Srinagar: Five days after The Indian Express reported that J-K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is planning to scrap a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the J-K State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) and a private consultancy firm, the Directorate of Information on Sunday issued a statement quoting a

JAMMU: Observing that the preservation of ecology is a fundamental challenge, Governor N.N.Vohra said that the Amarnath Shrine Board shall take a firm initiative in funding eco-awareness-cum-conservation campaigns and supplementing the afforestation programmes in selected areas.

Jammu: An audit scrutiny by the Comptroller and Auditor General has indicted the J-K Government for neglecting the Agriculture and Allied sector, responsible for contributing 27 per cent to the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in the last five years.

After great success in 2008, the tulip garden in Srinagar is all set to attract people this year as well with an added dimension. Contrary to 2008, tulips blooming this year would be indigenous with no imports.

Director, Floriculture, Kashmir, GS Naqash says that the garden would be open between March 20 and 25.

Emphasising the importance of preserving and maintaining the aesthetic environmental grandeur of the fragile Himalayan region during the Amarnath yatra, Governor NN Vohra today called for effective measures to ensure zero discharge of pollutants into Lidder and Sindh rivers.

Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is all set to scrap an MoU signed in 2007 between the JK Power Development Corporation (JKPDC), which is executing the Baglihar power project, and an international consultancy firm.

Amid dark clouds of economic meltdown, commercial cultivation of flower is booming in the Jammu region, with women taking the lead.

Women in the region are opting for floriculture rather than traditional crops.

A large number of women have set up floriculture businesses of their own in the
past few months.

Mid-Day Meal Scheme

The National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education commonly called the Mid-Day Meal Scheme is being impeded in the absence of any effective mechanism initiated by the Department of School Education.

Jammu: The National Highway NH1A that had been envisaged to be an all-weather freeway between Jammu-Srinagar by 2010 under the North-South Corridor Connectivity Project has missed its deadline.

A blanket ban has been imposed on the cutting of chinars in the valley. DC, Kashmir, Masaud Samoon stated this in view of the complaints from ecologists, environmentalists, NGOs and the media. The DC said chinar was the heritage of the valley unparallel in beauty, strength and size amongst the trees of Kashmir.