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Experts said- reduction in snowfall will affect 65% of India’s share.
Now the Himalayas have also started affecting global warming. The mountain ranges of the Hindkush Himalayan received less than normal for the third consecutive year. Apart from this, the time of seasonal snow on the Himalayas has also decreased by 23.6%, which is the lowest in the last 23 years.
The International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) institution has revealed this in its recent report. According to Experts, a decrease in snowfall will affect 65% of India’s share. This part is associated with rivers like Ganga, Yamuna.
Rivers will dry up due to melting Himalayas: Experts Environmentalist Dr. Anil Prakash Joshi explains that the sources of rivers like Ganga, Yamuna, Indus and Brahmaputra are sources glaciers. Due to reduced snowfall, water will be reduced in these rivers. The water of these rivers is used in farming, drinking and industries. This will affect the lives of people.
Water crisis will be done in many countries of Asia not only India Low snowfall will affect not only India and Pakistan but also Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Nepal. According to the report, there is a threat of water crisis for about 200 million people living around the 12 rivers originating from the Hindkush Himalayan range.
The gray-clal part in the map is the Hindkush Himalayan range. It extends 3500 km in 8 countries.
Snowfall started in late January this year, ice fell less than average Sher Mohammed, who is associated with the report, says that snowfall did not begin till the end of January this year. The entire cold weather received less than average snowfall. Even many countries of the Hindkush Himalayas have already issued a warning of drought.
The report reported that, half-long South-East Asia’s two longest rivers Mekong and Salveen, which provide water to China and Myanmar, have melted half the snow of their glaciers.
Hindkush ranges spread in 8 countries Experts states that the Hindkush Himalayan ranges have spread in 8 countries from Afghanistan to Myanmar. It extends 3500 km in Asia and its glacier is an important source of fresh water for about 200 million people. In such a situation, the continuous reduction of snowfall here is dangerous.
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