India’s Climate Disasters Are Triggering a Silent Mental Health Crisis
By Hridayesh Joshi| 16 Feb. 2026
The second story in CarbonCopy’s series on non-economic loss and damage examines how survivors of climate extremes are grappling with trauma, depression, and anxiety long after the rescue teams leave
Pradeep Panwar’s, 32, life collapsed in a matter of seconds on August 5, last year, when a massive flood and landslide tore through Dharali village in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, killing more than 50 lives. His shop and taxi—his family’s only sources of income—were destroyed.