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| Day Five: White Monster Puts Life Under Carpet | | All wish well in Valley | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 7
You might have heard of the famous proverb “owners’ pride and neighbour’s envy” but the persistently inclement weather seems to have made the Kashmir Valley a nightmare for its inhabitants but a breathtaking sight for the television watchers and tourists.
Winters in Kashmir Valley attract thousands of adventure loving tourists from across the country for its snow clad valleys and meadows. However, for its inmates the prolonged snowfall is always a worst nightmare which takes the electricity away and essential commodities scarce.
With no respite in sight for fifth consecutive day, the situation is going from bad to worse in Kashmir as Valley has been completed snowed in. Avalanches are killing people while many others are loosing life to severe cold.
Two persons are reported to have been killed by the avalanches in Kupwara district. Reports said, two porters namely Niyaz Mohammad, 26, son of Raj Mohammad and Mumtaz Ahmad, 24, son of Shamus-us-Din, residents of Nachiyan Karnah, who were working as porters with NCA at Sadna Post, falling und... | |
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| Nothing well in Jammu | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 7
With a major attention of the government focused on the situation in Kashmir Valley, many regions in Jammu region have gone incommunicado, the scarcity of essentials is hitting hard and parents are clueless about sending their children to schools.
With every passing day, the temperature is nose-diving but the government has not come up with any official announcement about schooling. The parents are extremely wary of sending their children to the schools and many representations are pouring in for announcing vacations in the schools till weather improves.
Grim reports of situation have been pouring in from across the region, particularly the districts... | |
| | | | High alert on Indo-Pak borders | | Avial flu waiting to infiltrate | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Feb 7
After the outbreak of an avian flu was reported in Pakistan, the government here has put its monitoring centres stationed along the Line of Control and International Borders on "extra alert".
"We have kept our field officers on extra alert in the border regions to monitor any emergency arisen due to the outbreak of H5N1 virus in Pakistan," said Dr Farooq Kaloo, deputy director Animal Husbandry.
"The field officials have been asked to remain vigilant within the 5-km strip from the actual border." Having close geographic proximity with Kashmir, there is every possibility that the bird flu disease might spread from Pakistan to this side. The government... | |
| | | | Suffering stranded Kashmiris; a test of Jammuites’ hospitality, generosity | | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Feb 7
News Analysis
The hardships being undergone by a large number of Kashmiris stranded at Jammu due to blockade of Jammu-Srinagar national highway consecutively for last five days and even air services suspended due to fog and poor visibility. In the wake of heavy rains and snow leading to landslides and threat of avalanches, the buses carrying passengers and goods carriers could not move to Srinagar, with a very large number of vehicles stranded in the way, under bitter cold conditions. This poses a challenge and a test of the traditional hospitality and generosity shown by the people of Jammu to all their brethren in distress.
The generous ... | |
| | | | Soz factor: Bursar, Ujh declared national assets | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 7
In a land mark decision, the central government has decided to declare two important rivers of Jammu and Kashmir as national assets.
Bursar and Ujh multipurpose projects are among 14 which have been declared as national assets. Reports said, with an aim of improving irrigation and enhancing power generation capacity, the Centre today decided to declare 14 river projects as national assets for which it would provide as much as 90 per cent funds. The proposal was cleared by the Union Cabinet.
Besides Jammu and Kashmir, the proposal, cleared by the Union Cabinet, would also benefit West Bengal, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, ... | |
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