Hardwar’s sants resist land ceiling laws
HARDWAR, Aug 24: First it was the landowners of Udham Singh Nagar, now it’s the sants of Hardwar. The issue is the same: the land ceiling laws in the proposed state of Uttaranchal. [more]
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Central Himalayan activists protest felling of trees
Date: 26-06-1998 :: Pg: 03 :: Col: a By Our Staff Reporter NEW DELHI, June 25. It was a women-dominated show at the National Gandhi Memorial Museum today to mark the 23rd anniversary of the declaration of Emergency where activists of the central Himalayan region…
Read more »Cultural life reaches an all time low
UNI – Friday, June 19 1998 DEHRA DUN: People of the Doon valley today cannot boast of participating in cultural activity which can stimulate their creativity and help them develop a greater appreciation for the performing arts. There was a time when theatre groups in…
Read more »River of no return?
The Pioneer Editorial, June 17, 1998 It might seem an ecological impossibility, but the beautiful, life-affirming river Ganga might actually disappear sometime in the hypothetical expanse of time future. This is not a science fiction sub-plot or a mythical prediction. This is a fear which…
Read more »Discriminated hill women suffer in silence
Times of India News Service, June 16, 1998NEW DELHI: Balamdei of Kot Manyar village in Tehri district of Uttar Pradesh has been behind bars for some months now with no hope of deliverance. Her crime – she accidentally killed her alcoholic husband while trying to…
Read more »Grandeur of Gangotri lost in urbanisation
GANGOTRI, June 15 (From Sunita Aron) An army truck rammed into a ‘dhaba’ in Gangotri killing two women and seriously injuring several others on the Ganga Dushehera-a day of religious festivity in Garhwal. The deaths, away from the glare of the media, failed to create…
Read more »Hardships abound for Nainital residents
By Santosh Verma, The Times of India News Service, May 13, 1998 NAINITAL: Citizens of this lake city are plagued with many problems, the most important among them being supply of contaminated water and poor housing. Drinking water, supplied through taps to the residents, carries…
Read more »Mussoorie fast becoming a concrete jungle
ANI, May 1, 1998MUSSOORIE: Mussoorie, known as the `Queen of Hills’ and an important tourist destination, is fast becoming a concrete jungle because of construction of multi-storey buildings.Builders in collusion with government officials are constructing illegal multi-storey buildings. And 28 new buildings have been constructed…
Read more »Uttarakhand youth firm on fighting for liquor ban
The Times of India News Service, Sunday 5 April 1998LUCKNOW: Battling for life, 22-year-old Nirmal Pandit from Pithoragarh district, now admitted with over 70 per cent burn injuries in the King George’s Medical College hospital here, has not given up hope to relaunch his crusade…
Read more »Book on forests lauds Saklani’s work
December 8, 1997 (UNI) DEHRA DUN: The fascinating story of forest regeneration begun by Mr Visheswar Dutt Saklani 50 years ago in Tehri district of Garhwal has been given the pride of place in a recent book on the Himalayan forests. Written by Switzerland-based forester…
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