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Background
Overview
UPSC covers infrastructure development, environmental impact assessments, disaster management, and India's border challenges. The interplay of development, environment, and geopolitics in sensitive regions is a recurring theme.
Infrastructure development in sensitive border regions, particularly in ecologically fragile areas like the Himalayas, involves constructing roads, dams, and other facilities. While crucial for connectivity and security, such projects often carry significant environmental risks, including deforestation, soil erosion, altered hydrology, and increased disaster vulnerability.