January 2, 2017 | Kashmir POST

4 Lakh suggestions from Srinagarities for Smart City Project

January 2, 2017 Editor

Residents of the summer capital have submitted more than four lakh suggestions to the administration in a bid to help the city win a spot in the Centre’s Smart City project. Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) had in September sought suggestions from people on how to make Srinagar a smart city. “We received over 4.05 lakh suggestions from the residents,” SMC’s Health Officer Shafqat Khan said. Khan said the SMC used print and electronic media, besides holding feedback sessions, to solicit suggestions from the public. “We connected with 9.5 lakh residents…

Over 12000 transformers damaged in one year: PDD Survey

January 2, 2017 Editor

Distribution network in Kashmir being upgraded to cater to the increasing demand: Chief Engineer The Power Development Department (PDD) survey has shown that over 12000 distribution transformers have been damaged in one year in the state due to excess load on the distribution set up. As per the survey, the transformer damage rate was 28 percent in Kashmir division while as it was 22 percent in Jammu division in the year 2015-16. In Kashmir, maximum number of 1013 transformers were damaged in electricity division Budgam and percentage was 36, while…

Srinagar at -4.3°C coldest in Valley

January 2, 2017 Editor

Kashmir continued to witness dry weather and sub-zero night temperature even as there was some respite in the cold wave conditions in Ladakh region where the mercury went up by several degrees. The night temperature in Leh increased by four and a half degrees from the previous night’s -11.5° C to settle at a low of -7°C. Srinagar continued to be the coldest place in the Valley with a low of -4.3°C.

AirAsia to operate on Srinagar route from Feb 19

January 2, 2017February 19, 2018 Editor

Malaysian airline mulls international flight to Bangkok from Srinagar in summer ‘It will help increase both domestic and foreign tourist flow to Kashmir’ ‘It will also help regulate air fare during peak season’ In a much needed boost to the tourism sector in Kashmir, the first ever foreign airline, AirAsia, will be operating on Srinagar route from February 19 this year. The low cost airline is also mulling to introduce international flights from Srinagar to Bangkok later. The Malaysian based carrier will operate morning and late evening flights from Srinagar…

Govt implementing RSS agenda to crush people’s basic rights: Geelani

January 2, 2017 Editor

Condemning the arrest of JKLF Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik, senior resistance leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani today said, “the present state government is implementing the RSS agenda by crushing and curbing the basic rights of the population.” “And when they (people) come on streets to offend, batons of police, tear gas shells, bullets and pellets are poured in to silence these voices. Yasin sahib was leading a peaceful protest and there was no reason to prevent it by force, but authorities have decided it once for all, that peaceful activities…

‘New Ganderbal’ power project hanging since 2 Years

January 2, 2017 Editor

Hopeful of a breakthrough soon, says JKPDC MD For the past more than two years, the J&K government is delaying allotment of construction of 93-MW New Ganderbal Hydropower Project despite the Power Development Corporation (PDC) having cleared all the requisite formalities. A Mumbai-based construction company had won the bid for the power project—announced two decades ago—in September 2014. Since then, the Government has failed to clear the allotment. “It has been quite some time now when the PDC submitted the proposal for awarding construction of the project to the State…

Jhelum waters go alarmingly low ‘Lowest in 60 Years’ due to dry spell across Kashmir

January 2, 2017 Editor

The water level of the Jhelum river in the Kashmir valley has receded to an unprecedented and alarmingly low point as the region faces one of the severest dry spells in recent years. The river water level on Sunday morning touched a low of minus 0.55 foot at Sangam in south Kashmir, according to officials of the flood and irrigation department, Kashmir. The officials said it was the lowest measure of the river’s water level since the department began maintaining the record in 1955. “The water level has gone down…