Reuters BANGHAT, Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:50pm IST Conserving an endangered fish in Uttarakhand’s Ramganga river has proved to be not only environmentally rewarding but also an economic saviour to villages along the banks of the river. The Golden Mahseer in the Ramganga, which flows…
Nainital, Apr 13 (ANI): Residents of several villages near the tourist town of Nainital are facing an acute water shortage, and are travelling to travel about two kilometres to fetch drinking water. According to them, water at home is only available for an hour. “We…
Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 05, Dated February 06, 2010 Across Uttarakhand, traditional systems do the disappearing act, reports AMITANGSHU ACHARYA SITTING ON the mud porch of his house in Uttarakhand, 80-yearold Maulya Singh looks stoically at the burnt stumps of pine a few metres…
By Raja Murthy, Asia Times June 23, 2009 RANIKHET – From this Himalayan town about 380 kilometers from Delhi, my first view of mystical Nandi Devi was one of those velvet-cloaked, sledge-hammer moments in life that softly stuns the senses and leaves one wordless. Golden…
In Garhwal and Kumaon, numerous large and small patches of forests are protected and preserved as “sacred groves” by communities. Villagers, through ‘divine sanction’, are stopped from harming any vegetation in these groves. It is utterly wrong to blame the recent forest fires in the…
(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…
Steve Keenan, Times Online December 2, 2008 The last leg of my 12-hour car journey from Delhi co-incided with dusk as we climbed from the valley floor high into the forests of Binsar National Park. We were in Uttarakhand, the newest Indian state created only…
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Telegraph, September 29, 2008 Lucknow, Sept. 28: A group representing farmers is planning a Chipko-like movement against the Uttarakhand government’s invitation to Tata Motors to set up a Nano plant in the state. The company already runs a plant in Pantnagar,…
Poverty and gender did not deter this strong-minded woman from Uttarakhand Ramesh Menon Sunday, March 16, 2008 03:52 IST Many of us choose to become a victim of our circumstances. We resign ourselves to what we call fate as if we were helpless. When we…