WULAR CALLING
Wular Lake is not only one of the biggest lakes of Asia but also helps the government to move the flood waters from this big lake out back in Jhelum. It has the distinction of having connection with a lot of water bodies in North Kashmir including Manasbal Lake and also river Jhelum passes through […]
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
UT administration has been stressing on the public participation for the overall development in Jammu and Kashmir. In the present circumstances especially when the government has re-imposed lockdown in many parts of Srinagar city and other parts of Kashmir valley, to appeal people to participate seems farfetched. However, the government in these difficult times is […]
LOCKDOWN AGAIN
Srinagar city is again under lockdown to arrest the growing trend of coronavirus positive cases. In this direction Strict lockdown restrictions were re-imposed in most parts of Kashmir, including in the city here, there has been a surge in COVID-19 cases in the valley. Strict restrictions have been imposed in Srinagar and other parts of […]
LOC SKIRMISHES
The latest about the LoC in North Kashmir is very disturbing as army spokesman said that there have been fresh attempts in Nowgam sector for infiltration. It is not the only sector which has seen a spike in shelling incidents in the recent past. The central government has decided to deploy more troops on LoC […]
SAND EXTRACTION
While the sand blocks were auctioned and given to many outside firms in Kashmir valley, post easing of lockdown there has been a shortage of sand etc. for the construction work. The local sand diggers have been appealing the government to provide them short term permits so that they can survive with their families for […]
CASH INTERVENTION
Despite all the efforts by the government to revive tourism in Kashmir amid pandemic, thousands of families connected with this trade are waiting for cash intervention by the government to save them for virtual starvation. While the media outlets in New Delhi are talking only about the lockdown period of coronavirus, but Kashmir tourism has […]
DARBAR AT TWO PLACES
This is for the first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir that the Civil Secretariat will function both from Srinagar and from Jammu for the summer months. On Monday, Darbar opened in Srinagar but most of the offices have been open even in Jammu secretariat. Previously the governments used to move the offices […]
MEDIA PROTESTS
After a lot of delay and discussions, finally journalists of Kashmir came on the streets to protest against the media policy drafted by the UT administration recently and said that it was not acceptable to them. Journalists under the banner of J&K Media Guild” staged a protest against Media policy and demanded its immediate rollback. […]
PARENTS APPEAL
Parents of the wards studying in private schools of Kashmir have appealed to the government to intervene at the earliest for the implementation of recent government orders including some court orders so that they get some relief from depositing fees while schools and other educational institutions have remained closed for almost one year now. Parents […]
CONTAINING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
UT administration has been taking a number of measures to contain Covid-19 spread in Jammu and Kashmir and in this direction recently Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, convened a meeting at Civil Secretariat here to review the initiatives of additional strategies to combat Covid-19. Advisor sought feedback from all the Deputy Commissioners regarding steps being taken […]