Press Club, Dehradun October 21, 2004 Bali Devi being greeted by Maasai women in Kenya. (courtesy of IISD)The Alliance for Development organized a press conference at the Press Club, Dehra Dun on 21 October 2004, on the return of Bali Devi and Biju Negi from…
Oct, 18, 2004 saw a very big rally at Gairsain. This was the largest gathering since the movement intesified on Oct. 02, 2004. The rally was attended by over 1,000 people including the newly elected MLA from Dwarahat Mr. Pushpesh Tripathi. Today, the police force…
Please sign the petition at www.petitiononline.com/gairsain The text is provided below: October 2004 To the Chief Minister, members of the Uttaranchal State Assembly, members of the Lok Sabha for Uttaranchal, Secretaries, etc. Whereas this October 2 marked the tenth anniversary of the darkest moments of…
The latest from Gairsain is that at 4:45 in the evening y/day, amid strong protest by over 150 agitators, a small force, mainly comprising of women took away Chandra Kala Bisht on her 8th day of fasting. Police tried several attempts since morning, before finally…
Chandan Dangi, October 11, 2004 Gairsain was in the TV News Channels captions since Oct. 02, 2004. The print media did follow its coverage subsequently, following the deteriorating health conditions of two fasting activists of Uttarakhand Mahila Manch – Dr. Uma Bhatt and Smt. Dhooma…
Chandan Dangi, October 8, 2004 Dear all, The govt. today arrested both the hunger striking women activists Dr. Uma Bhatt and Smt. Dhooma Devi from Gairsain. They are being taken to Ranikhet civil hospital and fed by forced and treated there. Before the police swung…
Chandan Dangi, October 5, 2004 That the people of Uttarakhand now want from the Govt., a final commitment for permanent capital at Gairsain. Uttarakhand Mahila Manch (UMM) and Uttarakhand Sangarsh Morcha (USM) have intensified the statewide struggle. Their key demands – declare Gairsain as permanent…
October 2, 2004 Fast unto Death in Gairsen by Dr. Uma Bhatt and Srimati Bhooma Devi is a drastic decision by Uttarakhand Mahila Manch. The move comes close on the heels of the sad demise of Baba Mohan Uttarakhandi, who sacrificed his life on 9th…
## Urgent Action ## Please write to the UEPPCB to voice your concerns over the brazen attempts to violate the Environmental Impact Assessment process. EIA/PP/UA/04-01 7th September, 2004 To Dr Vibha Puri Das, IAS, Chairman, Uttaranchal Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB), Uttaranchal Secretariat,…
Rajiv Rawat, September 2004 I have recently received news about an old issue that was covered on the uttarakhand web site over 4 years ago. VB Rawat, an old colleague and human rights activist, just informed me that a supreme court judgement has ordered the…