C.S. LAKSHMI The Hindu, September 7, 2003 IT is amazing how many voices in India are still to be heard and how some people work quietly to allow these voices to emerge. From Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh come the voices from the mountains gathered by…
By R P Nailwal, Times of India News Service, May 25, 2000 DEHRA DUN: After the famous Chipko Movement, which called upon people to save trees, another environmental campaign is gaining momentum in the hills of western Uttar Pradesh. This time, seeking the protection of…
By Sheena Chadha National Coordinator, Eco-Volunteer Program (UNDP/UNV) Gandhi Peace Foundation, D.D.U. Marg, New Delhi, India From: Participatory processes for integrated watershed management PWMTA-FARM Field Document No. 7 Edited by: Prem N. Sharma June 1997 Perched at a height of 6,000 ft. above mean sea…
Hindustan Times, March 7, 1997 CHAMIALA (Tehri Garhwal), March 6 (From Amitabh Shukla) The sleepy town of Chamiala in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttar Pradesh and the neighbouring areas have all what a nature lover would ask for. Beautiful mountains, rivers and simple hill folks,…
Hindustan Times, March 3, 1997 CHAMIALA (Tehri Garhwal), March 3 (From Amitabh Shukla) A movement at the village and block level against corruption, pilferage of funds and the right to information is slowly picking momentum in the villages in and around Chamiala in Tehri Garhwal…