#SustainableFuture Archives

Water, Weather, Well-Being: Climate Change Warnings for Kashmir

March 18, 2025 Editor

Red Alert on Green Future: Experts Raise Alarm Over Climate Challenges in J&K Srinagar, March 17, 2025 – Jammu and Kashmir finds itself at the forefront of climate change challenges, as environmental and engineering experts submit an urgent call to action to the region’s government. Despite contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions, the region is reeling under severe and disproportionate impacts of climate change, highlighting a troubling paradox in global climate justice. The Environmental Policy Group (EPG) and the Institution of Engineers (India), Jammu and Kashmir State Centre (IEIJKSC),…

Grassroots Initiative in Kashmir: Villagers Join Hands to Clean and Restore Streams

February 20, 2025 Editor

Kashmir villages unite to save water bodies; Armed with gloves, masks, and trash bags, the volunteers also cleared the stream’s banks of weeds and debris, allowing the water to flow freely once again Srinagar, Feb 19: Following the initiative taken by the residents of Muniward village in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district earlier this month to clean the Jhelum tributary, Sandran, more villages are joining the movement to restore and preserve water bodies across Kashmir. On Monday, young volunteers from Ratnipora village in Pulwama district undertook a massive cleanup drive of…

Experts Sound Alarm: Kashmir’s Snowfall Drop Could Lead to Water Scarcity

January 31, 2025 Editor

Kashmir receiving less snowfall can lead to water scarcity in coming months, say experts Srinagar, Jan 30 : Kashmir witnessing less snowfall during peak winter season this year could lead to water scarcity in coming months, experts said on Thursday. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the experts said the changing weather patterns have led to decline in the intensity of snowfall in Kashmir and it can have far reaching consequences. Director Meteorological department (MeT), Dr Mukhtar Ahmad said that the snowfall in winters is important for the…

Paradise Lost? Farooq Abdullah Blames BJP as Kashmir Feels the Chill

December 13, 2023 Editor

Abdullah, who is at present Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar, triggered a controversy when he said earlier “let Kashmir go to hell”. Veteran politician and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of turning the erstwhile state “into hell” by downgrading it to a Union Territory. Abdullah, who is at present Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar, triggered a controversy when he had mentioned earlier that “let Kashmir go to hell”. However, as the controversy started playing on various news channels, Abdullah…