Anantnag residents decry water shortage, stage protest
Anantnag: Residents of Anderwan and Alchiward villages in Anantnag area staged a protest demonstration against the shortage of drinking water supply in their area since many years now, reports said. The aggrieved residents including women and children shout slogans against Public Health Engineering (PHE) department for failing to provide them potable water supply. The residents […]
Five years on, vital bridge in Bijbehara awaits completion
Anantnag: Despite a lapse of over five years, the Roads and Buildings department has failed to complete a vital bridge in Gantalipora area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag. Strong resentment is brewing among locals against inordinate delay in completion of the project, reports said. Mohammad Amin, a local said that the work on the […]
Patalbagh Pampore residents demand repair of road
Pulwama: The residents of Patalbagh in Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have appealed higher authorities to repair the main road in the area. Locals said that the road was macadamised some 10 years back and since then no macadamisation has taken place. They said that due to dilapidated condition of the road, they […]
Rakh-e-Brah Anantnag residents protest fee hike
Anantnag: Locals at Rakh-e-Brah village of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday held a protest against the Power Development Department (PDD) alleging hike in monthly tariffs. People from Rakh-e-Brah area assembled in the locality and demanded attention of concerned authorities in this regard. They said that the PDD was making the locals suffer by resorting […]
Pulwama residents demand widening of Chakoora-Naina road
Pulwama: The residents of different villages of Chakoora area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have demanded widening of Chakoora-Naina road. The residents of the area said that the widening of Tahab-Chakoora road was completed during last year from Tahab to Astanpora only and the remaining 6.5 kms from Astanpora to Naina via Chakoora was carried […]
Pulwama residents demand concrete bridge over Nallah Romshi
Pulwama: The residents of the Urbagh and its adjacent areas in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have demanded construction of a concrete bridge over nallah Romshi. The residents of the area said that in absence of concrete bridge they are forced to cross the stream using an unsafe makeshift bridge. They added that area has been […]
16 years on, Andrusoo Pampore residents await completion of WSS
Pulwama: Even after a lapse of around 16 years, residents of Andrusoo village in Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district await for completion of water supply scheme, locals alleged. The local residents are up in arms against the concerned department for failing to ensure uninterrupted drinking water facility to the area. Local residents said […]
Stray horses damage crops, orchards: Local Residents
Pulwama: The farmers in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have been complaining about the presence of stray and abandoned horses in their agricultural fields and orchards since the past several months now, reports said. The residents of Tral and its adjacent areas in Pulwama district alleged that some persons who own horses and donkeys make them […]
CPWs of RDD without wages from last 22 months
Srinagar: The Contingent Paid Workers(CPW) working in Rural development department in Kashmir are without wages from twenty two months due to which they are facing lot of problems, the workers alleged. They said that the government has not released their wages since last 22 months due to which they are going through very tough times. […]