Escape Route, Alarm Systems Absent in Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarakhand: Expert Panel Report
In order to regularly monitor similar projects in the Himalayas, the panel suggested an interdepartmental coordination committee to be constituted at the national, state and district levels.
'Death Knell for Shompen People': Genocide Experts Urge President to Stop Great Nicobar Mega Project
By changing the demography and allowing the population on the island to surge by 8,000%, the experts say, the proposal could prove detrimental to the Shompen people, who have lived on the island for thousands of years largely without contact with outsiders.
Baby, 2 Teens & 3 Men Die In January, As Bastar’s Anti-Maoist War Intensifies. Families Accuse Police, They Blame Maoists
As the union government builds roads, security camps and other infrastructure in the Maoist heartland of south Chhattisgarh, resistance from many Adivasis is intense. Six deaths in January reaffirmed the human costs of a 57-year-old conflict that has claimed thousands of lives.
Amidst relief that the trapped workers will soon be rescued, India shouldn’t forget the key warning from the collapsed tunnel – that the environmental impact assessment system is broken, M. Rajshekhar writes.
‘Ticking time bombs’: Sikkim floods a reminder of why locals opposed dams in the Himalayas for years
The damage caused by the glacial lake outburst flood was compounded by the presence of a string of dams in the Teesta river basin in the Himalayan state.
What are Glacier Lake Outburst Floods? How do infrastructure projects like the Chungthang dam affect the fragile ecosystem of the Himalayas? Can such events be predicted and prevented?