Srinagar
After four days of closure, the highway was restored for one-way traffic from Sunday and vehicles were allowed to move from Jammu to Srinagar One-way traffic will be allowed on the Srinagar- Jammu highway on Monday, a traffic department official said. After four days of closure, the highway was restored for one-way traffic from Sunday and vehicles were allowed to move from Jammu to Srinagar.
Read MoreSenior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashish Sareen on Wednesday said that announcing special package for the West Pakistan Refugees in the state of Jammu and Kashmir was the first step towards granting them permanent residence. “The state and central government in collaboration have formulated policies to rehabilitate West Pakistan Refugees in Kashmir,” Sareen, who is part of the BJP’s Delhi team, said on the sidelines of the BJP’s first-ever torch rally in Srinagar. “We have announced a special package for them. This is first step towards granting them permanent…
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Residents of the summer capital have submitted more than four lakh suggestions to the administration in a bid to help the city win a spot in the Centre’s Smart City project. Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) had in September sought suggestions from people on how to make Srinagar a smart city. “We received over 4.05 lakh suggestions from the residents,” SMC’s Health Officer Shafqat Khan said. Khan said the SMC used print and electronic media, besides holding feedback sessions, to solicit suggestions from the public. “We connected with 9.5 lakh residents…
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Kashmir continued to witness dry weather and sub-zero night temperature even as there was some respite in the cold wave conditions in Ladakh region where the mercury went up by several degrees. The night temperature in Leh increased by four and a half degrees from the previous night’s -11.5° C to settle at a low of -7°C. Srinagar continued to be the coldest place in the Valley with a low of -4.3°C.
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Srinagar experienced its coldest night of the season as the mercury settled nearly five degrees below freezing point, resulting in freezing of water supply lines and water bodies. The temperature at night was recorded at minus 4.9°C, down from the previous night’s – 4.5°C, an official of the Meteorological Department said. The official said the sub-zero temperatures have resulted in freezing of water supply lines in many areas of the Valley, while fringes of several other water bodies were also frozen. Qazigund also recorded its lowest temperature of the season…
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Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season as the mercury dipped at most places in the Valley on Thursday. A weather department official said Srinagar recorded a minimum of minus 3.7 degrees Celsius, down by over a degree from previous night’s minus 2.6 degrees Celsius. He said it was the lowest night temperature in the city so far this season. According to the official, the minimum temperature across Kashmir division, except the ski-resort of Gulmarg, continued to hover below the freezing point owing to continuous dry weather. He said…
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Separatists placed under house arrest The government Monday foiled the ‘Lal Chowk March’ called by separatists by imposing severe restrictions in and around the city centre in Srinagar. Heavy deployment of police and CRPF personnel was put in place in and around the Lal Chowk area to prevent people from taking to streets to hold protest marches. Tough restrictions were imposed in and around Ghanta Ghar, Maisuma, Amira Kadal, Regal Chowk, Budshah Chowk and its adjoining areas. Authorities had sealed the Amira Kadal bridge with concertina wires and placed barricades…
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The businesses in the Kashmir valley remained open for second consecutive day today following the two-day “relaxation” in shutdown announced by the separatist leaders that has allowed working of markets and movement of public transport. The markets across the Valley remained open for the second day and rush of shoppers continued to remain high, at times forcing traffic jams in Srinagar city, the state’s summer capital where roads had remained deserted for months. The public transport, which suffered the most paralysing impact of the unrest, also had a second consecutive…
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50 families affected One person died and 16 houses were gutted in a devastating fire at Dalgate here on Monday morning here. Police said fire started from a residential house around 10:30 am at Khalpora area of Dalgate and engulfed nearby structures in the congested area. Panic gripped the area as flames went high and smoke engulfed the locality. Amid chaos, the inhabitants rushed out of their houses and shifted to safer places. Several fire-tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire. Local youth also joined the firefighting operation.…
Read MoreFailure of authorities to put in place measures for effective traffic regulation on Sunday took a heavy toll on the commuters who were stranded in traffic jams in city-centre. In view of relaxation in shutdown, Traffic police had on Friday issued an advisory and route plan for vehicular movement in Srinagar. However, most of the commuters said Traffic police failed to implement the plan on ground. “Commuters acted upon the advisory and adopted the notified route plan. But the traffic cops failed to ensure smooth vehicular movement ,” said Ghulam…
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