Catering to 3500 households, Budgam’s vital PHC functions only for 6 hours
Surasyar (Budgam), Dec 31: The Primary Health Centre (PHC) Surasyar in Chadoora area of Budgam district is giving tough time to thousands of people as it remains open only from 10 am to 4 pm. Around 17 kms from Chadoora and 27 kms from Budgam townships, Surasyar PHC has a sound infrastructure and is equipped […]
State Forest Corporation conveniently overlooks BPL families in timber sales!
Srinagar, Dec 26: Even as the laid down rules guarantee certain benefits to the people coming from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families, however, the State Forest Corporation is conveniently sidelining these poor households in distribution of timber. The State Forest Corporation (SFC), which is supposed to provide timber to BPL families at concessional rates, is […]
MANUU campus victim of BJP’s vindictive politics, PDP acted spectator: Aga Ruhullah
Budgam, Dec 24: National Conference (NC) chief spokesperson and former legislator, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Sunday lambasted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for hampering the construction of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) campus in Budgam which was inaugurated in 2013. In response to a story titled “5 years on, govt fails to start construction […]
5 years on, govt fails to start construction of MANUU campus in Budgam
Budgam: This is Kashmir — the construction work on satellite campus of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), which was inaugurated in May 2013 in district Budgam’s Patwaw village, has not started yet. After the inaugural ceremony, the student community, particularly the Urdu-lovers, were excited as they felt that having a central university in the […]
Citing issues with design, R&B dept stops construction of bridge in Magam
Locals say the water level of Ferozpora Nallah is low and it is a right time to resume work
Budgam, Dec 22: Instead of gearing up the construction work on the vital bridge in Magam area of Budgam, the Roads and Buildings (R&B) department has stopped the construction citing some issues with design of the bridge. Residents of Magam said that the R&B started constructing bridge over the Ferozpora Nallah before two months and […]
“Chai” is the code word for corruption at Lalla Ded hospital!
Administrators believe they’re doing enough when actually they do nothing!
Srinagar, Dec 20: Even as the government does not charge money from patients here at Kashmir’s lone maternity Lalla Ded Hospital, but people are forced to grease the palms of employees for almost every single service right from getting admitted to discharge from the hospital. The plaques installed on the walls of the hospital reading […]
Govt fails to fill vacant Principal position at BHSS Budgam
The former principal was removed in June after students clamored for his ouster
Budgam, Dec 17: The Government Boys Higher Secondary School (BHSS) Budgam is running without a principal from the past six months, which has hit the functioning of school. The former principal was removed in June after students protested against him for using derogatory language. But till date, government has left BHSS headless and made students […]
Vox Popli: Kashmir and the ‘Wall of Kindness’!
‘Wall of Kindness’- the first of its kind initiative was seen in Mashhad Iran in the year 2015 when Iran was facing an economic crisis and many people were living a life of poverty and desolation so much so that they were unable to buy even clothing for themselves. The concept spread rapidly across the […]
Choking space at LD Hospital traumatizes new mothers
…and government says it’s doing great in healthcare sector!!
Srinagar, Dec 13: While the state government continues making tall claims about healthcare sector in the state, Kashmir’s main maternity Lala Ded (LD) Hospital mocks at such claims as due to paucity of space and infrastructure, the authorities here have to accommodate even four patients on one single bed. “New mothers, along with their newborns […]
Woman delivers stillborn at LD; family alleges ‘negligence’ of doctors at Budgam hospital
Budgam, Dec 12: The family members of a woman who delivered a stillborn baby at Lal Ded (LD) hospital Srinagar blamed doctors of Aga Syed Yousuf Memorial (ASYM) district hospital for the death of a newborn. Feroz Ahmad, a resident of Budgam township told Kashmir Images that after his wife developed labour pain on Monday […]
