Tribune News Service Dehradun, November 9 The CPI, CPM, Parivartan Party, Uttarakhand Mahila Manch and Tanzeem-e-Rehnumay Millat held a joint protest at the Gandhi Park here to ensure proper relief work for the disaster-hit people. CPI state secretary Samar Bhandari said the state had to…
Rajeev Khanna Tribune News Service Nainital, October 3 Cynicism from all corners has marked the relief handling by the Bharatiya Janata Party government led by Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. The question being asked is that how did the government arrive at the “golden figure” of…
Tribune News Service Nainital, September 26 The Uttarakhand Parivartan Party (UPP) has demanded that committees comprising representatives from political and social organisations be constituted to supervise relief efforts across the state in the wake of the disaster unleashed by the recent rains. The party has…
Climate Revolution Initiative Press Release Contact: Manu Sharma, +91 9811 576 772 Gurgaon, Sep 20, 2010 *– *Damage caused by flash floods in Leh and Uttarakhand regions could have been minimised or averted had their respective state governments put in place warning systems to alert…
SMA Kazmi Tribune News Service, September 20, 2010 Uttarakhand being a Himalayan state is prone to natural disasters but the unprecedented ongoing rains this year have proved to be a bane of citizens. Already more than 100 persons have died in rain-related incidents across the…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) The Supreme Court today slammed Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) and Uttarakhand government for their failure to take adequate rehabilitation measures for the people affected in Bhagirathi river valley with the raising of water level upto 830 meters in Tehri…
SMA Kazmi Tribune News Service As the monsoon rains have brought havoc in Uttarakhand, the most shocking incident was the death of 18 young primary school students who were buried in their classroom when their school was struck by a massive landslides at Sumgarh village…
TAPAS CHAKRABORTY, The Telegraph, September 22 , 2008 Dehra Dun, Sept. 21: People in one of India’s most earthquake-prone zones had mastered the art of building multi-level buildings resistant to seismic movement about a thousand years ago, an engineering study of the structures has revealed.…
By Asheesh Goel / Dailyindia.com/ANI Dehradun, July 29: With an increasing number of locals in Uttarakhand vying each other for high-rise buildings, the lives of several people in Dehradun, are under threat as the region lies in the earthquake prone zone. Officials with the Geological…
The question is with so many dams coming up, how will the balance of supply affect residents of the state? Dehra Dun: Fifty-six tehsils across 11 districts in Uttaranchal have been declared drought-hit areas. even as the state government asked the Centre to send a…