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| 9 players from Ladakh Scouts Regiment selected to represent India in Ice Hockey Asia Cup 2015 | | 
Leh, April 23, (Scoop News)-Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI) conducted a 6th Senior National Ice Hockey Championship 2015 in Leh Ladakh during the freezing winters in the month of February this year and Ladakh Scouts Regiments did the Fire & Fury Corps proud by winning the prestigious competition, a senior defence official said on Thursday.
This sports, he said, is nurtured in the Army by the constant effort of young and fledgling Ladakh Scouts Regiment who has clean sweep all the major competitions conducted in 2015.
According to the official, this year, nine players from Ladakh Scouts Regiment have been selected to represent India in forthcoming Ice Hockey Asia Cup at Kuwait from April 18 to 25 thereby bringing laurels to the Army as well as the nation.
Presently the team of Ladakh Scouts is participating in Asia cup at Kuwait, the official added.
Delectable Gucchi no longer within poor mans reach, a kilo of dry Morel fetches a fortune.
Jammu, April 23, (Scoop News)_ Morchella Esculenta (Morel, Kanagaech, Guchi), a species of edible wild mushroom found in dense forest of Jammu and Kashmir continues still to be in great demand even though its supplies are scarce and irregular these days.
Morel, most expensive vegetable, is a food connoisseurs dream particularly around Christmas season. Known for its several herbal qualities, a plate of morel soup costs between US $ 75 and 100 (INR 5000-6600) during festival period. Proportionately, the prices of the dry morel too had shot up many fold during past one decade, from over INR 4,000 to nearly 14,000 per kilogramme at present.
In Kashmir people cook the delicacy with cheese, potatoes and minced mutton etc. Even its dessert is delectable.
It grows in abundance particularly in the s.n wild areas of Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipore, Ganderbal, Anantnag, Shopian, Kishtwar, Rajouri and Poonch districts of north Indian Himalayan state s.n. where forest lessees extract it for commercial purpose by engaging local people for its collection.
Agriculture scientists blame changing weather conditions and unscientific plucking of the mushroom responsible for its diminishing production.
“It (morel) has natural growth and it grows only in the wild that too in clusters”, says Sohan Lal, a retired state agriculture official.
“Morel can’t be produced under controlled conditions like other vegetables viz mushrooms, cabbage, etc”, he added.
Noorbaksh, a collector of guchi in Rajouri area, says the growth of precious vegetable has diminished due to large scale felling of trees in the high altitude areas. s. n exclusive Jungles were converted into barren lands and most probably, the timber carries/ pony trails etc had trampled those areas where it used to grow earlier, he added.
“Earlier I used to go alone and collect it in bulk, today we go in groups and collect a little”, Noorbaksh remarked adding “its scarcity has led to its unprecedented price escalation”.
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