All posts tagged "Kashmir Floods"
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1.7KDisasterSeptember 2014 Floods – Then and Now
It is important that we understand the message and take corrective steps before history repeats itself again. The discourse around town during...
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2.5KFeature
When lambs were sacrificed: On the banks of Ferozepur Nallah
On this day, in the devastating fall of 2014, many villages nestled on the banks of Ferozpur Nallah were sacrificing lambs to...
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1.3KJammu & Kashmir
Flood alarm sounded in Srinagar as water level in Jhelum rises
Srinagar: Authorities on Wednesday sounded a flood alarm in Srinagar after Jhelum breached the 16-ft mark in Ram Munshibagh Srinagar. An official...
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1.2KJammu & Kashmir
Incessant rains: Water level in Jhelum below danger level, say officials
Situation under control, small breaches in Sopore, Tangdhar nallahs Srinagar: The incessant rainfall in the past 16 hours has increased the water...
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1.0KJammu & Kashmir
Incessant rains: Jhelum crosses flood alarm mark in south Kashmir
Srinagar: Jhelum on Wednesday crossed ‘flood alarm’ mark of 18-ft mark at Sangam in south Kashmir following rains for the past few...
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1.4K1Jammu & Kashmir
Red alert, flash-floods warning in Jammu as incessant rains continue in JK
Srinagar: As Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing incessant rains from past three days followed by flash floods and increase of water level,...
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2.7KDisaster
A Kashmiri volunteer in flood-ravaged Kerala: ‘I saw a reassuring state response, unlike in our case’
Massive flash floods and landslides that ravaged Kerala prompted several volunteers to go to“God’s own country” with rescue and relief. One among...
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5.6KDisaster
How conversion of Bemina from flood basin to residential area endangered Srinagar
When the first resident footfall was traced in the flood basin called Bemina way back in the early eighties, hardly anyone sounded...
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2.9KCommentary
Over the dead natives: Necropolitics of the Indian state in Kashmir
“When the army surrounds us from everywhere, where would the people go?” asks a teary eyed shopkeeper from Bemina. Standing in a...
