A Model Wasted
Deep down south, the government invested heavily in creating a model health centre. As it is waiting for inauguration, part of the precious equipment...
Ambulance Chasing
A decade after National Health Mission sanctioned 416 ambulances for Jammu and Kashmir, the vehicles are yet to arrive, reports Saima Bhat
“Hello. Aap ka...
Kashmir’s Mask Manager
At the peak of despair when people were desperately seeking face-masks as the minimal basic defence against the crippling virus, a manufacturer revived his...
Patnitop Tamed
The 9.2 km long Chenani-Nashri tunnel will cut travel time between Srinagar and Jammu by two hours bypassing major hiccups like Patnitop and Batote...
Connectivity postponed
While the Northern Railways is adding one more train on the isolated track connecting south Kashmir and north Kashmir, the larger and ambitious proposal...
Apple Eating Highway
As the government in Srinagar is gung-ho over a new highway that will traverse the foothills and connect a vast catchment, the crisis on...
Road To The World
Fifty thousand people living in a God-forsaken area in J&K may get a chance to access small amenities, hitherto a luxury for them as...
Bad Times?
In the last 40 years, the Kashmir government changed three sets of clocks on Srinagar’s landmark Ghanta Ghar, but none of them ever exhibited...
Packaged Oddly
Prime Minister Modi’s Rs 80068 crore TAMIER package has its intent rooted in the heart of the right-wing. But how will J&K use this...
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...
Strategic Focus
Expenditure of billions of rupees is in the pipeline to improve the infrastructure in J&K. But the priority in public spending lies more in...
Small car, big hitches
The Tata’s small car is luring people at the lowest ebb of middle class, but concerns are growing whether infrastructure and environment in Kashmir...
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...
0 Bridge 2.0
With Zero Bridge renovated at a sluggish pace in traditional Kashmiri architecture, it is almost a replica of Zaina Kadal of eighteenth century. Riyaz...
A long way to go
If occupancy is a criterion, Kashmir train service can be called a success, but limited runs by one train through stations poorly connected with main towns is more of an inconvenience than a facility. Hamidullah Dar reports.
Kashmir train service has proved economic for commuters when local transport fares are surging, but lack of facilities and proper connectivity to stations makes the travel long and cumbersome.
To 1500 passengers who use this train daily from Islamabad station to Srinagar and back, the journey gets upsetting once they step out of the train.
A ten rupee ticket for 50-kilometres seems a trifle but add five rupees from Islamabad station to main town and six rupees from Nowgam to Srinagar, it equals the bus fare for the journey. The buses, at least drop commuters in the city.
