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Blaming the ruling National Conference (NC) for biology degradation successful Jammu and Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026) said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s remarks connected artificial snowfall would “have a antagonistic interaction connected the skis destination of Gulmarg successful Kashmir”.
“Mr. Abdullah has introduced the thought of artificial snowfall for Gulmarg without knowing its broadside effects. Any unnatural involution similar artificial snowfall volition harm the earthy vegetation of the country and interaction its growth. Artificial snowfall volition besides origin unsafe injuries to skiers. What other tin 1 expect from artificial Chief Minister and his artificial government? Instead, we should absorption connected expanding the greenish cover,” BJP person Abhijeet Jasrotia said.
“Time has travel for america to determination towards artificial snowfall generation,” Mr. Abdullah had said the time earlier the BJP’s statement. He was speaking astatine the inauguration of the 6th variation of the Khelo India Winter Games successful Gulmarg, which has seen scant snowfall and higher temperatures this year.
The BJP blamed the erstwhile regimes for the existent biology degradation successful Kashmir. “Once bestowed by greenish wood ranges, Kashmir has seen monolithic cutting of forests. We request to inquire Mr. Abdullah and his party, which ruled for decades, what measures person they taken,” Mr. Jasrotia said.
Kashmir was acceptable to spot a 2.5 to 3 degrees Celsius emergence successful the somesthesia successful the coming years, compared with the 1 to 1.5°C elsewhere successful the world. “The Wular Lake is shrinking. Glaciers can’t basal the rising temperatures. Kashmir volition look superior issues. Local factors person besides played a relation successful the rising temperatures successful Kashmir, particularly the cutting of trees and the deficiency of a factual policy,” Mr. Jasrotia said.
“[Mughal emperor] Jehangir volition person to usage aerial conditioning successful February and volition get the measure by evening, due to the fact that determination are pre-paid meters successful Kashmir. He won’t accidental the celebrated verse comparing Kashmir with eden anymore,” Mr. Jasrotia said.
The BJP person urged locals to marque a pledge and commencement planting trees. “In this beatified period of Ramzan, let’s pledge to manus implicit trees to children. They should instrumentality selfies with the trees connected Eid and repetition it each year,” the BJP person said.
Kashmir has witnessed superior efforts towards afforestation and the tagging of Chinar trees during the Lieutenant-Governor’s rule, Mr. Jasrotia said. “Char Chinari’ [in the Dal lake] has astir of its chinars [Platanus orientalis trees] dried up. The Forest Department replaced the chinars and restored the place. Otherwise, it would person been 1 chinari by now,” the BJP person said.
