Experts have expressed concern over the frequent cloudbursts in Kashmir, attributing the unpredictable weather phenomena to climate change and deforestation. In the recent past, cloudbursts […]
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Environment
Climate change in Himalayas making cloudbursts highly localised
Two cloudbursts in Ganderbal and Shehnag last week have once again brought into focus the extreme weather phenomenon, which is becoming frequent in the fragile […]
Despite overnight rain, weather remains humid in Kashmir
Despite overnight rain, inundating a number of areas and markets, weather remained humid in the Kashmir valley, where dry weather is predicted during the next […]
Experts sound caution on poplar tree felling, say ‘it can be disastrous’
With Government undertaking a challenging task to axe nearly two crore Russian poplar trees across Kashmir, studies have revealed that the problem of seed dispersal […]
SMC seizes van stocking 200 kg polythene
The enforcement squad of Srinagar Municipal Corporation today caught red handed a van bearing no JK01L- 9152 with 200 kgs of banned polythene at Fruit […]
Wular Lake falls to encroachments, pollution, siltation
Encroachments, rampant plantation of willows and siltation are eating up Wular Lake. One of Asia’s largest freshwater lakes, Wular, situated in north Kashmir, is fast […]
Kashmir lake faces threat from encroachment
Hokersar lake in Kashmir, which attracts birds from various parts of the world including as far as Siberia, is facing a threat from massive encroachments […]
Third Flood Threat in a Year Govt Caught Napping
No sooner it rained for just one day than the water level in Jhelum registered a steep increase, to say nothing about the grim prospect […]
Vehicular Pollution worsens Srinagar Air Quality
Air Quality in Kashmir is deteriorating due to the lax norms on controlling vehicular pollution and the lack of reliable pollution checking centres. Many international […]
Hokersar wetland on brink of extinction
With authorities sitting on conservation of Hokersar wetland here, the Ramsar site in the summer capital is on the brink of extinction. Situated on city […]