Revisiting Indus Water Treaty
Sir, India’s decision to seek renegotiation of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) is a timely and necessary move. The treaty, signed in 1960, has served its purpose but is now outdated given the geopolitical, environmental,…
Category: letters
Jammu, Srinagar metrolite
Sir, The prolonged delay in the approval of the Metrolite project for Jammu and Srinagar is deeply concerning. Both cities are facing increasing traffic congestion, pollution, and insufficient public transportation options, which continue to affect…
One Nation one Election not easy
Sir, Jharkhand and Maharashtra assembly elections have been announced. Elections will be held in two phases in Jharkhand and in one phase in Maharashtra. Earlier, there was a gap of only three days between the…
Need to prevent soil extinction
Sir, Soil is the basic entity on which all terrestrial life depends. It is a well known fact that around ninety five percent of all the food that is consumed by human comes from soil.…
Make Festivals Pollution Free
Sir, The much harmful fire crackers’ season has set in. We, the sensible and responsible citizens, not only of a village, city, state or Nation but of “Global Family” should voluntarily pledge to make this…
Economic Reforms
Sir, The decision of PV Narasimha Rao to appoint Dr. Manmohan Singh as India’s Finance Minister in 1991 marked a pivotal moment in the nation’s economic history. At a time when India was grappling with…
Barbarian killings
Sir, Recent killings in Ganderbal at Gagangeer in which seven innocent people were killed in barbarian in nature. This unending cycle of innocent killings is very painful. Every life is precious which we cannot replace…
Electric vehicles’ progress in India
Sir, Nantoo Banerjee’s article highlights the declining production costs of electric vehicles (EVs) and India’s encouraging EV policy. As Union Minister Nitin Gadkari pointed out, the reduced need for Government subsidies, thanks to lower GST…
New Era of Governance in J&K
Sir, The swearing in of a democratic Government in J&K led by CM Omar Abdullah after a decade has infused high hopes among domiciles of UT from newly elected Government as far as redressel of…
Women in politics
Sir, Jammu and Kashmir show a drastic change in its political environment where women have stated to assume important position in the current elections, where the women participated with 70.02 percent in third and final…