The 2013 floods washed away their men out on job in Uttarakhand’s Kedar valley. A year and a half later, as the numbness injected by the catastrophe begins to wear off, the women are waking up to the pain of an uncertain future without breadwinners.…
NEW DELHI: The massive loss of human life and damage to property this year due to the flash floods in Uttarakhand owe to the unfortunate coincidence that the early monsoon burst came during the peak pilgrimage season, flooding the river valley along a key pilgrim…
SRINAGAR (UTTARAKHAND): It was hard on Shiru Singh when the waters first came on June 14. Last year’s rain had eaten off part of his roof and he was hoping sales from his small electronics shop in a slightly awkward corner of Srinagar town would…
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]
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…