Islamabad, May 30 (TNS): With the rising temperature and environmental changes glaciers have started melting rapidly in Pakistan which raising fears of a flood situation, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Climate Change said Tuesday.
Due to the glaciers melting, new lakes being formed in Gilgit-Baltistan and other northern areas. “In 2010, there had been 2,400 glacial lakes in northern parts of the country, but currently the count stands at 3,000”, the spokesperson said.
Authorities have also been working in these areas with the help of UN’s Green Climate Fund, which has issued $36 million to support efforts to respond to climate change challenges.
