March 1, 2022 | Kashmir POST

After 30 weeks closure, admin mulls to reopen historic Jamia Masjid for friday prayers

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 Editor

Owing to ebbing Covid-19 cases and sustained public demand for reopening Kashmir’s grand mosque, the Jamia Masjid, officials from the divisional administration in Kashmir visited the mosque on Monday and assured its management of allowing Friday prayers soon. Owing to ebbing Covid-19 cases and sustained public demand for reopening Kashmir’s grand mosque, the Jamia Masjid, officials from the divisional administration in Kashmir visited the mosque on Monday and assured its management of allowing Friday prayers soon. For the past 30 weeks, Friday prayers have not been allowed at the mosque…

Shrinking Wular threatens local livelihoods

March 1, 2022 Editor

For centuries, Lake Wular has been a major source of food and income for thousands of Kashmiris. But widespread pollution, mining, and dam construction are putting the region’s fishing community at risk. Every morning before sunrise, 36-year-old fisherman Naseer Dar takes his boat out to Lake Wular, one of the largest freshwater lakes in Indian-administered Kashmir. Nestled amid the Himalayas, the lake spreads over 130-square-kilometers between the Baramulla and Bandipora districts in north Kashmir. Thousands of Kashmiris depend on the lake’s fish and chestnuts. But with increasing siltation, Lake Wular…