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 …
Due to the scarcity of drinking water,residents of some areas of Rajouri district are planning to migrate to other places. This was alleged by Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) general secretary and spokesperson Ravinder Sharma, who conducted a tour of several villages hit by the shortage of drinking water. In a …
Amidst growing concerns over global warming and receding glaciers, there is some good news from Jammu and Kashmir: not all Himalayan glaciers are melting and many in the state and in its neighbourhood are stable for years now, finds out a study conducted by Jammu University. But, such stable glaciers …
The sanitation drive launched by the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) for cleaning various areas especially the drains of the city would continue for three weeks from October 30 to November 20. According to a statement issued here, the sanitation drive started on September 1 and would continue till November 20 …
In a bid to check the growing level of noise and air pollution, the district administration here has served show-cause notices on the managements of 28 government and private establishments for causing pollution in the town by running power generator sets without following the mandatory rules and regulations. The alleged …
Srinagar : A team of 247 Army personnel from High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS), Sonmarg, has undertaken the drive of collecting non-biodegradable waste lying along the Baltal-Amarnath cave shrine. A defence spokesman said the team collected around four tonnes of non-biodegradable waste that was later on disposed off. The drive …
From solar lanterns to solar technology-run ATMs, from traffic and streetlights to railway signals, Tata BP Solar (Established 1989) now wants to light up 10 million households across India and generate 20,000 MW of solar power by 2020. In a country with over 300 sunny days across the country, leveraging …
Srinagar: The Jammu Kashmir Power Development Corporation today approved the starting of the second phase of the Baglihar project, which is projected to generate another 450 MW of power and give a major push to the state
Encouraged by the second successful experiment of the cloned buffalo Garima on June 6, the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is set to go ahead with another experiment of cloning Changthangi or pashmina goat in Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in next two months. The move to clone pashmina …
Srinagar: Governor NN Vohra here today stressed the need for a larger awareness for protection of environment to meet the challenges of environmental and climatic changes that were bound to pose
LEH: Anyone visiting Ladakh for the first time can be left gasping for breath due to low oxygen levels in the high altitude region. But a successful plantation drive has brought about environmental changes-driving up oxygen content by 50% and, most unusually, making it rain, say Indian scientists.
Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta yesterday requested the Centre to formulate a separate policy for food processing industry for hill states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir, keeping in view typical and uniform geographical and topographical conditions of these states. While speaking at the first meeting of States Food …
In a minor revolution in the agrarian history of the Kashmir Valley, the farmers in the region harvested the legendary Basmati rice for the first time this autumn. The aromatic indigeneous variety of rice recently introduced in the area, scientists claim is going to change the fortunes of Kashmiri farmers …
Almost a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the 450 MW Baglihar power project on Chenab river in Jammu & Kashmir, the Union government is all set to push work on the second power project (Baglihar-II) on priority basis. The high-level team comprising over a dozen Central secretaries that …
The central government will provide Rs 639 crore required for the execution of the Poonch-Shopian Mughal road project, that was agreed upon during the two-day visit of the central team that concluded yesterday. The high level central team not only agreed to continue Rs 298 crore for the conservation of …
Three public sector companies are planning to set up 60-80 megawatt solar plants with an investment of Rs 1,000-1,200 crore. The projects will come up in Rajasthan, Punjab and the Leh region of Jammu and Kashmir. Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd (RVPN) would set up a plant at Suratgarh …
The truth is that the Dal dwellers are hardly responsible for this vanishing ecosystem - they didn't cut the forests, build bunds, construct on the banks or dam the rivers. It is the way our nation has industrialised that we cannot see nature as an ecosystem, but only as resources.
