The Dal, a famed lake at the heart of Kashmir’s holidaying industry which serves as a quiet host to thousands of tourists, has drastically degraded […]
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Environment
Rise in temperature leading drop in Jhelum level
The day temperature in the Kashmir valley has registered a significant increase and has been several degrees above normal in the last week leading to […]
Jhelum – Once Kashimir Valley’s lifeline, now dying a slow death
Unplanned urbanisation, govt apathy, changing climate major reasons Once the lifeline of the Kashmir valley, the Jhelum is now facing a series of challenges originating […]
Govt cancels Wular dredging contract to Indo-Sino company
Nearly a year after a ministerial panel cleared an Indo-Sino company to dredge the Wular Lake, the Governor’s administration has cancelled the contract that had […]
Surrounded by glaciers, Kashmir faces drought-like conditions as precipitation levels dwindle
In 2002, the Jammu and Kashmir government set up a water-treatment plant at Pokhribal in Srinagar to supply drinking water from the Dal Lake to […]
Wular has lost its primary function of flood absorption basin for Jhelum
Not so long ago Wular in Bandipore was considered to be one of the largest freshwater lakes in Aisa, acting as a natural flood reservoir […]
Heavy rains likely across Kashmir Valley in next few days
Kashmir is likely to receive downpour over the next few days with the state weather department predicting heavy rainfall at isolated places in the region. […]
Heavy militarization of Kashmir Valley risking Environment, Ecology
Policy Group, civil society ask Govt to adopt concrete measures to save environment Several members of Environment Policy Group (EPG) and civil society Monday asked […]
What happens to the plastic you throw away every day?
In the absence of proper segregation of waste inside homes, the danger from hazardous plastics falls on the trash collectors, most of whom are poorly […]
Dal Lake gets dull as waste dumping goes on
“Perhaps in the whole world, there is no corner as pleasant as the Dal Lake,” said Sir Walter Lawrence in his book ‘Valley of Kashmir’. […]