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Kashmir, A paradise for anglers, invites trout enthusiasts to its shimmering lakes and streams

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 Editor

Known as the angler’s paradise, Kashmir is famous the world over for its glistening mountain streams which are home to trout fish. Other fish species living in lakes, rivers and streams of the Valley are the various species of local fish including Schizothorax plagiostmus, Schizothorax labitus, Schizothorax curvifrons (Sattar), Schizothorax niger (Algaad), Schizothorax planifrons (Chush), Schizothorax longipinnis (Dap Gaad), Triplophysa marmorata, Crossocheilus diplocheilus, Schistura punjabensis, Bangana diplostoma, Glyptothorax kashmirensis, Glyptosterun reticulum, Triplophysa kashmirensis and Botia birdi (Ram gurun). Later introductions into Valley’s lakes and rivers are the common carp, grass…

Airlines are providing false information and coercing travelers to pay additional fees: Parliamentary Committee

March 19, 2023 Editor

This is particularly true for the northeastern region and mountainous zones such as Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, where the cost of domestic flight tickets can be higher than that of international flight tickets. A Parliamentary Standing Committee has taken note of the high air fares charged by some airline operators in the domestic sector, and held that they are misleading the public and forcing passengers to pay more. The Committee also pointed out the wrong information published by the private airlines on their websites, regarding the number of seats…

Airfares to Kashmir have reached exorbitant heights

March 18, 2023 Editor

Delhi to Srinagar air tariff reaches Rs 17,000 KCCI seeks MHA, Aviation Ministry’s intervention The outrageous increase in airfares ahead of the busy travel season has once again alarmed the people of Kashmir, who now have to pay twice or thrice the normal prices to fly from Srinagar to Delhi when it would normally cost them between Rs 3000 and Rs 5000. A quick glance at the price chart provided by websites such as MakeMyTrip and EaseMyTrip reveals that the airfares from the national capital, New Delhi to Srinagar has…

Royal Springs Golf Course, Chashma Shahi Huts, Pahalgam club on list of assets J&K tourism dept plans to outsource

March 11, 2023 Editor

Top assets of Jammu and Kashmir tourism department, which are considered Valley’s cultural markers, are ready to be outsourced with the authorities completing almost all formalities. Among them are Pahalgam club, Chashma Shahi huts and prestigious Royal Springs Golf Course located in Srinagar. These assets are currently under the control of J&K tourism department and Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC). Officials privy to the details of process said all formalities for outsourcing or running these assets on public-private partnership (PPP) mode have been finalised. “I don’t know the reason why…

Badamwari opens for Visitors, Tulip Garden to be opend for public from March 19

March 10, 2023 Editor

Almond bloom to be witnessed in Next 7-8 Days : Dir Floriculture Tulip Garden to be thrown open for public on March 19 Kashmir’s historic Badamwari was on Thursday thrown open for the general public while the authorities said that the almond bloom to be witnessed in the next 7-8 days at the garden. The visitors, especially the tourists from different parts of the country, were seen clicking pictures at the famous and historic Badamwari garden here today. Javed-ul-Islam, a tourist from Delhi, said that the garden is a wonderful…

Post successful 2022, Kashmir readying for bumper tourist season for 2023

January 5, 2023 Editor

After a record number of tourist arrivals in 2022, Kashmir is readying for bumper tourist season this year with famous tourist resorts like Gulmarg already sold out till January end. As Kashmir is teeming with tourists this season, hotel owners have already announced special packages for winter months. On New Year’s eve, all the tourist places in Kashmir were jam-packed despite the bone-chilling cold. The Tourism department hosted mega events on all top tourist destinations like Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Sonamarg to keep the festive atmosphere alive for tourists and locals during…

Flooded with apples, Jammu mandi sees dearth of buyers

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 Editor

Flooded with Kashmiri apples, the only fruit mandi in Jammu has been witnessing a dearth of buyers, giving wholesalers nightmares. The Kashmiri apple harvest has been bumper this time, even more than the annual 20-21 lakh metric tonnes of production, causing a glut in the wholesale fruit market of Jammu. Wholesalers say the competition from Himachal apple too has affected their business as the harvest there too has been bumper. Bumper harvest The Kashmiri apple harvest has been bumper this time. Besides, wholesalers are also facing stiff competition from the Himachal…

Tons of Apples rotting in trucks stranded on Srinagar – Jammu Highway

September 26, 2022September 27, 2022 Editor

Amid a crisis over thousands of tonnes of apple rotting in stranded trucks along the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to allow held-up trucks to move towards Jammu tonight so that they can take the apples to mandis in different parts of country. A statement said 4,000 trucks will be cleared tonight. These trucks are stranded after the traffic police stopped them for over a week. Fruit-growers say more than 8,000 trucks carrying perishable fruit were stopped and left to rot along the highway. At…

Due highway halts truckloads of apples start to rot before deliveries

September 26, 2022 Editor

Roadworks have halted thousands of trucks carrying millions of dollars worth of apples on Indian Kashmir’s main highway, a major union leader said on Monday, triggering protests by growers as their produce begins to rot. Highway repairs were causing massive delays along the highway that connects the disputed Kashmir valley to the rest of India, meaning huge expected losses. “We have 8,000 trucks carrying apples worth 100 crore rupees (one billion rupees, or about $12.25 million) stranded on the highway for the last two weeks,” Bashir Ahmad Basheer, the head…

Stefan & Theresa; World touring couple finds Kashmir Safe, Beautiful with Hospitable People

July 17, 2022 Editor

Travelling around the globe, Stefan Ublinger and his wife, Theresa are currently in Kashmir and the couple say that the place is safe for visitors. Using eco-friendly travelling mode, bicycles, the couple is on a whirlwind tour of the world. Ublinger and his wife put up a short film on YouTube in which they talk about Kashmir, its beautiful places and its hospitable people. “We are happy to be here because the landscape is so amazing and the people are so nice and hospitable.” “We did not know till we…