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‘Authority fails to come up to mark’ *Manasbal Authority too impleaded as respondent Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, May 24: In a PIL regarding protection of the Wular Lake and removal of all hutments and encroachments within the catchment area, Division Bench of High Court comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi has expressed annoyance over wasting of Central funds for conservation of lake. “We are pained to notice that the Government has created the Wular Lake Conservation and […]

Severe siltation and pollution in Kashmir’s largest freshwater lake is eroding local livelihoods, and the natural habitat of native plants and fish species

For centuries, Lake Wular has been a major source of food and income for thousands of Kashmiris. But widespread pollution, mining, and dam construction are putting the region's fishing community at risk.

SRINAGAR, JAN 29: The Annual Bird Census was today conducted in Wular Lake by Wular Conservation and Management Authority Kashmir, here. In the survey, volunteers from multiple bird clubs and organizations participated. This was first such a major census conducted in the lake in which around 25 birders cum volunteers participated in the survey. The trainees were given orientation prior to census operation. For count purposes, 22 points were laid all across the lake for bird counts. The survey was […]

Warming himself with a kangri (a firepot) kept under his pheran (a long winter cloak worn by Kashmiris), 66-year-old Mohammad Subhan Dar sat chatting with a bunch of his fellow villagers on a Janua