Risky slope: What makes Dharamshala vulnerable to landslides

Anthropogenic pressure adds to high risk of earthquakes in this Himachal city

The last 125 km

Ready for only tourists

Uttarakhand government has carried out rehabilitation projects only in tourist circles and ignored other areas that were hit by floods last year

Landslide dams Tsangpo river

Water strikes the poor, says report

South Asia

Reservoirs losing capacity

Floods hit power projects in Himalayan states; plans for more raise safety concerns

ISRO data shows Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag and Tehri Gharwal most prone to landslides in India

Mizoram saw 12,385 landslides from 1988-2022, the highest; followed by 11,219 in Uttarakhand and 8,070 in Tripura

Power Point

Experts have given conflicting reports on the Tehri dam

Deluge

Typhoon Phanfone batters Japan

One US airman killed; hundreds of flights disrupted

Passive neighbour

India remains indifferent as China builds dams on upper reaches of Brahmaputra  

Pindar’s last gush

Dam proposed on the last unrestricted tributary of Alaknanda stirs valley residents

Worst La Nina in 40 years

Hits Australia, Brazil, Sri Lanka

Under threat

A proposed dam is set to change the landscape in the Pindar ghati--host to the last free flowing tributary of the Alaknanda. Bharat Lal Seth …

View from the top

Planners must stop looking down at hill-stations

High risk

Problem: Tall buildings risky in high seismic zones; Status: Hill-stations are getting concretised and growing vertically; Challenge: Use local …

What goes down

Problem: Lack of space for garbage disposal; inadequate sewerage; Status: Garbage disposed on hill slopes ends in streams/rivers; Challenge: …

Defying gravity

Problem: Terrain forbids water supply systems that work in plains; Status: Water crisis in peak season every year; Challenge: Develop …

Local travails

Problem: Tourist influx too large; earnings flow downhill; Status: Residents forced to share meagre facilities with tourists; Challenge: Regulate …

Remembering 2013 Uttarakhand Floods

In June 2013, flashfloods in Uttarakhand wiped out settlements and decimated lives. Here’s a throwback to our investigation into the …

A dark tunnel

Twenty-nine workers were killed in a landslide at the Tehri dam. The contractor building the dam has blamed the "weak mountains" for …

Wind farm threat to forests

Blasting causes animals and birds to abandon the area

Living made difficult

Russia's Valley of Geysers reappears after landslide