People across Kashmir division were alarmed multiple times by the department of meteorology about inclement weather conditions with the onset of heavy snowfall but until now not much has precipitated.
Some are too eager for this considerable dry spell to continue because they don’t wish to step out whilst roads are covered in snow and the sky appears dull and murky.
However, we should confine ourselves less to such facile thinking and ponder over the rapidly changing climatic conditions in J&K whose results in time are going to be extremely disastrous.
With less snowfall this year, the crops could eventually fail and we maybe have to witness a drought like situation. But uncertain incessant rains will also trigger flashfloods which will thereafter once again give rise to water scarcity.
The delicate balance that nature has developed since centuries seems to be disturbed by human intervention. With rapid industrialization, unbridled urbanisation and irregular land use, the nature’s fury seems to be impending.
Kashmir, a land known for its lakes and water bodies, is today facing water supply shortage. Almost every day people appear to complaining about water scarcity which is mainly because our water bodies have been depleted and the harnessing of hydroelectric is stopping the natural flow of these rivers.
Many scientists and environmental experts have been warning us about glacial ice melts in the Himalayan regions even including Sonamarg areas but our heedlessness towards this important issue is criminal for which we will have to pay a huge price.
The time is high where our collective efforts can still make a change but that will happen only when our conscience is awake. We must stop thinking selfishly and start caring about the future of our coming generations.
