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Kashmir’s Apple Story: Another Perspective

By TNI Team October 8, 2025 air-conditioning apple growers Apple Story apple traders associations authorities Banihal blockade C type apples centre cloudburst cold storage Communication conspiracy conspiracy theories Delhi Delhi-bashing Economy fruit processing units heavy rains High Density apple high temperature highway Himachal Himachal Pradesh Himachali apple horticulture reforms hybrid apple Infrastructure insurance system introspection KASHMIR Kashmiri apple Kashmiri businessmen lack of rain landslides loading speed long queues losses maharashtra market price middlemen mismanagement mud sliding NH-44 October orchards passengers political bias politicians profit progressive change regional bias rich apple growers ripening Road Blockade September shooting stones South Kashmir storage charges subsidy surplus supply Syed Mufti traffic violations transportation trapped vehicles truck insurance trucks udhampur unloading vested interests win-win policies ₹1200 ₹500

Kashmir apple growers face challenges due to high-density apple yields, early ripening, and road closures caused by weather. Middlemen exploit the situation, while inadequate cold storage and a lack of fruit processing units worsen issues. A “conspiracy” narrative against Delhi is unfounded.

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Ladakh Reels Under Unseasonal Snowfall Disruption

By Emaad Makhdoomi April 21, 2025 Abdul Wahid Additional Deputy Commissioner apple cultivation apricot blossom apricot cultivation April 19 April 21 to 23 avalanches Badgam border roads organisation bro Chanigund Chief Education Officer damage report Deputy Commissioner dewatering pumps Disaster Management disruption Education electricity outage emergency healthcare emergency meeting essential services fallen trees falling rocks financial losses Flash Floods forest fragile infrastructure Hardass Health heavy snow Horticulture IMD India Meteorological Department kargil Kargil town Kargil-Zanskar road Karkitchoo Ladakh LAHDC Lamayuru landslides Mechanical Department Meteorological Department Muhammad Haneefa Jan Muhammad Jaffer Akhoon NHIDCL on-ground assessment orange warning orchards power restoration Public Works rainfall red-level alert risk advisory school closure SDMs Shakar Chiktan snow-clearance Srinagar -Leh National Highway stranded tourists Sub-Divisional Magistrate unseasonal snowfall

SRINAGAR: A sudden and intense snowfall blanketed large parts of Ladakh on Sunday, plunging daily life into disarray—particularly in Kargil district—at a time when the…

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Flash Floods Devastate Ramban, 3 Killed, NH-44 Blocked

By Emaad Makhdoomi April 21, 2025 Arjun Singh Raju Army Bagna village Banihal Baseer-ul-Haq Chaudhary Bowli Bazar Chingam civil departments cloudburst connectivity disruption debris Dharam Kund educational institutions closed Flash Floods food distribution Gool subdivision horticultural losses Indian Army aid Jammu & Kashmir Traffic Police Jammu-Srinagar National Highway Kashmir Valley Kela Morh Kishtwar landslides livestock Mani Ram Maroog medical support Mehar Cafeteria misinformation mudflows Muhammad Aquib Ahmed Muhammad Hanief Muhammad Saqib Ahmed Nashri ndrf NGOs NH-244 NH-44 NH-44 Blocked Padder route Panthial Police power grid collapse ramban Ramban town Ramsoo relief operations rescue operations rescue teams safety advisories Sajjad Shaheen SDRF Seri Shan Palace SSP Kulbir Singh stranded travelers stream overflow structural damage Surinder Choudhary telecommunication disruption torrential downpour Traffic Advisory trucks

SRINAGAR: A violent cloudburst followed by torrential downpours wreaked havoc in Bagna village of Ramban district during the night between April 19 and 20, claiming…

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Rishikesh–Karnaprayag BG Rail Link: A Himalayan Engineering Marvel Nears Completion

By TNI Team April 16, 2025 badrinath BG railway line bridges Broad Gauge Char Dham Railway connectivity construction efficiency Construction Progress defense personnel DEM Devprayag Devprayag–Lachmoli tunnel Digital Elevation Model Disaster Response earthquakes economic growth engineering challenges engineering prowess environmental impact floods goods movement himalayan region IIT Roorkee india china border Infrastructure Infrastructure Project Jobs Karnaprayag Kedarnath landslides logistics longest rail tunnel National Security Rail Vikas Nigam Limited remote areas Rishikesh–Karnaprayag rudraprayag RVNL seismic activity seismic studies socio-economic development SRINAGAR surveying techniques TBM tourism Travel Time Tunnel Boring Machine tunnel breakthroughs tunnels uttarakhand WorldView-2 satellite Yog Nagari Rishikesh

NEW DELHI: The Rishikesh–Karnaprayag Broad Gauge (BG) railway line, a transformative infrastructure project in Uttarakhand, is advancing steadily towards its anticipated completion by December 2026. …

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PM Modi to visit Wayanad on August 10; Indian Army set to leave

By Aman Kumar Himanshu August 9, 2024 Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Heavy rain Indian Army kerala landslides PM Narendra Modi wayanad landslides Wayanad tragedy

After ten days of rescue ops, the Indian Army is set to hand over operations to the NDRF, SDRF, Fire Force, and Kerala Police as they prepare to leave Wayanad.

Fatal landslides in Wayanad have claimed 158 lives

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Devastating landslides in Wayanad claim 158 lives, hundreds injured

By Aman Kumar Himanshu July 31, 2024 158 people dead Army Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan kerala landslides rainfall rescue operation wayanad

According to government reports, over 100 individuals are feared to be trapped under the rubble as multiple rescue agencies and the Army scramble to rescue as many survivors as possible.