Question

What were the main factors that aggravated the kedarnath flash flood disaster ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Aggravating the devastation were two downpours of water and rocks from the higher mountain ranges, in all probability caused by glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs), which deluged the Kedarnath temple, a major Hindu pilgrimage centre.

Answer 2

Most of the destruction at Kedarnath was caused by a sudden rapid melting of ice and snow on the Kedarnath Mountain. There were many reasons that had aggravated the Kedarnath flash flood disaster ​

Explanation:

• The communication system was inadequate.
• A lack of trained medical staff at hospitals.  
• Based on weather conditions, the Department of Meteorology of India (IMD) has issued precautionary warnings in Uttarakhand about the extreme weather conditions before flashing flood. however, no proper action was taken
• The state did not have a proper action plan had a disaster had struck.
• One of the main reasons for increasing the destruction was the unabated construction of dams.
• With the continuous increase in tourism flows, the government has resorted to extending roads to take in tourist inflows, leading them to other detrimental issues, including heavy traffic and road blocks.
• Given the fragility of these mountains, Himalayas is the youngest in the world with extremely poor soil stability and roads would routinely cave in or get washed away during monsoons
• The emerging tourism industry attracted the land sharks and built multi-story hotels that violated all environmental standards. In this environmentally sensitive area in recent years, thousands of such tourists and hotels have mushroomed.
• Some of these hotels have been constructed on the banks of several small and large rivers to give the tourist an untouchable view of the river flowing in the valley. Therefore, when floods had struck the valley, several of these hotels had got swept away and also the people staying in them