Development projects in J&K get wings post August 5, 2019
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Development projects in J&K get wings post August 5, 2019. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 9 : In November 2015, Narendra Modi in his second public meeting in Kashmir after becoming the Prime Minister had announced Rs 80,000 crore development package for J&K s development.
The then J&K Chief Minister, late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who shared stage with Prime Minister Modi and was his alliance partner at that point of time, had tried his best to push Modi to soften his stand towards Pakistan and Kashmiri separatists but the Prime Minister had snubbed him by saying, I don t need advice or analysis from anyone in this world on Kashmir. The three mantras of Atal ji. and these will be helpful in moving forward. Kashmiriyat ke bina Hindustan adhura hai . (Without Kashmiriyat, India is incomplete). Sufi tradition has emerged from this land and this tradition has taught us oneness and streng
LG holds discussions to take J&K towards resilient power supply system
LG holds discussions to take J&K towards resilient power supply system
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 20: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today chaired a high level meeting with a team of well-known experts from power sector and senior officials from Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited to revamp the power supply system in J&K, at Raj Bhavan.
BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance Department; Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary, Power Development Department and Information Department and Raja Yaqoob Farooq, MD JKPDCL attended the meeting.
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Wednesday chaired a High-Level meeting with a team of well-known experts from the Power sector and senior officials from Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited to revamp the Power Supply System in J&K, here at Raj Bhavan.
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha chairing high level meeting of team of experts from Power sector
BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance Department; Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary, Power Development Department and Information Department and Raja Yaqoob Farooq, MD JKPDCL attended the meeting.
The team of experts from the power sector was led by Chairperson Board of Directors, IIT Bhubaneswar and former Chairman and MD PGCIL, Dr Rajendra Prasad Singh.
Snow In January
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A view of Lal Chowk during heavy snowfall, in Srinagar, on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. KL Image by Bilal Bahadur
As the year’s first snowfall draped Kashmir, beginning on January 2, life came to a standstill with people and the administration both choosing to stay homes till sunshine brought back the sheen to the streets.
The people reacted to the snowfall as per their own requirements: tourists were happy that they will have fun;
Harisa-makers were excited that they will have better footfalls; workers in PDD, SMC, and the PHE had their share of the crisis in managing the impact of the mess. People, by and large, were tense because snow, especially a heavier fall, seriously compromises the services. That was perhaps why, amidst a congratulatory campaign on social media, people responded in a way as if a calamity had hit Kashmir.
Sgr-Jammu highway shut for 6th day today but airport now open; PK Pole says all services will be restored by today evening
Srinagar: Power supply in most of Kashmir was restored but roads still lay under snow even in Srinagar on Thursday. The divisional administration said that all essential services were expected to be restored completely by Friday across Kashmir.
The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained shut for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday but flights resumed after four days at Srinagar Airport, bringing relief to thousands of passengers, especially tourists, stranded in Kashmir.
The heavy snowfall over the past few days has left normal life crippled across Kashmir valley. The movement of vehicles was thin on the roads due to the slippery conditions created by snow. People in Srinagar city complained that even after so much time, no robust work of snow clearance was visible anywhere in the city, with the lanes and bylanes wearing the same odd look of accumulated sn