Notice: STH blog resumes in Feb2019

It is with regret that I wish to announce that we were unable to continue the SaveTheHills (STH) blog after April 2018, having done so for almost 10years since STH was established in Sep2007.
The reason:-

• In our experience, STH has found that other social media platforms are today more efficient and 'user friendly' to disburse warnings and information.
• While blogging may have once been a wonderful tool, today STH operates a WhatsApp (WA) group called 'Hazard Alerts' (HA) which is a much more effective way of disbursing information and warnings.
• WA along with other platforms like FaceBook reaches out to wider audiences and very quickly while the blog maybe restricted to the more serious reader and for preserving data and historical facts.
  
  However, since all of STH history and some useful data is published in the blog, STH will again start re-publishing the blog while apologizing for the break.
  
  Having completed updating rainfall records from April2018 toJan 2019 we will now record significant events which were undertaken by us and our partners in 2018 - much of which was about raising awareness on DRR and environmental issues of the region
  
  
  Praful Rao,
  Kalimpong district,
  Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalaya

Rainfall data of Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya (Post Monsoons 2018 and Winter 2019)

Post-Monsoon (Oct-Dec2018)
During the post -monsoon period (2018), there was an almost abrupt halt in the rains in Darjeeling-Sikkim - with the exception of North Sikkim.

Our records:

Oct 2018 rainfall
Kalimpong: 16.1mm
Mangan (North Sikkim): 157mm

Nov2018 rainfall 
Kalimpong: NIL
Mangan (North Sikkim): 61mm

Dec 2018 rainfall 
Kalimpong: 22.8mm
Mangan (North Sikkim): 16mm

Winter (Jan-Feb2019)

Jan2019
Kalimpong: NIL
Mangan (North Sikkim):19mm

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong district,
Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya

 

Monsoon 2018 synopsis

Monsoon 2018 report is here

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong district,
Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya

Rainfall data of Darjeeling -Sikkim Himalaya (Sep2018)

Praful Rao
Kalimpong district,
Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya

Rainfall data of Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalaya (Aug2018)

Even as we went deficient in rainfall in Aug2018, two states which experienced extreme rainfall were Himachal Pradesh and Kerala . Spot rainfall data showing the extraordinary amounts of rain received in the states are shown above.

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong district
Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya

Rainfall data of Darjeeling Sikkim Himalayas (July2018)

Most of the images / charts were was published in the STH What's App group (Hazard Alerts) in July2018 when rainfall peaks during the summer monsoons.
As can be seen we were running deficient in rainfall

Praful Rao
Kalimopng district,
Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya

Rainfall data of Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalayas (Jun2018)

Praful Rao
Kalimpong District,
Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya

Rainfall data Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya (April/May2018)

April2018

May2018

• We could not obtain Sikkim rainfall data after April2018
• Both Sikkim and SHWB (Sub Himalayan WB) were running deficient in rainfall in the entire pre-monsoon period.
  Praful Rao,
  Kalimpong district,
  Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalaya

Notice and Regrets

It is with regret that I wish to announce that we were unable to continue the SaveTheHills (STH) blog after April 2018, having done so for almost 10years since STH was established in Sep2007.
The reason:-

• In our experience, STH has found that other social media platforms are today more efficient and 'user friendly' to disburse warnings and information.
• While blogging may have once been a wonderful tool, today STH operates a WhatsApp (WA) group called 'Hazard Alerts' (HA) which is a much more effective way of disbursing information and warnings.
• WA along with other platforms like FaceBook reaches out to wider audiences and very quickly while the blog maybe restricted to the more serious reader and for preserving data and historical facts.
  
  However, since all of STH history and some useful data is published in the blog, STH will again start re-publishing the blog while apologizing for the break.
  
  Firstly, we will publish the available rainfall and other records of this region and then significant events which were undertaken by us and our partners during the past in 2018.
  
  
  Praful Rao,
  Kalimpong district,
  Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalaya

SaveThePlanet not only STH : A CNN talk on 'PLASTICS'

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong district,
Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalaya