Disasters in the Uttarakhand Himalayan region and other Himalayan States

Disasters in the Uttarakhand Himalayan region and other Himalayan States Himalayas, as a region, have always been susceptible to disaster, due to the neo-tectonic mountain-building process, like Earthquakes, landslides, floods, etc. The spread of reckless developmental activities has transformed many natural disasters into man-made events. Such calamities play a grave negative socio-economic role on the … Read more