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A Report on the Falenda Agreement

By Rajiv Lochan Sah, Editor Nainital Samachar (Translated by Chandan Dangi) Recently, in North Kerala, PLACHIMADA village has agitated against Coca-Cola Corporation’s giant plant in the state which drew underground water for the main feed to its operations. The MNC had a real tough time…

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PTI (2006.5.5): Uttaranchal govt, villagers reach agreement on Falenda project

Dehra Dun: Construction work at the Falenda hydro-power project in Tehri district of Uttaranchal is expected to resume unhindered with the local villagers calling off their three-year-old agitation today after reaching an agreement with the state government. The agreement was reached after several rounds of…

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PTI (2006.3.16): 56 tehsils in Uttaranchal declared drought-affected areas

The question is with so many dams coming up, how will the balance of supply affect residents of the state? Dehra Dun: Fifty-six tehsils across 11 districts in Uttaranchal have been declared drought-hit areas. even as the state government asked the Centre to send a…

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Rivers for sale: Common property in peril

A warning from Chhattisgarh By Rifat Mumtaz, Manshi Asher and Amitabh Behar Sun, 5 Feb 2006, 10:12:00 Three case studies from Chhattisgarh — the privatisation of the Sheonath river, the insatiable use of water from the Kelu river by an industry, and the construction of…

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IE: The death of the good old water-givers

Forests are far too serious a matter to be left to ideologues. The PM must heed the voice of the forester MAHESH N BUCH Indian Express, Saturday, May 28, 2005 The protagonists of the Bill now wants to jeopardize remaining forests. The entire water regime…

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ANI (2004.12.07): Acute water shortage in New Tehri

[India News]: Tehri (Dehradun), Dec 7 : Despite tall promises by the Uttaranchal government, residents of New Tehri, the township built for resettlement of Tehri Dam evacuees, are facing a severe water shortage as winter sets in.The state government is unable to provide water even…

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Killing the Ganga

VANDANA SHIVA comments on the ecological and social consequences of the proposed move to privatise the Ganga by a multi-national company. The Hindu, Sunday, Aug 31, 2003 FOR the first time since the construction of the Ganga Canal in 1847, water has stopped flowing in…

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Environmental campaign to save hill region’s water resources

By R P Nailwal, Times of India News Service, May 25, 2000 DEHRA DUN: After the famous Chipko Movement, which called upon people to save trees, another environmental campaign is gaining momentum in the hills of western Uttar Pradesh. This time, seeking the protection of…

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To fetch a pail of water

Society: Villagers in a distant village in Uttar Pradesh crawl 40 metres through a dark, dangerous, narrow tunnel AJAY UPRETY in Lucknow The Week, July 12, 1998 The sky was overcast even though it was 1 p.m. We, photographer R.K. Mishra and I, abandoned our…

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River of no return?

The Pioneer Editorial, June 17, 1998 It might seem an ecological impossibility, but the beautiful, life-affirming river Ganga might actually disappear sometime in the hypothetical expanse of time future. This is not a science fiction sub-plot or a mythical prediction. This is a fear which…

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