Eco-disaster-Fury of flash floods

Eco-catastrophe here is caused by stone mining on river beds and 680 hydel projects which have unleashed vast fury of floods.Man-made disasters cause heavy loss of lives and property, this in one of the biggest in India's recent history.Disaster struck in the state of Uttrakhand as holy places were destroyed by fury of flood waters. Too many hydel projects in the upper part of the rivers had caused this. As many dams were constructed without environmental assessments, this was bound to happen. Nature has shown that it can destroy badly planned man-made infrastructures in a minute. Due to deforestation, soil had become very loose and landslides were highly probable. With a first heavy rainfall of the monsoon season, top soil on the hills were washed away and deposited in the valleys. These valleys had not experienced floods before. When rainwater was blocked passage by newer dams and hydel projects, it had to take another passage down the mountains, and it had flooded the valleys which had never had a river passing through them. Now there are a river ways have been charted by the floods. Over enthusiastic dam builders had needed advice of geologists.Soil mechanics was never considered while constructing dams. Tourism sprawl had led to construction of several multistory hotels on hill sides.People had made settlements in banks without giving the river the space to expand (rivers swell in monsoons) Riparian zones were never respected. Now they will be respected, as a lesson in geology has been taught.
It is very sad that holy places like Kedarnath had been badly affected. The tall holy temple is buried half way by mud and sediments. We worship the glaciers, 'Gangotri' and 'Yamunotri', from which our holy river, Ganges starts. We have built sacred temples here. We worship nature and the mountains (holy mountains which gives us these rivers) but we had forgotten to take care of our mountains. Deforestation has caused this eco-catastrophe. We will learn now, 40 landslides have destroyed the roadways here. Thousands of homes and hotels have been reduced to ruins.Thousands are stranded and hundreds have died..Himalayas- abode of Lord Shiva we pray will not show such fury again...