UN World Water Development Report 2025
<p>For billions of people, mountain meltwater is essential for drinking water and sanitation, food and energy security, and the integrity of the environment. But today, as the world warms, glaciers are
Mountains
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Nandadevi.org & mountainshperds.com riding high Lata is an address of protest and conflict. It was the village in the higher alpine pasture areas of Chamoli, Uttaranchal, where the first
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quake forecast: Resear chers at Yale and the University of Washing ton, both in the US, suggest a new way to forecast severe earthquakes. They say that big earthquakes, like the 2004 Sumatra
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Barpak gets a Ropeway
Sustainable transport, Nepal style
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Steep crisis
UNESCO asked to list Mount Everest as endangered
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Summit watch
A new mountaineering policy for Uttaranchal
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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