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 …
A solar power plant meant for the lighting of Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Uri in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district is lying defunct after it developed some snag two years ago and ironically the repairing agency is not responding to repeated communiqués of Health Department. Officials of Health Department told Excelsior that …
Even after the catastrophic floods witnessed by the state, 26 projects have been awarded Forest Clearances (FC) by the state forest department. While 25 projects were granted forest approvals and 142.54 ha forest land cleared in 2014, as many as 23 projects have been awarded clearances in the first three …
The stink emanating from defunct public toilets in Hadwara town of Kupwara district is causing immense inconvenience to the residents. People alleged that the Municipal Committee, Handawara, has failed to make toilets properly functional and most of them were lacking water facility. “The Handwara Municipal Committee last year claimed to …
The continued bad weather this season has caused an estimated Rs 18 crore loss to agriculture sector in Kashmir. A report prepared by Chief Agriculture Officers reveals that inclement weather this season has resulted in an estimated Rs 18.75 crore crop loss in 10 districts of Kashmir. The report prepared …
House Committee for Environment conducted an extensive tour of Langate, Handwara, Nowgam Reshwari and interacted with district and teshil administration about impact of the existing stone crushers at nallah Mawar, Jahama and Reshwari set up for extraction of Bajri, sand and other bed material from the nallahs. The House Committee …
High Court today directed the State Government to file the status report within a week for issuing No Objection Certificate (NOC) for establishment of a mixing plant on Mavar nallah in Handwara which is in gross violation of the Water Resources Act. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Kumar …
Minister of State for Power, Technical Education and Rural Development, Vikar Rasool today said that every un-electrified village would be provided with electricity under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Viduti Karan Yojana (RGGVY) Phase-II. The Minister was speaking after inaugurating a Receiving Station at Lassipora, Sogam in Kupwara district today. District Development …
The Jammu and Kashmir government has not granted mining lease for lignite deposits in Kupwara district of the state. Minister for Planning and Development Ajay Kumar Sadhotra, replying on behalf of the Industries Minister to a question by Syed Mohammad Rafiq Shah in Legislative Council, said that no mining lease …
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 …
The survey focussed to assess the nature and extent of the human-Asiatic black bear conflicts in the Kupwara district recorded 68 cases of human casualties by black bear reported during 2005 to 2011.
During the present study it was observed that the Forest Development Agencies and Village Forest Committees play an important role in National Afforestation Programs by protection and conservation of natural resources through their active involvement.
JAMMU: Admitting that unscrupulous elements have been making attempts to encroach upon land in and around major cities of the State, Government today said that about 19 lakh kanal State, Forest and Kahcharai land is under encroachment across the State. In response to a question of CPM MLA, Mohd Yousaf …
Srinagar witnesses coldest day of the season Even as the Kashmir valley continues to reel under severe cold, the government today sounded an avalanche warning following last week’s snowfall. “On the basis of information received from the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE), a medium avalanche alert has been issued …
KUPWARA, Nov 18: The case detection rate of different types of tuberculosis (TB) has increased manifold over past 10 years in Kupwara district, witnessing as many as 30 deaths in the past years. Official sources reveal that in comparison to 430 patients suffering from different forms of TB in year …
Following incessant rain across Kashmir last night, the water level in the Jhelum touched the danger mark this afternoon, prompting the authorities to sound a flood alert. Though the weather conditions improved later, the upper reaches in the Valley witnessed the first snowfall of the season, reports reaching here said. …
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 …
SRINAGAR: Underlining the importance of energy efficient and up to the mark power distribution system in ensuring hassle free electricity supply to the consumers, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday laid thrust on time line completion of projects under implementation on the State. "Pace of progress on each project being …
Srinagar: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook Srinagar and triggered panic across the city on Monday. State disaster management cell project manager Aamir Ali said tremors lasted for a few seconds and caused no loss to life or property anywhere in the Valley, where earthquake prone districts of Srinagar, Kupwara and …
