J&K Robust Disaster Management Plans

In the wake of the deadly cloudbursts in J&K's Kishtwar and Kathua, experts have called for a robust disaster management plan even as CM Omar Abdullah announced on Tuesday that a team of experts would be formed to identify vulnerable places over the Union Territory.

- FAYAZ WANI @ Srinagar

Kashmir meteorological department director Mukhtar Ahmed said cloudburst-like events will become more frequent and severe in future due to global warming. "Just one degree rise in temperature will increase moisture holding capacity of air by up