June 17, 2022 | Kashmir POST

Undeterred, tourists continue to swarm Kashmir

June 17, 2022 Editor

Targeted killings of non-Kashmiris and Kashmiri Pandits have failed to dampen the spirit of tourists who continue to throng the scenic valley giving a strong rebuff to those trying to disturb the peace. A report by Sunny Sharma. As against about 7 lakh tourists who visited in 2021, the Kashmir valley has seen over 8 Lakh tourists bewitched by its enchanting beauty between January and May 2022. What does this indicate? The Director, Tourism, Kashmir, G.N. Itoo said that the department has started promoting all the seasons in Kashmir. Itoo…

Wular Lake: Asia’s largest freshwater lakes is blanketed with waste and silt

June 17, 2022 Editor

Severe pollution in Wular lake is eroding the natural habitat of native plants and fish species. By: Umer Ahmed Hailed as one of Asia’s largest freshwater lakes, Wular is shrinking with an urgency hard to reverse. A flood basin for the Kashmir Valley, parts of the lake have turned into shallow streams, with vast expanses of the area covered in silt and dotted with solid waste. Around 34 km away from Srinagar, Wular lake in the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, has shrunk by 45% in about 100 years,…

Amid rumours of fuel shortage, huge rush for refilling vehicles continues across Kashmir

June 17, 2022 Editor

Massive queues of vehicles could be seen at fuel stations in Kashmir on Thursday as people scrambled to fill up the tanks in the wake of rumours that the country is facing shortage of fuel, officials said. Hundreds of vehicles were lined up at almost every fuel station, waiting for their turn to be refilled, leading to traffic jams in some parts of the city and elsewhere in the valley as well, the officials said. Police and traffic police officials were seen regulating the movement of vehicles at some fuel…