गर्मियों में लोगो का पहाड़ो की ओर रुख करना स्वाभाविक है, और तापमान में अचानक व अप्रत्याक्षित वृद्धि होने पर आने वाले लोगो की तादात में बढ़ोत्तरी होने में भी कुछ अस्वाभाविक नहीं हैं। यहाँ उत्तराखण्ड में चारधाम यात्रा के नाम से जानी जाने वाली बद्रीनाथ, केदारनाथ, गंगोत्री व यमुनोत्री की यात्रा हर साल मई व अक्टूबर […]
Kedarnath disaster
Lessons from June 2013 disaster of Uttarakhand
Small or big every incidence has some lessons in store for us, and intelligent are those who don’t wait to learn from incidences, and instead learn from the experiences gained by others. The lessons alone are however of little use unless these are acted upon. Hope some find their share of action points in the […]
Reminiscence: June 2013 disaster of Uttarakhand
Exactly 8 years have passed, and all that transpired is still fresh, even bit-by-bit; the impact, the devastation, as also the lull that followed. Except for sudden short-lived disturbances weather is generally fair around the middle of June but on Friday June 14, 2013 it was raining from the previous day, and the downpour was […]
Bravehearts of June 2013 Uttarakhand disaster
Media is exceptionally fast at correlating causes, and speculating effects. In the last week of May, 2021 it was sighting of some cracks in the upper reaches of Rishiganga river valley that was correlated the avalanche incidence of February 7, 2021 that caused devastation in the downstream areas, and presently it is the early arrival […]