Shimla, Aug. 30 -- Having faced disaster for the last three years, Himachal Pradesh calls for setting up a dedicated India-China hotline and an early warning mechanism for the real-time exchange of information on glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in wake of recent Nepal devastation.

Revenue, horticulture and tribal development minister and Kinnaur MLA Jagat Singh Negi has called for the establishment of a dedicated India-China hotline and an early warning mechanism for sudden river blockages and other disasters originating in Tibet.

Negi's Kinnaur constituency shares an international border with Tibet, stressing on making cross-border coordination and the immediate sharing of disaster-related information between countries essential i...