Breakthrough
Last week witnessed two major happenings in the energy sector. While the Delhi owned NHPC completed its tunnel for the controversial Kishanganga project in...
Missing link of Kashmir
The only connection between Kashmiris living on the other side of the Banihal tunnel with valley is a treacherous road link that has annihilated...
Overflying the dead
Kashmiris heart beats in Srinagar. But what keeps Srinagar going is a question that politicians seem to overlook. With elections round the corner, Bilal...
The Banihal Backbone
The overcrowded rail piercing through the rugged Pir Panchal has not improved accessibility only. It has helped Banihal gradually integrate with Kashmir’s socio-economics and...
Costly Affair
Development of Narbal – Tangmarg road has led to escalation in the land prices as the area is receiving huge investments in tourist related...
A New Connection
It took almost a century to realize Kashmir’s rail dream. But once it was done a small town along the new rail link is...
Taming Panchal
It took more than a century to realize Maharaja Pratap Singh’s dream of having an all weather access route out of Kashmir valley. Finally...
Safe Passage
With new tunnels ready for use and many others in the pipeline, Kashmir is heading towards an era when Srinagar will be accessible round...
The Rail Factor
The ambitious Banihal-Qazigund tunnel, which is part of the 342-km-long Jammu - Baramulla railway line has changed the economic landscape on either sides of...
ACCESS KASHMIR
(Enter into Jawahar Tunnel: KL Image Bilal Bahadur)
It was once an alternate cart road to main all-weather access routes to Kashmir. A new modern...
Living On The Edge
Accessibility is the first casualty when it snows. But this is just one of the vulnerabilities with which about seven million people have survived...
Path to Majesty
Mughal Road has opened lanes of benefit to varied sectors of society. Javaid Naikoo reports on how this road lures some to love, and...
Handshake Under Pir Panchal
As Railways blasts through the Pir Panchal mountain range to create India’s longest tunnel, Banihal will be accessible to Baramulla in less than 90...
Stuck In Stone
Foundation stones have become a norm for formalizing small and big development projects in Kashmir today. Abdul Mohamin reports on what takes place behind...
Wounded Roads
The major drainage and road construction projects have left the city roads in disarray causing frequent traffic snarls however, some people say that are...