Once possessing crystal clear waters, Doodh Ganga river has been battling for survival due to unabated pollution! If there is a perfect example of official apathy towards conservation of water bodies, it is Doodh Ganga.

Despite directions of National Green Tribunal (NGT), authorities in Kashmir have blatantly failed to launch conservation measures to restore Doodh Ganga.

Doodh Ganga originates from glaciers in the Pir Panjal range of mountains and flows from central Kashmir’s Budgam district to Srinagar. The river is the main source of drinking water for Budgam and uptown areas of Srinagar. Its gushing water was so clear till a few decades ago that it formed a white surface earning it the sobriquet of “milky river.” In absence of measures to prevent flow of drains and garbage into the st

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