The GLOF disaster had resulted in 55 casualties, with 70 people still missing and had caused extensive damage to critical ...

Proposal documents and the minutes of the January 10 meeting showed that one of the key concerns of the Environment ...

The collapse of a 14.7-million cubic metre mass of rock, ice and sediment into the South Lhonak glacial lake was the trigger ...

The breach of one of the “largest, fastest-growing and most hazardous” glacial lakes in Sikkim, the South Lhonak lake, led to cascading floods that killed 55 people and washed away a 1,200 megawatt ...

A Newcastle University student has contributed to a major international study which has identified the exact causes and ...

The study underlines the need for both risk mitigation strategies and early warning systems against GLOFs, the sudden release ...

Sikkim’s Teesta III dam rebuilding project gets the nod of the Environment Ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), but a ...

Global warming has intensified the risk of GLOFs as glaciers are melting faster, increasing the size of these lakes and the ...

An international study has investigated the causes and impacts of the devastating flood disaster in the Himalayas in October ...

Congress opposes Centre's approval for Teesta III dam, citing persistent disaster threat and environmental impact concerns.

The Central Government has sanctioned the National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Mitigation Project across vulnerable ...

The Centre has approved Rs 150 crore for a project to mitigate risk due to glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Arunachal ...