Havoc in the Hills

A damaged house (photo: PTI)

Six dead, 1,500 tourists stranded as landslides, rain wreak havoc in Sikkim

As in the Teesta basin of Sikkim, Himalayan glaciers are fresh water for many (photo: @TigerCharlii/X)

The health of the Himalayas: We ignore glacial melt at our own peril

Visitors throng Kedarnath in Uttarakhand on 10 May

Char Dham yatra: Say hello to blind faith

A car damaged in the storm (photo: PTI)

Himachal: Trees uprooted, vehicles damaged in rain, hailstorm; yellow alert sounded

Social organisations urged for referendums and public consultations to be made compulsory for development projects (photo: IANS)

Environmental groups seek ban on mega infrastructure projects in Himalayas

Representative image (photo: National Herald archives)

Climate disasters in Himalayas: Systemic, policy-induced failures, say 50 groups

The SC observed that the presence of tigers in a forest is an indicator of a healthy ecosystem (photo: National Herald archives)

Supreme Court orders committee to address damage in Corbett Tiger Reserve

Allegedly illegal tree felling by the state department to allow construction in protected areas in Corbett, Uttarakhand (photo courtesy @UpendrraRai/X)

Nation

Corbett Tiger Reserve: "Public trust doctrine in the waste bin," says Supreme Court

06 Mar 2024, 6:17 PM

Glacial lake distribution in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (image courtesy @ICCInet/X)

Environment

Winter snow deficit poses growing risk of GLOFs in Himalayas

06 Mar 2024, 4:53 PM

The underconstruction tunnel at Silkyara in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. (Photo: Dhruv)

Nation

Silkyara tunnel collapse: Not the first, nor the last

04 Dec 2023, 4:27 PM

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and media persons throng one of the first rescued workers from the Silkyara tunnel (photo: IANS)

Nation

Diwali-like celebrations as Mandi man trapped in Silkyara tunnel reunites with family

02 Dec 2023, 9:11 AM

A 12-member team, ranging in age from 20 to 45,rescued 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel for 17 days (photo: @DPrasanthNair/X)

Nation

Silkyara tunnel rescue: Will rat miners be awarded on Republic Day?

30 Nov 2023, 5:56 PM

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and media persons throng one of the first rescued workers from the Silkyara tunnel (photo: IANS)

Nation

All workers normal, can go home: AIIMS-Rishikesh

30 Nov 2023, 6:06 PM

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and several mediapersons throng one of the first rescued workers from the Silkyara tunnel, plying him with garlands and questions (photo: IANS)

Nation

Silkyara Tunnel Rescue: All 41 workers finally freed after 17 days

28 Nov 2023, 10:02 PM

What are the lessons of India tunnel collapse?

Nation

Silkyara tunnel: Plenty of lessons to be learned, will we?

27 Nov 2023, 9:48 PM

41 workers have been trapped at Sikyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last 15 days (Photo: National Herald archives)

Nation

Psychiatric counselling, talking to kin daily: How workers trapped in Sikyara tunnel stay motivated

27 Nov 2023, 3:18 PM

Rescue ops at the Silkyara tunnel

Opinion

Herald View: Tunnel vision is taking its toll

27 Nov 2023, 4:15 PM

Ongoing rescue operations at the Silkyara tunnel

Nation

Why Silkyara tunnel crisis is more serious than you think it is

25 Nov 2023, 4:11 PM

Rescuers began using a new machine to drill vertically into Silkyara tunnel (Photo: DW)

Nation

Vertical drilling starts at Silkyara tunnel, 15 metres drilled

26 Nov 2023, 5:45 PM

Workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel seen with the help of an endoscopic camera (photo: National Herald archives)

Opinion

A Himalayan fiasco: Silkyara tunnel crisis was long in the making

26 Nov 2023, 12:40 PM

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