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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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Free Daniel Robinson

British traveler Daniel Robinson has been in jail since October 2006 because he strayed across the Indo-Tibetan border. We call on the authorities to free Robinson immediately, both as a clemency for his health and as a remedy for the highly punitive sentence that was…

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India: the spice of real life

Belfast Telegraph, Monday, January 22, 2007 Farming communities in northern India are opening their homes to tourists. Not only does this help villages survive, but at the end of a hard day’s walking, the locals’ personal touch made Rebecca Baker feel genuinely looked after “Migration…

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Historic Nanda Devi Trek Draws World Women

By Rajiv Rawat Garhwal Post, 19 October 2006 JOSHIMATH, 18 Oct: This past weekend, the last of three international teams departed for Dharansi Pass as part of the Inaugural Nanda Devi Women’s Trek. Stopping over at eminent journalist Harish Chandola’s guest house near Auli, the…

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Guides for International Women's Trek complete training at NIM

Garhwal Post, 26 September 2006 A unique graduation ceremony took place at the Nerhu Institute of Mountaineering on Saturday, where thirty-eight youth hailing mostly from the upper reaches of Chamoli, but also from Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh districts, completed their basic mountaineering course. Organized by SPECS…

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IANS (2006.5.16): Kempty Falls, Mussoorie's pride, loses charm

Mussoorie (Uttaranchal): It is a breathtaking waterfall amid picturesque hilly surroundings, a must see for visitors and in fact a great tourist draw, but scores of food stalls are eroding the beauty of Kempty Falls, making it a dumping ground for their waste. Once an…

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A quiet holiday that never was

With commanding views, Mussoorie presents a fairyland atmosphere to tourists. Or does it? THE 32-kilometre drive up from Uttaranchal’s capital Dehra Dun, to the hill town Mussoorie was full of anticipation. I was returning there after 15 years. One had heard that the place is…

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ANI (2005.3.7): Hydropower projects destroying Himalayan town: locals

[India News]: Joshimath (Uttaranchal), Mar 6 : The beauteous tiny township of Joshimath, a hugely revered pilgrimage centre in Uttaranchal, is pleading with authorities to scrap work on two major hydro-power projects, saying the extensive drilling and felling of trees is creating havoc with the…

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Book reflects concern over rape of Gangotri’s environment

UNI – October 22, 1998 There is an increasing pressure on the environment of the ‘Gangotri Dham’ in the absence of guidelines to accommodate the growing pilgrim traffic in conformity with the Himalayan ecosystem. This has been highlighted in Gangotri Dham Victimised, a book written…

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Hindu: Civilisation takes its toll of Naini Tal

Date: 19-10-1998 :: Pg: 15 :: Col: d By K. Kannan (The Hindu) NAINI TAL, Oct. 18: Before the first British description of Naini Tal appeared in the Calcutta Englishman in 1842, the Naini lake in the vicinity of Almora was frequented by the “puharees”…

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