Srinagar- On a crisp Wednesday morning at the Government College for Women on M.A. Road, students gathered to hear a warning and a challenge: Kashmir’s waste crisis is growing, and the choices made today will decide the valley’s tomorrow.

The workshop, focused on shrinking spaces and climate change, highlighted a pressing problem. Urban growth and population pressures are leaving the valley with shrinking land and fewer options for proper waste disposal. Landfill sites are crowded, and authorities are struggling to keep up.

“Families in Srinagar who have even a small garden must start composting kitchen waste,” said Dr. Raja Muzaffar Bhat, chairman of the J&K Climate Action Group. “If every household does this within a year, we can cut the city’s daily waste from 700 metric tons to 200.

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