Kashmir villages facing submergence as India plans Himalayan dam
Al Jazeera
At least 52 villages, with total of 3,700 families, likely to lose homesteads to make way for Ujh multipurpose project.
Surrounded by lush green forests and fields of mustard, wheat and maize, Dungara is a small village in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Kathua district. Most residents of Dungara, which falls in the disputed Himalayan region’s Jammu area, are farmers who grow fruit, rice, and mulberry trees to produce silk. But their quaint village lifestyle is threatened by the Indian government’s plan to construct a large multipurpose project on Ujh, a tributary of the Ravi River which in turn pours into the Indus River.More Related News