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Infrastructure

This section profiles the infrastructure projects across various sectors and facets if life. Key to the projects is the economics and policy interventions and this section offers detailed narratives.

Engineering Enigma

The narrow gorge that houses J&K’s most modern dam continuously surprised the people tasked to tame the ferocious Chenab in one of the most...

Cement Woes

The reconstruction boom triggered in the wake of September flood aftermath saw black-marketers make millions. Saima Bhat reports how cement rich Kashmir fell prey...

Celebration Simplified

Shrinking free space has fast made community centres and marriage halls find acceptance in an otherwise guarded society like Kashmir. Mohammad Raafi reports the...

Gone Up

As anticipated there has been no panic sale of properties in worst flood hit areas in Srinagar.  Sehar Qazi reports how some of the...

Compensation Mess

Empty government coffer has put two important road widening projects on indefinite hold in Srinagar. But that was not all. There are hundreds of...

Ah Sangarmaal!

It has been 5 years since SDA threw open valley’s first mega sized mall in Srinagar. But rather than becoming a must-visit place for...

“Kashmiris should demand connectivity from the state rather than govt jobs”

Dr Dinesh Kumar Tyagi, CEO, CSC e-Governance services India limited tells Saima Rashid that both state government and the people need to do their...

Dream Apple

With government and business fleecing apple for votes and notes, nobody thought of any intervention that could take it even closer to the larger...

O’ Zoji La

As one of world’s 10 dangerous roads reopens for summer months, R S Gull goes reason-hunting beyond Zoji La to understand why road-connectivity to...

 Chocked Life

Every time it rains Srinagar gets panicky. A few centimeters of rainfall can put life out of gear and turn business streets into rivulets. Syed Asma reports...

“We need long term measures to deal with floods. Otherwise destruction is inevitable”

Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control department, Kashmir, Mir Javed Jaffar tells Saima Bhat that there is no way to handle September 2014 (floods)...

In 2 Hours from Srinagar to Pampore

In 21st century Kashmir it takes 2 hours to travel a distance of just 12 kilometres. Shams Irfan reports the painful ordeal of commuters...

Predicting Right!

Officials are upbeat that after installation of Japan’s hi-tech X-Band Doppler Weather Radar system in Kashmir calamities can be predicted in time to minimize...

Railways Engineering Marvel: The Udhampur – Katra Rail Link

by HC Kunwar The Udhampur – Katra new railway line, which was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 4th July...

Train to Paradise

 By: Seema Qadri Trains, railway tracks and railway stations, whenever I recall them from the long-drawn-out list of memories from my childhood, I would always get...