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The Supreme Court has ordered the Himachal Pradesh government to submit detailed reports on the state's fragile ecology. The order was passed on Tuesday, in a Suo Motu case initiated by the court after this year's unprecedented monsoon rains that have claimed nearly 450 lives. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta observed that the state, and the Himalayan region as a whole, were experiencing a "serious existential crisis" as unchecked development activities are worsening natural vulnerabilities.

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Amicus curiae appointed to assist court

In the previous hearing, the court stated that "humans, not nature," are behind recurring landslides and other disasters due to hydropower projects and deforestation. The CJI-led panel also took cognizance of

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