SRINAGAR: A high level meeting was held here today under the chairmanship of Revenue Minister, Raman Bhalla to review the progress of land acquisition and removal of impediments in respect of construction of roads in Ramban district under various schemes including National Highway 1-A, roads being constructed under PMGSY, BRO and Railways.
The meeting was attended by Financial Commissioner Reve
Missing persons untraced, 4 vehicles recovered from debris
Batote-Doda-Kishtwar remain cut off
JAMMU: The first ray of sunlight unfolded the exact destruction caused by the cloudburst in Doda and Ramban districts with authorities noticing massive damages to the civil and electrical infrastructure of 450 Mega Watt Baglihar Hydroelectric Project on river Chenab at Chanderkote where a security gu
JAMMU, A total of 14,359.62 hectares of forest area is still under encroachment in the State and 1009.27 hectares area has been retrieved during the last five years.
This was informed by Minister for Forest, Mian Altaf in response to a question of Congress MLA from Bhaderwah, Mohd Sharief Niaz in the Legislative Assembly today.
JAMMU, Sept 27: With fissures on earth surface in remote Dharam village of Ramban district widening further, the administration has decided to acquire land in adjoining areas for the rehabilitation of the affected people instead of bringing them back to the village.
Reports said that the cracks, which were around 3 feet wide yesterday, have now widened up to 2.5 meters at many places and if wid
Jammu: With the Sawalakote hydroelectric project that remained in the news for all wrong reasons, the Sawalakote Consortium today called on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and expressed desire to restart the execution of the project.
To promote Horticulture in Ramban district having congenial agro-climate conditions for fruit cultivation, Director Horticulture, Jammu, J.L Sharma took an emergency meeting of all the officers and employees of the district at Ramban here, today.
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday claimed that his government was fast implementing its promise to expand education to the remote areas and let the youth benefit from institutions of higher education at their doorsteps. He said both at school and higher education level the State had witnessed unprecedented growth and infrastructure development during the past four years.
Twenty water samples of Chenab, Ramban area were analysed for Ca, Mg, K, Na, Fe, Mn, Cu, Ni, Zn and Pb by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. The analysis revealed that all the cations are present within the permissible limits except Fe, Mn and Ni which are slightly present in higher concentrations.
BANIHAL: Resentment is brewing among locals in Banihal against the inability of the Systems and Operations wing of Power Development Department (PDD) Kashmir to successfully commission 50 megawatt grid station at Banihal in district Ramban
PDD officials maintain that the grid station developed a serious technical snag before its scheduled date of commissioning
