: A ghost village in Uttarakhand has been transformed by tourism and new work opporuntunities #IndiaNEWS India’s northern state of Uttarakhand, known as the Land of Gods, is facing the dual challenge

@IndiaNEWS

Posted in: #IndiaNEWS

A ghost village in Uttarakhand has been transformed by tourism and new work opporuntunities #IndiaNEWS
India’s northern state of Uttarakhand, known as the Land of Gods, is facing the dual challenge of climate change and migration. The incidence of glacier bursts, flash floods, unseasonal torrential rains, forest fires and landslides have swelled in the state. The dwindling population is another crisis that is making life harder for the residents.Climate change is driving temperatures up dramatically, especially in the higher elevations. As per a recent study conducted by the Germany-based Potsdam Institute for Climate Research and The Energy and Resources Institute, Uttarakhand’s annual average maximum temperature may increase by 1.6 degrees Celsius-1.9 degrees Celsius between 2021 and 2050. The residents of Uttarakhand are already experiencing the effects of climate change such as changing seasons, less snowfall during winters, disappearing glaciers, upward-moving snowlines and unpredictable rainfall, as mentioned in the state government’s action plan on climate change.A combination of these factors has increased the intensity of landslides, avalanches, rockfall and has amplified water shortage, changed the crop cycles, shifted cultivation zones for specific crops and decreased the crop yields. A state where most of the population is agrarian and depends solely on rainfed agriculture, Uttarakhand finds it difficult to control distress migration.According to India’s census from 2011, more than four...Read more

Intraday stocks under 50 NSE India Twitter of India

Vote Up Vote Down

Login to post a comment!