Uttarakhand: Paradise Lost as Hotels, Taxis Run by Locals Badly Affected,….. by Anupam Trivedi
The rains and cloudbursts of June 16 caused unimaginable damage to the northern hill-state. People died in thousands, entire villages were swept away and even the shrines could not escape devastation. The calamity also crushed the backbone of the state’s economy — tourism — leaving thousands of locals like Tiwari, who are dependent on this … Read more