SHIFTING OF OFFICERS

SHIFTING OF OFFICERS

There have been a lot of changes in the functioning of administration in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir which is now two Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.  Apart from growing pandemic Ladakh region is facing shortage of officers after it became a separate Union Territory without any legislature to be […]

LOCAL PRESSURES

LOCAL PRESSURES

Grass root level political workers affiliated with different political parties and elected panchayat members are facing difficult times on ground while functioning in Kashmir valley. A recent window to such conditions was created in the media when three members of the same family working for BJP as local leaders of Bandipora district were killed by […]

WULAR CONSERVATION

WULAR CONSERVATION

Wular conservation projects are already in place but like the preservation projects for the conservation of water bodies in Kashmir this project is going very slow in pace. Frequent disruption in life followed by clampdowns and lockdowns had its impact on the overall help of Wular Lake which is Asia’s biggest freshwater lake available. The […]

DEVELOPMENTAL SCENARIO

DEVELOPMENTAL SCENARIO

Despite repeated clampdowns and lockdowns in Jammu and Kashmir, administration has started fresh efforts for the overall development and for completing many pending projects. Soon after the government eased lockdown in Kashmir valley many half way infrastructure projects were allowed to start work and labor force was also made available for them. Now in Srinagar […]

4G AGAIN

4G AGAIN

The latest about the 4G services in Jammu and Kashmir is that petitioner’s lawyer and the government lawyers locked horns before the judges of Supreme Court whether the top court should move ahead on the plea for the contempt proceedings against Union Home secretary and Chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir for violating the court […]

LOW SPEED INTERNET

LOW SPEED INTERNET

Even after the Supreme Court intervention asking the government to decide the space for freedom of expression and national security while giving its verdict on the continuous ban on 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir since August 5, last year. People of Jammu and Kashmir have been facing a lot of difficulties in different […]

TROOP DEPLOYMENT

TROOP DEPLOYMENT

The Union Government after a series of high level meetings has decided to deploy additional troops in sensitive areas of Kashmir valley all along LoC and also in the Rajouri, Poonch sectors of Jammu region. There have been many incidents of heavy shelling in Rajouri and Poonch sectors apart from many border areas of Kashmir […]

ADDRESSING SHORTAGE

ADDRESSING SHORTAGE

UT administration has been late to address the problem of shortage of construction material as witnessed at many sites after the government lifted Covid-19 lockdown from Kashmir valley. Recently many mega projects could not carry on their work due to the shortage of sand and other construction material as the local sand diggers have been […]

 TOURISM REVIVAL

 TOURISM REVIVAL

UT administration in the recent past has taken a number of steps to bring back life on the track post coronavirus lockdown. In this direction, the government has taken a number of decisions including opening of gardens and parks besides other measures to keep Kashmir valley ready for the tourists. With a spike in coronavirus […]

OFFICES OPEN

OFFICES OPEN

After the delay for the Darbar move, the civil secretariat in Srinagar started functioning but most of the offices have been kept open in Jammu bringing question marks on the entire exercise of Darbar move. Is the Union Government seriously thinking of saying goodbye to this costly exercise in which crores of rupees are spent […]