News Topic:Water Scarcity

Pulwama’s Hakripora residents protest, demand potable water

Residents of Hakripora village in Kakapora-Newa hamlet in Pulwama district staged a protest on Wednesday against the shortage of drinking water.

Kashmir’s paddy land hit by irrigation shortage: Officials

Agriculture sector in Kashmir was affected by climate change as 25 per cent of paddy land remained without a crop this year.

Water scarcity triggers protest at Srinagar locality

Inhabitants of the Nai Sadak area of Habba Kadal here on Monday staged a protest against the PHE Department for failing to provide adequate water supply.

Financial irregularity worth hundreds of crores in PHE Pulwama

In brazen financial irregularity, the officers of PHE Division Pulwama have withdrawn crores of rupees from the public exchequer.

Pulwama villagers stage protest over ‘contaminated’ water supply

The residents of Padgampora village in Pulwama district staged a protest against PHE Department for supplying contaminated water.

Amid high temperature, paddy fields dry up in Pulwama

Amid high temperature, the paddy sapling sown on kanals of land are drying up in Pulwama district as the pump station has got eroded.

Sathergund residents in Pulwama decry drinking water shortage

Scores of households in Sathergund village in Kakapora Tehsil are up in arms against PHE Department over inadequate supply of potable water.

Famous Springs in Khrew losing sheen

KHREW — Several famous Springs in Khrew town of Pampore belt in south Kashmir's Pulwama district are fast losing their glory due to official...

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