Deadly avalanche in India

This Sunday there was a huge catastrophe in northern India. A Himalayan glacier smashed a dam, causing a flood that destroyed everything in its path. Seven bodies have been found so far and at least 125 people are still reamined missing. NCMC said: this flood was caused by a glacier, which broke off into Rishiganga river and caused a dramatic rise in water levels upstream. There are different theories about the reason which led to it. Local acitivists blame the government for exploiting hydropower by builiding along Uttarakhand's river and mountains dams, which disturbs the natural environment of Himalays and results in more extreme weather events. On the other hand, geologist from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology - Dwarik Dobhal doesn't agree with NCMC and belives that what caused this whole disaster was not a glacier, but an avalanche that because of debris blockage in the river upstream that had been there in recent weeks the lake breached and the water surged down the valley at speed. But what they all agreed on is that this incident is showing bluntly the rapidly increasing impact of the climate crisis. 




I personally agree with what Vimal Bhai, who was a part of the fight to halt new dam building in the state after Kedarnath disaster in 2013, said: theese huge projects destroys this area and make it even more brittle. The governmnt was deaf to the warnings in 2013 and didn't learn the lessons of the past, because what really matters to them is income. 








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/07/150-feared-dead-as-glacier-crashes-into-dam-in-northern-india




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  1. englishdiary9 lutego 2021 11:12

    This is definitely an interesting piece of news.
    In the future though:
    1. limit your post to about 150 words
    2. the report part should be 1/3 of the text at most, (yours is much longer) and your comment (where you explain why this info is interesting/surprising/etc. and/or express your own opinion) - in the post above your reaction to this news is mixed with the info from the article

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