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 …
Jammu: Separate incidents of fire reduced standing wheat crop covering as many as 143 kanals of land to ashes yesterday. A major fire razed bone-dry crop in the border village of Agra Chak in RS Pura tehsil and at Goh-Brahmna village in Vijaypur tehsil of Samba district. At Agra Chak, …
The need of set ting up more Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) around the Dal Lake might be a standard demand from the environment protection institutions, the fact remains that even the existing STPs are not functioning to their potential thanks to their linkage with a limited number of sewer lines. …
Udhampur: President of the PDP Mehbooba Mufti today warned to launch a mass movement if unfair water-sharing agreements were not scrapped and Dulhasti as well as Salal hydroelectric projects were not handed over to the state. She warned that her party workers would take to streets to force New Delhi …
Wheat harvesting has started in most pockets of Jammu division. The farmers this time have been relying on labourers from Bihar and other states for harvesting of wheat. Due to intermittent rain earlier this month, the harvest of wheat had got delayed for a few days but is catching up …
Komal Amit Gera / New Delhi/ Chandigarh April 20, 2009, 0:05 IST Pesticides manufacturer Insecticides (India) Limited would commission its new plant at Udhampur near Jammu by August this year. The facility is coming up at an investment of Rs 5 crore. Managing director Rajesh Aggarwal said they planned to …
Parliamentary Kashmir Committee has termed the Indian attitude over water and stopping Pakistan's water by constructing dams in the Occupied Kashmir as high-handed, inhuman and conspiratorial. Kashmir Committee met here on Friday. Chairman Kashmir Committee Maulana Fazlur Rahman presided over the meeting, which was attended by members of the committee …
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Kashmir, Anwar Alam has urged the scientific community to put in strenuous efforts to address emerging challenges in agriculture and allied sectors. He identified important issues in various sectors of agriculture, particularly forestry, fisheries and livestock husbandry that need focused …
Udhampur: With resentment brewing among residents of Doda and Kishtwar districts over not getting benefits from hydel projects functioning in their areas, the PDP has stepped up its campaign in this connection. While PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed yesterday demanded the scrapping of, what he called, discriminatory and arbitrary agreements …
Quiet flows the Tawi, ignored and much abused by city residents. Untouched by the humdrum of the 15th Lok Sabha elections, the river, where folklore says goats and tigers drank water together from it, is one of the most polluted water bodies now. It is taking industrial effluents, sewerage discharge, …
Srinagar: Seven soldiers were buried alive under a snow avalanche that hit an Army post in the Shamshbari range of forests in Kupwara district during the intervening night of April 13 and 14. Army spokesperson Lt Col JS Brar said eight other soldiers were rescued or escaped the avalanche. The …
Udhampur: Charging the ruling NC for bartering away natural resources of the state for lust of power, PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has called for re-negotiation of power sharing agreements with the NHPC. Addressing a public meeting at Doda in support of party candidate Balbir Singh, Mufti described the exploitation …
High court shuts down houseboats on Dal lake Come summer, tourists visiting Srinagar may not be able to rent a houseboat on the famous Dal lake. The Jammu and Kashmir high court, on February 25, ordered the government to close down all houseboats. The owners will be allowed to resume …
The large quantity of sewage that flows into Dal lake from Srinagar requires two additional sewage treatment plants (STPs). Current STPs are working at 50-60 per cent capacity, according to data. All households must be connected to sewage systems which will transport the sewage to the treatment plants. Decentralized technologies, …
As many as 27 cases of communicable disease have been reported in Arai area of Mandi tehsil in Poonch district. Residents, who are up in arms against the Health Department, complained that the local heath authorities didn
Taking a step forward in rooting out polythene from the Kashmir valley, Green Dream, a group of young professionals and students, visited the Jamia Masjid area and appealed to traders there to avoid polythene in their daily operations. Green Dream members Khurram Wani, Kaunsar Bhat, Mehboob Jeelani and others asked …
Srinagar: As the tulip garden by the banks of the Dal Lake is thrown open to the public, the authorities are skeptic about how long the breathtaking view of the flowers in full glory would last. Since the inception of what is touted as the largest tulip garden in Asia, …
Srinagar: With the state being vulnerable to natural disasters like earthquakes, floods and fire incidents, the authorities have started framing plans to tackle these problems. The valedictory function of the four-day workshop on preparation of disaster management plans was organised today. Additional Commissioner, Kashmir, Mohammad Amin was the chief guest …
