Why Government Must Join Hands with Local People to Save Thousands of Threatened Trees near Gangotri by Bharat Dogra https://countercurrents.org/2025/02/why-government-must-join-hands-with-local-people-to-save-thousands-of-threatened-trees-near-gangotri/ Probably the most ecologically sensitive area in India, also known for its great cultural and spiritual heritage, is the Uttarkashi-Gangotri area near the origin of the Ganga River in the Himalayas. This is also close to the Gaumukh glacier. It is of the highest importance to protect trees and other precious vegetation and herbs of this area. Today as thousands of trees are threatened by excessive highway widening in this eco-sensitive zone and local people are raising the demand for saving these trees, the government authorities too must respond by doing all they can to save these trees.