India, April 10 -- Declining snowfall and changing weather patterns are disrupting traditional Bakarwal migration in Kashmir

Many nomadic families are now staying back through winter, abandoning centuries-old seasonal movement

Warmer, drier winters and weaker western disturbances are altering snowfall and pasture cycles

While staying reduces migration costs, it exposes families to new risks from sudden extreme weather

Experts warn the shift could erode cultural identity and strain livelihoods without policy support

A cluster of around 30 makeshift tents lines the banks of a tributary of Rambi Ara nullah in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, about 40 kilometre from Srinagar. Abdul, along with his wife, five sons and three daughters, li...