Jammu & Kashmir

IN COURT

J&K project through: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently granted a stay on a decision by the state government to cancel a contract for the 1,200-MW Sawalakote hydroelectric power project. The

Publication Date:

30/12/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061231

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Global Warming, Hydroelectricity, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Green Spaces, Legislation, High Court, United States Of America (US), California, Jammu & Kashmir, Doda (D)

Environment

Polluted Lidder river casts cloud over pilgrimage

POLLUTION levels are rising in the Lidder river in Pahalgam, the base camp for pilgrims going up to the Amarnath cave (3,952 m) in Jammu and Kashmir. An official report issued by the Jammu and

Publication Date:

14/09/2006

Author(s): Peerzada Arshad

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Religious Places, Waste Disposal, Jammu & Kashmir

Environment

Road to Amarnath

In the recently concluded summer session of the state legislative assembly at Srinagar, a new controversy on the "road to Amarnath' has divided the Jammu and Kashmir government. Gurcharan Singh

Publication Date:

14/09/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20060915

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Religious Places, Riverine Ecology, Roads, Jammu & Kashmir, Pollution

India

Home grown power

More and more villages are opting for affordable, manageable micro hydel projects

Publication Date:

30/07/2005

Author(s): Manish Sharma

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Small Hydro Power, Electricity, Panchayats, NGO, India, Jammu & Kashmir

India

Double trouble

National Conference also opposes Kishanganga project

Publication Date:

14/06/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Hydroelectricity, Small Hydro Power, Jammu & Kashmir

Industry

Saving saffron

J&K proposes a strategy

Publication Date:

30/03/2004

Author(s): Ishfaq-ul-hassan

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040331

pp:

0

Tags:

Spices, Industry, Jammu & Kashmir

Agriculture

Nature has bestowed Kashmir with extraordinary climatic conditions and forest cover, apt for different mushroom varieties including gucchi Morchella , an exotic species of the mushroom family. Many describe it as the cuisine of the royal

Publication Date:

14/09/2003

Author(s): Ishfaq-ul-hassan

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agriculture, Mushroom, Unani, Herbal Medcine, Research, Jammu & Kashmir

Sanitation