Tag: ecological crisis

This year’s devastating Himachal floods have uncovered a massive timber smuggling racket, with visuals of the Ravi River in Chamba choked by felled logs exposing rampant illegal logging. Experts warn that collusion between forest mafias and unchecked development has stripped hillsides, worsening landslides and floods. With 156 lives lost and over 820 roads blocked, the disaster highlights how deforestation and climate change are pushing Himachal toward ecological collapse. Environmentalists demand urgent action, strict enforcement, and reforestation to prevent the state from “vanishing in thin air.”