Soaring temperatures: Paddy fields dry up as water for irrigation purposes recedes
Pulwama: Paddy sapling on hundreds of canals of land are drying up as the soaring temperatures have meant that water levels have receded and no water is available for irrigation purposes in Gulzarpora, Renzipora and its adjacent areas in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Locals said that the paddy sapling that were sown last month have […]
Students at GDC Anantnag demand conduct of exams
Anantnag: The students pursuing various Bachelor level courses in the 2019 batch at Government degree college boys Anantnag have alleged that authorities are delaying their exams unnecessarily. The students said that they got admission in various courses in 2019 however, since then examination of just one semester was conducted and authorities are yet to conduct […]
Locals await completion of Bijbehara-Shopian road
Anantnag: Even after the elapsing of more than four years, the vital Bijbehara-Shopian road on which work was started in 2016 still awaits completion. The authorities have utterly failed to complete the work on the two lane highway while as the locals alleged that the work has been suspended almost a year back, thereby leaving […]
Villages on highway, yet no drinking water supply provided
Anantnag: A village in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district located on national highway is yet to get drinking water supply. Residents of Hamzapora and Donipora villages located in between Bijbehara and Sangam said that despite living near the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, they are yet to get drinking water facility. “We are being deprived […]
No BPL ration cards for poor families in Kokernag village
Anantnag: Dozens of people families in Gawran area of Kokernag belt in South Kashmir’s Anantnag have been holding APL ration cards despite being residents of a backward area and living in miserable conditions. Families have alleged that many people in the area who are living above the poverty line but have been categorized in BPL […]
Six year old kid from Shopian makes it big
Will participate in a national level event
Shopian: A six year old kid from Shopian district is all set to debut at national level in martial arts after he proved a shining star at the state level championship. Mohammad Momin (06) son of Sajad Ahmad Dahal a resident of Batpora area of Shopian district was informed last week that he has to […]
Teenage girl becomes voice of the ‘speechless’
Srinagar: A 17 day old girl from Nowgam area of Srinagar is, winning hearts by proving to be the voice of the deaf and dumb sportspersons registered with Jammu and Kashmir Sports Association. Arwa Imtiyaz, a class 11th student from Nowgam started interacting and accompanying the deaf and dumb sportspersons since the age of 12. […]
Residents allege use of substandard material during construction
Anantnag: An under construction drainage being constructed through PMGSY has collapsed in Bonigam area of Kulgam district with people alleging that the contractor in connivance with the authorities resorted to the use of sub standard material. Locals said that we were surprised when they saw the drain collapsed in the village which was constructed a […]
Alarm: Sub standard pesticides making things worse for growers
Shopian: As if the August 5 clampdown and Covid-19 lockdown were not enough to cripple the fruit industry in south Kashmir, another crisis is making things worse for the growers in the entire south Kashmir belt. The mafia involved in selling sub standard pesticides in south Kashmir has added salt on the wounds of fruit […]
Repairs on canal left midway, farmers cry hoarse
Anantnag: The failure of the government to regularly repair and clear the water irrigation canals in different areas of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district has made these canals almost defunct making the farmers suffer huge loses. Residents of different areas of Anantnag said that many important canals were not cleaned or repaired this year, resulting in […]
