The sleepy town of Uttarkashi on the banks of River Bhagirathi had to face the wrath of deforestation in a quake prone zone right around the time we were training at Advanced base camp. A huge chunk of Varunavrat broke off after a long spell of rain and thunderstorm. Luckily there were no casualties and minimal damage to property. Some of the people had taken precautionary measures as this area was declared "dangerous" by seismologists and other natural scientists esp. after the devastating earthquake of 1992 which took lives of thousands of innocent people. The earthquake has reportedly left many cracks in the hills around this area making them vulnerable to landslides.
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