A report by Manshi Asher and Sumit Mahar Last month, on October 14th, around noon, there was a massive fish kill in the Sirsa River at Sitalpur, in Baddi, Solan district. Locals of the area who witnessed the event sent in these photographs and video of hundreds of dying rohu. Photo and Video Credit: Pawan Bhardwaj, Baddi […]
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 […]
April 2,2013 The government does it purely on the strength of a certificate issued by the district administration Even as the recent affidavit submitted by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) before the Supreme Court in the Vedanta case has caused dismay among tribal communities and activists for the dilution of its stand […]
Solan, March 30 The state government today sought a report from the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) regarding discrepancies in furnishing information relating to hazardous waste under the RTI Act to the NGO Himparivesh. This action followed publication of the report ‘Industries fail to send waste to treatment plant: RTI’ in these columns on March […]
As the world celebrates yet another ‘Environment Day’ carrying the message of ‘saving the environment’ by planting trees, recycling plastic and switching off the bulbs and fans, the people of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Industrial area know that none of these ‘solutions’ will address their deteriorating environmental conditions. The massive air, water and noise pollution in the region […]
By Brendan Donegan When I studied chemistry in school I never imagined I would use those lessons like this. I have just finished creating a spreadsheet by inputting a vast set of data on the chemical content of hundreds of water samples gathered between 2007 and 2010. The samples were collected by the State Pollution […]