JAMMU, Dec 26: Nearly 250 brick kilns in Kathua, Jammu and Samba districts of the Jammu region are consuming more than eight thousand trucks of green felled fire wood every year as the nexus of green wood smugglers and the key officials in the Forest and Revenue departments was galore in the region.
Despite the blanket ban on the green felling by the Supreme Court of India, t
Jammu: The Government has decided to formulate comprehensive conservation projects for twin lakes of Mansar and Surinsar with a special focus on the restoration of the habitats and expansion of green cover in the surroundings of the two prestigious water bodies.
In foothills of Shiwaliks due to presence of torrents, soil erosion is very serious problem. The flow acquires accelerated velocity at it travels down the slope and consequently becomes highly erosive in nature. Study aea of Baroi Khad (rainy season torrents) lies at Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir state.
JAMMU, Sept 22: Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din, today inspected the construction work on auto mechanically operated gated barrage in Nikki Tawi and Waddi Tawi for creation of prestigious project of artificial lake which would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs. 110 crore.
Jammu : To review and redress the public grievances at their doorsteps, the Deputy Chief Minister today distributed 80 cheques worth Rs 14 lakh under Indira Awaas Youjna (IAY) to Below Poverty Line beneficiaries of block Khour for construction of houses and conducted a series of public meeting at Badan, Manchak, Ghair, Bakore, Indri, Dhounchak and Dandora in Khour area of Akhnoor.
Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma today said that the government was taking preventive measures to check gastroenteritis and declared that after fixing responsibility, strict action would be taken against the guilty for the outbreak of the epidemic in Doda.
JAMMU, Aug 19: Heavy rain and flash flood in the rivers and nallahs created havoc as the water entered many houses, schools, industrial units and floor mills in Jammu, Domana, Kathua, Samba and many other parts of the region while an Army jawan was killed and two other injured in land slides in Taryath area of Kalakote, bordering Reasi district this morning whereas, at least two
A diagnostic survey was conducted in rice growing areas across different blocks and districts of Jammu region, viz. Jammu, Kathua and Udhampur, for identification of N, P and K imbalance through DRIS (Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System), taking 121 sets of plant samples data composition and corresponding yields.
Nearly two dozen people are missing while thousands of sheep, goat and other livestock have perished in unprecedented snowfall which caught lakhs of Gujjars and Bakerwals unawares on the north western Himalayas, which divide Jammu region from Kashmir valley.
Jammu: Realising the gravity of the situation, the government has decided to explore the possibility of lifting water from the Chenab as a long-term measure to meet the increasing requirement of potable water in the ever-expanding winter capital.
In this regard, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand yesterday issued
