The GLOF disaster had resulted in 55 casualties, with 70 people still missing and had caused extensive damage to critical ...

Climate change played a key role in the 'catastrophic' 2023 floods in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in India, a new study ...

Site serves as an important habitat and stopover site for birds migrating across the Himalayas, including the critically ...

The flood devastated the Teesta Hydroelectric Project Stage-III (1200 MW), washed away the dam and flooded the underground ...

Sikkim's Khecheopalri Lake has been declared a 'Ramsar Wetland of International Importance'. This recognition coincides with ...

The study underlines the need for both risk mitigation strategies and early warning systems against GLOFs, the sudden release ...

Sikkim’s Teesta III dam rebuilding project gets the nod of the Environment Ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), but a ...

State still recovering from effects of 2023 GLOF disaster, people’s safety should be the top priority, Sikkim BJP president ...

Crucially, the study found no evidence of a “triggering cloudburst event” in the vicinity of the lake. The Sikkim government ...

Congress opposes Centre's approval for Teesta III dam, citing persistent disaster threat and environmental impact concerns.

Expert committee recommends reconstructing Teesta-3 dam in Sikkim with stronger concrete structure and improved early warning ...

The Centre has approved Rs 150 crore for a project to mitigate risk due to glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Arunachal ...