Impact of Kedarnath Flood Tragedy on Ecological and Socio-Economic Setup: A Geographical Study

The Himalayan region witnesses to devastating phenomena like floods, landslides, earthquakes, cloud bursts, and glacial lake outbursts. Uttarakhand, which is a part of the North-Western Himalayan region, got a horrific hydro-meteorological incident in June 2013. The outbreak of this disaster in the Hindu pilgrimage site was found to be of a huge amount. This catastrophic incident had a very terrible impact, thousands of people and animals succumbed to this devastating flood. Major cause for Kedarnath flood tragedy were recorded anthropogenic activities and unfavorable geographical conditions which were responsible for the flash flood, ecological damage, loss of living beings and socioeconomic setup of human life in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand