The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Wednesday chaired the maiden meeting of Jammu and Kashmir Wetland Authority to chalk out strategy for conservation and management of wetlands.
In view of Uttrakhand tragedy, a Parliamentary Committee has recommended conducting study and monitoring of glaciers to ensure such incidents do not take place in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Chairman JK-WRRA Thursday stressed for an integrated and coordinated approach by the different depts, complimenting and supplementing each other, avoiding overlapping of actions to conserve the water resources.
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources Regulatory Authority (JKWRRA) has asked the authorities concerned to erect geo-tagged boundary pillars around Wullar and other lakes to prevent encroachments. After visiting the Wullar Lake and other important water bodies including Gilsar, Khushalsar, Anchar lake, Nallah Amir Khan and Baba Demb in Srinagar, JKWRRA chairperson Ghansham Jha […]
The first meeting of J&K Biodiversity Council was Thursday held here at Van Bhawan, Jammu under the Chairmanship of Principal Chief Conservator Forests/HoFF & Chairman Biodiversity Council, J&K, Dr. Mohit Gera.
The heritage city of Srinagar is fast losing its shimmering waters due to rampant pollution and policy paralysis. As the muck and mess is amassing right under the nose of the authorities, the locals are staring at an imminent demise.
The Wetlands Division of Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Protection Department today organised an orientation programme to inculcate the census techniques amongst the participants at Camping Ground, Hokersar.
Nature’s fury in Uttarakhand has raised alarm bells in the entire Himalayan region where receding glaciers have posed a big risk to life. In Kashmir, the picture remains grim.
The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired a meeting of officers to take stock of the progress made in the execution of Manasbal Lake development project under PMDP.
A part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, leading to massive floods, recalling a 2019 study that warned about the dangers of climate change and said Himalayan glaciers have been melting twice as fast since the start of this century.
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