Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013
Ashiq Hussain SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir government has asked Hindustan Construction Company, India’s leading infrastructure builder, to reveal the materials used for excavation in North Kashmir after hundreds of Trout fish died mysteriously near Kishenganga River where the Company is building a 330 MW hydro power project. State’s department of fisheries, investigating the mass deaths of fish in a stream of Kishenganga River, has shot a letter to the...
Posted 167 days ago.
Ashiq Hussain SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government has set off a probe to ascertain the cause of deaths of hundreds of trout fish, the freshwater fish of Europe introduced in Kashmir by British in 1900. The officials of state's fisheries department are camping near Madhumati stream near Kishenganga river where Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) is building a 330 MW hydropower project, in the frontier district of Bandipora. They are investigating...
Posted 172 days ago.
Muzaffar Raina SRINAGAR: Kashmir’s famed fossil heritage site at Guryul is facing a fresh threat from “illegal stone quarries”, sparking fears that remains from the pre-dinosaur Permian period are being sold as raw materials to feed the Valley’s booming construction business. The quarrying at the site, 18km from Srinagar, had stopped after an outcry by leading geologists from the country and abroad following a report by a national newspaper in...
Posted 181 days ago.
Naseer Ganai SRINAGAR: The Lakes and Waterways Development Authority, which has been entrusted with conservation of Dal and Nageen Lakes of Srinagar, has sought help of American and German firms to address problem of sewage management of around 700 houseboats , officials said. Earlier, LAWDA had approached country's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), to address sewage disposal of houseboats of the Dal and the Nageen lakes. However, according to...
Posted 190 days ago.
Ishfaq Tantry SRINAGAR: To determine the home range and habitation of hangul (Kashmiri stag), scientists are set to trace the movements of the rare wildlife animal outside Dachigam National park by using satellite telemetry. Scientists studying the movement patterns of hangul outside the park are planning to tag the animal with collars fitted with GPS (global positioning system) satellite telemetry devices, which is the first such research on hangul using...
Posted 190 days ago.
Ashiq Hussain SRINAGAR, Dec 4: A man in Kashmir’s summer capital nearly escaped death after a bear attacked him on Monday evening triggering anger among people. Javaid Ahmad was badly injured after a bear emerged in the interior areas of Zakoora in the outskirts of Srinagar and repeatedly slapped the young man. “He seemed totally defaced. There was blood all over his face due to the slashing of cheeks by bear pawns,” said a resident, Mohammad Imran, on...
Posted 197 days ago.
KATHUA, Dec 2: Hundreds of residents in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir state blocked a highway protesting against the threat from monkeys. Tired of regular monkey bites and attacks, residents of Jasrota and Rajbagh towns stalled traffic on the Jammu-Pathankot Highway on December 2. Shakti Devi, a victim, said: "I was going to the Gurudwara to seek blessings when monkeys surrounded me. I made a lot of noise and shouted for help but there was no one around. They bit me and I also fell...
Posted 199 days ago.
JAMMU, Nov 26: To contain man-bear conflict effectively, the state government plans to have a comprehensive census of bears. Two species of this wild beast have been killing the people in the state due to fragmentation of their habitat over the years. The state has two important species of the bear - Asiatic black bear and Himalayan brown bear - out of a total of eight found in the world today. The state, as of today, has no official data of both the species. Though the census is yet to...
Posted 205 days ago.
Ashiq Hussain SRINAGAR, Nov 24: A bear in south Kashmir nearly escaped death after villagers, angered over the killing of nearly two dozen people by wild animals, tried to set the animal on fire. The bear had attacked a household in Mohammadpora village of Kulgam district, some 60 km from Srinagar, before climbing atop a walnut tree when villagers armed with fire-torches gathered around it. The incident took place last month but came to light recently through...
Posted 207 days ago.
Kainaat Mushtaq HOKERSAR, Nov 22: The honking of wild geese and the cackle of mallards have returned to Kashmir, with migratory birds back in the Himalayan region as situation improves in the Valley. Wildlife officials say over a million migratory birds, and at least 19 different species, flew down to Kashmir's renewed wetlands and swamps this winter from Siberia, Central Asia and northern Europe. "More migrating birds are expected, this year could set the...
Posted 209 days ago.
