Jammu: The ambitious plan for a new terminal building for Jammu Airport which will involve 1,300 kanals of land, extending up to Vikram Chowk, near Tawi river, has got stuck due to a chunk of 145 kanals of Defence land en route.
Structures gutted in the clash between police and Gujjars at Gujjar Basti in village Karnaila Chak on the banks of river Tawi had neither been constructed overnight nor were they existing on the 10 hectares of land in possession of social forestry department where a nursery continues to exist.
Jammu: The multi-crore desilting project undertaken by the state Irrigation Department to clean the Ranbir Canal, which is considered as the lifeline of the Jammu region, has turned out to be a mere eyewash as the project has miserably failed to serve the purpose.
Jammu: As the entire world celebrated the World Earth Day today to stress upon the conservation of Mother Nature, the apathetic attitude of the state government towards preserving the water bodies has converted the Tawi River into a garbage dumping ground.
Wheat harvesting has started in most pockets of Jammu division. The farmers this time have been relying on labourers from Bihar and other states for harvesting of wheat.
Due to intermittent rain earlier this month, the harvest of wheat had got delayed for a few days but is catching up now with the increase in temperature. Groups of labourers can be seen harvesting the wheat crop in fields.
Farmers in various areas of the Jammu region have expressed concern over the failure of the Irrigation Department to get the Ranbir Canal properly cleaned and desilted. They alleged that filthy water from the canal was damaging their standing vegetable crops and the quality of soil.
