Kedarnath Tragedy

Kedarnath tragedy should act as an eye opener both for ‘development’ seekers as also for the  disaster management people. Any human activity divorced from the ecological needs of the area is surely going to hit back, sooner or later. Let us not make our future generations suffer because of our myopic and selfish approach to development.

The catchment behind Kedarnath. Photo taken on 25 May 2010

The catchment behind Kedarnath. Photo taken from the helipad on  25 May 2010

The lane having shops on both sides leading to the Kedarnath temple

The narrow lane having shops on both sides leading to the Kedarnath temple. Photo – 25 May 2010. All these structures are gone and just rubbles exist on this area today.

 

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Ankita

I am a law graduate from ILS, Pune and a PGD in Mass Communications from XIC, Mumbai.

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