While the role of the Centre is definitely questionable, the state government’s policy on land adjacent to that Jhelum has been extremely opportunistic. Poor urban planning as well as arbitrary permissions for commercial constructions on the banks of the Jhelum and the flood channels have destroyed all the waterways and channels through which excess water flow in the river used to get diverted. As journalist Iftikhar Gilani, a former resident of Srinagar, notes in a recent article, the city’s waterways have over the years been converted into roads
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:00:01 +0000
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