Budgam residents protest against PDD
Dept to lodge FIR against villagers for 'hijacking' transformer
Budgam, Jan 14: The residents of Warpora here staged a protest on Monday against Power Development Department (PDD) for depriving them of electricity. Assembling outside Deputy Commissioner Budgam’s office amidst anti-PDD sloganeering, the protesting residents said that from the last 45 days, they are without electricity. “The transformer feeding electricity to our village isn’t supplying […]
Non functional blood bank at Budgam hospital puts lives to risk
Budgam: The blood storage unit of Budgam’s Aga Syed Yousuf Memorial (ASYM) district hospital has been dysfunctional from the last two months, forcing patients, in need of blood transfusion, to visit Srinagar hospitals. Hospital sources told Kashmir Images that the refrigerators of a blood bank suffered damage two months back due to short circuit and […]
Six decade old Budgam School registers 0% result in 10th
BUGROO (BUDGAM), JANUARY 09: Another educational institution in Budgam namely Government Secondary School Bugroo has joined Sitharan School in showing bleak performance in the annual class 10 results. Established before six decades in 1957 on Budgam-Khansahib road and upgraded to Secondary level in 2010, Bugroo School has a roll of around 55 students with nine […]
Girl commits suicide after failing in 12th class exams in Budgam
Budgam, Jan 09: A girl (name withheld) allegedly committed suicide after failing in recently declared class 12th results here in Beerwah area. A resident of Chewdara village of Beerwah consumed some poisonous substance at her home on last night, reports said. She was rushed to sub-district hospital Beerwah after her condition deteriorated she was referred […]
Construction work for MANUU campus begins in Budgam, but without approach road
‘Campus site lacks proper approach road and it is very difficult to carry the construction material’
Budgam, Jan 08: After five years and seven months of dilly-dallying, the construction work on satellite campus of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) campus has finally started in Budgam. “We have started work on the boundary wall of the campus and work won’t be stopped as we sorted out the issue with locals. We’ll […]
Khag villages in Budgam get electricity for 3-4 hours in week, allege residents
Budgam, Jan 06: Alleging that Power Development Department (PDD) Budgam has forgotten them, the residents of Khag area here complained that they are getting insufficient electricity from the past two months. Villagers told Kashmir Images that far-flung Sitharan, Drang, Habar, Lasipora, Batpora, Kangripora, Chill, Brass, Zoogu, Kharien and Ringizabal are being provided power supply only […]
Budgam youth’s snow sculpture depicts pain of Kashmiris
Sculpting snow not for fun!
Budgam, Jan 05: Every time when it snows in Kashmir, people come out to carve snow designs just for fun or some other reason; but in Budgam a youth did something out of the box by making “Statue of Pain”, which according to him depicts the pain and sufferings of Kashmiris. Keeping in view the […]
JKBOSE Exams: Budgam School registers zero result for class 10
‘No student could pass more than three subjects’
Sitharan (Budgam), Jan 03: The pathetically poor performance of Government Secondary School, located in the foothills of Tosamaidan, in the recently declared class 10th results has clearly revealed the deep crisis of Kashmiri’s lower education system. Falling in education zone Khag, a total of 16 students of Government Secondary School Sitharan had appeared in the […]
Started in Nov, Budgam-Srinagar cab service via Bemina vanishes in one month
Budgam, Jan 02: Inaugurated with much fanfare in the last week of November 2018 by Regional Transport Officer Kashmir (RTO) and concerned Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO), the Budgam-Srinagar cab service via Bemina, has disappeared from the route in just a month. After the light motor vehicle service for passengers was kick started, commuters thanked […]
Khansahib villages stage protest against PDD
‘Thousands of households are plunged into darkness due to overload on Beerwah power station’
Budgam, Jan 01: The residents of more than half dozen Khansahib villages on Tuesday blocked several roads including Khansahib-Beerwah road in protest against Power Development Department (PDD) Budgam for not connecting the area to Waterhail power receiving station. Amidst anti-PDD slogans, the protesting villagers of Zabigulla, Chanapora, Kralnewa, Ramhuma, Honjigora, Gundipanh and Chratoo said that […]
