Estimates revised as delay, complications lead to cost escalation

JAMMU: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today gave nod for seeking Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance for launch of prestigious 450 Million Litre Per Day (MLD) drinking water supply scheme from C

The government today approved a proposal to sanction over Rs 19,000 crore for the Udhampur- Baramulla rail project that was announced over 17 years ago to connect Kashmir Valley with Jammu.

The approval was given at a meeting of the Union Cabinet, official sources said, adding that the fund will be utilised for building rail tracks from Katra in Jammu to Qazigund. The deadline for completion of the project is 2017.

Srinagar: The Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA), an amalgam of various traders’ bodies, today gave a call for Kashmir bandh on January 6 against the power “crisis” in the Valley.

The government today said the Kashmir valley would soon get additional 150 MW to deal with increasing demand for power during the winter.

JAMMU: The Centre has sanctioned three projects costing Rs. 17 crore for upgradation and development of tourist related infrastructure in Leh-Ladakh.

JAMMU: Apart from normal afforestion, promotion of natural resources and development of nurseries, the Soil Conservation Department (SCD) has taken new initiatives, which among other things include

Udhampur: The work on construction of a new 10-kilometre Lambi Zai-Jora Road in Bhadarwah area of Doda district which touches Souti Changa, the native village of Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi A

There seems no end to the biggest trouble of Jammu Municipal Corporation as again, its vehicles loaded with city waste have been seen moving on roads in search of a dumping ground.

The Jammu and Kashmir State Pollution Control Board has directed for the closure of two cement factories in Khrew, Pulwama.