The reports of unauthorised and illegal constructions coming up at various places especially on the Dal and foreshore road is a cause of concern. Moderate […]
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Environment
Amid unrest, Illegal constructions galore in Dal Lake
8 FIRs registered in 16 days: Authorities Amid unrest in Kashmir, unabated illegal structures are coming up in and around the Dal Lake. Unscrupulous persons […]
Illegal constructions galore in Srinagar amid unrest
SMC, SDA express ‘Helplessness’ With the government men and machinery “busy” controlling the the ongoing unrest, scores of people have again started carrying out illegal […]
Taking advantage of unrest, land mafia has field day in Dal
Taking undue advantage of prevailing law and order situation in Kashmir, land mafia is having a field day to encroach upon Dal lake. Reports said […]
Slow pace of Wullar conservation work irks Chief Minister
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today expressed unhappiness over slow pace of conservation work of Wullar, Asia’s largest freshwater lake, and asked the officials to deploy […]
Officials ‘facilitate’ construction of hut in Aru Wildlife zone
In brazen violation of norms, the Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA) here is facilitating construction of a hut by an influential person in Aru wildlife zone. […]
Wular Lake shrinking due to human settlement: Govt
Government on Monday admitted that Wular Lake has been shrinking due to illegal human settlement over the past few decades. In a written reply to […]
‘Hindustan Construction Company polluting our water resources’
Bandipora village bears costs of Kishanganga Power Project Inhabitants of a Bandipora village are up in arms against Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) for polluting the […]
Srinagar records season’s hottest day, Heat wave on in Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar on Sunday recorded this season’s highest temperature at 33.5 degrees while the heat wave continued in Jammu where it […]
In defence of Kashmir’s unpopular poplars
Mathematician Fozia Qazi has undertaken a campaign to protect the trees that are in danger of being axed in large numbers in the valley. With […]