Dhabas at Sangam said to be the hub; every 9 out of 10 substance abusers addicted to heroin, say doctors Anantnag: While police and the civil administration have been carrying out frequent drives to destroy cannabis and poppy cultivation in Kashmir, the real menace is growing unchecked – that of heroin consumption. The drug is […]
Anantnag: Amidst an alarming rise in the number of coronavirus positive cases across Kashmir valley, Shopian district has witnessed a steep dip in the numbers. This anomaly has led to concerns over the testing procedures in this south Kashmir district, officials told Kashmir Reader. Since August 1, Shopian district has reported only 321 fresh cases […]
Anantnag: Already grappling with a shortfall in rain this year, farmers in some areas of Sub-Division Dooru, here in Anantnag district, rue that illegal extraction using heavy machinery in Brengi and Sandran Nallahs has left their farmland all the more dry. The extraction of sand and boulders at different places in the two Nallahs has […]
Dozens of structures demolished in past few years, except this one Anantnag: While dozens of upcoming and old structures have been demolished along the NH-44 over the past few years, given a ban on such construction, a petrol pump is being constructed by some apparently influential person near Gaelandar, in brazen violation of norms, without […]
Anantnag: Even as the Covid-19 onslaught continues in Kashmir valley, the cases now having crossed the 30k mark, Shopian and Kulgam districts in south Kashmir are showing how to get a handle on the novel coronavirus. In the last one month, since August 3 to be precise, the ten districts in Kashmir valley have recorded […]
Anantnag: Officials and contractors of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) have abandoned the construction of a road here in Qazigund area of Kulgam district after locals started demanding compensation for the land taken from them to widen the road. Work on this 5-km road from Gund Jafar to Sadoora, in Qazigund, was started […]
Anantnag: A fish rearing unit, funded under the centrally sponsored “Blue Revolution” scheme, has turned into a gambling den, a safe haven for drug addicts, and a garbage dumping site for locals, here in Wanpora area of Qazigund in Anantnag district. An initiative by the department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries of the Government […]
Anantnag: After spending crores of rupees on a faulty water supply scheme, that has not materialised even after four decades, the Jal Shakti Department (JSD) has come up with another scheme worth crores here in Kamad area of Anantnag district which, the locals say, is bound to fail like the earlier one given the fact […]
Anantnag: Three militants of Hizbul Mujahideen, and an army soldier were killed in a nocturnal gunfight here in Zadoora village in Pulwama district on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. The gunfight was the second in south Kashmir within 12 hours of the first. Four Al-Badr militants were killed Friday afternoon in Kiloora village […]
Anantnag: Amid a shortage of essential equipment like PPE to fight Covid-19, six medical blocks and three hospitals in Anantnag district have left funds of about Rs 79.21 lakh unspent during the month of July this year, evoking a sharp response from the higher-ups, who have threatened to withdraw such funds in the future. The […]