In a sweeping overhaul of India’s earthquake-risk classification, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has released the country’s updated seismic zonation map, placing the entire Himachal Pradesh in ...
Almost all of India’s Himalayan arc has now been placed in the newly created Zone VI, the highest seismic-hazard category.
Rain doesn't just fall in Himachal. It transforms it. By August, the mountains have drunk deep from the clouds, and what was once rugged brown and dry suddenly breathes again. Valleys shimmer. Pines ...