At least 7 trekkers out of 17 who went missing on Monday in Uttarakhand due to heavy snowfall and incliment weather were reported dead on Friday. The Indian Air Force is conducting a massive rescue operation. On Thursday, two members of the team had been rescued alive. They were injured and were being treated in Harsil and Uttarkashi, an official said. They had gone missing on a trek to Chitkul in Himachal Pradesh via Harsil in Uttarkashi. Search and rescue teams from Uttarkashi spotted five
The weather cleared across Uttarakhand on Wednesday, giving momentum to rescue operations and leading to the partial resumption of the Chardham Yatra, with pilgrims allowed to proceed to Kedarnath, Yamunotri, and Gangotri
Char Dham Project – The Speed Of Destruction
It was the criminal lack of warning systems on these projects and the deadly impact of climate change that led to the unforgivable agony of our citizens. outlookindia.com 2021-03-04T07:51:42+05:30
The agony of seeing one’s death approach by the second in foaming, roaring wall of dark water while trapped atop the narrow ledge of a dam barrage and then being hurtled down with the deluge while it lashes that last refuge is not easily conceivable.
Neither is the horror of a slow death in a tunnel filled with sludge and debris in a world gone black. The intensity of pain of the father and sister who wait for the bulldozers to excavate the living – or the dead – should shake each of us to the core. The criminal lack of warning systems on these projects, the deadly impact of climate change, the unforgivable agony of our citizens: all these warranted a profound introspection. Yet, while the nation and the world were yet