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One year after Dharali: The growing cost of building in a fragile Himalaya

A year after the Dharali disaster, the reconstructed road leading to Gangotri has been shifted a few metres away from the banks of the Bhagirathi river. The market, once bustling with tourists during the yatra season, now wears a lifeless look. Most shops and houses still remain buried under debris.…

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Himalayan flash floods: climate change worsens them, but poor planning makes them deadly

On August 5, a cloudburst near the Kheer Ganga river triggered a flash flood that tore through Dharali, a village in the Indian Himalayas. Within minutes, the river swelled with water, mud and debris, sweeping away homes, roads and lives.

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Crossing rivers, climbing mountains: The story behind the Dharali stories

Disasters in the Himalayas rarely give warnings, only images. The first ones from Dharali arrived on my screen on August 5 – a massive flood smothering a hillside. As a reporter, I knew I had to reach the spot. But Dharali was more than 500 kilometres away, and the last…

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‘The people of Uttarakhand and Himachal want roads, not landslides’

This year, the onset of monsoon in India was under unusual circumstances. The country saw its highest ever rainfall in the month of May. The official onset of monsoon was declared over the hill states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand around June 20 and monsoon covered the entire country by…

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‘Bookings cancelled, no gas, stocks over’: Dharali villages struggle for food, fuel and survival

The disaster in Dharali has left the region cut off. With no road connectivity, the supply of essential goods has ground to a halt. Shopkeepers, hoteliers, dhaba owners, and transporters – whose livelihoods depend on the steady flow of visitors and supplies – now face crippling losses.

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Inside Dharali’s disaster zone: The full story of destruction, ‘100 missing’, and official apathy

The flood in Dharali, Uttarkashi, is among the most devastating disasters to hit India in the past decade. On August 5, a sudden surge in the Khirganga river unleashed torrents of water, rocks, trees, and mud, destroying over 80 hotels, the local market, and a large stretch of the Gangotri…

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Flood came 6 times: The brothers who recorded the Dharali viral video

The first images of the recent disaster in Dharali, Uttarakhand, came from two brothers in the village, Sumit and Manmohan. Filming from their rooftop, they captured scenes that would become the earliest visuals to reach social media and newsrooms.

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Dharali, 8 days on: Buried homes, ‘60 missing’, roads gone

Eight days after disaster struck, Dharali remains cut off. Road connectivity is still not restored, and according to locals, around 60 people are still missing – most of them labourers from Bihar, Jharkhand, and Nepal. Rescue work continues, but with no success in finding survivors or the dead. Only one…

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Reaching Dharali means climbing mountains and crossing a disaster

A week after flash floods devastated Dharali in Uttarkashi’s Harsil valley, the destruction is still everywhere you look. Villages remain cut off, roads have vanished, and bridges lie twisted in the river.

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Uttarkashi floods: Locals still stranded in Dharali, allege tourists prioritised in rescue operations

Four days after the flash floods tore through Uttarakhand, the Dharali area is still completely cut off from the road. Phone lines were down till Friday evening. The constant helicopter movement gives the impression of large-scale rescue efforts, but locals say the reality is different. They allege that only tourists…

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Uttarakhand disaster: Why experts say it was not a cloudburst

Four days after flash floods wreaked havoc in the Dharali area of Uttarkashi, the cause of the incident remains elusive.

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'Papa, We Won't Survive': Teen's Final Message Before Deadly Uttarkashi Flash Flood

A teenage boy sent a heartbreaking final message to his father before flash floods swept through Uttarkashi's Dharali village. Dozens remain missing.

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Uttarkashi: No power, no calls, families anxious for news of the missing

Days after the flash floods in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi region, many families remain incommunicado with mobile networks and power supply affected in Harsil, Dharali and Gangotri areas.

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5 dead, 50 missing: Uttarkashi floods expose cracks in Himalayan planning

At least five people have died and 50 are feared missing in Dharali village of Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district, which was hit by flash floods on Tuesday due to cloudbursts.

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