SMA Kazmi, Tribune News Service Dehradun, June 24 The magnitude of death and destruction caused by massive landslides in the mid-Himalayan region of Uttarakhand during the past decade points to the alarming rise in human interference in a fragile mountain eco-system that happens to fall…
Read more »BD Kasniyal, Tribune Pitthoragarh, May 19 Villagers of Kumaon, disappointed with their elected representatives for failure to provide them water, roads and electricity, boycotted the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections. The EVMs installed in their polling booths did not register a single vote. The villagers of…
Read more »(PTI, Pithoragarh, Jan 19) An NGO fighting for water conservation in Uttarakhand will launch a “Save River Campaign” in the state beginning February 3 to mobilise the local people to save their nearby rivers. Nadi Bachao Abhiyan (Movement to Save Rivers), a Kausani-based NGO, will…
Read more »Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand), Jan 25, (ANI): Many villagers of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand have protested against the setting up of a mega hydroelectric power project in their region. These villagers have been skeptical about hydroelectric power projects built across River Mandakini. Considering this region being prone…
Read more »Movement continues in Reni village By Our Staff Reporter Garhwal Post, August 6, 2008 Joshimath, 5 Aug: Scene one: On 26 March 1974, Gaura Devi with other women of Reni village in Chamoli Garhwal hogged worldwide attention by adopting a noble non-violent method of saving…
Read more »The following informed commentary by Devesh Pant on the government’s decision to privatise hydro plants throughout Uttarakhand should arouse concern and action to thwart the “colossal” sell out of Uttarakhand’s patrimony at fire-sale prices. To the Editor, The Garhwal Post, Sir, Today’s front page news…
Read more »From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 5, Issue 28, Dated July 19, 2008 Mega dams. Crumbling mountains. Collapsing villages. India’s mightiest river is being chained to kilometres of man-made tunnels. TUSHA MITTAL travels up to Gangotri, tracking a disaster in the making ALL NIGHT, damp unruly winds…
Read more »State Pulse, Central Chronicle, July 11, 2008 Tapping energy or sapping the Himalayas – report by Chandi Prasad Bhatt, eminent activist and environmentalist A series of dams are being planned on the Ganga between the Gangotri glacier and Uttarkashi to generate hydropower. The government has…
Read more »With their many dams and tunnels, hydel projects along the Ganga’s upper reaches are choking it out of existence. A stir is on. Anjali Suri Outlook India, June 30, 2008 There are times when, even in a country of over one billion people, it takes…
Read more »Dehradun, June 21 (IANS) Noted environmentalist G.D. Agarwal and fellow activists, on a hunger strike since June 13 to protest construction of dams on the river Ganga, had to wind up their agitation Saturday evening after a crowd of 400 people shouted slogans against them.…
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