Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 6: The unusually low temperatures in the hilly and mountainous tracks of north-western Himalaya have led to lakhs of Gujjars and Bakerwals to prepone their back journey to down and plane areas of Jammu and Kashmir, along with their livestock much earlier than usual.
In a statement, the Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation (TRCF)—a frontal organization of Gujjar-Bakerwals, today stated that nomads presently under seasonal migration to hilly areas are facing acute shortage of fodder for their cattle due to sudden fall in temperature in upper reaches.
“This is first time when the nomadic Gujjar-Bakerwals started moving towards warmer areas of the State ahead of their schedule time”, said Dr Javaid Rahi, secretary of the TRCF adding that they usually start their bi-annual migration to warmer areas in mid October.
“It is after a very long time when these nomadic tribes had preponed their seasonal migration because of abnormal temperature in September, when the minimum temperature is below normal level”, he said.
According to a meteorological officials and experts the decrease of temperature has been caused by the climate change.
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