Chasoti, Aug. 17 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday expressed concern over the recent natural calamities in the Union Territory, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, and called for consultation with experts to see what can be done to "mitigate the risks and dangers".

Talking to reporters near Chasoti on his return to this cloudburst-hit remote village in Kishtwar district, he said the entire Himalayan belt is now more prone to glacial lake bursts and cloudbursts.

He was responding to a question about the possibility of forming a team of experts by his government to safeguard the fragile ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir.

"We are going to have a look at it. It is not just what is happening in J-K. Look at the scary videos that we sa...