Debunking the myth of a ‘natural’ disaster in HP
Disasters in Himachal Pradesh have become a "concrete" reality. The business goes on.
Updated At : 07:04 AM Jul 02, 2025 IST
Perilous: Unregulated construction has become a sure shot recipe for disaster. PTI
MONSOON may be good news for the rest of India, but for Himachal of late, it mostly brings in bad news. Flash floods, cloudbursts, landslides have become an ugly pattern – a déjà vu moment over and over again. To add to it, is the disturbingly deliberate apathy. A twist of sad irony is palpable on the website of the HP State Disaster Management Authority which has for long been proclaiming a pretentious advice on the home page, “If we don't learn from the tragedies of the past, we are cursed to repeat them in the future.”
