Bimla Devi is a 48-year-old resident of Joshimath, staying just off the approach road to the hilly town, on the rugged slopes. Devi’s two-storeyed house was constructed around four decades…
As soon as reports of cracks developing in houses started pouring in from Uttarakhand’s Joshimath town, in early January, the state and central governments swung into action and quickly set…
After months of rain between July to September, when dry weather finally began to show up, people in the hill state of Uttarakhand assumed that the monsoon had receded. There…
Over the past few years, rise in the global temperature has set new records and that is leading to increase in the number of extreme weather events. India may also…