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‘Udhampur neglected because of NC, Cong appeasement policy’ Avtar Bhat UDHAMPUR, Dec 10: Maintaining that Narendra Modi Government in last over eight years compensated Jammu & Kashmir for lapses of last six decades, Union Minister in PMO with independent charge of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, accused National Conference (NC) and Congress who ruled the erstwhile State for decades together for neglecting Udhampur and other hill regions for their appeasement policy and vote bank politics. Hitting out hard on […]

Restoration of Devika water quality at Purmandal Nishikant Khajuria JAMMU, Apr 18: J&K Pollution Control Committee (erstwhile Board) has asked the Surinsar-Mansar Development Authority to share the concrete action taken preventive measures to be adopted for restoration of water quality of River Devika at Purmandal, which is one of the most revered pilgrimage places in Jammu and Kashmir. Inviting attention towards poor water quality at Purmandal due to discharge of untreated sewerage into the water body, the Pollution Control Committee […]

STPs on official papers only even after lapse of several years Dilly-dallying approach to worsen situation in future Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Mar 4: There is no improvement in the water quality of polluted stretches of five rivers in different districts of Jammu region as the establishment of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) by the Urban Environment Engineering Department (UEED) has remained confined to the official files only despite the lapse of several years. Due to this, there is every possibility of […]

Having got a providential escape from an impending worst harm due to a portion of an under construction bridge over River Devika in Kaulpur caving in, as many as 27 labourers have been injured, some of them seriously. Curiously, the bridge is constructed by a well known professional construction agency-the Border Roads Organisation- (BRO). While the work of casting of slab over the bridge almost having been finished, presumably, the weak and flawed shuttering support unable to bear the load […]

UDHAMPUR, Dec 18 : Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today visited the construction site of Government Medical College (GMC), Udhampur which is being built at an estimated cost of 255 crores at Bailli Udhampur. During his visit, Dr. Jitendra Singh emphasized upon the concerned departments dealing with the construction of GMC to start the work without […]