The Uttarakhand Sarvodaya Mandal has appealed to the government that keeping in mind the sensitivity of the state towards earthquakes, flashfloods and landslides, the construction of big dams and tunnels be banned immediately. The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the mandal at Kausani in Bageshwar district yesterday.[more]
Ban big dams, tunnels in state, Bahuguna urged
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