A foot of snow falls in Zanskar
20/03/07 11:48
See
Daily Excelsior
for full
details. Late snowfalls in Zanskar have in recent
years proved beneficial in water short villages
like Kumi. As climate change impacts on Zanskar's
permanent and semi-permanent snowfields, drought
and irrigation water shortage has become an issue
for many Zanskari settlements that do not benefit
from the security of the larger glacial resources
of the Greater Himalayan Range.