Politics over hydro projects on tributaries of river Ganga is heating up with former Indian Institute of Technology professor G D Aggarwal sitting on a fast-unto-death demanding scrapping of eight projects on these rivers. [more]
Read more »As the state goes to the third Assembly polls on January 30, the most controversial and most important issue for the state remains the development of its hydroelectric potential. Although most of the political parties talk of building the hydroelectric potential keeping in view the…
Read more »So much for a state government that listens to its people Environmentalists and locals who are in the forefront of the anti-dam agitation in Agustmuni continue to be harassed by the government machinery, members of the Uttarakhand Nadi Bachao Andolan (UNBA) have charged. “As if…
Read more »Dam proposed on the Alaknanda’s last unrestricted tributary stirs locals. Bharat Lal Seth / July 21, 2011 Business Standard The people of Chepdu village in the Pindar valley treasure the fair held every June in memory of an army man from the region who was…
Read more »Tribune News Service Dehradun, March 1, 2011 Several public welfare organisations will lay a siege to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister’s residence on March 23 in protest against usurping of the rights of people over land and water by hydro-project companies. These organisations have got a…
Read more »Activists Arrested Protesting against Singoli-Bhatwadi and Phata-Bhyung Hydroelectric Projects Mandakini River is boiling Release from Matu People’s Organization Citizens familiar with the situation in Uttarakhand would know of the demonstrations and protests against the Singoli-Bhatwadi and Phata-Bhyung projects that have been going on for many…
Read more »A recent report could check expansion of hydro projects in Himachal Pradesh Manshi Asher Down to Earth, Dec 15, 2010 The decision of the Union environment ministry to allow parts of the Ganga’s tributaries to flow freely in Uttarakhand, indicates there is finally some recognition…
Read more »The CAG indicts Uttarakhand for pursuing hydel power projects indiscriminately without concern for the environment. PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI Frontline, Volume 27 – Issue 24 :: Nov. 20-Dec. 03, 2010 IN a severe indictment of the Uttarakhand government, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India…
Read more »The UKD’s development-at-all-costs mantra took a new turn, with their only minister aggressively attacking Prof. G.D. Aggarwal who recently fasted against the controversial dams in the upper Ganga. The odious insults have only further sullied the reputation of the UKD that has been in a…
Read more »The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has just uploaded the “Performance Audit Report of Hydropower Development Through Private Sector Participation” in full to its website. In what proves to be sober reading, both the dismal state of implementation and complete lack of environmental consideration…
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