Jammu and Kashmir and the Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), separated by the Line of Control (LoC), depict contrasting tales of prosperity and despondency. If Jammu and Kashmir reflect the striking turnaround in its fortunes in recent years, other side across the line presents poignant tales of regression, followed by state apathy and repression. With growing road and railway networks, the pace of transformation in is emphatically visible in Jammu and Kashmir while the PoJK remains plagued by protests, public marches -- putting the region perennially on tenterhooks. Jammu and Kashmir received more than two crore visitors in year 2024, as per official records -- creating a record of its own. Detailed project reports have been prepared for doubling the 118-km Qazigund-Srinagar-Budgam section and for a 40-km Baramulla-Uri railway line.