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Canadian firm set for drilling in Uttarakhand

IANS Vancouver, April 21 – Canada’s Pebble Creek mining company said here Tuesday that it is all set to commence drilling operations at its Askot project in India’s Uttarakhand state. Situated in Pithoragarh district of the state, the Askot project likely contains deposits of gold,…

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Uttarakhand villages facing acute water shortage

Nainital, Apr 13 (ANI): Residents of several villages near the tourist town of Nainital are facing an acute water shortage, and are travelling to travel about two kilometres to fetch drinking water. According to them, water at home is only available for an hour. “We…

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Financial Inclusion in the Hills

IFMR Blog, April 9, 2010 Including the poor into the formal financial system has been hard despite numerous and sustained efforts. The difficulty in achieving inclusion attains a whole new meaning in hills and mountainous regions where populations are sparse and connectivity is extremely low.…

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Activists call for conservation of Himalayan rivers

Shishir Prashant / Business Standard / New Delhi / Dehra Dun April 10, 2010, 0:13 IST Opposing big dams, top social activists of Uttarakhand today called for a separate long-term policy for the conservation of Himalayan rivers and greater participation of locals in the development…

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Power plants will dry up Ganga in Uttarakhand: CAG

Times of India Pradeep Thakur, TNN, Apr 2, 2010 NEW DELHI: There would be no water in large stretches of the famed Alaknanda and Bhagirathi riverbeds if the Uttarakhand government goes ahead with its plan to build 53 power projects on these two rivers which…

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Free flow for Bhagirathi as govt shelves 2 dams in upper reaches

Nitin Sethi, TNN, Mar 31, 2010, 12.46am IST NEW DELHI: Bhagirathi, one of the key tributaries of the Ganga, will now flow untamed and unchecked through the year for at least part of its stretch. In a decision that shows heightened sensitivity towards the environment…

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Vanishing Wisdom

Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 05, Dated February 06, 2010 Across Uttarakhand, traditional systems do the disappearing act, reports AMITANGSHU ACHARYA SITTING ON the mud porch of his house in Uttarakhand, 80-yearold Maulya Singh looks stoically at the burnt stumps of pine a few metres…

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Folk singer Negi’s latest album released

By Kapil Garg & Arsh Vats Garhwal Post, Thursday, 31.12.2009 Dehradun, 30 Dec: An MP3 album, “Salanya Syali”, sung by famous Garhwali folk singer Narender Singh Negi, was released today under the banner of ‘Himalayan Films’, the first audio-video company of Uttarakhand. He has been…

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Kumaon University student martyrs remembered

The two university movement martyrs, who died on December 15, 1972, in police firing demanding a separate Kumaon University, were remembered by the students of PG College and many student leaders at a function here today. The chairman of Pitthoragarh Nagar Palika Parishad and former…

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Increased water level destroying houses along Tehri Dam

Uttarkashi, Oct. 31 (ANI): Due to an increase in the water level of the Tehri dam, cracks have erupted in many houses, while dozens have already submerged in water in Chinauli district of Uttarakhand. People living in the damaged houses are facing constant threat to…

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