The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has reported a significant increase in the size of glacial lakes across the Himalayas, particularly in India, based on recent satellite imagery analysis.
I am a child of the Ganga Himalaya , nourished materially and spiritually by Dev Bhoomi, our sacred land. The mountains , forests and Ma Ganga have shaped my imagination, my knowledge ,my science , my life , my activism.
I have been an ecological activist for 4 decades inspired by the Chipko movement which started in the early 1970’s in my region of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand.
Uttarakhand is the source of the sacred Ganga and its tributaries.The Ganga is the lifeline of India. The sources of the Ganga, were made sacred sites in order to protect the Ganga Himalaya, and hence Indian civilisation .The material and the spiritual are not separate in India’s ecological civilisation . Our mountains ,forests and rivers are sacred. They are also the ecological foundation of our economy and society
The analysis, spanning 40 years of satellite observations across India, China, Nepal and Bhutan, indicates that climate change is eating the Himalayan glaciers, researchers said.