As you read this Kashmir Valley is bracing for another wet spell from tomorrow as Jhelum continues to flow perilously close to the danger mark. Well, one can hope that by the time this goes to press the water level may have gone down considerably. However, the fact that we are awaiting another spell of showers means danger is never away. From last ten years Kashmir has seen erratic weather with prolonged spell of showers at odd times of the year being a prominent phenomenon.
This weather change is a global phenomenon with places like Iraq, Kuwait, Sydney, Canada and many other places recording highest ever temperatures. In India Bengaluru is a case to ponder. It has been five months since a single drop of rain fell from the skies in India’s biggest IT city. Called India’s Silicon City for the scores of multinational companies that have their South-Asian headquarters here Bengaluru is now struggling with massive water shortage, erratic power supply, and unforeseen hot temperature. Bengaluru was incidentally known for its moderate weather and refrigerators and fans were not popular here three decades ago.
The city of Jammu has also been recording unprecedented highest days of above 40 degree Celsius temperature from many years now. The cities like Srinagar and Shimla also have seen unprecedented weather conditions in the last four to five years.
It is said of Kuwait City that it will become uninhabitable in another two decades if the temperatures continue to rise at the same speed. The same can be said of Ahvaz in Iran and many Iraqi villages and towns.
Unbridled urbanizations, cutting of Amazon forests, unabated pollution, carbon emissions, and rabid communication expansion has wreaked havoc with the balance of nature. Nature now is hitting us back with flash floods, landslides, hailstorms, and typhoons. May we learn our lessons soon.
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