After suffering the devastating floods in September 2014, Jammu and Kashmir is on the verge of another disaster due to ecological degradation caused by blatant exploitation of natural resources. On the one hand, forest cover in Jammu and Kashmir, which was once known for its green cover, is shrinking with every passing day while on the other, extreme weather phenomena are becoming a routine affair in the fragile Himalayan state. Brisk engineering driven development in hilly areas at the cost of the environment is contributing a lot towards ecological imbalance…
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