NO MAJOR FLOODS IN GARHWAL HIMALAYAS.

            In 1882, The Himalayan Districts of the North Western Provinces of India (Vol. Xll of the Gazetteer,N.W.P.) was published. This was reprinted in 1973 by Cosmo Publications as  The Himalayan Gazetteer in six volume. The author  is Edwin T. Atkinson. Pp. 257-259 of  vol.3, part 1 deal with floods, blights and famines. Here Atkinson observes

            “The hills are never subject to disastrous floods, the drainage channel being sufficientTo carry away all excessive moisture. Here and there in rains damage is sometimes done to small portions of land, but it is never serious. …Draughts also occasionally occur, but as there are high ranges of hills throughout the district which attract the clouds and bring them to the         villages in their vicinity…. 

GOPA JOSHI