Untimely snowfall in several upper areas of this frontier district has brought early chill in the North Kashmir forcing people to stock firewood to fight […]
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Environment
Rains,snowfall lash Kashmir
Traffic on Srinagar-Leh Highway suspended Weather likely to improve from Sunday Plains of Kashmir were lashed by rains and higher reaches received fresh snowfall on […]
Devastating floods silt up Jhelum
Govt identifies blockades, to undertake dredging The devastating floods in Kashmir last month have extensively silted up the river Jhelum and its spill channels hampering […]
Dipping mercury worsens worries of flood victims
‘Relief amount insufficient for building houses’ As temperature goes on dipping with every passing day, the worries of the people, rendered homeless by the September […]
Excess rainfall, not cloudbursts caused Kashmir floods: DERS-ISRO study
Says 287 villages with population of 22 lakh were affected due to deluge; Asks Govt to have sound flood control mechanism Negating cloudburst theory, a […]
Kishenganga project: Affected villages want rehabilitation
It seems that there is no end to the challenges being faced by the villagers due to the on-going construction of 330 Megawatt Kishenganga Hydro […]
Rains lash plains, snowfall in higher reaches
Weather to improve from today afternoon Rains lashed Kashmir plains on Friday with higher reaches receiving fresh snowfall even as Meteorological Department has predicted improvement […]
Encroachments shrink Shiv Pora roads, BB Cant authorities unmoved
Encroachments on the interior roads at Shiv Pora are coming up under the nose of Badami Bagh Cantonment Board authorities, the locals said. They said […]
PDP urges PM to oversee reconstruction work
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to constitute an expert committee under PMO to oversee the massive task of rehabilitation and […]
Central team seeks reassessment of flood losses
Verification teams to check variations The Union Home Ministry team, which carried out survey of losses suffered by the State due to floods, has found […]