Tag: Himalaya

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…

Mountain highway stability threading on the fragile terrain of upper Ganga catchment (Uttarakhand Himalaya), India

Roads are the most critical means of connectivity in Himalayan villages. However, the terrain is inherently…

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…

OPINION: Developments in Ganga Himalayan Basin is recipe for disaster

Around the seventh century, Adi Shankaracharya is said to have established several settlements in the Himalayas….

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…