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Project scrapped, villagers’ miseries remain

Neena Sharma Tribune News Service Dehradun, August 25 Life has become hell for people of eight villages badly affected by the construction of the 13-km tunnel and the scrapping of the Loharinag Pala hydro power project has not brought an end to their miseries, says…

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Uttarakhand bids adieu to Girda

Tribune News Service Nainital, August 23 The man of the masses, Girish Tewari, who was fondly known as Girda, was bid adieu by his relatives, friends and followers coming from all across the state and all walks of life this morning. Having lived a selfless…

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Government has failed to learn its lesson

SMA Kazmi Tribune News Service As the monsoon rains have brought havoc in Uttarakhand, the most shocking incident was the death of 18 young primary school students who were buried in their classroom when their school was struck by a massive landslides at Sumgarh village…

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Tribune: Poet Girda, voice of the masses, falls silent

Rajeev Khanna Tribune News Service, Nainital, August 22 The voice that moved the conscience of the masses of Uttarakhand has fallen silent. A man with multiple facets of being a social activist, a poet, a cinema artiste, a theatre personality and above all a lovable…

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Sify: SEZs may not take off in Uttarakhand

Shishir Prashant Sify Finance, 2010-08-19 02:20:00 A couple of proposed special economic zones (SEZs), both in private and government sectors, in Uttarakhand may not see the light of day mainly due to unfavourable market conditions. Though Parsvanath and other private players have discarded their SEZ…

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‘Two million people will be affected by Uttarakhand dams’

Times of India, Aug 16, 2010 Suresh Bhai, a Dalit social and environment activist, is the founder and chairperson of Himalya Paryavaran Shiksha Sansthan, Uttarkashi. He is involved with various campaigns that demand a reconsideration of the plan to build over 300 hydel projects in…

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State politicians bringing down level of politics

Rajeev Khanna Tribune News Service Nainital, August 14 Uttarakhand politicians have been gradually earning the reputation of degrading the level of politics in the state. The region that has produced stalwarts like Gobind Ballabh Pant and Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna has been witnessing mudslinging over the…

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Protests resume at Loharinag Pala

Ravleen Kaur Down to Earth, Aug 15, 2010 AN INDEFINITE fast and protests are back at Loharinag Pala dam site on the Bhagirathi river, a key tributary of the Ganga in Uttarakhand, as the government decided to revive a 600 MW hydroelectric project on the…

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The mountaineer changing lives in a hill village

Claude Arpi and Abha Tewari Rediff, August 9, 2010 Munsyari in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand is the last small town before the Nepal-Tibet border. It is here that Malika Virdi, a well-known mountaineer, social worker and sarpanch till January 2010, has chosen to live…

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Srinagar power project capacity to be raised: UP minister

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…

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