For years, India’s highway authority has cut away at the mountain state’s slopes to make wider roads for traffic. The result has been cataclysmic landslides.
The Recipe for Disaster That Is Causing Destruction in Himalayan States
The disasters unfolding in the hill states are a result of unplanned development on unstable mountains that are already facing extreme weather events, scientists and environmentalists said. Without planned, resilience-friendly development and adaptation measures such as district-level micro plans to deal with the changing climate, there may be no respite for the people or the environment in these regions.
Himachal rains: Eight Kullu buildings collapse, rains continue to lash State
As many as 120 people have died in rain-related incidents this month while a total of 238 people have died and 40 are still missing since the onset of monsoon in Himachal Pradesh on June 24.