What problems are increasing in Srinagar?

Every civic news report geolocated to Srinagar, classified into an open problem vocabulary, and trended as a share of the city's total coverage.

Summary

The civic agenda is shifting toward government and elections, not simply getting safer. Governance gained 6.1 points of local coverage, while conflict themes receded; explosions still ranked among the fastest-growing specific problems, and the deadly flood killed 150.

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Full category ledger

Category	News Reported	Share Change (points)	Action Rate	Fatal Rate
Governance Policy	8,511	+6.1	1.4%	4.2%
Elections Politics	1,486	+3.9	0.4%	4.8%
Accidents Road Safety	925	+1.7	2.3%	28.2%
Disasters Emergencies	542	+1.1	2.2%	26.2%
Corruption Fraud	1,054	+0.6	20.4%	0.3%
Infrastructure Utilities	397	+0.5	3.0%	0.5%
Environment Pollution	165	+0.5	3.6%	3.0%
Legal Judicial	356	+0.4	37.4%	2.8%
Immigration Border	155	+0.3	3.2%	1.3%
Education	120	+0.2	2.5%	0.0%
Missing Persons	85	+0.1	8.2%	2.4%
Labor Employment	73	+0.1	2.7%	0.0%
Public Safety	559	-0.3	1.8%	7.5%
Public Health	672	-0.9	0.3%	21.0%
Human Rights Social	488	-1.0	5.7%	7.8%
Protest Civil Unrest	5,266	-1.3	1.3%	21.0%
Crime Violence	3,000	-3.5	16.0%	35.7%
Terrorism Conflict	5,087	-4.3	6.5%	43.3%
Policing Law Enforcement	4,182	-4.3	13.0%	14.2%

Rising sub-problems

Problem	News Reported	Δpp
Cabinet Meeting	163	+2.07
Assembly Election	102	+0.77
Explosion	63	+0.77
Explosion	52	+0.62
Military Ceasefire Violation	58	+0.60
Flood	133	+0.58
Drug Trafficking	49	+0.53
Terror Attack	303	+0.49
Legislative Dispute	51	+0.46
Legislation	58	+0.45

Receding sub-problems

Problem	News Reported	Δpp
Homicide	1058	-2.02
Encounter	476	-1.83
Terrorist Attack	437	-1.63
Disease Outbreak	166	-0.56
Targeted Killing	101	-0.51
Officer Shooting	55	-0.49

Coverage volume by year

Corroborated fatal events (≥3 news reports agreeing; conflicting tolls merged into a range, never summed)

Coverage Month	Event Type	Deaths Reported	Corroborating News Reports
2025-09	Flood	150	3
2016-09	Separatist Protest	84–86	45

33,123 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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