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30 September 2026 · National and international edition

Uttarakhand's First Glacial-Lake Early Warning System at Vasundhara Tal: From Mapping GLOF Risk to Real-Time Monitoring

  • Geography & Disasters
  • GS-I, GS-III
  • Amar Ujalareported it
  • GLOF
  • Glacial Lakes
  • Early Warning System
  • NDMA
  • Uttarakhand
  • Himalaya
  • Disaster Management
  • Sendai Framework

Why it is in the news

On 29 September 2026, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan flagged off a scientific team to install the State's first early warning system for a glacial lake, at Vasundhara Tal (also written Vasudhara Tal) in Chamoli district. Experts from CSIR–Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee and the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun will work from 29 September to 15 October, backed by the SDRF, NDRF and ITBP.

The exam angle

Issue: Can India move from mapping glacial-lake hazards to warning people in time, in terrain where a lake can empty within minutes?

Written for APPSC Group 1, TGPSC Group 1 and UPSC Civil Services. More from 30 September 2026 or all current affairs.

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