Srinagar: Academicians, administrators, students and representatives of non-governmental organisations today discussed the need to root out the problem of polythene from the Kashmir valley on the occasion of World Earth Day here.

YUSUF JAMEEL

April 22: At least four Kashmiri Muslims have been taken on the newly-constituted advisory committee on annual Amarnath pilgrimage.

Also, there are seven other local Muslim government functionaries who will be serving as members in the 13-member committee in their official capacity.

Leh
A four-day-long international seminar on

Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC)in association with the Trader

Jammu: Separate incidents of fire reduced standing wheat crop covering as many as 143 kanals of land to ashes yesterday.

A major fire razed bone-dry crop in the border village of Agra Chak in RS Pura tehsil and at Goh-Brahmna village in Vijaypur tehsil of Samba district.

At Agra Chak, the fire broke out last evening due to unknown reasons, which was further spread by high-velocity winds.

Central Government Pensioners

The need of set ting up more Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) around the Dal Lake might be a standard demand from the environment protection institutions, the fact remains that even the existing STPs are not functioning to their potential thanks to their linkage with a limited number of sewer lines.

As reported by this newspaper, the Prime Minister

Udhampur: President of the PDP Mehbooba Mufti today warned to launch a mass movement if unfair water-sharing agreements were not scrapped and Dulhasti as well as Salal hydroelectric projects were not handed over to the state.

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.