Occupied Jammu and Kashmir reels under sweltering weather conditions as Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir Valley recorded the season’s hottest day so far on Wednesday, something which meteorologists largely attribute to deforestation and increased human activity.
According to Kashmir Media Service, a mete-orological department official told the media the maximum temperature in Srinagar soared to 34.0°C and it was 4.8°C above normal for the season.
Today’s temperature surpassed the previous highest of 33.3°C recorded only yesterday, the offi-cial said.
Other places including Pahalgam (28.4°C), Qazigund (33.0°C), Kokernag (31.5°C), Kupwara (33.1°C ) and Gulmarg (24.6°C) also recorded the hottest day of the season so far, he said.
The meteorologists told the media on condition of anonymity that the damage to orchards and forests while increase in human activity in terms of one after another yatras and large-scale mining are the contributing factors to the increasing temperature phenomenon in the territory.—KMS
