The HP govt must demonstrate the political will to implement the Forest Rights Act effectively to safeguard livelihoods and justice for those facing eviction. The longstanding issue of forest land occupation for agriculture and habitation in Himachal Pradesh remains unresolved. In its order on July 17, 2024, the Shimla High Court stated that encroachments on […]
Introduction The long standing issue of forest land occupations for (agriculture and habitation needs) in Himachal Pradesh remains unresolved despite the existence of a protective constitutional law that was passed in the year 2006 – the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006. Forest Land occupations of the date prior […]
Yet another hydropower project disaster devastated property, lands and livelihoods in Himachal Pradesh. This time in a 25 MW hydropower project executed by the Megha engineering Infrastructure Limited (MEIL), whose penstock/tunnel failure caused seepages which turned to a flash flood and landslide devastating farmlands and property in Multhan village and market in the Chhota Bhangal […]
A preliminary fact-finding report on the Lambadug hydroproject disaster, May 2024
A documentary film by Himdhara Collective based in Himachal Pradesh narrates the story of forest rights and traces the unrecognized efforts of the community in forest conservation policies in Lahaul Valley in HP. Bano Haqq Kathare, a story of forest rights, is a 44-minute recent documentary film in Hindi by Himdhara (an environment research and […]
वनों पर लोगों के अधिकारों को सुरक्षित करता है वन अधिकार कानून, 2006 *उप मंडल संगडाह प्रशासन द्वारा आयोजित वन अधिकार कानून, 2006 पर तीन दिवसीय प्रशिक्षण कार्यशाला के अंतिम दिन संगड़ाह की 19 पंचायतें हुई शामिल!* *प्रेस नोट: 10 जनवरी 2023* | विकास खण्ड सँगड़ाह में वन अधिकार कानून 2006 से सम्बंधित तीन दिवसीय […]
Abstract The dramatic unfolding of the Joshimath crisis in Uttarakhand, India, has brought the world’s attention once again to the Himalaya. The contribution of a 520-megawatt hydropower dam to land subsidence is squarely in the spotlight. River valleys with bumper-to-bumper hydropower dam building, especially in the North Western Himalaya, in the past decade and a […]
For English scroll down. बणों हक़ कथारे, ट्रांस-हिमालयी लाहौल घाटी में महिला मंडलों के तीन दशकों से अधिक समय से चल रहे सामूहिक वन भूमि के प्रबंधन के साझा प्रयासों की कहानी है। फिल्म के माध्यम से हम लाहौला समुदायों की जुबानी सुनते हैं कि कैसे महिलाओं के श्रम पर टिकी इन सामाजिक प्रबंधन की […]
हिन्दी प्रेस नोट के लिए नीचे स्क्रोल करें। Reframe Himalayan Disaster and Climate Discourse: Put people, indigenous local knowledge and governance at the centre: Himdhara study ‘Disaster-making in the Himalaya’ The Himalayan region has been stuck in an incessant cycle of disasters over past decade and the year 2023 has been particularly devastating with Joshimath […]
Many families who are still landless cannot even buy land because of the state’s policy Article written by Himshi Singh & Prakash Bhandari published on 26/09/23 in Down To Earth Developed with World Bank funding, NH 907A from Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, to Paonta Sahib is wide and smooth, unlike any typical mountain […]