It may be hard to imagine in this time and age, but a village in Bandipora just 15 kilometers from the district headquarter is without electricity, potable water supply, mobile phone connectivity and a proper road connection to the outside world. Residents of Chandaji village are forced to live a primitive lifestyle without the very […]
Category: Roads
GK IMPACT|Encroachments on Tral-Awantipora road being removed
The district adminstration has started removing encroachments on Tral-Awantipora road here in Pulwama district on Monday following a report carried by the Greater Kashmir about this. The private encroachments had choked this vital road since decades. Greater Kashmir, in its April 22nd edition, had carried a story highlighting how administration during past four years failed […]
Srinagar-Leh highway re-opening gets delayed this year
A team of officials from Ganderbal district administration and police Sunday visited Zojilla Pass to review the status of the Sonamarg-Drass road along the Srinagar-Leh Highway. The team was led by Deputy Commissioner GanderbalHashmat Ali and Senior Superintendent of Police of the district, Khalil Muhammad Poswal. The officials took stock of the road condition from […]
A village without road, potable water, electricity
Vewan village, located on the foothills of famous Harmukh peak in Bandipora district, craves basic facilities like road connectivity, electricity, mobile connectivity and potable water supply, its residents said. “Even in the 21st century we don’t have road connectivity and the irony is that we have to walk through thick forests to reach the village […]
JKSECC hails protesting contractors’ decision to carry road repairs
Jammu and Kashmir Socio Economic Coordination Committee (JKSECC), an amalgam of various trade organisations and civil society formations, has hailed the decision of protesting contractors to carry the roads repairs. The contractors, who have boycotted development works as a protest against government for non release of their pending payments, on the request of civil society […]
2 bridges on Pohru river await completion
The inordinate delay in the completion of two bridges on river Pohru in Drugmulla area here is causing great inconvenience to the residents. The construction work on the 450-meter bridge connecting dozens of villages with Drugmulla was started in 2009. The project that was estimated to cost Rs 6.72 crore is far from completion. The […]
Encroachments along Tral-Awantipora road serve as obstructions
The district administration has failed to remove encroachments along the Tral-Awantipora road near Mukdam Mohalla in Pulwama district, locals complained. Sources in the revenue department said that the administration has several times in the past issued notices to the “encroachers” asking them to remove the “illegal structures” voluntarily “but nothing has been achieved by these […]
One Belt One Road
One Belt One Road (OBOR) Chinese flagship project also known as belt road initiative (BRI) is being woven in global legal order, albeit a changing one. Given the dynamics of change, inherent in one epoch after another, China is gradually working it out subtly, as per studies emerging on the subject in various academic quarters. […]
HIGHWAY CLOSURE: High Court seeks response from Centre, J&K Govt
The High Court Tuesday asked the government of India and the Jammu and Kashmir government to respond to pleas seeking directions to scrap the state government order banning movement of civilian vehicles along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Sunday and Wednesday every week to facilitate movement of security forces. A division bench of Chief Justice […]
India conveys concerns to Pak over presence of Khalistani separatists on Kartarpur panel
India on Friday summoned Pakistan’s deputy high commissioner here and conveyed concerns over the presence of several Khalistani separatists in a committee appointed by Pakistan on the Kartarpur Corridor, sources said. India also asked Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah his country’s stand on on key proposals put forward by New Delhi at the […]
City roads in bad condition, Omar gives vent on Twitter
Former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah took to social media to express his anguish over bad road conditions in summer capital Srinagar. “I cannot remember the last time I saw the roads in Srinagar in such a terrible condition. The road to the airport is worse than a lot of rural roads,” Omar tweeted. Travel on […]
Road projects worth Rs 400 cr in jeopardy as contractors boycott work
Despite the Jammu and Kashmir government has earmarked Rs 400 crore for macadamisation of roads across the state, the announcement of boycott by the contractors on all developmental works due to pending bills has put in jeopardy the important projects and necessary road repairs. After the public works department submitted a detailed report on dilapidated […]