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Kashmir Is Digging Its Own Grave

Srinagar, Aug. 21 -- I have spent years watching trucks loaded with sand and clay pull onto highways across Jammu & Kashmir, and I have spent those same years filing the cases meant to stop them. Tod... Read More


Video: PCC Slaps Rs 33 Lakh Pollution Notice on MC Awantipora

Srinagar, Aug. 14 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Committee (JKPCC) has issued a show-cause notice to the Municipal Committee Awantipora, proposing environmental compensation of Rs 33.24 la... Read More


Video: How Did Drugs Take Away a Young Man's Rs.1 Crore Property?

Srinagar, Aug. 12 -- The post Video: How Did Drugs Take Away a Young Man's Rs.1 Crore Property? appeared first on Kashmir Observer. Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from The K... Read More


The Watchdog Kashmir Built on a Broken Rule

Srinagar, Aug. 10 -- Srinagar's Social Welfare Department keeps a sealed cover in a government office, and inside it sits the answer to a question that has consumed courtrooms, careers, and the lives ... Read More


Video: Why Is the Forest Rights Act Still in Limbo in J&K?

Srinagar, Aug. 4 -- Why is the Forest Rights Act still not fully implemented in Jammu & Kashmir? In this episode of Ground Reality, environmental activist Dr. Raja Muzaffar Bhat examines the status of... Read More


Video: Can Kashmir Save Its Apple Harvest from Highway Delays?

Srinagar, Aug. 1 -- Why are Kashmiri apples getting delayed on the highways? Could rail transport be the solution? In this episode of *Ground Reality*, we raise critical questions about transport dela... Read More


Kashmir Is Burying Its Most Famous Crop Under Garbage

Srinagar, July 29 -- Two years ago, local friends in Pampore asked me to see something for myself. I travelled with a cameraperson to a stretch of land beside the saffron fields and found devastation... Read More


Kashmir's Next Flood Is Already Under Construction

Srinagar, July 20 -- Srinagar flooded again on Monday morning. A few hours of rain turned roads into streams and colonies into ponds throughout the so-called Smart City. Boulevard Road, the city's s... Read More


Kashmir Has Entered the Age of Climate Emergencies

Srinagar, July 8 -- How many more disasters will it take before Jammu and Kashmir calls this what it is: a climate emergency? Fresh cloudbursts in the Chenab Valley, the rapid melting of the Amarnath... Read More


Kashmir Needs a War on Waste

Srinagar, June 20 -- When Ladakh's administration banned single-use plastics this month and empowered officials to impose spot fines on littering, it sent a clear message: environmental protection beg... Read More