Several remote areas of the Valley received the season’s first snowfall on Tuesday. The meteorological department has forecast another day of wet spell. The snowfall […]
Category: Environment
Environment
E Sreedharan, India’s ‘Metro Man’ declines to be part of Dal Lake expert committee
India’s ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan, one of the members of the expert committee formed by the High Court (HC) last month to save the Dal […]
Kashmir to experience Rains, Snow from today: MeT
Kashmir is likely to get a spell of light to moderate rains and snow from Monday evening and there will be further drop in temperature. […]
Govt fails to nip in bud ‘Deadly’ lily growth in Dal Lake
The famed lake at the heart of Kashmir’s holidaying industry is facing an uncertain future as past measures to uproot lily patches have met with […]
High Court issues notice to Govt, Power Grid Corp against cutting of forest trees
The High Court on Friday issued notice to the Power Grid Corporation of India and the Jammu and Kashmir government on a Public Interest Litigation […]
Famed Dal Lake may get new lease of life
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 […]
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 […]