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New Delhi, March 6 Heavy precipitation in the Chamoli region from February 4-6 and an overall rise in temperature in Uttarakhand in the last four decades could have led to the rock collapse, which tr
Even as militaries clash in the region, cross-border teams of scientists collaborate on climate models.
Interview: Uttarakhand flood is a tragic reminder of the dangers Himalayas face from climate change Pema Gyamtsho, an expert on the fragile ecology of the Hindu Kush Himalayas, talks about the challenges that the region is facing. Rescue teams in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. | PTI Pema Gyamtsho, the director general of the Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, is one of the world’s leading experts on protection of the fragile ecology of the Hindu Kush Himalaya region. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, a ...
Famous for Chipko Movement, U'khand Village Warned of Disaster for Decades. No One Listened News18 © Provided by News18 Famous for Chipko Movement, U'khand Village Warned of Disaster for Decades. No One Listened When contractors came to her forest to cut down thousands of trees, Gaura Devi rallied the women of her village and marched into the woods. Armed with only their bare hands and fierce determination to save the forest upon which their livelihoods depended, Gaura Devi and the women put themselves between the trees and the contractors' chainsaws. The state government...
3705 Catastrophic: Proponents of hydropower projects keep inventing new ways of circumventing environmental norms which can amplify the impact of a disaster. PTI Dinesh C Sharma Science Commentator The Himalayas once again witnessed a massive disaster on Sunday morning. The analysis based on satellite imagery of the region from Planet Labs, a company formed by former NASA scientists, shows that the flash flood was triggered by a rock slope that got detached from a large glacier, resulting in an avalanche of rocks and ice which moved downwards at a high speed. According to some Indian exper...