Opinion

 Crescent Kashmir

Appeal of trading community

Appeal of trading community

Trading community in recent advertisement said that despite such wash out of seasons, starting from Amarnath land row of 2008, till the present clampdown, they have been paying back the bank loans and also the different taxes of government. They have said that post abrogation of article 370 they have been badly hit and cannot […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Traffic mess

Traffic mess

Not only Srinagar city but most of the townships in Kashmir valley have been witnessing traffic mess in the past several years and the problems is only compounding. The administration is trying to pass on the responsibility from one wing of the government to another and the traffic police is busy in collecting challans to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Further ease

Further ease

Jammu and Kashmir administration has given further ease in the use of internet and social media as the authorities have lifted the ban on the access to the social media but with low speed. According to the authorities access to the social media has been granted to the people but with only 2G speed. Government […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Public outreach

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 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Traffic management

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 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Markhor Conservation

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 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

BJP claim

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 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Sand and pebbles

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 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Development scenario

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 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Discouraging signals

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 […]