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 …
6.5 kms Chhatergalla tunnel to reduce 20 km distance JAMMU: After a long wait of nearly 30 years, the people from Doda and Kathua districts will have an all weather double lane road as Border Roads Organisation (GREF) has given the completion target of 2017 of this prestigious Rs 600 …
SRINAGAR: Rs 880 crore gas pipeline project from Gujarat to Jammu and Kashmir will be completed within 36 months. This was revealed by the officials of Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) during the power point presentation made in a high-level meeting chaired by Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman …
Several houses, acres of agricultural land inundated Twenty-four persons trapped in flash floods were rescued on Sunday by the police, the Army and the locals in Samba, Kathua and Jammu districts, where dozens of houses and several acres of agricultural land are still inundated. “Twenty-four people and cattle were rescued …
At least 22 people were trapped in flash floods in Jammu, prompting the authorities to sound an alert in the region. “A flash flood alert has been sounded in Jammu. Due to heavy overnight rains, various rivers in Jammu region are flooded. 22 people and large number of cattle are …
Rs 540-cr project to irrigate 1.05 lakh acres; likely to turn Jammu into foodgrain surplus region Jammu: The ambitious Ravi Canal project, which will draw 1,150 cusecs of water from the Ravi river in Kathua district and irrigate 1.05 lakh acres of agricultural land in the state, is finally cruising …
JAMMU: Keeping in pace with the technology and modern scientific wildlife management tools, the department of Wildlife Protection has introduced latest cameras to be installed in different wildlife sanctuaries in Jammu in order to conserve and protect the wild animals in a scientific method. The Department has recently procured IR …
FPF team recovers 100 sold nug BILLAWAR: Despite blanket ban by the Supreme Court of India on green felling, nearly 200 green Deodar trees have been felled in Machhedi area of Billawar Forest Division. Sources said this felling in a particular Compartment of Billawar Range at Kun Nallah on Billawar-Machhedi …
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday said the state would get its share of water from Punjab following a three decade-long dispute over it. "For the first time in 30 years, the state would be getting its share of water from Punjab's Ranjit Sagar Dam," Minister for Public Health …
Jammu: Nearly 17,000 households have been covered under Remote Electrification Programme (RVE) against the target of 25000 households so far in the State, revealed Minister for Science and Information Technology, Aga Syed Ruhullah, while reviewing physical and financial achievements of the programme at a high level meeting held here today. …
Realising that illegal mining from the Ravi in Kathua district is posing a threat to the road and rail bridges on the Jammu-Pathankot road, the Kathua Deputy Commissioner has imposed Section 144 of the CrPC near the river. Zahida Khan, Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, told The Tribune over the phone that …
JAMMU: The Government has accorded sanction to release of 15.33 crore under SDRF for clearing the liabilities on account of restoration works done in three regions of the State in wake of flash floods, cloudburst and hailstorm. This was informed by the Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla …
Heavy rain accompanied by high-velocity winds and a flash flood claimed nine lives and disrupted life in the Jammu region since last night. Six passengers were killed when a Jammu-bound bus fell into a seasonal rivulet following a flash flood, near Mahanpur village, 5 km from Billawar tehsil of Kathua …
KATHUA: District Development Board, Kathua which met here today under the chairmanship of Minister for Tourism and Culture, Nawang Rigzin Jora approved Rs. 8676.92 lakh district plan for the current financial year. The plan includes Rs. 5301.02 lakh as capital component and Rs. 3375.90 revenue component. Out of the capital …
Sarpanches, panches to be involved in Bani tehsil As the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) has failed to effectively take off in the backward Bani tehsil of Kathua district, the authorities have decided to involve newly-elected sarpanches and panches to make the poverty-alleviation scheme functional in the …
JAMMU, Minister for Public Health Engineering (PHE), Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din on Tuesday directed PHE authorities to increase the daily pumping duration to meet the requirement of potable water, and rationalize the supply as per requirements of each area. The Minister issued the directions while chairing a high …
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 …
Due to heavy rain in the region, six people were killed in two separate incidents of house collapse in Doda district and Bishnah. A policeman was also washed away in flash floods in river Ujh in Kathua district. Constable Patdev Singh was crossing the river when he got caught in …
Stating that the Agriculture sector which had lost its 'glory' in the era of industrialisation, has been brought back into the focus of State's financial scenario, Minister for Agriculture, Gh. Hassan Mir today said the present dispensation has made budget projections after giving heed to the needs of farmer community …
By Gopal Sharma JAMMU, Dec 26: Nearly 250 brick kilns in Kathua, Jammu and Samba districts of the Jammu region are consuming more than eight thousand trucks of green felled fire wood every year as the nexus of green wood smugglers and the key officials in the Forest and Revenue …
