Low Visibility, Smoke inside Chenani-Nashri tunnel pose risk to commuters

Low visibility, dust and suffocation inside the 9.2-km Chenani-Nashri tunnel are posing a serious threat to people’s lives. Besides, a few accidents have also occurred in the past inside the tunnel. Commuters complain of dust and suffocation inside the South East Asia’s longest tunnel, as the tall claims by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on ensuring a proper ventilation system inside the tunnel have fallen apart. The engineering marvel, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 2 last year, has bypassed the 42-km of the…

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Intermittent rains drench J&K plains, Snow on higher reaches

A fresh spell of rain lashed the plains across Jammu and Kashmir while the higher reaches received moderate snowfall on Friday. “Inclement weather is likely to continue for the next 24 hours,” a spokesman of Meteorological department said. He said ski resort of Gulmarg in Baramulla district, received three inches snowfall and night temperature at the world famous resort settled at minus 1.6 degree, which is still 4 degree above normal. The spokesman said that Srinagar received intermittent rain since late last night though the night temperature improved marginally and…

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BJP sowing seeds of ‘Discord’ in Jammu: Tara Chand

Senior Jammu-based leaders of the Congress party on Friday blamed the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) for “sowing the seeds of discord” in the Jammu region. Talking to Kashmir Post senior Congress leader and former deputy chief minister, Tara Chand, said, “We want to keep Kashmir, Ladakh and Jammu together. Our party doesn’t believe in divisive politics at all.” Senior vice president of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee and former minister, Sham Lal Sharma said that Jammu division “is heading towards a disastrous. Serious efforts are being put to…

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Health Dept, SKIMS records differ on Swine flu deaths

A woman died of swine flu last month leaving behind an eight-month-old baby. She was taken to Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, on the evening of February 16, for swine flu treatment. Minutes after her admission to SKIMS, she went into coma and succumbed the next day. Doctors said she was suffering from swine flu, but died due to a heart attack. In all, 32 people have died from swine flu infections in Kashmir in the past six months. As per the SKIMS records, 32 people have died…

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Basant Rath cracks whip on commercial activities on residential premises

Asks Divisional Commissioners to take action Basant Rath, IGP (Traffic), has now turned towards people who are using residential areas for commercial purposes and causing traffic congestion. The IG has written to the Divisional Commissioners of both Jammu and Kashmir regions to take appropriate action against the violators. Rath, in two different letters to the Divisional Commissioners, stated that a lot of commercial establishments were operating in residential areas in different municipal areas, which was not only violating the municipal rules, but also creating traffic congestion. “Owners have been playing…

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Jammu City gets drenched in festive colours, Governor, First Lady celebrate Holi

Holi — the festival of colours — was celebrated with fervour and gaiety across Jammu onThursday. Youth drenched in colours were seen celebrating the festival on streets and markets. Since morning, people were visiting their relatives and friends to extend the festival greetings and exchanging sweets. The city markets were abuzz as people were buying colour and sweets. Youths on motorcycles and in cars were seen singing ‘Holi ayi re’ and ‘Holi hai bhai Holi hai, bura na mano Holi hai’. The impact of the instructions of Inspector General of…

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Jaish-e-Mohammad gaining ground across Kashmir valley

In both anti-insurgency operations last week at Hajin in Bandipora district of north Kashmir, militants managed to escape taking advantage of darkness. After a brief exchange of fire, youth clashed with security forces to disrupt the operations and helping nearly five militants involved in both operations escape the security net. One of the militants, a Pakistan national, who had fled in an injured condition, succumbed later. Earlier this month, a charged crowd of villagers had thrown stones during a cordon and search operation to help a militant escape in the…

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Jammu-Srinagar highway shut due to landslides in Ramban

The 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed due to landslide and falling of stones from hill tops in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said on Friday. “Traffic has been suspended on the highway due to falling of rocks and landslide triggered due to rains in Digdol belt in Ramsoo tehsil of the district today,” the police officer said. The men and machines of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has been pressed into service to clear the landslides.

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BJP takes on Mehbooba Mufti sides with Hindu Ekta Manch

Don’t detain anyone, don’t interrogate anyone: BJP minister asks Police The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cabinet ministers Choudhary Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga took on Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti by addressing a rally at Kootah organised by Hindu Ekta Manch that is fighting for the release of the rape-and-murder accused of an eight-year-old Gujjar girl. “Let the CM return, I and Lal Singh will meet her and ensure that the investigation is handed over to CBI as people have lost faith in the Crime Branch probe,” Industries Minister,…

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Proposed flyovers for Srinagar ‘Dumped’

A government proposal to construct four small flyovers (grade separators) along Bypass here has been reportedly put in a “cold storage,” an official told Kashmir Post on Friday. He said that Roads and Buildings department had submitted the proposal seeking funding for the construction of small flyovers along Bypass at four intersections— Sanat Nagar, Nowgam, Bemina and Shalteng to ease the traffic movement along the highway. The proposal, according to the official, was cleared by then Road and Buildings minister, Syed AltafBukhari, whose portfolio was later changed. “He (Altaf Bukhari)…

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