Heavy rains and landslides ravage Indian-administered Jammu Kashmir, claiming at least 40 lives. Homes, bridges, and roads wash away in relentless downpours.
Power lines snap, telecom signals vanish, stranding thousands in isolated pockets. Srinagar and surrounding valleys echo with dread, reminiscent of 2014’s catastrophic floods.
Environmentalists blame unchecked development and rampant deforestation for amplifying crisis. Modi government in Delhi focuses on electoral politics, ignoring urgent needs. Question lingers: when will center take responsibility for Kashmir lives?
Region grinds to halt under record-breaking rainfall. Floodwaters engulf southern Kashmir areas like Anantnag and Bijbehara. Residents relive 2014 nightmare, panic spreading wide. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP party weaponize Kashmir for power retention. Locals demand action beyond empty promises—real safeguards for survival.
Blame falls squarely on Modi administration for flood management failures. Since stripping special status, Jammu Kashmir reels from political and economic turmoil. Now natural disaster compounds woes. Billions pour into temples, roads, tunnels, and military projects, yet flood control and river protection see no effective steps. Anger boils among people.
Just days ago, Jammu recorded 380 millimeters rain in 24 hours, surpassing 1988 record. Kashmir valley fares worse—rivers overflow danger marks in Srinagar and beyond. Families haul belongings upstairs, flee homes at night seeking shelter. Boats and rafts rescue trapped souls.
Public voices frustration: government learned nothing from 2014 horror. Same fear, same disorder returns. People stack sandbags, repair embankments themselves while officials offer hollow assurances.
Experts point to human-induced crisis. Indiscriminate tree felling—over lakhs cut—disrupts natural balance. Flood-prone river plains destroyed for paved roads. Wetlands around Srinagar, once absorbing excess water, vanish under development. Slight rain now spirals into massive floods. Government cannot pin this solely on nature; artificial factors dominate.
Monsoon fury doubles peril in Indian-ruled Kashmir. Natural calamity meets political repression and administrative lapses. Ruling elite’s success tales and election hype fail locals. Floating homes, ruined roads, lost jobs, uncertain futures define their struggle. Despite New Delhi’s claims, flood reality in Jammu Kashmir remains unchanged.
