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ISSUE DATE: February 22, 2021
UPDATED: February 15, 2021 14:06 IST
MISSION RESCUE: ITBP troopers look for survivors inside a tunnel at a hydropower plant in the aftermath of the flash floods in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, on February 7
The disaster that unfolded on February 7 in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand after a portion of a ‘hanging glacier’ on the slopes of Nanda Devi broke off and triggered flash floods strikes yet another environmental alarm bell for India’s Himalayan regions. The glacial collapse, near Raini village above Joshimath in the state’s Chamoli district, sent a wall of water and debris down the Dhauliganga and Rishiganga tributaries of the Alaknanda river, causing significant destruction along the route, including damage to major hydropower projects. At least 32 people are dead and over 170 are reported missing.
YOCONA â¢Â Lydia Koltai of Yocona marks 2016 as the beginning of her role as a community organizer.
After Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were killed by police, Koltai shifted from being a quietly concerned citizen to someone willing to speak out.
âI needed to be doing something in the community other than just feeling upset,â Koltai said.
Koltai, 39, reached out to April Grayson, director of Community and Capacity Building for the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, to see if there were any opportunities to volunteer. Soon after, Kyleen Burke, a Northeastern University law student, reached out with research she had done on Elwood Higginbottom, the last known lynching victim in Lafayette County.