Naseer Ganai May 06, 2021 00:00 IST Closed Open Road outlookindia.com 2021-05-07T14:10:54+05:30
Last week, the Khree Sultan Chow Stadium in Kargil saw long queues of people waiting to buy vegetables procured by the administration. And many had to return empty-handed. People of the region have been complaining that they haven’t seen fresh vegetables in the past four months. Leh and Kargil districts are facing this shortage due to blocked roads, even though the government claimed that the Zojila pass, situated at an altitude of 11,578 ft, was cleared of snow and the 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh highway thrown open to traffic on February 28, much ahead of schedule, for the first time in 70 years. Since last December, when the road was closed following heavy snowfall, the government had been claiming it would be reopened much earlier than usual. That the road would remain closed for only two months, not six (December to May) as was the case before the reorga
1496 test positive, 1070 recover
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, May 10: Surge continued in COVID deaths in the Union Territory especially in Jammu region which accounted for 39 casualties today in a total of 56 while 3614 persons tested positive, 1496 of them in Jammu.
Out of 39 Corona casualties in Jammu region, 31 were reported in Jammu district, two each Udhampur, Kathua and Rajouri and one each in Samba and Reasi districts. Seventeen of the dead were women. Four persons succumbed to the virus at home and were later shifted to hospital.
A 93-year-old man from Anand Nagar Talab Tillo, 70-year-old from Rajpura Mangotrian, 62-year-old from Subash Nagar and 46-year-old from Canal Road, all in Jammu district, died of Coronavirus at home.
Ladakh rolls out drive to vaccinate those in 18-45 age group
The Ladakh administration on Monday rolled out the third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive to cover people in the 18-45 age group by administrating doses to 400 employees of the Union Territory first.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has already taken lead in the country by starting the third phase of the vaccination drive on May 1 from two capital cities Srinagar and Jammu, simultaneously. We have started vaccination campaign in a phased manner. Today only government employees, who are the second front-line workers, were covered, Tashi Gyalson, chief executive councilor (CEC) of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh said, adding, From Tuesday campaign will be launched at the sub-divisional level to further intensify the drive.
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