Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Demanding renegotiation of pacts with the National Hydro Project Corporation (NHPC),the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today observed that the scrapping of this agreement was important to make the state economically self-reliant. This demand was made by former deputy chief minister Muzaffar Hussain Beig while addressing a one-day seminar on self-rule …
Udhampur: With resentment brewing among residents of Doda and Kishtwar districts over not getting benefits from hydel projects functioning in their areas, the PDP has stepped up its campaign in this connection. While PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed yesterday demanded the scrapping of, what he called, discriminatory and arbitrary agreements …
Foiling a smuggling bid, Forest Protection Force (FPF) have seized 86 Deodar scants (sleepers) in Doda district last evening. Acting on a specific input, a team of FPF under the supervision of Deputy Director (FPF) Bhushan Lal Bhat seized 86 sleepers of Deodar from 48 compartment of village Manoe (Malikpura) …
Iftikhar Gilani NEW DELHI, Jan 27: The Centre is planning to go ahead with constructing another mega power project on river Chenab in Doda district after the completion of Baglihar. In less than a week after putting the controversial 450 MW hydro-power project on the river Kishanganga on fast track, …
The crop productivity in Siwalik rainfed areas including kandi belt of Jammu and Kashmir is very low. To improve the agricultural productivity of these areas, a holistic approach through watershed management project was introduced in early 1990 to manipulate land and water resources more efficiently for better crop production. The …
JAMMU : Pradesh Janta Dal (Secular) expressed concern over the pending work of Bhadarwah-Chamba road despite the release of Rs 80 crores by the central government. As per a press release, its acting president Mast Nath Yogi alleged that since the announcement of the start of work on the said …
India's largest engineering and construction conglomerate L&T; and state-owned National Hydro Power Corporation are working on forming a joint venture, even as the public sector firm received
The new National Mineral Policy (NMP) which seeks to ensure assured right in mineral concessions, envisages foreign direct investment of $2.5 billion annually. "FDI of about $2.5 billion per annum is expected in the mining sector from the fifth year of implementation of the new NMP,' mines minister Sis Ram …
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has asked construction agencies and officers associated with infrastructure development projects to take the fullest advantage of the existing coordination between the central and the State governments leading to liberal funding and implement schemes in the shortest possible time for the benefit of people in …
A contingent of farmers from Doda, Ramban Kishtwar and Poonch districts was flaged off today by the Director of Agriculture, Jammu Vinod Bala Sharma to visit outside the state under 'Technology Mission on Integration Development of Horticulture' As per a press release, the group will also participate in 'Kissan Mela' …
RAMBAN: J&K; Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB) secretary R C Sharma reviewed progress under Rural Employment Generation Scheme (REGS) of the backward districts of Ramban and Doda today. It was informed that KVIB so far have set up 99 units with the bank loans of Rs. 196.99 lakhs and …
From pugmarks to high-tech equipment like satellite imagery and camera-traps. That's how census on wild animals in Jammu and Kashmir is graduating. Come March, and the state Government will undertake two scientific censuses on three wild animals: the highly-endangered hangul, also called the Kashmir stag, the common leopard and the …
Although weather remained clear through out the day, reports of deaths due to avalanches and snow storms continued to pour in from remotest areas of Doda and adjoining mountainous belt. Five more persons have lost their lives due to severe cold and snowstorms during the last 24 hours in different …
J&K; project through: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently granted a stay on a decision by the state government to cancel a contract for the 1,200-MW Sawalakote hydroelectric power project. The project is coming up on the river Chinab in Doda district. Based on a petition filed by the …