The latest warnings from scientists studying the Himalayan region confirm what communities from Uttarakhand to Arunachal have been saying for years: our glaciers are dying, and the crisis is accelerating. The new research shows that rampant air pollution—much of it from coal, diesel, construction dust, and unchecked industrial activity—combined with a rapidly warming climate, is eroding India’s most critical freshwater source. This disaster is not “natural”; it is driven by man-made emissions, decades of deregulation, and governments that bend to corporate greed rather than protect fragile mountain ecosystems. As glaciers shrink, India faces worsening water shortages, unstable rivers, flash floods, and long-term threats to agriculture and hydropower. Yet policy continues to prioritise highways, tunnels, mines, and big-ticket projects in the Himalayas, deepening the danger. The climate crisis is a political crisis — and India cannot afford more delay or denial.
India’s Himalayan Glaciers Are Melting Faster — Pollution and Climate Chaos Fuel the Collapse
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