The Forest Department has recovered and restored about 900 kanals of land during last two years. The land reclaimed and recovered has been under the possession of the encroachers for more than three

Out of an agricultural potential area of about 20,000, hectares, Leh district 12,000 hectares of land is under cultivation of different crops like barley, wheat, peas and

Vigilance and Inspection Cells, one each at Srinagar and Jammu, are being set up in the Forest Department for inspection of works and look into the complaints. The Cells would be headed by an officer

Educational, Environment, Social Sports and Cultural Society has organised a plantation drive by planting more than 1000 non fruit plants at village Samaie, Jammu in degraded

Ninety eight HIV positive cases have been detected in voluntary counselling and testing centres(VCTCs) of J&K state from January 2001 to March 2002. The voluntary counselling and testing centres have

Jammu & Kashmir Welfare Organisation, Friends of Humanity, a prominent voluntary organisation has expressed serious concern over what it called growing pollution levels around the premier Medical

The recent report of the Comptroller of Auditor General(CAG) of India has indicted the state pollution control board(PCB) for not setting up the laboratories for monitoring and testing air samples,

Inadequate surveys, untrained and inadequate manpower as well as poor follow up of the cases led to an increase in leprosy cases from 465 in 1996-97 to 897 in 2000-2001. Similar was the fate of the

The government is making every efforts for protection of forests resources, reducing growing demand of fire wood and fodder, expanding forest area, increasing forest productivity and strengthening

As environmental awareness programme on cleaning and greening of lake Mansar and its adjoining areas was organised by the extension wing of the department of environmental sciences, University of