{"id":194422,"date":"2026-02-08T10:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T05:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=194422"},"modified":"2026-02-08T10:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T05:02:04","slug":"neglect-of-chenab-valley-must-end-mehbooba-tells-occupation-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/02\/08\/neglect-of-chenab-valley-must-end-mehbooba-tells-occupation-regime.html","title":{"rendered":"Neglect of Chenab valley must end, Mehbooba tells occupation regime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194423\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/mehmboba-mufti.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/mehmboba-mufti.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/mehmboba-mufti-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/mehmboba-mufti-780x439.jpg 780w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/mehmboba-mufti-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jammu: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti has lamented the backwardness of Chenab Valley, demanding divisional status and improved connectivity to unlock the region&#8217;s potential.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, addressing a gathering in Doda, Mehbooba Mufti stressed the need for a High Court division bench, rail connectivity, and tunnels for all-weather access.<\/p>\n<p>She highlighted the region&#8217;s tourism potential and called for sustainable development through the Doda Development Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Mufti demanded a Cluster University, upgraded education and health facilities, a women&#8217;s degree college, and skill-based institutions. She advocated for transparent blue sapphire mining, saying it should be opened to the public under existing laws to benefit local communities.KMS-3K<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti has lamented the backwardness of Chenab Valley, demanding divisional status and improved connectivity to unlock the region&#8217;s potential. According to Kashmir Media Service, addressing a gathering in Doda, Mehbooba Mufti stressed the need for a High Court division bench, rail connectivity, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":194423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-194422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/mehmboba-mufti.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194424,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194422\/revisions\/194424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}