Tral residents demand compensation before construction of road
Pulwama: Residents of Aripal belt in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday staged a peaceful protest and demanded compensation before the government executes of work on a proposed road in Aripal. Locals from Gizbal, Lam, Soinad and its adjacent areas in Aripal tehsil said that the government recently marked land for the […]
Floriculture Park lying in shambles in Anantnag village
Anantnag: A floriculture park in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district is lying in shambles as authorities have not started work again on this park after the clampdown announced in August last year when the erstwhile state was downgraded to a UT. Locals from Halmulla and Sethar area of Anantnag said that park located on the banks […]
Bijbehara residents ‘forced’ to drink contaminated water
Anantmag: Residents of Semthan and Tulkhan villages in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district are up in arms against Jal Shakti Department for allegedly supplying contaminated water to them. The residents alleged that they are supplied contaminated and unfiltered drinking water by the Jal Shakti department from River Jehlum as there is no filtration […]
Dangling electric wires, decaying electric poles pose threat to villagers
Pulwama: Dangling electric wires tied with trees, worn out wooden poles are posing grave threat to the lives of people as well as to their property in several villages of Litter tehsil of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The residents of Litter, Niloora, Rakh, Zahid, Bagh, Darbagh and its adjacent villages alleged that they are living […]
Bumper paddy yield, farmers feel relieved
Pulwama: Farmers in south Kashmir are a delighted lot after recording a bumper paddy yield this year. Farmers hailing from different areas of south Kashmir said that this year the produce was disease free and the yield too was very high as compared as last few years. Ghulam Mohiuddin, a farmer from Kakapora area of […]
Customers allege loot by BSNL Fiber service providers in Kulgam
Kulgam: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited(BSNL) Fibre vendors are charging exorbitantly from customers who are approaching for installing fiber connection for internet services in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Customers from different areas of the district said that a fiber vendor JK Satellite network communication and others are looting customers on different pretexts for getting broadband connections. […]
BDC, Sarpanches stage protest in Pulwama
Say they were not allowed to be part of B2V3
Pulwama: BDC Lassipora along with Sarpanches and panches on Tuesday protested against the administration for not letting them to participate in back to village programme phase 3 held in their villages. “I am a true Indian and fought Panchayat and BDC elections by risking my life so that I may work for the betterment and […]
Decades on, construction of Pahalgam-Tral stretch still incomplete
Pulwama: Though several decades have passed since residents of Pahalgam belt in Anatnag district and Tral belt in Pulwama district have been demanding the construction of Tral-Pahalgam road but on ground nothing has been done to address their demand. Residents of Lihindajan, Walarhama, Sallar, Kular, Liver and its adjacent areas in Pahalgam belt and Bugmud, […]
14 years on vital Dogripora-Awantipora bridge awaits completion
Pulwama: Even after the lapse of 14 years, a vital bridge on river Jehlum at Dogripora in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district is awaiting completion. Locals said that the foundation of the bridge was laid in 2006 during PDP-Congress regime, however, since then 14 years have passed and even 40 percent of the […]