Addressing development concerns
Development has been the key word which the centre as well Governor Jammu and Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik has been promising to the people of the state. No wonder then that the focus of the administration should have been to check the various loopholes and lacunas that have hit the various important schemes and projects […]
The ailing SKIMS
Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences is making news though for wrong reasons always. The ills and the inordinate bureaucratic setup that has been hindering almost all major improvements in this healthcare institution are proving a bane for it. Authorities in SKIMS are almost sitting on all the files which have either to clear proposals to […]
Changing weather patterns
Kashmir has been witnessing an unprecedented weather patterns over the past several years now. This change in the weather patterns have led to various concerns among experts and the common masses here. January this year did not witnessed any rain or snowfall, the first time since 1980, which raised concern about the availability of water […]
Addressing student concerns
Kashmir is witnessing disturbed situation since the past three decades now. Since the situation is no better than it was in 1990 when it took a turn for the worse, most of the parents here preferred to send their wards to institutions spread across various states to seek education and other professional degrees. This trend […]
Boost to health sector needed
The state of affairs in the newly approved medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir, which are five in number finally seems to have got the governments attention. The new medical colleges will be made fully functional as the state government has called for expeditious completion of all necessary infrastructural and other facilities to ensure that […]
The shrinking wetlands
Last week when the newly elected mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation put forth his views on the development of the City during a media interaction, one thing came out clearly-the city and its outskirts are going to witness a change, whether for good or bad only time can tell.But one thing is for sure which […]
Cutting down on uncertainties
Uncertainty in many sectors in the state of Jammu and Kashmir has become a hallmark and the new sector that has been added to this list is the agriculture and horticulture sector. These sectors have been witnessing huge loses primarily due to the disturbed conditions and now the weather is also playing its role to […]
Let us hope you are there this time
The Metrological department in Jammu and Kashmir, especially the valley has predicted yet another bout of snowfall for the Kashmir Valley, however, hopefully the prediction is that as grave as the last one that struck the Valley in the first week of the month proved to be.This time round authorities of various government departments said […]
Let Afghan talks pave the way
Moscow is hosting a major conference to create favourable conditions for the start of direct peace talks with the Taliban whose representatives were present at the meeting which was attended by India as well for the first time.The initiative taken up by Russia and the countries of the region has been started to launch dialogue […]
It really is a calamity
The damages that the untimely snowfall wreaked last week across the valley is huge. Not only was the horticulture and agriculture sector on the receiving end but the infrastructure too suffered a massive dent. In various areas of south Kashmir dozens of villages are still reeling under total darkness as the power sector has suffered […]