The mountains are heating up more rapidly than the plain in the state and the difference between the different seasons of the state is also disappearing. State of the Environment report released for the first time states that the change in the weather in the state is now showing an effect. According to the report released by the State Environmental Pollution Control Board in association with Pantnagar Agricultural University, the temperature started rising in the state since 1990 and it continues continuously. Vishnu Priya tree, which has a history of several hundred years, Chinese cannon shells could not even touch it, it has risen 0.46 degrees in the last hundred years. According to the report, the average annual temperature of the hill districts has increased from 0.58 to 0.41 degree centigrade. In contrast, in Haridwar this increase has been recorded to be 0.34. It is also a matter of concern for the state that the rains are now decreasing. In the last years, the rainfall in the state has decreased by 13.5 cm. It has been found that the rain in the mountainous districts of the state is continuously decreasing. Not only this, the difference between seasons in the state is also disappearing. The rain is decreasing during the rainy season and the winters are decreasing now. According to the report, the effect of this change may emerge more rapidly in the coming time.

Ice and glacier
According to the report, due to global warming, glaciers are melting rapidly and due to this, glacier lakes are also being formed. It is also affecting the rivers. The length of the Kosi tributaries in the Kosi watershed area was about 225 kilometers, which has now reduced to 41 kilometers.

Vanagni is harming biodiversity
It has been accepted in the report that the state is very fortunate in terms of biodiversity, but forest fires are causing great harm to this biodiversity. It has also been found that most of the fires are man-made and pine forests are more vulnerable to it.

Question on big dams
The Pancheshwar dam will affect 193 varieties of trees and medicinal plants, 43 types of mammals, about 70 types of birds, 47 types of butterflies and 30 types of fish. Similarly, Tehri Dam has also been affected.

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