Rampant development, not climate, pushing Himalaya to the edge
Punjab faced its worst floods since 1988 in August this year. Waters overflowing from the Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi rivers have destroyed several villages in the State. Around the same time, at least 34 people died after intense rainfall lashed India-controlled Kashmir and several parts of Pakistan. Early in August, the village of Dharali in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand disappeared after a deluge triggered a landslide. This was just August. This isn’t the first time the Indian Himalayan region has suffered such catastrophe; the 2013 Kedarnath floods and the 2021
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