A Polytechnic Rescue
For two days sixty boys in the state-run polytechnic were hoping against the hope that they will be rescued. But they failed to even attract...
There For You
Instead of government, the first ones to respond during September 2014 floods were local and international NGO’s and socio-religious organizations. Saima Bhat reports their...
Budshah’s Nallai Mar
For ages, rulers in Kashmir have constructed canals to improve life and production. But there is no ruler who could come even closer to...
Kandizal: A Vicious Web
The official blame game after recent floods has once again brought this godforsaken village called Kandizal into focus. But is Kandizal really worth all...
Next Desk Please…
One family’s ordeal with government’s dilly-dallying while disbursing compensation post floods has left them questioning the system. Saima Bhat narrates the painful tale of...
Jhelum Again
After September 2014 floods a number of majors were assured to clean the erring Jhelum of blockades. But almost three years later not much...
Unsung ‘Marines’
As the floods posed threat to thousands of stranded persons around Srinagar city, many young brave hearts plunged into troubled waters to rescue the...
Distorting Srinagar?
As Srinagar is inching towards becoming a Smart City with emphasis on heritage and tourism, a revised Master Plan has drawn a sketch of...
Building For Poor
A nongovernmental organization that has worked on rehabilitation front in 2005 earthquake raised nearly seven crore rupees to create small homes for the decent...
Educational Mess
This devastating flood has been debilitating for almost every sector. Once the waters receded, people starting clearing their houses and businesses from the thick...
Back to Hakeem Days?
The decimation of Srinagar’s major private and public hospitals and a chain of diagnostic centres could push the society back by many decades if...
Flooded Faithfully
It was not individual greed or the policy failure at the highest decision-making levels only that Kashmir’s watercourse is facing barriers. Even the faithful...
Do Not Blame JHELUM
Governance failure apart, societal corruption, greed and biotic interventions in fragile ecology invited Rs 100,000 crore catastrophe to the City of Kashmir. R S...
History Gagged
The skewed coverage of Kashmir floods by Delhi media generated massive ire and suspicion against journalists, preventing even local media from recording their own...
On duty!
When almost entire private and government health sector inundated by floods, doctors at SKIMS and JLNM Hospital kept the hopes afloat. Syed Asma reports
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