Explained: Why mountains in Himachal are rolling down
Wed, Aug 4 2021 13:51 IST |
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Explained: Why mountains in Himachal are rolling down. Image Source: IANS News
Shimla, Aug 4 : While cloudbursts and flash floods in recent years have become a regular feature in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh, the loss of life caused by natural calamities can be mainly attributed to the increasing human interference, particularly in eco-sensitive Himalayan zones.
Experts told IANS on Wednesday that since mountains in Himachal Pradesh are part of Himalayan range that are young and fragile in nature, creating cracks and fractures in the rock could widen in future and create a rockfall or slope failure zone a phenomenon in which a slope collapses abruptly under the influence of rainfall or an earthquake.
Uttarakhand disaster: Glacier fracture triggered tragedy, shows initial studies
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“The DRDO team is analysing all available data but an initial aerial survey indicates that a hanging glacier broke away from the main glacier triggering, the tragedy. The initial assessment is that the breakaway glacier formed a lake in the narrow valley after falling. This later burst causing the damage,” Dr LK Sinha, told ET.
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Other expert teams are set to begin on-ground assessments for the examination of the debris left behind to find out more on the causes and chain of events.