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Chamoli flash flood: A wake-up call
Print edition : March 12, 2021
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A general view of the damaged Dhauliganga hydroelectric power project in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on February 10. Photo: PTI
Path of debris after hill slope failure. Photo: NTPC-THDCIL Survey Report
Path of debris after hill slope failure. Photo: NTPC-THDCIL Survey Report
The lake after river damming at the confluence of the Rishi Ganga and its tributary. Photo: NTPC-THDCIL Survey Report
Geologists and glaciologists see the recent landslide and flash flood in Uttarakhand as part of inevitable natural processes given the fragility of the Himalayan region, but affirm that close monitoring and study of such processes are crucial to preventing the recurrence of disasters that result in significant human cost.
Caught between SC & Centre, 24 Uttarakhand hydel projects stuck on paper after 2013 floods
Despite 31 Supreme Court hearings and 3 government committee reports, a clear policy on hydroelectricity projects (HEPs) in Uttarakhand has remained elusive.
Bhadra Sinha 16 February, 2021 8:15 am IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: The 7 February Uttarakhand flood left two hydropower projects severely damaged and put the spotlight on such projects in the fragile Himalayan terrain as deliberations started afresh on avoiding and mitigating flooding disasters in the state.
Hydropower projects in the state became a subject of discussion in light of the 2013 Kedarnath tragedy. In 2014, the Supreme Court put on hold 24 proposed plants in the Alaknanda and Bhagirath river basins of Uttarakhand and asked the government to outline a policy regarding hydropower projects. Seven years later, the projects are still hanging fire.
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February 12, 2021 00:50 IST
India’s leaders must recommit themselves to the ideas and activism of environmentalists involved with Uttarakhand
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India’s leaders must recommit themselves to the ideas and activism of environmentalists involved with Uttarakhand
Following flash floods at Chamoli in Uttarakhand, defence personnel are looking for missing persons in a mélange of rock, mud, water, and debris, airlifting rations to inaccessible villages, and repairing bridges and telecommunication networks. Social scientists are assessing the disaster’s impact on the region’s economy. Scientists and policy makers are debating whether climate change or unchecked development in an ecologically fragile region was primarily responsible for the disaster and the death toll. News reports of ancient temples having been swept away in the Alakananda’s raging waters are bringing back traumatic memories of the Kedarnath floods in 2013. All these developments show
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