Category: Guest Post

Char Dham highway project will only add to urban woes

Climate change is not a new phenomena for the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand. In fact, the…

What unregulated tourism means for the future of the Himalayas

Unregulated pilgrimage activities in increasingly eco-fragile sites in India have accelerated the retreating of glaciers. What…

Continuity of waste and cyclic catastrophe: The Himalayan rivers’ not-so-natural fury

There is a paradox at the heart of Himalayan development – a region that is now…

Landslides and the road network in Uttarakhand, India

The Indian Express is carrying a story today about landslides and the so-called Char Dham road…