J&K must mainstream DRR in development. If not, it risks major disruptions.

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The spate of cloudbursts, flash floods, landslides and damage to the Srinagar–Jammu highway in recent weeks has once again laid bare an uncomfortable truth: climate change is real, and Jammu & Kashmir is among its most vulnerable frontiers.

What we are witnessing may only be the beginning. The intensity and frequency of extreme weather events are rising, turning mountain streams into torrents, destabilising slopes, and crippling lifelines such as the national highway. This is not just a seasonal inconvenience; it is a warning signal of the fragile ecological and infrastructural balance that sustains life in the Himalayan region.

The message for policymakers in Delhi and Srinagar is clear: unless Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is mainstreamed into the very fabric of development planning, J&K’s future will be increasingly precarious. DRR must no longer be treated as an afterthought or a post-disaster response strategy. It must become a precondition for every road, bridge, housing colony, tourism project, hydroelectric plant, and urban expansion plan.

Mainstreaming DRR means subjecting all development projects to rigorous hazard and vulnerability assessments, ensuring that investments do not increase risks but actively reduce them. It means integrating climate resilience into building codes, designing drainage and slope management systems with future rainfall extremes in mind, and strengthening river embankments where flood risks are recurring.

Equally important is institutionalising early warning systems, community preparedness and insurance mechanisms to cushion citizens and small businesses against inevitable shocks. In a state where livelihoods are heavily dependent on tourism, agriculture, and small enterprises, resilience is not optional, it is existential.

This requires political will, inter-departmental coordination, and allocation of dedicated financial resources. For too long, development in J&K has been driven by short-term visibility projects. It is time to pivot towards a resilience-first development paradigm.

Ignoring this call will extract a heavy price in human lives, public money, and the credibility of governance itself. The science is clear, the evidence is before our eyes, and the responsibility rests squarely with today’s policymakers.

Mainstreaming DRR is no longer a policy choice. It is J&K’s survival imperative.

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