Interacting with the locals, Mr. Bhalla said that the coalition Government was committed to provide all basic amenities to the people of the State at their doorsteps, adding that various development projects have been initiated in the State to facilitate the public.

Omar Abdullah said the economy and development of the rural, far-flung and remote areas is directly dependent on good road communication. "While the State Government is focusing on improvement, upgradation and construction of highways and roads across the State, the PMGSY is the flagship programme to link up cut-off areas with main roads", he said and highlighted the importance of the programme in this regard.

JAMMU: The Deputy Chairman, Legislative Council, Arvinder Singh Micky today toured the areas of Jammu which suffered damages due to recent flash floods triggered by heavy rains .

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Tuesday flagged the importance of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) terming it a core programme to universalize health care facilities for women and children.

 

Heavy rain accompanied by high-velocity winds and a flash flood claimed nine lives and disrupted life in the Jammu region since last night.

The first meeting of expert committee of the J&K State Council on Climate Change was held at SKICC here on Tuesday

Overnight rains, which lashed Jammu and its adjoining districts, wreaked havoc, especially in the Jammu city where 2 persons were killed and three others injured in separate house collapse incident

Climate Change is a significant change in temperature, wind patterns and precipitation that occurs over a long period of time. Some of these changes occur in cycles over decades, hundreds, thousands and millions of years; some could be random occurrences. Both, Global Warming and the opposite phenomenon Global Cooling, result in different patterns of Climate Change.

GVK Power and Infrastructure would commence work on its 690 MW hydro-electric power project at Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir by December 2011, a company official has said.

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