Next Desk Please…
One family’s ordeal with government’s dilly-dallying while disbursing compensation post floods has left them questioning the system. Saima Bhat narrates the painful tale of...
Oh, Lal Chowk!
As Jhelum retreated to its banks after creating a reign of terror in the valley, the city centre Lal Chowk looks faded and filthy....
A Case of Vanishing Tents
Almost three months after devastating floods, tents meant to shelter victims remain unaccounted for in Pampore. With official passing the buck people are forced...
We Shall Overcome
Held hostage by the deluge for days together inside a building near her Barbarshah residence in Srinagar, Durdana Bhat spins a moving tale of...
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....
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 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...
Colossal Loss
In 2014 September floods, hundreds of people lost their rare objects, books and documents. While the collective flood loss was historic, the personal loss...
Unsung ‘Marines’
As the floods posed threat to thousands of stranded persons around Srinagar city, many young brave hearts plunged into troubled waters to rescue the...
Educational Mess
This devastating flood has been debilitating for almost every sector. Once the waters receded, people starting clearing their houses and businesses from the thick...
Rebuilding Homes
Moving beyond rescue and relief operations, the team headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq started reconstruction of 100 houses for the “neediest of the needy”...
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...
Stop These Purchases
It has been more than three fortnights since the worst floods hit the nucleus of Kashmir, the Srinagar city. After the people moved away...
A Year After
Floods have devastated Kashmir in almost all eras. But what makes the September 2014 flood different was that it hit the capital at a...
Flood Money
For many it was a crisis but for a few the flood was an opportunity. As hundreds of youth risked their lives to save...
