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The reality of climate change in our hills

The trends of the past three years in Uttarakhand are proof of a significant alteration in the micro-climate irrespective of whether climate change is real or not, it is not a risk worth taking [more]

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Why Gairsain?

By Nitish Pandey For 50 years they fought for a dream; that of a State meant for the welfare of people staying in hills and when they did get Uttarakhand, their joy was short-lived. Dehra Dun was named the “interim” Capital of Uttarakhand. Throughout the…

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Missing Girls is About Femicide

DEHRADUN, Sep 19, 2011 (IPS) – India has been ranked the fourth most dangerous country in the world for women, but the widespread practice of selectively aborting female foetuses may make it the most hostile to the female gender. In the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand,…

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Commentary: Lt General to the BJP’s rescue?

Interesting and compelling commentary. Talks about the embarrassing and comical upper caste and regional rivalries that have contributed to what Uttarakhand is today, a playground for egos and corrupt politics Aditi Phadnis / Business Standard New Delhi September 17, 2011, 0:56 IST Lt Gen B…

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Banding together, for their rights

Tribal women in Uttarakhand are standing up for their community rights, and resisting the dispossession of their lands by a nexus between powerful landlords and the government machinery. Puja Awasthi reports. 13 August 2011 (India Together) – One morning the pond named Haldubala was gone.…

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A swami and sand mafia

Uttarakhand banned mining along Ganga over and again. Will it obey court order this time? Just a few days before Swami Nigamanand died while on a fast to protest state-sponsored sand mining and stone crushing along the Ganga near Haridwar, the Uttarakhand government ordered a…

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Hell in holy land

Tehelka Magazine, Vol 8, Issue 26, Dated 02 July 2011 In the battle between the sadhus and the mining mafia over the Ganga, the BJP government in Uttarakhand has repeatedly and blatantly taken sides with the latter. Ashish Khetan & Manoj Rawat uncover the murky…

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Why did 36-year-old Nigamanand have to die?

Rituparna Chatterjee, IBNLive Updated Jun 14, 2011 at 04:19pm IST New Delhi: In his lifetime, Nigamanand, an ascetic fighting a lonely battle against quarrying activities in Uttarakhand, tried to draw the attention of the national media to an environmental disaster waiting to happen in the…

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Damning audit of Uttarakhand hydel policy

The CAG indicts Uttarakhand for pursuing hydel power projects indiscriminately without concern for the environment. PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI Frontline, Volume 27 – Issue 24 :: Nov. 20-Dec. 03, 2010 IN a severe indictment of the Uttarakhand government, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India…

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Vanishing WATERS of Uttarakhand

Locals say there were thousands of brooks flowing in this Himalayan region. Not anymore. What flows is often not fit for drinking. [more]

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