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...
Transmission Tales
In order to ensure that the existing fragile and inadequate power transmission system to Kashmir has a backup, a REC subsidiary involved one power...
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...
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...
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...
Wasted Investment
In Srinagar and in Kashmir periphery, there are dozens of buildings meant to house schools, hospitals and other public facilities, which have come up...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
The JKSRTC Turnaround
Barely a few years after Jammu and Kashmir’s public transporter, the JKSRTC got a new fleet of trucks and buses, and the turnaround started....
Global Architect
From an introvert Kashmiri boy to a global architect, Tony Ashai is behind the breathtaking mansions housing who’s who of the world. After taking...
“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)...
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...
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...
