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HIMALAYAS DAMS RISK
197 glacial lakes, fragile mountains, & climate change: Report warns of J&K’s catastrophic GLOF threat if urgent action isn’t takenA new risk assessment highlights the escalating threat of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district. The report...- Uttarkashi flash flood adds to 700+ deaths in a decade as Uttarakhand’s climate disasters surgeUttarakhand faces a growing climate crisis, with flash floods and landslides claiming hundreds of lives in the past decade. Scientific stud...
- Tibet's Yarlung Zangbo Dam: China's new tool for environmental destruction, Brahmaputra dominationChina has commenced construction on the Motuo Hydropower Station in Tibet, raising concerns in South Asia. The project, estimated at USD 17...
- A ticking time bomb in the Himalayas? Govt flags 100 dams at risk of glacial lake outburst floodsA government warning highlights the vulnerability of over 100 dams in six Himalayan states to flash floods caused by glacial lake outbursts...
- Why China's neighbours are worried about its new mega-dam projectChina has commenced construction on a massive $170 billion hydropower project on the Yarlung Zangbo River, raising concerns among downstrea...
- China's large and mysterious dam project on Brahmaputra is alarming not just India but also expertsChina is building the world's largest hydropower dam, the Motuo Hydropower Station, in Tibet near the Indian border. This project aims to m...
- Govt to review design of dams vulnerable to glacial lake outburst floodsThe Indian government decided to review dams vulnerable to Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) to improve spillway capacity. The Central W...
- Govt to launch survey to assess vulnerability of glacial lakes after monsoonOfficials announced that after the monsoon season, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Jam...
- LS polls: Over 60 environmental groups demand ban on mega infrastructure projects in HimalayasThey called for a complete moratorium on all mega infrastructure projects, including those related to the railways, dams, hydro projects, t...
- Climate change, pollution, construction: multiple whammy to fuel more Sikkim-like disasters, warn scientistsAs Sikkim picks up the pieces following flash floods that saw many thousands being displaced, major infrastructure projects destroyed and s...
- Here is how govt plans to stop Sikkim, Uttarakhand-like flash floodsThe government is set to discuss a comprehensive National GLOF Risk Mitigation Measure to address the Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) c...
- Sikkim: Icy flood that killed 31 in India's northeast had been feared for yearsRescuers are searching for survivors after a glacial lake overflowed and burst through a dam in India's Himalayan north. The flood has kill...
- Not just Joshimath, but several other places in Uttarakhand are at risk of sinkingThe high seismic risk zone is dotted with several picturesque towns and villages that are gateways to hiking trails, Hindu pilgrimage sites...
- Climate change adding layer of vulnerability to fragile Himalayas: ExpertsSeveral key roads are currently blocked due to landslides triggered by heavy rain in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and t...
- How scientists are using drones to lower the risk of catastrophic flooding from large glacial lakesHeavy rainfall and rock, snow or ice avalanches can raise water levels in moraine-dammed glacial lakes, generating waves that overtop the m...
- China's plans for Himalayan super dam stoke fears in IndiaThe structure will span the Brahmaputra River before the waterway leaves the Himalayas and flows into India, straddling the world's longest...
- Uttarakhand flash flood sparks questions on India's hydropower pushContinuing construction of hydropower dams in the region needs reconsideration, not just because of warming risks but because of broader en...
- How glaciers can burst and send floods downstreamProglacial lakes, formed after glaciers retreat, are often bound by sediment and boulder formations. Additional water or pressure, or struc...
- Climate change may cause 26% habitat loss for snow trout in Himalayan rivers: StudySnow trout, the iconic cold water fish species found in Himalayan rivers, would lose their habitat by 16 per cent in the next 30 years and ...
- Government agency to study the risks of floods from glacial lake outburstGSI will be studying the risks caused by floods emanating from glacial lake outburst in the Himalayan states.
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