Recent and past floods in kashmir: causes and consequences with special reference to srinagar city

Floods are common in Kashmir valley due to its physiographic disposition but the kind and devastation caused by them against the human life and property needs immediate attention. The present paper highlights the causes, consequences of floods and aimed to provide inventory in the identification of the priority areas which needs certain conservative and preventive measures for curbing the manace in Kashmir valley in general and Srinagar city in particular.