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 …
There is not even a single tourist place in India that has not either been vandalised or polluted by people. Leh is a beautiful place with a population of 1.47 lakh people, situated at 11,500 feet above sea level in the northern part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. …
The department is supplying drinking water for two hours in the morning and two hours in the evenings. Leh may be on the brink of drinking water scarcity with the public health engineering (PHE) department curtailing water supply to Leh town and its surrounding villages beginning this month. The department …
Concerns over developing transmission infrastructure, tariff costs remain The State-run Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) is likely to conduct a follow-up meeting with solar industry representatives today to discuss the details of its tender for 7.5-GW solar energy projects in Leh and Ladakh region of Jammu & Kashmir. The …
Industry players have sought more time from the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to complete their site visits in Leh and Ladakh districts, where the government plans to set up solar parks with capacity of 7,500 MW. The pre-bid meeting on the mega tender was attended by 51 companies …
LEH, Jan 1: Waaree Energies, India’s largest solar PV manufacturer, today unveiled its 25 KW rooftop solar project at Himalayan Institute of Alternatives (HIAL). The project is done by Waaree Energies under its CSR programme and is part of its ongoing efforts to bring the current wave of solar revolution …
The twin solar parks at Leh and Kargil have seen no headway, even as the Centre has also restricted funding for the last two financial years. Considering the scope of state to harness immense solar power, the Centre sanctioned two solar parks each in Leh and Kargil years before. However, …
Admi-tting that there has been frequent incidence of flood in Leh district of Ladakh region since last six years, Jammu and Kashmir Government today said it is most likely due to climate change. This was stated by Minister for Public Health Engineering (PHE) and Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC;) Shyam …
More than 40 houses were completely damaged while as many were filled with debris and mudslides due to floods in this district in Ladakh region. An official spokesman said Deputy Commissioner Leh Saugat Biswas today visited Nubra valley to assess the damage caused by heavy rains and mudslides over the …
Conventional energy resources are fast depleting and therefore alternative resources are required to sustain the fast progress and development of any nation. This situation is more pertinent to India where fast growing population and developmental activities are posing major challenges to the government as the country has limited resources of …
Bone-chilling weather continued in Jammu and Kashmir today as overnight temperatures remained several notches below the freezing point in the valley and Ladakh region. Weather office today forecast cold and dry weather will continue for next 24 hours, indicating a further drop in the minimum temperature. "Present cold wave conditions …
This paper argues that climate change adaptation policies often fail to gain priority status both nationally and locally. While the most severe impacts of climate change are being felt through major disasters, less dramatic events go unnoticed wreaking havoc on local livelihoods. The paper discusses examples from the disaster-prone arid …
While the Jammu and Kashmir State has recorded a hike of 25% in the population in ten years, the population of Jammu district has reached 15.26 lakh whereas, in Srinagar it is 12.69 lakh, taking the total population of the State to 1.25 crore as per 2011 figures. Responding to …
The Government today decided to convert 7,200 km of state highways into national highways. “The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given nod for declaring 7,200 km of state highways as national highways,” a senior minister said after the meeting here. With this, the total length of the state …
It has been a year since Varanasi associated itself with the Green Pilgrimage Network but it is yet to start working on the project. The India chapter of the Green Pilgrimage Network (GPN) was launched on October 15, 2013 in Hyderabad, which was organized by the International Council for Local …
Financially dependent on others for daily needs Around 82.18 lakh persons in J&K;, which works out to 65.5 per cent of the state’s population, are non-workers and are dependent on their family members or others for their daily needs. As per the updated Census-2011 figures, the percentage of workers in …
Execution of six mini hydel power projects is expected to complete by the end of 2014, while work allotment for the other four has been completed after the tendering procedure. This was apprised in a review meeting by Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency (LREDA) project director Jigmat Takpa. The meeting …
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: Advising people to go for solar energy which is cheap, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah said that big industrial houses are hesitating to come to Jammu and Kashmir because of shortage of power. He said a 500 MW solar power station will be constructed …
US researchers may just have unravelled dynamics behind the torrential rain and flash floods in the high desert valley of Leh in the Himalayas in 2010. It might now be possible to look out for flash flood warnings, says Kristen Rasmussen, a University of Washington graduate student in atmospheric sciences. …
An amount of Rs 1.4 crore has been generated as environment fee from tourists and non-state subjects who visited Ladakh till October end this year. The amount generated was given out during a review meeting held under the chairmanship of chief executive councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council …
