PDD’s negligence may prove ‘deadly’ for Budgam’s Hillmissiom village
People in Hillmissiom village of district Budgam are living under constant fear due to the deterioration of electric poles and low lying electric wires here. Villagers told Kashmir Images that the high tension wires here in Hillmissiom village are in close contact with the rooftops of their houses. “The electric transmission wires are hanging loose […]
Budgam: 2 injured due to electric shock
Budgam, Mar 31: Two persons suffered injuries due to electric shock after coming in contact in with a live high tension wire in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday. Reports said they were travelling atop a passenger bus when they came in contact with the wire in Watrehail area. Police identified the duo as Shabir […]
2 persons electrocuted in Budgam village
Budgam: Two persons travelling on bus roof here in Waterhail village Saturday sustained serious injuries after they came in contact with a live electricity wire. Both the injured who received electric shock were shifted to Aga Syed Yousuf Memorial district hospital, where from the duo were referred to SKIMS, Srinagar for further treatment. Hospital officials […]
Budgam boy turns his personal land into playground
… but is anybody noticing this gesture?
Budgam: At a time when prices of land are touching skies and people are seen doing everything fair and foul to hold on to as much as they can, here is a young boy who has turned in 22 kanals of his priced land to make a playground of it. Riyaz Ahmed Bhat, a postgraduate, […]
With new twist, BMO Budgam salary scam is back!
Budgam, Mar 27: Having failed to act in the face of a salary scam in the Block Medical Office (BMO) Budgam, the concerned Chief Medical Officer (CMO), just to save his skin, is now claiming that he had already initiated action against the accused Senior Assistant three days prior to the expose of fraud by […]
Budgam Hospital performs maiden surgery
Budgam, Mar 27: Doctors at the Aga Syed Yousuf Memorial (ASYM) district hospital here achieved a major feat when they performed a procedure which they claim was done for the first time in the Valley. Dr Arshad Rashid, the Consultant Laparoscopic Surgeon (CLS), who was heading the surgery team said: “Our hospital became the first […]
PHE supplies contaminated water to Beerwah villages
When public health turns into public ‘unhealth’
Beerwah, Mar 24: Raising serious health concerns, people in Beerwah Budgam are up in arms against the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department for supplying over two dozen villages of the sub-district with contaminated and unfiltered drinking water. “We are compelled to drink contaminated water from a reservoir constructed decades back in Chanapora village,” locals said. […]
Budgam Muslims request Pandits to return
On 21st anniversary of Sangrampora massacre
Budgam, Mar 20: Remembering the seven Kashmiri Pandits who were killed by ‘unknown gunmen’ on this day in 1997, Muslims living here in adjoining villages of Sangrampora called upon their Pandit brethren to return to their native places, particularly Sangrampora. “We request all the Pandits, who have left their ancestral places to come back and […]
Govt attaches BMO Budgam over salary scam
Budgam, Mar 19: The government on Monday attached Block Medical Officer (BDO) Budgam, following the alleged embezzlement in the Block Medical Office. Director Health Services Kashmir has attached BMO vide order no. 219/ Gaz of 2018, dated 19-03-2018. “Pending final outcome of enquiry into the embezzlement made in Block Budgam, in-charge BMO is hereby attached […]
No transport facility in Budgam, commuters suffer
Budgam: People in Budgam have expressed their strong resentment against district administration for ‘snatching’ transport facility from them. “We are compelled to walk 3-4 Kms everyday to get a cab and the students, patients and old-aged persons are the worst sufferers,” a group of commuters said. They said that after the administration relocated bus […]
