The entire Jammu city is reeling under acute shortage of water that too when the temperature is rising day by day, hovering around 45 degrees Celsius mark.
Himalayan states like Jammu and Kashmir will for the first time come in the grip of malaria by 2030 while the disease will continue to linger in the Northeast as the country''s temperature is likely to rise between 1.7-2.2 degree Celsius due to climate change.
Using the temperature and humidity criteria for determining the spread of the vector-borne disease, the report "Climate Change and India:
JAMMU, Nov 17: After Baglihar, the ambitious Kishenganga hydro project of J&K too is paying a heavy price for injudicious planning on the part of helmsmen as well as long standing dispute between India and Pakistan over water resources as the cost of this 330 mw project has escalated by 62.69 per cent to Rs. 3,642.04 Cr as against its original cost of Rs.
Sky rocketing price of animal fodder especially wheat straw commonly known as `Bussa' coupled with deficient monsoons has compounded miseries of farmers especially milkmen community for whom bovine animals are the only source of income.
Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir today said that Jammu and Kashmir will soon be country's first state to have a fully dedicated bio-plastic product manufacturing facility.
During his recent visit to Delhi along with the managing director, J&K Agro Industries limited, Dr. G.N.
The best option is, of course, recycling in an environmentally sound manner. But it is also a fact that most civic bodies fail to collect and dispose waste. Instead of implementing techno logical innovations States such as Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal other than Delhi have banned the use of plastic bags.
: The already exist ing disputes between India and Pakistan over water-sharing are expected to exasperate further given the forecast that the impact of climatic changes, due to environmental degradation, would cause drastic depletion in volume of water in the Indus River system originating from Himalayan glaciers.
