ARIF SHAFI WANI

A postgraduate in Mass Communication and Journalism, Arif is the executive editor at Greater Kashmir. He has reported extensively on Kashmir.
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ARIF SHAFI WANI
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY | J&K's Environmental Challenges
More than 70 years ago, Doodh Ganga passed through Srinagar via Allochi Bagh and Batamaloo.
In Oman, Amelia worked for an educational institute, which organises groups of Omani students to study English in the UK and India.
Sudden large-scale death of fish in Dal Lake triggers panic
Tandon has worked in several films including ‘Jab We Met’ and ‘Welcome To Punjab’.
“It is a unique experience and I would suggest that all the golfers from across the world should play here just to experience what great golfing is all about,” Kant said.
“Perhaps in the whole world there is no corner as pleasant as Dal Lake. The water of the Dal is clear and soft as silk, and the people say that the shawls of Kashmir owe much of their excellence to being washed in the soft waters of the lake,” Lawrence writes in his book ‘Valley of Kashmir’.
The spot is around 5 km from the area where the first Alligator gar was captured. “This is a serious concern now. If there are more Alligator gar fish in Dal Lake, we have to ascertain its effects on other species in the water body,” Khan said.
"Research conducted by Department of Environmental Science, Kashmir University states that Brari Nambal has lost over 10 hectares in the last over 40 years."
"In Kashmir Valley, about 12 cement plants, eight POP units, 297 brick kilns and 416 crusher/hot wet mix plants are sustaining on locally available major as well as minor minerals."
"Experts fear that mass loss of glaciers is expected to exacerbate in future as a result of projected climate changes. Subsequently this will further diminish the stream flow of trans-boundary rivers emanating from the region."
A herd of Hangul in the upper reaches of Dachigam National Park.
"In the last five decades, most of the wetlands have lost their carrying capacity mainly due to conversion into agriculture land or concrete landscape."
"There has been an increase in high tectonic activities coupled with soil erosion in quake vulnerable areas in J&K especially Pir Panchal and Chenab Valley."
She says that the colours used in the sculpture are inspired by Kashmir’s landscape along with the seasons.
Blessed with crystal clear water, the canal passes through several areas and merges into Hokersar Wetland in Srinagar and subsequently reaches Jhelum.
"Home to wild animals, forests in Kashmir have borne the brunt of wanton felling of trees especially in the last over three decades."
A Gujjar shack is seen nestled between dense forest along a hill in Sonamarg in Kashmir [Representational Image]
Equipped with tranquiliser guns and nets, Teams of Department of Wildlife Protection have been thoroughly searching for the leopards with a span of 10 kilometers
A large stretch of the wetland has been converted into built-up areas.
2 Proglacial lakes (L1 and L2) in upstream of Vishaw in Kulgam.
Being an eco-fragile zone, J&K is confronted with environmental challenges due to global warming, unplanned urbanisation, deforestation and encroachment of water bodies.
A labourer performing the filling work inside Doodh Ganga
This is for the first time in the country that Lithium reserves have been found [Representative Image]
LESSONS FROM TURKEY, SYRIA QUAKE | J&K on powder keg of high magnitude earthquakes
A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake rattled J&K on October 8, 2005, causing massive destruction in the region.
The total area of the major wetlands in the Jhelum basin with an area greater than 25 ha has decreased from 288.96 sq km in 1972 to 266.45 sq km at present.
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh had recently directed the Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to furnish details about stray dogs as well as action plan for containing the canine menace in Srinagar.
“Most of the visitors liked ethnic food at Kashmiri food stall. They had prepared so many novel varieties,” Kuntal Bhatti, cafeteria head LLDC told Greater Kashmir.
"Before 1947, he used to travel all the way to Lahore to get these works published in the form of books. After partition, the books were published in Lucknow and Delhi,” Iqbal says.
(L-R) Hangul with a Satellite Collar. Movement of Hangul with by a camera trap
Gradually Humaira honed her driving skills and eventually started doing Rotax Karting and later on moved single seaters Formula racing.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), America’s civil space program and the global leader in space exploration has recently released a satellite picture of Kashmir Valley shrouded by haze.
"My grandmother Pushpa Kohli who was the pioneer of floriculture in Kashmir and first member of inter-flora began the flower company in 1928 – P Kohli and Co that exported even tulips to Holland."
The Supreme Court temporarily vacated the stay order last month and now the case is listed for next hearing on January 13, 2023.
Originally from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Khalid shifted to Rawalpora locality on Srinagar outskirts nearly two decades back. His father is an Associate Professor at the University of Kashmir.
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