As Winter Fires Burned Uttarakhand, This Father–Daughter Duo Planted 70000 Trees for the Himalayas

For five days, Uttarakhand was on fire. Not during peak summer. Not during a heatwave. But in winter, when the mountains are meant to slow down, cool the air, and settle into stillness. Instead, forests burned where snow should have rested. Ash floated through the air and settled on roofs and roads, replacing what once arrived as soft snowfall. The land looked dry and exposed, stripped of the moisture that usually protects it through the colder months. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Better India (@thebetterindia) This winter, Uttarakhand reported 1,600 forest fires. Snowfa...