Explanation:

The change in global precipitation, increasing global temperatures, melting of glaciers, rising sea level waters, displacement of people, erratic monsoons pose an unprecedented threat to human existence.

According to the Central Ground Water Board, a governing body, 11 Indian states have a state groundwater department which acts as a nodal agency for groundwater investigation and groundwater structure construction.

Such board is not there in Jammu and Kashmir. Considering the current precarious state of affairs, the UT should also have a groundwater department to analyse groundwater quality and keep an eye out for illegal activities that degrade groundwater.

Reduced snowfall and retreating glaciers are aggravating the impending water crisis.

Though the glaciers in the Kashmir Himalayas are melting at an alarming rate, threatening the region's water security, urgent efforts must be made to devise strategies to deal with glacial recession and the looming water scarcity, which could spell doom for the state's economy.

The infrequency of rain in Kashmir is one of the causes of groundwater depletion.

The freezing of water supply lines in the winter season also intensifies the problem of water scarcity. Lakes, water supply lines, taps, water tanks, and motors freeze as the temperature drops.