PDP-BJP govt had announced the project in state assembly 4 years ago
Anantnag: Four years after the J&K revenue minister announced on the floor of the state assembly that the narrow Sonwar-Pampore stretch of the national highway-1A would be widened to six lanes, the project has been shelved without any work done. The Sonwar-Pampore stretch of the national highway remains the busiest in terms of traffic despite […]
Anantnag: Two local Lashkar-e-Toiba militants, one of them Naveed Bhat alias Frurqan, a category A++ militant active since July 2018, and Aqib Yaseen Bhat, a category C militant active since June 2018, were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with government forces here in Sangam area of Anantnag district. Both the slain militants were residents […]
Pampore: After work was stopped in early 2018, allegedly due to some political interference, the construction of a bridge over Jhelum River on the outskirts of Pampore is yet to be commenced again. The work on the bridge in Sempora area, meant to connect dozens of villages to the old National Highway, was started in […]
1500 kanals covered with silt due to a faulty tube-well
Anantnag: Despite crores being spent on multiple water supply initiatives, several villages in south Kashmir’ s Anantnag remain completely devoid of potable drinking water. Besides, a faulty tube well covers more than 1500 kanals of paddy land with a thick coat of silt, rendering it unsuitable for cultivation at least in the near future. The […]
1500 kanals of farmland covered with silt due to a faulty tube-well
Anantnag: Despite crores being already spent on multiple water supply initiatives, several villages in South Kashmir’ s Anantnag remain completely devoid of potable drinking water. Besides, a faulty tube well covers more than 1500 kanals of paddy land with a thick coat of silt, rendering it unsuitable for cultivation at least in the near future. […]
Bijbehara: The sand miners, here in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district, have been brazenly vandalizing the Jhelum River with illegal use of heavy machinery and demolition of banks, wherever they deem fit. Mining of sand and other minerals is rampant at many places along Jhelum River, here in Bijbehara. However at certain points not only […]
Commuters fume at the dilapidated condition of road
Anantnag: The roads and buildings department which is responsible for upkeep of old Srinagar-Anantnag highway has abandoned its job leaving the road in shambles. Vast stretches of the highway are dotted with large craters and potholes irking commuters travelling on the highway. The worst affected stretches are right on the periphery of the summer capital […]
Anantnag: It’s been five years and still no bid has come for the only proposed Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) unit in the entire south Kashmir region. The lack of interest is said to be due to “concerns” regarding the funding for the project under Swachh Bharat Mission. With an approximate cost of about Rs […]
Pampore: The abandoned building of Munsif Court Complex here in Tanchi Bagh area of Pampore continues to be a haven for drug addicts and drug peddlers. It has been like this for more than 3 years now but the authorities continue to look the other way. The court complex was constructed in the year 2012, […]
TRAL: Construction of a new mini-secretariat building in Tral, Pulwama district, has recently resumed after a string of hold-ups that have hobbled the project for close to three years. Meant to curtail the cost and travel time to district headquarters Pulwama, the mini-secretariat was sanctioned in 2017. An amount of Rs 7 crore was earmarked […]