The deadly February 7 flash flood in Uttarakhand should not be blamed on ‘nature’s fury’ alone.
![A aerial view of the Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric project two days after it was damaged by a flash flood, in Uttarakhand, India, Feb 9, 2021 [AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21041167411333-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Associate Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs
The deadly February 7 flash flood in Uttarakhand should not be blamed on ‘nature’s fury’ alone.
![A aerial view of the Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric project two days after it was damaged by a flash flood, in Uttarakhand, India, Feb 9, 2021 [AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21041167411333-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)