According to Union minister of state for Jal Shakti Raj Bhushan Choudhary, India has 9,575 glaciers, small and big, with the ...

The GLIMS initiative has created a unique glacier inventory, storing information about the extent and rates of change of all the world's mountain glaciers and ice caps. The GLIMS Glacier Database was ...

Environmentalists have been underlining the threat that climate change poses to Himalayan rivers, with rising temperatures ...

Since 1993, the United Nations has observe World Water Day (WWD) on 22 March annually for raising awareness of 2.2 billion ...

"India needs to take a lead in glacier preservation as we have the ... declaring major glaciers like Gangotri and Yamunotri as national treasures, and framing special policies that protect the ...

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In an open letter, renowned climate activist Sonam Wangchuk urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to set up a commission to assess the state of the Himalayas glaciers to save India’s sacred rivers.

Ladakh glacier Suggesting measures like setting up a commission and declaring major glaciers like the Gangotri and the Yamunotri national treasures, he urged the government to frame special policies ...

With 2025 declared as the UN's International Year of Glacier Preservation ... to assess the state of Himalayan glaciers • Declaring major glaciers such as Gangotri and Yamunotri as national treasures ...

He suggests forming a commission and designating major glaciers as national treasures. Wangchuk also presented glacier ice at the UN, advocating climate awareness. New Delhi: Fresh from his tour to ...