x

Like our Facebook Page

   
Early Times Newspaper Jammu, Leading Newspaper Jammu
 
Breaking News :   Importance of Co-curricular Activities in Colleges | Jammu & Kashmir’s MSME Sector: A Path to Sustainable Growth | Why is there no space for childhood in newspapers? | DPAP Turns Irrelevant | Doda Police traced out missing person, reunites with his families | One day district level workshop on Panchayat Advancement Index held | Committee on Privileges holds meeting in Srinagar | DLSA organizes One- Day capacity building programme | DC Doda chairs DLIC meeting to approve 66 cases under Mission YUVA | J&K people know Pak is their biggest enemy: LG Sinha | LG reviews progress of Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan | Undeterred by threats, devotees flock to Amarnath, one lakh complete journey in 6-days | Swift Police action helps recover elderly Amarnath pilgrim’s bag | E-comm platforms, online payments services being abused for terror financing: FATF | Anti-Constitutional: Farooq Abdullah on revision of electoral rolls in Bihar | CRPF Chief reviews Amarnath Yatra security | 2 held for unauthorised excavation at graveyard | Schools reopen after summer break | 6 drug peddlers held with heroin | Vishwa Yog Sansthan organizes plantation drive in Jammu | Dy CM conducts surprise inspection of CE R&B, PMGSY offices | Jammu police restores Rs 62 lakhs to Hyderabad complainant in landmark case | Devyani Rana assures public on 2nd Toll Plaza in Nagrota Constituency | SSP Kishtwar holds crime review meeting of sub-division Kishtwar | Arvind reviews healthcare upgrade plans at SDH Sarwal | Rana felicitates officials of Wildlife Department at Dachigam | Electoral reforms can't be called Unconstitutional: Kavinder | Satish Sharma launches Kashmir Super League 2025 | Employee under-trial, in a criminal case, is not entitled to salary: HC | Chief Judicial Magistrate sentence six month imprisonment in eve teasing case | Indian Navy signs contract with BEL for implementation of NMDA Project | Puneet Mahajan, meets renowned social activist Sandhya Dhar | MLA Dr. Rameshwar initiates first-ever Hari Prayag Khumb Mela at Bani | DLIC Kupwara approves 72 cases under Mission YUVA scheme | Drug peddler arrested by Udhampur Police | DC Baramulla reviews progress under Capex Budget 2025-26 | JKEDI concludes MDPs in 4 districts, trains 81 entrepreneurs under RAMP | Awareness camp under BBBP held at Hermain Shopian | FVSc and AH, SKUAST-J celebrates World Zoonoses Day- 2025 | Special Lok-Adalat for MACT & Matrimonial Cases on July 26 in Kulgam | DLIC approves 59 cases under Mission Yuva scheme in Ganderbal | The Chatter Box to host Insane Comic on 13th July in Jammu | JU's Bhaderwah Campus unites Global Experts in Ladakh to Address Climate Crisis in the Indian Himalayas | Deepti Sharma rises to 2nd in ICC WT20I rankings, in touching distance of top spot | Govt GLDM Degree College, Hiranagar Featured in "INTACH VIRASAT" Magazine | Central University of Jammu signs MoU with Government Medical College | Desh Bhagat Global School Shines at The Educator Pinnacle Awards-2025 | MCM's Hindi Department fosters literary excellence and cultural pride | Tennis players regularly handle pressure that's comparable to India's WC games vs Pak: Kohli | Back Issues  
 
news details
Sonamarg Development Authority set to lose its office building!
7/11/2020 12:53:53 AM
Saahil Suhail

Early Times Report

Sonamarg, July 10: At this famed tourist spot, the Sonamarg Development Authority (SDA) is all set to lose its office building to a private person, Early Times learnt on Friday.
According to official reports, the development authority has lost land case in the Supreme Court. “After establishing the development authority in 2003 a building was a constructed for housing the office Sonmarg Development Authority here at Sonamarg. Off late, an individual started claiming that the office building was constructed on his property land. Now finally we lost the case in Hon’ble Supreme Court,” an official at SDA told Early Times.
Chief Executive Officer Sonamarg Development Authority Mushtaq Ahmad Rather however confirmed the development. “Yes it fact,” he told the Early Times.
Established in 2003, the Sonamarg Development Authority has only eleven (11) regular employees including the Chief Executive Officer. However the authority has an army of casual laborers. “We have around 60 causal laborers who have been tasked to keep vigil around the picturesque tourist spot and control illegal constructions,” officials said.
Most of the time, the office of the Sonamarg Development Authority operates from the mini secretariat in Ganderbal even during those months when the tourist spot is opened for tourists.
“The non-availability of officials at Sonamarg Office also encourages violation of the High Court order,” an insider claimed.
Remember, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in 2017 stopped all the ongoing constructions at the tourist spot after the reports of “indiscriminate and unauthorized” constructions in Sonmarg had reached the court.
Those who were granted permissions for constructing hotels and guest houses at Sonamarg had brutally violated the BOCA permissions and constructed huge buildings in violations of the norms and the same was highlighted by Early Times in year 2016, however now most those violators have managed to complete the construction works.
The High Court also directed the CEO, SDA, to file the map of the Sonamarg area. It also asked the authorities to submit the Sonamarg master plan and “complete geographical details” about the area.
The court has also sought reports from the Regional Wildlife Warden and the DFO, Sindh, indicating forest as well as wildlife areas in Sonamarg, however the both the departments have failed to demarcate the areas.
  Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network  
  Comment on this Story  
 
 
 
Early Times Android App
STOCK UPDATE
  
BSE Sensex
NSE Nifty
 
CRICKET UPDATE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Home About Us Top Stories Local News National News Sports News Opinion Editorial ET Cetra Advertise with Us ET E-paper
 
 
J&K RELATED WEBSITES
J&K Govt. Official website
Jammu Kashmir Tourism
JKTDC
Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board
Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board
Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board
UTILITY
Train Enquiry
IRCTC
Matavaishnodevi
BSNL
Jammu Kashmir Bank
State Bank of India
PUBLIC INTEREST
Passport Department
Income Tax Department
JK CAMPA
JK GAD
IT Education
Web Site Design Services
EDUCATION
Jammu University
Jammu University Results
JKBOSE
Kashmir University
IGNOU Jammu Center
SMVDU