Dehradun, March 25 -- The Uttarakhand government has formed a "working group" to monitor and mitigate risks posed by sensitive glacial lakes across the ecologically fragile Himalayan region.

The move follows Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's directions to adopt scientific and technology-driven measures to manage potential disasters, particularly Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs).

The working group, formed under the National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Mitigation Programme (NGRMP), will oversee monitoring, risk assessment and mitigation efforts for 13 identified high-risk glacial lakes in Uttarakhand.

Experts and senior geoscientists from multiple institutions, including the Central Building Research Institute, Uttarakhand St...