Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Vishaw stream gasps for breath amid mining pollution" appearing in Greater Kashmir dated 16.12.2024 dated 23/04/2025. In the original application, registered suo motu, the tribunal is examining the grievance of a deteriorating trout population in the Vishaw …
Admission comes after High Court seeks comprehensive report on sources polluting the river For the first time, the authorities in Kashmir have admitted that in the absence of proper drainage and sewer system, almost all untreated sewage, filth and drainage generated from all major townships of the Kashmir valley, including …
The National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the government to take immediate measures for resolving the issue of construction of dams by India on the waters of Pakistan. Speaking in response to the resolution moved by Ms Belum Hasnain, Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Lt …
An independent audit has revealed that all the 21 hydel power projects run by the J&K; State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) are not following the Standard Operating Manual which is necessary for energy accounting. The audit has been conducted on the projects on the Chenab, the Ravi and the Indus …
A research conducted by two scholars of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) that won the best paper award at the International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology (ICAET-2014) held at Nagpur on the second week of January has claimed that the water of the Jhelum is unsafe for …
Unregulated sand mining from river Jhelum is gaining a dangerous proportion across Kashmir, experts say, similar to central Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, posing an existential threat to water body’s biodiversity and sudden erosion of its banks. The state government says it will dispatch teams to locations …
The water quality issue in Kashmir has not yet got its due importance. A comprehensive water quality monitoring program is indispensable to assess the water quality status of the national rivers. This paper assesses the monitoring data on water quality of the longest river of Kashmir Valley i.e., River Jehlum …
Arbitration court rejects Pakistan objection to diversion of water for power by India in J-K The International Court of Arbitration (ICA) has upheld India’s right to divert water from the Kishenganga river for power generation in Jammu and Kashmir. In its final award announced at The Hague last evening, the …
The Senate was informed Thursday that construction of Kishanganga project by India in occupied Kashmir will result in a shortfall of about 14 percent flow for Pakistan’s Neelum-Jhelum Hydroelectric Project. Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, on behalf of water and power minister, told the House that the …
Srinagar, November 18: The Department of Irrigation and Flood Control will act tough against the encroachers on the banks of Srinagar’s lifeline river, the Jhelum. As per a recent report furnished by the department, besides demolishing the illegal structures along the Jhelum, the department as per the report has already …
Pakistan govt is set to receive funds of about $100m from the Saudi Development Fund (SDF) to finance the development of Neelum Jhelum hydropower project in the country. Confirming the investment, Pakistani Commercial Attaché Waseem Hayat Bajwa told Saudi Gazette that a delegation from the country has met officials from …
In order to fulfill the needs of water for agricultural and other purposes, the Punjab government has decided to construct nine mini dams in Rawalpindi Division (Pothohar).The government has allocated Rs9.74 billion for the project. The dams will be constructed in Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum and Chakwal and the water will …
PM inaugurates private sector 84 MW hydropower project Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - Mangla—Prime Minister, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, here on Monday inaugurated the first private sector 84 Megawatt run-of-the river Bong Escape Hydropower Project built on the Jhelum River seven kilometers from Mangla Dam in Azad Kashmir. “I hope …
240-MW project on Jhelum to provide 12% free electricity to state The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has added another feather to its cap as the Uri-II hydroelectric project is ready for use and will be commissioned within a couple of months. The testing and checking of the power project …
The inordinate delay in starting work on the 37.5-MW Parnai Hydel Power project has once again exposed government claims to make the state self-sufficient in power generation. The work began in 1882 and crores of rupees have been spent, but nothing actual has been initiated to start work on the …
The Indus Treaty represents the most generous water-sharing agreement in modern world history, reserving for Pakistan 80.52 per cent of the waters, or 167.2 billion cubic metres annually. No other water pact in the world comes anywhere close to this level of upper-riparian munificence. In fact, the Indus Treaty uniquely …
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Environmental Protection Agency (AJK-EPA) has served ‘last notice’ on Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) for “continuous serious violations of its conditional environmental approval” for the 969-megawatt Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project (NJHP). The notice served through the managing director/CEO of NJHP has advised Wapda to …
India will shortly start construction on Rs.3,642.04 crore Kishanganga hydropower project after International Court of Arbitration at The Hague having ruled in its favour. Pakistan had questioned the “legality of the construction and operation of an Indian hydro-electric project” under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. India had said that …
The International Court of Arbitration (ICA) at The Hague today upheld India's right to divert water from the Kishanganga hydroelectric project (KHEP). Reacting to the development, an official spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs said: “The award of the Court of Arbitration at The Hague today reaffirmed validity of …
Until five years ago, Abdul Razzak and his band of sand miners had it easy. After morning prayers, the men armed with spades would excavate sand from the Jhelum river in north Kashmir’s picturesque Shilwat village. Then, special boats known as bahach would lug the entire cache to the riverbank. …
Almost 40 per cent glaciers in Afghanistan have been reduced in 40 years, whereas the glaciers supplying water to Ravi, Chenab, Beas and Jhelum Rivers are thinning,” said Dr Chaudary Inayatullah, Climate Change Expert at Save the Children. Dr Chaudhry was speaking at a seminar, ‘Building Resilience in the Indus …
