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 …
Receiving Stns, transformers developing snags frequently JAMMU, Though several crores of rupees have been spent on the name of reforms in the power sector in Jammu and Kashmir during the past some years yet this important sector continues to be ailing with receiving stations, transformers and other components of distribution …
The combine harvesters used in Punjab are in much demand by wheat farmers of the Jammu region and have made the manual harvesting a thing of the past. Besides the less cost involved in harvesting and thrashing of the wheat crop with a combine harvester, the scarcity of farm labourers …
JAMMU, Apr 24: Reiterating Government's determination for providing better basic amenities to the people of the State, Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla today said Government has introduced several modern projects across the State to meet the basic requirements of the people, adding worth crores of rupees have …
JAMMU, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Wednesday underlined the need of a comprehensive and well structured policy for Disaster Management in the State to deal with incidents of natural calamities and disasters appropriately. "All the necessary requirements of 3Ps (prevention, preparedness and proofing) and 3Rs (rescue, relief and rehabilitation) should …
Jammu, Minister for Rural Development, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Sagar has said that State and Divisional level monitoring cells would be set up to ensure speedy and transparent implementation of MGNREGA. The Minister was addressing the 3rd State Employment Guarantee Council meeting here today. Calling for effective …
New Delhi: With rains and hailstorm lashing Punjab and Haryana for the second day, the weather continued to worry farmers as well as the government keeping a watch on the wheat harvest for the season. The meteorology department has predicted that the rains would fade over the week and temperatures …
JAMMU, Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla, today said Government is launching several reformative measures to better living standards of urban slum population of the State. This was stated by the Minister while interacting with locals after assessing the development related problems of the residents of Kaccha Talab …
JAMMU, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday underlined the need for comprehensive and balanced development of twin capital cities and towns in the State keeping in view the challenges on account of sewerage, drainage, transport, parking, housing and commercial activities. Chairing a high level meeting to take brief about the …
JAMMU, Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal today asked the concerned agencies to work out solutions to the bottlenecks coming in the way of on time completion of Rs. 262.15 crore sewerage treatment projects in the mission cities of Jammu and Srinagar. Chairing a review meeting in this regard, the Chief Secretary …
JAMMU, Mar 10: While nearly 14,359 hectare of Forest land has been grabbed in the State in last over two decades, the districts of Jammu, Rajouri, Poonch in Jammu and Anantnag in Kashmir have topped in the list of Government land grabbing. The issue was raised in the Upper House …
Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal today asked the concerned departments to take due care of environmental and ecological concerns while settling the cases of forest clearance for development projects. Charing the 55th Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) meeting here today, the Chief Secretary suggested undertaking surveys by concerned departments of the forest …
Jammu, Mar 7: Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din said that the Government intends to work out a comprehensive rain harvesting plan in near future to address the challenge of conservation of water bodies in the State. He was replying to a question by Mohammad Yousuf Taing …
RS Pura (Jammu): Even as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that the government is working for the betterment of the farming community, farmers of 169 villages in Bishnah and RS Pura tehsils of Jammu district are yet to receive compensation for losses suffered by them due to hailstorm in …
Farmers in the border belt of the Jammu region are a harried lot because yellow rust, a fungal disease, has affected more than 60 per cent of their wheat crop. Farmers in the RS Pura, Samba, Hiranagar and Kathua areas now fear that they may lose the entire crop, if …
Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din today said that two hydro-electro projects namely Dul Hasti and Baglihar under the implementation of Water Regulatory Authority Act will generate Rs. 331.70 crore. He was replying to the question by Khalid Najib Suharwardy in Legislative Council during Question Hour today. …
Mule dung menace to become energy source JAMMU, Feb 10: Though it remained a menace for decades together yet several tonnes of mule dung being littered every day on 13 kilometers track of holy cave shrine of Shri Mata Vaishnodevi, is shortly going to become a source of energy generation …
Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway disrupted due to landslide Life came to a standstill after a moderate snowfall on the upper reaches and heavy rain across the Jammu region today. The heavy rainfall in the region resulted in a flash flood. Six members, including two children, of a family …
Jammu, Feb 1: A meeting of the Executive Committee of Channi Himmat Residents Association was held under the chairmanship of its president V.K.Grover in which situation arising out of disruption caused in anti encroachment drive of Green Belt and its restoration launched by the J&K; Housing Board and various State …
To cope with the power shortage in the state, the Centre has decided to set up a 1,000 MW power generation station in Pathankot in Punjab. Addressing a function organised by the Pradesh Congress Committee in connection with the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi here today, the Union Power Minister, …
