Closing highway will be detrimental
In a bizarre move the government has announced to close down the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway for civilian traffic for two days in a week. Though this order will be implemented for two months for now, but the impact it will have on the fragile economy and other related spheres will be mammoth in proportion. The […]
Taking on the corrupt
Fighting corruption and helping it on its way out of the state of Jammu and Kashmir has been one of the main planks of the present dispensation headed by Governor Satya Pal Malik. No wonder then that the administration has handed over the investigation of major scams in Jammu & Kashmir Projects Construction Corp (JKPCC) […]
The bumpy road network
The summer season has arrived and with the arrival of summer season the government has announced the opening of tourism season. Though, the valley is not witnessing a good number of arrivals at this time but the government on its part has already opened up the world famous tulip garden and is well preparing for […]
Failures galore
The debate to address the failure of the state government and the private players to establish institutions of higher learning in the state has never been taken to its logical conclusion. The debate gains momentum once some crisis crops up and dies once the crisis is over. Just last month when students studying in outside […]
Grievance redressal needs to pick up
Every other day the government issues statements about the number of complaints received by various departmental heads and grievance sections set up by the government against various government departments. We also get the number of complaints resolved and an impression is given that the grievance redressal mechanism is working with utmost perfection and commitment. But […]
A humanitarian issue
In 2010 the Omar Abdullah led government offered a scheme for all those who had crossed over to Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) for arms training to come back to their native place and lead normal lives. At least 450 Kashmiri men, who had crossed the Line of Control for arms training from time to time […]
PDD: A miserable failure
It’s summer season in Kashmir and the people fail to come to terms with the power curtailment schedule that has been announced in November last by the Power Development Department (PDD). The PDD department in Kashmir is still implementing the 6 to 16 hour power cuts ranging from area to area. As per the schedule […]
The food (poison) we eat
We all consume food to survive. In today’s world when everyone is hard pressed for time we have taken an easy route to get the food we consume by visiting food outlets or eateries so that we get the things of our choice and that too at our convenience. However, while doing so we fail […]
No movement forward
The Government had in the month of December made public its process of formulating a holistic welfare policy for the transgender persons in the state. The policy was aimed at providing a legal framework for the welfare of transgenders which will include their social inclusion, education, employment, healthcare and other related issues. The Social Welfare […]
The Sharda Peeth gesture
After Kartarpur corridor another positive development has been reported on the India-Pakistan relations front. This time round, Pakistan has announced to open another corridor in the Jammu and Kashmir region that will fulfill a long pending demand of Kashmiri pundits and Hindus. The Pakistan government approved a proposal to establish a corridor that will allow […]
