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Climate Hits Commerce

Kashmir Observer

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FEBRUARY 25, 2026 ISSUE

Erratic winters and rising temperatures are putting Kashmir's summer economy under direct financial strain.

- Irshad Mushtaq

The coming summer has already started casting its shadow on Kashmir's balance sheets. A winter with little snowfall in Srinagar and February touching 21 degrees Celsius has altered the economic signals that businesses rely on.

Seasonal predictability once guided hotel bookings, transport hiring, crop planning, and hydropower projections. That predictability now feels uncertain, and the shift is unfolding as a financial story as much as an environmental one.

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1 min

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Kashmir Parts Continue to Record 9-11°C Above Normal Temperatures

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