Press Note: FRA only option to protect small land holders with forest land occupations: Himachal Van Adhikar Manch; 18th January 2017

The Himachal Van Adhikar Manch, a state level forum of social organisations advocating for implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006 have petitioned the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and the High Powered Committee reviewing status of encroachment cases. The memorandum submitted highlights that the Forest Rights Act passed by the Indian Parliament in 2006 […]

प्रेस नोट, 17 नवम्बर 2016 : स्मार्ट सिटी धर्मशाला की चरान खड्ड बस्ती से उजड़े विस्थापितों ने मुख्यमंत्री से मुलाकात की

मुख्यमंत्री श्री वीरभद्र सिंह के स्मार्ट सिटी धर्मशाला के दौरे के दौरान चरान खड्ड बस्ती से उजड़े विस्थापितों ने मुख्यमंत्री से मुलाकात कर अपनी मांगों का ज्ञापन सौंपा। धर्मशाला नगर के चरान खड्ड क्षेत्र में पिछले 35 सालों से झुग्गिओं में 290 परिवारों को 16-17 जून को नगर निगम धर्मशाला ने बिना किसी पूर्नवास नीति […]

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 […]

CM stops felling of trees as residents protest : The Tribune

Dharamsala, January 21 Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has ordered district officials of Kangra to immediately stop the felling of green trees along the Dharamsala-Bagli road. The CM issued orders to this effect after a delegation of people met him at the Circuit House here this evening to plead against the felling of trees. The CM […]