Koshi Dam- contd (from another side of the coin)

As per my previous post, i explained the political situation and conditions that swept away many lives in nepal and india.

Now let us see what really happened as the main "cause" of the disaster.

Known as the Himalayan Kingdom (though we dont have a king anymore), Nepal depends on this geography for things like luring tourists, freshwater, herbs, medicines etc. Although Nepal does not emit much of green house gas as compared to developed and industrialized economies, it has been facing several consequences of climate changes. Exploitation of natural resources associated with growing population has led to increasing pollution, declining water quality, land degradation and other environmental problems. Recently there have been many cases of lake bursts in the country. Investigations have reported that as a consequence of melting glaciers, many lakes have grown SIX folds.

Between 2000 and 2005 AD, more than 1314 people have died of various landslides and floods across the country. Hundreds have been misplaced. The UN environment program (UNEP) warned five years ago that 20 big glacial lakes in the country are at risk of glacial floods which would be hazardous to the society in grave ways.

So, if we see, this global warming problem was the root, exacerbated by the dirty politics of two countries and made thousands of lives miserable.