Tribune News Service, Haridwar, August 2 Though hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand have evoked protests for their negative impact on the ecology, neighbouring Uttar Pradesh government, which has control over several projects in Uttarakhand, seems to be interested in building more such projects to fulfil its…
Read more »By Jyoti Thottam / Pipola Time, Monday, Jul. 19, 2010 In a pine-scented Himalayan valley, Sushila Devi is a reluctant soldier in India’s new war over water. Her village, Pipola, sits just southeast of the Tehri Dam, which bestrides one of the precursors of the…
Read more »Times of India Nitin Sethi, TNN, Jul 16, 2010 NEW DELHI: More than 100 hydroelectric projects planned by the Uttarakhand government are in jeopardy. The Union environment and forests ministry’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has decided not to give forest clearance to any of the…
Read more »Aligarh, Jul 16 (PTI) Environmental groups have written a memorandum to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank drawing his attention to the “brazen defiance” of the timber mafia in the hill state after alleged attempts to murder an activist and his family. President of the…
Read more »Raju Gusain Mail Today, Dehradun, June 26, 2010 Uttarakhand may be the perfect getaway for those wanting to escape the scorching summer. But the state’s chief minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, is feeling the heat even in the cool climes of the hill state. He is…
Read more »Shishir Prashant / Business Standard / Dehra Dun June 25, 2010, 0:45 IST After not finding favours in his home state, Uttarakhand Agriculture Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has now decided to discuss the concept of Special Agriculture Zones (SAZs) with the Centre. With the state…
Read more »D S Kunwar, TNN, Jun 17, 2010 DEHRADUN: Rampant quarrying along rivers — in wilful violation of Supreme Court directives in 2009 — is threatening Uttarakhand’s fragile ecosystem. After the SC directive, the Union environment ministry had set conditions for all states before quarrying along…
Read more »Kumkum Dasgupta, Hindustan Times June 17, 2010 Politicians love photo-ops. So I wasn’t very surprised to see Uttarakhand’s Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal take a dip in the Ganga during the Maha Kumbh and then hold a Cabinet meeting on its banks. He apparently wanted to…
Read more »MAINSTREAM, VOL XLVIII, NO 25, JUNE 12, 2010 The following is a statement issued by participants at a seminar “Social and Environmental Impacts of Hydro Power Projects on Alaknanda and Mandakini Rivers”, HNB Garhwal (Central) University, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand, April 24-25, 2010. We, the undersigned,…
Read more »JP Dabral of Himalayan Chipko Foundation has filed several PILs in Supreme Court of India exposing the misuse of Hak hakook system and the nexus between the forest department officials and the timber mafia. In two such matters the Ministry of Environment & Forests has…
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