Month: November 2022

A local court here on Tuesday directed the Traffic police Kashmir to halt issuance of E-challans for seizure of vehicles till the time technical glitches faced by the system are resolved and also asked the traffic police authorities to release all vehicles seized in gross violation.A local court here on Tuesday directed the Traffic police Kashmir to halt issuance of E-challans for seizure of vehicles till the time technical glitches faced by the system are resolved and also asked the traffic police authorities to release all vehicles seized in gross violation.A local court here on Tuesday directed the Traffic police Kashmir to halt issuance of E-challans for seizure of vehicles till the time technical glitches faced by the system are resolved and also asked the traffic police authorities t...

Administration on Tuesday asked authorities concerned not to authorize execution of any work or project without proper authorization and asked them to utilize government land for developmental activities. "Authorization of the Competent Authority/Delegation of Powers for according Administrative Approvals etc. are a prerequisite for ordering execution of any work/project," reads a government circular, a copy of which lies with GNS. Further, the regulatory regime governing acquisition of land for various developmental projects prescribes utilization of government land, as far as possible, for the purpose of infrastructural development, it underlined. "Land should ideally be acquired only in case of non- availability/non-feasibility of government land for execution of the project." Notwit...

The Gujjar and Bakerwal community has called off their strike that started on November 04 to protest the Central government’s move to include Pahari community in the Schedule Tribe (ST) list. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat a community activist confirmed that the street protests that started in 12 districts of Jammu Kashmir have been called off after a delegation of the community met the Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi "The delegation that met Amit Shah in Delhi have been promised that the new addition of Paharis to the ST list will not impact the current quota of STs,” Irshad Chowdhary, a community activist told The Kashmiriyat. He said that the community representatives who met Amit Shah has been assured that their standing quote in jobs, education and other benefits will not be...

A non-local died while another one was hospitalised due to suffocation caused by gas leak in Sopore town of North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the non-local died while his colleague was hospitalised after suffocation caused by gas leak when they were sleeping in a truck in Fruit Mandi Sopore. The deceased has been identified as Rakesh Kumar and another one, who has been shifted to SDH Sopore has been identified as Anwesh Kumar. “They were residents of Gurdaspur locality of Punjab.” The official said they were ascertaining further details regarding the same—(KNO)

Once known as Maharaja Protected Wetland is losing its sheen as illegal encroachment, unabated pollution and lack of conservation measures have affected the ecosystem of the wetland at Haritar Hygam in Sopore. The Hygam-Wetland, a natural aquifer, spread over 7.25 kilometers is one of the known wetlands of Kashmir. The wetland is embedded with springs. It has 1400 hectares of land with the area is dominated by extensive reed beds and home to many migratory birds including White Heeled Duck, Shoveller, Red-Crested Pochard, White-Eyed Pochard, Pintail, Mallard, Gadwall, Coot and Graylag. Aijaz Rasool, wetland technical expert and a senior executive member of Environmental Policy Group (EPG) told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that due to largescale illegal encroachments, ...

Freezing weather conditions show no signs of abating in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh as Srinagar recorded the season's coldest night at minus 2.2°C on Tuesday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that amidst mist this morning, the summer capital of J&K surpassed previous lowest of minus 2.1°C recorded only on Sunday and today’s minimum temperature was lower by 0.4°C than the previous night. The temperature was 1.3°C below normal during this time of the year for the capital city, he said. Qazigund recorded a low of minus 1.8°C against minus 1.6°C on the previous night. The temperature was 1.0°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said. In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at minus 4.2°C against minus 4.0°C on the previous night and it was 0.8°C below normal...