This communication reports the first photographic record of Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra in a hill stream Jammu & Kashmir, putting an end to doubts over its presence upper Chenab catchment. Three individuals were photographed during limited camera trap survey conducted Neeru stream, left bank tributary river mid-October 2020. We argue that rapid human population influx, infrastructure expansi...

Abstract. The study evaluates the global glacier inventories available for area viz., RGI, GAMDAM and ICIMOD, with newly generated Kashmir University Glacier Inventory (KUGI) three Himalaya basins; Jhelum, Suru Chenab in north-western Himalaya, comprising of 2096 glaciers spread over an 3300 km2. KUGI was prepared from Landsat data supplemented by Digital Elevation Model, Google Earth images li...

Concrete is the most widely used construction material worldwide. The concrete mainly consists of cement, water, fine aggregate(FA), and coarse aggregate(CA).CA main constituent in terms weight volume. properties CA can affect fresh mechanical concrete. In present study, from three different sources (Sargodha, Mangla, Margalla) are mixes grade M-20 (1:1.5:3) FA aggregate source (Chenab) kept sa...

Natural and anthropogenic indulgence in the form of industrialization, urban sprawl, population increase deplete water resources that entails immediate consideration. So, contemplating this need for eco-rehabilitation, drinking quality predicted contemporary research surface groundwater proximity Precambrian rocks (Chenab Nagar, Punjab) revealed poor status. Physical parameters (EC, TDS, temper...