Tightening its noose around contractors, who have been dumping silt and garbage on the bed of the Ranbir Canal,the state Irrigation Department has asked them to remove all silt and garbage from the canal before water is released into it in the next few weeks.

The number of school-going children is declining in the state as the mid-day meal scheme started as an attraction, has failed to achieve the aim.

Afsana Rashid

Srinagar, March 16
The Floriculture Department has taken up the task of carrying out the census of chinars located across the Kashmir valley.

The Department of Agriculture has completed a survey for assessing the loss cause to wheat crop by airborne disease yellow rust in border areas of Samba district recently.

Curse of melting glaciers, shrinking rivers and growing deforestation

After a protest by a group of youth today, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) announced chalking out strategy to enforce complete ban on the use polythene in city and outskirts.

After burning polythene in the premises of SMC office located in Karannagar the group of youth met the commissioner of Srinagar Municipal Corporation Farooq Ahmad Renzu and demanded complete ban on it.

It is often the case with environmental threats that commercial interests in the target area, required to comply with legal prescriptions, are hard hit in the short term. But if they don

Once known as the lifeline of Jammu for its pure water, the Ranbir Canal, which caters to irrigation needs of the large number of farmers in the Jammu region, now stands testimony to the official apathy and rampant pollution.

Shabir Ibn Yusuf, SRINAGAR: Valley may face severe water crisis in coming summer, as the glaciers have receded at an alarming rate, if the officials of Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) and experts are to be believed.

The cause is stated to be a lower snowfall, above normal temperature and early melting of snow in the mountains, besides deforestation and human interference.

Srinagar: Imagine the Dal Lake without its houseboats. If that left you with a sense of emptiness, get used to it. The future of the 1,200-odd houseboats, which have been a part of the famous water body in the heart of Srinagar for more than a century now, is under threat.