Could the plastic ban in Jammu and Kashmir revive its traditional wicker industry?

The promotion of local products can help save the environment from plastic waste and revive a dying handicraft industry.

Athar Parvaiz

· Jun 16, 2019 · 08:30 pm

In Kashmir, research into migratory birds flies into an unexpected problem – poachers’ guns

Birds fitted with satellite transmitters to track their movements are being shot down.

Athar Parvaiz

· Apr 21, 2019 · 07:30 pm

Making money while the sun shines: Farmers in a Gujarat village are selling solar energy

Surplus energy is bought by Gujarat’s power distribution company.

Athar Parvaiz

· Feb 04, 2019 · 09:30 pm

A women’s group in Ladakh is fighting to save the region’s environment, help conserve water

Women’s Alliance of Ladakh, which had earlier enforced a plastic ban, is now encouraging farmers to go back to traditional practices owing to water scarcity.

Athar Parvaiz

· Sep 08, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Bactrian camels, the survivors of the Silk Route, are plying a new trade in Ladakh

The double-humped camel was on the verge of extinction in India. A commercial initiative, disliked by activists, has helped revive their population.

Athar Parvaiz

· Sep 02, 2018 · 11:30 am

Ladakh’s ingenious water-conserving ‘ice stupas’ have left farmers living downstream disgruntled

The artificial glacier, created by engineers Chewang Norphel and Sonam Wangchuk, have been praised by experts globally, but there’s some friction closer home.

Athar Parvaiz

· Jul 07, 2018 · 01:30 pm

In photos: As tourism grows, so does trash in Ladakh’s Pangong Lake

Starting with ‘3 Idiots’, Hindi movies have made the remote water body in Jammu and Kashmir a popular attraction.

Athar Parvaiz

· Jun 28, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Shujaat Bukhari touched many lives in the media and beyond – and that’s his great legacy

If journalism was the ‘Rising Kashmir’ editor’s profession, social work was where his heart lay.

Athar Parvaiz

· Jun 18, 2018 · 07:57 pm

Women of rural Kashmir suffer because of a lack of gynaecologists, anaesthetists and nurses

Healthcare infrastructure is poor in rural areas of Kashmir. It particularly affects the women, who have to rush to Srinagar to get proper medical attention.

Athar Parvaiz

· Jun 16, 2018 · 02:30 pm

How Kashmir’s famed mountain resorts are being turned into heavily polluted concrete jungles

Reckless construction and lack of waste management have wrecked the fragile ecosystems of Sonamarg, Pahalgam and Gulmarg.

Athar Parvaiz

· May 27, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Kashmir’s ‘Mini Punjab’: Growing vegetables reaps big dividends for Budgam’s farmers

Vegetable cultivation is offering farmers about five times more returns than cereal crops, say experts.

Athar Parvaiz

· Mar 24, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Honey processing is yielding sweet returns for farmers in the Kashmir Valley

Farmers growing fruits and vegetables in Kashmir are doubling as beekeepers to boost incomes.

Athar Parvaiz

· Nov 29, 2017 · 09:30 pm