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
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
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
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
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
Srinagar, June 12 -- A democracy reveals its true strength at the grassroots. Citizens experience government most directly through village panchayats, municipal councils and local representatives who... Read More
Srinagar, June 5 -- In the densely populated Khanda locality, residents say they are living under constant fear as a 33,000 KV transmission line and two 11,000 KV power lines pass through the village'... Read More
Srinagar, June 2 -- The destruction of 3,500 apple plants in Chadoora deserves swift justice. Kashmir cannot build a stronger rural economy while criminal acts of this scale pass without accountabilit... Read More
Srinagar, May 31 -- Shock and anger have gripped Chadoora's Kultreh area after nearly 3,500 young apple plants were allegedly cut down during the night between May 29 and 30 under mysterious circumsta... Read More
Srinagar, May 22 -- Recent weeks have brought unsettling scenes from several parts of Kashmir. Chinar trees stand cut, pruned into hollow forms, or pressed tightly against fresh layers of concrete an... Read More