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 Ravi. But an agreement that lured...
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...
Policing the rivers
With the increase in incidences of drowning in Kashmir, the small team of rescue and recovery River Police is ill-equipped and lacks manpower to...
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...
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...
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...
Saving the Wullar
Wullar, South Asia’s largest fresh water lake, like other water bodies of Kashmir has suffered tremendous deterioration due to government apathy and public greed....
Sangloo And Disease
Sangloo has been so abused and polluted by locals living along its banks in Shopian that the river stands transformed from a source of...
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...
Drinking To Death?
For the Awantipora people, water is no better than poison. Saima Bhat reports on a town whose only source of water leads to disease.
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Making of a catastrophe
Strained by mining, blasting and the Baghlihar water reservoir, the mountains in Doda-Kishtwar region are giving in. The twin districts remained cut-off for 18...
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...
Water War
Irrigation and Law ministries in the state are divided over the way out on Punjab’s breach to a 30-year-old water-sharing agreement. A Kashmir Life report.
When...
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...
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...
