The Uttarakhand Government has Commissioned Assessments of “Carrying Capacity” of Cities in the Himalayan State to Check Ecological Imbalances, Chief Minister Singh Dhami Said Said Tuesday.
“Carrying Capacity” Refers to the maximum number of independence or specific area can sustainably subport without degrading Natural Resources or Causing Significant Envelope.
A Senior Uttarakhand Government Official Told The Indian express That “Given the Focus of the Chief Minister on Both Ecology and Economy”, The State Government is intent on Aligning its Development policies with the Ecology in the hill state that sees heavy influx of tourists, some. Activities can be ecologically harmful if done in an unplanned manner.
“If the carrying capacity of an ac room is 50, but we pack 100 people in it, the same work well. The same principle applies to all urban spaces – be it cities. KEY CITIES ARE ARE CARRY CARRY CAPACTION, We will see alternative spaces for some. “The Official Said.
The hill state attracts Streams of Tourists Both to Its Hill Stations and Hindu Shrines, with 37 Lakh people visiting these shrines in the summer of 2025. The large numbers of a problem, as the ecology as the same Infrastructure Cannot Cater to Them.
For kanwar yatra, scheduled to take place from July 11-23, Around 3 crore devotees are estimated to visit Haridwar to collect holy from
Add the weekend tourism to nainital and mussoorie, and the problem of overcrowding and traffic snarls, apart from new hotels spring up, has drown attend to where the inflectructure has goter.
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In November 2017, then Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat Had Said Had Said Had Faced 39 Earthquakes in two years Due to Ecological Imbalances and Added This Prevention Was Better Than Crere.
In late 2022 and early 2023, houses in joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli District Began to Develop cracks. The Scenic Town Fced the Geological Phenomenon of Land Subsides, or sinking, which is caused, Among other things, by exceptional extraction of groundwater. Joshimath had seen a lot of construction activities over the decades and the widening of roads, which believed to have led to the crisis.
