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  • Two-day houseboat fest in Srinagar to woo vacationers throughout winter season

    Express News Service

    SRI NAGAR: In order to woo vacationers to the long-lasting houseboats on world well-known Dal Lake and Nageen Lake in Srinagar, a two-day houseboat pageant is being held from Wednesday.  Director Tourism Kashmir Fazlul Haseeb instructed this newspaper that the two-day pageant could be inaugurated by J&Ok Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.

    There are about 950 houseboats in Dal and Nageen lakes and hundreds of households are depending on it for his or her livelihood. The houseboats are a serious attraction of vacationers within the picturesque Kashmir. The guests to the two-day pageant will likely be apprised concerning the historical past of houseboats and the celebrities who’ve stayed in them.

    The main sights of the pageant will likely be an artwork exhibition and a photograph wall on the historical past and historic elements of houseboats. Other sights embrace water display screen tasks with laser present, illuminated shikara carnival, shikara rides, meals courtroom amongst others.

    Besides, stay musical concert events and band performances by native artists and conventional people performances would even be held. A file variety of over two million vacationers visited Kashmir this yr to this point and the houseboats in Dal Lake and Nageen Lake witnessed 80-90 per cent occupancy this yr.

    However, with the onset of winter and chilly climate situations, the occupancy has dropped within the houseboats. Kashmir House Boat Owners Association chairman G R Siah stated that at current the houseboats have 20-30 per cent occupancy. Director Tourism stated by the Houseboat Festival, they wish to ship a message to the vacationers that Kashmir is actually heat in winters as effectively. The houseboat house owners stated had the pageant been organized in October, it could have been extra fruitful.

    SRI NAGAR: In order to woo vacationers to the long-lasting houseboats on world well-known Dal Lake and Nageen Lake in Srinagar, a two-day houseboat pageant is being held from Wednesday.  Director Tourism Kashmir Fazlul Haseeb instructed this newspaper that the two-day pageant could be inaugurated by J&Ok Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.

    There are about 950 houseboats in Dal and Nageen lakes and hundreds of households are depending on it for his or her livelihood. The houseboats are a serious attraction of vacationers within the picturesque Kashmir. The guests to the two-day pageant will likely be apprised concerning the historical past of houseboats and the celebrities who’ve stayed in them.

    The main sights of the pageant will likely be an artwork exhibition and a photograph wall on the historical past and historic elements of houseboats. Other sights embrace water display screen tasks with laser present, illuminated shikara carnival, shikara rides, meals courtroom amongst others.

    Besides, stay musical concert events and band performances by native artists and conventional people performances would even be held. A file variety of over two million vacationers visited Kashmir this yr to this point and the houseboats in Dal Lake and Nageen Lake witnessed 80-90 per cent occupancy this yr.

    However, with the onset of winter and chilly climate situations, the occupancy has dropped within the houseboats. Kashmir House Boat Owners Association chairman G R Siah stated that at current the houseboats have 20-30 per cent occupancy. Director Tourism stated by the Houseboat Festival, they wish to ship a message to the vacationers that Kashmir is actually heat in winters as effectively. The houseboat house owners stated had the pageant been organized in October, it could have been extra fruitful.

  • Srinagar Diary: London Eye-like ferris wheel at Dal Lake quickly

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    London Eye-like ferris wheel at Dal Lake quickly
    With the Valley recording highest-ever vacationer footfall up to now this 12 months, the federal government is prone to set up “Srinagar Eye” a large ferris wheel on the world-famous Dal Lake on the strains of the well-known “London Eye”. The location has additionally been shortlisted for the set up. The authorities are hopeful that it could be an added attraction for vacationers visiting the picturesque Valley. Apart from the Mughal gardens, Tulip backyard and Dal Lake, now the ‘Srinagar Eye’ in Dal Lake would add to the attraction for the vacationers. The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered commentary wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. 

    Departmental shops permitted to promote beer 
    The J&Okay administration has authorised departmental shops within the Union Territory to promote beer and different Ready to Drink (RTD) drinks in city areas. It is the primary time that departmental shops could be promoting beer in J&Okay. Among the necessities put forth, such shops will need to have a complete carpet space of minimal 1,200 sq ft, an annual turnover of minimal Rs 5 crore in Jammu and Srinagar cities and Rs 2 crore for shops in different city areas shall be eligible below the scheme. Besides, a sequence of departmental shops having annual turnover of greater than Rs 10 crore shall be eligible to use for separate licenses for every of its shops.      

    Valley: School exams & admissions in Mar-Apr
    Over three years after Article 370 revocation, the varsity tutorial calendar in Kashmir is about for modifications. Now, annual exams and contemporary admissions shall be held in October-November and never in March. In the Jammu area, the exams and new admissions are held in March-April and now there shall be a uniform tutorial calendar throughout the UT. “Sanction is hereby accorded to the implementation of the uniform academic calendar including conduct of annual examinations in March-April session for classes up to IX in all government as well as state-recognised private schools,” learn an order issued by the principal secretary of college training authorities. 

    Fayaz wani
    Our correspondent in Jammu and Kashmir
    [email protected]    

    London Eye-like ferris wheel at Dal Lake quickly
    With the Valley recording highest-ever vacationer footfall up to now this 12 months, the federal government is prone to set up “Srinagar Eye” a large ferris wheel on the world-famous Dal Lake on the strains of the well-known “London Eye”. The location has additionally been shortlisted for the set up. The authorities are hopeful that it could be an added attraction for vacationers visiting the picturesque Valley. Apart from the Mughal gardens, Tulip backyard and Dal Lake, now the ‘Srinagar Eye’ in Dal Lake would add to the attraction for the vacationers. The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered commentary wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. 

    Departmental shops permitted to promote beer 
    The J&Okay administration has authorised departmental shops within the Union Territory to promote beer and different Ready to Drink (RTD) drinks in city areas. It is the primary time that departmental shops could be promoting beer in J&Okay. Among the necessities put forth, such shops will need to have a complete carpet space of minimal 1,200 sq ft, an annual turnover of minimal Rs 5 crore in Jammu and Srinagar cities and Rs 2 crore for shops in different city areas shall be eligible below the scheme. Besides, a sequence of departmental shops having annual turnover of greater than Rs 10 crore shall be eligible to use for separate licenses for every of its shops.      

    Valley: School exams & admissions in Mar-Apr
    Over three years after Article 370 revocation, the varsity tutorial calendar in Kashmir is about for modifications. Now, annual exams and contemporary admissions shall be held in October-November and never in March. In the Jammu area, the exams and new admissions are held in March-April and now there shall be a uniform tutorial calendar throughout the UT. “Sanction is hereby accorded to the implementation of the uniform academic calendar including conduct of annual examinations in March-April session for classes up to IX in all government as well as state-recognised private schools,” learn an order issued by the principal secretary of college training authorities. 

    Fayaz wani
    Our correspondent in Jammu and Kashmir
    [email protected]    

  • Kashmir’s Dal Lake freezes, however strolling on it ‘life-threatening’. See pics

    Image Source : INDIA TV Kashmir’s Dal Lake freezes, however strolling on it ‘life-threatening’. See pics
    Kashmir’s well-known Dal Lake froze on Thursday because the chilly wave within the valley continued unabated with Srinagar recording the coldest evening in at the very least three a long time. The metropolis recorded a low of minus 8.4 levels celsius, which was the coldest temperature within the area within the metropolis in 30 years, an official of the Meteorological division mentioned. Back in 1995, Srinagar had recorded minus 8.3 levels celsius. In 1991, the temperature fell to minus 11.3 levels celsius. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Srinagar was minus 14.4 levels celsius in 1893. 

    DO NOT WALK ON FROZEN DAL LAKE

    People, notably youth and kids try and stroll on the frozen water our bodies together with Dal Lake, however this may very well be life-threatening. Aamir Ali, Nodal Officer State Emergency Operation Centre, mentioned that transferring on this skinny layer of ice, notably Dal Lake, may be very dangerous and ends in slips, falls, fractures, and deadly accidents. When the thickness of the ice is lower than 4 inches, it is extremely unsafe to stroll or play and the ice can break, leading to drowning, he mentioned. The officer mentioned there are numerous springs inside Dal Lake and the ice may be very skinny at these spots and it’s tough to identify these places whereas strolling or taking part in on the ice floor. Meanwhile, District Magistrate Shahid Choudhary has issued an advisory to dissuade folks from strolling, taking part in, or transferring on frozen Dal Lake as it’s unsafe, harmful, and doubtlessly life-threatening. Action might be initiated towards anybody attempting to violate these directions, he mentioned.

    Image Source : INDIA TVA group of SDRF deployed in Srinagar’s Dal Lake right this moment to interrupt the frozen ice. 

    READ MORE: After 25 years, Srinagar data minus 8.4 levels at evening

    SDRF BREAKS THE ICE

    Quick Response Teams (QRTs) of Jammu and Kashmir SDRF and River Police have been deployed in Dal Lake as a precautionary measure. The SDRF groups are breaking the ice frozen on the lake as these on houseboats could not reduce the ice and attain the banks.

    A group of SDRF was deployed in Srinagar’s Dal Lake right this moment to interrupt the ice frozen on Dal Lake. The houseboat folks Couldn’t reduce the ice and are available to the banks right this moment morning because the layer was thick.@indiatvnews pic.twitter.com/oLsfi4bnM0— Mir Manzoor (@Mir_indiatv) January 14, 2021

    The plunge within the minimal temperature has resulted within the freezing of water provide pipes. Motorists are going through a tricky time as a thick layer of ice has coated a number of roads within the metropolis and elsewhere. 

    Currently, underneath the grip of ‘Chillai-Kalan’, Kashmir is frozen as a result of bone-chilling chilly. Chillai Kalan is the 40-day harshest winter interval when a chilly wave grips the area and the temperature drops significantly resulting in the freezing of water our bodies together with the Dal Lake in addition to the water provide strains in a number of components of the valley.

    Image Source : PTISrinagar: Frozen Dal Lake after the city obtained recent snowfall, in Srinagar, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Kashmir Valley reeled underneath extreme chilly after witnessing sub-zero temperatures. 
     

    The probabilities of snowfall are essentially the most frequent and most throughout this era and most areas, particularly within the greater reaches, obtain heavy snowfall.

    While ‘Chillai-Kalan’ – which started on December 21 — will finish on January 31, the chilly wave continues even after that in Kashmir with a 20-day-long ‘Chillai-Khurd’ (small chilly) and a 10-day-long ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (child chilly).

    READ MORE: North shivers as Srinagar data lowest temperature in 8 years; no reduction for few extra days

    Image Source : PTISrinagar: A boatman cuts ice to steer his approach on the frozen Dal Lake after the city obtained recent snowfall, in Srinagar, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Kashmir Valley reeled underneath extreme chilly after witnessing sub-zero temperatures.

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