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 …
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 …
SRINAGAR: Around 1800 land compensation cases are pending with the land collectors across the State. Due to the delay in the disposal of cases the compensation has remained withheld to the beneficiaries and some of them have approached to the court for the redressal of their grievances. The land compensation …
SRINAGAR: Around 1800 land compensation cases are pending with the land collectors across the State. Due to the delay in the disposal of cases the compensation has remained withheld to the beneficiaries and some of them have approached to the court for the redressal of their grievances. The land compensation …
JAMMU: Minister of State for Power, Shabir Ahmad Khan today said that the work on 37.5 MW Parnai Hydro Electric Project on Suran river is expected to start during the current year after completion of bidding process by May, 2012. Mr Khan further said that project will be completed at …
No fresh taxes except on tobacco products y VAT on cooking gas, fertilisers goes y Sops for IT, science, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather today presented a "zero deficit" budget for 2012-13. Except proposing a hike on tobacco products and liquor, the Finance Minister announced various sops for the common …
The snow leopard, a species never seen earlier in any Kashmir region outside of Kishtwar, has now been spotted and photographed in Kargil, site of conflict with Pakistan 12 years ago. “For us it is great news,’’ said Ameen Ahmad, senior coordinator of WWF-India, a field team of which captured …
Jammu: With peace in the Kargil sector, snow leopards are again seen in the area. Due to the Kargil War in 1999, most of the wildlife species, including snow leopards, had abandoned their habitats in Kargil. However, with the improvement in the situation, a big cat with two cubs had …
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 …
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said self-reliance in power generation was imperative to ensure comprehensive development, especially in the far-flung and remote areas of the state. “We have to be self-reliant in power generation to meet our requirements for ensuring comprehensive development, particularly for far-flung and remote areas of the …
SRINAGAR: The Governor, N. N. Vohra, today said that Jammu and Kashmir has vast potential in agriculture, horticulture, floriculture and fruit processing industry to generate large scale economic and employment opportunities. He added that Agricultural Universities, State Government Extension Agencies and the Corporate sector could beneficially coordinate their efforts and …
Blocked roads and sub-zero temperatures in Himachal affect normal life Winter chill returned on Sunday in most of the northern States as the cold wave pushed mercury to record lows in Shimla and Pahalgam and claimed two more lives in Uttar Pradesh. Two more persons died -one each from Hardoi …
Srinagar: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has said 20,000 MW will be generated from solar energy in the state in the next 10 years. He said possibilities to produce more power from water and wind energy to minimise the huge expenditure on the exploitation of conventional …
Even as India and Pakistan are at loggerheads over the Kishanganga hydro power project in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indus Commissioners of both countries on Monday looked set to resolve the differences over two other hydro-power projects in J-K. The Indus Commissioners are learnt to have discussed 240MW Uri-II project …
After a fresh snowfall in the high altitude areas, the authorities today issued an avalanche warning for higher reaches in Kargil district. The low danger warning was jointly issued by the Disaster Management, Kashmir, and the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) for higher reaches of Drass, Bhimbet, Kaksar and …
Shujaat Bukhari JAMMU: Seventeen Army men, including an officer, were killed in avalanches near Gulmarg early on Monday. Out of the 400 men undergoing training at a high altitude warfare camp in Khilanmarg area, 80 were trapped and most of them rescued, a defence spokesman told The?Hindu. The Army launched …
SEVENTEEN soldiers were killed and another 17 critically injured when an avalanche of snow smashed into a High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) in Gulmarg on Monday. Army spokesman Colonel Vineet Sood said more than 80 soldiers were rescued. The rescue operation was called off after everyone was accounted for. The …
In this paper, the role of "seabuckthorn" in greening the cold deserts of Himalayas in terms of its various uses like medicinal values, nutritional/food values and controlling soil erosion/landslides has been detailed.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stones of National Hydroelectric Power Corpo-ration's (NHPC) 44 MW Chutak Hydroelectric Project and 45 MW Nimmo-Bazgo Hydroelectric Projects on June 11, 2005. Chutak Project is located on river Suru in Kargil district. But there was one impediment. The public hearing (PH) for the …
