Dehradun: The recent disaster in Nepal has once again heightened concerns regarding the climate change and its derivative effect on glaciers and flash floods in the Himalayan region.
Manish Mehta, a scientist at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, who has studied the causes of disasters like those at Kedarnath, Rishiganga and Dharali in Uttarakhand, says the changes occurring in the Himalayas cannot be viewed merely as isolated incidents.