Day: September 28, 2017

J&K gets cold response at tourism awards

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Notwithstanding the claims of the PDP-BJP coalition government that “Kashmir is the warmest place on the earth,” J&K has failed to win accolades at the National Tourism Awards, 2015-16 despite its scenic beauty and hospitality. The National Tourism Awards were presented by President Ram Nath Kovind to various segments of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry at a function organised by the Ministry of Tourism on the occasion of World Tourism Day in New Delhi today. Barring a joint award in the category of ‘Best Airport’ clinched by Srinagar International…

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Kishanganga Project nearing completion, power generation by Jan 2018

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The 330 Megawatt Kishenganga Hydro Electric Power Project (KGHEP) in North Kashmir’s Bandipora District is nearing completion as the executing agency has started filling the reservoir to divert water from Kishen Ganga river into Bonar Stream to feed powerhouse located in Mantirgam. The construction of the over 800 million dollar Hydroelectric Power Project being built along Kishenganga River (Neelam) is in full swing and is expected to complete by January 2018, officials told Kashmir Post. Over six million cubic meters of water is being stored in the 23.86 meter high…

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Need to change J&K discourse: Jitendra Singh

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There is a need to “change the discourse” around Jammu and Kashmir as there is no such thing as the Kashmir issue, Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said, stressing that the only “point of debate” is retrieving Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The Minister of State in the PMO said this after paying pictorial homage to the martyrs of Jammu and Kashmir Police and slain Army officer Lt Ummer Fayaz here yesterday. Lt Fayaz’s Facebook page, letters during his Army training days as well as the photographs of slain J&K Police officers…

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National Green Tribunal annoyed over delay in waste-to-energy plant at Achan

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The delay in commissioning of Jammu and Kashmir’s first waste-to-energy plant in Srinagar has miffed the National Green Tribunal which has warned the state government of slapping an exemplary cost for taking “unjustifiable” adjournments in the matter. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said the plant at Achan was of great public importance as the city was generating a huge quantity of municipal waste–about 450 metric tonnes per day. The green panel remarked that if urgent steps were not taken to set up the plant, then the…

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