{"id":6207,"date":"2025-12-06T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=6207"},"modified":"2025-12-06T22:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:04:15","slug":"kashmir-prevailing-dry-spell-hits-natural-water-supply-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/06\/kashmir-prevailing-dry-spell-hits-natural-water-supply-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir: Prevailing dry spell hits natural water supply sources\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jal Shakti Dept steps up tanker supply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Officials say no major crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recharge depends on rainfall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar, Dec 06: The prevailing dry spell has led to sharp decline in discharge levels of water supply sources across Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Engineer Jal Shakti Kashmir, Er. Rakesh Kumar Gupta, while talking to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said, \u201cThe persistent dry weather has affected most natural sources feeding the supply lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the dry spell, our water sources have been affected. Once the rainfall occurs or weather patterns change, these sources will be recharged,\u201d Gupta said.<\/p>\n<p>He said while some areas are facing reduced water flow, the department has intensified its response to maintain supply. \u201cThe drinking water supply has got affected a bit, but we are coping with the demand through tanker services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Er Gupta also said, the department is in continuous touch with the DCs and Divisional Administration and wherever there is a need, tankers are being provided. \u201cThere is no major shortage or crisis situation as of now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Independent weather forecaster Faizan Arif Keng told KNO, Kashmir is currently witnessing unusually low water levels across its rivers and springs, raising concerns among farmers, environmentalists and local communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWater levels in the Jhelum, its tributaries, and several springs across Kashmir have dropped sharply because we haven&#8217;t seen any strong Western Disturbance in the last nearly 40 days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever systems did arrive were very weak and failed to bring the kind of rainfall or snowfall needed to sustain the rivers. Without a proper weather system, the natural recharge has slowed down significantly and that&#8217;s why we are seeing such low flows everywhere,\u201d added Faizan. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jal Shakti Dept steps up tanker supply Officials say no major crisis Recharge depends on rainfall Srinagar, Dec 06: The prevailing dry spell has led to sharp decline in discharge levels of water supply sources across Kashmir. Chief Engineer Jal Shakti Kashmir, Er. Rakesh Kumar Gupta, while talking to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6209,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207\/revisions\/6209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}