Nine-year-old child environmentalist, Licypriya Kangujam, asked for the resignation of Uttarakhand’s Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Ravat over the Uttarakhand disaster, saying ‘Climate change is not an excuse to escape’.
She tweeted, “Uttarakhand disaster is not a tragedy. This is Climate Crisis. Children warned well in advance but our leaders didn’t listened[sic.]. Rapid deforestation, construction of dams in high altitude and climate change leading to this disasters. If adults do not act, children will fix the accountability.”
Indian Forest Service official, Ankit Kumar, tweeted a representation video of the glacial lake outburst of Uttarakhand and identified ‘development pressure’ and ‘climate change’ as potential triggers.
Avinash Kumar, a climate campaigner from Greenpeace…