Residents of Old Gagribal here have demanded safety measures for network of HT wires passing from Masjid Hanfia to Receiving Station.
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Greater Kashmir
Sopore, Zaingeer residents decry poor power supply
Inhabitants of Sopore town and Zaingeer belt in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Tuesday complained that the areas were facing worst power cuts for the past one month.
KCSDS opposes handing over of Rattle power project to NHPC
Kashmir Centre for Social and Development Studies (KCSDS) has taken a strong note of the present administration’s move for what it called “yet another sell out” of a viable power project Rattle to the NHPC.
Govt to facilitate direct flights to metropolitans from J&K: Advisor Ganai
J&K Government is ready to facilitate private airlines to operate more direct flights from Srinagar and Jammu airports to different metropolitan cities like Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata.
Work on Z-Morh tunnel remains ‘suspended’
The excitement brought by the commencement of work on Z-Morh tunnel among people in Ganderbal district is fast waning as work on the prestigious project has been severely hit owing to the “financial crisis” faced by its main executing agency, the infrastructure leasing and financial services (IL&FS), an official source said Tuesday.
Zojila tunnel: NHIDCL initiates rebidding ahead of PM’s J&K visit
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir, the national highways and infrastructure development corporation has started the re-bidding process for construction of the 14-km-long Zojila tunnel on the Srinagar-Leh highway after the government of India scrapped an earlier contract awarded to the crisis-hit infrastructure leasing and financial services (IL&FS).
PM to visit Leh, Srinagar, Jammu on February 3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Jammu and Kashmir on February 3 to lay foundation of developmental projects worth more than Rs 41,000 crore, an official source said Tuesday.
Nirmala Sitharaman to inaugurate 331-metre-long Bein bridge in Samba
Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will inaugurate the strategically important 331-metre-long Bein bridge here in mid-February, an officer said Tuesday.
Now, decks being cleared to hand over J&K Rattle power project to NHPC
With Jammu and Kashmir under president’s rule, decks are being cleared for setting up a new joint venture company between the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and J&K power development corporation for execution of 850-MW Rattle hydropower project, a source said on Monday.
Messy Uri road irks commuters
The Srinagar-Uri highway is in a shambles and the state administration has failed to restore it, local residents say.
Highway expansion plan goes awry
In the past three years, mere 15 percent work has been completed on four-laning of the Banihal-Ramban stretch of the Srinagar-Jammu highway, even as the deadline for the project is ending this year.
Z-morh tunnel work in crisis
The work on the 6.5-km-long Z-morh tunnel on the Srinagar-Kargil highway, which was halted in July last year after the executing agency ran into financial troubles, is likely to miss the 2020 deadline.