Tag: Post floods

Post-floods, govt fails to revive economy

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As Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu is making preparations to present the second annual Budget in the Legislative Assembly on January 22, the PDP-BJP government’s efforts in the last nine months to revive the post-flood economy have disappointed people. The coalition government, in its maiden Budget on March 22, 2015, had promised to work towards economic self-reliance and fiscal autonomy while focusing attention on putting the state on the path of recovery after the floods in 2014. The government had termed its first Budget as “white paper” on the state finances…

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Post floods, Valley aims for more tourist footfalls this winter

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To bring back visitors to the Valley in large numbers, the Tourism Department has decided to host a series of events in the winter. The tourism sector took a severe hit during the September floods last year. This year too, the arrivals have remained low, mainly due to bad weather. To promote tourism, the government has sent a team to Austria to promote Gulmarg with the aim of attracting high-end European tourists interested in adventure sports activities such as heli-skiing. In charge Director, Tourism, Mahmood Ahmad Shah said they were…

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Students in Kashmir never got exam fees refunded despite mass promotions, post floods

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Over the past one year, J&K state government has drawn heavy criticism from locals on several instances for failing to rehabilitate flood survivors who suffered massively in September last year. On the anniversary of one of the worst disasters that had hit the valley in past century, Kashmir valley observed a complete shutdown two months back as protesters claimed that compensation never reached the needy. Meanwhile, it’s not just the flood package which is overdue at government’s end. A year back, students from Class 1 to 9 and class 11…

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Post floods, people raise commercial structures on residential permits

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40% of applicants deceived authorities: SMC official In the aftermath of last year’s floods, many commercial structures have cropped up in Srinagar in violation of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation’s (SMC) building permissions. The violators have constructed commercial structures on sites where permission was given for residential structures. For instance, a three-storey commercial building is coming up near National School, Karan Nagar where Mohammad Shafi Shah son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Shah was granted a residential building permission. “The permission is purely for residential purposes and (there should be) no change in…

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