Sparse vegetation and loose soils are characteristic of upper Kinnaur and Spiti regions of the Satluj valley. The area is increasingly sensitive to climatic changes and human interventions. Extreme rains that devastated Uttarakhand this June left its imprint on neighbouring Himachal Pradesh as well. This photo feature documents the impact of the June calamity in areas where heavy construction was or is under way, be it roads or tunnelling, and the resultant destabilisation of slopes and deforestation that caused massive landslides…
PHOTO GALLERY PUBLISHED IN DOWN TO EARTH, October 2013
Photographs: Sumit Mahar, member of Himachal based Himdhara Environment Research and Action Collective
