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Shekhar Pathak’s new book ‘ Chipko – A People’s History’ that maps the journey of the people of Uttarakhand and a century of peaceful agitations to fight for the very survival of their habitat and their existence. The session featured  Ramchandra Guha, historian and author of the book,  Shekhar Pathak and  Mukul Sharma.   The session focused on recent natural disasters in Uttarakhand, including the floods in Nanda Devi Sanctuary in February 2021, tying it back to issues like deforestation and urbanization that have been rampant over the last few years.   Shekhar Pathak, sp...

NEW DELHI: A landslide 20 kilometres west of Nanda Devi, India’s second-highest peak, resulted in a flash flood on Feb. 7 that left more than 200 dead, and swept away two state hydro-electric...

Chamoli flash flood: A wake-up call Print edition : March 12, 2021 T+ T- 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 proce...

The disaster triggered avalanches, burst glaciers and flooded rivers, devastating villages, roads, bridges and hydro-electric power projects (HEPs), and sweeping away over 250 locals and workers. While 69 bodies have been recovered so far, authorities have declared 135 people still missing as “dead” and the huge rescue operation is now a recovery effort. At the time of writing, 21 bodies have been pulled from the slush-filled 2.5 kilometre-long tunnel at the state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) Tapovan-Vishnugad project site, where about 30 workers were feared trapped...

Anindo Dey PhotographyGetty Images Villagers in India are worried that recent deadly floods are the result of plutonium hidden in the Himalayas. The CIA lost the plutonium after a secret mission to monitor China’s nuclear program. Although unlikely, it’s an example of how fearful people are of nuclear materials. Villagers are blaming a long-abandoned cache of plutonium for deadly floods in India’s Himalaya mountains. The plutonium, which the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) abandoned in the 1960s, was meant to power sensors designed to monitor Chinese nuclear tests. While villagers in...