The operating ideology that accessibility is unqualified good and that no peak should be beyond reach turns the mountains into something to be consumed rather than reckoned with.
Tourist town of Manali has borne the brunt of the latest spell of rains, with hotels and residential buildings devastated and Chandigarh-Leh Highway severely damaged.
Protima Bedi was a model, Odissi dancer and sanyasin before a landslide claimed her in August 1998. In one of her last letters, she wrote she was ‘finally at peace’.
Following heavy rainfall, landslide hit near Chaten Brigade HQ in North Sikkim on Sunday evening, rescue operations are underway despite difficult weather & terrain.
A decade of landslides have birthed as many as six lakes in Uttarakhand in the last decade. For the first time, a team of scientists from institutes are surveying them.
Such events led to 3,238 deaths, damage to 3.2 million hectares of crops & 2,35,000 houses, & loss of 9,457 livestock. But numbers, particularly for property & crop damage, may be underreported.
After devastating impact on Philippines, Yagi expected to make landfall along China’s coast from Wenchang on island of Hainan, to Leizhou, in Guangdong province from Friday afternoon.
Hundreds sleeping in their homes in Kerala's Wayanad were awakened by a rumble on the night of 30 July. What came next were devastating landslides. From ground zero, ThePrint pieces together events of that night with eyewitness accounts, expert views and data.
Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.
Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.
CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
Last 38 years working exclusively/continuously as full time professional social activist for/with a forest dwelling nomadic muslim pastorals in Himalayas of HP and UK.
Wish I could contribute making this article better.
A kumaoni poet has said, @पहाड़ में जहां जहां सड़क जाती है – सिर्फ बर्बादी ही लाती है”।
A brilliant piece. Need of the hour, only if the establishment and tourists could understand the implications. Thanks.
Last 38 years working exclusively/continuously as full time professional social activist for/with a forest dwelling nomadic muslim pastorals in Himalayas of HP and UK.
Wish I could contribute making this article better.
A kumaoni poet has said, @पहाड़ में जहां जहां सड़क जाती है – सिर्फ बर्बादी ही लाती है”।
A brilliant piece. Need of the hour, only if the establishment and tourists could understand the implications. Thanks.