108 Ambulance Service Drivers, Technicians Rue Paltry Income

With Company Tight-Fisted, 108 Ambulance Service Drivers, Technicians Rue Paltry Income

Srinagar: The drivers and technicians, working with the 108-ambulance service in Kashmir, on Thursday said that that they are “grossly underpaid” despite emerging as the backbone of the emergency services network in Kashmir valley. “Besides, there is no job security whatsoever,” a driver, working with the service, told Kashmir Reader. The 108 Ambulance Service is […]

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