SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government, with the help of the Army, police, and SDRF, has launched a major operation to rescue around 300 tourists who were left stranded mid-air after a technical snag halted the Gulmarg Gondola service at the north Kashmir tourist resort of Gulmarg.Chief executive officer (CEO), Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA), Tariq…
SRINAGAR: Gulmarg’s glittering slopes, once blanketed for months, now flicker between white and bare. Seasons shrink. Thaws bite. People ask: Where are the snows of yesteryear? Future of India’s premier ski resort looks increasingly like it’s skating on thin ice — and govt is racing to keep it from sliding off course.Plans are moving fast….
TANGMARG: At the frozen waterfall at Drung, tourists from different parts of the country are crowding around it, taking photographs and recording videos as the site emerges as a major winter attraction.Drung, part of the Gulmarg tourist circuit, was among several destinations closed after the Pahalgam terror attack last year. It reopened in Nov and…
NC, PDP push rival land bills as Gulmarg hotel leases expire SRINAGAR: Land ownership and lease laws are set to dominate the upcoming short session of J&K assembly in Srinagar, with rival bills from National Conference (NC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) taking aim at the Union territory’s contentious land regime.The spotlight is on Gulmarg,…