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Chamoli disaster: What lesson can Himachal learn -Rajeev Khanna

-Down to Earth

More than a dozen organizations from the hill state have come together to highlight dangers of climate change, exacerbated by exploitation of land, forests and water

The glacial disaster in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district has a strong message for the neighbouring state of Himachal Pradesh, which has a similar geography, topography and climate: To rethink the model of development being followed, particularly with regard to the exploitation of its hydroelectric potential.

Activists, civil society organisations and citizens have flagged this issue time and again. The disaster has led to a renewed call for the same once again.

More than a dozen organizations, shortly after the flash floods of Febraury 7, 2021, came out with a statement to highlight the precarious situation in the hill state:

 

    “Let us acknowledge that these climatic changes, be it erratic rainfall or de-glaciation due to increased warming are not any natural phenomena. These are caused and exacerbated by several anthropogenic factors, the biggest being the rapid exploitation of land, water and forests and the emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere given the highly polluting nature of ‘development’worldwide. This crisis is adversely affecting the poorest of communities, living in frontier regions like the mountains and coasts. Scarcities of water, changing agricultural patterns and deforestation have grossly impacted farmers, forest dependent indigenous people and the urban poor.”  

Among the organisations that made the statement were Himalayan Students Ensemble; Himdhara Environment Research and Action Collective; Himalaya Bachao Samiti, Chamba; Himalaya Niti Abhiyan; Him Lok Jagriti Manch, Kinnaur; Nagrik Adhikar Manch, Kangra; People’s campaign for socio-economic equity in the Himalaya; Save Lahaul Spiti, Lahaul, etc.

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