Pollution threatens lifeline Rambiara river in south Kashmir

Pollution threatens lifeline Rambiara river in south Kashmir

The Rambiara River, once a pristine stream winding through south Kashmir’s Shopian district, is steadily turning into a polluted waterway due to the indiscriminate dumping of rotten apples, household waste and other garbage. A major tributary of the River Jhelum, the Rambiara supplies water to hundreds of villages and irrigates vast stretches of agricultural land in Shopian and Pulwama districts. Residents say that over the past few years, sever…