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In Poonch, the Lack of a Road Hampers Education
Governments come and governments go, but in half a century, none has built a road to this government higher secondary school in Poonch.
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Primary Health Centre in Shopian Shines a Ray of Hope
While stories of lack of health services, medical negligence and unaffordable healthcare fill our mediascapes, a rural health centre in Shopian shows the way.
70 Years On, West Pakistan Refugees Continue to Live a Life of Irony
In Jammu and Kashmir's Lassipora, the West Pakistan refugees say they're at the risk of being displaced because of the government’s double-dealing.
Failed Mission Swatch Bharat | Mir Yaseen reports for KashmirUnheard
The MGNREGA was initiated with the objective of “enhancing livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year, to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work”. But the people of Kushal Village in Uttar Pradesh have...
Demonetization, Chaos and Closed Banks in Kupwara
Demonetization has been not very much influencing Kashmiris due to regular shutdowns. But, due to the non – availability of new currency notes at J&K Bank branches in Kupwara, people have been suffering badly.
Life of Migrant Labourers in Kashmir
Kashmir has been depending on migrant workers to fulfil the increase in the demand for skilled labour for decades now.An estimated five lakh migrant labourers from Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab
A Visit inside Kashmir’s First Cashless Village
Lanura Budgam village is located at a distance of 24 Kms from Srinagar city. The village was declared to be the first ‘cashless’ village by J&K Government on 18 December 2016. The declaration of Lanura being a cashless village stunned local villagers. The village lacks basic facilities, like electricity...
Kashmiri Police Constable dies as Protesting Mob Pushed Vehicle into River
Afroz Ahmad Lone, 23-year-old police constable working in J&K Police was killed in Sangam, Anantnag district of Kashmir in July 2015. He met an untimely death when an angry mob, protesting against the Indian rule in the valley, pushed the armoured police vehicle he was driving, into river Jehlum with...