PRESS NOTE: 15th January 2022 | Yet another Tunnel testing hazard at a hydropower site in Himachal; Seepages from 180 MW Bajoli-Holi Power Project at Jharauta village in tribal area Bharmour of Chamba in late December triggers landslides, damage to homes; Villagers had warned of poor geology during project planning: Fact-finding report

हिन्दी प्रेस नोट के लिए नीचे स्क्रॉल करें! PRESS NOTE: 15th January 2022 | Yet another Tunnel testing hazard at a hydropower site in Himachal; Seepages from 180 MW Bajoli-Holi Power Project at Jharauta village in tribal area Bharmour of Chamba in late December triggers landslides, damage to homes; Villagers had warned of poor geology during project […]

Mapping environmental conflicts in Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh is a Himalayan state in the North-West of India and is known for its good performance in social and economic development indicators in the country. A state where the government seems to have ‘delivered’ in areas of education, health and other basic services. The region is also celebrated for its landscape- as the […]

Report of the All women’s fact finding team to Holi, Chamba

On March 25, 2014, 31 women from a nondescript remote village in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh were arrested for protesting against the starting of the work of the 180MW Bajoli Holi Power Project. The opposition to the GMR project is almost 2 years old, but in recent past the situation in the area has become sensitive […]

A video on the Dharna in Holi Village, Chamba

http://vimeo.com/92342629 The Gaddi women of Holi Panchayat have been protesting against the re-alignment of the tunnel of GMR’s 180 MW Hydropower Project since the past 2 years. They have been demanding that the tunnel be shifted from the highly forested and populated left bank to the right bank of the Ravi river as planned. The […]

Press Release: All Women’s Independent fact finding team visits Holi. Expresses solidarity with local struggle

17th April 2014 Chamba An independent all women’s fact finding team visited Holi village to be affected by GMR’s 180 MW Hydro power project on 16 and 17th April 2014. The team comprising of Nandini Rao from Women against sexual violence and state repression, Sridevi Panicker, an independent Delhi based lawyer, Sarvesh, a senior freelance […]

चम्बा में बजोली-होली प्रोजेक्ट के खिलाफ महिलाओं के आन्दोलन को तोड़ने की साजिश

पत्थर लगने से चार घायल चंबा: अमर उजाला चम्बा, 11/04/2014 होली-बजोली प्रोजेक्ट का विरोध कर रही महिलाओं के आंदोलन को दबाने के लिए कुछ ठेकेदारों ने कंप्रेशर का तेज प्रेशर छोड़ दिया। इससे कंप्रेशर की पाइप अनियंत्रित होकर उछलने लगी और इस भगदड़ में तीन महिलाएं घायल हो गईं। इनमें से एक महिला को गंभीर […]

APPEAL FOR ENDORSEMENTS

PETITION DEMANDING IMMEDIATE DROPPING OF CHARGES AGAINST TRIBAL WOMEN On 25th March 2014, 31 women from the remote Holi village in District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh belonging to the Gaddi Scheduled Tribe were detained/arrested by the police and taken 70 kms away to the district headquarter at Chamba for protesting against the illegal felling of trees […]

Action Alert! Tribal Women in Chamba arrested!

31 tribal women in Holi village, Chamba arrested for protest against hydro-project and asserting forests rights 25th March 2014 This evening (25th March 2014), the Chamba Police arrested 31 tribal women of Holi village, Chamba District at the power house site of the GMR promoted 180 MW Bajoli Holi Hydroelectricity Project. The women have been […]

Decision to re-locate GMR Project flawed, says HPSEBL : The Pioneer

Monday, 19 August 2013 | IANS | Shimla | in Chandigarh Himachal Pradesh Government has warned that the decision of GMR Hydro Power Ltd to change the location of its mega hydro power project in the State would prove disastrous. “The decision to shift the powerhouse and headrace tunnel sites from right to left bank […]