High-altitude laboratory to be built at Dugtu village near Panchachuli

Almora: The GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development is setting up a high-altitude high-tech laboratory at Dugtu village near Panchachuli range. Scientists of the institute have said that there are only a handful of such laboratories in the country with such facilities.

A senior scientist of the institute Kireet Kumar said, "This lab will have a number of sophisticated facilities which are available only in a few high-altitude laboratories in the country. Latest equipment related to the measuring of weather, carbon dioxide, water hydrology and glaciology, among others, will be installed here. Besides, research equipment related to all climatic parameters will also be made available.”

This laboratory is being funded by the National Mission on Himalayan Studies, a scheme of the ministry of environment, forest and climate change. According to the official, a budget of nearly Rs 3 crore has been allotted for the laboratory.

"With this facility, along with the institute's personal researches, scientists and institutions all over the world will be benefited.”

Since the laboratory is being built near the glacier, it can closely observe climate change and global warming.


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