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HIMALAYAN NATURAL DISASTERS
Nepal flash flood kills eight; damages roads, power projectsNepal deployed helicopters after flash floods swept away villages, killing eight people. Neighboring Tibet reported major casualties and mi...- Climate change driving extreme rainfall in Himalayas, anthropogenic factors adding to risk: GovtExtreme rainfall events are intensifying in the Himalayan region due to climate change. Human activities are also contributing to the overa...
- Chinese geologists question safety of Brahmaputra Mega-Dam in Tibet being built over active seismic fault lineIn a startling revelation, geologists from China have identified an active fault line beneath the Brahmaputra hydropower project, prompting...
- Arunachal's Tawang on alert over threat of Glacial Lake Outburst FloodConcerns rise in Arunachal Pradesh over a possible Glacial Lake Outburst Flood in Tawang district. Authorities are enhancing preparedness m...
- From Kedarnath to Dharali: Uttarakhand's unheeded warnings and rising disastersFlash floods in Kheer Ganga revive memories of past disasters for survivors. Uttarakhand faces increasing extreme rainfall and landslides. ...
- Uttarkashi is only the latest warning: The reasons behind Uttarakhand’s vulnerability to disastersA devastating cloudburst in Uttarkashi's Harsil Valley triggered flash floods and landslides, killing at least four. This disaster highligh...
- Nearly half of Himachal Pradesh prone to landslide, floods, avalanchesOver 45% of Himachal Pradesh is highly prone to floods, landslides, and avalanches according to IIT Ropar. The study used geospatial data t...
- Rising tourism, illegal construction straining Himalayas; urgent steps needed to avert Joshimath-like disasters: Parliamentary panelThe 31-member committee chaired by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the Environment Ministry should prepare a practical and implementable...
- When Nature warns us, we better listenThe Himalayan ecosystem is a fragile one. So, building infrastructure in the region must take this into account. The region's carrying capa...
- View: The perils of ignoring the message from the hills one more timeIt is not surprising that the Himalayas have sent us a message which is sharp and clear: unbridled development will lead to damage. It is a...
- Uttarakhand disaster: Glacier fracture triggered tragedy, shows initial studies“The DRDO team is analysing all available data but an initial aerial survey indicates that a hanging glacier broke away from the main glaci...
- Ensure natural habitats are not disturbed: Kiren RijijuIf India wants to reduce the risk of disasters, its natural habitats should not be disturbed, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju...
- Dams on Himalayan rivers causing natural disasters: RSSRSS Joint General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said the nature was taking revenge for developmental policies driven by greed of consumptio...
- Jamia Millia Islamia university introduces course in Disaster ManagementJamia Millia Islamia university will be offering a course in disaster management from the upcoming academic session 2015-2016.
- Entire Himalayan region vulnerable to earthquakesAn NIDM paper on the national disaster risk profile, referring to scientific assessments, warned that very severe earthquakes were likely t...
- A catastrophe waiting to happen in cross-section of the Himalayas and adjoining plains?The study, Himalayan Seismic Hazard, published says the longer the time interval between the last big earthquake in the region the higher t...
- NDMA should not be a parking place for the retired: BJP MP Tarun VijayTarun Vijay said, "It has become a parking place for the retired...Even the CAG has criticised it in its report last year."
- Uttarakhand disaster anniversary: Call for special policy highlightedA year after a devastating deluge ravaged several parts of Uttarakhand, the state government has come under criticism for not framing a pol...
- Ministers making money, not worried about plight of people: Uttarakhand speakerU'khand speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal rapped the Cong govt's ministers for doing nothing to reduce the plight of the people hit by cloudburs...
- Now, UN climate panel under fire on global warmingAmid a possible new row for 'wrongly' linking global warming to a rise in natural disasters, the UN climate panel has said it was reassessi...
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