Ashok RainaDharamshala, Aug. 28 -- The Himalayan region, the youngest mountain range in the world, is facing an alarming rise in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters in recent decades. Experts point out that the fragile ecology, combined with unscientific human interventions and the impacts of climate change, has made the region increasingly vulnerable.
Rajan Kumar Sharma, an expert in disaster management, told UNI that the Himalayas fall in seismic Zone-IV and V, making them prone to major earthquakes and the rising average temperatures are accelerating glacier melt, while abnormal rainfall patterns, cloudbursts, and prolonged heavy downpours are triggering frequent landslides.
He said the natural instability of mountain slop...