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 Raja Muzaffar Bhat Vs Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir & Others dated 28/11/2023. The matter is related to illegal mining in district Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir. Counsel for the applicant, Raja Muzaffar Bhat informed the court that the mining …
Pulwama is reeling under the blanket of unwanted waste causing nuisance to the residents of the area as the District Administration has failed to construct proper road connectivity to the dumping site. In absence of proper dumping of waste, roadside and stream banks are covered with litter which are causing …
The Kashmir valley was hit by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake this afternoon. The quake shook houses and buildings in the region and sent panicked residents rushing out for safety. An official of the state Meteorological Department said the tremor was of 6.8 magnitude and its epicentre was located at a depth …
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 …
The threat of landslides is looming large over a dozen houses at Sunirgund Malangpora in the Awantipora area of Pulwama district as the Karewa land (elevated table land) in their village has been sliding after heavy snowfall and rain from the last few months. Villagers said even though they had …
JAMMU, Feb 19: The draft Srinagar Master Plan was put in the public domain once, but was withdrawn due to the fact that the required notification of the Government was pending which is pre-requisite as per the J&K; Development Act, 1970 and a private consultancy Sai Consultants has been hired …
Flood threat looms large in dozens of villages in Pulwama district as the Flood Control Department (FCD) has failed to remove the earth dug for the construction of concrete retaining walls along the Lar stream. Worried residents in Ratnipora village said that the Flood Control Department has been constructing retaining …
The inhabitants of Chursoo village in Pulwama district whose land has been acquired by the Government for widening of the Jammu-Srinagar Highway staged protest against the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and the State Government for its failure to compensate farmers on time with promised compensation. Shouting anti-Government and …
The state Cabinet, which met here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, accorded sanction to the implementation of the 37.5 MW Parnai hydroelectric project at an estimated cost of Rs 640.41 crore. The Cabinet accorded sanction to the payment of compensation in favour of the occupants, for …
A dead mallard was found by a team of the Wildlife Conservation Fund, an international NGO, during its one-day field trip in the Fashkoori Wetland Conservation Reserve at Tulbagh in Pampore on January 11. Locals have been complaining about poaching incidents in the area. The NGO conducted the field trip …
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 …
JAMMU: The inhabitants of village Nagander in tehsil Pampore of South Kashmir district Pulwama have expressed serious concern over the increasing pollution in the area due to setting up of cement plants in the locality. Sarpanch of the area, Mohammed Shafi in a statement issued here today said that the …
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. …
The present paper reports the ethno-medicinal uses of 10 plant species belonging to 7 families being practised by the tribes and rural people of Pulwama District, Srinagar (J & K) for the treatment of hair ailments and 13 plant species belonging to 11 families for the treatment of boils. The …
A heavy hailstorm ripped through the paddy crops in Budgam, Pulwama and Kupwara as heavy rains destroyed the crop in Anantanag this evening. The cold wave gripped Kashmir valley after rains lashed many parts of the valley including south Kashmir this evening. People were seen wearing woollen clothes and also …
SRINAGAR, Sep 8: The 24th meeting of Apex Clearance Committee (APCC) was held today under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary S. S. Kapur to clear various investment proposals in medium and large sector. The committee approved a proposal of Steel Authority of India, a Government of India enterprise for setting …
