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Video: Polluted Manasbal Lake Endangers Local Water Supply

Srinagar, Aug. 23 -- Local residents share their concerns, illnesses linked to water consumption, and deep frustration over the government's inaction and failure to protect this critical natural resou... Read More


Waste Piles Up While Wars Take the Blame

Srinagar, Aug. 22 -- When floods devastated the valley in 2014, officials in towns untouched by water suddenly claimed their records had been "washed away." Requests under the Right to Information Ac... Read More


Rs.1 Million Loan Fraud: Poor Teacher Left Paying EMIs

Srinagar, Aug. 22 -- A humble village teacher from Mujpathri in central Kashmir's Budgam district has been battling a nightmare for the past two years after falling victim to a shocking cyber fraud. ... Read More


Tasting Kashmir's Forgotten Flavours with Om Prakash Sharma

Srinagar, Aug. 13 -- I accompanied Om Prakash Sharma, then Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, to the Basant Wodder forests near Doodh Pathri in Budgam. The morning air was sharp, scent... Read More


Untreated Water Supplied to 7 Lakh Srinagar Residents for Over 2 Weeks

Srinagar, Aug. 9 -- The affected localities include Chanapora, Gulshan Nagar, Natipora, Jawahar Nagar, Rajbagh, Wanbal, Rangreth, Rawalpora, Pir Bagh, Hyderpora, Burzulla, Parraypora and Bagh-e-Mehtab... Read More


Kashmir Activist Flags Large-Scale Ecological Damage to Lawmakers

Srinagar, Aug. 8 -- In Srinagar's uptown, stormwater pumps built to keep the city dry during rains now run even in the heat of summer. They are pumping untreated sewage - faecal sludge, kitchen waste,... Read More


Inside Kashmir's Rotten Meat Crackdown

Srinagar, Aug. 1 -- It was a typical July day, the one that wears you down with heat, smell, and exhaustion. But nothing could've prepared us for what we found behind that shutter. Piled high in cra... Read More


Srinagar's Waste Crisis Is Now a Public Health Emergency

Srinagar, July 15 -- A detailed action plan was submitted to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Promises were made: a non-functional leachate treatment plant would be revived, the nauseating odour wou... Read More


Why Kashmir's Forest Dwellers Live Like Prisoners on Their Own Land

Srinagar, July 10 -- Mud walls, tin roofs, and a wire fence encircled the entire settlement. It looked less like a village and more like a low-security prison. We pulled over and walked uphill. The m... Read More


On the Margins: J&K's Tribals Still Fighting for Space

Srinagar, July 2 -- Over the last ten years, the numbers have spoken loudly. In 2014, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs was working with a budget of Rs.4,295 crore. By 2024, that figure had more than dou... Read More