Shimla, Oct. 16 -- In wake of the looming threat of glacial lake outburst, Himachal Pradesh has achieved a significant milestone in strengthening disaster preparedness with the successful field implementation of a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) early warning system at Geepang Gath Glacier, located at an altitude of approximately 4,100 metres.

The Geepang Gath Glacier is located in the Chandra River basin of the western Himalayas in Lahaul and Spiti district.

Special secretary, disaster management, Pushpendra Rana, said the initiative marked an important step towards shifting from reactive disaster response to proactive, science-based risk monitoring and early warning mechanisms in the Himalayan region.

He said the deployment of mon...