Three months have passed since the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) impressed upon the state government to fill all the open bores, manholes and pits for the safety of the people, but the instructions seem to have no takers so far.

Jammu: Farmers here are at the wits end due to the unavailability of chemical fertilisers: DAP and urea, as the sowing season for paddy and several vegetables is nearing. Worried farmers complain that

Resentment is brewing among the villagers of Puro Bana near Fatehpur Brahmana against the local municipal committee for converting the village cremation ground into a garbage-dumping site.

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.

The state government has proposed to set up a Rs 3 crore garbage disposal system in Katra, the base camp of the Vaishno Devi shrine.

Residents of Chushul village, about 150 km from here, have decided to boycott the coming parliamentary election.

In a bid to reform the state

Srinagar: Negligence on the part of officials of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department in repairing a leaking water supply pipe may lead to a breach in the embankment of the Jehlum in the Padshahi Bagh area here. This may lead to flooding of the area when it rains.

Srinagar: Incessant rains in Kashmir have resulted in a dip in day temperatures

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.