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 …
Reiterating Govt’s resolve to make the State self-sufficient in power, the Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, Abdul Rahim Rather today said that various projects have been firmed up to add about 10000 MW power by the end of 13th Five Year Plan. He said Rs.1900 crore are being spent …
Sewerage network is present in a very limited part of Jammu city and the rest of the city predominately depends on individual toilets and onsite septic tanks, resulting in sewage outflow into open drains leading to unhygienic conditions in localities. This was stated by the Union Ministry of Urban Development …
Posing a huge threat to the public health, nearly 6000 unregistered collection centres are functional in Kashmir Valley. The collection centers are opened at various pharmacies and clinics of doctors. The samples for various blood and related tests are collected at these centres and mostly send outside Kashmir for examinations. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ravinder Kumar Sharma & Ors. V/s State of Jammu & Kashmir & Ors. dated 13/05/2014 regarding indiscriminately digging the earth for the purpose of making bricks, without approval, resulting to an ecological imbalance in the State …
Twenty eight persons have been killed and 333 injured in the incidents of man-animal conflict in past one year. These incidents have also resulted in the death of 10 leopards and nine black bears. According to the officials at wildlife department, 2013 has witnessed the maximum number of deaths of …
All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), an amalgam organization of various panchayat bodies today slammed Omar led government for its failure to clear liability of over Rs. 300 Crore under Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). According to a release, calling it as criminal negligence of the …
The farmers in Jammu region suffered a heavy loss as their standing ripe wheat crop was totally damaged due to yesterday’s hailstorm. Besides the standing wheat crop, the standing vegetables, fruit trees, other plants and pulses also suffered a heavy damage in different parts of Jammu region due to hail …
The election mood is palpable in this village, 14 km from Baramulla town of north Kashmir. Posters of Muzaffar Hussain Beigh stand out on the rustic walls of Chandoosa, which is also the native village of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the Baramulla constituency. The parliamentary elections in Kashmir …
This paper argues that climate change adaptation policies often fail to gain priority status both nationally and locally. While the most severe impacts of climate change are being felt through major disasters, less dramatic events go unnoticed wreaking havoc on local livelihoods. The paper discusses examples from the disaster-prone arid …
More than 80 per cent of the displaced Kashmiri Pandits will be deprived of their voting right in the Srinagar parliamentary constituency, going to the polls tomorrow. Of the 36,015 registered Kashmiri Pandit voters, 5,098 voters can cast their vote as only 1,888 M-Forms have been processed by the Assistant …
847 habitations to get road connectivity Under phase- X of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), 679 schemes have been proposed for Jammu and Kashmir covering a length of around 3900 kilometers with an approximate cost of Rs 4086 crore. 379 schemes have been proposed for Jammu province while …
Concept to help raise population of the scavenger birds. Conservationists stand by “Vulture Restaurants”, a new concept that aims to augment the population of the scavenging birds, which help keep the environment clean by feeding on carrion. According to noted conservationist T.K. Roy, the vultures are provided safe supplementary food. …
Flouting the Supreme Court (SC) directives and anti-pollution laws, 407 industrial units are running unauthorisedly in the state as their ‘validity of consent’ to operate has expired about a decade ago. State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) officials said as per the provisions of the Water (Protection and Control of Pollution) …
The proposed project to install scanner at Lakhanpur to keep a check on the importing of banned polythene into the state is likely to face further delay as the Assessment Committee (AC) constituted to look into the feasibility of the equipments has failed to make any significant progress. Sources told …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ravinder Kumar Sharma & Ors. Vs State of Jammu & Kashmir & Ors. dated 17/04/2014 regarding running of brick kiln in Tehsil & District Rajouri of Jammu and Kashmir. It is stated that the respondents are …
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam today said an alarming number of brain cancer cases in the Valley are due to the use of toxic chemicals and pesticides in orchards. Kalam said gastric cancer and colon cancer were common among Kashmiris and were caused due to bad dietary habits. The former …
Karnal, April 13: Scientists have developed seven high-yielding varieties of wheat to combat with the issues of yellow rust and increasing demand for the crop. The Central Variety Release Committee (CVRC) released these varieties in accordance with conditions prevailing in six wheat-growing zones of the country. Dr Indu Sharma, Director, …
The continued bad weather this season has caused an estimated Rs 18 crore loss to agriculture sector in Kashmir. A report prepared by Chief Agriculture Officers reveals that inclement weather this season has resulted in an estimated Rs 18.75 crore crop loss in 10 districts of Kashmir. The report prepared …
The ban on sale of "gutka" goes up in smoke in the city with shopkeepers selling it after displaying the packets in front of their shops and the authorities remaining a mute spectator. Even after the ban, the shopkeepers are seen selling "gutka" in the city, but at higher prices …
One of the Asia's largest freshwater lakes, Wular in north Kashmir, is fast losing its grandeur to extensive pollution, siltation and encroachments. Belying tall claims of the state government of launching an ambitious project to salvage the famed water body, there is no trace of conservation measures on the ground. …
