Students, parents stage protest over shortage of staff at GHS Thaman Verinag

Anantnag: Just a day after school reopened after a long break due to Covid-19 in Kashmir, students of Government High School Thaman and their parents staged a protest alleging shortage of teachers. Locals locked the school gate and raised slogans against the higher authorities for failing to address the matter despite bringing the matter into […]

Unsafe Sakhras-Fudda bridge gives tough time to commuters

Anantnag: The closure of Bailey bridge for vehicular movement at Sakhras in Srigufwara area of Anantnag district is giving tough time to commuters. Locals from Sakhras, Fudda, Srigufwara and its adjacent areas said that bridge on Lidder Nallah at Sakhras was closed for vehicular movement in January this year. They said since then people of […]

Heavy Snowfall: Electricity restored in most parts of south Kashmir

PDD on toes to restore electricity in all areas: Officials

Anantnag: Most parts of the south Kashmir barring Kulgam district have witnessed restoration of electricity after hectic efforts by the PDD officials on ground, however, there are some parts in Anantnag, Pulwama and Shopian and most part of Kulgam which were yet to receive electricity. The officials in Anantnag district have managed to restore power […]

Bijnari Khrew residents rue lack of basic facilities : Demand intervention of higher ups

Pulwama: The residents of Bijnari Khrew area of Pampore hamlet in south Kashmir’s Pulwama are up against the local administration for failing to providing basic facilities in the area. The people of the area said that they are facing shortage of drinking water since decades but no attention is being provided towards this grave issue. […]

Power woes end in Anantnag as much awaited receiving station commissioned

Anantnag: After a long wait of around four year, the power receiving station at Ara Khushipora in Anantnag district has been made functional which has ended power paucity in the area. An official working on the project said that it was part of Prime Ministry Development Package and approved under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana […]

Anantnag residents decry water shortage, stage protest

Anantnag: Residents of Anderwan and Alchiward villages in Anantnag area staged a protest demonstration against the shortage of drinking water supply in their area since many years now, reports said. The aggrieved residents including women and children shout slogans against Public Health Engineering (PHE) department for failing to provide them potable water supply. The residents […]

Five years on, vital bridge in Bijbehara awaits completion

Anantnag: Despite a lapse of over five years, the Roads and Buildings department has failed to complete a vital bridge in Gantalipora area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag. Strong resentment is brewing among locals against inordinate delay in completion of the project, reports said. Mohammad Amin, a local said that the work on the […]

Patalbagh Pampore residents demand repair of road

Pulwama: The residents of Patalbagh in Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have appealed higher authorities to repair the main road in the area. Locals said that the road was macadamised some 10 years back and since then no macadamisation has taken place. They said that due to dilapidated condition of the road, they […]

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 […]