Kashmir residents protest unsafe and disruptive gypsum mining
Oct 09, 2018· Gypsum mining at Neelam Valley was halted in 2013, but restarted earlier this year. Credit: Wiikimedia. An article by Itifaq Lone, which first appeared on the Kashmir Reader in October 2019, describes how Residents of the village of Salamabad Dachina in the Kashmir region, which crosses the IndiaPakistan border, are complaining that local gypsum mining operations are posing a threat .