Unwise Proposal
Closure of Jammu Airport
In a unilateral decision, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has proposed closure of the Jammu airport for civilian traffic for 15 days next month for runway resurfacing work. Officials said that Air Force Station, Jammu wants complete closure of the runway for 15 days towards laying of final two top DAC-II layers on the runway […]
Teach them no to lie!
Every year with the onset of autumn in Kashmir, people of the valley are told that the administered all geared up to face the upcoming winter. At the end of each meeting, which are held almost on daily basis to review what is, in the official parlance, known as ‘winter preparedness’, people are told that […]
Empower and activate SMC
Srinagar, it goes without saying is one of the dirtiest cities today. This winter the huge mounds of snow were left there to melt of its own, with nobody from among the civic authorities bothering to dispose it off as used to be case in the past. So the situation is such that the melting […]
Messed up city!
The Srinagar city has for long been the city of neglect. Take the case of its roads and streets, for instance. Not only are they in pathetically bad shape, but even the traffic mess on them is such that it has become somewhat unmanageable. Though few roads stretches were favoured with a fresh coat of […]
Resurrection of tourism
As the Covid-19 has impacted every sphere of life in Kashmir like rest of the world, the developmental process too has come to a halt here. Kashmir’s economy was already shattered following the lockdown post August 2019 and Covid-19 spread added further to the troubles of the masses. Now that the Covid-19 restrictions have been […]
Joblessness is the challenge
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said his focus is on providing job opportunities to 80 percent of the young population within the next five years. He made this assertion while delivering a keynote address at the Harvard US-India Initiative (HUII) annual conference virtually. He said that he would like to see each child of […]
Intra departmental coordination is a must
Smart City Project
There is too much talk about Srinagar and Jammu being developed as smart cities and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, during a meeting of all concerned on Thursday, has called for executing the ambitious projects expeditiously. He stressed on timely completion of the Smart City projects, and passed specific directions to the concerned officers for completion […]
Restoring Statehood
Political parties, both in Jammu and Kashmir and on national level have been demanding the restoration of statehood. Almost every regional party in Jammu and Kashmir has time and again, in different ways, approached to the union government in this regard. In Rajya Sabha, senior Congress leader and former J&K Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad […]
Budget 2021-22: Listen to the people
Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has thanked the union government which announced the maiden gas pipeline project to be taken up in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The mega project will be part of the Union government’s plan to add 100 more districts of the country in next three years to the City Gas […]
Connectivity is the key
The Lt Governor administration has made a fresh claim that the work on the 8.4 km Navayuga Tunnel, on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which will connect Banihal directly to Qazigund is nearing completion and the tunnel is expected to be inaugurated in the month of March 2021. This claim was made during a meeting held to […]