Nepal flood: Nepal's Budhi Gandaki flood leaves five people missing, damages homes and bridges, and raises urgent questions about Himalayan disaster preparedness.
Workers of Hantapara, Dhumchipara and Garganda tea gardens, along with land-affected residents of Torsa Tea Garden, took out peaceful padayatras on September 22, seeking to place their long-pending demands before Chief Minister Shubhendu Adhikari. While tea workers demanded unpaid wages and other dues, Torsa protesters sought protection of land, homes and livelihood rights amid the proposed land-port project.
The UN has warned that millions in South Asia, including Kolkata, face the growing risk of permanent inundation. But for Bengal’s capital, the danger is more complicated: as seas rise, parts of the city are sinking — while the Sundarbans is already losing land, livelihoods and people.
A sudden flash flood at the Nepal–Tibet frontier has exposed the fragile hydrological connectivity of the Himalayas, as a suspected ice-rock avalanche, cascading river surge and damaged infrastructure raise a larger question for India: how prepared are downstream systems for transboundary Himalayan hazards?
Assam and West Bengal are drastically downsizing Eco-Sensitive Zones around Kaziranga and Mahananda to 1 km, clearing the path for real estate and infrastructure. SS Roy analyzes the battle between local livelihoods, corporate expansion, and state-enforced conservation trade-offs across India’s fragile eco-corridors.
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