High temperatures and a prolonged drought caused by climate change in Kashmir are proving dire for region's farming community. Whole Kashmir depends on rice cultivation as its main source of food.
Walnuts from the Kashmir Valley are exported not only to other states but also all over the world. About 2.66 lakh metric tons of walnuts are grown in Jammu and Kashmir in an area covering 89,000 hectares every year.
On June 22, the government sounded a flood warning in the Kashmir Valley after the water level in the Sangam and Ram Munshibagh areas of Srinagar rose. The water level was officially below the "flood danger" level.