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Rampant mechanised riverbed mining in Kashmir's rivers, particularly the Vaishav tributary, has led to a severe decline in fish populations and disrupted traditional livelihoods. Mohammad Altaf Bohru, a fisherman, along with others in his village, has experienced a collapse in fish catch due to excessive sand mining, impacting the river ecosystem. The environmental degradation caused by the use of heavy machinery has resulted in water source depletion, farmland drying up, and even mining-related deaths. Despite regulations, both legal and illegal mining activities persist, flouting environmental guidelines and negatively affecting local communities and ecosystems.
Rendered Jobless
Umar Mukhtar
Nizar Ahmad Gannie, 37, a resident of Bellow in Pulwama, is eagerly waiting for the spring to come. He needs work to support his family. Gannie is sitting at home with no work to do for a year. He hopes the spring would bring back the construction activity and with it he would again find work.
Earlier, Gannie was extracting boulders of the nearby
Saas
nallah that flows near his house. “I was young, around 16 years of age since I started extracting boulders and earn my living from it,” Gannie said. “My job was to load the boulders onto tractor trolleys”.