{"id":224198,"date":"2023-01-30T18:59:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=224198"},"modified":"2023-02-25T11:54:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T06:24:58","slug":"build-but-smartly-infra-along-lac-is-strategically-vital-but-joshimath-shows-why-projects-must-respect-mountain-ecology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/build-but-smartly-infra-along-lac-is-strategically-vital-but-joshimath-shows-why-projects-must-respect-mountain-ecology\/","title":{"rendered":"Build, But Smartly – Infra along LAC is strategically vital. But Joshimath shows why projects must respect mountain ecology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article \u201cBuild, But Smartly – Infra along LAC is strategically vital. But Joshimath shows why projects must respect mountain ecology\u201d <\/strong>published in The Times of India <\/b>on 30<\/strong>th January 2023<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 3 \u2013 Disaster and disaster management.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About the infrastructure construction across LAC.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: India is finally ramping up infrastructure development across LAC.<\/p>\n

About India’s infrastructure construction across LAC<\/h2>\n

Ever since Galwan in 2020, there has been an extra urgency to bridge the gap in infrastructure between the Indian and Chinese sides.<\/p>\n

The government amended the Environment Impact Assessment Rules last year that exempt highway projects of strategic and defence importance that are 100 km from the borders from obtaining environmental clearance.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s construction of a 135 km road connecting Chushul and Demchok in eastern Ladakh should be one among other projects in that strategically important area and BRO must meet the two-year construction deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: Joshimath Crisis: Causes and Solutions \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What are the environmental concerns associated with infrastructure construction across LAC?<\/h2>\n

a)<\/strong> unsustainable construction, industries and tourism can bring catastrophic consequences to the fragile zone, b)<\/strong>\u00a0 Studies by Kashmir University and other organisations show that glaciers in the Leh-Ladakh region will deplete by two-thirds unless conservation efforts are stepped up, c)<\/strong> The glaciers in the regions are already melting faster than expected due to construction of highways and human activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must read:\u00a0Land subsidence: PMO reviews situation in \u2018sinking\u2019 Joshimath town<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What should be done while creating infrastructure construction across LAC?<\/h2>\n

a)<\/strong> Strict protocols need to be worked out to ensure even strategic projects in sensitive regions have the least impact on the environment, b)<\/strong> The Joshimath crisis forced Indian troops stationed in the area to move to a different location. Therefore, infrastructure construction along LAC needs to be carefully planned and executed, not just for the environment but to ensure the projects\u2019 own longevity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cBuild, But Smartly – Infra along LAC is strategically vital. But Joshimath shows why projects must respect mountain ecology\u201d published in The Times of India on 30th January 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Disaster and disaster management. Relevance: About the infrastructure construction across LAC. News: India is… Continue reading Build, But Smartly – Infra along LAC is strategically vital. But Joshimath shows why projects must respect mountain ecology<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[216,10496],"class_list":["post-224198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704918993},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}