Minister for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies, Nawang Rigzin Jora while presenting a comparison report of the measurements carried out by Sir Walter R.

Various infrastructure projects are eating into the forest cover of the ecologically fragile Jammu and Kashmir. This was revealed by the Department of Forests, Environment and Ecology.

After having remained in limbo for years, finally the much-hyped solid waste management project of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has finally moved an inch forward with the latter getting approv

The brisk unscientific mining of gypsum has been posing a grave threat to the ecology of the earthquake-prone belt of the erstwhile Doda district as blasting in mine sites has been going on unabate

Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in its initiative under “Clean up Jammu” sanitation drive reached out to citizens residing in Ward number 53 and 54 covering Trikuta Nagar Sector 1 to 4, Basant Vihar, Bhawani Vihar, Laxmi Enclave, Khoo Walli Galli, Trikuta Nagar Sector 5 to 9 and Shiva Colony.

On spot assessment of the sanitary conditions and performance of other Municipal services was made and necessary instructions were issued for improvement of civic amenities.

Expressing concern over the lack of initiatives by the authorities to prepare a concrete environment plan, the State of Environment Report (SoER) has stressed launching a scientific action plan to combat environmental hazards.

“The data on air quality is missing and the authorities concerned have not introduced a system of environmental management of the industrial estates/houses in the state. Environment planning has not taken root in the state, therefore there is no central databank and environment planning in place in the state,” the report said.

Panic has gripped Dorsi and adjoining villages in the Barnoti block of Kathua district as nearly 60 per cent population of the village, including women and children, have fallen ill due to a myster

As the existing water supply schemes apparently proved insufficient to meet the requirement of Katra during the pilgrim rush, the state government has deputed a team of technical experts to prepare

High Court today asked the Government to file status report about the creation of 225 posts for closure of Watershed Development project to make functional the Wullar Conservation Management Author

Srinagar: While the forest officials claim that they have been doing “enough” to save forests from smugglers, the loot of green gold is rampant in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.