SRINAGAR, Sep 22: If all goes as planned, the streets of Srinagar may soon be illuminated as the Srinagar Municipal Corporation is contemplating to install street lights across the city.

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JAMMU, Mar 10 - Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti has sought the extension of agriculture loan waiver facility, recently announced in the union budget, to the horticulture sector

To deal with water scarcity in Sai Khurd in Suchetgarh, the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development Ch. Gharu Ram today laid foundation of a Bore Well at Sai Khurd to be completed at a cost of Rs. 80.41 lakh under Water Supply Scheme, the well will have capacity of drawing 20000 gallons of underground water per hour. Addressing a gathering on the occasion, the Minister said that on the commissioning the well, large population of Nikowal, Sai Khurd, Sardari Camp and Saisar would be benefited. He said that the government was fully aware with the problems of border belts and taking keen to provide basic amenities to people. For this purpose, the government has provided sufficient funds in every sector so that development schemes could be implement across the state. Later, the Minister attended concluding function of 4-day crop wheat awareness camp which was organised by Farmers Field School under Macro Management (CSS) at Sai Khurd.

The rocky mountains in Ladakh frontier region of Jammu and Kashmir has the world's first high-altitude Solar Steam Cooking System to prepare food for 500 armymen. "Army troops have set up world's

About 50 un-electrified remote villages of district Kupwara and Doda in Jammu and Kashmir were covered under Remote Village Electrific (RVE) programme which envisages providing of electric facilities

Minister of Non-conventional Energy Sources M Muttemwar assured to set up solar energy units in Jammu and Kashmir. The Energy units will be set up one each in Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh according to

A 50 MVA Power Grid Station at a cost of Rs. 22.00 crore under Prime Minister's Package would come up shortly at Pounichak, Jammu to minimizing over loading of other Power Stations and boosting

The Public Investment Board (PIB) has recommended the approval of three power projects worth Rs.5055.13 crores, two of them in Jammu and Kashmir. Announcing this at a press conference, the Union

Every village of Jammu and Kashmir State would be electrified by the year 2007 under the centrally sponsored scheme putting to rural electrification. This was stated by Minister for Power Mohammad