Monkey menace: Presence of hundreds of primates scares Achabal residents
Anantnag: The presence of hundreds of monkeys in residential areas of Achabal hamlet in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district has created a scare among the locals. The residents have claimed that the large number of monkey presence has led to their crops getting damaged as well. The residents of Achabal said that since last one year […]
Bewora Bijbehara residents demand safe potable water
Anantnag: The residents of Bewora village in Srigufwara hamlet of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district have accused the Public health engineer department of supplying contaminated water to their village. Locals said that they are getting water directly from Srigufwara water scheme that too without any filtration due to which the water they get is highly contaminated. […]
Sedow Shopian residents rue lack of basic facilities
Shopian: Residents of Sedow village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district have complained of lack of facilities in the village. Locals claim that despite living just eight kilometres away from district headquarters they have been left alone by the administration as no basic facilities are being provided to the residents. They said that even in 21st […]
Pulwama residents seek widening of main highway
Pulwama: The residents of Pulwama town of south Kashmir demanded widening of main road from Drusoo to Prichoo. Locals said that due to the narrow road traffic jams have become order of the day besides that there is no path for pedestrians to walk along the road during busy hours. They said that umpteen times […]
Frequent snags in transformer irks Qazigund villagers
Anantnag: The residents of Churat village in Qazigund hamlet of south Kashmir are up in arms against the Power Development Department (PDD) alleging that the department has failed to provide them with high capacity electric transformer. According to the locals, the existing 63 KVA transformer is developing technical snags frequently due to which they are […]
Locals protest ‘water shortage’ in Reshiepora Awantipora
Pulwama: The residents of Reshiepora village of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday staged a protest against Public Health Engineering department for failing to provide drinking water to the area. The protestors mainly women blocked the main Awantipora-Naina road and raised slogans against the department. The protesters alleged that water supply scheme meant […]
Rain damages 4,000 apple boxes at Fruit Mandi Shopian
Traders demand allotment of shops for securing fruit boxes
Shopian: At least four thousand apple boxes were damaged due to rain at Mega Fruit Mandi Shopian last night, reports said. Mohammad Ashraf, Vice President of the Fruit Mandi Aglar Shopian said that at least four to five thousand apple boxes were damaged due to rain last night. He said that growers had suffered loss […]
Dangling electric wires, decaying electric poles pose threat to Kokernag residents
Anantnag: Dangling electric wires tied with trees, worn out wooden poles are posing grave threat to the lives of people as well as their property in check e Gohan area of Kokernag hamlet in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The residents of Check e Gohan Kokernag alleged that they are living under constant fear due to […]
Locals rue bad condition of Bijbehara-Pahalgam road
Anantnag: The route to famous tourist destination Pagalgam via Sallar is in dilapidated condition at several places, the locals have alleged. They said that authorities are carrying out widening and macadamisation of link roads in different areas but have forgotten Bijbehara-Pahalgam via Langabal road. They said that most of the tourists choose this road because […]
Education department employees stage protest
Demand time-bound promotion
Srinagar: Employees of the Education Department Wednesday staged a protest seeking time-bound promotion. The employees while protesting said that all their documents and files regarding promotions have been completed some months back but due to unknown reasons they are not being approved at the Directorate. They said that files of 300 teachers and 31 non […]