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With high altitude regions experiencing light snowfall, cloudy and rainy weather is likely to persist in the State today with the State meteorological centre forecasting that very light to light rain is likely to occur at isolated places in all districts of the State on Wednesday. Further, snowfall

Development cannot be a mindless process when it comes to the mountains. What we are witnessing is a slow man made death of the fragile Himalayas.

The Indian Air Force has deployed the twin-rotor heavy lift Chinook helicopter on standby at an airstrip in Uttarakhand's Chinyalisaur, where an emergency medical centre has been set up to treat the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel.

According to reports, this precious herb is found in the high-altitude Himalayan regions of Tibet, Bhutan, India, China and Nepal.

Tunnels constitute 85 per cent part of the 125 km long railway project The tunnel collapse incident in Silkyara, Uttarkashi in which 41 labourers are trapped for  the last 16 days has raised serious concerns about other infrastructural projects in Uttarakhand involving excavation of tunnels.

A cloudy sky brought the maximum temperature in Dehradun down by three degrees from normal on Monday. The maximum temperature in other places also registered a drop. Similar weather is expected on Tuesday with the State meteorological centre forecasting very light to light rain/thunderstorm likely

There is little to defend the need for an all-weather road to access the four dhams

It needs to be seen how the govt manages competing interests

The weather in the State is likely to take a turn on Sunday. The State meteorological centre has forecast that very light to light rain is likely to occur at isolated places in Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag and Chamoli districts with the possibility of snowfall in places situated at altitudes of 3,500

The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Karan Mahara has termed the decision to set up a camp office of the Chief Minister in Uttarkashi in the final phase of rescue operation in Silkyara as a cheap gimmick. He said the CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and Union minister of State V K Singh want to