As we write this appeal, Prem Singh (name changed for privacy) is in a state of shock.

In the morning of 7 February, he had a conversation with his son, Prakash Singh (name changed for privacy) about getting some biscuits for their family tea shack in the village, on his way back to home.

As usual, Prakash left the home for his job as a contractual labourer with NTPC in the morning.

A few hours later, Prem Singh heard the loud thumping sounds of the river nearby. It was as if an entire mountain had broken, and the ground was trembling reminiscing of the 2013 floods.

Within minutes, the river ferociously swept the village, ramming everything in her way with massive rocks of stone and ice. All this happened within a span of 30 Read more......