Greater Kashmir · GovernmentPolicies · 2026-08-18
Becoming more vulnerable?
There was a time when rain in Kashmir felt like poetry—soft, unhurried, carrying the scent of wet earth through old wooden windows. People watched from verandahs, cups of Nun Chai in hand, as children splashed through puddles and the Jhelum moved like a keeper of valley secrets. But that rain has changed. Now, it often comes as a warning. A cloud gathers over a mountain. Within minutes, the sky turns black. Water descends with brutal force, turning streams into rivers, roads into channels, and quiet villages into disaster zones. A cloudburst is not just heavy rain—in Kashmir’s fragile terrain, it…
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