Three years after the Uttarakhand flash floods, the implementation of the Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) is yet to take off. The ESZ, which is expected to ensure "sustainable development" in the
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M C Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/09/2023.</p> <p>The matter is related to pollution in river Ganga in the districts/cities of
New Delhi : Days before Uttarakhand was ravaged by rain, the state government had sought assistance of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to address the problem of high sediment deposits
Potential hydro power projects in the Himalayan region would need to factor in chances of increased floods from the formation of new lakes and the expansion of existing ones due to melting glaciers, says
The advance warning came from the regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Dehradun on June 13. The department predicted "heavy to very heavy rainfall in the upper regions of Uttarakhand
Even as the Uttarakhand floods brought to the fore debate over the strength of dams, there are over 4,500 such structures in the country which are operating without an 'emergency action plan'. This renders
Could the Uttarakhand tragedy have been avoided, or at least minimised? There is no simple answer. Environmentalists describe the death and damage as a man-made disaster while geologists say the extent
Rescue work in Uttarakhand to gain momentum with reopening of 16 roads. Rescue operations in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, which remained affected until Thursday as helicopters faced bad weather, are now
Srinagar (Uttarakhand) : The ground floors of more than 100 buildings seem to have disappeared. So has the basketball court, with only the top of the hoop mounted on the backboard visible. Motorcycles
Terming the recent flash floods in Uttarakhand a “man-made disaster,” noted geoscientists, environmentalists and social activists have cautioned against showing any haste in carrying out construction activities
The fast-moving monsoonal circulation coupled with strong westerlies may have been responsible for the havoc wreaked in the fragile Himalyan range known for its poor soil stability and steep slopes.
उत्तर प्रदेश की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री मायावती ने पड़ोसी राज्य उत्तराखंड में आई प्रलय से हुई जन-धन की हानि पर गंभीर चिंता जताई है। उन्होंने केंद्र सरकार से उत्तराखंड में आई प्रलय को राष्ट्रीय आपदा घोषित करने
Moved by the devastation caused by flash floods in Uttarakhand, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday took it upon itself to inquire into the state of affairs, especially massive constructions on
Heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc on the region because of the fragile nature of the Himalayan range and poor soil stability in its steep slopes. But it is mand-made factors that have compounded the scale
NEW DELHI: While thousands have suffered the fury of floods in Uttarakhand, experts say worse tragedies may strike the region unless the rampant violation of the Himalayan state's sensitive ecology is
Ecologists point out that the huge expansion of hydro-power projects and construction of roads to cope with the lakhs of tourists in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh has compounded the scale of the disaster.
As the death toll in Uttarakhand mounts and rescue operations continue in various parts of the Himalayan state, environmentalists have been blaming the successive governments ruling the ecologically sensitive
The government's recent report announcing an increase in forest cover looks more like a case of the state agency playing the slippery slope of statistics. Wednesday's landslide in Maharashtra's Ambegaon
It’s clear that the devastation caused by the flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand was at least in part due to environmental degradation of fragile mountain slopes and reckless commercialization.
Over 6,000 persons are feared to have been killed in the devastating floods, cloudbursts and landslides in Uttarakhand in June, government said today. “The scale and magnitude of the extreme event was such that more than 580 persons are confirmed to have lost their lives. Besides, another 5,474 persons are still missing and fearedto be no more,” Defence Minister A K Antony said in a statement in the Lok Sabha.
