India Counts Cost of Disasters in Himalayas Amid Infrastructure Push and Climate Change
Environmentalists and local communities in India’s Himalayan region are raising concerns that a massive infrastructure push in the mountains is making them more disaster prone. They say climate change is exacerbating the impact of large-scale development projects such as roads and dams in one of the world’s most fragile regions. Anjana Pasricha has this report. (Camera: Kritagya Pandav)