A mountainous task
- POSTED ON: 12 Dec, 2023
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- POSTED BY: R. Krithika | Text by Peeyush Sekhsaria
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In January this year came reports of Joshimath, an important and ancient pilgrimage town in Uttarakhand, sinking. In October, heavy rains caused a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) at Sikkim’s South Lhonak Lake that reached the Teesta III Dam at Chungthang at midnight and destroyed it in minutes. Water levels downstream rose by 15 to 20 feet, flooding areas in Sikkim, West Bengal and Bangladesh. Then, in November, a section of the Silkyara tunnel, in Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand, caved in trapping 41 workers. This list leaves out many other events that have occurred with frightening frequency though the year. What exactly is happening in the Himalayas?