Krity Shrestha is Knowledge Officer at Practical Action, South Asia Regional Office. She has been working in the sector of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction for the past 10 years.
A study conducted in the Himalayan towns of Singtam, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Devprayag and Mussoorie exposes the effect of haphazard urbanisation, poor water management and climate change on water resources.