This photo feature documents some of the dams and hydroelectric projects on the Beas river and the kind of destruction these have caused. The Beas river with a length of 470 kms, flows from Rohtang in Manali to meet the Satluj river in Punjab has an indentified hydropower potential of close to 6000 MW. To […]
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 […]