How Forgotten Wisdom Invited The Jhelum's Wrath On Kashmir

2025-09-05 01:07:57

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer)
Swollen River Jhelum In Srinagar on Wednesday. KO photo by Abid Bhat

By Saliha Hameed

Kashmir's Jhelum has always been a storyteller. It flows through Srinagar with an ancient patience, teaching lessons that we have struggled to hear.

In 2014, it spoke in a voice of fury. Floodwaters rose, canals burst, orchards vanished, bridges collapsed, and families clung to rooftops as the valley turned into a sea of despair.

The flood was a mirror, showing how far humans had strayed from the rhythms of this fragile paradise. Yet, a decade later, the warnings remain unheeded.

Rivers are not cruel. They respond to what we do, or fail to do.

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