Opinion

 Crescent Kashmir

DAL LAKE CONSERVATION

DAL LAKE CONSERVATION

When BJP pulled out its support to the Mehbooba Mufti government in Jammu and Kashmir Dal Lake preservation project was picking pace and the process was going on. When then Governor N.N Vohra started governing from Raj Bhawan he took keen interest in the preservation and cleaning of Dal Lake and held several meetings of […]

 Crescent Kashmir

COVID HOSPITALS

COVID HOSPITALS

With fresh guidelines from health authorities that all those patients who have the symptoms not very visible can stay at their respective homes for the quarantine period and should avoid coming to the hospitals. These measures have been taken by the administration of Jammu and Kashmir in view of the growing number of patients testing […]

 Crescent Kashmir

HANDLING THE CRISIS

HANDLING THE CRISIS

Jammu and Kashmir especially the valley has seen a spike in the Covid-19 cases despite the fact that the government has imposed strict lockdown and fined and jailed hundreds of violators in Srinagar and other parts. What has gone wrong? Has the administration failed to go for rapid testing and instead of combating the crisis […]

 Crescent Kashmir

WILL LG INTERVENE?

WILL LG INTERVENE?

There have been a lot of questions asked by the trade bodies to the decisions of administration and have appealed to the new LG of Jammu and Kashmir not only to review these decisions but also fix the responsibility for such decisions as it has resulted in at least 20 thousand crore losses because of […]

 Crescent Kashmir

NO END TO SUFFERINGS

NO END TO SUFFERINGS

Every limb of life has suffered in Jammu and Kashmir, education, business, health, tourism and industries. In the past thirteen months we have remained mostly indoors courtesy government announcements. No stimulus package or financial intervention so far may force us to come on streets. Government imposed a lockdown in Kashmir in the past five months […]

 Crescent Kashmir

MOUNTING LOSSES

MOUNTING LOSSES

Trade in Kashmir has taken a hit since the central government decided to send additional troops to Kashmir for the abrogation of article 370, on August 5, last year. The administration of J&K gave 24 hours to the tourists and yatries to leave Kashmir before the abrogation hitting hard tourism industry and other allied sectors. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

TRAIL BASIS

TRAIL BASIS

Government has decided to test the waters in Jammu and Kashmir post the abrogation of article 370, for the access to the high speed internet poorly on a trial basis that too only in one district of Kashmir and one district of Jammu to have another assessment of the situation. Though the Supreme Court described […]

 Crescent Kashmir

LOCKDOWN EXTENDED

LOCKDOWN EXTENDED

Administration has decided to extend lockdown for another week in Srinagar giving rising cases of Covid-19 as a reason. Government has been very prompt in clampdowns and lockdowns but has failed to handle restoration in normalcy in Kashmir so far. Earlier the same administration in an apparent push for Amarnath yatra decided to open all […]

 Crescent Kashmir

“GUPKAR GANG”

“GUPKAR GANG”

A senior leader of BJP in a recent television interview called all the former chief ministers and ministers living in Gupkar road of Srinagar as “Gupkar Gang” out to obstruct peace in Kashmir valley. He claimed that common people in Kashmir were happy with the abrogation of article 370, only the politicians with vested interests […]

 Crescent Kashmir

 KARGIL CALLING

 KARGIL CALLING

On the first anniversary of being a separate Union Territory directly under the central command, people of Kargil want to be the part of Kashmir rather than to be the part of new UT. Kargil Congress and National Conference leaders have not only demanded that the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir but they want to […]