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Traders protest ‘forced evacuation’ for Flyover construction

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Traders in the city staged a protest today accusing the Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) of forcing them to evacuate their shops ahead of a flyover construction without proper rehabilitation. Traders staged a protest at the Hari Singh High Street this morning and demanded that they should be provided proper rehabilitation. The executing agency, ERA, was in the process of evacuating many commercial and residential properties to facilitate the ongoing construction of the longest flyover in Kashmir connecting Jahangir Chowk with Rambagh in which many shopkeepers have already been evacuated from…

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Air traffic suspended due to dense fog in Srinagar

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Air traffic was badly affected in Kashmir Valley due to inclement weather today as dense fog forced cancellation of all flights to and fro Srinagar Airport, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded, officials said. “All flights for today have been cancelled due to bad weather as no airline could operate,” an official of the Airport Authority of India said here. She said 21 flights were scheduled at the airport for today. “All 21 flights have been cancelled and passengers informed accordingly,” she said. The cancellation of flights left many passengers, including…

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Srinagar’s Tulip Garden bags prestigious World Tulip Award

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In a significant development which could boost tourism in Kashmir, Srinagar’s lone Tulip Garden has bagged prestigious World Tulip Award. Situated on the foothills of Zabarwan mountain, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden has featured among ‘Top 5 tulip gardens’ to be visited across the globe by the World Tulip Summit Society. The World Tulip Summit Society (WTSS), a network of tulip lovers (tulipists) from 17 countries, is promoting the tulip as a symbol of world friendship. Each World Tulip Summit is held biannually to celebrate the special history of…

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Consultancy suggests metro to overcome Srinagar traffic mess

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At a time when Srinagar is grappling with huge traffic mess triggering chaos all around, development consultancy RITES has come up with Rs 24000 crore comprehensive mobility plan suggesting a metro system. The proposal, according to the officials of RITES, stands submitted to the J&K government, however there is no headway so far. According to the detailed proposal, RITES has proposed setting up of light metro from Galander to Narbal comprising 33.1 kms to be constructed at a cost of Rs 10,000 crore. The proposal also calls for similar light…

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Policemen to man traffic

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100 personnel to help Traffic Dept ease Srinagar’s congestion With lack of traffic police personnel on roads worsening congestion problems in Srinagar, the Traffic Department has roped in 100 personnel from the Jammu and Kashmir Police to help in streamlining traffic in the summer capital. The traffic congestion problems have increased in Srinagar ahead of the harsh winter, giving a tough time to commuters, particularly students. The Traffic Police have sought help from the Jammu and Kashmir Police to manage the growing traffic on roads. “We wrote to the higher-ups…

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Ahmad Naddaf, Kashmir Valley’s latest young and passionate innovator

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Ahmad Naddaf, a senior secondary student from Nawakadal in Jammu and Kashmir, is passionate about inventing machines. “My first innovation was when I was studying in fifth standard. I had made a fan that would help cure common cold. The fan helped to disperse the vapors of Vicks that provided relief to a blocked nose”, said the proud innovator. He added, “In the eighth standard, I built an inverter that could work for 30 hours after being charged for only 30 minutes. I believe that we can achieve anything that…

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Altaf Bukhari reviews city’s flyover projects

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Minister for R&B, Gardens, Parks and Floriculture, Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari on Friday asked the concerned authorities to revisit the plan of construction of two flyovers at Dalgate and Radio Kashmir in Srinagar city. Chairing a meeting, the Minister asked them to come up with a revised comprehensive project which can suffice the purpose for which these have been conceptualized. “These projects have been framed to ease the traffic pressure at these two busy junctions in the capital city and the concerned departments should work in synergy to ensure bottlenecks…

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Three injured during clashes in Downtown

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At-least three youth received pellet injuries after the clashes erupted in some areas of old Srinagar city after Friday congregational prayers. Eyewitnesses said that shortly before the Friday congregational prayers a large contingent of police cordoned off Jamia Masjid Srinagar that sparked protest in the area. The protests spread in adjacent areas including Gojwara. Reports said that amid pro-freedom slogans, group of youth waved posters of Islamic State and Hizb Chief Syed Salahuddin. The protesting masked youth also unfurled Pakistani national flags.  “Police initially exercised restraint. As the protests intensified,…

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Help keep Srinagar clean: MC chief to citizens

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The weeklong sanitation drive of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) concluded here today. Commissioner, SMC, Showkat Ahmed Zargar today interacted with the students of Boys Higher Secondary School in the Shutrashsi area of the city on the concluding day of the drive. Zargar, who was the chief guest on the occasion, while addressing students emphasised, “The clean city mission seeks active participation of all particularly the youth who are the change agents and face of society.” He urged the citizens to be “habitual of using dustbins” and throw garbage in…

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Untouched by floods, Nowhatta residents paid flood relief cheques

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In a major scam in flood relief distribution, the government has given relief to those residents in the downtown area which were not affected by the September flood last year. The Srinagar District Administration has last year paid flood relief cheques to residents of Naidyar and Khujayarbal in Nowhatta Estate area of the Revenue Department for partially, severely and fully damaged houses. But, an RTI has revealed that the Revenue Department has given relief cheques to people who were falling in the areas which were not affected by floods or…

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