A spoonful of salt, butter

The Ladakhi way to beat the cold

High altitude dams cause low apple yield

Dams are robbing Kinnaur of its big cash crop—apples

A Himalayan Sell Out

Keeping small hydro projects in Himachal out of the purview of no objection certificates means power producers are not accountable

Apples go higher in

Weather does not support traditional sweet varieties in lower regions; sour varieties replace them

Desert healer

Ruhi Kandhari travels to a cold desert in Himachal Pradesh to see how a former bureaucrat is greening it

Drowned in power

Hydropower plants in Himachal Pradesh sell electricity at a loss due to lack of buyers

Caution: pastures ahead

Tree rings hold the key

They are natural archives of yearly waterflow pattern of rivers

Khab dam off hinge

Police fires on Himachal hydel project protestors

Reservoirs losing capacity

Floods hit power projects in Himalayan states; plans for more raise safety concerns

Villagers in Himachal Pradesh block hydel project

Three feared dead as dam bursts in Himachal Pradesh

Two securities guards were reportedly buried in the muck while a local resident was washed away

Himachal farmers start growing pomegranate and cabbage, as apple lines recede due to climate change

The apple growing belt is shifting to higher altitudes and intercropping in apple orchards with vegetable crops as it experiences warmer winters …

Kinnaur's untold story

Kinnaur landslide exposes fragile Himachal landscape again

Increases in the number of construction projects in a sensitive region like the Himalayas would lead to accidents like landslides

Kinnaur landslides: Will the fragile district survive misguided ‘green energy’ projects?

The ecology of Himachal Pradesh’s hydropower hub is too fragile for such projects

Conserving Chitkul: Why the ‘last village of India’ cannot be allowed to drown in plastic

The pristine hamlet has heaps of plastic waste lurking in its inconspicuous corners

On a precipice: Why the Himalayas are crumbling

Reckless construction of hydropower projects has made earthquake-prone Himachal Pradesh more vulnerable to landslides

On thin ice: Less snow, high temperatures have upturned lives in Himalayan cold desert

Ladakh’s Average temperature has increased in last 3 decades while precipitation had reduced; Rainfall has also decreased in Lahaul-…

In Pictures: How climate change is threatening the livelihood of Himalayan shepherds

The rising temperature in the Himalayan region has increased pests and diseases among livestock. This is affecting wool quality, reducing animal …

Cloudburst in Himachal village adjacent to Indo-Tibetan border, heavy losses for farmers

This is the third incident of cloudburst in Himachal this monsoon