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  • Under Smart City, Sgr gets maiden wire-free, exclusive pedestrian market

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    Srinagar, May 09: Under the much-hyped smart city project, Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, has got a first of its kind wire-free and exclusively pedestrian market in the commercial Hub area of Lal Chowk.

    As per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Polo View market that usually remained busy with the vehicular movement and the rush of the pedestrians, especially the tourists, wore a new look as the works carried out by the Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL) have turned the road-stretch into an exclusively pedestrian and wire-free market.

    CEO, SSCL, Athar Aamir Khan while talking to the reporters, said that all the electricity and communications have been laid underground in the market while the market would be exclusively pedestrian.

    As the work in the market is about to be completed, the shopkeepers here have expressed joy and happiness over the new look of the market.

    Haji Muhammad Ismail, President of Polo View Association said that although the work has got affected by 70 per cent since the time work on the market was started.

    However, he said that they are expecting a good business ahead as the hefty sum has been spent for the developmental works and beautifying the tourist market

    Under smart city, the market has been renovated. As the work has almost completed, we are expecting a good business ahead, Haji Muhammad Ismail said.

    Javaid Ahmad, another shopkeeper in the market said that it has become a new market now. “Earlier, the tourists used to park their vehicles outside the shops, but now the people will now park their vehicles at the designated parking slots and will get a good space to walk and visit the market,” he said.

    Ahmad further said that the business was almost zero per cent since the work was started in the market, but as the work is about to be completed, the business has started gaining pace again.

    Muhammad Amin Khan, another shopkeeper, said that it is for the first time that Srinagar has witnessed any market, which is exclusively pedestrian. “After a change, the business will start reviving again,” he said—(KNO)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

  • Pedestrian Injured After Hit By Vehicle

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    SRINAGAR:  Late on Wednesday night, a pedestrian was injured after being hit by a speeding vehicle at Karlhar in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

    An official reported that a Mini Bus (Eicher) with registration number JK05A-3696, driving from Kanispora towards Baramulla, collided with the pedestrian at Karlhar Baramulla. The pedestrian, identified as Ab Rashid Zargar (57), son of Ab Rehman and a resident of Karlhar Baramulla, was seriously injured in the incident.

    The injured person was initially taken to GMC Baramulla by locals, and later referred to Srinagar for advanced treatment.

    The incident has been registered and an investigation is currently underway. (KS)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Pedestrian Killed In Road Accident

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    SRINAGAR: A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a vehicle in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday evening.

    Reports said that a pedestrian identified as Ashiq Hussain Sheikh (37), a resident of Kunzar Tangmarg was hit by a ‘speedy’ vehicle on Srinagar-Baramulla highway near Hanjiwara area this evening.

    Ashiq was immediately shifted to Trauma hopital Pattan where doctors declared him dead, the vehicle has fled from the spot, they said.

    Meanwhile, police have launched a man hunt to nab the driver, trace the vehicle and a case under relevant sections of law has been registered in this regard. (KDC)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Indian drunk driver jailed for injuring pedestrian in Dubai

    Indian drunk driver jailed for injuring pedestrian in Dubai

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    Dubai: An 39-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to one month in jail in Dubai and fined Dh10,000 after he drove over a woman’s legs, leaving her seriously injured.

    The Dubai Court of Appeal also found the Indian, who was driving under the influence of alcohol, guilty of fleeing the accident scene and revoked his deportation order, The National reported.

    The man, driving his Nissan Patrol out of the car park of a hotel in Bur Dubai’s Al Mankhool area last November, failed to see a woman sitting on the pavement with her legs stretched out into the road.

    “We were in the car together when the incident happened,” the man’s friend told the court, The National reported.

    “He (the driver) stopped the car so I stepped out to check on the woman but he drove off,” he said.

    He was later tracked down and arrested, the report said, adding that the offender admitted to the charges during a police probe and in court.

    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a zero-tolerance policy to drunk driving, which is a criminal offense.

    “According to Article 393 of UAE’s traffic law, offenders causing a road death can face between one month and three years in prison or a fine as decided by the court,” Nida Al Masri, a legal consultant from Justitia Advocates and Legal Consultants, told The National.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )