Crops on 3 lakh hectares of land damaged, losses to agri sector pegged at Rs 3,674 crores The government Monday said more than two lakh […]
Category: Environment
Environment
Day 16: Srinagar areas remain inundated
People fear outbreak of diseases; Govt fails to make civil secretariat functional; No end in sight for poor phone connectivity In the wake of devastating […]
Flood Fury: 305 people untraceable in State
The number of people, who are missing after flood ravaged Kashmir and parts of Jammu, is increasing with fresh cases of 60 missing people reported […]
When marooned people craved for safe water, hi-tech purifiers from Telengana had no takers
JK Govt refused to take consignment, cited ‘absence of generators’ When flood-hit Srinagar was craving for safe drinking water, a shipment of hi-tech water purifiers […]
Deepening of river Sindh saved Ganderbal
‘Ganderbal model could have saved Srinagar too’ Spotlight Even as Srinagar and Bandipora districts reeled under record floods, their immediate neighbor, Ganderbal, escaped almost unscathed due […]
India turns Kashmir flood disaster into PR stunt
Attempt by Indian authorities to take credit for relief effort has backfired by Hafsa Kanjwal Since Sept. 7, Indian-administered Kashmir has been dealing with the […]
Flood Fury: Death roll reaches 300, hundreds still missing
Most houses and internal roads in Rajbagh, Jawahar Nagar still water-logged The death toll in floods in Jammu and Kashmir has risen to 300 and […]
Trail of devastation at Lal Chowk as water recedes
Shops filled mud and sewage, goods turned into mound of debris Estimation of losses beyond imagination: KTMF president As water has started to recede at […]
Kelam-Gund – a hamlet wiped out by raging Vaishaw
33 houses washed away, 150 razed to rubble Wahab Naik (65), a frail old man is desperately trying to locate where his house stood only […]
Flood Fury: 250 dead and counting
67,000 evacuated in 13 days Lal Chowk, Rajbagh, Jawahar Nagar, Indira Nagar still water-logged Carcasses of livestock, filth lying on water bodies, roads About 250 […]