News Topic:Water Scarcity

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In brazen financial irregularity, the officers of PHE Division Pulwama have withdrawn crores of rupees from the public exchequer.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

Newa residents face acute water shortage

PULWAMA — Most of the residents in Newa area of Pulwama district are facing acute water shortage, which is making their life very difficult.The...

Dadasara residents in Tral san pure drinking water

TRAL — Residents of Dadasara village of Tral area in Pulwama district complained that Water Works Department is supplying them impure drinking water.Locals said,...

Paddy cultivation in Pulwama villages hit as land runs dry

PULWAMA — The Paddy crop being cultivated on thousands of kanals of land in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, presently under the administration...

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