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Dr. Ashim Sattar at the G20 (Y20 Consultation) emphasized the importance of an early warning system to minimize the risks of disasters. Further, he focused on disaster risk reduction & encouraged everyone to take necessary steps towards creating a safer world.

Speaking exclusively to Northeast Live, geoscientist and environmentalist Ashim Sattar, who hails from Assam, said that the South Lhonak Lake in Sikkim, which triggered massive devastation in the Himalayan state, was identified as a hazardous lake by a team of renowned scientists from across the globe in 2019 and 2021 in two separate studies.

Dr. Ashim Sattar at the Y20 Consultation emphasized the importance of an early warning system to minimize the risks of disasters. Further, he focused on disaster risk reduction & encouraged everyone to take the necessary steps towards creating a safer world.

India Today highlights the previous works by Dr. Sattar on South Lhonak Lake Sikkim

In the Sikkim flood’s wake, a trail of hazards lies in waitA GLOF at South Lhonak lake in Sikkim caused 42 deaths. The lake remains a potential hazard due to its size and the melting glacier. Scientists are currently studying the effects of the GLOF and a landslide-dammed lake downstream of the lake. A cloudburst is unlikely to have been the flood’s cause. Instead, climate change and hydroelectric power dams in the lake’s neighbourhood may have contributed to the disaster.

"The Hindu" highlights Dr. Sattar's research on GLOFs in Sikkim

Glacial Lakes Threaten Millions in a Warming WorldA Himalayan lake fed by melting ice just released a devastating flood in northern India. Thousands of other unstable lakes are getting bigger every year.

Featured in 'Wired'

A Calamitous Flood Shows the Dangers Lurking in Melting GlaciersA glacial lake’s overflow swept away more than 100 people in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in India. Climate change is aggravating the threat of such phenomena.

Featured in 'The New York Times'

Sikkim flashfloods: Experts attribute glacial outburst to climate change NEW DELHI: A cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim has triggered a flash flood in the Teesta River basin, killing at least eight people. Nearly 70 others,

Featured in 'The New Indian Express'

Sikkim’s warning to Nepal

Featured in 'Nepali Times'

Featured in 'DownToEarth'

Sikkim: 14 dead, 120 missing, bridges, dams, roads washed away in flash floodThe flash flood washed away the Teesta – III dam at Chunthang, at least six bridges were washed away and the National Highway 10 (NH10) was damaged in multiple areas

Featured in 'Hindustan Times'

Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India#IndiaIceland Three Indian students namely Mr. Ashim Sattar, Ms. Remya S.N. and Ms. Tejal Sudhir Shirsat, (from Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru & Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee) were...

Three Indian students namely Mr. Ashim Sattar, Ms. Remya S.N. and Ms. Tejal Sudhir Shirsat, (from Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru & Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee) were awarded certificates by the former President of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson under the Nehru-Grimsson Fellowship to study one term in the field of Glaciology and Climate Change at the University of Iceland on 3rd May 2018