Eco India: Is traditional building the path to eco-harmony in the Himalayas?

This matter urgently needs to be addressed, have been visiting shimla since childhood but the way these new building has changed the place it definitely isn't for good. We need more sustainable buildings & less of these eyesores that are not even built well & are dangerous. Some amazing form of work from these local boys👍👍. Would appreciate if you can share their details here please.

Hope more and more people follow this eco friendly approach for home building.thanks

We need to urgently formulate laws concerning new constructions/dams in all Himalayan states. There's a reason why ancient structures from JK to AR have withstood centuries of floods, landslides and tectonic activities. Even if they failed, they did in a way where human loss was minimized.

V encouraging to see design that is sustainable, resilient, beautiful, comfortable, and affordable!
May the call for big picture planning be taken seriously -- sometimes it's not the construction of the houses, it's where they were located and damage done to the environment, such as disruption of natural waterways.
Keep up this excellent reporting!

Very greatest work . The artisan doing work is very hardworking 😊❤

Succha lovely voice ❤️👌🏼 I can just say Building Homes is succha Art. Hats off to the Hardwork. Respect 🦋

😮😮😮 o aaro 😮😮😮😮wah wah 🎉🎉🎉🎉

it's amazing experience

Seems like we do not deserve these mountain..

Concrete is the biggest land polluter in the world. It also destroyed native architecture and damaged the climate making it much warmer.

hello very interesting ... i want to build one such small home in Sural Bhatori ... can you guys help me pls

Yes now moderate the hidden traditional methode.

"Nothing wrong with a material" that is made by smashing up the Himalayas into dust and heating it to extraordinary temperatures? We need the Himalayas to attract clouds and bring the monsoon. The monsoon is drying up extremely fast. As long as we desertify ourselves according to Abrahamic ideologies of "the more you desertify and tar yourself, the richer you become," the more we're going to starve. The World Bank is aiming to turn the subcontinent into a place where skeletons litter the Sahara that was once the Himalayas.
Besides, the cement just crumbles after months. You can see big chunks of it coming off from even the most fabulously expensive building.