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Impact of tourism on mountain environment

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Illegal construction continues to haunt Mussoorie’s beauty

Mussoorie (Uttarakhand), May 12 (ANI): Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling in 1994 banning illegal constructions, the illicit constructions in Uttarakhand’s Mussoorie city is reportedly affecting the beauty of the hills. The illegal construction here had stopped after the apex court’s verdict, but the rich and…

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Uttarakhand to restrict tourists in eco-sensitive zones

Shishir Prashant / Business Standard / New Delhi / Dehra Dun May 03, 2010, 0:27 IST Gangotri, Valley of Flowers and other highly eco-sensitive zones of the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand may be becoming hot sites on the tourist map. But the Uttarakhand government now…

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Clouds over India's Goddess Mountain

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…

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Green Spaces: Village Ways, Uttarakhand, India

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…

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Kanwar mela: Alert in Uttarakhand

(PTI) August 8, 2007 DEHRA DUN: Uttarakhand police has been put on high alert following a series of clashes between locals and Kanwarias at many places in the state, with environmentalists calling for a ban on pilgrims’ movements at Gangotri. The incidents have taken place…

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Himalayan walk towards a new life

In the foothills of the Indian mountains, a plan to offer walking holidays for tourists could be the salvation of five ancient villages. Peter Hughes reports. London Telegraph, 21 June 2007 I can see them now, standing on a ridge above me, their saris rinsed…

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Package pilgrims ‘destroying the Himalayas’

Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), 15 July 2007 (Reuters) HUNDREDS of thousands of pilgrims flocking to holy sites in the Himalayas are fouling fragile mountain ecosystems with rubbish, human waste, air pollution and the deforestation that comes with development. Hindus believe the Himalayas are the abode…

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Visit to a Place of eternal beauty?

BY Jagmohan Kathait It is a pleasant drive from Dehradun to Rishikesh via Jolly grant. Barring few chaotic clusters it is an amiable route. We took the bypass before Rishikesh to reach the edge of Laxman Jhula, This bypass further connects to Tehri through well…

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ANI: Rampant constructions mar serenity of Badrinath shrine

Badrinath (Uttarakhand), May 8: Uttarakhand’s holy town of Badrinath, known for its beatific and peaceful surroundings, is facing the threat of loosing its serenity to rampant urbanisation. Scores of constructions sites have sprung across the city. The Himalayan town has seen deforestation owing to accelerated…

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