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 …
Moderate to heavy rains for the past two days have cast a shadow on the better prospect of rabi crop in the region while the exact degree of impact would come to the fore in the near future only. Besides affecting the quantum of the produce, untimely rains may also …
Farmers in various areas of the Jammu region have expressed concern over the failure of the Irrigation Department to get the Ranbir Canal properly cleaned and desilted. They alleged that filthy water from the canal was damaging their standing vegetable crops and the quality of soil. The Irrigation Department had …
Nabard has sanctioned a Rs 342.43-crore loan to the state government in the current financial year for the construction of rural roads, bridges, drinking water schemes, flood protection and irrigation projects. Nabard chief general manager AK Mathur said Rs 410.64 crores was released during 2008-09 to the government for the …
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has prepared the structural designs of Kashmir Highway and Khayaban-e-Margalla and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will inaugurate these two projects next month. The sources said Kashmir Highway
A week-long plantation drive was launched at Kashmir University today. The plantation drive is being organised by the NSS and Landscape Development wings of the varsity.
This study aims to estimate the investment and return structure in rearing these goats and production of pashmina so that concrete policies regarding its development could be formulated.
The paper deals with 57 plants species belonging to 24 families used in the treatment of stomach disorders by the Boto (the Buddhists) tribal community of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir state. Plants parts used in the treatment of stomach disorders along with methods of preparation, dose of administration and duration …
There are over 0.3 million rhesus monkeys in Northern India. Approximately 48.5% of these are living in human habitation areas. The inordinate growth in populations of such monkeys in recent years has led to an unhealthy competition for space and food between man and monkey.
A one-day training programme on soil and nutrient management in fruit orchards under rain-fed conditions was organised for farmers at dry land research sub-station of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Rakh Dhiansar, here today. The programme was held under the project funded by the Horticulture Technology Mission, India …
MIS fails to achieve targets The Market Intervention Scheme (MIS), being implemented by the director of Horticulture Planning and Marketing for the procurement of apple and sandy pear, has failed to achieve the desired results, as the achievement was just 45 per cent on financial front and 43 per cent …
Rajouri, March 29 The governing body meeting of the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Poonch, presided over by District Development Commissioner, Poonch, Muhammad Afzal, reviewed various ongoing rural works under various centrally sponsored schemes in the district. Reviewing the pace of development activities under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme, …
With a view to protect the Mother Nature from global warming, last evening global population observed World Earth Day but here in Jammu people showed their mixed reaction for observing the day. Though lights remained on in the entire city but in some areas people observed the day by switching …
Stepping in to save Kashmir's endangered red deer -hanguls - from extinction, the Jammu and Kashmir government has launched a Rs 8.80 crore project under which carnivore proof enclosures will be set up for captive breeding of fawns. With most of the stags falling prey to leopards, wild dogs, jackals …
Sumayyah Qureshi Posted: Mar 27, 2009 at 2234 hrs IST Srinagar: A World Bank-funded project worth Rs 3 crore could give a new lease of life to saffron production in Jammu and Kashmir. Among the three major projects that Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences Kashmir unveiled recently, is
The world might have progressed by leaps and bounds over the years, but when it comes to tuberculosis scenario in Kashmir the people affected by it are unwilling to share information as they fear isolation.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today hoped that tourists, both domestic and international, would visit the local tulip garden to enjoy its vast expanse having about 12 lakh tulips of different varieties and colours in full bloom. He was the first to purchase an entry ticket this morning when the garden …
Foiling a smuggling bid, Forest Protection Force (FPF) have seized 86 Deodar scants (sleepers) in Doda district last evening. Acting on a specific input, a team of FPF under the supervision of Deputy Director (FPF) Bhushan Lal Bhat seized 86 sleepers of Deodar from 48 compartment of village Manoe (Malikpura) …
vulnerable wildlife In yet another exercise to protect the highly vulnerable wildlife of Jammu and Kashmir, the centre has sanctioned five full-fledged zoos for the state. The zoos will be set up in all the three divisions of the state at Jammu, Srinagar, Pahalgam, Gulmarg and Leh, the officials of …
