Jhelum River Water

The water level in the Jhelum River has hit the lowest due to a prolonged dry spell in Kashmir, officials said here on Sunday.

The persisting dry weather across the valley has brought down the water level in Jhelum to a 70-year low in the month of September, said officials.

Jammu and Kashmir's water transport authority has brought the first imported luxury boat for cruise on the Jhelum river with an aim to revive water transport in Kashmir.

A BSF constable and a policeman jumped in river at Baramulla and saved a child who had got trapped due to a sudden increase in the water level on Monday, BSF said on Tuesday.

Due to incessant rains in the Kashmir Valley, the waters of the Jhelum river has breached the flood alarm level of 18 feet on Thursday, authorities said.

Four major rivers, Jhelum, Chenab, Indus and Ravi in Jammu and Kashmir have been declared "national waterways" by the union government, paving the way for inland navigation on them to boost water transport and tourism, the state government has said.

Thousands of fish washed ashore the Jhelum river in Srinagar on Sunday leading to panic among residents, but the district administration said most of the fish were not dead suggesting that the oxygen content in the water could be low.

India is allowed to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers with certain restrictions under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), the World Bank has said.

The water level in river Jhelum and it's tributaries started to recede today after rainfall stopped last night, easing fears of a flood in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The water level in Jhelum started to recede at around 3:00 am at Sangam in South Kashmir, however, the situation in Srinagar hasn't improved much, officials said.

Jammu and Kashmir is facing the longest post-monsoon dry spell in more than 40 years. The impact is most distinctly visible in the plummeting water level of the River Jhelum. Just two years after the river flooded much of Kashmir, it has dropped to its lowest in six decades.

Amid growing strain in Indo-Pak ties, government is planning to fast-track four projects in Indus river basin to increase irrigation area in Jammu and Kashmir by nearly 2.05 lakh acres, weeks after India decided to "exploit to the maximum" the water of Pakistan-controlled rivers, including Jhelum, as per Indus Waters Treaty.

Jammu and Kashmir today sounded an alert for people living in low-lying areas and along banks of river Jhelum, after water level crossed the flood declaration level of 21 feet, at Sangam in south Kashmir due to continuous rains.

The water level in Jhelum river crossed the danger mark at Sangam in south Kashmir early this morning as most parts of the Valley were lashed by incessant rains since Wednesday.

Fears about Kashmir witnessing floods like last September ended today with the government declaring that there is no threat now as the water level in the river Jhelum was much below the danger mark despite overnight rainfall.

The flood threat in Kashmir eased today as overnight rainfall, which had led to slight rise in water level of River Jhelum, stopped.

The water level in the Jhelum River has hit the lowest due to a prolonged dry spell in Kashmir, officials said here on Sunday.

The persisting dry weather across the valley has brought down the water level in Jhelum to a 70-year low in the month of September, said officials.

Jammu and Kashmir's water transport authority has brought the first imported luxury boat for cruise on the Jhelum river with an aim to revive water transport in Kashmir.

A BSF constable and a policeman jumped in river at Baramulla and saved a child who had got trapped due to a sudden increase in the water level on Monday, BSF said on Tuesday.

Due to incessant rains in the Kashmir Valley, the waters of the Jhelum river has breached the flood alarm level of 18 feet on Thursday, authorities said.

Four major rivers, Jhelum, Chenab, Indus and Ravi in Jammu and Kashmir have been declared "national waterways" by the union government, paving the way for inland navigation on them to boost water transport and tourism, the state government has said.

Thousands of fish washed ashore the Jhelum river in Srinagar on Sunday leading to panic among residents, but the district administration said most of the fish were not dead suggesting that the oxygen content in the water could be low.

India is allowed to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers with certain restrictions under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), the World Bank has said.

The water level in river Jhelum and it's tributaries started to recede today after rainfall stopped last night, easing fears of a flood in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The water level in Jhelum started to recede at around 3:00 am at Sangam in South Kashmir, however, the situation in Srinagar hasn't improved much, officials said.

Jammu and Kashmir is facing the longest post-monsoon dry spell in more than 40 years. The impact is most distinctly visible in the plummeting water level of the River Jhelum. Just two years after the river flooded much of Kashmir, it has dropped to its lowest in six decades.

Amid growing strain in Indo-Pak ties, government is planning to fast-track four projects in Indus river basin to increase irrigation area in Jammu and Kashmir by nearly 2.05 lakh acres, weeks after India decided to "exploit to the maximum" the water of Pakistan-controlled rivers, including Jhelum, as per Indus Waters Treaty.

Jammu and Kashmir today sounded an alert for people living in low-lying areas and along banks of river Jhelum, after water level crossed the flood declaration level of 21 feet, at Sangam in south Kashmir due to continuous rains.

The water level in Jhelum river crossed the danger mark at Sangam in south Kashmir early this morning as most parts of the Valley were lashed by incessant rains since Wednesday.

Fears about Kashmir witnessing floods like last September ended today with the government declaring that there is no threat now as the water level in the river Jhelum was much below the danger mark despite overnight rainfall.

The flood threat in Kashmir eased today as overnight rainfall, which had led to slight rise in water level of River Jhelum, stopped.