Himalayan glaciers are not just frozen reservoirs of water; they are the lifeblood of South Asia. These colossal ice masses feed major river systems, including the Ganges, Indus, and Brahmaputra, ...
According to Union minister of state for Jal Shakti Raj Bhushan Choudhary, India has 9,575 glaciers, small and big, with the ...
Environmentalists have been underlining the threat that climate change poses to Himalayan rivers, with rising temperatures ...
Preserving Glaciers
Since 1993, the United Nations has observe World Water Day (WWD) on 22 March annually for raising awareness of 2.2 billion ...
By Dhurjati Mukherjee The United Nations has declared 2025 as the ‘International Year of Glacier Preservation’, given the ...
To an environmentalist it has adverse consequences for a country like India, causing floods, avalanches and the like, affecting population, especially those in coastal areas. As the source of many ...
Admiring Modi’s major environmental initiative, he urged to declare major glaciers like Gangotri and Yamunotri ... be celebrated on the dry sands of Ganga and Yamuna. “As we all know, the ...