https://www.scmp.com/rss/508833/feed Kabir Agarwal is an independent journalist from India who writes on climate change, business and the economy. In 2018, he was awarded the Red Ink Award for excellence in journalism en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Sangram Singh was standing close to a hydroelectric power project in the higher Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand when disaster struck. “I heard a very loud sound – like a blast. I saw wires trembling around us. Within seconds, a devastating flood was upon us and it uprooted everything in its path,” he recalled. Ten metres downhill from where Singh stood, his fellow workers were washed away by the water and debris. The power project too was destroyed. “I was saved by God’s grace. The... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3121163/was-climate-change-blame-indias-glacier-flood-disaster?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3121163/was-climate-change-blame-indias-glacier-flood-disaster?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:16:26 +0000