Dying Jhelum

Jhelum is the life line of Kashmir. Well it remains an enigma? Interiors of Jhelum once added to the beauty of the City, now on the edge of depletion. Parts of Jhelum which flow through the City look like a bad smelling drain which has only the waste water coming out of houses.
 When my father recalls his childhood he says that tourists used to visit City mainly through water transport and essential supplies like vegetables and other things where supplied and sold on the banks of the river. He says “We used to sit on the bank of the river and enjoy.”
 Cool breeze used to be calm and sweet. But our generation prefers to stay away from the banks because there’s filth all around.
 Jhelum is the gift of god to people of Kashmir. We need to wake up to keep it clean and restore its glory.
 So far many steps have been taken up by the government but all in vain. The waste material which lie on the banks of Jhelum is enough to feed dogs and to help them grow healthy.
 We need to wake up and save Jhelum.

By Ieshan Bashir Wani.
Email:ieshanwani@yahoo.com
(The ideas expressed are author’s own)

Lastupdate on : Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 IST



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