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 …
all summer, tankers supply water to upmarket Srinagar, but they don't meet safety norms. They are filled at Iqbal Park filling station with the help of pressure filters, which don't meet norms set by the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation and the Union ministry of urban development. The …
In the recently concluded summer session of the state legislative assembly at Srinagar, a new controversy on the "road to Amarnath' has divided the Jammu and Kashmir government. Gurcharan Singh Chadak, minister of
POLLUTION levels are rising in the Lidder river in Pahalgam, the base camp for pilgrims going up to the Amarnath cave (3,952 m) in Jammu and Kashmir. An official report issued by the Jammu and Kashmir State Pollution Control Board (jkspcb) has raised concerns over the impact of pilgrimage on …
For the second time, Pakistan has put off the inauguration of the controversial us $6.5 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam over river Indus. To be located in Diamer district of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, the dam has been strongly opposed by the local people and even India. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was originally scheduled to …
Pakistan has objected to several features of the Baglihar hydropower project on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir contending that it violates the Indus Water Treaty. The World Bank, which brokered the IWT, has appointed a neutral expert to resolve the differences. Diplomats fear these developments might cast a …
baglihar collapse: A diversion tunnel at the Baglihar hydro-electric dam on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir collapsed on June 5, 2005, due to the river's rising water level. Media reports said construction at the project site had to be halted. Earlier, a bridge had also reportedly been washed …
For the Indian public, Kargil brings back memories of war. But here in Tikat village, 11,000 feet above sea level in Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir (j&k;), people feel their district will soon be known for the state's first community-managed micro-hydel project. Their pride is understandable. All the 70 households of …
Pakistan's request to stop work on the Baglihar dam on river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K;) has been turned down by Raymond Lafitte, the neutral expert appointed by the World Bank (WB). WB had recently chosen Lafitte, a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, to …
over 70 per cent of cedar trees, also known as deodar, have vanished from the forests of Jammu and Kashmir following the ban imposed on timber exports by states like Himachal Pradesh way back in 1977. To meet the demand for wood, mass destruction of the state's forests has taken …
battle-lines have been drawn over the 330-megawatt (mw) Kishanganga hydel power project being set up in the border town of Gurez in Jammu and Kashmir (j&k;). Leader of National Conference, the main opposition party in the state assembly, Nazir Ahmad Gurezi, who represents Gurez, recently threatened to resign from the …
a controversy has erupted over the advance snow warning system in Jammu and Kashmir (j&k;). After the snow tragedy struck the state, leaving 278 dead and scores missing, the state meteorological centre claimed it had issued warnings of heavy snowfall that should have alerted the state government to face the …
The 450-megawatt Baglihar hydel power project threatens to pour cold water on the warming relations between India and Pakistan. Pakistan says the project, on the Chenab river, violates the provisions of the World Bank-brokered I960 Indus Water Treaty between the two countries. On January 18, Pakistan moved the bank to …
As focus on hydroelectric power is restored, nhpc braces itself to unleash its full potential as the nodal hydel body in the country Yogendra Prasad, chairman and md of National Hydro Power Corporation, is a man in hurry. He has reasons to be. For a long time and especially since …
in the face of overexploitation of rare medicinal plants, the Jammu and Kashmir government has imposed a ban on collecting minor forest produce from demarcated forestlands. It has prohibited people from collecting medicinal plants. But it is encouraging people to grow these plants on private lands and nurseries and has …
with over two lakh pilgrims set to visit the holy Amarnath cave in Jammu and Kashmir (j&k;) for 45 days starting July 15, a severe waste-management crisis might unfold in the nearby hill resort of Pahalgam and its surrounding areas. While the state government claims to have taken several steps …
Hydrological characteristics and sedimentation loading in Hokersar wetland of Kashmir Himalaya was monitored from November 2000 to october 2001. The compound water budget showed a substantial (91 percent) input from various surface inflows and just 9 per cent through precipitation. Major water discharge (67 per cent) occurs through surface outlets, …
Even as cricket fever grips the Indian subcontinent, manufacturers of Kashmiri bats are on a sticky wicket. The reason for their precarious position: the valley's dwindling willow plantation cover. "The economics of willow cultivation has spawned the crisis,' points out Nazir Ahmad Salroo, the president of the Jammu and Kashmir …
In a pre-poll move, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to oppose the ban on shahtoosh trade in the Supreme Court. It will do so by filing its objections against a World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) petition, seeking a blanket ban on the trade. The decision followed a …
THE Jammu and Kashmir government has suddenly realised that there exist in the state disgruntled shahtoosh shawl weavers. The timing is perfect. Parliamentary elections are around the corner; weaving families are 50,000 strong. The previous state government rendered them jobless by banning the manufacture of shawls from the fur of …
with a view to weeding out adulteration from the saffron industry of Jammu and Kashmir (j&k;), local experts have proposed the registration of the product under geographical indication (gi) in a manner similar to Basmati rice. They have also suggested that a single brand of Kashmiri saffron be floated. Nowadays, …
