Question

45. Consider the following statements –
1. Himansh is India’s remote and high altitude research station situated above 13500 feet at a remote region in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.
2. National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences is the executing agency.
3. The on-going initiatives by NCAOR would contribute to the integrated study the glaciers in the upper Indus basin (Chandra basin) in Himachal Pradesh and their contribution to discharge.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

• A. Only 1
• B. Only 2 and 3
• C. Only 1 and 3
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of the above

National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences has established a high altitude research station in Himalaya called HIMANSH, situated above 13,500 ft (> 4000 m) at a remote region in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The station houses many instruments to quantify the glacier melting and its relation to changing climate. Further, the researchers would be using this as a base for undertaking surveys using Terrestrial Laser Scanners (TLS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) that would digitize the glacier motion and snow cover variations with exceptional precision. According to the UN data, the contribution of snow/glacier melt in annual stream runoff is substantially higher (>40%) in Indus basin as compared to Ganga and Brahmaputra basins (<10%).