State Pulse, Central Chronicle, July 11, 2008 Tapping energy or sapping the Himalayas – report by Chandi Prasad Bhatt, eminent activist and environmentalist A series of dams are being planned on the Ganga between the Gangotri glacier and Uttarkashi to generate hydropower. The government has…
With their many dams and tunnels, hydel projects along the Ganga’s upper reaches are choking it out of existence. A stir is on. Anjali Suri Outlook India, June 30, 2008 There are times when, even in a country of over one billion people, it takes…
Dehradun, June 21 (IANS) Noted environmentalist G.D. Agarwal and fellow activists, on a hunger strike since June 13 to protest construction of dams on the river Ganga, had to wind up their agitation Saturday evening after a crowd of 400 people shouted slogans against them.…
Business Standard, Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/Dehra Dun June 20, 2008, 0:55 IST The Uttarakhand government today decided to stave off the construction of its two major hydel projects — 480 Mw Pala Maneri and 400 Mw Bhairon Ghati — on the Bhagirathi river. The decision…
Mega dams. Crumbling mountains. Collapsing villages. India’s mightiest river is being chained to kilometres of man-made tunnels. TUSHA MITTAL travels upto Gangotri, tracking a disaster in the making. [more]
Steel Guru, June 16, 2008 As the save Bhagirathi campaign gathers momentum with Mr GD Agrawal, a top environmentalist, beginning his fast unto death, the Uttarakhand government said that it is not in favor of constructing big hydel projects. A state government spokesman said that…
Press Trust Of India Dehra Dun, June 11, 2008 Amid mounting protests against hydel projects on Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand, twenty women social activists were held on Wednesday for allegedly trying to disrupt a rally of Chief Minister BC Khanduri in the hill town of…
In another ludicrous blow to free speech and civil liberties, a group of European and American tourists have been told to leave the country because of their participation in Tibet protests in Uttarakhand. From the persecution of journalist Prashant Rahi to the inhuman imprisonment of…
Shishir Prashant / Dehra Dun Business Standard, May 28, 2008, 0:10 IST Will the Bhagirathi river lose its identity following the construction of scores of hydel projects on it? It’s a million-dollar question haunting the Uttarakhand government in the face of mounting protests from environmentalists,…
Harish Chandola Mainstream, Vol XLVI, No 19, Sunday 27 April 2008 The Uttarakhand government is acquiring land all over the State for building, expanding and renewing 98 hydropower projects. With this large-scale activity it seeks to make the State a major powerhouse. Most of these…