STH activities (15/16Jan2015) : Focus on Chibo-Pashyor region of Kalimpong

 

Chibo - Pashyor region located in the south-western tip of the Kalimpong town ridge-line consist of a number of villages and overlooking these areas are the urban settlements on the southern tip of Kalimpong town.
Due to a number of reasons, anthropogenic interference being one of them, this area has had a severe landslide problem for many decades now -
with virtually nothing being done to mitigate or otherwise control the instability of the area. Over the years, STH has highlighted (1,2 and more) the plight of this village to innumerable people including scientists, students, media people and politicians to say the least.
On 15Jan2015, STH had approx 17 students and 2 lecturers from Colby College (USA), visiting the area after an hours talk by the undersigned on 'Critical Environmental issues facing the Himalayas'. The landslide tour was conducted by Mr Subhas Lepcha, a person who belongs to Chibo village.
On 16Jan2015, STH accompanied two officials from Geological Survey of India for a tour of the affected areas.

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

Upcoming events : UGC sponsored Seminar on 'Applications of Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Development' (13-14Feb2015)

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH stormwatch (31Dec2014) : Update on well marked Low Pressure Area in Bay of Bengal

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH Stormwatch (27Dec2014) : Reporting a well marked low in south Bay of Bengal

The well marked low pressure is expected to intensify into a depression in the next 48hrs

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

Upcoming event : A discourse on 'Water'; venue Park Hotel, Kalimpong, 23Dec2014

The event is being organized by Wageningen University, The Netherlands and Sikkim University

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

Event of Interest : Colloquium on 'Climate Change and Mountain Communities: Awareness and Adaptation Practices' (14-15Dec2014) at Mirik (Darjeeling district)

STH is participating on Day 2.

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH activities : At St Paul's School (20Nov2014) and the Mock Drill in Darjeeling (26Nov2014)

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling.

STH seminar on 'Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction' : 14Nov2014

                       

We would like to thank all those who travelled from distant shores and across rivers and valleys to attend our seminar - thanks to them the seminar went off wonderfully well.

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH Stormwatch (11Nov2014) : Reporting a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal

Updates will be posted as necessary

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH Stormwatch (08Nov2014) : Limitations of human knowledge, the depression fizzles out

Having almost, well, a jihadi belief in the predictions of meteorological science, it is scary to think their forecasts could also go wrong.
So it is good the storm weakened (and became a low pressure instead of blossoming into a full blown cyclone as predicted) but what if the forecast had gone awry and the depression had become a Very Severe Cyclone in a lesser time than forecast?
Scary!

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling