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We have learnt nothing from 2013 Uttarakhand disaster


We have learnt nothing from 2013 Uttarakhand disaster
Nivedita Khandekar
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It is not for the first time that the area is witnessing such a natural disaster. It is also not the first time that the government has allowed dam projects in the fragile Himalayan ecology
It has been more than 48 hours, but the villagers of Raini are still reeling from effects of the loud crashing sound that was followed by an almost deafening roar of the river, as it bolstered down the narrow gorge on February 7. From the cluster of glaciers of the Nanda Devi massif, a hefty chunk got detached and was swept down the Rishiganga gorge towards the base of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, and it took less than ten seconds for the flash flood to completely submerge the dam structure of the Rishiganga hydropower project, blasting it into smithereens. ....

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Uttarakhand glacier burst: 2019 study forewarned of alarming rate of Himalayan glacier melting


Uttarakhand glacier burst: 2019 study forewarned of alarming rate of Himalayan glacier melting
While the Himalayas are, generally, not melting as fast as the Alps, the progression appears to be similar, according to the study.
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As a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand s Chamoli district on Sunday, leading to massive floods, a study published in 2019 had warned that Himalayan glaciers have been melting twice as fast since the start of this century due to climate change. The glacier collapse at Joshimath on Sunday led to a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river and caused large-scale devastation in the upper reaches of the ecologically fragile Himalayas. The 2019 study, spanning 40 years of satellite observations across India, China, Nepal and Bhutan, indicates that climate change is eating the Himalayas glaciers, the researchers said. ....

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