Jahangir Sofi is a special correspondent and staffer for Ground Report for Jammu and Kashmir. Apart from covering politics, conflicts, and society, he covers the environment, health, and gender. Before joining Ground Report in 2023, he wrote for The Wire, Article 14, Newslaundry, Mint Lounge, and other media organizations. He can be reached on twitter @JahangirSofi4.
Experts term active WDs as a reason for precipitation, J&K & Ladakh records access rainfall only by 20—59% Amid worries by people in Jammu and… Read More »As May records wettest during last 10 years in J&K, stats reveal no major change in precipitation
According to a research study, Dal Lake has witnessed extreme loss in water quality during the last four decades because of anthropogenic pressures.
Farmers fear food crisis, term repeated seed purchase & damages as ‘psychological trauma’ .
Gasso village alone produces about a thousand trays, or 2000 kg of strawberries every day, and the existence of cold storage units can help their fruit last for a long time and get good prices.
Past 12 years report 2863 EWEs with 552 deaths, mortalities due to lightning more frequent: Report Hilal Ahmad, 24, and Rozy Jan, 23, promised to… Read More »J&K’s untold story: Lives lost and homes destroyed by fury of extreme weather events
Month of April records 13% excess rains in J&K, Ladakh, summer capital Srinagar records 76% increase in precipitation Soon after the end of March, which… Read More »J&K yet to witness summer bloom, experts term ongoing erratic weather as ‘true’ form of weather
Following the caving-in of the Jhelum embankment near the Perzoo restaurant in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk area and subsequent minor prohibition by authorities to prevent people… Read More »Jhelum embankment caves in due to soil erosion | Watch Video Report
Over the sudden collapse of the Jhelum embankment near Perzo restaurant in the Abi Guzar area of Lal Chowk and stated that they are on the edge of a disaster.
Reasons for ‘Not in use’ due to Dried Up, Construction, Siltation, Destroyed beyond repair, Salinity, Due to industrial effluents For the first time, the government… Read More »Of 9765 water bodies in J&K, over 23 % not in use: First-ever water body census
‘In April 2017, the temperature plummeted from 28°C to 0°C’ As India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its latest report released a list of cities that recorded… Read More »Kashmir’s Unusual Weather: From Soaring 26°C to Snowfall in April
