New Delhi, Sep 23 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Himachal Pradesh government whether it had a “climate change policy" aside from asking it to explain its disaster management plans and hydroelectric projects to deal with the issue of fragile ecological system in the state.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said the current monsoon season saw unprecedented rain “causing havoc" in the state’s fragile ecosystem while resulting in widespread damage to life and property.

“Evidently, the state of Himachal Pradesh and for that matter, all the states in the Himalayan region are facing a serious existential crisis," it added.

The bench was acting in a suo motu case relating to the ecology and environmental conditions in the state.

Senior advocate K Parameshwar, t

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