Selective Relief
Those who expected major overhaul in the system post floods must be disappointed. The system that governed the distribution of relief checques runs on...
Securing Future
Around 42,000 claims worth Rs 2000 crore settled post floods by top four insurance companies making it one of the biggest claims in Asia....
“We need long term measures to deal with floods. Otherwise destruction is inevitable”
Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control department, Kashmir, Mir Javed Jaffar tells Saima Bhat that there is no way to handle September 2014 (floods)...
City, One Week After
One week after the worst flood-hit the summer capital, scenes around the city were both relieved as well as remorseful. Bilal Handoo narrates certain...
The Sheltering Shrine
With ferocious Jhelum inundating the habitations on its banks, displacing populations and destroying properties, thousands of people trekked to the foothills housing the shrine...
A Home without Windows
The devastating floods of September made many people home-less. Some of them living in the make-shift camps are trying to fight the loss and...
Flooded Faithfully
It was not individual greed or the policy failure at the highest decision-making levels only that Kashmir’s watercourse is facing barriers. Even the faithful...
Good, old Radio
When all others modern means of connectivity got washed out in recent floods it was the good old radio set that helped people stay...
A Muck of History
In Kashmir’s checkered history preserving records of the past have always been a priority. But with floods catching officials unaware a part of Kashmir’s...
An Itchy Discount
Post flood, sales in Srinagar and elsewhere saw huge turnout of shoppers looking for cheap bargains. But using flood-affected items ended up people queuing...
History Gagged
The skewed coverage of Kashmir floods by Delhi media generated massive ire and suspicion against journalists, preventing even local media from recording their own...
The Peak Refuge
Wreaking havoc in south and unleashing hell in centre, the history’s worst flood forced thousands to take refuge in upper reaches. Zawoora, a hilly...
Saving Downtown
After the worst floods, the fourth estate is abuzz with the tales of the local heroics. One such unfolded in Noorbagh area where the...
A Tourist’s First Hand Account
Mirsaad Imdad
I was in Kashmir when the flood started.
My family and I reached the Srinagar airport on a Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014. Along with...
Do Not Blame JHELUM
Governance failure apart, societal corruption, greed and biotic interventions in fragile ecology invited Rs 100,000 crore catastrophe to the City of Kashmir. R S...
