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Fresh cloudbursts kill 8 more in Uttarakhand villages
Eight more persons, among them a sant, were killed and a sadhvi went missing after another bout of cloudbursts in three remote villages of Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand on Sunday. This took the number of those killed over the past few days in flash floods and landslips to 46. About …
Fresh cloudbursts in U’khand, toll 39
Dehradun: Two days after a massive cloudburst in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, seven more villagers were killed late on Saturday in two separate incidents of cloudburst. Rescue workers recovered three more bodies pushing the toll from Friday’s cloudburst to 39. The bodies were recovered from the debris of flattened homes in …
33 feared killed in Uttarakhand flash floods
Thirty-three people are feared killed and at least 40 feared buried under debris and mud as flash floods and landslips hit villages at Ukhimath and Kapkot in Rudraprayag and Bageshwar districts respectively of Uttarakhand on Friday. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna released Rs. 10 crore for Ukhimath and Rs. 1 crore …
Cloudbursts in Uttarakhand claim 26 lives
A series of cloudbursts struck Uttarakhand since Thursday night triggering landslides and flash floods that left 26 dead, 40 missing and 15 injured in parts of the hill state. Ukhimath area in Rudraprayag district was the worst hit as a cloudburst in the wee hours flattened dozens of homes in …
Carbon sequestration through soil organic carbon : Estimation of SOC pool under different land uses in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand state
Soil organic carbon has been ignored since long because it was treated as a dead biomass but after the awareness related to climate change its importance has been recognized. A study was conducted to eliminate the SOC pool under different land uses in Rudrapryag district of Uttarakhand.
U’khand: 23 hydel project workers among 34 dead
The death toll in the landslides, cloudburst and flash floods that followed incessant rain in Uttarakhand reached 34 as ITBP and police personnel on Sunday searched the debris of flattened homes in the rain-affected state. Six people were still missing in Uttarkashi district, said a top government official. “In Uttarkashi …
Villagers demand resumption of power projects in Uttarakhand
A group of villagers, affected by the stalling of the Him Urja Vidyut Pariyojna at Nandprayag and Vishnugad Vidyut Pariyojna at Pipalkoti, staged a symbolic chakka jam on the Rishikesh-Badrinath highway at Pipalkoti on Sunday, threatening self-immolation if the government didn't order the resumption of construction work there. Unhappy with …
Animal Husbandry dept bid to improve bovine breeds
Rudraprayag: Despite of shortage of basic facilities, the Animal Husbandry department has undertaken some notable measures for improvement of bovine breeds and experiments in artificial insemination for improved breeds. Cross breeding with foreign breeds for improving the breed for specific purposes has achieved an increase in milk production which has …
UIPC to develop 180 MW hydro-power projects
The Uttarakhand Infrastructure Project Company (UIPC) will develop 180 MW capacity small hydro-power projects in the State. A 71 MW capacity power project is being developed in the first phase. The State Government will receive a premium of `36 crore from this in addition to which investment in Uttarakhand will …
Impact of pastoral practices on forest cover and regeneration in the outer fringes of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Himalaya
The study reports the impact of migratory livestock in the buffer area of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary. The cumulative impacts of livestock grazing, fuel wood extraction and other anthropogenic pressures on forest cover in and around camping sites have been analyzed using satellite data and field observations.