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Flood fury: writing was on the wall

Uttarakhand is all too familiar with disasters. A look at the man-made factors that have aggravated disasters in the past, and have yet continued unchecked. [more]

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Himalayan states also face risk of glacial lake outburst floods

The region is surrounded by 8000 glacial lakes, 200 of them potentially dangerous. [more]

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Uttarakhand Tourism: Recipe for disaster

The calamity is a freak of nature but the devastation and loss of lives that followed is certainly manmade. [more]

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Monsoon arrives early; kills over 30 people in Uttarakhand

Monsoons have arrived early this year and that too in a deluge, throwing life out of gear in north India. Uttarakhand was the worst hit, with incessant rains followed by landslides and floods killing 10 people, according to officials, and washing away homes. Media reports…

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Rains over past three days extreme weather event: scientists

Unpredictability associated with monsoons will only increase as global temperatures rise. [more]

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Uttarakhand’s hills were ablaze this summer. Literally

Small fires ignited by villagers to clear dry grass and scare leopards blew into infernos. [more]

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A fiery summer in Uttarakhand

After a couple of years of relative calm, fires have again ravaged the forests of Uttarakhand this summer. More blazes were reported and more forest area affected this season than the past two years put together, as an unusually hot and dry summer turned the…

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Protests erupt in Kumaon over lack of basic amenities

Distant Dehradun-based administration has been failing the hills of Kumaon for some time, raising the spectre of regionalism. Tribune News Service Nainital, September 20 Protests have erupted across Kumaon over the past couple of days against the alleged failure of the administration to do anything…

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Showers expose admn’s lack of preparedness

Nainital, June 13, Tribune The pre-monsoon showers experienced in the region, a prelude to what is expected over the next two months, has exposed the administration’s lack of preparedness with regards to preventive measures and the repairs of the infrastructure devastated during the last year’s…

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CAG raps Uttarakhand govt on disaster mitigation

Press Trust Of India Dehradun, March 31, 2011 The Uttarakhand government has come under scanner following a new CAG report that slams the state government for its lackadaisical approach towards implementation of important aspects of disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness. In its new report which…

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