India, Aug. 19 -- The Dharali and Kishtwar tragedies must not fade into another chapter of ignored warnings. A dedicated climate and disaster-resilience policy for the Himalayan states is an urgent necessity. Inaction will result in loss of lives in the hills, and water insecurity, energy disruptions, and ecological collapse across the plains

The monsoon, once a season of renewal for India's farms and forests, has become a season of dread in the Himalayas. On August 5, 2025, a catastrophic cloudburst struck Dharali village in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, unleashing flash floods and landslides that swept away homes, roads, and lives. Before the region could recover, Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir, was struck by another tragedy, as a cloudburst cla...