Is your hazard map a “Beautiful Lie”? 🗺️🤥 Santa is ready to trust the colors, but Banta reveals why mapping the “Skeleton” of the mountain while ignoring the “Debris” is a recipe for disaster.
Debris Management
The River in the Raised Bed
Poor debris management, large infrastructure projects and dams are resulting in riverbed aggradation in Himalayan rivers resulting in increased flood vulnerability of river side habitations.
The Quest for the Buried Naula
Development in the Himalayan region is taking heavy toll of the very environment that attracts tourists and is damaging traditional water sources, agricultural land and livelihoods.
The Mountain’s Fast-Food Problem
Irresponsible disposal of excavated debris is a disaster multiplier – It initiates deadly debris flows, damages agricultural fields and water sources, silts reservoirs and causes riverbed aggradation.