After a couple of years of relative calm, fires have again ravaged the forests of Uttarakhand this summer. More blazes were reported and more forest area affected this season than the past two years put together, as an unusually hot and dry summer turned the…
Read more »Popularly known as ‘Vriksha Manav’, 91-year-old Vishweshwar Dutt Saklani planted his first sapling six decades ago. And his love is only growing stronger with age [more]
Read more »If anything, the Wildlife Institute report understates the threat to the state’s ecological balance. A REPORT commissioned by the Union environment and forests ministry warns the Centre against going ahead with 24 hydropower projects planned on the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river systems in Uttarakhand. The…
Read more »Some of the intelligentsia, who may perhaps not be remotely aware of the need to preserve the environment, including three recipients of the Padma Shri of this district have come out openly in favour of making hydel power projects in Uttarakhand despite its fragile ecology.…
Read more »The Uttarakhand Sarvodaya Mandal has appealed to the government that keeping in mind the sensitivity of the state towards earthquakes, flashfloods and landslides, the construction of big dams and tunnels be banned immediately. The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the…
Read more »Confrontation seems to be on the cards among those supporting hydro power projects in Uttarakhand and those opposing it tooth and nail. The Uttarakhand Janmanch that is backing hydro power projects today announced opposing any move to support environmentalist and anti-hydro power project crusader GD…
Read more »The Left-supported trade unions took out a procession to mark May Day today. Labour Day celebrations began from the union office in Landour and ended at Gandhi Chowk in here today. The workers also demanded the implementation of the new labour policy in the state.…
Read more »Candidly admitting that the successive governments in the state have failed to live up to the expectations of the masses, newly elected Speaker of the state Assembly Govind Singh Kunjwal has stressed the need for a policy change so that a situation similar to the…
Read more »Various organisations came out in support of the agitating members of Rockman Industries and Satyam Auto Component who were arrested by the police and had been put in Sidhowala jail. These employees are observing a fast. Eleven of them, who had been on a fast…
Read more »The Matu Jansanghatan has said the situation of rivers in Uttarakhand is “frightening”due to the construction of hydro-power projects. In a memorandum submitted to the Union Environment Secretary and the Secretary, Uttarakhand State Environment Conservation and Pollution Control Board, Matu Jansaghatan has held that while…
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