Srinagar, Jun 25: Former IAS officer and Chairman of the Group of Concerned Citizens (GCC), Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, on Thursday voiced serious concern over the deteriorating state of Jammu and Kashmir’s environment, warning that the region faces an ecological emergency unless urgent corrective measures are taken. Delivering the welcome address at a seminar on the “Protection of Natural Environment in Jammu and Kashmir,” held during the valedictory session attended by veteran statesman Dr. Karan Singh, Ganai highlighted a range of environmental challenges confronting the Union Territory, including shrinking glaciers, vanishing wetlands, degradation of lakes and springs, deforestation, unplanned urbanisation and large-scale infrastructure projects in ecologically fragile areas.