India, Feb. 19 -- After two consecutive dry winters, Jammu and Kashmir is staring at a water crisis and the alert was sounded by chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday. He has called a meeting of the Jal Shakti department to plan on how to deal with the developing crisis.

"J&K is staring at a water crisis this year. It's not a recent phenomenon, actually it's been building up for a few years now. While the government will have to adopt a more proactive approach for water management and conservation, it can't just be a government-centric approach. All of us residents of J&K will have to change the way we take water for granted. I'll be reviewing the measures the Jal Shakti (public health and engineering) department intends to take to d...