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 …
Blames govt for failing to warn Srinagar about floods after Anantnag was inundated The Supreme Court-appointed panel set up to assess the ground situation following the floods has recommended a ban on construction along flood-prone rivers, streams and water bodies. Apart from recommending equitable distribution of free ration in flood-hit …
Varsity researcher warned about catastrophe in 2010 “It was a natural catastrophe which could not have been prevented. If the government had vision, the flood on September 7, which inundated Srinagar, could have been managed better,” said Dr Shakil Romshoo, head of the Earth Sciences Department at the University of …
NEW DELHI, Sep 29: Centre has approved a proposal worth Rs 21 crore to reconstruct and replace the fence and BSF border posts along Indo-Pak International Border which were damaged due to recent floods in Jammu and Kashmir. The sanction was granted by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh after he …
SRINAGAR, Sep 29: The state government today said the preliminary assessment of cumulative losses due to floods in the state were in excess of Rs 1,00,000 Crore and expressed hope that the Centre will go out of its way to provide succour to the affected people. "The losses due to …
CWC chief says 10 stations are being planned in the State The Central Water Commission (CWC), at present, can generate only a quick and ready assessment of an impending flood in Srinagar based on rainfall data. CWC Chairperson Ashwin Pandya says it will take two years to establish a proper …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that a committee be constituted for the assessment of loss and damage of life and property during the floods in Jammu and Kashmir. A Bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha and Justices Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Nariman passed this order on writ petitions filed …
Ask govt to defer loan installments by six months Post-floods, the traders and industrialists in Jammu, who have invested in the Valley, are a harried lot as they have pegged their losses at Rs 800 crore. These traders feel that their losses may escalate further as they are still in …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Vasundhara Pathak Masoodi Vs Union of India dated 24/09/2014 regarding relief and rehabilitation work undertaken by the government after the Jammu & Kashmir floods.
SRINAGAR, Sep 21: Even as the state government and its agencies engaged in relief and rehabilitation operations across the flood-ravaged are yet to come to grips over the administration, many areas are still submerged under water on Sunday and survivors slamming the authorities for not providing the basic health and …
The death toll in Jammu and Kashmir has crossed 260 with Jammu region accounting for most of the deaths in the worst flood in the state in more than a century. The death toll in Jammu region was 210 while in Kashmir Valley so far 54 bodies have been recovered, …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Vasundhara Pathak Masoodi Vs Union of India dated 18/09/2014 regarding relief and rehabilitation made available to the flood victims of Jammuu & Kashmir.
Even though the waters of the Jhelum river have begun receding, there are still around over 100,000 people marooned in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir. The fear of water-borne diseases is now rising and doctors in medical camps are facing shortage of medicines like antibiotics and life-saving insulin, reports …
Madan Lal Sharma former Member Parliament today said Rajouri & Poonch are doubly hit by the natural calamity and has caused extensive devastation to the area. He demanded more focus of Central and State Government as no help has reached to the internal cut off areas so far. Sharma voiced …
Rains hamper rescue Ops; 60,000 shifted, 2 lakh still marooned Fourteen children, who died at a hospital were among 43 people found dead in Kashmir Valley as the flood waters receded in Kashmir valley during the past two days as more than 1,84,000 people have been so far rescued by …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Vasundhra Pathak Masoodi Vs Union of India dated 15/09/2014 regarding relief and rehabilitation steps taken by the government for the flood hit Jammu & Kashmir.
A flood hitting Srinagar would leave "most parts of the city submerged", a senior official of the department had told a local daily. The report was uncannily spoton. A deluge of warnings on J&K; ignored they knew it was coming. They must have because there were enough warnings, and the …
Over 76,500 rescued as water levels recede in most parts of Kashmir Over 76,500 people have been rescued in Jammu and Kashmir and relief efforts were on in the flood-hit parts of the state where thousands still remained trapped even as the flood waters continued to recede on Wednesday, officials …
In a major boost to the power generation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre today gave its consent for the construction of the 1000 MW Pakal Dul Hydroelectric Project at an estimated cost of Rs 8112.12 crore in the state. The approval for the construction of the hydroelectric plant in …
Environmentalists have termed the Jammu and Kashmir disaster as a “grim reminder of increasing impact of climate change in India” and warned of more such extreme rainfall events in the years to come. Pointing towards the recent extreme events to impact the country — Uttarakhand flash floods (2013), Leh cloudburst …
Union Minister for Rural Development, Sanitation, Drinking Water and Panchayat Raj, Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday approved 28 rural road projects worth Rs438 crore for building roads in Leh and Kargil districts in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). A total of 350 …
