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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.