Dal Lake: A Monograph
This document authored by Prof Dr MRD Kundangar in the early 1990s for the Hydrobiology Laboratory of the SP College, which he was heading,...
Singhara Harvest Strats In Wular Lake
SRINAGAR: Kashmir's famed water chestnut that Wular lake produces on its margins has started. Also called Water caltrop, it is basically the seed of...
Reclaiming Khushal Sar
The government avoided any commitment that it will restore the freshwater lake. Eventually, a social activist threw his hat in the ring, handheld the...
Jhelum Again
After September 2014 floods a number of majors were assured to clean the erring Jhelum of blockades. But almost three years later not much...
Budshah’s Nallai Mar
For ages, rulers in Kashmir have constructed canals to improve life and production. But there is no ruler who could come even closer to...
Whither Zainageer
One of the major belts that Budshah made famous was the Zainageer in Sopore outskirts. He had built a palace and set up a...
Tasteless Anchar
Once famous for its fish, Nadru, and vegetable gardens, Anchar Lake struggles to survive encroachment, waste dump, and official neglect. Syed Asma reports
Son of...
Hydaspes’ Battle
From Sangam in south Kashmir to Asham in north, Jhelum’s serpentine course is literally battling for its space. The river that once witnessed an...
Water Woes
In Gade Khud village, just 17 kilometers from Srinagar city everything comes to standstill when a government installed community tap comes to life. Official...
The Dull Affair
Over the years, all attempts to conserve Dal Lake have turned out to be half hearted efforts. Despite official claims that modern day lake...
Dumped Waters!
The splendid beauty of Brari Nambal lagoon once fascinated the King of Kashmir, Budshah, but gross neglect over the years has now reduced it...
A Chestnut Story
Come November and a group of villagers in Bandipora row their boats into Wular Lake to extract water chestnuts which are then supplied to...
Gone Dry
Fresh water springs, fed by the glacial melt, have sustained Kashmir for ages. But we have fast losing these life giving precious water bodies...
THEIN: A Dam Watered Down
As the Indus Water Treaty gave storage rights over three rivers to Pakistan, J&K could have somehow benefited from the Ravi. But an agreement...
The Resource
The Indus Water Treaty has given Islamabad rights over three J&K rivers – Chenab, Indus and Jhelum with an average flow of 135 million...
