The volunteers of Citizens for Green Doon (CFGD), an organisation promoting greenery, have drafted a green election manifesto with the demand that every candidate must sign it to receive their support in the assembly election. The CFGD has already pointed out that around 45,000 trees…
The sad fate of the four parks at the centre of Dehradun, is the fate of all of Uttarakhand Jagdish Bhatt Hill Post, September 26, 2011 Dehra Dun: There were four huge fields in the heart of the state capital of Uttarakhand, which not only…
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…
Purnima S. Tripathi Frontline, Volume 20 – Issue 22, October 25 – November, 07, 2003 Uttarkashi is in the grip of fear as the Varunavat mountain on the edge of the town has cracked up and may collapse on it any time. The Varunavat mountain…
Rajiv Rawat May 31, 2003 Distinguished for its healthy climate, scenic beauty, and abundant amenities, Dehradun lies in the centre of the unique and ecologically sensitive Doon Valley, and currently serves as the provisional capital of Uttaranchal state. One of the larger urban agglomeration in…
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…
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”…
GANGOTRI, June 15 (From Sunita Aron) An army truck rammed into a ‘dhaba’ in Gangotri killing two women and seriously injuring several others on the Ganga Dushehera-a day of religious festivity in Garhwal. The deaths, away from the glare of the media, failed to create…
By Santosh Verma, The Times of India News Service, May 13, 1998 NAINITAL: Citizens of this lake city are plagued with many problems, the most important among them being supply of contaminated water and poor housing. Drinking water, supplied through taps to the residents, carries…
ANI, May 1, 1998 MUSSOORIE: Mussoorie, known as the `Queen of Hills’ and an important tourist destination, is fast becoming a concrete jungle because of construction of multi-storey buildings. Builders in collusion with government officials are constructing illegal multi-storey buildings. And 28 new buildings have…
Dehradun’s Distress
Rajiv Rawat May 31, 2003 Distinguished for its healthy climate, scenic beauty, and abundant amenities, Dehradun lies in the centre of the unique and ecologically sensitive Doon Valley, and currently serves as the provisional capital of Uttaranchal state. One of the larger urban agglomeration in…
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