Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Vishaw stream gasps for breath amid mining pollution" appearing in Greater Kashmir dated 16.12.2024 dated 23/04/2025. In the original application, registered suo motu, the tribunal is examining the grievance of a deteriorating trout population in the Vishaw …
DODA, Apr 21: The inhabitants of Dhori hamlet of tehsil Bharath Bagla became vulnerable due to massive landslides during the recent incessant rains. The landslides have triggered on both sides of the habitation and the inhabitants have left their houses leaving behind all their belongings due to the fear of …
India has 900 GW of commercially exploitable sources of renewable energy if 3 per cent of the country’s wasteland is made available, according to the Ministry for New and Renewable Energy. The renewable sources of energy include wind and solar power, biomass and waste-to-energy apart from small hydro power plants. …
Even after the catastrophic floods witnessed by the state, 26 projects have been awarded Forest Clearances (FC) by the state forest department. While 25 projects were granted forest approvals and 142.54 ha forest land cleared in 2014, as many as 23 projects have been awarded clearances in the first three …
The man-animal conflict in the state has claimed 14 human lives and 211 persons were injured in attack by wild animals during 2014-15, highlighting the situation arising out of encroachment of forests by people. The maximum number of attacks were reported from the Kashmir valley and mountainous areas of Jammu. …
The Central Water Commission (CWC) India’s leading water resources body which provides flood forecasts and predictions, surprisingly lacks flood monitoring system for Jammu and Kashmir. CWC issues flood alerts and monitors the situation so that the states under the threat get ready to tackle with the flood like circumstances. However …
To identify encroached forest land in Sunjwan, Bathindi, Raika and Sidhra areas of Jammu district, the State Government has constituted a committee, headed by the Chief Conservator of Forest (S&D;), J&K;, Jammu. The committee will ascertain the status of land and delineation of forest land from other land so as …
Hundreds of residents of central Kashmir have been displaced by heavy rain which threatened to unleash floods and landslides, officials here said. The officials said more than 13,000 residents in central Kashmir’s Srinagar and Budgam districts had to evacuate their homes after stormy weather this week caused heavy rain across …
4,300 houses damaged, hundreds of families shifted to safety With the recent torrential rain leading to widespread damage, 17 persons and 900 heads of livestock have been killed and 4,300 houses and more than 700 cowsheds damaged in the Jammu region. The population in all 10 districts except Jammu city …
Met Forecasts More Rainfall In Next 2 Days Rescuers have till now pulled out 15 bodies from the rubble of two houses buried under a landslide triggered by incessant rains at Laden in Jammu & Kashmir's Budgam district on Monday , law minister Syed Basharat Bukhari told the state assembly …
Poonch, March 31 Incessant rain in Poonch has triggered landslides at many places in the district. Five families whose houses had come in the danger zone as a result of massive landslides in Chhamber Kinari village in Mandi tehsil were shifted to Government Middle School, Dattigala, by the district administration …
The state meteorological department has predicted more rainfall in next 24 hours. The spokesperson at MET office revealed there was the possibility of moderate to heavy rainfall at most of the places across the state from tomorrow. As flood threat looms over the valley the weather predictions make next three …
Two persons were killed and several families were rescued while over a hundred structures damaged and equal number of live stocks perished in heavy rains and flash floods in Jammu region. The Jammu-Srinagar National highway virtually remain closed with minor relief at stretch near Banihal where some stranded vehicles were …
Jammu & Kashmir has been hit by floods a second time in the past seven months. But a modern flood forecasting system continues to elude this most vulnerable state of India. The Central Water Commission (CWC), a central agency which constantly monitors water levels of rivers across the country, has …
A flood alert was sounded by the authorities as the water level of river Jehlum crossed the 16 feet mark at Ram Munshi Bagh here tonight. Giving details an official spokesman of district administration said people living on the banks of rivers, flood channels and nallahs have been asked to …
Sonam Lotus, director of the meteorological office, today said there is no flood threat to the Kashmir Valley. Talking to media, he said, "Although there has been a rise in the water level of rivers and streams in the Kashmir Valley due to overnight incessant rains, there is no reason …
A landslide in the Himalayan region of Kashmir buried at least 10 people while they were sleeping, police said on Monday, as unseasonal rains swept India, damaging crops and raising fears of flash floods in the mountainous north. Hundreds of people fled their homes as Kashmir's main rivers began to …
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed today said a Cabinet Sub-Committee has been framed to fast track disbursement of relief to flood-affected population and asserted that no financial hurdle would be allowed to come in rebuilding flood-bartered infrastructure. "We have framed a Cabinet Sub-Committee to fast track disbursement of …
Indian minister is not attending the first international meeting for the conservation of snow leopards in Kyrgyzstan despite the need for greater conservation efforts to protect its leopard populations The first international steering committee meeting to coordinate conservation efforts for the snow leopard is being held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on …
JAMMU, Mar 17: Over 20,000 hectares cropped area has been affected with the hailstorm and yellow rust in Jammu region due to massive rains, hailstorm and bad weather. Reports said that the farmers from the plain areas of Kathua, Hiranagar, Samba, Vijaypur, Bishnah, Suchetgarh, Arnia, R S Pura, Marh, Pargwal …
Access to energy is an important determinant of quality of life. Inequality of access to energy for cooking, lighting and livelihood purposes has engaged the attention of researchers, policy planners and activists in recent years. In 2005, India launched the ambitious Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana that aimed at universal …
