Himalayas

Himalayas

Members of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) tend to people rescued after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam, in Chormi village in Tapovan in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Rescuers search for 125 missing in Himalayas, many believed trapped in tunnel after glacier burst

Rescue workers were focused on a 2.5 km (1.5 miles) long tunnel where workers were believed trapped

Ligen Eliyas, an excavator operator for the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), takes a break in his work at a highway construction site in the Ladakh region, India, September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

High road at Chilling: India builds Himalayan bridges and highways to match China

Conquering the Himalayas in winter!

Conquering the Himalayas in winter!

Photo: Collected

Grass found growing around Everest as warming climate melts ice

Caption: Naga Sadhus or Hindu holy men take a dip during the first "Shahi Snan" (grand bath) at "Kumbh Mela" at the confluence of the river Ganges, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India, January 15, 2019. Photo: REUTERS

Why is Maa Ganga shackled at Farakka?