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June 28, 2016 No Responses

Gurez residents demand opening of historic Gilgit-Askardu trade route

‘Road will bring peace, prosperity and dev in State’ The people here in frontier region of Gurez valley have urged State as well as New Delhi to open Gurez-Gilgit–Askardu road that they said once was a part of Silk Route....

June 28, 2016 No Responses

‘Hindustan Construction Company polluting our water resources’

Bandipora village bears costs of Kishanganga Power Project Inhabitants of a Bandipora village are up in arms against Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) for polluting the water resources of the area. Residents of Pazalpora village told Kashmir POST that the c...

June 27, 2016 No Responses

Govt departments oppose Army firing range in Gurez

Allotment of alternate site in Leh subject of Home department clearance Several government departments have strongly opposed the setting up of the proposed field firing range in Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district citing serious consequences of ...

June 22, 2016 No Responses

Gurez residents protest against installation of crusher unit within forest area

Tension erupted at Kanzalwan village in Gurez area of Bandipora when hundreds of villagers, including women halted work on 330 Megawatt Kishenganga Hydro Electric Power Project. The villagers were protesting the setting up of a stone crusher unit in the...

June 1, 2016 No Responses

NHPC raises relief amount for Kishanganga Project

The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has granted much higher compensation than the market rate to those families whose land was acquired for constructing run of the Kishanganga project in Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district as par...

May 14, 2016 No Responses

SRTC starts bus service for Gurez

The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, today flagged-off bus service for the remote area of Gurez in Bandipora district. While flagging-off the 25-seater bus the Div Com said the administration is taking steps to make the journey risk...

May 12, 2016 No Responses

‘Jashn-e-Wular’ sports festival in Bandipora

Army in association with J&K Water Skiing and the district administration organised a water sports festival in Asia’s largest freshwater lake from May 9 to 11 under the aegis of Chinar Corps. The three-day sporting festival was aimed at creating...

April 14, 2016 No Responses

Villagers disrupt work at kishanganga project

A protest was held by residents of Kralpora village near Bandipora in north Kashmir on Tuesday temporarily halting the ongoing work at the Kishanganga hydroelectric project. They were demanding jobs for members of the families of the affected farmers. Resident...

April 12, 2016 No Responses

Villagers protesting against NHPC stopped work on Kishanganga Project

Angry protesters on Tuesday stopped work on the Kishen Ganga Hydro Electric Power project in Bandipora district of north Kashmir to demonstrate against the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) for allegedly failing to honour the 2009 agreement betwe...

March 26, 2016 No Responses

Govt mulls handing over Tragbal to Army to set up firing range

The Jammu and Kashmir Government is mulling over giving Tragbal meadows in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district to the Army for setting up an artillery firing range in lieu of the Tosa Maidan field firing range. Taking into consideration the damage...