PEACEFUL RESISTANCE
Mainstream camp in Kashmir is trying to make it self-relevant among the common people as the government has lifted curbs on their political activities especially on the leadership of National Conference. PDP leadership continues to be under curbs and its president Mehbooba Mufti is still detained under PSA from the past 13 months. Recently all […]
RAT TESTS IN KASHMIR
Government has finally decided to introduce a rapid antigen test (RAT) in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly for testing incoming air and road passengers and for contact-tracing in containment zones, is proving to be a game changer in disease containment efforts in the Union Territory. Earlier governments used to block the roads of contaminants zones by […]
CONSERVATION OF HERITAGE
Conservation of heritage wealth in Jammu and Kashmir needs a lot of priority and attention of the government. There is no denying the fact due to the clampdown followed by lockdown, most of the heritage properties remained unattended by the concerned authorities sending alarm bells among the heritage lovers of Kashmir. In this direction recently […]
NEED OF HOUR
With the new LG in Raj Bhawan business community of Kashmir valley is hopeful that the central government will finally send some financial package to bail them out as without any such intervention, the business sectors in Kashmir valley are at the brink of closure. Lockdown has proved to be the last nail in the […]
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
Government run schools in Jammu and Kashmir should have been the top priority of policy makers to improve their infrastructure and their facilities so that the parents would love to send their wards to these schools. UT administration of Jammu and Kashmir should learn from the New Delhi model of government schools as they have […]
NEW DIRECTION
After meeting public delegations in various districts of Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has asked the administration to change its attitude towards the public and their grievances. He said that he will not tolerate unnecessary delay in the offices and the allegations of corruption. Soon after his meetings official spokesman of the government […]
COMMITTEE FORMED
After meeting KCCI delegation Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha assured them that his administration will be responsible only to respond positively to all their grievances and provide them with a financial package so that they can fight back the economic depression which has plagued the business community in Jammu and Kashmir from the past 13 months. […]
DYING DAL
Still waters of Dal Lake are witnessed to its slow death as in this month of August 2020, there is no tourism or activity within the Lake. Like rest of Srinagar city, Dal Lake along its houseboats have yet to see any visitor or tourist in the past 13 months. With no economic activities people […]
GROWING CASES
With each passing day, there are growing numbers of Covid-19 cases in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir in spite of the fact that the government maintained a strict lockdown for more than five months to flatten the curve. Soon after the new LG took over, he directed the administration to ease restrictions on the […]
CRISIS AND SOLUTION
What has the government done in the past five months of lockdown to equip the hospitals of Kashmir to treat Covid-19 patients? With the authorities failing to flatten the curve, now the government has decided to ease the lockdown showing that their previous decisions to keep the population indoors were wrong and ill conceived. Has […]
