Jammu, February 17, 2023 (PPI-OT):Amid the massive noticeable environmental changes in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the changed colour of a tributary of Chenab River in the Kishtwar district of Jammu region has triggered panic among the local residents. The residents of Chatroo Sub-Division of Kishtwar talking to the media said they spotted the flow and the colour of the Chatroo River having suddenly changed.

As the news spread in the locality, many people rushed to the banks of the river to witness a shift in its colour and flow. “The upper layer of the water seemed white,” a local Ashraf Khan said. Ashraf, 62, said he has never seen such a phenomenon in his entire life. “Never in life have I seen this river change its form or shape. This is for the first time in my life that I have seen the river change its colour. It is undoubtedly unusual,” he said.

The locals said many villages are dependent on the river water for drinking and other purposes. “The water also goes to our farmlands,” they said. A series of events of the recent past has added to panic in the locality, which includes the sinking of several households in Nai Basti area of nearby Doda district, which locals claimed happened due to the unabated mining going on in the area. Around 21 families had to be migrated out of the area, after their houses developed cracks, many of them collapsed.

Though locals said that a glacier has collapsed, the admin has not said anything as of yet. Meanwhile, the locals approached the District administration that has deputed teams to the area. “The teams are monitoring the situation. Also, a massive operation has been launched to clear the river,” reports from Kishtwar said. Officials meanwhile told the media that samples of the water have been taken for testing and the actual reasons would be out soon.

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