Remove encroachments from wetlands in Budgam, officials told
BUDGAM: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmed Mirza, Thursday, chaired a meeting convened to discuss the directions received from National Green Tribunal (NGT) pertaining to issues of wetlands and water bodies of the district. The meeting also deliberated on the points, previously, discussed in the meeting held under the chairmanship of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir. During […]
Covid-19: Shopkeepers in Bandipora to operate only after testing negative: DDC
BANDIPORA: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmed has directed to allow only those shopkeepers to operate their business who have been tested negative and have attended mandatory training on COVID-19. As per an order issued here, The DC said that the shopkeepers of the Bandipora town from Nussu to Kaloosa including Khadim Market, Shops […]
Cop dies of cardiac arrest in Dooru
Dooru: A police constable died due to cardiac arrest in Dooru area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday afternoon. An official said that a police constable identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Parray son of Ghulam Qadir Parray, a resident of Ukjan Dialgam suffered a heart attack at around 12: 30 pm while he was on […]
Govt to procure 700 more ventilators
Red, containment zones to be sealed
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam while taking stock of efforts toward mitigating the COVID-19 threat, reiterated that perimeter control and complete lockdown in red zones and containment zones should be strictly enforced. Chief Secretary impressed upon Deputy Commissioners to cautiously declare an area/cluster as a red zone on scientific basis, and ensure strict […]
PCB Chairman reviews action plan for restoration of water bodies
JAMMU: Chairman, Pollution Control Board Suresh Chugh, Thursday reviewed the preparation of “Revised Action Plan on Restoration of Water bodies of Jammu and Kashmir” in view of the National Green Tribunal directions. The meeting was told that the exercise of preparation of Action Plan for Water Bodies of J&K is going on for the past […]
Work on Z-Morh Tunnel starts
Good connectivity, key to development: Div Com
GANDERBAL: After remaining halted for about a year, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P.K Pole Thursday launched the resumption work on the crucial 6.5 km long Z-Morh Tunnel between Gagangeer and Sonamarg in Ganderbal district. Z-Morh Tunnel is part of a mega project announced by the Government of India to ensure undisrupted all-weather connectivity between Kashmir […]
Report Covid-19 crisis sensibly, SKIMS tells media men
Srinagar: Authorities at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura on Thursday urged journalists to cover and report the ongoing Covid-19 crisis sensibly—assuring that a robust mechanism was in place at the tertiary-level healthcare institute to deal with the Pandemic. “During this Pandemic, we have to share the common responsibilities to deal with the crisis […]
JK reports 493 new positive cases, 6337 recovered
JAMMU: The Government on Wednesday informed that 493 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 57 from Jammu division and 436 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 11666. Also 11 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Kashmir Division. Moreover, 114 […]
