CS reviews progress of comprehensive sewerage scheme
Chief Secretary, B B Vyas Thursday chaired the State Level High Power Committee meeting of Urban Infrastructure & Governance (UIG) Projects of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Administrative Secretaries of H&UD, PHE and I&FC, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar and other senior officers were present in the meeting. Besides Divisional Commissioner, […]
Minister for strengthening disaster management institutions
Minister for Revenue, Relief, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, and Disaster Management, Abdul Rehman Veeri, today stressed on strengthening disaster management institutions in the State and augmenting requisite infra for effective response to any eventuality. The Minister stated this during a meeting he chaired to review the progress of World Bank funded Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project. […]
Stray dogs continue to make life of Ganderbal residents miserable
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Illegal soil extraction ongoing unstoppably in Budgam
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Qamarwari bridge misses multiple deadlines
The Srinagar’s Qamarwari Bridge has missed the multiple deadlines so far, with the Roads and Building (R&B) department executing only 50 per cent of work since last six years. The construction of the bridge was started in June 2011 at the cost of Rs 9.85 crore and it was to be completed in June […]
Minister reviews progress on Jhelum Flood Spill Channel
Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham Lal Choudhary today inspected the ongoing work on Flood Spill Channel in Srinagar and reviewed the progress Flood Protection works. He was accompanied by Secretary PHE and I&FC Saurabh Bhagat, Deputy Commissioner Budgam Mir Altaf, Chief Engineer I&FC M. H. Lone, Superintending Engineer I&FC, Executive Engineers and […]
Editorial- Crackdowns: Not a good option
The notorious cordon and search operation-crackdowns–are back. This is a worrying development. The crackdowns put people through a lot of inconveniences and caused huge anxiety in the 90s. The security forces would lay siege to populated areas and order people out of their homes, come sunshine or rain. They would make the men parade before […]
SMC sits on road encroachment outside its head office
The failure of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to provide parking facilities in Srinagar city has reached a new low with the department failing to provide facilities outside its own head office in Karan Nagar area. Local residents told Kashmir Vision that SMC’s big claims for Srinagar city have turned futile on the ground. “SMC […]
Class work at GDC Kulgam, SP, MP schools to remain suspended on Friday
As per District administration Srinagar, class work at MP Higher Secondary School and SP Higher Secondary School will remain suspended on on Friday. Terming the suspension as “Precautionary measure,” Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Lone said that “teaching activity in SP Higher Secondary and MP Higher Secondary will remain suspended on Friday.”The class work […]
Clashes in Kulgam, 20 injured
Clashes erupted between government forces and students in Government Degree College Kulgam. According to the sources, 20 students were injured, when forces fired pellets and teargas shells towards the students. Eyewitnesses said that senior journalist Tanveer Ahmad Wani also injured in Kulgam as he received pellet injury in his eye. Sources said that the injured […]
