May 15, 2023 | Kashmir POST

Skyrocketing airfares to Kashmir: A worry for Tourism Players, Students, Patients

May 15, 2023 Editor

Amid peak tourism season, the skyrocketing airfares to Kashmir causes a worry among the people associated with the tourism industry who want government attention to the unfair airfare applied by different airlines. Nisar Shah, chairman of the chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Alliance said that many tourists aspiring to visit the valley have cancelled their plans due to skyrocketing airfares. “None of their fresh queries are maturing and all our potential clients are turning down the travel programme due to skyrocketing airfares,” he said and added halting of operations…

G20 is BJP Propaganda while crackdown in Kashmir continues unabated: Mehbooba Mufti

May 15, 2023 Editor

Former Chief Minister of erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that the forthcoming G-20 meeting may be a “good promotion exercise” for the BJP at the international level, however, holding the SAARC summit and discussing problems in the region will help India in becoming a ‘Vishwaguru’. In an interview with PTI, former Jammu Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti suggested that India can assert its leadership not just in the region but globally by spearheading the SAARC summit, as she discussed preparations for the upcoming three-day G-20…

15000 Kashmiri youth spying for IB; Farooq Abdullah levels a serious charge against Intelligence agencies in Kashmir

May 15, 2023 Editor

Dr. Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister and chief of the National Conference party has made highly controversial remarks about the Kashmiri youth. He said the IB (Intelligence Bureau) has raised 15,000 local youth as informers to spy on Kashmiris. Addressing his party men in Shopian in south Kashmir and speaking in the Kashmiri language, Dr. Abdullah alleged that “the youth are being paid (by the IB) to keep an eye on you.” He asked his party men to be careful and keep an eye on the activities of their children.…

Dilapidated roads across Srinagar cause traffic jams and inconvenience for commuters

May 15, 2023 Editor

Dilapidated roads in various areas of the summer capital area taking heavy toll on commuters. Commuters said authorities failed to even level roads at Munwarabad, Khayam, Nowpora, Khanyar and Bohri Kadal after laying of drainage pipes. “Despite passing of over a month since laying of drainage pipes, the road at Nowpora has not even been repaired. Uneven road lead to massive traffic jams in peak hours,” said Abdul Hamid, a commuter. Nowpora road, which is the main road to Downtown, is dotted with potholes. The problem is compounded by wrong…

Hoteliers across Kashmir & Ladakh concerned over decrease in tourist footfall

May 15, 2023 Editor

Hoteliers across Kashmir Valley concerned over decrease in tourist footfall

With the ongoing crisis in a private airline company (Go First) and also the frequent closure of the Srinagar-Leh highway, Ladakh has reported massive booking cancellation of hotels and other allied services associated with tourism. Due to the Go First crisis, the ticket prices of other airlines are skyrocketing, say hoteliers. May, June and July comprise the peak season for tourism in the cold desert region. While many international tourists did not visit Ladakh after 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions, the UT witnessed over five lakh tourists, mostly domestic ones,…

Alarm bells ring as exotic Alligator Gar Fish found in Dal Lake

May 15, 2023 Editor

Capturing of a fish resembling the Alligator gar fish in the Dal lake here has sent alarm bells ringing among the scientists who fear that the presence of non-native fish species could spell doom on the eco-fragile flora and fauna of the water body. The Lake Conservation and Management Authority (LCMA) captured the alligator-shaped fish during the deweeding of Dal Lake near Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) on May 12. The video of the unique fish went viral taking people as well as scientists by surprise. Talking to KIF, Executive Engineer…

Mehbooba Mufti criticizes India’s focus on G-20, Advocates for SAARC in Pursuit of ‘Vishwaguru’ Status

May 15, 2023 Editor

Amid the preparations for the third G-20 tourism working group meeting in Kashmir, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti downplayed the forum’s importance calling it a “good promotion exercise” for the ruling BJP and stressed that holding the SAARC summit and discussing problems in the region would help India in becoming a ‘Vishwaguru.’ Speaking to news agency PTI on the preparations for the three-day G-20 grouping meeting, Mehbooba Mufti, the last chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, opined that India can establish its leadership in…