Gangtok, April 7 Swiss Ambassador Maya Tissafi arrived here on Tuesday for a five-day official visit, officials said.She is accompanied by her spouse, Juth Petermann, First Secretary Simon Sevan Schäfer, and Pierre-Yves Pitteloud, Senior Regional Advisor on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)...
Srinagar, April 6 – A recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Jammu and Kashmir has revealed a disturbing fact: 518 lakes have either disappeared completely or have become so degraded that they cannot be saved.The CAG report has highlighted an environmental crisis in...
Jammu, March 31 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo said on Tuesday that an amount of Rs 3,340 crore is being utilized to strengthen disaster preparedness across the Union Territory.Chairing a high-level review meeting to assess the roadmap and ongoing initiatives aimed at...
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Jammu, March 31 At least five glacial lakes in the Kashmir Himalayas have a "very high susceptibility" to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), even though they are not immediately unstable, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday.Speaking in the assembly, Abdullah said...
New Delhi, February 26 Describing glacial lake outburst events in the Himalayan region as "very serious," international environmental expert Pema Gyamtsho said that urgent action is needed to monitor risks and strengthen disaster preparedness.Speaking on the impacts of climate change in the...
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