The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) on January 31, 2024, issued a notification regarding the declaration of the Union Territory of Ladakh as an Air Pollution Control Area. The following has been stated: In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 and Sub-section (1) of section …
Leh: Even a mention of its name portrays the rugged terrain of the Himalayas with thin air, sparse vegetation and hardly enough water. Leh, however, was far removed from its stereotype this Monday. The high altitude cold desert was the site of a huge plantation drive, massive enough to set …
This 5th June will be the 40th World Environment Day, marked by a world far removed from the hopeful, easy-on-commitment atmosphere of the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm that inspired the ‘WED’ at its first anniversary. What we probably share is the irony — 1973 …
Chandigarh: After its experiments with setting up a solar power hatchery to breed chicks did not yield the desired results, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have launched a new initiative to establish a pressurised, climate-controlled hatchery. Some time ago, a facility for hatching poultry eggs in the region …
JAMMU, Sep 4: A 4.6 magnitude quake hit Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir, this afternoon. However, it was not felt in the Kashmir valley, Disaster Management head in the valley Aamir Ali said. He said the tremors were felt at 1:17 pm forcing the people to rush out of …
Chandigarh: After having found “good values” of rare earth elements in areas close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Ladakh during preliminary surveys, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) is now moving into the next stage of marking promising areas of their occurrence in the hitherto unexplored regions of …
SRINAGAR: Speaking in the 2nd session of the marathon 65th Board of Directors meeting of Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) here last evening, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah received detailed account of modus operandi of launch of new power projects by the Corporation. The Board also approved Rs. …
Targets generation of over 8,000 MW hydropower in 12 years The authorities are hopeful of generating over 8,000 MW power in the next 10 to 12 years even as the state is exploiting less than 10 per cent of its potential capacity of producing 25,000 MW electricity. The 21 power …
Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah and Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah today inaugurated 18 KW Solar Power Plant at Sub-District Hospital Charar-i-Sharief. The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has approved 69 solar power plants for the State to be installed in as many health …
Various schemes for J&K; in pipeline: Farooq SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Monday highlighted the importance of harnessing new and renewable energy potential of the State to accommodate the electricity needs in remote and far-flung areas emphasizing on installation of adequate Transmission System (TS) to extract and distribute power. …
In a move to address the lack of strategic roads abutting the India-China frontier, India will bring in a legal provision to do away with self-created hurdles which are holding back progress on the much-needed roads used for movement of troops and equipment. Even as India struggles to construct roads …
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered a probe following reports that as many as 358 children had died in Srinagar’s premier children’s hospital since January 2012. It admitted to 35 deaths having occurred in the last fortnight alone. Chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, “The Cabinet (which met here …
A low-intensity earthquake measuring 4.1 on Richter Scale shook some parts of Jammu and Kashmir during the wee hours of this morning. "An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 occurred at 2:20 AM with its epicentre at India-China border in Ladakh region," a disaster management cell official said here. The epicentre was …
With the state’s power deficit all set to cross a whopping Rs 2,000-crore mark till the end of the current financial year, the Centre has snubbed Jammu and Kashmir for implementing at a slow pace the Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) initiated to bring down transmission and distribution …
A moderate intensity earthquake jolted the Kashmir valley today. “An earthquake of magnitude 5 on the Richter Scale occurred today at 7.29 pm with the epicentre on the India-China border in the Ladakh region of the state,” Aamir Ali, Coordinator, Divisional Disaster Management Authority, said. He said the epicentre of …
SRINAGAR : There was still no respite from the cold during night as the minimum remained below normal in the Kashmir valley and Ladakh region, where Pahalgam, Gulmarg, Leh and Kargil recorded below minus 10 degree Celsius temperature this morning. However, the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was through while the …
Govt agency charting sunshine hotspots to help cos set up solar energy plants. When India’s solar power developers want to choose a site for their project, they usually turn to NASA and its satellite images to identify the best locations. This is because even though India is endowed with abundant …
SRINAGAR: Leh in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded the lowest temperature of the season at minus 22.2 degrees Celsius as intense cold wave conditions continued across the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region. "At minus 22.2 degrees Celsius, Leh in Ladakh witnessed the lowest this season on Monday. Kargil, …
Srinagar witnesses coldest day of the season Even as the Kashmir valley continues to reel under severe cold, the government today sounded an avalanche warning following last week’s snowfall. “On the basis of information received from the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE), a medium avalanche alert has been issued …
The plant is expected to provide electricity to around 60,000 rural homes Mahindra Solar One, a solar power developer, commissioned its first 5 MW solar power plant. A part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) policy, the project is located near Jodhpur in Rajasthan and was the first …
Jammu and Kashmir will have the distinction of setting up the world’s largest solar telescope in the Ladakh region of the state. The telescope is being set up by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. The National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) will be set up at the …
