Month: October 2022

An urgent meeting of all the major Bazar Associations was convened at the Chamber House on the request of President Chamber of Commerce & Industry Sh. Arun Gupta to discuss various issues including the opening of Reliance stores in Jammu. The Presidents of all major Bazaar Associations were present and threadbare discussions were held regarding hike in power tariff and opening of Reliance store in Jammu. Speaking in the meeting, Arun Gupta said that the authorities should revisit the proposal to hike power tariff as this is not the right time to take such hard decisions because people are currently facing financial crunch due to pandemic corona and its ill effects. Gupta said that the Power Department has miserably failed to reduce the transmission losses and continuously hiki...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti hit out at the L-G administration and said that the government wants to give the youth a bottle of alcohol instead of a job. "Opening of liquor stores will not be allowed in Kashmir, voices will be raised against it and this will not be allowed to happen in Kashmir," Mufti said. Mehbooba Mufti said that the administration was deliberately troubling youth as it has failed to provide employment to them. In response to a question regarding the dismissal of the police, Mehbooba Mufti said that no action is taken against those who are involved in real corruption, but they fell the sword on small employees. She further said horticulture is being destroyed under a conspiracy, and called upon people to fight it.

PDP leader and Additional spokesperson Rouf Bhat has expressed serious concern over the hike in power tariff approved by Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) and the administration to roll back the hike given the distressing economic situation in Jammu Kashmir. In a statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Bhat said the people of Jammu Kashmir are grappling with a serious and distressing economic situation which are providing here post-COVID lockdown and uncertain situation. He said that at a time when the administration should have come up with measures and policies to revive the economy and livelihood of people, on the contrary, it is hiking taxes and power tariffs which is burdening losses of the people and business sector. He said that hiking power tariff in t...

All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Friday expressed shock and grief over the killing of Kashmiri Pandit community member Pooran Krishan Bhat of Choudhary Gund Shopian. In a statement, APHC denounced the killing and said that every single life lost in this manner is very painful and sad. It extended condolences to the bereaved family and expressed solidarity with them in their hour of great sorrow. APHC said that the charge sheet accusing Fahad Shah, editor of online magazine Kashmir Walla and Aala Fazili a Ph.D. scholar of KU of so-called “narrative terrorism” after being booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, is ridiculous, to say the least, the statement mentioned. APHC said that coining such outrageous terms to criminalize and penalize dissent and disagreement r...

Meer Irfan  A Power Development Department (PDD) employee died of electrocution in Shopian's main town of South Kashmir. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on PDD daily wagers identified as Sajad Ahmad Turray, who was a resident of Shopian received a high voltage jolt while repairing an electric wire in his native village. Sajad was rushed to a nearby hospital from where the doctors referred him to DH Shopian, however, he succumbed on the way to the hospital.

Amid the massive losses the farmers have faced due to multiple reasons, Jammu Kashmir's department of Horticulture has issued a fresh advisory for orchardists in the Kashmir valley. In an advisory issued by the Department of which The Kashmiriyat has possession, the Department said,  "Last many years resulted in damage to the unharvested fruit, breaking of limbs, uprooting of trees, etc. To avoid any such apprehensive loss, the orchardists of the valley are advised to follow the below-mentioned advisory to ensure the safety of fruit trees and reduction in the inoculum of various diseases such as Scab, Alternaria, etc. Ensure the speedy harvest of fruits. Harvesting of late varieties of fruit is to be completed as soon as possible to avoid any damage due to early snowfall. Maint...

A sudden fire broke out in a factory in Lassipora, the industrial hub of south Kashmir on Saturday. An official told The Kashmiriyat that a fire broke out at Ahad Cotton industries causing major damage to the factory located in the Industrial area in the Lassipora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district. After the fire broke out, locals as well as fire and emergency services personnel reached the spot and tried to bring the fire under control. In this fire incident, property worth lakhs of rupees was turned into a pile of ashes.