As the state’s situation worsens, the only two choices in front of the Himachali people will be mass agitation or mass exodus. Himachal Pradesh is located in the region of the world considered to be the water tower of the Indian subcontinent. But what happens when the high mountains – repositories of snow and thus […]
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. […]
Himdhara made a detailed submission on the critique of the Cumulative Impact Assessment report of Satluj Basin conducted by ICFRE. The study was conducted for the Himachal government after the Ministry of Environment , Forest and Climate Change urged it to assess the cumulative impacts of hydro power projects on all the river basins of […]
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 […]
19th March 2014 Him Dhara, Environment Research and Action Collective in collaboration with Jan Jangran evam Vikas Sangathan The Schedule Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 is an act meant to recognise and vest rights of forest dwelling communities over forest land. These rights include the right to continue […]
Shimla Published on Saturday, 26 October 2013 Environment activists have asked the state government to declare Kinnaur a disaster affected area in view of the destruction caused by heavy rains and snow during the month of June this year. Appalled by the government apathy towards reckless and unplanned development in the tribal district, the […]
Shimla, April 22 (IANS) Green activists have long protested the hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh that have been gobbling up forests and drying up water channels. Now a report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) too backs the claims of the greens. Compensatory afforestation was highly deficient, as 58 percent of the 12 surveyed […]