Srinagar, Aug. 17 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly's Committee on Environment Saturday expressed grave concern over the Kishtwar cloudburst, and demanded an urgent and time-bound inquiry into the tragic incident.

Chairman, Committee on Environment, M Y Tarigami said the deadly cloudburst has once again brought into focus the vulnerability of Jammu and Kashmir's Himalayan region to extreme weather events like flash floods, landslides, and avalanches.

"The tragic incident underscores the existential threat posed by climate change to the fragile environment of the Himalyan range and its ecological balance. Most of the area happens to be the abode of shrines where thousands of devotees/yatris throng annually, as such, measures ...