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Himalayan blunders [1]

The Himalayan region has seen unchecked construction activity, illegal mining, unscientific road building and hydropower projects built next to each other

The floods in the Himalayas have been ferocious and deadly. The final body count could run into several thousands. There is no clear estimate of the number of villages wiped out, property destroyed, roads washed away and hydropower projects damaged in the mountain state of Uttarakhand.

Publication Date: 
08/07/2013
Sunita Narain [2]
Business Standard (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand) [4], Himalaya [5], Roads [6], Mining [7], Hydroelectricity [8], Floods [9], Landslides [10], Climate Change [11], Extreme Weather Events [12], Rainfall [13], Mountain Ecosystems [14], Environmentalists [15], Anil Agarwal [16], Dams [17], Sunita Narain [18], CSE [19], Water Harvesting [20], Water Management [21], Environment [22]

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