Spring-fed rivers in the Indian Himalayas drying up
One of the most fertile valleys in the Himalayas provides a bumper harvest of mustard, wheat, vegetables and millet thanks to the traditional irrigation channels that bring the water of the Gagas River...
View ArticleVideo: The voices no longer drowned by the Kosi
The Kosi river (also called Koshi) has a long history of floods that continues to displace thousands every year. This tragedy has been exacerbated by a decades-old strategy of pursuing embankments as a...
View ArticleRiver diversion plan tests Nepal’s federal Constitution
When anyone utters ‘Kali Gandaki’ around Malunga Bazaar in the Syangja district of western Nepal, the entire settlement is drawn in. Men in their twenties rush to the person uttering the words; busy...
View ArticleClimate refugees stripped of citizenship in Assam
In Bhuragaon, a small village that lies 103 kilometres east of Guwahati, the capital of Assam in north-eastern India, Sabita Biswas worries about her grandchildren. The 70-year-old has submitted land...
View ArticleCaterpillar fungus fever leaves Tibetan nomads vulnerable
In late May, the urban centre of Zaduo, Qinghai province, was deserted. The town’s main street, usually crammed with pedestrians and vehicles, was a ghost town except for a couple of patrolling...
View ArticleClimate change hits herders on Himalayan meadow
At an elevation of 3,600 metres above sea level, Chillum Sherkoli is a picture postcard village nestled in the Himalayas. But life is far from ideal any more, as 42-year old resident Manzoor Hussain...
View ArticleIndia, Bangladesh and three dying rivers
Gurudayal Haldar, 62, has been a fisherman for the past five decades in Balurghat, in the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal. He depends on the Atreyee River to feed his family. But the...
View ArticleHighway project poses grave danger to Himalayas: a multimedia report
Suraj Singh Ramola stared at his ruined farmland at the gateway to four important Hindu pilgrimages in the Himalayas. The damaged crop is symbolic of a disaster that’s now echoing across the Garhwal...
View ArticleIn multimedia: Will a resurrected Yamuna stay alive post-lockdown?
In Hindu mythology, Yamuna is the sister of Yama, the god of death and resurrection. The 1,376-kilometre-long Yamuna river from the Himalayas to Allahabad – where it meets the Ganga – has clearly been...
View ArticleVideo: Climate migrants in the shadow of Everest
The hills of eastern Nepal are trapped between snow clad Himalayas and the roaring rivers that cut through deep gorges below. Villages here have faced a severe water crisis in the past few years....
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