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 …
A study was conducted to develop a stochastic time series model for prediction of annual rainfall and runoff for Lidder catchment of Lidder river. The study area is one of the macro watershed of Lidder river and has an area of 1,243 km. The developed model is based on 15 …
According to the vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences Dr Harbans Singh, early sowing during the Rabi season in dryland areas would result in higher yields. He has suggested that sowing should be done with the receding monsoons and winter rain should fall on the standing crop. During the …
Despite Farooq Abdullah being the Union Cabinet Minister for New and Renewable Energy, the use of solar energy in the state is quite low. Contrary to the department claims of having spread enough awareness about the benefits of renewable energy among the masses, people in the state seem to have …
A Jammu-based agricultural scientist has warned farmers growing Bt cotton in Punjab and Haryana against complacency, as the cash crop could fall prey to various pests in the coming years. Dr. Rajinder Peshan, associate professor at the division of agriculture extension education of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences, after years …
Two out of four reports received from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi, has been tested positive for the swine flu, taking the number of swine flu cases in the state to 31. As per reports received, two Army personnel have been tested positive for the swine flue, …
Being built at an estimated cost of Rs 611 crore, the 45-MW Nimoo-Bazgo Hydroelectric Project in Leh district of the frontier cold desert region of Ladakh is scheduled to be completed by August next year. This was conveyed to Governor NN Vohra, during his visit to the project site at …
Expressing concern over receding glaciers, shrinking wetlands, encroachment in lakes and shortage of drinking water, noted environmentalist and former mass media officer, Directorate of Ecology and Environment, Gurcharan Singh said there was a need to preserve forest cover so that basic requirements of people were met. Delivering a lecture organised …
Udhampur: Under the Operation Green, the Udhampur police initiated a plantation drive in the District Police Lines (DPL), Udhampur, today. Gulzar Singh Slathia, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Udhampur-Reasi range, who was the chief guest on the occasion, started the drive by planting the sapling of an ornamental plant on …
Jammu: Minister for Industries and Commerce Surjit Singh Slathia has said that the Centre had approved a package of Rs 5500 crore for the development of three regions of the state. With a view to improving the power scenario in the Vijaypur constituency the government had sanctioned Rs. 2.41 crore …
Impressing upon the government to take steps to save the burgeoning industry based on gypsum, the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged it not to stop the mining of gypsum in the Uri sector. According to Dr Mubeen Shah, president of the KCCI, the Geology and Mining …
Concerned over the misuse of agricultural land for the commercial and residential purposes, the state government has formed a committee to formulate a plan to save the agricultural land.
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has expressed confidence that the development of new and renewable energy sector would catapult the rural electrification scenario in the state and asserted that the government would take every step in this direction. He said this after he and Union Minister for New and Renewable …
The government has lifted the ban on the export of basmati, which was imposed in April last year, with immediate effect. This would benefit about 36,000 farming families, mostly in Jammu district. Qamar Ali Akhoon, Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD), announced this in the Legislative Assembly here …
Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, accompanied by a team of senior officers of his ministry, met Governor NN Vohra here today. During the hour-long meeting, Farooq discussed with the Governor the scope for optimal exploitation of the vast potential of non-conventional energy sources, including solar energy, …
Jammu : Though swine flu has not assumed alarming proportion in the state, the government has decided to set up two testing laboratories in Jammu and Srinagar. According to official sources, on the directions of Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma, Jammu too would have a testing lab for the H1N1 …
Srinagar : As many as 1000 micro Hydel electric projects are being executed by the Army under Border Area Development Programme and Operation Sadbhavana at a cost of Rs 10 crore. This was stated by Minister for Tourism and Culture Nawang Rigzin Jora in the Assembly today in reply to …
Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir has said the state suffered Rs 406 crore losses in agriculture and Rs 100 crore in horticulture due to the continued dry spell and unfair weather. Addressing a meeting of agriculture ministers in New Delhi, Mir said major kharif crops like maize, pulses, vegetables, paddy, …
A NET deficit of 5,234 cusecs of water is preventing J&K; from irrigating vast swaths of the land that could grow paddy and wheat. Jammu is falling short by 23% of its irrigation water requirements while Kashmir is reeling with a shortage of 32%. Water shortage is one of the …
