The valley witnessed landslides earlier too, but their number has increased in recent years, says Santosh Rana, a tour guide operating in the area. The temperatures have risen and snowfall, which provides moisture to the germinating plants, has significantly reduced, he says.
Uttarakhand’s famed Valley of Flowers seems to be losing its floral diversity and density. Changes in weather and flawed conservation policy are the reasons, say experts and residents of nearby villages