Football players demand separate football ground in Anantnag town
Anantnag: Football players in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district have demanded a separate football stadium in the district. The players said that the ground at main town Anantnag is very small and both cricket and football can’t be played at the same time in the ground. “There are hundreds of sports lovers and players are associated […]
Shopian residents demand repairing of Mohanpora-Imamsahib road
Shopian: The residents of Mohanpora and its adjacent areas have demanded repairing of vital Mohanpora-Imamsahib road. The residents of the area said that part of the road was macadamised last year, however, part of it was left out and the remaining part is making commuting a hard exercise. They added that part of the road […]
10 years on, mega lift irrigation scheme awaits completion in Pulwama
Pulwama: Even after a lapse of around a decade, a mega lift irrigation scheme in Chakoora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district is awaiting completion due to which local farmers are suffering. Locals said that around a decade back and after repeated deliberations, a scheme was approved for the area and work too was kick […]
Pathar Tral residents seek availability of potable water
Pulwama: The residents of Pathar Gulshan Pora area in Tral hamlet of south Kashmir’s Pulwama are up in arms against the PHE department for failing to provide drinking water facility to the area. The residents of Pathar said that that they don’t have any potable water facility in the area due to which they have […]
Dangling electric wires, decaying electric poles pose threat to residents
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 Paribal area of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The residents of the area alleged that they are living under constant fear due to low lying electric wires […]
Poor cellular network irks Pahalgam residents
Pahalgam: The subscribers of private telecommunication companies like Jio and Airtel and even BSNL have complained about erratic calling and Internet services in Mamal and Mandelan areas of Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The residents of Mamal and Mandelan villages which according to locals consist of around 400 households have been suffering in absence […]
Narrow Sarbal bridge chokes traffic on Anantnag-Pahalgam road
Pahalgam: A narrow bridge on the road leading to picturesque tourist spot Pahalgam chokes traffic on the highway which leads to massive traffic jams, locals and tourists have alleged. The bridge at Sarbal just around two kilometers from Pahalgam is very vital as all the vehicles coming to and fro from Pahalgam have to pas […]
Chattisinghpora Anantnag residents demand potable water
Anantnag: The residents of Sheikh Mohalla Chattisinghpora in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district have demanded supply of potable water in their area. The residents of the area said that they don’t have any potable water facility due to which they have been suffering since decades. In absence of any drinking water facility, we are forced to […]
Hajan-Satoora road in shambles, locals demand macadamisation
Pulwama: The vital road connecting several villages with Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district is in shambles for past several years with authorities falling to repair it, locals said. They said that the road is in a dilapidated condition and the concerned authorities have been turning a blind eye towards it and have not taken […]
Three years on, sanctioned WSS in Awantipora fails to take off
Awantipora: Even after a lapse of over three years, work on the water supply scheme in Kaigam village in Awantipora hamlet of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district has not taken off, locals alleged Thursday. The residents of the area said that they do not have any potable water facility available in the area due to which […]