Public outreach
LG Murmu has recently directed the authorities to reach out to common people in Jammu and Kashmir as there has been lot of uncertainty and panic due to the growing threat of corona virus. Apart from helpline and setting up of control rooms even at the district levels, checkpoints and screening points have been set […]
Traffic management
Traffic management is still a huge problem in Srinagar city, despite all the efforts by authorities to make it smooth. In the past several months traffic police has been virtually fining all the vehicles including two wheelers on the streets of Srinagar in order to maintain the order on streets and avoid logjams. Traffic police […]
Markhor Conservation
Memories in politics are short lived so are in the files of newspapers. Markhor conservation came in focus when the authorities were refusing to start the work on Mughal Road project connecting Shopain with Rajouri and providing alternate highway for the people of Kashmir. The authorities said that a conservation group of Markhor has got […]
BJP claim
BJP National General Secretary recently told media that every leader in his party wants situation in Jammu and Kashmir to become conducive for political process so that normal political activities like elections could be held in the newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Defending the arrest of three former chief ministers he […]
Sand and pebbles
There are no visible signs of the government in the rural areas of Kashmir especially after the clampdown started by the authorities post abrogation of article 370 on August 5, 2019. It has resulted huge damage to the environment and to the delicate balance which was being maintained in the snow fed streams in entire […]
Development scenario
Administration in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has taken lot of decisions in the recent past to accelerate the developmental projects and also sanctioned hundreds of new projects to get better connectivity for the overall development and promotion. Recently under the direction LG Murmu, Development Finance Corporation Limited (JKIDFC) a newly created Government […]
Discouraging signals
Recently some media reports quoted figures from Union Tourist Ministry about the dismal performance of tourism sector in Kashmir valley. In the run-up to the decision of the abrogation of Article 370, the Centre issued an advisory asking tourists and Amarnath pilgrims to immediately leave the region. This advisory resulted in huge losses to the […]
Tourism on decline
Since the abrogation of article 370, on August 5, 2019, there has been virtually no tourism in Jammu and Kashmir. Tourism has been on decline not only in Kashmir valley but the impact is visible even in Jammu region. The clampdown of the government post abrogation of article 370 along with ban on internet resulted […]
New Farming
Jammu and Kashmir is far behind in the latest techniques of productive farming especially integrated farming and different government wings responsible for bringing such revolution on ground are still acting in the old bureaucratic manner. In such scenario few awareness camps in some villages will not bring the change which is the need of hour […]
Hope in Air
People of Jammu and Kashmir are looking for a bright spring after a long haul of winter. Economy is totally out and down. There are no signs of any activity on the ground and most of the borrowers of different financial institutions have not been able to repay their debts. Tourism sector is in a […]