State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Landslides
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Defying gravity
<font color=red>Problem:</font> Terrain forbids water supply systems that work in plains; <font color=red>Status:</font> Water crisis in peak season every year; <font color=red>Challenge:</font> Develop decentralised water supply systems
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What goes down ...
<font color=red>Problem:</font> Lack of space for garbage disposal; inadequate sewerage; <font color=red>Status:</font> Garbage disposed on hill slopes ends in streams/rivers; <font color=red>Challenge:</font> Introduce decentralised technologies for wast
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High risk
<font color=red>Problem:</font> Tall buildings risky in high seismic zones; <font color=red>Status:</font> Hill stations are getting concretised and growing vertically; <font color=red>Challenge:</font> Use local construction material; regulate traffic
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View from the top
Planners must stop looking down at hill stations
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Local travails
<font color=red>Problem:</font> Tourist influx too large; earnings flow downhill; <font color=red>Status:</font> Residents forced to share meagre facilities with tourists; <font color=red>Challenge:</font> Regulate tourist flow; channelise funds for devel
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Boom
<font color=red>Problem:</font> Terrain forbids sprawl as in cities in the plains; <font color=red>Status:</font> Alarming population density people per sq km ; <font color=red>Challenge:</font> Policy question is: decongest, but how?
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A dark tunnel
Twenty nine workers were killed in a landslide at the Tehri dam. The contractor building the dam has blamed the weak mountains for the incident. Many experts agree that the mountains of the region are fragile. The dam will have a huge reservoir that wou
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Deluge
July 29 was a black day for those residents of the old Tehri town who had decided to remain back. At around 2 pm, the water in the lake surrounding the almost empty town rose and entered their homes.
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Power Point
Experts have given conflicting reports on the Tehri dam
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Debris danger
Rubble from the landslide that occurred 10 months ago on the Varunavat mountain in Uttarkashi threatens to swamp the town during this monsoon. Debris on the slope of the crumbling Varunavat mountain. Uttarkashi town is seen at the foothills.