654 Vulnerable Villages, 7.22 Lakh at Risk: Why Jammu & Kashmir Must Rethink Disaster Preparedness

654 Vulnerable Villages, 7.22 Lakh at Risk: Why Jammu & Kashmir Must Rethink Disaster Preparedness

Jammu & Kashmir Disaster Preparedness Under Pressure: Can the Valley Stay Ahead of the Next Disaster? By: Javid Amin | 07 September 2026 From the 2014 floods to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides, Jammu & Kashmir has repeatedly been reminded that geography can turn a weather event into a humanitarian crisis. The administration has expanded forecasting, emergency operations and vulnerability mapping, but the harder question remains: can warnings, plans and infrastructure reach people quickly enough when the mountains and rivers turn dangerous? There is a peculiar contradiction at the heart…

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