Climate change, human activity driving Himalayan extreme weather, Centre tells Lok Sabha

Climate
cha ge
a d
huma
activity
a e
maki g
ext eme
ai fall
eve ts
a d
disaste s
i
the
Himalaya
egio
mo e
f eque t
a d
i te se,
Ce t e
at
Lok
Sabha.

NEW
DELHI:
Climate
cha ge
is
maki g
ext eme
ai fall
eve ts
i
the
Himalaya
egio
mo e
f eque t
a d
i te se,
while
huma
activity
is
also
i c easi g
the
isk
of
disaste s,
the
Ce t e
told
the
Lok
Sabha
o
Tuesday,
as
epo ted
by
ews
age cy
PTI.Mi iste
of
state
fo
home
affai s
Nitya a d
Rai
said
assessme ts
by
weathe
expe ts,
scie tific
i stitutio s
a d
state
autho ities
had
fou d
a
li k
betwee
climate
cha ge
a d
the
wo se i g
i te sity
a d
f eque cy
of
ext eme
ai fall
eve ts
i
the
Himalayas.The
espo se
came
to
a
questio
o
whethe
climate
cha ge
a d
u scie tific
co st uctio
we e
co t ibuti g
to
the
isi g
i cide ce
of
cloudbu sts
a d
othe
disaste s
i
Himachal
P adesh.Rai
cited
fi di gs
of
a
Multi-Secto al
Ce t al
Team
(MSCT),
which
was
fo med
to
exami e
the
i c easi g
f eque cy
a d
seve ity
of
cloudbu sts,
flash
floods,
la dslides
a d
ext eme
ai fall
i
the
state.
The
team
i cludes
expe ts
f om
the
Natio al
Disaste
Ma ageme t
Autho ity,
Ce t al
Buildi g
Resea ch
I stitute,
I dia
I stitute
of
T opical
Meteo ology,
IIT
I do e
a d
othe
age cies.I puts
f om
the
I dia
Meteo ological
Depa tme t,
Ce t al
Wate
Commissio
a d
Geological
Su vey
of
I dia
have
also
bee
co side ed
as
pa t
of
the
assessme t.

The
MSCT
is
exami i g
the
causes
behi d
the
i c ease
i
ext eme
weathe
eve ts,
i cludi g
the
geog aphical
a d
g ou d
co ditio s
of
the
wo st-hit
a eas
a d
data
p ovided
by
va ious
gove me t
age cies.
It
will
also
ecomme d
lo g-te m
steps
to
educe
the
impact
of
such
disaste s,
Rai
said.

The
Ce t e
said
faste
s owmelt
was
a othe
facto
co t ibuti g
to
i c eased
u off
i
high-altitude
a eas.
Rapid
melti g
ca
se d
la ge
volumes
of
wate
i to
al eady
vul e able
mou tai
te ai ,
i c easi g
dow st eam
flows.The
gove me t
also
flagged
mo ai e
i stability
as
a
facto
behi d
off-seaso
slope
failu es
a d
heavy
u off.
Mo ai es
a e
deposits
of
loose
ock,
soil
a d
othe
deb is
left
behi d
by
glacie s,
which
ca
become
u stable
a d
t igge
slope
failu es
a d
the
moveme t
of
wate
a d
deb is.