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 …
The transfer of 159 hectares of land to establish an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Jammu district has come under the scanner of National Green Tribunal’s scanner which has sought the Government’s response on a plea claiming it was forest land. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter …
A financing agreement for a World Bank (IDA) assistance of $250 million for the Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project in Jammu and Kashmir was signed today. The Finance Ministry said the project would focus on restoring critical infrastructure using best practices on resilient infrastructure. The primary beneficiaries would be …
Continuous soil erosion despite plantation of 16 lakh trees *Environ degradation least priority for many MLAs Taking serious note of continuous soil erosion in many parts of the Kishtwar district despite plantation of whopping 16 lakh trees, Committee on Environment of J&K; Legislative Assembly has constituted a panel headed by …
State falls in seismic zone IV, V I Its disaster management strategy yet to be implemented A decade after the 7.6 magnitude quake claimed 86,000 lives on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, the government seems to have learnt no lesson in handling disasters …
An environment activist has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking directions to stop the use of horses and ponies in Vaishno Devi shrine premises in Jammu, prompting the green panel to seek response from the Government on the issue. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi issued notice …
Nineteen more cases of dengue were reported in Jammu on Tuesday taking the number of patients suffering from the vector-borne disease in the region to 52. "Blood samples of 77 people who showed dengue-like symptoms were tested today and out of these, 19 turned out to be positive," Director of …
The Government has demanded around Rs 1,200 crore from the Centre to provide electricity connection to nearly three lakh households in the State. “There are 1,09175 households in Kashmir Valley and 1,87169 in Jammu region which are yet to be electrified,” Minister In-charge Power and Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal …
Describing forest as nature's great gift, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today called for framing a policy and involving people to conserve forest wealth in the state. "A policy paper should be framed on rejuvenating our forest wealth. The people's participation should be central to the efforts …
Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Sixty-seventh Report on 'Unprecedented floods in Srinagar and warning and forecasting of floods and environmental issues in Leh, Jammu and Pathankot'. Concerned with the unprecedented floods in the context of climate change in Srinagar …
To identify encroached forest land in Sunjwan, Bathindi, Raika and Sidhra areas of Jammu district, the State Government has constituted a committee, headed by the Chief Conservator of Forest (S&D;), J&K;, Jammu. The committee will ascertain the status of land and delineation of forest land from other land so as …
4,300 houses damaged, hundreds of families shifted to safety With the recent torrential rain leading to widespread damage, 17 persons and 900 heads of livestock have been killed and 4,300 houses and more than 700 cowsheds damaged in the Jammu region. The population in all 10 districts except Jammu city …
Two persons were killed and several families were rescued while over a hundred structures damaged and equal number of live stocks perished in heavy rains and flash floods in Jammu region. The Jammu-Srinagar National highway virtually remain closed with minor relief at stretch near Banihal where some stranded vehicles were …
JAMMU, Mar 17: Over 20,000 hectares cropped area has been affected with the hailstorm and yellow rust in Jammu region due to massive rains, hailstorm and bad weather. Reports said that the farmers from the plain areas of Kathua, Hiranagar, Samba, Vijaypur, Bishnah, Suchetgarh, Arnia, R S Pura, Marh, Pargwal …
Cold wave continued across Jammu and Kashmir today as Jammu today recorded season's lowest temperature with the mercury dipping to 2.4 degrees Celsius, even as early morning dense fog affected air and train services in J&K.; “The minimum temperature in Jammu city dropped to season’s lowest so far at 2.4 …
Taking serious view of various complaints regarding pollution caused by different Industrial Units, Deputy Commissioner, Samba Mubarak Singh has constituted a committee comprising of members from District Industries Centre (DIC) and District Pollution Control Board to monitor on day to day basis the functioning of Air Pollution Control Devices and …
Ask govt to defer loan installments by six months Post-floods, the traders and industrialists in Jammu, who have invested in the Valley, are a harried lot as they have pegged their losses at Rs 800 crore. These traders feel that their losses may escalate further as they are still in …
Infrastructure of 1,662 water drinking schemes damaged in Jammu region With the entire government machinery engaged in restoring services in the Kashmir valley, thousands of flood-affected people in the Jammu region are forced to drink polluted groundwater in the absence of mobile water purification plants. The recent floods that destroyed …
The death toll in Jammu and Kashmir has crossed 260 with Jammu region accounting for most of the deaths in the worst flood in the state in more than a century. The death toll in Jammu region was 210 while in Kashmir Valley so far 54 bodies have been recovered, …
The convenor of Tawi Andolan, Advocate Chander Mohan Sharma, has called for immediate ban on all sorts of construction or repair of the illegally constructed houses and cattle sheds constructed in and on the sides of river Tawi at Bikram Chowk Jammu. While addressing a gathering of Tawi Andolan activists, …
Flood-hit families with mud houses near the Tawi fear they will be denied compensation Displacement continues to haunt octogenarian Beero Devi who, along with her family, has now taken shelter in a make-shift camp set up by the Army for flood-affected families of the “Tawi island” at Government High School, …
