Last June, Uttarakhand was shaken by the worst Himalayan flood disaster witnessed in the entire Indian Himalayan region. While there is no doubt that the trigger for this disaster was the untimely and unseasonal rain, the way in which this rain became a massive disaster had a lot to do with how we have been treating the Himalayas. It’s a pity that we still do not have a comprehensive report of this massive tragedy to tell us what happened during this period, who played what role and what lessons we can learn from this experience.One of the. . .
