(ANSA) - ROMA, 16 GEN - epa11082128 Kashmiri men repair a
base of a house boat on a dried patch of Jhelum river in
Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 16 January 2024.
According to officials, Kashmir is witnessing an unusually dry
spell in the winter, there was an 80 per cent rain defifict in
December and Jnauaryha sseen none so far; leading to dry up of
portions of water bodies including river Jhelum, the lifeline of
the valley.