January 8, 2022 | Kashmir POST

Once famed Kashmiri woodcarving a legacy in its last throes

January 8, 2022 Editor

By: Mukeet Akmali Carving out marvel after marvel, septuagenarian Mehraj U Din has a blurred vision, yet the desperation to feed his family keeps him going. With fewer returns and low demand for intrinsic wood-carved items, he finds it difficult to keep going. His lone son is not willing to carry forward his legacy either. Amid all ailments, Mehraj does not give up. He sits daily for a day’s rigorous work to feed his family comprising a daughter and son, and his wife. With the loss of vision and old…

Jammu-Srinagar national highway shut due to landslides, leaving more 3000 vehicles stranded

January 8, 2022 Editor

Over 1,000 vehicles were cleared from Srinagar to Jammu on Friday after which landslides and shooting stones at multiple places in Ramban district again block the highway Landslides triggered by incessant rain on Saturday blocked the Jammu-Srinagar highway, leaving 3,000 vehicles stranded, according to traffic department officials. The officials said over 1,000 vehicles were cleared from Srinagar to Jammu on Friday after which landslides and shooting stones at multiple places in Ramban district again blocked the highway. “It is heavily raining in Udhampur and Ramban districts along the Jammu-Srinagar highway.…

Strategic Areas Notification: Now army can carry construction in Sonamarg & Gulmarg

January 8, 2022 Editor

Almost 14 months after the Jammu and Kashmir administration notified a law allowing earmarking of land for use by armed forces, a patch of some 70 hectares in Gulmarg and Sonamarg tourist resorts in the Valley has been declared as “strategic areas”. The armed forces can now carry out construction activities on this land. Officials said the land was already under the use of the Army for years and no change or transfer of the land was being made. “The land is under the Army’s use for decades for training…

MeT issues red alert in Kashmir, forecasts ‘Very-Heavy’ Snowfall

January 8, 2022 Editor

The weatherman on Friday issued a red alert for heavy-very heavy snow in Jammu and Kashmir. “IMD issues Red Colour (be vigilant) weather warning for J-K for 7 January,” an official of the MeT said. Currently, it is snowing at most places of Kashmir and hilly areas of Jammu while raining at a few places of the Jammu region. “Expect further increase in rain/snow intensity as the day progresses with the main intensity of heavy to Very heavy rain/snow during 7th (night) and January 8th,” he said in a statement to GNS.…