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Committees and reports cannot change the reality that infrastructure development in the hills cannot be executed as in the plains

Union government proposes 13-member tech committee to evaluate carrying capacity of 13 Himalayan States. Committee to be headed by Director of GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment. Experts from multiple disciplines to collect info on load-carrying capacity of hill stations, cities and eco-sensitive zones. SC had suggested expert committee…

Indian officials say heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods and landslides in the country's Himalayan region, leaving at least 22 people dead and many others trapped

A spate of national highways bending along the Himalayan rivers have cropped up in Himachal Pradesh over the past years. Several of these roads, built by the National Highways Authority of India by cutting up mountains, are deemed “all-weather” – but the recent floods have uncovered a different reality.   

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn’t controlled, a new study finds

A new report from a Nepal-based research organization finds that water security for nearly 2 billion people living downstream from the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges will likely be threatened by the end of this century if global warming is not controlled

The trend of gradual reduction in snow cover in the ecologically fragile state of Himachal Pradesh continues to haunt the hill state – also the mean maximum and minimum average temperature is on the rise in this Himalayan region.

Nepal is celebrating the 70 years since Mount Everest was successfully scaled for the first time

Hundreds of people rallied in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Monday to protest arch rival India's decision to host a G20 tourism meeting in its part of the disputed Himalayan region, said a government official.