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National Green Tribunal Seeks Detailed Status Report on Achan Landfill: Can Srinagar Finally End Its Legacy Waste Crisis?

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NGT Seeks Detailed Status Report on Achan Landfill: Can Srinagar Finally End Its Legacy Waste Crisis?

NGT Seeks Status Report on Achan Landfill Legacy Waste as Srinagar Faces Mounting Environmental Crisis By: News Desk | 28 July 2026 NGT Tightens Oversight as Srinagar’s Achan Landfill Faces Fresh Environmental Scrutiny More than three decades after it began receiving municipal waste, Srinagar’s Achan landfill has once again come under judicial scrutiny. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Jammu & Kashmir administration to submit a comprehensive status report on the handling of legacy waste at the landfill, signalling growing concern over delays in waste remediation and the…

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Pollens, Pollution, and Failing Lungs: The Silent Respiratory Crisis Growing in Our Cities

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Pollens, Pollution, and Failing Lungs: The Silent Respiratory Crisis Growing in Our Cities

How Climate Change, Toxic Air, and Seasonal Allergies Are Creating a Perfect Storm for Human Lungs By: Javid Amin | 10 May 2026 Pollens, Pollution, and Failing Lungs: The Invisible Enemies We Breathe Every Day Every breath should sustain life. Yet for millions of people living in crowded cities and rapidly expanding towns, breathing itself is becoming a health risk. Across urban and semi-urban regions, a dangerous combination of seasonal pollens, toxic pollution, and climate change is quietly damaging human lungs. Doctors are witnessing a sharp rise in asthma attacks,…

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Urbanization: A major threat to remaining water bodies in Kashmir’s capital

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Study shows that 50% of small and big waterbodies have vanished over past century By: Hilal Mir Mughli Sidiq Mir, 88, from the Zaldagar area of old Srinagar, nostalgically recalls the days when her family would board a boat at Brari Nambal, a wetland about a mile from her home, for a ride to the city’s iconic Dal Lake. The boat would row through a network of interconnected waterways before reaching its destination. Remnants of the aquatic route Mughli reminisces about still exist, but the boat rides stopped decades ago.…

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