Tribune News Services Pitthoragarh, May 18 After rain evaded the Kumaon region for more than a week, the water crisis in the region has deepened as traditional water sources that fulfil the maximum drinking water requirement of the region have gone dry. “In dozens of…
Our correspondent Tribune News Service Pitthoragarh, May 15 No rain-like condition in the hilly region of the state this mid summer has caused drinking water shortage and crisis of electricity generation in those mini and micro hydro electric schemes which are aimed at provide electricity…
Shishir Prashant / Business Standard / New Delhi / Dehra Dun May 5, 2010 Here is good news for the water-starved Uttarakhand. After more than four years of experiments and research, a European Union river bank filtration (RBF) project has ignited new hopes to end…
Nainital, Apr 13 (ANI): Residents of several villages near the tourist town of Nainital are facing an acute water shortage, and are travelling to travel about two kilometres to fetch drinking water. According to them, water at home is only available for an hour. “We…
Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 05, Dated February 06, 2010 Across Uttarakhand, traditional systems do the disappearing act, reports AMITANGSHU ACHARYA SITTING ON the mud porch of his house in Uttarakhand, 80-yearold Maulya Singh looks stoically at the burnt stumps of pine a few metres…
Himalayan people’s conclave on climate justice was organized by Himalaya Niti Abhiyan HP and people’s movements from the Western Himalaya states of J&K and Uttarakhand at Shimla on 30th Oct. 2009. Six hundred delegates participated in it. Climate change has emerged as a new catchphrase…
Tribune, Dehradun, March 16 This summer, water may become a scarce commodity for the people of Uttarakhand. Due to poor management of water resources, haphazard growth and erratic rain several areas are already reeling under acute water shortage. The problem may be aggravated in months…
From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 5, Issue 28, Dated July 19, 2008 Mega dams. Crumbling mountains. Collapsing villages. India’s mightiest river is being chained to kilometres of man-made tunnels. TUSHA MITTAL travels up to Gangotri, tracking a disaster in the making ALL NIGHT, damp unruly winds…
With their many dams and tunnels, hydel projects along the Ganga’s upper reaches are choking it out of existence. A stir is on. Anjali Suri Outlook India, June 30, 2008 There are times when, even in a country of over one billion people, it takes…