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- Written by: Kashmir News Bureau
- Category: ENVIRONMENT
- Tehsil teams have been sent to ascertain crop losses due to hailstorm in Kokernag, officials said
ANANTNAG: Hundreds of acres of crops were damaged on Sunday after hailstorm hit some Kokernag village of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. According to reports reached to Kashmir News bureau that “The hailstorm, which lasted 15 minutes in some parts of Kokernag villages, transformed the green fields into white, which costs loss to farmers.”
They said “ the rice crop in kokernag was covered with hail in just over fifteen minutes. This year the farmers were expecting a rich dividend for their labour. However, the hailstorm crushed their expectations within minutes. “Tehsil teams have been sent to ascertain the loss and the report will be out soon, "No casualty has been reported," said SDM Kokernag Mohammad Rouf Rahman
- Residents stage protest, block road against dumping waste at Achan
- Lift material from all dykes along river Jhelum immediately: Div Com to CE I&FC
- JMC organizes Workshop on waste management
- Kashmir Tourism: Countering Negative ‘Positively and Aggressively’ to Attract More Tourists
- Foreign tourist couple trapped in snow rescued in Kargil
- Secretary Forest Department stresses zero tolerance against encroachment
- Kathua Police rescue 29 persons trapped in flood
- SSP Ramban launches afforestation drive
- Encroachment of Forest Land: Govt constitutes probe panel
- Flash floods: JK Police, SDRF conduct rescue operations, clear blocked road
- Moderate to heavy rains, snowfall likely in JK during next 48-hours
- Beautiful hills (Karewas) turned into valleys of death and destruction
- Establish Winter Joint Control Rooms: Div Com to DCs
- 13th Standing Committee meet of State Board for Wildlife
- LAWDA demolishes illegal structures in Kashmir capital Srinagar
- Govt notifies revised SOPs for State Disaster Relief Fund
- Pvt Company plundering agro-forest land: Yatoo
- JK State Disaster Mitigation Fund: Rs 10 cr earmarked for mitigation process
- DDC Kupwara for immediate removal of toilets from embankments of water bodies
- DC launches 'Swachtta hi Sewa' Campaign at Kishtwar
- Mobilise people, reinforce mass movement for sanitation: DC to officers
- ‘Swachhata Hi Seva': Governor declares J&K ODF
- 2438.20 kanals of State land, 5763.60 kanals of Kahcharai land retrieved
- Dal, Jhelum restoration pivotal to Srinagar Smart City Project: CS
- Students, teachers need to spread message of cleanliness: Advisor Ganai
- DDC Kupwara flags off ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ rally
- Govt constitutes Committee for revision of timber sale rates
- DC Budgam launches ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ fortnight
- DDC Kupwara reviews progress of anti-encroachment drive
- Arrangements for nationwide sanitation campaign ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ finalized in Budgam
- Hail storm hits parts of Budgam and Baramulla district
- Efforts underway to bring Bollywood back, remove negative perception: Dir Tourism
- Hakeem aghast over slow pace of works at Doodhpathri-Tossamaidan
- Udhampur declared ODF with successful culmination of Maha-Shramdaan
- DIPR conducts plantation drive at Media Complex Jammu
- 12 illegal structures demolished at Zahidpora Hawal
- DC Jammu reviews arrangements for ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ campaign
- Apple season: A Backbone of Kashmir’s Economy
- 202 kanals encroached land retrieved
- Conduct flood disaster Mock Drills across the district: Div Com to DC Sgr
- Phase-I of Jhelum dredging to be completed by March 2019
- 1226 kanals of encroached state land retrieved in Poonch
- Chief Conservator Kashmir stresses on Forest Protection, Conservation and Development
- Kargil-Ladakh Tourism Festival; DC Kargil reviews arrangements
- Use of Forest Land: Rohit Kansal appointed Inquiry Officer
- ‘Swachhta He Seva’ campaign to kickstart from 15th Sept. to 2nd October
- SMC launches drive against encroachers
- Div Com for early removal of illegal construction along river Tawi
- Erstwhile crystal clear stream turns garbage dump at Ajas
- Urban Forestry Division celebrates Van Mahotsav
- Advisory: Periodic silt flushing of Dulhasti HEP Water Reservoir on Aug 29
- TASK, TAAK, ATOK seek promotion of adventure tourism
- Anti-encroachment drive: ‘2199.05 kanals of State land, 4933.95 kanal Kahcharai lands retrieved’ so far
- DC Kargil calls for early removal of encroachments on National Highway
- Dal, Nageen Lake Conservation: ‘Houseboats to get biodigester tank system soon’
- Administration retrieved forest, kacharai, state land in Sub Division Akhnoor
- Div Com visits rain affected areas of Janipur
- Sanitation coverage across JK reaches 99%; State to be declared ODF by September 15
- 3-day climate change conference concludes in Leh
- SMC launches anti-polythene drive in Srinagar
- 8th SAC meeting of LAWDA: Sub-Committee constituted
- Forest Department refutes news item
- Anti-encroachment drive launched in Pulwama
- Shri Amarnathji Yatra 2018: Governor reviews sanitation campaign in Yatra area
- CAMPA: Rs 62.23 Cr Afforestation, Rs 60.93 Cr Wildlife Plan approved for 2018-19
- Using machines to clean Dal Lake a futile exercise, allege local workers
- Anti-encroachment drive held at Shopian
- Timber seized from Maruti, horses during night operations by Forest Dept, FPF
- Three irrigation schemes inaugurated
- Act tough against encroachers, illegal mining on Tawi bed
- Stop illegal extraction of minerals from rivers immediately
- Bhagat reviews implementation of State Action Plan on Climate Change
- Talat Parvaiz reviews disaster preparedness in Pulwama, Anantnag