Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shujaat Hussain Vs Union Territory Jammu & Kashmir dated 02/03/2020. A report was sought from the District Magistrate, Anantnag and Jammu & Kashmir State PCB with reference to the allegation of illegal sand mining from Jhelum river affecting aquatic life …
The 7.5-magnitude earthquake, which the Indian Meteorological Department described as great in intensity, had a marginal effect on the life and property in the Kashmir valley. While three persons, including two women, lost their life in the quake-related incidents across the state a handful of residential houses suffered minor damages. …
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday launched a pilot afforestation programme, near the famous tourist resort of Pahalgam, with an aim to restore critically-degraded forests in the State. In an effort aimed at eco-restoration of the degraded forests, Governor N. N. Vohra and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed launched …
The Jammu and Kashmir Government will soon get a 3D terrain model of major rivers called digital elevation model to improve disaster management planning to deal with a deluge like the one in September 2014, which led to large-scale destruction of infrastructure in the state. Officials have said when completed, …
The man-animal conflict in the state has claimed 14 human lives and 211 persons were injured in attack by wild animals during 2014-15, highlighting the situation arising out of encroachment of forests by people. The maximum number of attacks were reported from the Kashmir valley and mountainous areas of Jammu. …
Observing that “insatiable human greed” is bent upon to destroy the Jhelum, one of the “oldest rivers” in the region, the J&K; High Court has directed the Chief Engineer of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department and other statutory authorities to remove all encroachments from the banks of the river …
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” was launched across the country on Thursday, in Anantnag district, the post-flood garbage has been swelling, with the authorities expressing helplessness. The floodwaters have brought with it huge amounts of filth and garbage. The municipal body here cleared the garbage from …
A state-level panel of the government on Tuesday approved the detailed project reports (DPRs) for electrification of 9,524 habitations in Jammu and Kashmir, having a population of 100 and more, under the second phase of the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyut Yojana (RGGVY). The total cost of the scheme, which will …
Night soil of over 60 thousand latrines is disposed into open drains without any sewage treatment in Jammu and Kashmir, according to figures released by state's Directorate of Census Operation. The recently released 2011 census report reveals that night soil of 64,479 latrines out of total 20,15,088 house-holds in the …
Keeping in view the seismic vulnerability of Kashmir, the High Court has asked the government to establish an “effective disaster management committee”. The direction came in after a division bench of the court comprising Justices Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Muzaffar Hussain Attar disposed off a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed …
Despite slight improvement in the weather conditions, snow-hit areas across Jammu and Kashmir continued to reel under severe power crisis for the third straight day today, with Internet and mobile phone connectivity remaining disrupted in Kashmir valley and upper reaches of Jammu region. People also struggled to get other essential …
SRINAGAR, Dec 4 : Decades long illegal extraction by the people has posed a threat to Lidder rivulet. Lidder,is known not only for its crystal clear waters but for the quality trout present in it. But the decades long illegal extraction of sand and boulders from it is not only …
An experiment was conducted to study the phosphate adsorption-desorption behaviour of some paddy growing soils of Anantnag district of Kashmir. Representative soil samples (0-15 cm) were collected from thirteen locations of district under paddy.
Three hundred and eighty three people have lost their lives across the state due to floods since 2009 till date. The major loss of life has taken place in Ladakh region followed by Jammu and the Kashmir. In Ladakh 259 people have died due to floods, 257 people from Leh …
Srinagar: Even as a majority of the population of Jammu and Kashmir resides in villages, there is an increasing trend of urbanisation in the state, according to Census- 2011. The Director, Census Operations, Farooq Ahmad Factoo, released the details of the urban-rural population of the state here today. As per …
Paper-II on Census 2011 released SRINAGAR: As a large number of people have migrated to the urban areas during past three decades in Jammu and Kashmir, there has been sharp decline of 7 percent in rural population, according to the recently released census data. Addressing a press conference here, Director …
Governor NN Vohra, who is also the Chairman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), today visited the Baltal, Panjtarni and Nunwan base camps and reviewed the arrangements made for the annual Amarnath yatra,scheduled to commence on June 29. The Governor, accompanied by Sunita Narain, member of the SASB, and …
JAMMU, Mar 10: While nearly 14,359 hectare of Forest land has been grabbed in the State in last over two decades, the districts of Jammu, Rajouri, Poonch in Jammu and Anantnag in Kashmir have topped in the list of Government land grabbing. The issue was raised in the Upper House …
Two days after an avalanche hit Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir, killing 17 Army personnel at a military base there, three Army jawans were killed on Wednesday in a series of avalanches in Siachen Glacier in the northern part of the state.
