JAMMU, Feb. 21 -- In eco-fragile Jammu and Kashmir, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) plans to set up a hyper-local weather forecasting system for early weather warning alerts, especially cloudbursts and heavy rainfall. "The IMD plans to install four additional doppler weather radars and 34 automatic weather stations and snow gauges in Jammu and Kashmir," the government stated in a written reply to a question by NC MLA Sajjad Shaheen in the legislative assembly here. "The National Disaster Management Authority has identified seven districts across Himalayan states for focused intervention, out of which Ramban and Kishtwar have been selected from Jammu and Kashmir," said chief minister Omar Abdullah in a written reply. "Past data on cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides spanning the last 15 years is available with the Meteorological Centre in Srinagar, and has been used to assess district-wise vulnerability," the chief minister said. As many as 65 people died after a cloudburst hit Chishoti village in Kishtwar on August 14 last year. At least 32 remain missing till date. The dead and missing were largely pilgrims of Mata Machail Temple in Padder. Barely 11 days later, on August 26, at least 34 pilgrims were killed and scores injured near Ardhkuwari in another cloudburst. Following unwarranted remarks by Congress MLAs and the deputy chief minister regarding a Kishtwar district commissioner's order on monitoring donations during Ramzan, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah urged legislators on Friday to avoid politicising religious matters. He clarified that the DC acted on instructions from the CM's office. "Yesterday Congress MLAs Nizammudin Bhat and Ghulam Ahmad Mir drew attention to an order by the Kishtwar DC pertaining to donations during Ramzan. They called it government's interference into religious matters," Omar said. "I found out that DC Kishtwar didn't act on his own and I came to know that instructions were issued to DCs to talk to locals and make proper preparations for Ramzan," he added. The CM informed the House that local religious leaders from Muslim community in Kishtwar had expressed apprehensions that several people form bogus NGOs during Ramzan and collect donations in the name of patients, which probably don't exist. It may be stated here that the deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary, on Thursday, had said, "I don't think DCs should get into religious affairs but it's new age. we have new officers and new DCs. And when one gets more than what he deserved then he starts showing his power but I would say that officers should not intervene and speak on religious affairs." The Jammu and Kashmir government, on Friday, said that the Union Territory witnessed a spike in tourist arrivals post-2019 period, with over 7.85 crore tourists visiting between 2023 and 2025, compared to 4.76 crore visitors during 2016-18. Replying to a question by NC MLA Javid Hassan Baig, the government stated that that over 7.85 crore tourists visited Jammu and Kashmir from 2023 to 2025, while over 4.76 crore tourists visited the Union Territory during 2016-18....