Water woes in Bagh-e-Mehtab

Srinagar, Mar 21: The residents of the Bagh-e-Mehtab private colony Sunday said that there had been scarcity of water in the area from the past one week.“We are fetching water from the adjoining areas due which the people are suffering immensely,” locals said. They appealed PHE to restore the supply More

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Rare Ginkgo tree finds ‘mate’ in City

After nearly 200 years, this medicinal tree at Lal Mandi has found female counterpart at Raj Bagh making experts optimistic of future reproduction of the rare specie in Kashmir

TARIQ ALI MIR

For some 200 years, there has been a living fossil of a rare medicinal tree –Ginkgo –at Agriculture department’s garden at Lal Mandi in this summer capital. But it was the male tree of the specie, which as per experts, can’t reproduce in the absence of the female. The Lal Mandi male is believed More

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Balhama demands another transformer

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Srinagar, Mar 21: The residents of Zaffaron Colony, Balhama have complained of the “faulty power supply” in their area. A delegation of the locals said: “In comparison with the population of the area, we are fed by a small transformer.” “This,” they said, “causes frequent power cuts More

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Auto-rickshaws charge arbitrarily

WE THE SRINAGARITES

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This refers to the condition of transport especially rickshaws in Srinagar. The Autowalas charge as per their likings and wishes. There is no meter system in the auto-rickshaws and nobody cares for that.  If at all there is any meter visible in some old cabs, they are non-operational or disabled More

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