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DtE: Van Gujjars will be homeless next summer

ARCHI RASTOGI / CSE Down to Earth, May 31, 2007 in the first week of May, 200-odd Van Gujjar families started moving towards their summer homes in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. They had been stranded around Vikasnagar near Dehradun before a response to a right to…

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Restraining tourists the answer?

Dhananjay Mahapatra & Nitin Sethi Times of India, March 7, 2007 NEW DELHI: The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has recommended that the Uttarakhand government deploy adequate number of officials to protect the Ganga basin area. On the advice of the Wildlife Institute of India, the…

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From dead rock, the trees return

Since the 1980s, one man’s quiet effort has pioneered a village movement to restore the forests of Uttarakhand’s denuded hills. Sanjay Dubey profiles Sachchidanand Bharti. Tehelka, January 27, 2007 There is little to set Sachchidanand Bharti apart from others in the village of Ufrain Khal,…

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NDTV: Mountaineer celebrates Diwali in unique way

Sanket Upadhyay, NDTV Wednesday, October 18, 2006 (Gangotri, Uttaranchal): The first Indian woman to climb the Nanda Devi peak, Harshwanti Bisht, celebrates Diwali by cleaning up the garbage left behind by the many pilgrimages near the Gangotri Gaumukh glacier in Uttaranchal. Along with that she…

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CC (2006.7.27): Uttaranchal: Depleting pasturelands

By Nitin Sethi for Down to Earth The leaders and organisers of the meet realise that nothing short of a mass movement will revive the khark Simar pasture in Dudhatoli forest division, Chamoli district of Uttaranchal, appears sparkling fresh. The memorial to Chandra Singh Garhwali…

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UNI: SC go-ahead to road connecting Kumaon area with Garhwal

New Delhi | November 25, 2005 7:38:38 PM IST The Supreme Court today gave a go-ahead to the construction of an over 138 km road adjoining the Jim Corbett National Park to connect Nainital to Dehradun. The court, which had stayed the construction of the…

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DH: Will the Van Gujjars survive?

Radhakrishna Rao finds the Van Gujjar community in danger of losing its identity to the cause of conservation. Deccan Herald, Sunday, July 24, 2005 The culturally vibrant and socially dynamic community of Van Gujjars, a nomadic, pastoral Muslim tribal group inhabiting the rapidly balding stretches…

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IE: The death of the good old water-givers

Forests are far too serious a matter to be left to ideologues. The PM must heed the voice of the forester MAHESH N BUCH Indian Express, Saturday, May 28, 2005 The protagonists of the Bill now wants to jeopardize remaining forests. The entire water regime…

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IE: State overrules centre: moves to evict Gujjars from Rajaji

Indian Express, February 14, 2005 S.M.A. KAZMI DEHRA DUN, FEBRUARY 13: Despite clear cut orders from the Centre to halt eviction of forest-dwellers temporarily, in view of the proposed law to give propriety rights to them, Uttaranchal government has hastened the process to evict Gujjars…

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PTI: Interim order brings hope for Gujjars on Eid

[India News]: Dehra Dun, Jan 21 : The festival of Eid-ul-Zuha brought a ray of hope for the Gujjar community as an interim order cancelling their eviction from the Rajaji Park was issued by the Central government. “Eid has brought a new ray of hope…

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