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Experts want govt to check pollution of Ganga

Citing the Central Pollution Control Board’s recent report which indicated that the bio-oxygen water-level in the Ganga river was close to 8 points, and in 100 ml of Ganga water, the bacteria had reached an alarming level, a group of experts from various fields have…

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Water Management in Himalayan Ecosystem: A study of natural springs of Almora

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Water in Kumaon : Ecology, Value and Rights

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Ganga fights for survival: Probe report exposes Uttarakhand minister

The mighty Ganga faces perhaps its greatest battle ever – that too against the government of Uttarakhand. Headlines Today has unmasked those hell-bent on destroying India’s most sacred river. Ishan Russell | Haridwar, July 18, 2011 India Today Illegal mining in and around Haridwar is…

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Hell in holy land

Tehelka Magazine, Vol 8, Issue 26, Dated 02 July 2011 In the battle between the sadhus and the mining mafia over the Ganga, the BJP government in Uttarakhand has repeatedly and blatantly taken sides with the latter. Ashish Khetan & Manoj Rawat uncover the murky…

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Support for Nigmanand’s stir

Social organisations join hands to take forward the agitation of Matra Sadan against the illegal quarrying on Ganga riverbed Tribune News Service Haridwar, June 15 Swami Nigmanand’s death has sparked another agitation against the illegal quarrying being done on the Ganga riverbed in Haridwar. Now,…

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Pauri reels under water shortage

Sandeep Rawat Tribune News Service Pauri Garhwal, November 11 The gravity of the water crisis can be gauged by the fact that while the whole state was celebrating the 10th founder’s day of Uttarakhand, the very people of Pauri, who played a pivotal role in…

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Small-time leaders acting as stooges of contractors, says Water Man

Neena Sharma Tribune News Service Dehradun, November 9 Magsaysay Award recipient Rajinder Singh who has earned the sobriquet of “Water Man” and was at the helm of Ganga Lok Yatra that travelled through different parts of Uttarakhand, has said no sooner did the yatra end…

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Rains become bane of Uttarakhand people

SMA Kazmi Tribune News Service, September 20, 2010 Uttarakhand being a Himalayan state is prone to natural disasters but the unprecedented ongoing rains this year have proved to be a bane of citizens. Already more than 100 persons have died in rain-related incidents across the…

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‘Waterman’ becomes Ganga’s saviour

Pankaj Shah, Times News Network, Sep 5, 2010, 04.31am IST LUCKNOW: First, it was environmentalist GD Agarwal who went on a hunger strike to pressurise the Centre into abandoning a 600 MW Loharinag-Pala hydro-electric power project over the Ganga in Uttarakhand. And now, Magsaysay award…

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