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 »Daily Pioneer, June 11, 2010 Paritosh Kimothi | Dehradun Though climatic change is associated more with the fast-melting glaciers in the Himalayas, some of the high-altitude alpine meadows or bugyals of Uttarakhand also seem to have been affected by the global climatic changes. A study…
Read more »Reuters BANGHAT, Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:50pm IST Conserving an endangered fish in Uttarakhand’s Ramganga river has proved to be not only environmentally rewarding but also an economic saviour to villages along the banks of the river. The Golden Mahseer in the Ramganga, which flows…
Read more »A recuperating Girda holds marathon session of poetry recitation Neena Sharma Tribune News Service, May 31, 2010 Dehradun, May 30: Frail in body, but not in spirit, people’s poet Girda, though still recuperating from a long spell of illness, held a marathon session of poetry…
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