Kolhama, a peninsular hamlet with a population of over 2,400 people and 350 households of fishermen, is dependent on the Wular lake for its produce […]
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Environment
Wullar !!!! Water Level drops, lake’s future in jeopardy
Wular, Asia’s largest fresh water lake, has been witnessing degradation due to decline in water level, fish, water chestnuts and ‘nadroo’ (lotus stem). It is […]
Authorities construct road, allow camping site in restricted area at Pahalgam
The Authorities have allowed the construction in the restricted area at Pahalgam for which the trees have been cut and a road is being built […]
Srinagar, Jammu witness season’s coldest night
Continuing its free fall on Thursday, the minimum temperature dropped to minus 2.3 degrees in Srinagar and 7.9 in Jammu, the lowest recorded at both […]
Winter chill knocking doors in Kashmir Valley
Winter chill in Jammu and Kashmir has started knocking the doors as night temperatures dipped at many places in the state. Leh in frontier region […]
Long dry spells across Kashmir an ‘Emerging Trend’ as well serious concern
Director meteorological department Srinagar Sonam Lotus on Friday said that an analysis of the weather data of the past decade shows a trend of prolonged […]
Fog to thicken in coming days across state
Smog has been slowly engulfing the state and in all likelihood, the condition will get worse in the coming days due to dry weather. The […]
Jhelum turned into sewer, carries toxic water: Experts
Environment experts who visited the river Jhelum in Srinagar on Sunday expressed serious concern over its deteriorating condition, terming the dredging of the river ‘a […]
Water crisis across Kashmir as Jhelum level hits rock bottom
Villages of Kupwara, Bandipora, Budgam districts most affected An unprecedented water crisis is unfolding in the Kashmir valley as a lengthy dry spell has led […]
Oxygen levels in Dal lake below permissible limits
High Court directs authorities to upgrade five STPs With the Pollution Control Board indicating in its report that the dissolved oxygen levels in the Dal […]