New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday said that its suo motu examination of the ecological and environmental issues plaguing Himachal Pradesh will extend to all Himalayan states as it held that this year nature's fury was at its worst across the high altitude states.

The court was dealing with a suo motu case taken up in July where it sought responses from the Centre and Himachal Pradesh government on the action plan to prevent natural disasters, flash floods and cloudbursts, drawing a direct link to high-paced construction of roads, multi-storeyed buildings, chopping of hills, deforestation, mining activities and hydroelectric projects.

A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said, "It is extremely sad there is o...