Environment and Food Security Concerns

Less than two decades ago this used to be a living and thriving water body. Pride of the city. Cool breeze , crystal clear waters, fish in huge numbers, lotus stem, fishermen ,boats and bathing children. Well, a place teeming with activity. Then the sad story started. Sewage and trash from the fast growing number [...]

    Dal Lake needs no introduction. The most famous and often quoted symbol of Kashmir is in fact the Dal Lake.It would not be wrong to say that most parts of Srinagar city lie in the vicinity of this lake. The crown of kashmir unfortunately is breathing is last. It has shrunk to almost [...]

Brari Numbal, a hub of inland water transport in srinagar, kashmir just a few decades back is today a stinking, poisonous and menacingly ugly cesspool. Incessant flow of sewage and polythene, relentless enchroachments and blocking of its drainage points has caused the premature death of this legendry and once beautiful water body. Not long ago [...]