The ambitious plan of the state government to indigenously manufacture bio-plastic from organic material as an alternative to polythene, a concept visualised by none other than Chief Minister Omar
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 Bhalla here today. Minister of State for Revenue, Nasir Aslam Wani was also present in the meeting. The GSPL officials highlighted importance of laying Rs 880 crore Gas Pipeline project from Gujrat to Jammu and Kashmir and its benefits to the people of the state. They said that project has to be completed in 36 months while the survey of the said project has already been completed.
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.
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 from Ujhm Basantar and Tawi rivers in Samba, Jammu and Kathua,” officials said.
Seven people including two minor girls were killed in separate incidents due to flash floods and landslides while property worth lakhs of rupees was damaged due to rains in Jammu region.
SAMBA: Eight buffaloes were killed while four others fell ill after they consumed poisonous water from a nallah coming from SIDCO Industrial complex Samba to Basantar river this afternoon. The members of the Gujjar community whose cattle were grazing near river Basantar came to know about the matter and rushed there. They found six animals dead and about half a dozen others writhing in pain on the ground. They lodged their strong protest and alleged that their cattle died after they drank polluted poisonous water coming from about twenty factories located in SIDCO complex Samba.
JAMMU, July 26: People Democratic Party (PDP), today held a strong protest demonstration at Press Club Jammu against PDD & PHE Departments against power and water crisis and raised slogans agai
SUNDERBANI, July 26: A Deputy Commandant of Border Security Force (BSF) official and his driver were washed away along with their official gypsy in flash floods near the Line of Control (LoC) at Se
The state government has decided to come up with micro hydroelectric projects in remote areas of the state where there is no electricity distribution network or where it is economically not viable
The monsoon revived significantly on Thursday, ending weeks of nervousness as rainbearing clouds rapidly advanced to Jammu and Kashmir and are likely to soak parched fields in the breadbasket state
