A photo essay published in The Hindu Business Line by Sumit Mahar member of Himdhara Environment Research and Action Collective An industrial zone in Himachal’s Solan district leaves a trail of pollution and environmental degradation Baddi. Barotiwala. Nalagarh. The first two names won’t ring a bell if your interest in Himachal Pradesh is purely touristic. […]
In a half day program organised today in Shimla by environmental groups Himdhara Collective and LIFE (Legal Initiative for Environment and Forests, environmentalists including lawyers, activists and concerned citizens of Shimla deliberated on the role of the National Green Tribunal in the context of Himachal’s environment issues. Supreme Court Lawyer Rahul Chaudhary and High Court […]
A TALK ON National Green Tribunal and Environmental Justice: Current discourses Speaker: Rahul Chaudhary, Legal Initiative for Forests and Environment For the last four decades, since India embarked on a journey of industrial development and then faster economic growth, the environmental issues facing the country have become graver. A complex environmental governance system with a […]
Solan, Aug 31, 2014 Pollution Board has received series of complaints from the locals and acting on them, Board has conducted inspections in the BBN area and found various irregularities. Pollution Board inspection has revealed many eye opener facts as four units were found operating without the mandatory consent to operate in Himachal Pradesh. Revelation […]
Shimla, 4th July 2014 On 4th July 2014, representatives of pollution impacted communities from BBN Industrial cluster along with environmental groups Himparivesh and Himdhara conducted a meeting with the State Pollution Control Board Chairman Shri Kuldeep Pathania. Member Secretary Vineet Kumar along with Scientific and law officers of the HP PCB were also present at […]
5 June 2014, On the occasion of World Environment Day, two groups, Him Parivesh and Himdhara Environment Research and Action Collective, released a Report on Industrial Pollution in the BBN (Baddi barotiwala Nalagarh) Industrial Area. The report is a compilation of issues raised at a Public hearing organised two months ago, i.e on 5th April 2014 […]
Solan, April 15 The state Pollution Control Board is finally devising a strategy to deal with the situation in the state’s industrial hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN). The move comes in the aftermath of flak from NGOs citing lack of timely action to contain air pollution emanating from BBN. Various NGOs, including Him Dhara, Environment Research […]
Independent Panel records testimonies and expresses serious concerns about the state of the environment in BBN Close to 200 people affected by Industrial Pollution in Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh Industrial Area attended a public hearing organised in Baddi today. The hearing was organised by Him Dhara, Environment Research and Action Collective and Him Parivesh to provide […]
Independent Panel will record testimonies of affected people Environment action groups, Him Parivesh based in Nalagarh and Him Dhara, Environment Research and Action Collective will be organising a people’s ‘Public Hearing on Industrial Pollution in the Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh Industrial Area’ on 5th April 2014 in Gurudwara, Kaduwana at Baddi. The Public hearing is an […]
मुआयना रिपोर्ट: पांवटा साहिब औद्योगिक क्षेत्र फैक्ट्री के बारे में – कंसल बिल्डिंग सोल्युशन (प) लिमिटेड, कुण्डियों अजीवाला, तहसील पांवटा साहिब, जिला सिरमौर, हिमाचल प्रदेश में बाता नदी व अबी नदी, चौड़ी खाल (बरसाती नाले) के किनारे आटोक्लेवड सेलुलर कांक्रिट ब्लाक बनाने की फैक्ट्री का काम चल रहा है। फैक्ट्री के लिये आवंटित 54-21 बिघा […]