New Delhi: More floods on the lines of the one that hit Jammu and Kashmir will occur in the country, warned climate change experts.
Kashmir floods as an event is not the result of climate change. However, the pattern of heavy rainfall and flooding for a longer duration is an affect of climate change according to top environmental experts of the country.
Dr R.K. Pachauri, director general of TERI, addressing a seminar on climate change organized by UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan on Mon-day said the erratic weather incidents like Jammu Kashmir floods, Uttarak-hand floods are part of a pattern of climate change occurring over years.
He warned that more such floods will occur in the country due to erratic weather patterns “coastal floods and storm surges will increase in future. Climate extremes are increasing. Heat wave in
Andhra Pradesh resulted in several deaths in 2003 due to lack of awareness and information to the people. This year is going to be crucial for climate cha-nge,” said Mr Pachauri.
He added that ocean acidification has increased and sea levels are also increasing. The Jammu and Kashmir state action plan for climate change, prepa-red a few months ago, rev-ealed floods are imminent.
