Solan, Aug 31, 2014 Pollution Board has received series of complaints from the locals and acting on them, Board has conducted inspections in the BBN area and found various irregularities. Pollution Board inspection has revealed many eye opener facts as four units were found operating without the mandatory consent to operate in Himachal Pradesh. Revelation […]
A Photo Essay on the impacts of blasting and tunneling for hydroprojects (Photos by Sumit Mahar) Tunneling for hydropower project using the blasting technique can be compared to mining or quarrying. It has a series of direct and indirect impacts which have already been documented. Among the most serious impacts of tunneling that are likely to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]