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Photographs by PTI outlookindia.com 2021-02-12T18:23:53+05:30 Dev Bhoomi, they call Uttarakhand. Going by the past 30 years, the gods must be angry. The 1991 Uttarakashi earthquake cost 768 human lives. The 1998 Malpa landslide left 221 dead. The number of casualties in the 1999 Chamoli earthquake was 103. The 2013 Kedarnath floods left 5,700 dead. Many smaller disasters punctuated these. All these disasters relate to earthquakes or water activity. Often both. “The Himalayas are very fragile, crumbly and young. They are not the Alps. They are prone to erosion, landslides and seismic activity. The terrain means these things will happen, and climate change may worsen it,” says Rajesh Thadani, a PhD in Forest Ecophysiology from Yale. “If the administration calls it a natural calamity, that’s just lack of foresight. It is like sitting under a rock which you know will fall, and when it falls you say there is nothing we could have d ....
Development comes at a coast in Bandra ByYogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: Feb 7, 2021, 06:00 IST Under-construction coastal road hinders view for Joggers Park, Otters Club. The coastal road project continues to claim victims when it comes to obstructing sea view. After the Breach Candy Club lost its prized sea view to the coastal road project, the Joggers Park and Otters Club in Bandra are going the same way, thanks to the Bandra-Versova Sealink, which is part of the same project. Work is in full swing on a slightly elevated road leading to the sealink in Bandra West that is blocking the view to the sea from Joggers Park and Otters Club. ....
Bollywood gets mighty with superhero films By Natalia Ningthoujam ( IANS) | Published on Wed, Jan 13 2021 12:21 IST | 0 Views Bollywood gets mighty with superhero films (Credit:Instagram). Image Source: IANS New Delhi, Jan 13 : When the going gets tough, Bollywood thinks big. Reeling under the twin effect of the pandemic and OTT influx, which have dented business, Bollywood is pulling all stops with mega-budget announcements, to woo fans back to the halls. Among emerging trends is the superhero movie. The genre is not exactly new Hrithik Roshan did star in the Krrish films, after all. But at no point in time has the Hindi film industry got into making so many superhero flicks at the same time as now. Trade analysts see it as a good trend, especially in these times when theatres are trying to pull the audience back amid the pandemic. ....