he Uttaranchal government has declared 56 of the state’s 78 tehsil s drought-hit. A Union government team recently noted that more than 50 per cent of the rabi crop in Nainital district has been affected. The state government has responded with an aid package of…
People’s Democracy Vol. XXX, No. 20 May 14, 2006 PROTESTING against the attacks of moneylenders turned land mafias on poor peasants in collision with local police, the All India Kisan Sabha local unit organised a demonstration at the block head quarters of Sitarganj block in…
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…
Tania Saili, Saturday, January 21, 2006 (Bakhroti) Bakhroti in Uttranchal’s Tehri Garhwal, which was considered an ‘ideal village’ way back in 1975, is on the brink of extinction. Perched atop a hillock, the village was once bustling with four generations of one family for the…
This is interesting, as Badal is known to owns enormous tracts of illegal land in the Terai. Wealthy Punjabi farmers have also largely evade land ceiling laws through illegal Benami transactions. Calling the Kashipur incident akin to 1984 riots is gross irresponsibility. Amritsar, UNI: The…
New Delhi | October 05, 2005 10:15:06 PM IST Inspired by the Chinese and Thailand models of town and village enterprises, India is taking steps to transform its rural economy by utilising local resources for setting up small manufacturing and processing units. The concept of…
KOTDWAR-GARHWAL, SEP 22 (PTI) At a time when practising the path preached by Gandhi is considered out of vogue, a small village in Uttaranchal still lives by the principles of the Mahatma. Not a soul in Bakhroti village in Tehri district consumes alcohol or smokes…
Although a full-fledged community radio movement has still to become a reality in India, villagers in various rural pockets all over the country are using the airwaves to voice their concerns about various issues Uttaranchal Community Radio is serving as an important development tool for…
Raju Gusain Jardhargaon, March 24 The ‘Beej Bachao Andolan’ (BBA), begun here in the late 1980s, is fifteen years old. Led by farmer and social activist Vijay Jardhari, the ‘Andolan’ has made village Jardhargaon of district Tehri famous for its unique movement to save the…
By Our Staff Correspondent DEHRA DUN, MARCH 15. Activists of the Uttarakhand Kisan Sabha today staged a demonstration near the Uttaranchal Chief Minister’s residence seeking a better deal for the poor, farmers and labourers. Addressing the activists, the Sabha president, Bachiram Kanswal wanted the Government…