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. […]
Zirpora Bijbehara shopkeepers await rehabilitation
Bijbehara: The shopkeepers whose shops were demolished around two months back in Zirpora area of Bijbehara town in Anantnag district await for rehabilitation. The shopkeepers said that before the demolition of their shops the administration asked them to cooperate with them and they will be rehabilitated within 10 days. They added that they cooperated with […]
Three years on, upgraded Sub-centre yet to be made functional as NTPHC
Anantnag: Despite the authorities approving the upgradation of sub-centre Chakoora alongside four other such centres as New Type Primary Health Centre (NTPHC) in 2017-18, the particular health facility continues to function as sub-centre even after a lapse of three years, with authorities failing to give any genuine reason, locals said. They said that in year […]
Bhatnoor Tral residents complain scarcity of potable water
Pulwama: The residents of Bismeni Bhatnoor village in Tral hamlet of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district are facing scarcity of potable water since last several years, the locals said. The residents of the village said that they are forced to drink contaminated water as four existing water reservoirs in the area have developed leakage years back […]
