Table of Contents
Context
- Apart from the constant debates and discussions over Articles 370 and 35A in the context of Jammu & Kashmir, there are some crucial issues regarding ecology and environment which remain unaddressed by the political leaders
Impact on Environment
- Shrinking glaciers
- Shrinking waterbodies and streams
- Dal and wular became smaller
Problems
- I. Shrinking waterbodies
- II. Conversion of farmlands
- III. Issue over Indus Water
- IV. Issue over Hydropower
- Kashmir is in Despair
- Receding of glaciers
- Lack of awareness
- J&K faces mass unemployment
- People see these development and environment related issues as secondary.
Way Forward
- Environmental stability
- So the issues of the state’s disappearing water bodies, receding glaciers needs to be openly discussed
- Lack of effective administrative redressal can cost not only J&K but the entire region heavily.