Succumbing to the indefinite hunger strike undertaken by Shivanand Saraswati, founder head of the Matrisadan Ashram in the holy city of Hardwar, which continued till the 11th day, the Uttarakhand government Tuesday banned quarrying in the Bhogpur and Bishanpur ghats of the river Ganga. [more]
Read more »The Himalayan State of Uttarakhand is experiencing changes like steady recession of glaciers, shifting vegetation line, increasing temperature and reduction in annual rainfall, to name a few, due to climate change. The Gangotri and other glaciers have continued to retreat at different rates with climate…
Read more »The sad fate of the four parks at the centre of Dehradun, is the fate of all of Uttarakhand Jagdish Bhatt Hill Post, September 26, 2011 Dehra Dun: There were four huge fields in the heart of the state capital of Uttarakhand, which not only…
Read more »Can this flawed measure of growth be reversed? At a time when courts hog headlines, this was a conspicuous slip. About two months ago, the Uttarakhand High Court admitted a public interest petition on making gross environmental productivity a co-indicator of the state of the…
Read more »The mighty Ganga faces perhaps its greatest battle ever – that too against the government of Uttarakhand. Headlines Today has unmasked those hell-bent on destroying India’s most sacred river. Ishan Russell | Haridwar, July 18, 2011 India Today Illegal mining in and around Haridwar is…
Read more »Uttarakhand banned mining along Ganga over and again. Will it obey court order this time? Just a few days before Swami Nigamanand died while on a fast to protest state-sponsored sand mining and stone crushing along the Ganga near Haridwar, the Uttarakhand government ordered a…
Read more »Tehelka Magazine, Vol 8, Issue 26, Dated 02 July 2011 In the battle between the sadhus and the mining mafia over the Ganga, the BJP government in Uttarakhand has repeatedly and blatantly taken sides with the latter. Ashish Khetan & Manoj Rawat uncover the murky…
Read more »Social organisations join hands to take forward the agitation of Matra Sadan against the illegal quarrying on Ganga riverbed Tribune News Service Haridwar, June 15 Swami Nigmanand’s death has sparked another agitation against the illegal quarrying being done on the Ganga riverbed in Haridwar. Now,…
Read more »By Raju Gusain in Dehradun Mail Today, June 13, 2011 BABA RAMDEV’S deluxe ward at Dehradun’s Himalayan Hospital was not far from that of his ‘fellow faster’ Swami Nigamanand. Yet, while the camera bulbs wouldn’t stop flashing as Ramdev broke his fast following nine days…
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…
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